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EXHIBIT 4.4
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STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
AND
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AS TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
_________% SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2027
DATED AS OF _________________________, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 1.1. Definitions of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II Issue, Description, Terms, Conditions Registration and Exchange of
the Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 2.2. Maturity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 2.3. Form and Payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2.4. [Intentionally Omitted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2.5. Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2.6. Execution and Authentications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 2.7. Registration of Transfer and Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 2.8. Temporary Debentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 2.9. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 2.10. Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 2.11. Benefit of Indenture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 2.12. Authentication Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE III Redemption of Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 3.1. Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 3.2. Special Event Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 3.3. Optional Redemption by Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 3.4. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 3.5. Payment Upon Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 3.6. No Sinking Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE IV Extension of Interest Payment Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 4.2. Notice of Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 4.3. Limitation on Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE V Particular Covenants of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 5.1. Payment of Principal and Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 5.2. Maintenance of Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 5.3. Paying Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 5.4. Appointment To Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 5.5. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 5.6. Limitation on Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 5.7. Covenants as to the Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 5.8. Covenants as to Purchases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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ARTICLE VI Debentureholders' Lists and Reports by the Company and the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 6.1. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Debentureholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 6.2. Preservation of Information Communications with Debentureholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 6.3. Reports by the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 6.4. Reports by the Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE VII Remedies of the Trustee and Debentureholders on Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 7.1. Events of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 7.2. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 7.3. Application of Moneys Collected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 7.4. Limitation on Suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 7.5. Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 7.6. Control by Debentureholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 7.7. Undertaking To Pay Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ARTICLE VIII Form of Debenture and Original Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 8.1. Form of Debenture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 8.2. Original Issue of Debentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ARTICLE IX Concerning the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 9.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 9.2. Notice of Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 9.3. Certain Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 9.4. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 9.5. May Hold Debentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 9.6. Moneys Held in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 9.7. Compensation and Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 9.8. Reliance on Officers' Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 9.9. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 9.10. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 9.11. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 9.12. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 9.13. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 9.14. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ARTICLE X Concerning the Debentureholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 10.1. Evidence of Action by Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 10.2. Proof of Execution by Debentureholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 10.3. Who May Be Deemed Owners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 10.4. Certain Debentures Owned by Company Disregarded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 10.5. Actions Binding on Future Debentureholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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ARTICLE XI Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 11.1. Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Debentureholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 11.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Debentureholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 11.3. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 11.4. Debentures Affected by Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 11.5. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ARTICLE XII Successor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 12.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 12.2. Successor Corporation Substituted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 12.3. Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ARTICLE XIII Satisfaction and Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 13.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 13.2. Discharge of Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 13.3. Deposited Moneys To Be Held in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 13.4. Payment of Monies Held by Paying Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 13.5. Repayment to Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ARTICLE XIV Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 14.1. No Recourse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ARTICLE XV Miscellaneous Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 15.1. Effect on Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 15.2. Actions by Successor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 15.3. Surrender of Company Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 15.4. Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 15.5. Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 15.6. Treatment of Debentures as Debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 15.7. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 15.8. Payments on Business Days. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 15.9. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 15.10. Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 15.11. Separability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 15.12. Assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 15.13. Acknowledgment of Rights; Right of Setoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ARTICLE XVI Subordination of Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 16.1. Agreement to Subordinate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 16.2. Default on Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt or Additional Senior Obligations. . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 16.3. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 16.4. Subrogation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 16.5. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Section 16.6. Notice by the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 16.7. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 16.8. Subordination May Not Be Impaired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
Section of
Trust Indenture Act Section of
of 1939, as amended Indenture
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310(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.10
310(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9, 9.11
310(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.14
311(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.14
311(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1, 6.2(a)
312(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2(c)
312(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2(c)
313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4(a)
313(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4(b)
313(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4(a), 6.4(b)
313(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4(c)
314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3(a)
314(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
314(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.7
314(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
314(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.7
314(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1(a), 9.3
315(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2
315(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1(a)
315(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1(b)
315(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7
316(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1, 7.6
316(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4(b)
316(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1(b)
317(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2
317(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3
318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9
Note: This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of this Indenture
and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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INDENTURE
INDENTURE, dated as of __________, 1997, between STIFEL
FINANCIAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
____________________________, a trust company duly organized and existing under
the laws of the _________________ of ________________, as property trustee (the
"Trustee");
RECITALS
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of securities to be known as its ____% Subordinated Debentures due
2027 (hereinafter referred to as the "Debentures"), the form and substance of
such Debentures and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set
forth as provided in this Indenture;
WHEREAS, Stifel Financial Capital Trust, a Delaware statutory
business trust (the "Trust"), has offered to the public up to $28.75 million
aggregate liquidation amount of its Preferred Securities (as defined herein)
and proposes to invest the proceeds from such offering, together with the
proceeds of the issuance and sale by the Trust to the Company of up to $889,500
aggregate liquidation amount of its Common Securities (as defined herein), in
$29,639,500 aggregate principal amount of the Debentures; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute
and deliver this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all requirements necessary to make this Indenture a
valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Debentures, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the
valid obligations of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and
delivery of this Indenture have been duly authorized in all respects:
WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the
Debentures are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly
authorized the execution of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Debentures by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted
and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the
Debentures:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS.
The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except as in this
Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental
hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1 and
shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, or that are by reference
in the Trust Indenture Act defined in the Securities Act (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument.
All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles.
"Accelerated Maturity Date" means if the Company elects to
accelerate the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.2(c), the date
selected by the Company which is prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, but is
after June 30, 2002.
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5.
"Additional Senior Obligations" means all indebtedness of the
Company whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred, for claims in respect of derivative products such as
interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar
arrangements; provided, however, that Additional Senior Obligations does not
include claims in respect of Senior Debt or Subordinated Debt or obligations
which, by their terms, are expressly stated to be not superior in right of
payment to the Debentures or to rank pari passu in right of payment with the
Debentures. For purposes of this definition, "claim" shall have the meaning
assigned thereto in Section 101(4) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of
1978, as amended.
"Administrative Trustees" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Trust Agreement.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any
Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote
10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests
of the specified Person; (b) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting
securities or other ownership interests are directly or indirectly owned,
controlled or held with power to vote by the specified Person; (c) any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
the specified Person; (d) a partnership in which the specified Person is a
general partner; (e) any officer or director of the specified Person; and (f)
if the specified Person is an individual, any entity of which the specified
Person is an officer, director or general partner.
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"Authenticating Agent" means an authenticating agent with
respect to the Debentures appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification.
"Business Day" means, with respect to the Debentures, any day
other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which federal or state banking
institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized
or required by law, executive order or regulation to close, or a day on which
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or the Property Trustee is closed for
business.
"Certificate" means a certificate signed by the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting
officer, the treasurer or any vice president of the Company. The Certificate
need not comply with the provisions of Section 15.7.
"Change in 1940 Act Law" shall have the meaning set forth in
the definition of "Investment Company Event."
"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 instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities" means undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with the Preferred Securities;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights
of holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of (i) distributions, and
(ii) payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, are subordinated to
the rights of holders of Preferred Securities.
"Company" means Stifel Financial Corp., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject to
the provisions of Article XII, shall also include its successors and assigns.
"Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the
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date hereof is located at Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Department.
"Coupon Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Debentures" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals
hereto.
"Debentureholder," "holder of Debentures," "registered
holder," or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or
names a particular Debenture shall be registered on the books of the Company or
the Trustee kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
"Debenture Register" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(b).
"Debenture Registrar" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(b).
"Debt" means with respect to any Person, whether recourse is
to all or a portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not contingent,
(i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed; (ii) every obligation
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition
of property, assets or businesses; (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such
Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar
facilities issued for the account of such Person; (iv) every obligation of such
Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services
(but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business); (v) every capital lease obligation of such
Person; and (vi) and every obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i)
through (v) of another Person and all dividends of another Person the payment
of which, in either case, such Person has guaranteed or is responsible or
liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise.
"Default" means any event, act or condition that with notice
or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Dissolution Event" means that as a result of the occurrence
and continuation of a Special Event, the Trust is to be dissolved in accordance
with the Trust Agreement and, the Debentures held by the Property Trustee are to
be distributed, after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors of the Trust as
required by applicable law, to the holders of the Trust Securities issued by the
Trust pro rata, in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
"Distribution" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust
Agreement.
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"Event of Default" means, with respect to the Debentures, any
event specified in Section 7.1, which has continued for the period of time, if
any, and after the giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.
"Exchange Act," means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, as in effect at the date of execution of this instrument.
"Extended Maturity Date" means if the Company elects to extend
the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.2(b), the date selected by the
Company which is after the Scheduled Maturity Date but before June 30, 2036.
"Extension Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.1.
"Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" means such
accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation
required hereunder.
"Governmental Obligations" means securities that are (i)
direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its
full faith and credit is pledged; or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States
of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental
Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such
Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law)
such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable
to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such
depositary receipt.
"Herein," "hereof," and "hereunder," and other words of
similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Interest Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5.
"Investment Company Act," means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, as in effect at the date of execution of this instrument.
"Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Trust of
an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm experienced in such matters, to
the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation
or a change in interpretation or application of law or
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regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory
authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), the Trust is or shall be considered an
"investment company" that is required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date
of original issuance of the Preferred Securities under the Trust Agreement.
"Maturity Date" means the date on which the Debentures mature
and on which the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon including Compounded Interest and Additional
Interest, if any.
"Ministerial Action" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or
the Controller or an Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with
the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided
for in Section 15.7, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing of legal
counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, that is
delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such
opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 15.7, if and to
the extent required by the provisions thereof.
"Outstanding," when used with reference to the Debentures,
means, subject to the provisions of Section 10.4, as of any particular time,
all Debentures theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under
this Indenture, except (a) Debentures theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for
cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Debentures or portions
thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental
Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been
set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as
its own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Debentures or portions
of such Debentures are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of
such redemption shall have been given as in Article III provided, or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Debentures in lieu of or in substitution for which other Debentures shall
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.7.
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent
appointed pursuant to Section 5.3.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint-venture, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Debenture" means every previous Debenture
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Debenture; and, for the purposes of
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this definition, any Debenture authenticated and delivered under Section 2.9 in
lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture.
"Preferred Securities" means undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with Common Securities issued by
the Trust; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
the rights of holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of (i)
distributions, and (ii) payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise,
are subordinated to the rights of holders of Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Securities Guarantee" means any guarantee that the
Company may enter into with the Trustee or other Persons that operate directly
or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Preferred Securities.
"Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in the Trust
Agreement.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee
means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice
President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any trust officer, any corporate trust
officer or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time
shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is
referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Scheduled Maturity Date" means June 30, 2027.
"Securities Act," means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, as in effect at the date of execution of this instrument.
"Senior Debt" means the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or
not such claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), on
Debt, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant
to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are not
superior in right of payment to the Debentures or to other Debt which is pari
passu with, or subordinated to, the Debentures; provided, however, that Senior
Debt shall not be deemed to include (i) any Debt of the Company which when
incurred and without respect to any election under section 1111(b) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was without recourse to the Company;
(ii) any Debt of the Company to any of its subsidiaries; (iii) Debt to any
employee of the Company; (iv) Debt which by its terms is subordinated to trade
accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business to the extent that payments made to the holders of such Debt by the
holders of the Debentures as a result of the subordination provisions of this
Indenture would be greater than they otherwise would have been as a result of
any obligation of such holders to pay amounts over to the obligees on such trade
accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business as a result of subordination provisions to which such Debt is subject;
and (v) Debt which constitutes Subordinated Debt.
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"Senior Indebtedness" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 16.1.
"Special Event" means a Tax Event or an Investment Company
Event.
"Subordinated Debt" means the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any (including interest accruing on or after the filing
of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company
whether or not such claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding), on Debt, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred, which is by its terms expressly provided to
be junior and subordinate to other Debt of the Company (other than the
Debentures).
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the
time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries; (ii) any
general partnership, joint venture, trust or similar entity, at least a
majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the
time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) any limited partnership
of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an Opinion of
Counsel, rendered by a law firm experienced in such matters, to the effect
that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any announced
prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or
as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is
effective or which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date
of issuance of the Preferred Securities under the Trust Agreement, there is
more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or shall be within 90
days after the date of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to United States
federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the
Debentures; (ii) interest payable by the Company on the Debentures is not, or
within 90 days after the date of such Opinion of Counsel, shall not be,
deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal
income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or shall be within 90 days after
the date of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to more than a de minimis amount
of other taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges. The Trust
or the Company shall request and receive such Opinion of Counsel with regard to
such matters within a reasonable period of time after the Trust or the Company
shall have become aware of the possible occurrence of any of the events
described in clauses (i) through (iii) above.
"Trust" means Stifel Financial Capital Trust, a Delaware
statutory business trust.
"Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement, dated as of ____________, 1997, of the Trust.
"Trustee" means _____________________ and, subject to the
provisions of Article IX, shall also include its successors and assigns, and,
if at any time there is more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder,
"Trustee" shall mean each such Person.
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"Trust Indenture Act," means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, subject to the provisions of Sections 11.1, 11.2, and 12.1, as in
effect at the date of execution of this instrument.
"Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and Preferred
Securities, collectively.
"Voting Stock," as applied to stock of any Person, means shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest
(however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the
election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person,
other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such
power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE II
Issue, Description, Terms, Conditions Registration and Exchange of the
Debentures
Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount.
There is hereby authorized Debentures designated the "___%
Subordinated Debentures due 2027," limited in aggregate principal amount up to
$29,639,500, which amount shall be as set forth in any written order of the
Company for the authentication and delivery of Debentures pursuant to Section
2.6.
Section 2.2. Maturity.
(a) The Maturity Date shall be either:
(i) the Scheduled Maturity Date; or
(ii) if the Company elects to extend the Maturity
Date beyond the Scheduled Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.2(b), the
Extended Maturity Date; or
(iii) if the Company elects to accelerate the
Maturity Date to be a date prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date in
accordance with Section 2.2(c), the Accelerated Maturity Date.
(b) The Company may at any time before the day which is
90 days before the Scheduled Maturity Date, elect to extend the Maturity Date
to the Extended Maturity Date, provided that the following conditions in this
Section 2.2(b) are satisfied both at the date the Company gives notice in
accordance with Section 2.2(d) of its election to extend the Maturity Date and
at the Scheduled Maturity Date:
(i) the Company is not in bankruptcy, otherwise
insolvent or in liquidation;
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(ii) the Company is not in default in the payment
of interest or principal on the Debentures; and
(iii) the Trust is not in arrears on payments of
Distributions on the Trust Securities issued by it and no deferred
Distributions are accumulated;
(c) The Company may, on one occasion, at any time before
the day which is 90 days before the Scheduled Maturity Date and after June 30,
2002, elect to shorten the Maturity Date to the Accelerated Maturity Date.
(d) If the Company elects to extend the Maturity Date in
accordance with Section 2.2(b), the Company shall give notice to the registered
holders of the Debentures, the Property Trustee and the Trust of the extension
of the Maturity Date and the Extended Maturity Date at least 90 days and no
more than 180 days before the Scheduled Maturity Date.
(e) If the Company elects to accelerate the Maturity Date
in accordance with Section 2.2(c), the Company shall give notice to the
registered holders of the Debentures, the Property Trustee and the Trust of the
acceleration of the Maturity Date and the Accelerated Maturity Date at least 90
days and no more than 180 days before the Accelerated Maturity Date.
Section 2.3. Form and Payment.
The Debentures shall be issued in fully registered
certificated form without interest coupons. Principal and interest on the
Debentures issued in certificated form shall be payable, the transfer of such
Debentures shall be registrable and such Debentures shall be exchangeable for
Debentures bearing identical terms and provisions at the office or agency of
the Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the
option of the Company by check mailed to the holder at such address as shall
appear in the Debenture Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained
by the holder as specified in the Debenture Register, provided that the holder
provides proper transfer instructions by the regular record date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of any Debentures is the
Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest (including
Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any) on such Debentures held by
the Property Trustee shall be made at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Property Trustee.
Section 2.4. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 2.5. Interest.
(a) Each Debenture shall bear interest at the rate of
___% per annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the original date of issuance until the
principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law)
on any overdue installment of interest at the Coupon Rate, compounded
quarterly, payable (subject to the provisions of Article IV) quarterly in
arrears on
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March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year (each, an
"Interest Payment Date," commencing on September 30, 1997), to the Person in
whose name such Debenture or any Predecessor Debenture is registered, at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment,
which shall be the fifteenth day of the last month of the calendar quarter.
(b) The amount of interest payable for any period shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount
of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly period for
which interest is computed shall be computed on the basis of the number of days
elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date
on which interest is payable on the Debentures is not a Business Day, then
payment of interest payable on such date shall be made on the next succeeding
day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in
respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the
date such payment was originally payable.
(c) If, at any time while the Property Trustee is the
holder of any Debentures, the Trust or the Property Trustee is required to pay
any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature
(other than withholding taxes) imposed by the United States, or any other
taxing authority, then, in any case, the Company shall pay as additional
interest ("Additional Interest") on the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee, such additional amounts as shall be required so that the net amounts
received and retained by the Trust and the Property Trustee after paying such
taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges shall be equal to the
amounts the Trust and the Property Trustee would have received had no such
taxes, duties, assessments or other government charges been imposed.
Section 2.6. Execution and Authentications.
(a) The Debentures shall be signed on behalf of the
Company by its Chief Executive Officer, President or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile
signature. The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall
have been a Chief Executive Officer, President or Vice President thereof, or of
any Person who shall have been a Secretary or Assistant Secretary thereof,
notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Debentures shall be authenticated
and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be the Chief
Executive Officer, President or a Vice President, or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company. The seal of the Company may be in the
form of a facsimile of such seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Debentures. The Debentures may contain such
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Debenture shall be dated the date of its authentication by the
Trustee.
(b) A Debenture shall not be valid until manually
authenticated by an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an
Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Debenture so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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(c) At any time and from time to time after the execution
and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debentures executed by
the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of
the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Debentures signed by
its Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President and its Treasurer
or any Assistant Treasurer, and the Trustee in accordance with such written
order shall authenticate and deliver such Debentures.
(d) In authenticating such Debentures and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Debentures, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
9.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture.
(e) The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Debentures if the issue of such Debentures pursuant to this Indenture
shall affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the
Debentures and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Section 2.7. Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Debentures may be exchanged upon presentation thereof
at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose in the
Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or at the office of the Debenture
Registrar, for other Debentures and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in
relation thereto, all as provided in this Section 2.7. In respect of any
Debentures so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee
shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor
the Debenture or Debentures that the Debentureholder making the exchange shall
be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its
office or agency designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the
City of New York, or at the office of the Debenture Registrar, or such other
location designated by the Company a register or registers (herein referred to
as the "Debenture Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Debentures and the
transfers of Debentures as provided in this Article II and which at all
reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar
for the purpose of registering Debentures and transfer of Debentures as herein
provided shall initially be the Trustee and thereafter as may be appointed by
the Company as authorized by Board Resolution (the "Debenture Registrar").
Upon surrender for transfer of any Debenture at the office or agency of the
Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee
shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Debenture or Debentures for a like aggregate
principal amount. All Debentures presented or surrendered for exchange or
registration of transfer, as provided in this Section 2.7, shall be accompanied
(if so required by the Company or the Debenture Registrar) by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer, in
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form satisfactory to the Company or the Debenture Registrar, duly executed by
the registered holder or by such holder's duly authorized attorney in writing.
(c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Debentures, or issue of new Debentures in case of
partial redemption, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.8, Section 3.5(b) and Section 11.4 not
involving any transfer.
(d) The Company shall not be required (i) to issue,
exchange or register the transfer of any Debentures during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of less than all the Outstanding Debentures and ending at the close
of business on the day of such mailing; nor (ii) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Debentures or portions thereof called for redemption.
Section 2.8. Temporary Debentures.
Pending the preparation of definitive Debentures, the Company
may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Debentures (printed, lithographed, or typewritten). Such temporary Debentures
shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Debentures in lieu of
which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as
may be appropriate for temporary Debentures, all as may be determined by the
Company. Every temporary Debenture shall be executed by the Company and be
authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the
same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Debentures. Without
unnecessary delay the Company shall execute and shall furnish definitive
Debentures and thereupon any or all temporary Debentures may be surrendered in
exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of
the Company designated for the purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New York, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall
deliver in exchange for such temporary Debentures an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Debentures, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the
effect that definitive Debentures need not be executed and furnished until
further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debentures
shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Debentures authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.9. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures.
(a) In case any temporary or definitive Debenture shall
become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the
next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company's request the
Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debenture
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and
substitution for the mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of and in substitution for
the Debenture so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substituted Debenture shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or
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theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant's
Debenture and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such
substituted Debenture and deliver the same upon the written request or
authorization of the Chairman, President or any Vice President and the
Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any
substituted Debenture, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith. In case any Debenture that has matured or is about to
mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may,
instead of issuing a substitute Debenture, pay or authorize the payment of the
same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debenture) if
the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee
such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in
case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company
and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debenture and of the
ownership thereof.
(b) Every replacement Debenture issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 2.9 shall constitute an additional contractual
obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Debenture shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Debentures duly issued hereunder. All
Debentures shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the
foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures, and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or
statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the
replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without
their surrender.
Section 2.10. Cancellation.
All Debentures surrendered for the purpose of payment,
redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the
Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or,
if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be canceled by it, and no Debentures shall
be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of
the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of
such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Debentures
held by the Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of
canceled Debentures in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a
certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise
acquire any of the Debentures, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Debentures
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11. Benefit of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debentures, express or
implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and the holders of the Debentures (and, with respect to the
provisions of Article XVI, the holders of Senior Indebtedness) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or
under any covenant,
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condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and
provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders
of the Debentures (and, with respect to the provisions of Article XVI, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness).
Section 2.12. Authentication Agent.
(a) So long as any of the Debentures remain Outstanding
there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such Debentures, which the
Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Debentures issued
upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Debentures so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be
valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of
Debentures by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as
most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any
jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to
conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to
conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by federal
or state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.
(b) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by
giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The
Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the
agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to
such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or
cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint
an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any
successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.
ARTICLE III
Redemption of Debentures
Section 3.1. Redemption.
The Company may redeem the Debentures issued hereunder on and
after the dates set forth in and in accordance with the terms of this Article
III.
Section 3.2. Special Event Redemption.
If a Special Event has occurred and is continuing, then,
notwithstanding Section 3.3(a) but subject to Section 3.3(b), the Company shall
have the right upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice to the
holders of the Debentures to redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part,
for cash within 180 days following the occurrence of such Special Event (the
"180-Day Period") at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
to be
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redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such
redemption (the "Redemption Price"), provided that if at the time there is
available to the Company the opportunity to eliminate, within the 180-Day
Period, a Tax Event by taking some ministerial action (a "Ministerial Action"),
such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other similar
reasonable measure which has no adverse effect on the Company, the Trust or the
holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust, the Company shall pursue
such Ministerial Action in lieu of redemption, and, provided further, that the
Company shall have no right to redeem the Debentures while the Trust is
pursuing any Ministerial Action pursuant to its obligations under the Trust
Agreement. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York
time, on the date of such redemption or such earlier time as the Company
determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the
date such Redemption Price is to be paid.
Section 3.3. Optional Redemption by Company.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3(b), except
as otherwise may be specified in this Indenture, the Company shall have the
right to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in part, from time to time, on or
after June 30, 2002, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date
of such redemption. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.3(a) shall be
made upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice to the holder of
the Debentures, at the Redemption Price. If the Debentures are only partially
redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.3, the Debentures shall be redeemed pro
rata or by lot or in such other manner as the Trustee shall deem appropriate
and fair in its discretion. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00
noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as
the Company determines provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time,
on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid.
(b) If a partial redemption of the Debentures would
result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust from
The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market, the New York Stock Exchange or any
other national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed, the Company shall not be permitted to effect such
partial redemption and may only redeem the Debentures in whole.
Section 3.4. Notice of Redemption.
(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such
right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Debentures in
accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall, or shall cause
the Trustee to upon receipt of 45 days' written notice from the Company (which
notice shall, in the event of a partial redemption, include a representation to
the effect that such partial redemption shall not result in the delisting of
the Preferred Securities as described in Section 3.3(b) above), give notice of
such redemption to holders of the Debentures to be redeemed by mailing, first
class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than
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30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption to such
holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Debenture
Register unless a shorter period is specified in the Debentures to be redeemed.
Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives
the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any
Debenture designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the
notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Debentures. In the case of any redemption of Debentures prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Debentures or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the
Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with any such
restriction. Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for
redemption and the Redemption Price and shall state that payment of the
Redemption Price shall be made at the office or agency of the Company in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or at the Corporate Trust Office,
upon presentation and surrender of such Debentures, that interest accrued to
the date fixed for redemption shall be paid as specified in said notice and
that from and after said date interest shall cease to accrue. If less than all
the Debentures are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of the Debentures
shall specify the particular Debentures to be redeemed. If the Debentures are
to be redeemed in part only, the notice shall state the portion of the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the
redemption date, upon surrender of such Debenture, a new Debenture or
Debentures in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be
issued.
(b) If less than all the Debentures are to be redeemed,
the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days' notice in advance of the
date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures to
be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other
manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion, the portion or
portions (equal to $10 or any integral multiple thereof) of the Debentures to
be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the
numbers of the Debentures to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company
may, if and whenever it shall so elect pursuant to the terms hereof, by
delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by its President or any Vice
President, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of
the Debentures for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner
set forth in this Section 3.4, such notice to be in the name of the Company or
its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any
case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such
paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit
to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such
Debenture Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or
extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to
give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this
Section 3.4.
Section 3.5. Payment Upon Redemption.
(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been
completed as above provided, the Debentures or portions of Debentures to be
redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and
at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
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Redemption Price, and interest on such Debentures or portions of Debentures
shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the
Company shall default in the payment of such Redemption Price with respect to
any such Debenture or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such
Debentures on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment
specified in the notice, said Debentures shall be paid and redeemed at the
Redemption Price (but if the date fixed for redemption is an interest payment
date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the
registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date
pursuant to Section 3.3).
(b) Upon presentation of any Debenture that is to be
redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and the office or agency where the Debenture is presented shall
deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Debenture
of authorized denomination in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
of the Debenture so presented.
Section 3.6. No Sinking Fund.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.
ARTICLE IV
Extension of Interest Payment Period
Section 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the
term of the Debentures, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest
payment period of such Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive
quarters (the "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no interest
shall be due and payable; provided that no Extension Period may extend beyond
the Maturity Date. Interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of
the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section 4.1,
shall bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each
quarter of the Extension Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the
Extension Period, the Company shall calculate (and deliver such calculation to
the Trustee) and pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the Debentures,
including any Additional Interest and Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred
Interest") that shall be payable to the holders of the Debentures in whose
names the Debentures are registered in the Debenture Register on the first
record date after the end of the Extension Period. Before the termination of
any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that
such period together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed
20 consecutive quarters, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures.
Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all
Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new Extension Period,
subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest shall be due and payable
during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but the Company may
prepay at any time all or any portion of the interest accrued during an
Extension Period.
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Section 4.2. Notice of Extension.
(a) If the Property Trustee is the only registered holder
of the Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extension Period, the
Company shall give written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property
Trustee and the Trustee of its selection of such Extension Period two Business
Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which Distributions
on the Trust Securities issued by the Trust are payable; or (ii) the date the
Trust is required to give notice of the record date, or the date such
Distributions are payable, to The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market, to the
New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to
holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, but in any event at
least one Business Day before such record date.
(b) If the Property Trustee is not the only holder of the
Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extension Period, the Company
shall give the holders of the Debentures and the Trustee written notice of its
selection of such Extension Period at least two Business Days before the
earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date; or (ii) the date the
Company is required to give notice of the record or payment date of such
interest payment to The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market, the New York
Stock Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders
of the Debentures.
(c) The quarter in which any notice is given pursuant to
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 4.2 shall be counted as one of the 20
quarters permitted in the maximum Extension Period permitted under Section 4.1.
Section 4.3. Limitation on Transactions.
If (i) the Company shall exercise its right to defer payment
of interest as provided in Section 4.1; or (ii) there shall have occurred any
Event of Default, then (a) the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend
on, make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or
make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock; (b) the
Company shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any,
or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Company which
rank pari passu with or junior to the Debentures; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing the Company may make payments pursuant to its
obligations under the Preferred Securities Guarantee; and (c) the Company shall
not redeem, purchase or acquire less than all of the Outstanding Debentures or
any of the Preferred Securities.
ARTICLE V
Particular Covenants of the Company
Section 5.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Company shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of and interest on the Debentures at the time and place and in
the manner provided herein.
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Section 5.2. Maintenance of Agency.
So long as any of the Debentures remain Outstanding, the
Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, and at such other location or locations as may be designated
as provided in this Section 5.2, where (i) Debentures may be presented for
payment; (ii) Debentures may be presented as hereinabove authorized for
registration of transfer and exchange; and (iii) notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Debentures and this Indenture may be given or
served, such designation to continue with respect to such office or agency
until the Company shall, by written notice signed by its President or a Vice
President and delivered to the Trustee, designate some other office or agency
for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, notices and demands may
be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations,
notices and demands. In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may
from time to time designate one or more offices or agencies outside of the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the Debentures may be
presented for registration or transfer and for exchange in the manner provided
herein, and the Company may from time to time rescind such designation as the
Company may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain any such office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, for the purposes above mentioned. The Company shall give
the Trustee prompt written notice of any such designation or rescission
thereof.
Section 5.3. Paying Agents.
(a) The Property Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for the Debentures,
other than the Property Trustee, the Company shall cause each such paying agent
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall
agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 5.3:
(i) that it shall hold all sums held by it as
such agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on the
Debentures (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or
by any other obligor of such Debentures) in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto;
(ii) that it shall give the Trustee notice of any
failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of such Debentures) to
make any payment of the principal of or interest on the Debentures
when the same shall be due and payable;
(iii) that it shall, at any time during the
continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph
(a)(ii) above, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay
to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and
(iv) that it shall perform all other duties of
Paying Agent as set forth in this Indenture.
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(b) If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to the Debentures, it shall on or before each due date of the principal
of or interest on such Debentures, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such
principal or interest so becoming due on Debentures until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other
obligor on such Debentures) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall
have one or more Paying Agents for the Debentures, it shall, prior to each due
date of the principal of or interest on any Debentures, deposit with the Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such
sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.3 to the
contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section
5.3 is subject to the provisions of Section 13.3 and 13.4; and (ii) the Company
may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any Paying Agent to
pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent,
such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those
upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon
such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Section 5.4. Appointment To Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in
the office of Trustee, shall appoint, in the manner provided in Section 9.10, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 5.5. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
The Company shall not, while any of the Debentures remain
outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or
convey all or substantially all of its property to any other company unless the
provisions of Article XII hereof are compiled with.
Section 5.6. Limitation on Transactions.
If Debentures are issued to the Trust or a trustee of the
Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust and (i)
there shall have occurred any event that would constitute an Event of Default;
(ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any
obligations under the Preferred Securities Guarantee relating to the Trust; or
(iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election to defer payments of
interest on such Debentures by extending the interest payment period as
provided in this Indenture and such period, or any extension thereof, shall be
continuing, then (a) the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend on, make
any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock; (b) the Company
shall not
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make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Company which rank pari
passu with or junior to the Debentures; provided, however, that the Company may
make payments pursuant to its obligations under the Preferred Securities
Guarantee; and (c) the Company shall not redeem, purchase or acquire less than
all of the Outstanding Debentures or any of the Preferred Securities.
Section 5.7. Covenants as to the Trust.
For so long as the Trust Securities of the Trust remain
outstanding, the Company shall (i) maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership
of the Common Securities of the Trust; provided, however, that any permitted
successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company's
ownership of the Common Securities; (ii) use its reasonable efforts to cause
the Trust (a) to remain a business trust, except in connection with a
distribution of Debentures, the redemption of all of the Trust Securities of
the Trust or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as
permitted by the Trust Agreement; and (b) to otherwise continue not to be
treated as an association taxable as a corporation or partnership for United
States federal income tax purposes; and (iii) use its reasonable efforts to
cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an individual
beneficial interest in the Debentures. In connection with the distribution of
the Debentures to the holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust
upon a Dissolution Event, the Company shall use its best efforts to list such
Debentures on The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market, on the New York Stock
Exchange or on such other exchange as the Preferred Securities are then listed.
Section 5.8. Covenants as to Purchases.
Except upon the exercise by the Company of its right to redeem
the Debentures pursuant to Section 3.2 upon the occurrence and continuation of
a Special Event, the Company shall not purchase any Debentures, in whole or in
part, from the Trust prior to June 30, 2002.
ARTICLE VI
Debentureholders' Lists and Reports by the Company and the Trustee
Section 6.1. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Debentureholders.
The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee (a) on a quarterly basis on each regular record date (as described in
Section 2.5) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the holders of the Debentures as of such regular record
date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to
furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect
from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company (in the event
the Company fails to provide such list on a monthly basis, the Trustee shall be
entitled to rely on the most recent list provided by the Company); and (b) at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished if the
Trustee shall be the Debenture Registrar.
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Section 6.2. Preservation of Information Communications with
Debentureholders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as
is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of Debentures contained in the most recent list furnished to it as
provided in Section 6.1 and as to the names and addresses of holders of
Debentures received by the Trustee in its capacity as Debenture Registrar for
the Debentures (if acting in such capacity).
(b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 6.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(c) Debentureholders may communicate as provided in
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Debentureholders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debentures.
Section 6.3. Reports by the Company.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the
Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the
Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the
Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to
file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports that may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security
listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed
from time to time in such rules and regulations.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the
Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations
prescribed from to time by the Commission, such additional information,
documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the
conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from
time to time by such rules and regulations.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail,
first class postage prepaid, or reputable overnight delivery service that
provides for evidence of receipt, to the Debentureholders, as their names and
addresses appear upon the Debenture Register, within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)
of this Section 6.3 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission.
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Section 6.4. Reports by the Trustee.
(a) On or before July 15 in each year in which any of the
Debentures are Outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear
upon the Debenture Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding May 15,
if and to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and
313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Debentureholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company,
with each stock exchange upon which any Debentures are listed (if so listed)
and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when
any Debentures become listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE VII
Remedies of the Trustee and Debentureholders on Event of Default
Section 7.1. Events of Default.
(a) Whenever used herein with respect to the Debentures,
"Event of Default" means any one or more of the following events that has
occurred and is continuing:
(i) the Company defaults in the payment of any
installment of interest upon any of the Debentures, as and when the
same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an
interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture shall not constitute a default in the payment of
interest for this purpose;
(ii) the Company defaults in the payment of the
principal on the Debentures as and when the same shall become due and
payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or
otherwise; provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity
of such Debentures in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal;
(iii) the Company fails to observe or perform any
other of its covenants or agreements with respect to the Debentures
for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, shall have been given to
the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the
Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding;
(iv) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning
of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case; (ii) consents to
the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or
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for all or substantially all of its property; or (iv) makes a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(v) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an
order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the
Company in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a Custodian of the
Company for all or substantially all of its property; or (iii) orders
the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
(vi) the Trust shall have voluntarily or
involuntarily dissolved, except in connection with (i) the
distribution of Debentures to holders of Trust Securities in
liquidation of their interests in the Trust; (ii) the redemption of
all of the outstanding Trust Securities of the Trust; or (iii) certain
mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the
Trust Agreement.
(b) In each and every such case, unless the principal of
all the Debentures shall have already become due and payable, either the
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by such Debentureholders) may declare the
principal of all the Debentures to be due and payable immediately, and upon any
such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and
payable, notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture or in the
Debentures.
(c) At any time after the principal of the Debentures
shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree
for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Debentures then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company
and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences
if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Debentures and the
principal of any and all Debentures that shall have become due otherwise than
by acceleration (with interest upon such principal, and upon overdue
installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Debentures to
the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee
under Section 9.7; and (ii) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture,
other than the nonpayment of principal on Debentures that shall not have become
due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section
7.6. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce
any right with respect to Debentures under this Indenture and such proceedings
shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or
annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to
the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company and the Trustee shall be
restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all
rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as
though no such proceedings had been taken.
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Section 7.2. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
(a) The Company covenants that (1) in case it shall
default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Debentures,
and such default shall have continued for a period of 90 Business Days; or (2)
in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of any of the
Debentures when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon
maturity of the Debentures or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise,
then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company shall pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the holders of the Debentures, the whole amount that then shall have
been become due and payable on all such Debentures for principal or interest,
or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and upon
overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the
Debentures; and (if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of the
Trust, without duplication of any other amounts paid by the Trust or trustee in
respect thereof) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum
expressed in the Debentures; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the
amount payable to the Trustee under Section 9.7.
(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts set
forth in Section 7.2(a) forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to
institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to
judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree
against the Company or other obligor upon the Debentures and collect the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or other obligor upon the Debentures, wherever
situated.
(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial
proceedings affecting the Company or the creditors or property thereof, the
Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action
therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be
otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other
papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee and of the holders of the Debentures allowed for the
entire amount due and payable by the Company under this Indenture at the date
of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may
become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim,
and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the
Trustee under Section 9.7; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy
or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of the Debentures
to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to such Debentureholders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 9.7.
(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under
this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to
Debentures, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
such Debentures, or the production thereof at any trial or other
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proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and
any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of
any amounts due under Section 9.7, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of
the Debentures. In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in
its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Debentureholder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debentures
or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Debentureholder in any such proceeding.
Section 7.3. Application of Moneys Collected.
Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article
VII with respect to the Debentures shall be applied in the following order, at
the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
moneys on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the
Debentures, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and
of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 9.7;
SECOND: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company if and to the extent required by Article XVI; and
THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon
the Debentures for principal and interest, in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Debentures for principal and interest, respectively.
Section 7.4. Limitation on Suits.
(a) Except as provided in Section 15.13 hereof, no holder
of any Debenture shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision
of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at
law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of
Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Debentures
specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of
not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then
Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such
action, suit or proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such
holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity
as it may require against the costs,
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expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and (iv) the
Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding;
and (v) during such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Debentures do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with
the request.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary or any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of
the Debentures to receive payment of the principal of and interest on the
Debentures, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed
in such Debenture (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without
the consent of such holder and by accepting a Debenture hereunder it is
expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every
Debenture with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one
or more holders of Debentures shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by
virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Debentures, or to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder,
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of
Debentures. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section 7.4, each and every Debentureholder and the Trustee shall be entitled
to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 7.5. Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.9, all
powers and remedies given by this Article VII to the Trustee or to the
Debentureholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative
and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or
the holders of the Debentures, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce
the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Debentures.
(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder
of any of the Debentures to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event
of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or
power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an
acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.4, every
power and remedy given by this Article VII or by law to the Trustee or the
Debentureholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Debentureholders.
Section 7.6. Control by Debentureholders.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 10.4,
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee; provided, however, that such direction shall
not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture. Subject to the
provisions of
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Section 9.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or
Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would
involve the Trustee in personal liability. The holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding affected
thereby, determined in accordance with Section 10.4, may on behalf of the
holders of all of the Debentures waive any past default in the performance of
any of the covenants contained herein and its consequences, except (i) a
default in the payment of the principal of or interest on, any of the
Debentures as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such
Debentures otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured
and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal
has been deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 7.1(c)); (ii) a
default in the covenants contained in Section 5.6; or (iii) in respect of a
covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debenture affected; provided,
however, that if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of the
Trust, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until
the holders of a majority in liquidation preference of Trust Securities of the
Trust shall have consented to such waiver or modification to such waiver;
provided further, that if the consent of the holder of each Outstanding
Debenture is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of
the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver. Upon
any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for
all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of
the Debentures shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 7.7. Undertaking To Pay Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any
Debentures by such holder's acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed,
that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement
of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee
for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that
such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section 7.8 shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Debentureholder, or
group of Debentureholders holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Debentures, or to any suit instituted by any Debentureholder
for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on the
Debentures, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Debenture or
established pursuant to this Indenture.
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ARTICLE VIII
Form of Debenture and Original Issue
Section 8.1. Form of Debenture.
The Debenture and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms contained as
Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 8.2. Original Issue of Debentures.
Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $25,773,500
may, upon execution of this Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered
to the Trustee for authentication. If the Underwriters exercise their Option
and there is an Option Closing Date (as such terms are defined in that certain
Underwriting Agreement, dated ______________, 1997, by and among the Company,
the Trust and Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated for itself and as
representative of the Underwriters named therein) then, on such Option Closing
Date, Debentures in the additional aggregate principal amount of $3,866,000 may
be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication. In
either such event, the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said
Debentures to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by its Chairman,
its Vice Chairman, its President, or any Vice President and its Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, without any further action by the Company.
ARTICLE IX
Concerning the Trustee
Section 9.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of
Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred,
shall undertake to perform with respect to the Debentures such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an
Event of Default has occurred that has not been cured or waived, the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture,
and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default
that may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the
Trustee shall with respect to the Debentures be determined
solely by the express provisions of this
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Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
the Debentures except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture,
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to the
Debentures conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;
but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by
any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the 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 principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to
the Debentures; and
(4) none of the provisions contained in this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such
funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of
this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not
reasonably assured to it.
Section 9.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee of the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the
Debentures, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all holders of the
Debentures, as their names and addresses appear in the Debenture Register,
notice of such default, unless such default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the
principal or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Debenture, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of the
directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee determines in good faith
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of such
Debentures; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the
character specified in Section 7.1(a)(iii), no such notice to holders of
Debentures need be sent until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
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For the purposes of this Section 9.2, the term "default" means any event which
is, or after notice or lapse of time or both, would become, an Event of Default
with respect to the Debentures.
Section 9.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.1:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond,
security 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) Any request, direction, order or demand of the
Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution
or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by the President or any Vice
President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
specifically prescribed herein);
(c) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of
a default or an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 7.1(a)(i); or (ii), unless and until it receives written notification
of such Event of Default from the Company or by holders of at least 25% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding;
(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request,
order or direction of any of the Debentureholders, pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture, unless such Debentureholders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein
shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default (that has not been cured or waived) to exercise with
respect to the Debentures such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs;
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized
or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture;
(g) The 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, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in
writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Debentures (determined as provided in Section 10.4);
provided, however, that if the
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payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is,
in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require
reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition
to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be
paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company
upon demand; and
(h) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct
or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
Section 9.4. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Etc.
(a) The Recitals contained herein and in the Debentures
shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debentures.
(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of any of the Debentures or of the proceeds of such
Debentures, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture, or for the use or
application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.
Section 9.5. May Hold Debentures.
The Trustee or any Paying Agent or Debenture Registrar for the
Debentures, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Debentures with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Paying Agent or Debenture Registrar.
Section 9.6. Moneys Held in Trust.
Subject to the provisions of Section 13.5, all moneys received
by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in
trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except
such as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon.
Section 9.7. Compensation and Reimbursement.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the
Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation
(which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust), as the Company and the
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Trustee may from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it
in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and
performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company shall pay or
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not
regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as
may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to
indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for,
and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred
without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of
or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including
the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in
the premises.
(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9.7
to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness
hereunder.
Section 9.8. Reliance on Officers' Certificate.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.1, whenever in the
administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking
or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless
other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in
the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to
be conclusively proved and established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to
the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on
the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this
Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 9.9. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest"
within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee
and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.10. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the
Debentures issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized
and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State
or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other
Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by federal,
state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
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purposes of this Section 9.10, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor
may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 9.10, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in Section 9.11.
Section 9.11. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may
at any time resign by giving written notice thereof to the Company and by
transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture
Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall
promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Debentures by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy
of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to
the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed
and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice
of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to
Debentures, or any Debentureholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Debenture or Debentures for at least six months may, subject to the provisions
of Section 9.9, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court
may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall
occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the
provisions of Section 9.9 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Debentureholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Debenture or Debentures for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.10 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Debentureholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting,
or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary
bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any
such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all
Debentures and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one
copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of
Section 9.9, unless the Trustee's duty to resign is stayed as provided
herein, any Debentureholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Debenture or Debentures for at least six months may, on behalf of that
holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of
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the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court
may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor
Trustee with the consent of the Company.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Debentures pursuant to
any of the provisions of this Section 9.11 shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 9.12.
(e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this
Section 9.11 may be appointed with respect to the Debentures, and at any time
there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Debentures.
Section 9.12. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
trustee with respect to the Debentures, every successor trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the
request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to
such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring
Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) Upon request of any successor trustee, the Company
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 paragraph (a) of this Section 9.12.
(c) 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 IX.
(d) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee
as provided in this Section 9.12, the Company shall transmit notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to
the Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture
Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall
cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.
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Section 9.13. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such
corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 9.9 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 9.10, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Debentures shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Debentures so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debentures.
Section 9.14. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall
be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included
therein.
ARTICLE X
Concerning the Debentureholders
Section 10.1. Evidence of Action by Holders.
(a) Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the
holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures may take any action (including the making of any demand or
request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other
action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of
such majority or specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced by
any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such
holders of Debentures in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.
(b) If the Company shall solicit from the
Debentureholders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced
by an Officers' Certificate, fix in advance a record date for the determination
of Debentureholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have
no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given
before or after the record date, but only the Debentureholders of record at the
close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Debentureholders for
the purposes of determining whether Debentureholders of the requisite
proportion of Outstanding Debentures have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Debentures shall be computed
as of the record date; provided, however, that no such
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authorization, agreement or consent by such Debentureholders on the record date
shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
Section 10.2. Proof of Execution by Debentureholders.
Subject to the provisions of Section 9.1, proof of the
execution of any instrument by a Debentureholder (such proof shall not require
notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of
any of the Debentures shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person
of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the
Trustee.
(b) The ownership of Debentures shall be proved by the
Debenture Register of such Debentures or by a certificate of the Debenture
Registrar thereof.
(c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any
matter referred to in this Section 10.2 as it shall deem necessary.
Section 10.3. Who May Be Deemed Owners.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of
any Debenture, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating
Agent and any Debenture Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name
such Debenture shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the
absolute owner of such Debenture (whether or not such Debenture shall be
overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by
anyone other than the Debenture Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment
of or on account of the principal of and interest on such Debenture (subject to
Section 2.3) and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Debenture
Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 10.4. Certain Debentures Owned by Company Disregarded.
In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate
principal amount of Debentures have concurred in any direction, consent or
waiver under this Indenture, the Debentures that are owned by the Company or
any other obligor on the Debentures or by any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under common control with the Company or any
other obligor on the Debentures shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any
such direction, consent or waiver, only Debentures that the Trustee actually
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Debentures so owned that have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of
this Section 10.4, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Debentures and that
the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by
or under direct or indirect common
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control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to
such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall
be full protection to the Trustee.
Section 10.5. Actions Binding on Future Debentureholders.
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the
Trustee, as provided in Section 10.1, of the taking of any action by the
holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any
holder of a Debenture that is shown by the evidence to be included in the
Debentures the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in
Section 10.2, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debenture. Except as
aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Debenture shall be
conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners
of such Debenture, and of any Debenture issued in exchange therefor, on
registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether
or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debenture. Any action
taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures specified in this Indenture in connection with such
action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the
holders of all the Debentures.
ARTICLE XI
Supplemental Indentures
Section 11.1. Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
Debentureholders.
In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized
by this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any
time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall
conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect),
without the consent of the Debentureholders, for one or more of the following
purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency
herein, or in the Debentures;
(b) to comply with Article X;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Debentures in addition
to or in place of certificated Debentures;
(d) to add to the covenants of the Company for the
benefit of the holders of all or any of the Debentures or to surrender any
right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(e) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions,
limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of
issue, authentication, and delivery of Debentures, as herein set forth;
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(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Debentureholder in any material respect;
(g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form
and terms and conditions of the Debentures, to establish the form of any
certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture
or of the Debentures, or to add to the rights of the holders of the Debentures;
(h) qualify or maintain the qualification of this
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
(i) to evidence a consolidation or merger involving the
Company as permitted under Section 12.1.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the
Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture
that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise. Any supplemental indenture authorized by the
provisions of this Section 11.1 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee
without the consent of the holders of any of the Debentures at the time
Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 11.2.
Section 11.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Debentureholders.
With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 10.1) of
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by Board
Resolutions, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying
in any manner not covered by Section 11.1 the rights of the holders of the
Debentures under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall without the consent of the holders of each Debenture then
Outstanding and affected thereby, (i) extend the fixed maturity of any
Debentures, reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend
the time of payment of interest thereon, without the consent of the holder of
each Debenture so affected; or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Debentures, the holders of which are required to consent to any such
supplemental indenture; provided further, that if the Debentures are held by
the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, such supplemental indenture shall not be
effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation preference of Trust
Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such supplemental indenture;
provided further, that if the consent of the holder of each Outstanding
Debenture is required, such supplemental indenture shall not be effective until
each holder of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such
supplemental indenture. It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Debentureholders affected thereby under this Section 11.2 to approve the
particular form of
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any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 11.3. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
the provisions of this Article XI, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be
modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture
of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Debentures shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 11.4. Debentures Affected by Supplemental Indentures.
Debentures affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated
and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to
the provisions of this Article XI, may bear a notation in form approved by the
Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon which
the Debentures may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debentures so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the
Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the
Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Debentures then Outstanding.
Section 11.5. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
(a) Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its
Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture,
and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Debentureholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall
join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless
such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in
its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental
indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 9.1, may receive
an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture
executed pursuant to this Article XI is authorized or permitted by, and
conforms to, the terms of this Article XI and that it is proper for the Trustee
under the provisions of this Article XI to join in the execution thereof.
(b) Promptly after the execution by the Company and the
Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 11.5, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid,
a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture, to the Debentureholders as their names and addresses appear upon the
Debenture Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any
defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of
any such supplemental indenture.
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ARTICLE XII
Successor Corporation
Section 12.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Debentures shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or
into any other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with the
Company, as the case may be), or successive consolidations or mergers in which
the Company, as the case may be, or its successor or successors shall be a
party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition of the property of the Company, as the case may be, or its
successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any
other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company, as the case may
be, or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same;
provided, however, that the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, (i) upon
any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, the due and punctual payment, in the case of the Company, of the
principal of and interest on all of the Debentures, according to their tenor
and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company as the case
may be, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall
conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect)
satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by
the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company, as the case
may be, shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such
property; (ii) in case the Company consolidates with or merges into another
Person or conveys or transfers its properties and assets substantially then as
an entirety to any Person, the successor Person is organized under the laws of
the United States or any state or the District of Columbia; and (iii)
immediately after giving effect thereto, an Event of Default, and no event
which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default,
shall have occurred and be continuing.
Section 12.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.
(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the
successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Debentures Outstanding
and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of
this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such successor corporation shall
succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it
had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation
shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Debentures.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition such changes in phraseology and form
(but not in substance) may be made in the Debentures thereafter to be issued as
may be appropriate.
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(c) Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Debentures shall prevent the Company from merging into itself or acquiring by
purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any other Person
(whether or not affiliated with the Company).
Section 12.3. Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 9.1, may
receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any
such assumption, comply with the provisions of this Article XII.
ARTICLE XIII
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 13.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation all Debentures theretofore authenticated (other than
any Debentures that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) and Debentures for whose
payment money or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company (and thereupon repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 13.5); or (b)
all such Debentures not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and
payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations
sufficient or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon
redemption all Debentures not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal and interest due or to become due to such
date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the
Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by
the Company; then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect
except for the provisions of Sections 2.3, 2.7, 2.9, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 9.7 and
9.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the
case may be, and Sections 9.6 and 13.5, that shall survive to such date and
thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture.
Section 13.2. Discharge of Obligations.
If at any time all Debentures not heretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described
in Section 13.1 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably
with the Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations
sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized certified public
accounting firm to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Debentures not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and
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become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case
may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company, then after the date such moneys or
Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee,
the obligations of the Company under this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.3, 2.7, 2.9, 5.1, 5.2,
5.3, 9.6, 9.10 and 13.5 hereof that shall survive until such Debentures shall
mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 9.6 and 13.5 shall survive.
Section 13.3. Deposited Moneys To Be Held in Trust.
All monies or Governmental Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Sections 13.1 or 13.2 shall be held in trust and shall be
available for payment as due, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent), to the holders of the
Debentures for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental
Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.
Section 13.4. Payment of Monies Held by Paying Agents.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any Paying Agent
under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be
paid to the Trustee and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.
Section 13.5. Repayment to Company.
Any monies or Governmental Obligations deposited with any
Paying Agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company in trust, for payment
of principal of or interest on the Debentures that are not applied but remain
unclaimed by the holders of such Debentures for at least two years after the
date upon which the principal of or interest on such Debentures shall have
respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company, as the
case may be, on May 31 of each year or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and thereupon the Paying Agent and the Trustee
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or
Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Debentures entitled to
receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
only to the Company for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE XIV
Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
Section 14.1. No Recourse.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of this Indenture, or of the Debentures, or for any claim based
thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the
Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or
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the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue
of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this
Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate
obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or
is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or
directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debentures or implied therefrom;
and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either
at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all
such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer
or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debentures or implied therefrom,
are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a
consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such
Debentures.
ARTICLE XV
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 15.1. Effect on Successors and Assigns.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in
this Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall bind their
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 15.2. Actions by Successor.
Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture
authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or
officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and
effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that
shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.
Section 15.3. Surrender of Company Powers.
The Company by instrument in writing executed by appropriate
authority of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender
any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so
surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company, as the case may be, and as
to any successor corporation.
Section 15.4. Notices.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein any notice or
demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be
given or served by the Trustee or by the holders of Debentures to or on the
Company may be given or served by being deposited first class postage prepaid
in a post-office letterbox addressed (until another address is filed in writing
by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: c/o Stifel Financial Corp., 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
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Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. Any
notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Debentureholder to or
upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for
all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
Section 15.5. Governing Law.
This Indenture and each Debenture shall be deemed to be a
contract made under the internal laws of the State of Missouri and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.
Section 15.6. Treatment of Debentures as Debt.
It is intended that the Debentures shall be treated as
indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions
of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.
Section 15.7. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the
Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the
opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with,
except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
(b) Each certificate or opinion of the Company provided
for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement
that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such
Person, he has made such examination or investigation as, in the opinion of
such Person, is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
Section 15.8. Payments on Business Days.
In any case where the date of maturity of interest or
principal of any Debenture or the date of redemption of any Debenture shall not
be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal may (subject to
Section 2.5) be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force
and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no
interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.
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Section 15.9. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture
limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
Section 15.10. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 15.11. Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Indenture or in the Debentures shall for any reason be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of
the Debentures, but this Indenture and the Debentures shall be construed as if
such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein or therein.
Section 15.12. Assignment.
The Company shall have the right at all times to assign any of
its respective rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or
indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of
any such assignment, the Company shall remain liable for all such obligations.
Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the
benefit of the parties thereto and their respective successors and assigns.
This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto.
Section 15.13. Acknowledgment of Rights; Right of Setoff.
(a) The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any
Debentures held by the Trust or a trustee of the Trust, if the Property Trustee
fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the holder of the
Debentures held as the assets of the Trust, any holder of Preferred Securities
may institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such
Property Trustee's rights under this Indenture without first instituting any
legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or any other person or entity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section
7.4(a) hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such
event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest or
principal on the Debentures on the date such interest or principal is otherwise
payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), the Company
acknowledges that a holder of Preferred Securities may directly institute a
proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or
interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of such holder on or after the
respective due date specified in the Debentures.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Indenture, the Company shall have the right to setoff any payment it is
otherwise required to make hereunder in respect of any Trust Securities to the
extent that the Company has previously made, or is concurrently making, a
payment to the holder of such Trust Securities under the Guarantee or in
connection with a proceeding for enforcement of payment of the principal of or
interest on the Debentures directly brought by holders of any Trust Securities.
ARTICLE XVI
Subordination of Debentures
Section 16.1. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of
Debentures issued hereunder by such holder's acceptance thereof likewise
covenants and agrees, that all Debentures shall be issued subject to the
provisions of this Article XVI; and each holder of a Debenture, whether upon
original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be
bound by such provisions. The payment by the Company of the principal of and
interest on all Debentures issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the
manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt and Additional
Senior Obligations (collectively, "Senior Indebtedness") to the extent provided
herein, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred. No provision of this Article XVI shall prevent the occurrence of any
default or Event of Default hereunder.
Section 16.2. Default on Senior Debt, Subordinated Debt or Additional
Senior Obligations.
In the event and during the continuation of any default by the
Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due
on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, or in the event that the maturity of
any Senior Indebtedness of the Company has been accelerated because of a
default, then, in either case, no payment shall be made by the Company with
respect to the principal (including redemption payments) of or interest on the
Debentures. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
shall be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the
preceding sentence of this Section 16.2, such payment shall be held in trust
for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of
Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the
extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or
representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing within 90 days of
such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior Indebtedness and
only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness.
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Section 16.3. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
(a) Upon any payment by the Company or distribution of
assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or
reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon
all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in full, or payment
thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before any payment
is made by the Company on account of the principal or interest on the
Debentures; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or
reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
which the holders of the Debentures or the Trustee would be entitled to receive
from the Company, except for the provisions of this Article XVI, shall be paid
by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the holders of
the Debentures or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or
it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to
such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held
by such holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such
Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money's worth, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of
Debentures or to the Trustee.
(b) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be
received by the Trustee before all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid
in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its
terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of
and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness
or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under
any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior
Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as
calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, remaining unpaid to the extent
necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with
its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or
for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
(c) For purposes of this Article XVI, the words "cash,
property or securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the
Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this
Article XVI with respect to the Debentures to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, that may at the time be
outstanding, provided that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new
corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment;
and (ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without
the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization
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or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the
Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or
substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and
conditions provided for in Article XII shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 16.3
if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article XII.
Nothing in Section 16.2 or in this Section 16.3 shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 9.7.
Section 16.4. Subrogation.
(a) Subject to the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, the rights of the holders of the Debentures shall
be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to
receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the
Company, as the case may be, applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until the
principal of and interest on the Debentures shall be paid in full; and, for the
purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the
holders of the Debentures or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article XVI, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions
of this Article XVI to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness by holders of the Debentures or the Trustee, shall, as between the
Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, and the holders of the Debentures, be deemed to be a payment by the
Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that
the provisions of this Article XVI are and are intended solely for the purposes
of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Debentures, on the one
hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness on the other hand.
(b) Nothing contained in this Article XVI or elsewhere in
this Indenture or in the Debentures is intended to or shall impair, as between
the Company, its creditors (other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company), and the holders of the Debentures, the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Debentures
the principal of and interest on the Debentures as and when the same shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or
shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Debentures and creditors
of the Company, as the case may be, other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, nor shall anything herein or
therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Debenture from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XVI of the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the
Company, as the case may be, received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
(c) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company referred to in this Article XVI, the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Article IX, and the holders of the
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Debentures shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made
by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the
receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or other Person
making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the holders
of the Debentures, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to
participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other
indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, the amount thereof or payable
thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts
pertinent thereto or to this Article XVI.
Section 16.5. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.
Each holder of Debentures by such holder's acceptance thereof
authorizes and directs the Trustee on such holder's behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in
this Article XVI and appoints the Trustee such holder's attorney-in-fact for
any and all such purposes.
Section 16.6. Notice by the Company.
(a) The Company shall give prompt written notice to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would
prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of
the Debentures pursuant to the provisions of this Article XVI. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Article XVI or any other provision of this Indenture,
the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts
that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Debentures pursuant to the provisions of this Article XVI,
unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior
Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such
written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 9.1, shall be
entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however,
that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this
Section 16.6 at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the
terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of or interest on any Debenture),
then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same
to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days
prior to such date.
(b) The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
9.1, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written
notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such
notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on
behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines
in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of
any Person as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any
payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XVI, the Trustee may request
such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee
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as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to
which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution
and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article
XVI, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment
to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to
receive such payment.
Section 16.7. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
(a) The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be
entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XVI in respect of any
Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other
holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the
Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. The Trustee's right to
compensation and reimbursement of expenses as set forth in Section 9.7 shall
not be subject to the subordination provisions of the Article XVI.
(b) With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its
covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XVI,
and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The
Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section 9.1, the Trustee
shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay
over or deliver to holders of Debentures, the Company or any other Person money
or assets to which any holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by
virtue of this Article XVI or otherwise.
Section 16.8. Subordination May Not Be Impaired.
(a) No right of any present or future holder of any
Senior Indebtedness of the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided
shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to
act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith,
by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms,
provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof
that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of Section
16.8(a), the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time and
from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the
holders of the Debentures, without incurring responsibility to the holders of
the Debentures and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in
this Article XVI or the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Debentures
to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the
following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time
of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend
or supplement in any manner such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is
outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii)
release any Person
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liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any
other Person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
By
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
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as Trustee
By
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
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STATE OF _________ )
) ss
COUNTY OF __________ )
On this ______ day of ______________________, 1997, before me
appeared ___________________, to me personally known, who, being by me duly
sworn, did say that he is the _____________________ of STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.,
and that the seal affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said
corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said
corporation by authority of its board of directors and said
_____________________________, acknowledged said instrument to be the free act
and deed of said corporation.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal at my office in said county and state the day and year last
above written.
______________________________
Notary Public
My term expires:
[seal]
COMMONWEALTH OF )
) ss
COUNTY OF )
On this ______ day of ______________________, 1997, before me
appeared ______________________________________, to me personally known, who,
being by me duly sworn, did say that he is the ___________________________ of
_________________________, and that the seal affixed to said instrument is the
corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and
sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its board of directors and
said ______________________________________, acknowledged said instrument to be
the free act and deed of said corporation.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal at my office in said county and commonwealth the day and year
last above written.
______________________________
Notary Public
My term expires:
[seal]
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EXHIBIT A
(FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE)
No. _____________________________ $_______________________
CUSIP No. _______________________
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
___% SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE
DUE JUNE 30, 2027
Stifel Financial Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
___________________________________ as Property Trustee for Stifel Financial
Capital Trust, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ______________
Dollars ($___________) on June 30, 2027 (the "Stated Maturity"), and to pay
interest on said principal sum from [Date of original issuance], 1997, or from
the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment
Date") to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject
to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30
and December 31 of each year commencing September 30, 1997, at the rate of ___%
per annum until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on
any overdue principal and (without duplication) on any overdue installment of
interest at the same rate per annum compounded quarterly. The amount of
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest 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. In the event that any date on which
interest is payable on this Debenture is not a business day, then payment of
interest payable on such date 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) with the same force and effect as if made on such date. The
interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the
person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures, as
defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the
regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be the close of
business on the fifteenth day of the month in which the Interest Payment Date
occurs unless otherwise provided in the Indenture. Any such interest
installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to
be payable to the registered holders on such regular record date and may be
paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor
Debentures) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to
be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice
whereof shall be given to the registered holders of the Debentures not less
than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Debentures may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the
Exhibit A-1
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Indenture. The principal of and the interest on this Debenture shall be payable
at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin
or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Debenture
Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of this
Debenture is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest
on this Debenture shall be made at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Trustee.
The Stated Maturity may be shortened at any time by the Company to any
date not earlier than June 30, 2002, subject to the Company having received
prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required under applicable capital
guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve. Such date may also be extended
at any time at the election of the Company for one or more periods, but in no
event to a date later than June 30, 2036, subject to certain limitations
described in the Indenture.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Debenture is issued
subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each holder of
this Debenture, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions; (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the
subordination so provided; and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each holder hereof, by his or
her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the
subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder
of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and
waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed
by or on behalf of the Trustee.
The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
executed.
Dated ______________________
Exhibit A-2
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STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
Attest:
By: _____________________________
Name: ___________________________
Title: ____________________________
Exhibit A-3
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[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debentures described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
___________________________________, _____________________________
as Trustee or Authentication Agent
By ___________________________________ By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory
Exhibit A-4
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE]
______________% SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE
(CONTINUED)
This Debenture is one of the subordinated debentures of the Company
(herein sometimes referred to as the "Debentures"), specified in the Indenture,
all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
_________, 1997 (the "Indenture") duly executed and delivered between the
Company and ___________________________________, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), to
which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Debentures. The Debentures are
limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in the Indenture.
In certain circumstances because of the occurrence and continuation of
a Special Event, this Debenture may become due and payable prior to its stated
maturity at the principal amount together with any interest accrued thereon
(the "Redemption Price"). The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00
noon, Eastern Standard Time, time, on the date of such redemption or at such
earlier time as the Company determines. The Company shall have the right to
redeem this Debenture at the option of the Company, without premium or penalty,
in whole or in part at any time on or after June 30, 2002 (an "Optional
Redemption"), or at any time in certain circumstances upon the occurrence of a
Special Event, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus
any accrued but unpaid interest, to the date of such redemption. Any redemption
pursuant to this paragraph shall be made upon not less than 30 days nor more
than 60 days notice, at the Redemption Price. If the Debentures are only
partially redeemed by the Company pursuant to an Optional Redemption, the
Debentures shall be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized
by the Trustee.
In the event of redemption of this Debenture in part only, a new
Debenture or Debentures for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in
the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debentures may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding, as
defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the holders of the Debentures; provided, however, that
no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of the
Debentures except as provided in the Indenture, or reduce the principal amount
thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
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payment of interest thereon, without the consent of the holder of each
Debenture so affected; or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures,
the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental
indenture, without the consent of the holders of each Debenture then
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures at the time outstanding, on behalf of all of the holders of the
Debentures, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the
covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture,
and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or
interest on any of the Debentures. Any such consent or waiver by the registered
holder of this Debenture (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be
conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners
of this Debenture and of any Debenture issued in exchange herefor or in place
hereof (whether by registration of transfer or in place hereof, irrespective of
whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Debenture).
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Debenture or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal and interest
on this Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein
prescribed.
The Company shall have the right at any time during the term of the
Debentures and from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such
Debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarters (each, an "Extension Period"), at
the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and
unpaid (together with interest thereon at the rate specified for the Debentures
to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable
law). Before the termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may
further extend such Extension Period, provided that such Extension Period
together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20
consecutive quarters. At the termination of any such Extension Period and upon
the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amounts then
due, the Company may commence a new Extension Period.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered holder
hereof on the Debenture Register of the Company, upon surrender of this
Debenture for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee
accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered
holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Debentures of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No service charge shall be made for any such transfer, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in relation thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Debenture, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and the Debenture
Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner
hereof (whether or not this Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any
notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other
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than the Debenture Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on
account of the principal hereof and interest due hereon and for all other
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any
Debenture Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the
interest on this Debenture, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof,
expressly waived and released.
The Debentures are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $10 and any integral multiple thereof.
All terms used in this Debenture that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Exhibit A-7
