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Exhibit 4.16
THE CHASE MANHATTAN CORPORATION
AND
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of December 29, 2000
to
AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE
dated as of
September 1, 1993, as amended
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December 29, 2000,
between, THE CHASE MANHATTAN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (formerly known as First
Trust of New York, National Association), a national banking association, as
successor to Chemical Bank, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the
"Trustee", which term shall include any successor trustee appointed pursuant to
Article Six of the Indenture hereafter referred to).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed
and delivered a certain Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of September 1,
1993, as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 29, 1996,
and a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 8, 1996 (as so amended,
the "Indenture"; capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Indenture), providing for the issuance from time to
time of Securities;
WHEREAS, the Company and X.X. Xxxxxx & Co. Incorporated ("X.X.
Xxxxxx") have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
September 12, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"), which contemplates the execution
and filing of a Certificate of Merger on the date hereof providing for the
merger (effective December 31, 2000) of X.X. Xxxxxx with and into the Company,
with the Company continuing its corporate existence under Delaware law under the
name "X.X. Xxxxxx Chase & Co.";
WHEREAS, Section 901(9) of the Indenture provides, among other
things, that, without the consent of the holders of any Securities, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and
at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture
to make any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the
Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
holders of the Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in
any material respect;
WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested that the
Trustee join in the execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture for the
purpose of amending certain provisions of the Indenture as hereinafter set
forth;
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental
Indenture has been authorized by a Board Resolution of the Company; and
WHEREAS, all conditions precedent and requirements necessary
to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding instrument
in accordance with its terms have been complied with, performed and fulfilled
and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and intending to be
legally bound hereby, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all holders of Securities, as follows:
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ARTICLE ONE
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to the Trustee as follows:
SECTION 1.1. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 1.2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Third Supplemental Indenture have been authorized and approved by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.
ARTICLE TWO
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 2.1. The definition of "Senior Indebtedness" contained in
Section 101 of the Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
"'Senior Indebtedness of the Company' shall mean the
obligations of the Company to its creditors other than the Holders of
the Securities, whether outstanding on the date of the execution of
this Indenture or thereafter incurred, except obligations ranking on a
parity with the Securities (which Securities so ranking on a parity
shall include, without limitation, all CBC Subordinated Indebtedness,
all MHC Subordinated Indebtedness and all JPM Subordinated
Indebtedness) or ranking junior to the Securities."
SECTION 2.2. Section 1.01 of the Indenture is hereby amended to insert,
in the appropriate alphabetical order, the following new definition:
"'JPM Subordinated Indebtedness' shall mean (i) all securities
issued pursuant to (A) the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1993, as amended
by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000, between
the Corporation (as successor-by-merger to X.X. Xxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, a
Delaware corporation) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (formerly
known as First Trust of New York, National Association), a national banking
association, as successor to Citibank, N.A., a national banking association,
as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time or (B) the Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1986, as amended
by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 1992, and the Second
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2000, between the
Corporation (as successor-by-merger to X.X. Xxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, a
Delaware corporation) and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (formerly
known as First Trust of New York, National Association), a national banking
association, as successor to Citibank, N.A., a national banking association,
as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time; and (ii) all other securities that, pursuant to the terms of
the
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aforementioned indentures and securities, rank on a parity with such
securities referred to in clause (i)."
SECTION 2.3. Except as amended hereby, the Indenture and the Securities
and Coupons are in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms thereof
shall remain in full force and effect and the Indenture, as so amended, shall be
read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 3.1. The Trustee accepts the modification of the Indenture
effected by this Third Supplemental Indenture, but only upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the
recitals herein contained, which shall be taken as the statements of the
Company. The Trustee makes no representation and shall have no responsibility as
to the validity and sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 3.2. If and to the extent that any provision of this Third
Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision
included in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Indenture that is
required to be included in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Indenture
by any of the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
SECTION 3.3. Nothing in this Third Supplemental Indenture is intended
to or shall provide any rights to any parties other than those expressly
contemplated by this Third Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 3.4. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 3.5. This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 3.6. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall become effective
as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third
Supplemental 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.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN
CORPORATION
By___________________________________
Name:
Title:
(Corporate Seal)
Attest:
_____________________________
Assistant Secretary
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By__________________________________
Name:
Title:
(Corporate Seal)
Attest:
_____________________________
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On this ____ day of December, 2000, before me, the undersigned
officer, personally appeared Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, who acknowledged himself to be the
Vice Chairman, Finance, Risk Management and Administration of THE CHASE
MANHATTAN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and that he as such officer,
being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained by signing the name of the corporation by himself as such
officer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
_____________________________________
Notary Public
[SEAL]
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XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On this ___ day of December, 2000, before me, the undersigned
officer, personally appeared _______________, who acknowledged himself to be
_______________ of U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, and that he as such officer, being authorized to do so, executed
the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name
of the association by himself as such officer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
_____________________________________
Notary Public
[SEAL]
