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EXHIBIT 4.5
UNION BANKSHARES CAPITAL TRUST I
AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
UNION BANKSHARES, LTD., AS DEPOSITOR
AMERICAN SECURITIES TRANSFER & TRUST, INC., AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
DATED AS OF , 1998
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B Form of Certificate Depository Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Common Securities Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Expense Agreement
Exhibit E Form of Preferred Securities Certificate
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of ________________,
1998, among (i) Union Bankshares, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (including any
successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) American Securities Transfer &
Trust, Inc., a trust company duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Colorado, as property trustee (the "Property Trustee" and, in its
separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the
"Trust Company"), (iii) Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee," and, to the extent
expressly provided herein, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its
capacity as Delaware Trustee, the "Delaware Bank"), (iv) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx,
an individual, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, an individual, and Xxxxx X. Xxxx, an
individual, each of whose address is c/o Union Bankshares, Ltd. (each an
"Administrative Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees referred
to collectively as the "Trustees") and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter
defined.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee and Xxxxx X. Xxxx have
heretofore duly declared and created Union Bankshares Capital Trust I, a
business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the Delaware Business Trust Act by
the entering into of that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of October 14, 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 October 14, 1998, the form of which is attached
as EXHIBIT A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee and Xxxxx X. Xxxx 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 (as defined below) by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance
and sale of the Preferred Securities (as defined below) by the Trust pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the
Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Junior Subordinated
Debentures (as defined below), (iv) the appointment of the Property Trustee,
and (v) 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 sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties
and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby amends and restates the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
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(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; and
(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.
"Accelerated Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01
of the Indenture.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.08.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of additional interest
accrued on interest in arrears and paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of
Junior Subordinated Debentures for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 of the
Indenture.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxx, solely in each such person's capacity as
Administrative Trustee of the Trust continued hereunder and not in such
person's individual capacity, or such Administrative Trustee's successor in
interest in such capacity, or any successor Administrative Trustee appointed as
herein provided.
"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. 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.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises adjudging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation or reorganization of
or in respect of such Person under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any
other similar applicable federal or state law, and the continuance of any such
decree or order unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the
commencement of an involuntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code in
respect of such Person, which shall continue undismissed for a period of 90
days or entry of an order for relief in such case; or the entry of a decree or
order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment on the
ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a receiver, custodian, liquidator,
trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or
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insolvency of such Person or of its property, or for the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall have remained in
force unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be
adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or the consent by such Person to the filing
of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or the filing by such Person of a
petition or answer or consent seeking liquidation or reorganization under the
United States Bankruptcy Code or other similar applicable federal or state law,
or the consent by such Person to the filing of any such petition or to the
appointment on the ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a receiver or
custodian or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of
such Person or of its property, or such Person shall make a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.
"Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates" means certificates
representing Preferred Securities issued in global, fully registered form to
the Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.11.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a
day on which banking institutions in the State of Colorado are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed, or (c) a day on which the
Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Corporate Trust Office of the
Debenture Trustee is closed for business.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the
Trust, the Depositor and The Depository Trust Company, 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.
"Certificate of Trust" means, as stated in the recitals to this Trust
Agreement, the certificate of trust filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware with respect to the Trust, in the form attached as EXHIBIT A,
as the same may be amended or restated from time to time.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The Depository Trust
Company will be the initial Clearing Agency.
"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" means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement.
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"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 Security" means a common undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $7.60 and having the rights
provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as EXHIBIT
C.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of
the Property Trustee located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
the Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Junior
Subordinated Debentures to be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for
redemption under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means American Securities Transfer & Trust, Inc.,
a trust company organized under the laws of the State of Colorado and any
successor thereto, as trustee under the Indenture.
"Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates" means either or both
(as the context requires) of (a) Preferred Securities Certificates issued as
Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates as provided in Section 5.11(a),
and (b) Preferred Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully
registered form as provided in Section 5.13.
"Delaware Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"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 corporation identified as the "Delaware
Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Delaware Trustee of the Trust continued hereunder and not in its individual
capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
Delaware Trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).
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"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust
Securities as provided in Section 4.01.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events that shall
have occurred and be continuing (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 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 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 Property Trustee in this Trust
Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty, a default in the performance of
which or the breach of which is dealt with in clause (b) or (c), above) and
continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the defaulting Property Trustee
by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Preferred 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 the failure by the Depositor to appoint a successor
Property Trustee within 60 days thereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as
EXHIBIT D, as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
"Extension Period" means the "Extended Interest Payment Period" as
defined in the Indenture.
"Global Subordinated Debenture" has the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
"Guarantee" means the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement
executed and delivered by the Depositor and American Securities Transfer &
Trust, Inc., as trustee, contemporaneously with
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the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, as amended from time to time.
"Holder" means a Securityholder.
"Indenture" means the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
_________________, 1998, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as
trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
"Junior Subordinated Debentures" means the $________ aggregate
principal amount of the Depositor's ____% Junior Subordinated Debentures due
2028, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"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 Junior Subordinated Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in
accordance with the Indenture and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the
Redemption Price of such Trust Securities and (b) with respect to a
distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders of Trust Securities
in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the Trust, Junior
Subordinated Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Junior Subordinated
Debentures are distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $10 per Trust
Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Junior Subordinated
Debentures are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection
with a dissolution and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section
9.04(d).
"Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02 of the
Indenture.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chief
Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and by the Chief
Accounting Officer or the Controller or an Assistant Controller or 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:
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(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the
Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such
examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to
enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the
Depositor, but not an employee of any thereof, 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 Preferred Securities, means,
as of the date of determination, all Preferred Securities theretofore executed
and delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Preferred Securities theretofore canceled by the Property
Trustee or delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Preferred 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 Preferred Securities;
provided that, if such Preferred Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Preferred Securities which have been paid or in exchange
for or in lieu of which other Preferred Securities have been executed and
delivered pursuant to Sections 5.04, 5.05, 5.11 and 5.13; provided, however,
that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of
the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred
Securities owned by the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the
Depositor or any Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that (i) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in
relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Preferred Securities that such Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded and (ii) the foregoing shall not apply at any
time when all of the Outstanding Preferred Securities are owned by the
Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes
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to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right as to
such Preferred Securities so owned.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificate 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 5.09 and shall initially be the Trust Company.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate
trust account maintained by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the
Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures will be held and from which the Property Trustee shall make payments
to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections 4.01 and 4.02.
"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.
"Preferred Security" means a preferred undivided beneficial interest
in the assets of the Trust, designated "____% Cumulative Trust Preferred
Securities," having a Liquidation Amount of $7.60 and having the rights provided
therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions
and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Preferred Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as
EXHIBIT E.
"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company
identified as the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement
solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed and
continued hereunder 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 Maturity Date
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like
Amount of Trust Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and
unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date allocated on a pro rata basis
(based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Trust Securities to be redeemed.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
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"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.04.
"Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or
Trust Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person is a
beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
"Trust" means Union Bankshares Capital Trust I, the Delaware business
trust continued hereby and which was created as stated in the recitals to this
Trust Agreement.
"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 all exhibits hereto, including, 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 Company" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Trust Agreement.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this Trust Agreement was 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 Junior Subordinated Debentures, (b) the
rights of the Property Trustee under the Guarantee, (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 Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the
Preferred Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means, individually or collectively, any of
the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement dated as of
_______________, 1998, among the Trust, the Depositor and the underwriters
named therein.
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ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
SECTION 2.01 NAME. The Trust heretofore created and continued hereby
shall continue to be known as "Union Bankshares Capital Trust 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 other Trustees, in
which name the Trustees may engage in the transactions contemplated hereby,
make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx
and be sued.
SECTION 2.02 OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
BUSINESS. The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is
Wilmington Trust Company, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address in the State
of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the
Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the Trust
is c/o Union Bankshares, Ltd., 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000.
SECTION 2.03 INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF TRUST PROPERTY; ORGANIZATIONAL
EXPENSES. The Trustees acknowledge 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 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 2.04 ISSUANCE OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES. On ______________,
1998, the Depositor and an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the 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 Trust, shall
execute in accordance with Section 5.02 and deliver, in accordance with the
Underwriting Agreement, a Preferred Securities Certificate, registered in the
name of the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, in an aggregate amount of
Preferred Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $ against
receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $ ,
which amount such Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property
Trustee.
SECTION 2.05 ISSUANCE OF THE COMMON SECURITIES; SUBSCRIPTION AND
PURCHASE OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES. Contemporaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 5.02 and deliver
to the Depositor a Common Securities Certificate, registered in the name of the
Depositor, in an aggregate amount of Common Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of $ against payment by the Depositor of such amount.
Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
shall subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor Junior Subordinated
Debentures, registered in the
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name of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust and having an aggregate
principal amount equal to $____________, and, in satisfaction of the purchase
price for such Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf
of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of $ .
SECTION 2.06 DECLARATION OF TRUST. The exclusive purposes and
functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell Trust Securities and use the
proceeds from such sale to acquire the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and (b)
to engage in those activities necessary, convenient or incidental thereto. The
Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all
the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the 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 Securityholders. The Administrative
Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in
accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of
the Trust. 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 Trustees of the Trust for the sole and
limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware
Business Trust Act.
SECTION 2.07 AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.
(a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations
set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section and Article VIII, and in accordance
with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Administrative Trustees shall
have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by
the Administrative Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority,
express or implied, otherwise granted to the Administrative Trustees under this
Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including
without limitation, the following:
(i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee,
acting singly or jointly, shall have the power and authority to act on
behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities,
including, without limitation, the execution of the Trust
Securities on behalf of the Trust in accordance with this
Trust Agreement, and complying with the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement regarding the issuance and sale of the
Trust Securities;
(B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute,
deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, the Expense
Agreement and the Certificate Depository Agreement and such
other agreements or documents as may be necessary or
desirable in connection with the purposes and function of the
Trust;
(C) assisting in the registration of the Preferred
Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
under state securities or blue sky laws,
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and the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust
indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(D) assisting in the listing of the Preferred
Securities upon the NASDAQ National Market or such securities
exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the Depositor
and, if required, the registration of the Preferred
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 Junior Subordinated Debentures to the Securityholders
in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(F) the appointment of a Paying Agent, authenticating
agent and Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust
Agreement;
(G) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement,
the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust
and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate
of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
(H) to take all action that may be necessary or
appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the
Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as
a statutory business trust under the laws of the State of
Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such
existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of
the Holders of the Preferred Securities or to enable the
Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created;
(I) the execution and delivery of an application for
a taxpayer identification number for the Trust; and
(J) the taking of any action incidental to the
foregoing as the Administrative 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
Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any
such action on any particular Securityholder).
(ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall
have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with
respect to the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures;
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(C) the receipt and collection of interest, principal
and any other payments made in respect of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures in the Payment Account;
(D) the distribution of amounts owed to the
Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and
privileges of a holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other
information regarding the Trust Securities and the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance
with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement,
the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the
Trust;
(I) after an Event of Default (other than under
paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the definition of such term
if the 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 Securityholders (without consideration
of the effect of any such action on any particular
Securityholder);
(J) so long as the Property Trustee is the Securities
Registrar, registering transfers of the Trust Securities in
accordance with this Trust Agreement; and
(K) except as otherwise provided in this Section
2.07(a)(ii), the Property Trustee shall have none of the
duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the
Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 2.07(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the
Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any
business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or
contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trustees shall not (i) acquire any
investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement,
(ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise
dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to
Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that
would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for
United States federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for
borrowed money or issue any other debt
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or (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a
Lien on any of the Trust Property. The Administrative Trustees shall 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 Trust or the Securityholders in
their capacity as Securityholders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred
Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the
Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the 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 Trust with the
Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration
statement on the appropriate form in relation to the Preferred
Securities and the Junior Subordinated Debentures, including any
amendments thereto;
(ii) the determination of the states in which to take
appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the
Preferred Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than
actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advise
the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and
prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and
filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems
necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of
any such states;
(iii) the preparation for filing by the Trust and
execution on behalf of the Trust of an application to the NASDAQ
National Market or a national stock exchange or other organizations
for listing upon notice of issuance of any Preferred Securities and to
file or cause an Administrative Trustee to file thereafter with such
exchange or organization such notifications and documents as may be
necessary from time to time;
(iv) if required, the preparation for filing by the Trust
with the Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a
registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the
Preferred 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 Preferred 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
Administrative Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of
the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be
an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act, will be classified as a "grantor trust" and not as an association taxable
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as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes and so that the
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor
for United States federal income tax purposes. In this connection, subject to
Section 10.02, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to
take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law or this Trust Agreement,
that each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees determines in their
discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes. In no event shall
the Trustees be liable to the Trust or the Securityholders for any failure to
comply with this Section that results from a change in law or regulations or in
the interpretation thereof.
SECTION 2.08 ASSETS OF TRUST. The assets of the Trust shall consist of
the Trust Property.
SECTION 2.09 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 Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.01 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 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 Securityholders 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 Junior Subordinated
Debentures. Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the
Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.01 DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be
cumulative, and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust
available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accumulate from
_________________, 1998, and, except during any Extension Period with
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respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures, shall be payable quarterly in
arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December in each year,
commencing March 15, 1999. The amount of each Distribution due with respect to
the Trust Securities will include amounts accrued through the date the
Distribution payment is due. 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 such date (each date on
which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.01(a) a
"Distribution Date").
(b) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial
interests in the Trust Property, and, as a practical matter, the Distributions
on the Trust Securities shall be payable at a rate of ____% per annum of the
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable
for any full period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. The amount of Distributions for any partial period shall be
computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. During any Extension Period with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be
deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. The amount of
Distributions payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if
any.
(c) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by
the Property Trustee solely from the Payment Account and shall be payable on
each Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand
and immediately available in the Payment Account for the payment of such
Distributions.
(d) 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 on the relevant record date, which
shall be one Business Day prior to such Distribution Date; provided, however,
that in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in
book-entry-only form, the relevant record date shall be the 1st day of the
month in which the relevant Distribution Date occurs.
SECTION 4.02 REDEMPTION.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the Maturity
Date of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the 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 Securities Register. The
Property Trustee shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any CUSIP
number contained in such notice. All notices of redemption shall state:
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(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, or as soon as practicable thereafter, that notice of such actual
Redemption Price is received pursuant to the Indenture);
(iii) the CUSIP number;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities
are to be redeemed, the identification and the aggregate 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 and after
said date, except as provided in Section 4.02(d) below; and
(vi) the place or places where Trust Securities are to be
surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date
shall be redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the
contemporaneous redemption of Junior Subordinated 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 Trust has immediately
available 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 Preferred Securities, then, by 10:00 a.m., Mountain time, on the
Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.02(c), the Property Trustee will, so long
as the Preferred Securities are in book-entry-only form, deposit with the
Clearing Agency for the Preferred Securities 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.
If the Preferred Securities are no longer in book-entry-only form, the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 4.02(c), will deposit with the Paying Agent 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 Preferred 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
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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
Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease,
except the right of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price, but
without interest on such Redemption Price, and such 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 Trust or by the
Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities
will continue to accumulate, at the then applicable rate, from the Redemption
Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to the date
such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date
will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the
Redemption Price.
(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities
shall be made to the record Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be
one Business Day prior to the relevant Redemption Date; provided, however, that
in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in book-entry-only
form, the relevant record date shall be the date fifteen days prior to the
relevant Redemption Date.
(f) Subject to Section 4.03(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 Preferred Securities. The particular Preferred Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Property Trustee from the outstanding Preferred Securities not
previously called for redemption, by such method (including, without
limitation, by lot) as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to $10 or
an integral multiple of $10 in excess thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of
Preferred Securities of a denomination larger than $10. The Property Trustee
shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of the Preferred
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred 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 Preferred Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Securities redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred
Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 4.03 SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts,
if applicable) on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as
applicable, shall be made, subject to
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Section 4.02(f), pro rata among the Common Securities and the Preferred
Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust 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 Additional Amounts, if
applicable) 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 Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on all Outstanding Preferred 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
Preferred Securities then called for redemption, 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
Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or the Redemption Price of, Preferred
Securities then due and payable. The existence of an Event of Default does not
entitle the Holders of Preferred Securities to accelerate the maturity thereof.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default
resulting from a 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 Preferred Securities shall have been cured, waived
or otherwise eliminated. Until any such Event of Default under this Trust
Agreement with respect to the Preferred Securities shall have been so cured,
waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf
of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and not the Holder of the Common
Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the
right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
SECTION 4.04 PAYMENT PROCEDURES. Payments of Distributions (including
Additional Amounts, if applicable) in respect of the Preferred Securities shall
be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the Preferred 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 Persons'
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 4.05 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 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 Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and (b) prepare and
furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each Securityholder the
appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be furnished to such
Securityholder or the information required to be provided on such form. The
Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor 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
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backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect
to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.
SECTION 4.06 PAYMENT OF TAXES, DUTIES, ETC. OF THE TRUST. Upon receipt
under the Junior Subordinated Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property
Trustee, at the direction of an Administrative Trustee or the Depositor, shall
promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever nature
(other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States or any
other taxing authority.
SECTION 4.07 PAYMENTS UNDER INDENTURE. Any amount payable hereunder to
any Holder of Preferred Securities shall be reduced by the amount of any
corresponding payment such Holder has directly received under the Indenture
pursuant to Section 5.14(b) or (c) hereof.
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01 INITIAL OWNERSHIP. Upon the creation of the Trust and the
contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.03 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 Trust.
SECTION 5.02 THE TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES. The Preferred
Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $7.60
Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $7.60 in excess thereof, and the
Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $7.60
Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $7.60 in excess thereof. The Trust
Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual
signature of at least one Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities Certificates
bearing the manual signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such
signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the 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
Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust
Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Sections 5.04,
5.11 and 5.13.
SECTION 5.03 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.
On the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust Securities
Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.04
and 2.05, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by at least one of the
Administrative Trustees and delivered to or upon the written order of the
Depositor, signed by its Chief Executive Officer, its President, or any Vice
President without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized
denominations.
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SECTION 5.04 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF PREFERRED
SECURITIES CERTIFICATES. The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept,
at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, a register or
registers for the purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and
transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates (herein referred
to as the "Securities Register") in which the registrar designated by the
Property Trustee (the "Securities Registrar"), subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the registration of
Preferred Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject
to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and
registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as
herein provided. The Property Trustee shall be the initial Securities
Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred
Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section
5.08, the Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver,
in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like
aggregate Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative
Trustee or Trustees. The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register
the transfer of any Preferred Securities that have been called for redemption.
At the option of a Holder, Preferred Securities Certificates may be exchanged
for other Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the
same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the
Preferred Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 5.08.
Every Preferred 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 Property Trustee and the
Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing. Each Preferred Securities Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently
disposed of by the Property Trustee in accordance with its customary practice.
The Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or
exchange any Preferred Securities during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 calendar days before the date of mailing of a notice of redemption
of any Preferred Securities called for redemption and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing or (ii) register the transfer of or
exchange any Preferred Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Preferred Securities being
redeemed in part.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Preferred 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 Preferred
Securities Certificates.
SECTION 5.05 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
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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 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 Trust, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities
Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 5.06 PERSONS DEEMED SECURITYHOLDERS. The Trustees, the Paying
Agent and 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 Trustees
nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.07 ACCESS TO LIST OF SECURITYHOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
At any time when the Property Trustee is not also acting as the Securities
Registrar, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or cause
to be furnished to the Property Trustee (a) semi-annually on or before January
15 and July 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of the
most recent regular record date (as provided in Section 4.01(d)) and (b)
promptly after receipt by any Administrative Trustee or the Depositor of a
request therefor from the Property Trustee, such other information as the
Property Trustee may reasonably require in order to enable the Property Trustee
to discharge its obligations under this Trust Agreement, in each case to the
extent such information is in the possession or control of the Administrative
Trustees or the Depositor and is not identical to a previously supplied list or
has not otherwise been received by the Property Trustee in its capacity as
Securities Registrar. The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or
under the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Trustee shall
be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act. Each Holder, by receiving and
holding a Trust Securities Certificate, and each Owner shall be deemed to have
agreed not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
SECTION 5.08 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Administrative
Trustees shall maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where
Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustees in
respect of the Trust Securities Certificates may be served. The Administrative
Trustees initially designate the principal corporate trust office of the
Property Trustee, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, as the principal corporate trust
office for such purposes. The Administrative Trustees shall give prompt
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written notice to the Depositor and to the Securityholders of any change in the
location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 5.09 APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT. The Paying Agent shall make
Distributions to Securityholders 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 Administrative Trustees may revoke such power and remove the
Paying Agent if such Trustees determine in their sole discretion that the
Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust
Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the
Property Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Property Trustee, and
acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor. Any Person acting
as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days'
written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the
Depositor. In the event that the Property Trustee shall no longer be the Paying
Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be
revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is
acceptable to the Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent
(which shall be a bank or trust company). The Administrative Trustees shall
cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by
the Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an
instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent
shall agree with the 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 Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. 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 8.01, 8.03 and 8.06 shall
apply to the Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as
the Property Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable,
to any other Paying Agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement
to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context
requires otherwise.
SECTION 5.10 OWNERSHIP OF COMMON SECURITIES BY DEPOSITOR. On the
Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and record
ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any
attempted transfer of the Common Securities (other than a transfer in
connection with a merger or consolidation of the Depositor into another
corporation pursuant to Section 12.01 of the Indenture) shall be void. The
Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued
to the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE".
SECTION 5.11 BOOK-ENTRY PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATES; COMMON
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Preferred Securities Certificates, upon original
issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Preferred Securities
Certificate or Certificates representing Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificates, to be delivered to or held on behalf of The Depository Trust
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Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust. Such
Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates shall initially be
registered on the Securities Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of
the initial Clearing Agency, and no beneficial owner will receive a Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificate representing such beneficial owner's interest
in such Preferred Securities, except as provided in Section 5.13. Unless and
until Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates have been issued to
beneficial owners pursuant to Section 5.13:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall be in
full force and effect;
(ii) the Securities Registrar, the Paying Agent and the
Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all
purposes of this Trust Agreement relating to the Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificates (including the payment of the Liquidation
Amount of and Distributions on the Book-Entry Preferred Securities) as
the sole Holder of Book-Entry Preferred Securities and shall have no
obligations to the Owners thereof;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section
5.11 conflict with any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, the
provisions of this Section 5.11 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificates shall be exercised only through the Clearing
Agency and shall be limited to those established by law 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 Preferred Securities Certificates are issued
pursuant to Section 5.13, the initial Clearing Agency will make
book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and will
receive and transmit payments on the Preferred Securities to such
Clearing Agency Participants. Any Clearing Agency designated pursuant
hereto will not be deemed an agent of the Trustees for any purpose.
(b) 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 5.12 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 Preferred Securities Certificates shall have been
issued to Owners pursuant to Section 5.13, the 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 DEFINITIVE PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATES. If (a) the
Depositor advises the Trustees in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Preferred Securities Certificates, and the Depositor is unable to locate a
qualified successor, (b) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustees in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing
Agency, or (c) after the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default, Owners of
Preferred Securities
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Certificates representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority
of the Liquidation Amount advise the Property Trustee in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in
the best interests of the Owners of Preferred Securities Certificates, then the
Property Trustee shall notify the Clearing Agency, and the Clearing Agency
shall notify all Owners of Preferred Securities Certificates, of the occurrence
of any such event and of the availability of the Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates to Owners of such class or classes, as applicable,
requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Property Trustee of the typewritten
Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates representing the Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them,
shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates in accordance
with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither the Securities Registrar
nor the 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 Preferred Securities
Certificates, the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates as Securityholders. The Definitive Preferred
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.
SECTION 5.14 RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested
exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance
with Section 2.09, and the Securityholders shall not have any right or title
therein other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the 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 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. When issued and
delivered to Holders of the Preferred Securities against payment of the
purchase price therefor, the Preferred Securities will be fully paid and
nonassessable interests in the Trust. The Holders of the Preferred Securities,
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 Preferred Securities remain
Outstanding, if, upon a Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails
or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Junior Subordinated Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures to be immediately due and payable, the Holders
of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then
Outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Depositor and
the Debenture Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal amount of
and the accrued interest on all of the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall
become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and
interest on such Junior Subordinated Debentures shall remain subordinated to
the extent provided in the Indenture. If, as a result of a Debenture Event of
Default, the Debenture Trustee or the holders of not less than
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25% in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures have declared the Junior Subordinated Debentures due and payable and
if such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments due (otherwise than by acceleration) under the Junior Subordinated
Debentures has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee, then (if the holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of Junior
Subordinated Debentures have not annulled such declaration and waived such
default) the Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities may annul such declaration and waive such default.
(c) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain
outstanding, upon a Debenture Event of Default arising from the failure to pay
interest or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Holders of any
Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, have the right to directly institute proceedings for enforcement of
payment to such Holders of principal of or interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities of such Holders.
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.01 LIMITATIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, in Sections 5.14,
8.10 and 10.02 and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder
of Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the administration, operation and management of the 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 Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of
an association.
(b) So long as any Junior Subordinated Debentures are held by
the Property Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture
Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee
with respect to such Junior Subordinated Debentures, (ii) waive any past
default which is waivable under Article Seven of the Indenture, (iii) exercise
any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the
Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Junior
Subordinated 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 Preferred Securities; provided, however,
that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each
holder of outstanding Junior Subordinated Debentures affected thereby, no such
consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written
consent of each Holder of Preferred Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke
any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of
the Outstanding Preferred Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify each
Holder of the Outstanding Preferred Securities of any notice of default
received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals
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of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the
foregoing actions, the Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain
an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust
will continue to be classified as a grantor trust and not as an association
taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes on
account of such action.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides
for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special
rights of the Preferred Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust
Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of
the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the
Holders of Outstanding Preferred 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 Preferred Securities. No amendment to
this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, the Trust
would cease to be classified as a grantor trust or would be classified as an
association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 6.02 NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of all meetings of the Holders
of Preferred Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting,
shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.08 to each Holder
of Preferred Securities of record, at such Securityholder's registered address,
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 6.03 MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF PREFERRED SECURITIES. No annual
meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees,
however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matter upon the
written request of the Holders of 25% of the Outstanding Preferred Securities
(based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) and the Administrative Trustees
or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion, call a meeting of
Holders of the Preferred Securities to vote on any matters as to which the
Holders of the Preferred Securities are entitled to vote.
Holders of record of 50% of the Outstanding Preferred Securities
(based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of such Securityholders.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the
Holders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a majority
of the Preferred Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount)
held by the Holders of Preferred Securities of record present, either in person
or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of
affirmative votes.
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SECTION 6.04 VOTING RIGHTS. Securityholders shall be entitled to one
vote for each $10 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities
in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.
SECTION 6.05 PROXIES, ETC. At any meeting of Securityholders, any
Securityholder 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 Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the
Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the
time at which such vote shall be taken. 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 Securityholder 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 6.06 SECURITYHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action
which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a
meeting if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all Outstanding
Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) 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 (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount).
SECTION 6.07 RECORD DATE FOR VOTING AND OTHER PURPOSES. For the
purposes of determining the Securityholders 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 may from time to time fix a date, not more
than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment
of any distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for
the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such
purposes.
SECTION 6.08 ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS. 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 Securityholders
or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders 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 an Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders 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 8.01) conclusive in favor of the
Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
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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 of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof.
Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such
signer's individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of such signer's 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 Trustee
receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Preferred Securities shall be proved by the
Securities Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every
future Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder 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 Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder 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.
A Holder of Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under
the Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
Guarantee Trustee (as defined in the Guarantee), the Trust or any Person.
SECTION 6.09 INSPECTION OF RECORDS. Upon reasonable notice to the
Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of the Trust
shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during normal business hours for
any purpose reasonably related to such Securityholder's interest as a
Securityholder.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.01 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BANK AND THE
PROPERTY TRUSTEE. The Trust Company, in its separate corporate capacity and as
Property Trustee, as of the date hereof, and each successor Property Trustee at
the time of the successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as
Property Trustee hereunder (the term "Trust Company" being used hereafter in
this Article VII to refer to such successor Property Trustee in its
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separate corporate capacity and as Property Trustee), hereby represents and
warrants (as applicable) for the benefit of the Depositor and the
Securityholders that:
(a) the Trust Company is a trust company duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado;
(b) the Trust Company 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) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Trust Company and constitutes the valid and legally
binding agreement of the Trust Company enforceable against it 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;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust
Company of this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other action on the part of the Trust Company and does not require
any approval of the stockholders of the Trust Company and such execution,
delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Trust Company's charter or
by-laws, (ii) violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice
or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of,
any Lien on any properties included in the Trust Property pursuant to the
provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other
agreement or instrument to which the Trust Company is a party or by which it is
bound, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United
States or the State of Colorado, as the case may be, governing the banking or
trust powers of the Trust Company, or any order, judgment or decree applicable
to the Trust Company;
(e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the
Trust Company of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
transactions by the Trust Company contemplated herein or therein 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 law of the State of Colorado governing the banking or
trust powers of the Trust Company; and
(f) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the
Trust Company's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Trust Company in
any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or
tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of
the Trust Company to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the
Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 7.02 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DELAWARE BANK AND
THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The Delaware Bank in its corporate capacity and as
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Delaware Trustee, as of the date hereof, and each successor Delaware Trustee at
the time of the successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as
Delaware Trustee hereunder (the term "Delaware Bank" being used hereafter in
this Article VIII to refer to such successor Delaware Trustee in its separate
corporate capacity and as Delaware Trustee), hereby represents and warrants (as
applicable) for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:
(a) the Delaware Bank is a Delaware banking corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware;
(b) the Delaware Bank 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) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Delaware Bank and constitutes the valid and legally
binding agreement of the Delaware Bank enforceable against it 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;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware
Bank of this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other action on the part of the Delaware Bank and does not require
any approval of the stockholders of the Delaware Bank and such execution,
delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Delaware Bank's charter or
by-laws, (ii) violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice
or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of,
any Lien on any properties included in the Trust Property pursuant to the
provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other
agreement or instrument to which the Delaware Bank is a party or by which it is
bound, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United
States or the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking or
trust powers of the Delaware Bank, or any order, judgment or decree applicable
to the Delaware Bank;
(e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the
Delaware Bank of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
transactions by the Delaware Bank contemplated herein or therein 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 law of the State of Delaware governing the banking or
trust powers of the Delaware Bank; and
(f) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the
Delaware Bank's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Delaware Bank in
any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or
tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of
the Delaware Bank to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the
Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
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SECTION 7.03 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITOR. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Securityholders
that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing
Date on behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly
and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Administrative Trustees
pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the
requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the Securityholders will be, as of
such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges
payable by the Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of
the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust Company, the Property
Trustee, the Delaware Bank or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this
Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.01 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the 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 the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it. No Administrative Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be liable for such
Trustee's acts or omissions hereunder except as a result of such Trustee's own
gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Property Trustee's liability shall
be determined under the Trust Indenture Act. 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 Trustees shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section. To the extent that, at law or in
equity, the Delaware Trustee or an Administrative Trustee has duties (including
fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the
Securityholders, the Delaware Trustee or such Administrative Trustee shall not
be liable to the Trust or to any Securityholder for such 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 Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law
or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace
such other duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee and the
Administrative 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
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the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the
terms hereof. Each Securityholder, by such Securityholder's acceptance of a
Trust Security, agrees that such Securityholder will look solely to the revenue
and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for
distribution to such Securityholder as herein provided and that the Trustees
are not personally liable to such Securityholder for any amount distributable
in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any
Trust Security. This Section 8.01(b) does not limit the liability of the
Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case
of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed
to relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action,
its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of the
Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a
majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities relating to the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect
to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Junior
Subordinated 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
3.01 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 negligence, default or
misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.
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SECTION 8.02 CERTAIN NOTICES.
(a) Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any
Event of Default actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee
shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08,
notice of such Event of Default to the Securityholders, the Administrative
Trustees and the Depositor, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured
or waived. For purposes of this Section the term "Event of Default" means any
event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
of Default.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall transmit, to the
Securityholders in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08,
notice of the Depositor's election to begin or further extend an Extension
Period on the Junior Subordinated Debentures (unless such election shall have
been revoked) within the time specified for transmitting such notice to the
holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures pursuant to the Indenture as
originally executed.
(c) In the event the Depositor elects to accelerate the
Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Indenture, the Property
Trustee shall give notice to each Holder of Trust Securities of the
acceleration of the Maturity Date and the Accelerated Maturity Date not later
than five Business Days after the Property Trustee receives the notice provided
in Section 2.02(c) of the Indenture.
SECTION 8.03 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE. Subject to the
provisions of Section 8.01:
(a) the Property Trustee may 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
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 Holders of the Preferred Securities are entitled to
vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall
deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of the
Depositor as to the course of action to be taken and the Property Trustee shall
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee
shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the
Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive
such instructions of the Depositor within 10 Business Days after it has
delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in
such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two
Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem
advisable and in the best interests of the
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Securityholders, 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 conclusively rely upon an
Officer's Certificate 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 of its
choice and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such
advice (such counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates,
and may include any of its employees); 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 Securityholders pursuant to this Trust
Agreement, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(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
Securityholders, 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, provided that the Property Trustee shall be
responsible for its own negligence or recklessness with respect to selection of
any agent or attorney appointed by it hereunder;
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(j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement
the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder,
the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust
Securities which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same
proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled
to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in
respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such
remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are
received, and (iii) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such
instructions; and
(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. No
provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or
obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any
right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 8.04 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 Trust, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees (as such) shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures.
SECTION 8.05 MAY HOLD SECURITIES. Any Trustee or any other agent of
any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.13
and except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article
I, may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it
were not a Trustee or such other agent.
SECTION 8.06 COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY; FEES. The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the 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 Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the 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 such Trustee's negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct (or, in the case of the Administrative Trustees
or the Delaware Trustee, any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its, his or her gross 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 Trustees and any predecessor Trustee, (ii)
any Affiliate of any Trustee, (iii) any officer, director, shareholder,
employee, representative or agent of any Trustee, and (iv) any employee of
agent of the Trust, (referred to 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 arising out of or in
connection with the creation, operation or dissolution of the Trust or any act
or omission performed or omitted by 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 gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions (or, in the case of the
Property Trustee, by reason of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with
respect to such acts or omissions).
The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive the termination of
this Trust Agreement.
The Depositor and any Trustee 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 Trust, and the Trust and
the Holders of Trust Securities shall have no rights by virtue of the 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 Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Neither the
Depositor nor any Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular
investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a
character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and the
Depositor or any Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account
(individually or as a partner of fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such
particular investment or other opportunity. Any 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.
No Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property as a result of any
amount due pursuant to this Section 8.06.
SECTION 8.07 CORPORATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY OF
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 eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000 (and its parent holding
company having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million). If any
such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law
or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall
be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee
with respect to the Trust
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Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
(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 8.08 CONFLICTING INTERESTS. 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.
SECTION 8.09 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 Depositor and the Administrative Trustees 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 with the Property
Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and
agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the
Property Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property
Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to the extent required
by law to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with
such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in
such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or
power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this
Section. If the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees do not join in such
appointment within 15 days after the receipt by them of a request so to do, or
in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment. 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.
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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 and delivered 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 Trustees specified hereunder, shall be
exercised, solely by such 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 resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided
in this Section 8.09.
(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 Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Relevant Trustee
may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders.
If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Trustee required by Section
8.11 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee
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within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Relevant
Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Depositor, any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holder of the
Common Securities. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may
be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Preferred Securities, delivered to such Relevant Trustee (in its
individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may
be removed by the Holder of the Common Securities at any time. In no event will
the Holders of the Preferred Securities have the right to vote to appoint,
remove or replace the Administrative Trustees.
If the Relevant Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable
of acting as Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of such
Relevant Trustee for any cause, at a time when no Debenture Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities, by
Act of the Holder of the Common Securities delivered to the retiring Relevant
Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to
the Trust Securities and the Trust, and the successor Trustee shall comply with
the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to
act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a
time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing,
the Holders of the Preferred Securities by Act of the Holders of a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding delivered to
the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be
removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, at a time when
a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder
of the Common Securities, by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities
delivered to an Administrative Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor
Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees, and such successor
Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Trust Securities shall have been so appointed by the Holder of the
Common Securities or the Holders of the Preferred Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has
been a Securityholder for at least six months may, on behalf of such
Securityholder and all others similarly situated, petition a court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of a Relevant Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to
all Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.08 and shall give
notice to the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor
Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust office if it is the Property
Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is
a natural person dies or becomes, in the
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opinion of the Depositor, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by
such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by (a) the unanimous act
of remaining Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (b)
otherwise by the Depositor (with the successor in each case being a Person who
satisfies the eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in Section 8.07).
SECTION 8.11 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR. In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee and
each successor Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall execute and
deliver an instrument hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and upon the execution and
delivery of such instrument, the resignation or removal of the retiring
Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust; but, on
request of the Trust or any successor Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all Trust
Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Trust shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor 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, the Delaware Trustee or
any Administrative Trustee that is not a natural person 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 corporation 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
qualified and 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
TRUST. If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Junior Subordinated
Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to
and shall take all actions necessary in order to comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the
Depositor or Trust (or any such other obligor).
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SECTION 8.14 REPORTS BY PROPERTY TRUSTEE.
(a) Not later than January 31 of each year commencing with
January 31, 2000, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders in
accordance with Section 10.08, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of
the preceding December 31 with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.07 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; and
(ii) 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
Securityholders 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
securities exchange or other organization upon which the Trust Securities may
be listed, with the Commission and with the Depositor.
SECTION 8.15 REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE. The Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the 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 Trust shall
provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with the 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) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an Officers'
Certificate.
SECTION 8.17 NUMBER OF TRUSTEES.
(a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the
Holder of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease
the number of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee may be the same Person.
(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the
number of Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.17(a),
or if the number of Trustees is
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increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall
be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate
to annul the Trust. 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 Section 8.10, 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.
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 2.07(a)(i); 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 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 the Trust, as set forth herein.
SECTION 8.19 VOTING. Except as otherwise provided in this Trust
Agreement, the consent or approval of the Administrative Trustees shall require
consent or approval by not less than a majority of the Administrative Trustees,
unless there are only two, in which case both must consent.
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.01 DISSOLUTION UPON EXPIRATION DATE. Unless earlier
dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on ____________________, 2028
(the "Expiration Date"), and thereafter the Trust Property shall be distributed
in accordance with Section 9.04.
SECTION 9.02 EARLY DISSOLUTION. The first to occur of any of the
following events is an "Early Termination Event," upon the occurrence of which
the Trust shall dissolve:
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or
the dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;
(b) delivery of written direction to the Property Trustee by
the Depositor at any time (which direction is wholly optional and within the
discretion of the Depositor) to dissolve the
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Trust and distribute the Junior Subordinated Debentures to Securityholders in
exchange for the Preferred Securities in accordance with Section 9.04;
(c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in
connection with the redemption of all of the Junior Subordinated Debentures;
and
(d) an order for dissolution of the Trust shall have been
entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.03 TERMINATION. The respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust created and continued hereby
shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution
by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of the Trust
pursuant to Section 9.04, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities
pursuant to Section 4.02, 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 Trust; (c) the discharge of all administrative duties of the
Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting
obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders, and (d) the
filing of a certificate of cancellation by the Administrative Trustee under the
Delaware Business Trust Act.
SECTION 9.04 LIQUIDATION.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a),
(b), or (d) of Section 9.02 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall
be liquidated by the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be
possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the
Trust as provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of
Junior Subordinated Debentures, subject to Section 9.04(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 Junior Subordinated Debentures;
and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the
mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities certificates
for Junior Subordinated Debentures, or if Section 9.04(d) applies
receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or
the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.02(c) or 9.04(d) applies, in order
to effect the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to Securityholders,
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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 Junior Subordinated Debentures in exchange for the
Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.02(c) or 9.04(d) applies, after
the Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding, (ii) certificates (or, at the election of the Depositor a Global
Subordinated Debenture, subject to the provisions of the Indenture)
representing a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures will be issued to
Holders of Trust Securities Certificates upon surrender of such certificates to
the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange, (iii) the Depositor
shall use its reasonable efforts to have the Junior Subordinated Debentures
listed on the NASDAQ National Market or on such other securities exchange or
other organization as the Preferred Securities may then be listed or traded,
(iv) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be
deemed to represent a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures, accruing
interest at the rate provided for in the Junior Subordinated 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 Junior
Subordinated Debentures) and (v) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust
Securities will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive
Junior Subordinated Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions
of this Section 9.04, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a
court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures in the manner provided herein is determined by the
Property Trustee not to be practical, the Trust shall be dissolved and the
Trust Property shall be liquidated by the Property Trustee in such manner as
the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution
of the Trust, Securityholders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of
the Trust available for distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the 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, the Liquidation
Distribution can be paid only in part because the 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 Trust on the Trust
Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts).
The Holder of the Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation
Distributions upon any such dissolution, pro rata (determined as aforesaid)
with Holders of Preferred Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a
priority over the Common Securities.
SECTION 9.05. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS
OF THE TRUST. The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or
be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as
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an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except pursuant to this Section
9.05. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent of the Administrative
Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of the Preferred Securities,
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Trust may merge with or into,
consolidate, amalgamate, 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 Trust with respect to the
Preferred Securities or (b) substitutes for the Preferred Securities other
securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Securities (the
"Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as
the Preferred Securities rank in priority with respect to distributions and
payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) the Depositor
expressly appoints a trustee of such successor entity possessing substantially
the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the
rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred Securities
(including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (iv) such
successor entity has a purpose identical to that of the Trust, (v) the
Successor Securities will be listed or traded on any national securities
exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Securities may then be
listed, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel
experienced in such matters 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 Preferred
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and
(b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will
be required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company
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 Trust shall not, except with the consent of
Holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred 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 or replacement would
cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other than a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01 LIMITATION OF RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS. The death or
incapacity 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 or heirs of 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.
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SECTION 10.02 AMENDMENT.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by
the Trustees and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i)
as provided in Section 8.11 with respect to acceptance of appointment by a
successor Trustee, (ii) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any
provision herein or therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein or therein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Trust Agreement, that shall not be inconsistent
with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, or (iii) to modify,
eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as
shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United
States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any
Trust Securities are Outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be
required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act; provided, however, that in the case of clause (ii), such action shall not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder,
and any amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice
thereof is given to the Securityholders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 6.01(c) or Section 10.02(c)
hereof, any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees
and the Depositor (i) with the consent of Securityholders representing not less
than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then
Outstanding and (ii) upon receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the
Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status
as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or the Trust's
exemption from status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in
this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such
consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.03 or 6.06 hereof), this
Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount
of any distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as
of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder 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 Securityholders (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section
6.03 or 6.06 hereof), this paragraph (c) of this Section 10.02 may not be
amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust
Agreement, no Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this
Trust Agreement which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the
exemption from status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act or to fail or cease to be classified as a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes.
(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 on the Depositor.
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(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement
is made, the Administrative Trustees 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. 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 10.03 SEPARABILITY. In case any provision in this Trust
Agreement or in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10.04 GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST AND THE 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 (WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES).
SECTION 10.05 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 which is a Business Day (except as otherwise provided in
Sections 4.01(a) and 4.02(d)), with the same force and effect as though made on
the date fixed for such payment, and no Distribution shall accumulate thereon
for the period after such date.
SECTION 10.06 SUCCESSORS. This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or
the Relevant Trustee(s), including any successor by operation of law. Except in
connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is
permitted under Article Twelve 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 10.07 HEADINGS. The Article and Section headings are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.08 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 Securityholder 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 Preferred
Securities, to such Securityholder as such Securityholder'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 Union Bankshares,
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Ltd., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Chief
Executive Officer; Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000. Any notice to the Holders of
the Preferred Securities shall also be given to such Owners as have, within two
years preceding the giving of such notice, filed their names and addresses with
the Property Trustee for that purpose. Such notice, demand or other
communication to or upon a Securityholder 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 Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given
in writing addressed (until another address is published by the Trust) as
follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to American Securities
Transfer & Trust, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; (b) with respect to the
Delaware Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration; and (c) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at
the address above for notices to the Depositor, marked "Attention:
Administrative Trustees of Union Bankshares Capital Trust I." Such notice,
demand or other communication to or upon the Trust or the Property Trustee
shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual
receipt of the writing by the Trust or the Property Trustee.
SECTION 10.09 AGREEMENT NOT TO PETITION. Each of the Trustees and the
Depositor agree for the benefit of the Securityholders that, until at least one
year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article
IX, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the 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 Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the
Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.09, the Property Trustee
agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the expense of the
Depositor (which expense shall be paid prior to the filing), it shall file an
answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of
such petition by the Depositor against the 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. The provisions
of this Section 10.09 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 Trustee which is 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 to be 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
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 SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY
SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE
UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER 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 SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF
THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE
TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
SECTION 10.12 COUNTERPARTS. This Trust Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall
be an original, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and
the same agreement.
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UNION BANKSHARES, LTD.,
as Depositor
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
AMERICAN SECURITIES TRANSFER & TRUST,
INC.,
as Property Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Delaware Trustee, and not in its individual
capacity
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, as Administrative Trustee
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, as Administrative Trustee
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Xxxxx X. Xxxx, as Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF SECURITIES
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CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
UNION BANKSHARES CAPITAL TRUST I
____% COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $7.60 PER COMMON SECURITY)
UNION BANKSHARES CAPITAL TRUST I, a statutory business trust created
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
Union Bankshares, Ltd. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of ____________
____________________________________________________ (________________)
securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust and designated the ____% Common Securities (liquidation
amount $7.60 per Common Security) (the "Common Securities"). In accordance with
Section 5.10 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below), the Common Securities
are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be 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 Trust dated as of _________________, 1998, as the same may be amended
from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the
terms of Common Securities as set forth therein. The Trust will furnish a copy
of the Trust Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request to the
Trust at its principal place of business or registered office. Upon receipt of
this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to
the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this ____ day of ______________, 1998.
UNION BANKSHARES CAPITAL TRUST I
By:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
AGREEMENT dated as of _______________, 1998, between UNION BANKSHARES,
LTD., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and UNION BANKSHARES CAPITAL TRUST
I, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust").
WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the "Common
Securities") to, and receive ____% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2028 (the
"Junior Subordinated Debentures") from, the Company and to issue and sell ____%
Cumulative Preferred Securities (the "Preferred Securities") with such powers,
preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth in the Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of _______________, 1998, as
the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Company will directly or indirectly own all of the Common
Securities of the Trust and will issue the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the
Preferred Securities, which purchase the Company hereby agrees shall benefit the
Company and which purchase the Company acknowledges will be made in reliance
upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, including in its
capacity as holder of the Common Securities, and the Trust hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.01. GUARANTEE BY THE COMPANY. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Company, including in its capacity as holder of the
Common Securities, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each
person or entity to whom the 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 Trust other than
obligations of the Trust to pay to holders of any Preferred Securities or other
similar interests in the Trust the amounts due such holders pursuant to the
terms of the Preferred Securities or such other similar interests, as the case
may be. 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 1.02. TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall terminate and be
of no further force and 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 Preferred
Securities (whether upon redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise) and (b)
the date on which there are no Beneficiaries
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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
Preferred Securities or any Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid
under the Preferred Securities, under any Obligation, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Agreement dated the date hereof by the Company and American
Securities Transfer & Trust, Inc. as guarantee trustee or under this Agreement,
for any reason whatsoever. This Agreement is continuing, irrevocable,
unconditional and absolute.
SECTION 1.03. WAIVER OF NOTICE. The Company hereby waives notice of
acceptance of this Agreement and of any Obligation to which it applies or may
apply, and the Company hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other
notices and demands.
SECTION 1.04. NO IMPAIRMENT. The obligations, covenants, agreements and
duties of the Company 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:
(a) the extension of time for the payment by the 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;
(b) 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 Trust granting
indulgence or extension of any kind; or
(c) 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
Trust or any of the assets of the Trust.
The Beneficiaries shall not be obligated to give notice to, or obtain
the consent of, the Company with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 1.05. ENFORCEMENT. A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement
directly against the Company, and the Company waives any right or remedy to
require that any action be brought against the Trust or any other person or
entity before proceeding against the Company.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.01. BINDING EFFECT. All guarantees and agreements contained
in this Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the
Beneficiaries.
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SECTION 2.02. AMENDMENT. So long as there remains any Beneficiary or
any Preferred Securities are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified
or amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to the holders of the
Preferred Securities.
SECTION 2.03. NOTICES. Any notice, request or other communication
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing by
delivering the same 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):
Union Bankshares Capital Trust I
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Union Bankshares, Ltd.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
SECTION 2.04. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado
(without regard to conflict of laws principles).
THIS AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.
UNION BANKSHARES, LTD.,
By
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
UNION BANKSHARES CAPITAL TRUST I
By
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Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT E
This Preferred Security is a Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificate within the meaning of the Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to
and is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation (the "Depositary") or a nominee of the Depositary. This Preferred
Security is exchangeable for Preferred Securities registered in the name of a
person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Trust Agreement (as defined below) and no
transfer of this Preferred Security (other than a transfer of this Preferred
Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary) may be registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Preferred Security is presented by an authorized
representative of the Depositary to Union Bankshares Capital Trust I or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Preferred
Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or such other name as
requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary (and any payment
hereon is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an
authorized representative of the Depositary), 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.
Certificate Number Number of Preferred Securities
**1** 1,315,790
CUSIP NO.
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Certificate Evidencing Preferred Securities
of
Union Bankshares Capital Trust I
____% Cumulative Preferred Securities
(liquidation amount $7.60 per Preferred Security)
MB CAPITAL I, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. (the "Holder")
is the registered owner of One Million Three Hundred Fifteen Thousand Seven
Hundred Ninety (1,315,790) preferred securities of the Trust representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the
____% Cumulative Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $7.60 per Preferred
Security) (the "Preferred Securities"). The Preferred Securities are
transferable on the books and records of the 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 5.04 of the Trust Agreement (as
defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences,
and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities are set forth in, and
this certificate and the Preferred Securities represented
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hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and
provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of
_________________, 1998, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of Preferred
Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement entered into by Union Bankshares, Ltd.,
a Delaware corporation, and American Securities Transfer & Trust, Inc., as
guarantee trustee, dated as of _________________, 1998 (the "Guarantee"), to the
extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement
and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust
at its principal place of business or registered office. Upon receipt of this
certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the
benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this ____ day of __________________, 1998.
UNION BANKSHARES CAPITAL TRUST I
By:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Administrative Trustee
