TRUST AGREEMENT
This TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22, 1997 (this "Trust
Agreement"), among Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, a New Jersey
corporation, as "Depositor," and First Union National Bank, a banking
association organized under the laws of the United States, First Union Bank of
Delaware, and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, not in their individual capacities but solely as
Trustees. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "Enterprise
Capital Trust III," in which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the extent
provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts, and xxx and be sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers conveys and sets
over to the Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of
such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute the
initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust
estate in trust for the Depositor. It is the intention of the parties hereto
that the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of
Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801, et seq. (the "Business Trust
Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the Trust.
The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the
provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Depositor and the Trustees will enter into an amended
and restated Trust Agreement, satisfactory to each such party and substantially
in the form included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (as
defined below), to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created
hereby and the issuance of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities
referred to therein. Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and
restated Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation
hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise required by
applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and
delivery of any licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or
otherwise.
4. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct
the Depositor, as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1933 Act
Registration Statement"), including any pre-effective or post-effective
amendments to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (including the prospectus,
prospectus supplements and the exhibits contained therein), relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Preferred
Securities of the Trust and possibly certain other securities and (b) a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act Registration Statement")
(including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto) relating to
the registration of the Preferred Securities of the Trust under Section 12(b) or
12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the
New York Stock Exchange or any other national stock exchange or The Nasdaq
National Market (each, an "Exchange") and execute on behalf of the Trust one or
more listing applications and all other applications, statements, certificates,
agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the
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Preferred Securities to be listed on any of the Exchanges; (iii) to file and
execute on behalf of the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds,
irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other
papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the
Preferred Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable and
(iv) to execute on behalf of the Trust that certain Underwriting Agreement
relating to the Preferred Securities, among the Trust, the Depositor and the
several Underwriters named therein, substantially in the form included as an
exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement. In the event that any filing
referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above is required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, an Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws,
to be executed on behalf of the Trust by any of the Trustees, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx,
in his capacity as a Trustee of the Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to
join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the
foregoing. In connection with all of the foregoing, the Depositor hereby
constitutes and appoints Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx as its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for the Depositor or in the Depositor's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the Depositor might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
5. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3) and
thereafter the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from
time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor which may increase
or decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that to the extent
required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a natural person
who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an
entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and
otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the
foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any
Trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign upon thirty (30) days' prior notice
to the Depositor.
7. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict
of laws of principles).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement
to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP
INCORPORATED, as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
FIRST UNION BANK OF DELAWARE,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, not in his individual
capacity but solely as Trustee
