AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT AMONG CUMMINS INC. as Depositor, BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY as Property Trustee, THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE) as Delaware Trustee, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN Dated as of June 18, 2001 CUMMINS...
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
CUMMINS INC.
as Depositor,
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY
as Property Trustee,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE)
as Delaware Trustee,
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
Dated as of June 18, 2001
CUMMINS CAPITAL TRUST I
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1 |
Definitions |
2 |
ARTICLE 2
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
SECTION 2.1 |
Name |
16 |
SECTION 2.2 |
Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business |
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SECTION 2.3 |
Organizational Expenses |
16 |
SECTION 2.4 |
Issuance of the Preferred Securities |
16 |
SECTION 2.5 |
Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the Common securities |
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SECTION 2.6 |
Declaration of Trust |
17 |
SECTION 2.7 |
Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions |
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SECTION 2.8 |
Assets of Trust |
24 |
SECTION 2.9 |
Title to Trust Property |
24 |
SECTION 2.10 |
Responsibilities of the Depositor |
24 |
SECTION 2.11 |
Certain Covenants of the Depositor |
25 |
SECTION 2.12 |
Guarantee of Payment of Trust Obligations |
26 |
ARTICLE 3
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1 |
Payment Account |
26 |
ARTICLE 4
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION; EXCHANGE; CONVERSION
SECTION 4.1 |
Distributions |
27 |
SECTION 4.2 |
Optional Redemption, Mandatory Redemption and Special Event Redemption |
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SECTION 4.3 |
Conversion |
32 |
SECTION 4.4 |
Subordination of Common Securities |
34 |
SECTION 4.5 |
Payment Procedures |
35 |
SECTION 4.6 |
Tax Returns and Reports |
35 |
SECTION 4.7 |
Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust |
36 |
SECTION 4.8 |
Payments under Indenture |
36 |
ARTICLE 5
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1 |
Initial Ownership |
36 |
SECTION 5.2 |
The Trust Securities Certificates |
36 |
SECTION 5.3 |
Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates |
37 |
SECTION 5.4 |
Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities; Restrictions on Transfer |
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SECTION 5.5 |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates |
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SECTION 5.6 |
Persons Deemed Securityholders |
43 |
SECTION 5.7 |
Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses |
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SECTION 5.8 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
44 |
SECTION 5.9 |
Appointment of Paying Agent |
44 |
SECTION 5.10 |
Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor |
45 |
SECTION 5.11 |
Global Securities; Non--Global Securities; Common Securities Certificate |
46 |
SECTION 5.12 |
Notices to Clearing Agency |
48 |
SECTION 5.13 |
Definitive Preferred securities Certificates |
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SECTION 5.14 |
Rights of Securityholders |
48 |
SECTION 5.15 |
Restrictive Legends |
49 |
ARTICLE 6
ACT OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1 |
Limitations on Voting Rights |
50 |
SECTION 6.2 |
Notice of Meetings |
53 |
SECTION 6.3 |
Meetings of Preferred Security--holders |
53 |
SECTION 6.4 |
Voting Rights |
54 |
SECTION 6.5 |
Proxies, Etc. |
54 |
SECTION 6.6 |
Securityholder Action by Written Consent |
55 |
SECTION 6.7 |
Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes |
55 |
SECTION 6.8 |
Acts of Securityholders |
55 |
SECTION 6.9 |
Inspection of Records |
57 |
ARTICLE 7
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee |
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SECTION 7.2 |
Representations and Warranties of Depositor |
60 |
ARTICLE 8
THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.1 |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
60 |
SECTION 8.2 |
Notice of Defaults |
63 |
SECTION 8.3 |
Certain Rights of Property Trustee |
66 |
SECTION 8.4 |
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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SECTION 8.5 |
May Hold Securities |
69 |
SECTION 8.6 |
Compensation; Indemnity; Fees |
69 |
SECTION 8.7 |
Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees |
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SECTION 8.8 |
Conflicting Interests |
71 |
SECTION 8.9 |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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SECTION 8.10 |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
74 |
SECTION 8.11 |
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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SECTION 8.12 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust |
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SECTION 8.13 |
Reports by Property Trustee |
75 |
SECTION 8.14 |
Reports to the Property Trustee |
76 |
SECTION 8.15 |
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent |
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SECTION 8.16 |
Number of Trustees |
77 |
SECTION 8.17 |
Delegation of Power |
77 |
SECTION 8.18 |
Appointment of Administrative Trustees |
78 |
ARTICLE 9
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1 |
Termination upon Expiration Date |
79 |
SECTION 9.2 |
Early Termination |
79 |
SECTION 9.3 |
Termination |
79 |
SECTION 9.4 |
Liquidation |
80 |
SECTION 9.5 |
Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust |
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ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1 |
Limitation of Rights of Securityholders |
83 |
SECTION 10.2 |
Amendment |
84 |
SECTION 10.3 |
Separability |
86 |
SECTION 10.4 |
Governing Law |
86 |
SECTION 10.5 |
Payments Due on Non--Business Day |
86 |
SECTION 10.6 |
Successors |
86 |
SECTION 10.7 |
Headings |
86 |
SECTION 10.8 |
Reports, Notices and Demands |
86 |
SECTION 10.9 |
Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 10.10 |
Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and Indenture |
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SECTION 10.11 |
Counterparts |
88 |
ARTICLE 11
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
SECTION 11.1 |
Registration Rights |
89 |
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EXHIBIT B |
Form of Certificate Depositary Agreement |
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EXHIBIT C |
Form of Common Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I |
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EXHIBIT D |
Form of Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I |
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EXHIBIT E |
Form of Restricted Securities Certificate |
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EXHIBIT F |
Form of Unrestricted Securities Certificate |
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EXHIBIT G |
Notice of Conversion |
CUMMINS CAPITAL TRUST I*
Certain Sections of this Trust Agreement
relating to Sections 310 through 318
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE |
TRUST AGREEMENT |
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Section 310 |
(a)(1) |
8.7 |
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(a)(2) |
8.7 |
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(a)(4) |
2.7(a)(ii) |
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(b) |
8.8 |
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Section 311 |
(a) |
8.12 |
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(b) |
8.12 |
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Section 312 |
(a) |
5.7 |
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(b) |
5.7 |
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(c) |
5.7 |
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Section 313 |
(a) |
8.13(a) |
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(c) |
10.8 |
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(d) |
8.13(c) |
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(a)(4) |
8.13(b) |
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(b) |
8.13(b) |
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Section 314 |
(a) |
8.14 |
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(b) |
Not Applicable |
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(c)(1) |
8.15 |
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(c)(2) |
8.15 |
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(c)(3) |
Not Applicable |
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(d) |
Not Applicable |
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(e) |
1.1, 8.15 |
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Section 315 |
(a) |
8.1(a), 8.3(a) |
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(b) |
8.2, 10.8 |
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(c) |
8.1(a) |
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(d) |
8.1, 8.3 |
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(e) |
Not Applicable |
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Section 316 |
(a) |
Not Applicable |
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(a)(1)(A) |
Not Applicable |
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(a)(1)(B) |
Not Applicable |
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(a)(2) |
Not Applicable |
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(b) |
Not Applicable |
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(c) |
6.7 |
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Section 317 |
(a)(1) |
Not Applicable |
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(b) |
5.9 |
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Section 318 |
(a) |
10.10 |
*Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Trust Agreement.
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of June 18, 2001 among (i) Cummins Inc., an Indiana corporation (including any successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) BNY Midwest Trust Company, an Illinois banking corporation, as property trustee (in such capacity, the "Property Trustee" and, in its personal capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) The Bank of New York (Delaware), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the "Delaware Trustee") and (iv) Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx, an individual, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual, and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, an individual, each of whose address is c/o Cummins Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000--0000, (each, an "Administrative Trustee" and, collectively, the "Administrative Trustees" and, collectively with the Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee, the "Trustees"). The Depositor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Depositor and certain of the Trustees have heretofore duly declared and established a business trust pursuant to the Delaware Business Trust Act by the entering into a Trust Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2001 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the execution and filing by certain of the Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, filed on May 3, 2001, attached as Exhibit A, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (as defined herein) and investing the proceeds thereof in the Debentures (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the Trust have been issued; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Trustees desire to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance and sale of the Common Securities (as defined herein) by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) by the Trust pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) and (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the Preferred Securities, hereby amends and restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
DEFINED TERMS- Definitions
- the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
- all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
- unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article", "Section" or an "Exhibit" refers to an Article, Section or an Exhibit, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement; and
- the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST- Name
- Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business
- Organizational Expenses
- Issuance of the Preferred Securities
- Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the Common Securities
- Declaration of Trust
- Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions
- As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust, acting alone or jointly, with respect to the following matters:
- to issue and sell the Trust Securities, provided, however, that the Trust may issue no more than one series of Preferred Securities and no more than one series of Common Securities, and, provided, further, that there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the Trust Securities, and the issuance of Trust Securities shall be limited to simultaneous issuances of both Preferred Securities and Common Securities on each Closing Date in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement and the Common Securities Purchase Agreement subject to the issuance of Trust Securities pursuant to Section 5.5 and Successor Securities pursuant to Section 9.5;
- to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Common Securities Purchase Agreement and the Certificate Depository Agreement and such other agreements as may be necessary or incidental to the purposes and function of the Trust;
- to assist in the registration of the Preferred Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and under state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
- to assist in the listing of the Preferred Securities upon such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the Depositor and the registration of the Preferred Securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing (only to the extent that such listing or registration is requested by the Depositor);
- to appoint a Paying Agent, a Security Registrar and an authenticating agent in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
- to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, to wind up the affairs of and liquidate the Trust and prepare, execute and file the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
- unless otherwise determined by the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees, or as otherwise required by the Delaware Business Trust Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to execute on behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together with any other Administrative Trustees) any documents that the Administrative Trustees have the power to execute pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
- to take any action incidental to the foregoing as the Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement including, but not limited to:
- As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:
- the establishment and maintenance of the Payment Account;
- the receipt of and taking legal title to the Debentures;
- the collection of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the Debentures in the Payment Account;
- the distribution from the Trust Property of amounts owed to the Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities;
- the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the Debentures;
- the sending of notices of default, other notices and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
- the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
- to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
- after an Event of Default, the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as is necessary or advisable or as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder);
- subject to this Section 2.7(a)(ii), the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 2.7(a)(i); and
- to act as Paying Agent and/or Security Registrar to the extent appointed as such hereunder.
- So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trust shall not, and the Trustees shall not and shall cause the Trust not to (i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the Debentures (rather, the Trustees shall distribute all such proceeds to the Securityholders pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement and the Trust Securities), acquire any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set--off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes, (iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt, (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property, (vi) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Trust Securities in any way whatsoever except as permitted by the terms of this Trust Agreement, or (vii) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the Trust Securities. The Administrative Trustees shall defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.
- In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following actions (and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
- to file pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement with the Commission and to execute on behalf of the Trust a registration statement on the appropriate form in relation to the Preferred Securities, including any amendments thereto;
- to determine the States and foreign jurisdictions in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advise the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States and foreign jurisdictions;
- to the extent necessary, to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission and to execute on behalf of the Trust a registration statement on Form 8--A relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including any amendments thereto (it being understood that neither the Trust nor the Depositor has any obligation under the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement or the Trust Agreement to register any Trust Securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or to list any Trust Securities on any securities exchange); and
- any other actions necessary or incidental to carry out any of the foregoing activities.
- Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under the 1940 Act, or taxed as a corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees determines in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, so long as such action does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Preferred Securities except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2(a).
- Assets of Trust
- Title to Trust Property
- Responsibilities of the Depositor
- to prepare a prospectus relating to the offering of Preferred Securities by the Trust and to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission, and execute on behalf of the Trust, a registration statement on Form S--3 or on another appropriate form (including, if appropriate, a registration statement under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act) and any pre--effective or post--effective amendments thereto, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of the Preferred Securities;
- to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must take, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States;
- to negotiate the terms of, and execute on behalf of the Trust, the Purchase Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred Securities; and
- to execute and deliver letters, documents or instruments on behalf of the Trust with any Clearing Agency.
- Certain Covenants of the Depositor
- On each Closing Date, the Depositor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust that shall represent an aggregate Liquidation Amount of no less than 3% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities being purchased on such Closing Date;
- The Depositor shall maintain directly or indirectly 100% ownership of the Common Securities, provided that certain successors that are permitted by the Indenture may succeed to the Guarantor's ownership of the Common Securities;
- The Depositor shall not voluntarily terminate, wind--up or liquidate the Trust, except (i) in connection with a distribution of the Debentures to the Holders in liquidation of the Trust or (ii) in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by this Trust Agreement; and
- The Depositor will use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the terms and provisions of this Trust Agreement, to cause the Trust to remain classified as a grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes.
- Guarantee of Payment of Trust Obligations
- Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.12, the Holder of Common Securities hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Person to whom the Trust is now or hereafter becomes indebted or liable (the "Beneficiaries") the full payment, when and as due, of any and all costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust (other than obligations of the Trust to make payments to holders of a Trust Security pursuant to the terms thereof) ("Obligations") to such Beneficiaries.
- The agreement of the Depositor in Section 2.12(a) is intended to be for the benefit of, and to be enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or not such Beneficiaries have received notice hereof.
- The agreement of the Depositor set forth in Section 2.12(a) shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the later of (a) the date on which full payment has been made of all amounts payable to all Holders of all the Preferred Securities (whether upon redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise) and (b) the date on which there are no Beneficiaries remaining; provided, however, that such agreement shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder of Preferred Securities or any Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid under the Preferred Securities, under any Obligation, under the Preferred Securities Guarantee or under this Trust Agreement for any reason whatsoever. Such agreement is continuing, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
PAYMENT ACCOUNT- Payment Account
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION; EXCHANGE; CONVERSION- Distributions
- The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the Trust Property, and the Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be payable at a rate of 7% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360--day year of twelve 30--day months. For periods less than a full month, Distributions shall reflect interest on Debentures computed on the basis of the actual number of elapsed days based on a 360--day year. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.
- Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.
- Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Security Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be the date which is the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Distribution Date.
- Optional Redemption, Mandatory Redemption and Special Event Redemption
- Notice of redemption (which notice will be irrevocable) shall be given by the Property Trustee by first--class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Depositor and each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder's address as it appears in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall state:
- the Redemption Date;
- the Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be;
- the CUSIP number;
- if less than all of the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the identification and the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;
- (A) that a Holder of Preferred Securities who desires to convert such Preferred Securities called for redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion contained in Section 4.3 below and (B) the Conversion Price;
- that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be, will become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that Distributions thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; and
- the place or places where such Trust Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be.
- The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed at the Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be, with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be, shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be.
- If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption pursuant to Section 4.2(b) in respect of any Preferred Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, so long as and to the extent the Preferred Securities are in book--entry--only form, irrevocably deposit with the Clearing Agency for the Preferred Securities funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price. If the Preferred Securities are no longer in book--entry only form, the Property Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price or Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be, on such Preferred Securities held in certificated form and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be, to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Security Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then, upon the date of such deposit, all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be, but without interest on such Optional Redemption Price or Redemption Price, and such Trust Securities will cease to be Outstanding. In the event that any date on which any Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be, is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as the case may be, payable on such date will 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 such date.
- If less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated on a pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities that are to be redeemed. The particular Preferred Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called for redemption, by lot or by such other method as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to $50 or an integral multiple of $50 in excess thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Security Registrar and the Conversion Agent in writing of the Preferred Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed; it being understood that, in the case of Preferred Securities registered in the name of and held of record by the Clearing Agency (or any successor) or any nominee of the Clearing Agency or any successor, the distribution of the proceeds of such redemption will be made in accordance with the procedures of the Clearing Agency or its nominee. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Preferred Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. In the event of any redemption in part, the Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for redemption of Preferred Securities and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all holders of Preferred Securities to be so redeemed or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange on any Preferred Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any Preferred Securities being redeemed in part.
- Conversion
- The Trust Securities will be convertible into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Holder's direction to the Conversion Agent to exchange such Trust Securities for a Like Amount of the Debentures, and immediately convert such amount of Debentures into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock at the conversion rate then applicable to the Debentures after taking account of any adjustments to such rate provided for in the Indenture (as so adjusted, the "Conversion Price").
- In order to convert Trust Securities into Common Stock, the Holder of such Trust Securities shall submit to the Conversion Agent an irrevocable Notice of Conversion to convert Trust Securities on behalf of such Holder, together, if the Trust Securities are in certificated form, with such certificates. The Notice of Conversion shall (x) set forth the number of Trust Securities to be converted and the name or names, if other than the Holder, in which the shares of Common Stock should be issued and (y) direct the Conversion Agent (a) to exchange such Trust Securities for a portion of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee (at the rate of exchange specified in the preceding paragraph) and (b) to immediately convert such Debentures, on behalf of such Holder, into Common Stock (at the conversion rate specified in the preceding paragraph). The Conversion Agent shall notify the Property Trustee in writing of the Holder's election to exchange Trust Securities for a portion of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and the Property Trustee shall, upon receipt of such notice, deliver to the Conversion Agent the appropriate principal amount of Debentures for exchange in accordance with this Section. The Conversion Agent shall thereupon notify the Depositor of the Holder's election to convert such Debentures into shares of Common Stock. Holders of Trust Securities at the close of business on a Distribution payment record date will be entitled to receive the Distribution paid on such Trust Securities on the corresponding Distribution Date notwithstanding the conversion of such Trust Securities following such record date but prior to such Distribution Date. Except as provided above, neither the Trust nor the Depositor will make, or be required to make, any payment, allowance or adjustment upon any conversion on account of any accumulated and unpaid Distributions whether or not in arrears accrued on the Trust Securities surrendered for conversion, or on account of any accumulated and unpaid dividends on the shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion. Trust Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the day on which an irrevocable Notice of Conversion relating to such Trust Securities is received by the Conversion Agent in accordance with the foregoing provision (the "Conversion Date"). The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock on the date of conversion. As promptly as practicable on or after the Conversion Date, the Depositor shall issue and deliver, or shall cause to be issued and delivered, at the office of the Conversion Agent a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of any fraction of any share pursuant to Section 4.3(iv) to the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same, unless otherwise directed by the Holder in the notice of conversion, and the Conversion Agent shall distribute such certificate or certificates and cash to such Person or Persons.
- The Depositor initially appoints BNY Midwest Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely as conversion agent (the "Conversion Agent") for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Trust Securities in accordance with this Section. In effecting the conversion and transactions described in this Section, the Conversion Agent shall be acting as agent of the Holders of Trust Securities directing it to effect such conversion transactions. The Conversion Agent is hereby authorized to (i) exchange Trust Securities from time to time for Debentures held by the Trust in connection with the conversion of such Trust Securities in accordance with this Section and (ii) convert all or a portion of the Debentures into Common Stock and thereupon to deliver such shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Section and to deliver to the Property Trustee any new Debenture or Debentures for any resulting unconverted principal amount delivered to the Conversion Agent by the Debenture Trustee.
- No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as a result of conversion, but, in lieu thereof, such fractional interest will be paid in cash by the Depositor to the Conversion Agent in an amount equal to the Current Market Price of the fractional share of the Common Stock, and the Conversion Agent will in turn make such payment to the Holder or Holders of Trust Securities so converted.
- Nothing in this Section 4.3 shall limit the requirement of the Trust to withhold taxes pursuant to the terms of the Trust Securities or as set forth in this Agreement or otherwise required of the Property Trustee or by law or the Trust to pay any amounts on account of such withholdings.
- Subordination of Common Securities
- Payment Procedures
- Tax Returns and Reports
- Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust
- Payments under Indenture
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES- Initial Ownership
- The Trust Securities Certificates
- Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates
- Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities; Restrictions on Transfer
- Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement or the Preferred Securities, transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities and beneficial interests in a Global Certificate of the kinds specified in this Section 5.4(b) shall be made only in accordance with this Section 5.4(b).
- Non--Global Certificate to Global Certificate. If the Holder of a Preferred Securities Certificate (other than a Global Certificate) wishes at any time to transfer all or any portion of such Preferred Securities Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with the provisions of this Clause (b) and subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon receipt by the Security Registrar of (A) such Preferred Securities Certificate as provided in Section 5.11 and instructions satisfactory to the Security Registrar directing that a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of a specified number of Preferred Securities not greater than the number of Preferred Securities represented by such Preferred Securities Certificate be credited to a specified Clearing Agency Participant's account, then the Security Registrar shall cancel such Preferred Securities Certificate (and issue a new Preferred Securities Certificate in respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as provided in Section 5.11 and increase the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Global Certificate by the Liquidation Amount represented by such Preferred Securities so transferred as provided in Section 5.11.
- Non--Global Certificate to Non--Global Certificate. A Security that is not a Global Certificate may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a Person who takes delivery in the form of another Security that is not a Global Certificate as provided in Section 5.11, provided that, if the Security to be transferred in whole or in part is a Restricted Security, then the Property Trustee shall have received a Restricted Securities Certificate, satisfactory to the Property Trustee and duly executed by the transferor Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, in which case the transferee Holder shall take delivery in the form of a Restricted Security.
- Global Certificate to Non--Global Certificate. A beneficial interest in a Global Certificate may be exchanged for a Preferred Securities Certificate that is not a Global Certificate as provided in Section 5.11.
- Restricted Securities Legends. Rule 144A Preferred Securities, Certificated Preferred Securities and their respective Successor Securities shall bear a Restricted Securities Legend as set forth in Section 5.15, subject to the following:
- subject to the following Clauses of this Section 5.4(c), a Preferred Security or any portion thereof which is exchanged, upon transfer or otherwise, for a Global Certificate or any portion thereof shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend borne by such Global Certificate while represented thereby;
- subject to the following Clauses of this Section 5.4(c), a new Preferred Security which is not a Global Certificate and is issued in exchange for another Preferred Security (including a Global Certificate) or any portion thereof, upon transfer or otherwise, shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend borne by such other Preferred Security, provided that, if such new Preferred Security is required pursuant to Section 5.4(b)(ii) to be issued in the form of a Restricted Security, it shall bear a Restricted Securities Legend;
- Any Preferred Securities which are sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (including in the Shelf Registration contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement), together with their Successor Securities shall not bear a Restricted Securities Legend; the Depositor shall inform the Property Trustee in writing of the effective date of any such registration statement registering the Preferred Securities under the Securities Act and shall notify the Property Trustee at any time when prospectuses may not be delivered with respect to Preferred Securities to be sold pursuant to such registration statement. The Property Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in connection with the aforementioned registration statement;
- at any time after the Preferred Securities may be freely transferred without registration under the Securities Act or without being subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to the Securities Act, a new Preferred Security which does not bear a Restricted Securities Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Preferred Security (other than a Global Certificate) or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if the Property Trustee has received an Unrestricted Securities Certificate, duly executed by the Holder of such legended Preferred Security or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and after such date and receipt of such certificate, the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such a new Preferred Security in exchange for or in lieu of such other Preferred Security as provided in this Article 5;
- a new Preferred Security which does not bear a Restricted Securities Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Preferred Security (other than a Global Certificate) or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if, in the Depositor's judgment, placing such a legend upon such new Preferred Security is not necessary to ensure compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the Property Trustee, at the written direction of the Depositor, shall authenticate and deliver such a new Preferred Security as provided in this Article 5; and
- notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4(c), a Successor Security of a Preferred Security that does not bear a particular form of Restricted Securities Legend shall not bear such form of legend unless the Depositor has reasonable cause to believe that such Successor Security is a "restricted security" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, in which case the Property Trustee, at the written direction of the Depositor, shall authenticate and deliver a new Preferred Security bearing a Restricted Securities Legend in exchange for such Successor Security as provided in this Article 5.
- Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates
- Persons Deemed Securityholders
- Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses
- Maintenance of Office or Agency
- Appointment of Paying Agent
- Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor
- Global Securities; Non--Global Securities; Common Securities Certificate
- If a Global Certificate is to be exchanged for Certificated Preferred Securities or canceled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Clearing Agency, its nominee or custodian to the Property Trustee, as Security Registrar, for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article 5. If any Global Certificate is to be exchanged for Certificated Preferred Securities or canceled in part, or if another Preferred Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Certificate, in each case, as provided in Section 5.4, then either (i) such Global Certificate shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article 5 or (ii) the Liquidation Amount thereof shall be reduced or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount of such Certificated Preferred Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Property Trustee, as Security Registrar, whereupon the Property Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Clearing Agency or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Certificate, the Property Trustee shall, subject to Section 5.4 and as otherwise provided in this Article 5, authenticate and deliver any Preferred Securities issuable in exchange for such Global Certificate (or any portion thereof) to or upon the order of, and registered in such names as may be directed by, the Clearing Agency or its authorized representative.
- Every Preferred Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Certificate or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article 5 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Certificate, unless such Preferred Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Clearing Agency for such Global Certificate or a nominee thereof.
- The Clearing Agency or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Certificate, shall be the holder of such Global Certificate for all purposes under the Trust Agreement and the Preferred Securities, and Owners of beneficial interests in a Global Certificate shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Accordingly, any such Owner's beneficial interest in a Global Certificate will be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records maintained by the Clearing Agency or its nominee or its participants and such owners of beneficial interests in a Global Certificate will not be considered the owners or holders of such Global Certificate for any purpose of this Trust Agreement or the Preferred Securities.
- A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common Securities Certificate.
- Notices to Clearing Agency
- Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates
- Rights of Securityholders
- Restrictive Legends
ACT OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING- Limitations on Voting Rights
- Subject to Section 8.2 hereof, if an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities has not occurred or has occurred and been subsequently cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the provisions of Section 6.1(b)(ii) hereof shall apply. During (x) the period commencing on the date of the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities and ending on the date when such Event of Default is cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, or (y) any period not described in either the preceding sentence or the preceding clause (x), the provisions of Section 6.1(b)(i) shall apply.
- The holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee or to exercise any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, including the right to direct the Property Trustee to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the Debentures but excluding the right to direct the Property Trustee to consent to an amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture (which shall be as provided below). So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the Trustees shall not (A) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to such Debentures, (B) waive any past default which is waivable under Section 5.13 of the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of all Outstanding Preferred Securities (except in the case of clause (D), which consent, in the event that no Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, shall be of the Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of all Trust Securities, voting together as a single class); provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of record of the Preferred Securities of any notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Administrative Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes on account of such action.
- Subject to Section 8.2 of this Trust Agreement and only if no Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities has occurred or after such Event of Default has been cured, waived, or otherwise eliminated, the holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee or to exercise any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, including the right to direct the Property Trustee to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the Debentures but excluding the right to direct the Property Trustee to consent to an amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture (which shall be as provided below). So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the Trustees shall not (A) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to such Debentures, (B) waive any past default which is waivable under Section 5.13 of the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of all Common Securities (except in the case of clause (D), which consent, in the event that no Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, shall be of the Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of all Trust Securities, voting together as a single class); provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Common Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Common Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the Common Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of record of the Common Securities of any notice of default actually received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Common Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Administrative Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes on account of such action.
- If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect the dissolution, winding--up or termination of the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities.
- Notice of Meetings
- Meetings of Preferred Security--holders
- Voting Rights
- Proxies, Etc.
- Securityholder Action by Written Consent
- Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes
- Acts of Securityholders
- Inspection of Records
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES- Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
- the Property Trustee is a banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois;
- the Delaware Trustee is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
- each of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
- this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
- the execution, delivery and performance by each of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and does not require any approval of stockholders of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee and such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate either of the Property Trustee's or the Delaware Trustee's charter or by--laws, (ii) to the best of its knowledge without independent investigation violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any properties included in the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by which it is bound, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States, the State of Illinois, the State of Delaware or the State of New York, as the case may be, governing the banking, corporate, or trust powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee;
- neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) contemplated herein or therein requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any other action with respect to, any governmental authority or agency under any existing Federal law governing the banking, corporate or trust powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, under the laws of the United States, the State of Illinois, the State of Delaware or the State of New York;
- there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of each of the Property Trustee's and the Delaware Trustee's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
- Representations and Warranties of Depositor
- the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing Date on behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the Securityholders will be, as of such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
- there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by the Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement.
THE TRUSTEES- Certain Duties and Responsibilities
- All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.
- No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
- the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
- the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
- the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such property as fiduciary assets, subject to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement and the Trust Indenture Act;
- the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree in writing with the Depositor and money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and
- neither the Property Trustee nor the Administrative Trustees shall be responsible for monitoring each other's compliance or the compliance of the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees be liable for each other's default or misconduct or that of the Depositor.
- Notice of Defaults
- Within ten days after the receipt of notice of the Depositor's exercise of its right to extend the interest payment period for the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of such exercise to the Securityholders, unless such exercise shall have been revoked.
- The Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Preferred Securities, waive any Event of Default in respect of the Preferred Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Debenture Event of Default:
- is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event of Default under the Trust Agreement shall also not be waivable; or
- requires the consent or vote of greater than a majority in principal amount of the holders of the Debentures (a "Super Majority") to be waived under the Indenture, the Event of Default under the Trust Agreement may only be waived by the vote of the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.
- The Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common Securities, waive any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Debenture Event of Default:
- is not waivable under the Indenture, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under the Declaration as provided below in this Section 8.2(d), the Event of Default under the Trust Agreement shall also not be waivable; or
- requires the consent or vote of a Super Majority to be waived, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under the Trust Agreement as provided below in this Section 8.2(d), the Event of Default under the Trust Agreement may only be waived by the vote of the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding;
- A waiver of a Debenture Event of Default under the Indenture by the Property Trustee at the written direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under this Trust Agreement. The foregoing provisions of this Section 8.2(e) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Trust Agreement and the Preferred Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.
- Certain Rights of Property Trustee
- the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
- if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action or (ii) in construing any of the provisions in this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained herein or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action to be taken and the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Depositor within ten Business Days after it has delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem necessary, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
- any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
- whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees;
- the Property Trustee shall have no duty to accomplish any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;
- the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection (which counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees) and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice; and the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time, upon prior notice to the Depositor, to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;
- the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
- the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolutions, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of record of 25% or more of the Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount), but the Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit at the expense of the Depositor and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
- the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents or attorneys or an Affiliate, and shall not be responsible for the negligence, misconduct or bad faith with respect to the actions or inaction of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
- whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust Securities, which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; and
- except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
- Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
- May Hold Securities
- Compensation; Indemnity; Fees
- to pay the Trustees from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder as the parties shall agree from time to time in writing (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
- except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct;
- to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to fully indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of any Trustee, (iii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative or agent of any Trustee, and (iv) any employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates (referred to herein as an "Indemnified Person") from and against any and all loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense (including legal fees and expenses) or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of the creation, operation or termination of the Trust or any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust Agreement, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by such Indemnified Person's own negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions (or, in the case of the Delaware Trustee, any such loss, damage or claim as may be attributable to its, his or her gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct); and
- no Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any Trust Property as a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
- Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees
- There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind that entity.
- There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall be either (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
- Conflicting Interests
- Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
- until the issuance of any Trust Securities, by written instrument executed by the Depositor; and
- after the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities voting as a class.
- The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 8.9(a) until a successor possessing the qualifications to act as a Property Trustee under Section 8.7 (a "Successor Property Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Depositor and the removed Property Trustee.
- The Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 8.9(a) until a successor possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Section 8.7 (a "Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Depositor and the removed Delaware Trustee.
- A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his, her or its successor shall have been appointed or until his, her or its death, removal, resignation, dissolution or liquidation. Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by the Trustee and delivered to the Depositor and the Trust, which resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is specified therein; provided, however, that:
- No such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Property Trustee shall be effective:
- no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Depositor and the resigning Delaware Trustee.
- The Holders of the Common Securities shall use their best efforts promptly to appoint a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, if the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee delivers an instrument of resignation in accordance with Section 8.9(d).
- If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 8.9 within 60 days after delivery pursuant to this Section 8.9 of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee resigning or being removed, as applicable, may petition, at the expense of the Depositor, any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
- No Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
- The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give notice to the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes, solely in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by (a) the unanimous act of the remaining Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (b) otherwise by the Depositor (with the successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in Section 8.7).
- The indemnity provided to a Trustee under Section 8.6 shall survive any Trustee's resignation or removal and the termination of this Trust Agreement.
- Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
- Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
- Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust
- Reports by Property Trustee
- its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said Section, a written statement to such effect;
- a statement that the Property Trustee has complied with all of its obligations under this Trust Agreement during the twelve--month period (or, in the case of the initial report, the period since the Closing Date) ending with such December 31 or, if the Property Trustee has not complied in any material respects with such obligations, a description of such noncompliance; and
- any change in the property and funds in its possession as Property Trustee since the date of its last report and any action taken by the Property Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Trust Securities.
- In addition, the Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
- A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmissions to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each national securities exchange or self--regulatory organization upon which the Trust Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Depositor.
- Reports to the Property Trustee
- Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
- Number of Trustees
- If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.16(a), or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.16(a), a vacancy shall occur.
- The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul the Trust.
- Delegation of Power
- Appointment of Administrative Trustees
- The Administrative Trustees shall initially be Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx, an individual, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual, and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, an individual, and their successors shall be appointed by the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities and may resign or be removed by the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities at any time. Upon any resignation or removal, the Depositor shall appoint a successor Administrative Trustee. If at any time there is no Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee or any Holder who has been a Holder of Trust Securities for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of one or more Administrative Trustees.
- Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with this Section 8.18 or Section 8.9, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and not withstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, if any Administrative Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount the Common Securities, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the unanimous act of the remaining Administrative Trustees, if there were at least two of them prior to such vacancy, and by the Depositor, if there were not two such Administrative Trustees immediately prior to such vacancy (with the successor being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 8.7).
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER- Termination upon Expiration Date
- Early Termination
- the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;
- receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice from the Depositor at any time (which notice is optional and wholly within the discretion of the Depositor) of its intention to terminate the Trust and distribute the Debentures in exchange for the Preferred Securities;
- the redemption, conversion or exchange of all of the Trust Securities; and
- an order for dissolution of the Trust shall have been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
- Termination
- Liquidation
- state the Liquidation Date;
- state that, from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent an aggregate principal amount of Debentures equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities held by such Holder; and
- provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Debentures, or, if Section 9.4(d) applies, receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.
- Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Debentures to Securityholders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
- Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii) the Clearing Agency or its nominee, as the record holder of such Trust Securities, will receive a registered global certificate or certificates representing the Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution and (iii) any Trust Securities Certificates not held by the Clearing Agency will be deemed to represent an aggregate principal amount of Debentures equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities held by such Holders, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Trust Securities until such certificates are presented to the Property Trustee for transfer or reissuance.
- If, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be practicable, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be dissolved, wound--up or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution, winding up or other termination of the Trust, Securityholders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such dissolution, winding--up or termination, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of the Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such dissolution, winding--up or termination pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities.
- Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS- Limitation of Rights of Securityholders
- Amendment
- Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees and the Depositor with (i) the consent of Holders representing not less than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then Outstanding, acting as a single class, and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from the status of an "investment company" under the 1940 Act, provided, however, if any amendment or proposal that would adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Trust Securities, whether by way of amendment or otherwise, would adversely affect only the Preferred Securities or only the Common Securities, then only the affected class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of a majority in Liquidation Amount of such class of Trust Securities.
- In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date; notwithstanding any other provision herein, without the unanimous consent of the Securityholders (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this paragraph (c) of this Section 10.2 may not be amended.
- Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from the status of an "investment company" under the 1940 Act or be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.
- Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, without the consent of the Depositor, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor.
- If any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of such amendment.
- Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Property Trustee shall be provided with an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance with this Trust Agreement.
- Separability
- GOVERNING LAW
- Payments Due on Non--Business Day
- Successors
- Headings
- Reports, Notices and Demands
- Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
- The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is the trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
- If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Trust Agreement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
- The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
- Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and Indenture
- Counterparts
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation Amount and a given period, the amount of Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture) paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of Debentures for such period.
"Additional Sums" means, with respect to the Trust Securities, the amount of Additional Sums (as defined in the Indenture) paid by the Depositor on the Debentures.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, each solely in his capacity as Administrative Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in his individual capacity, or such Administrative Trustee's successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor administrative trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person, provided, however that an Affiliate of the Depositor shall not be deemed to include the Trust. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Certificate or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Clearing Agency for such security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises judging such Person as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding--up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in furtherance of any such action.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Depositor or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Book--Entry Preferred Securities Certificates" means a beneficial interest in the Preferred Securities Certificates, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.11.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not (1) a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or the City of Chicago are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed or (2) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee or the corporate trust office of the Debenture Trustee is closed for business.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust, the Depositor and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency, dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Trust Securities Certificates substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Certificated Preferred Security" means a Preferred Security in registered, certificated form.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that has been designated to act as depositary for the Preferred Securities pursuant to the Certificate Depository Agreement. The Depository Trust Company will be the initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book--entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means a Time of Delivery (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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 Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"Common Securities Purchase Agreement" means the Common Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2001, between Cummins Capital Trust I and Cummins Inc.
"Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $50 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Common Stock" means common stock, $2.50 par value per share, of the Depositor.
"Conversion Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 4.3.
"Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.3.
"Conversion Price" has the meaning specified in Section 4.3.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Property Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Finance Unit.
"Current Market Price", with respect to Common Stock, means, for any day, the closing sale price, regular way, on such day, or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices on such day, regular way, in either case as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Consolidated Transactions Tape, or, if Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange on such day, on the principal national securities exchange on which Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, if Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, or the Nasdaq National Market, or, if Common Stock is not quoted or admitted to trading on such quotation system, on the principal quotation system on which Common Stock may be listed or admitted to trading or quoted, or, if not listed or admitted to trading or quoted on any national securities exchange or quotation system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of Common Stock in the over--the--counter market on the day in question as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or a similar generally accepted reporting service, or, if not so available in such manner, as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm selected from time to time by the Board of Directors for that purpose or, if not so available in such manner, as otherwise determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Debentures to be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption thereof under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Trustee" in the Indenture, solely in its capacity as Trustee pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Indenture.
"Debentures" means up to $309,278,400 aggregate principal amount of the Depositor's 7% junior subordinated convertible debentures issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates" means either or both (as the context requires) of (a) Preferred Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.11(a) and (b) Preferred Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.13.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Delaware Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Delaware trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in Section 4.1.
"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
"Event of Default" means the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default, whatever the reason for such Debenture Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Global Certificate" means a Preferred Security that is registered in the Security Register in the name of a Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Depositor and BNY Midwest Trust Company, an Illinois banking corporation, as guarantee trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, as amended from time to time.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Securities Certificate representing a Trust Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
"Indenture" means the junior subordinated convertible indenture, dated as of June 18, 2001 between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of any Trust Securities, Trust Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Indenture, the proceeds of which will be used to pay the applicable Redemption Price of such Trust Securities, (b) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the Trust, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed, and (c) with respect to any distribution of Additional Amounts to Holders of Trust Securities, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities in respect of which such distribution is made.
"Liquidated Damages" has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"Liquidation Amount" means an amount with respect to the assets of the Trust equal to $50 per Trust Security.
"Liquidation Date" means each date on which Debentures or cash are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a termination and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Notice of Conversion" means the notice given by a holder of Trust Securities to the Conversion Agent directing the Conversion Agent to exchange such Trust Security for Debentures and to convert such Debentures into Common Stock on behalf of such holder. Such notice is substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit G.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by (ii) the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 8.15 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Depositor. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate has read the covenant of condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Depositor, and who may be an employee of any thereof. Any Opinion of Counsel delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing the Opinion of Counsel has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each individual in rendering the Opinion of Counsel;
(c) statement that each individual has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Optional Redemption Price" means, except as set forth below, with respect to the Preferred Securities, the following percentages of the Liquidation Amounts thereof, and accumulated and unpaid Distributions, if any, to the date fixed for redemption if redeemed during the twelve--month period commencing June 15, in each of the following years indicated:
Year |
Redemption Price |
Year |
Redemption Price |
2006 |
103.50% |
2009 |
101.40% |
2007 |
102.80% |
2010 |
100.70% |
2008 |
102.10% |
2011 and thereafter |
100.00% |
In the event of a redemption of Trust Securities upon the occurrence of a Special Event (as set forth in the Indenture), Trust Securities shall be redeemed at the redemption price of $50 per Trust Security and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions, if any to the date fixed for redemption.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Trust Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Security Registrar or delivered to the Security Registrar for cancellation or tendered for conversion;
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Trust Securities; provided that, if such Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Trust Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.5;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Trust Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Trust Securities owned by the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor or any Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Trust Securities that an officer of such Trustee involved in the administration of this Trust Agreement actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Trust Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Trust Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Security Registrar the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Trust Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book--Entry Preferred Securities Certificate as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in the records of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or indirectly, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co--paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.9.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non--interest bearing corporate trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust department for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the Property Trustee shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Section 4.1.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Preferred Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D.
"Preferred Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $50 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed and continued hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2001 among the Trust, the Depositor and the Purchasers named therein.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed, each Debenture Redemption Date.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, $50 per Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) to the date of redemption.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 18, 2001 among the Depositor, the Trust, and the Purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement.
"Relevant Trustee" has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
"Restricted Securities" means all Preferred Securities required pursuant to Section 5.4 to bear any Restricted Securities Legend. Such term includes the Global Certificate.
"Restricted Securities Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E.
"Restricted Securities Legend" has the meaning specified in Section 5.15(a).
"Rule 144A Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 5.2.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 5.4.
"Securityholder" has the same meaning as "Holder."
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
"Successor Property Trustee" has the meaning specified in Section 8.9.
"Successor Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 9.5.
"Trust" means the Delaware business trust continued hereby and identified on the cover page of this Trust Agreement.
"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, including all exhibits hereto, including, for all purposes of this Trust Agreement any such modification, amendment or supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Securityholders.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities Certificates, the Global Certificates or the Certificated Preferred Securities.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred Securities.
"Trustees" means, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.
"Unrestricted Securities Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit F.
. The Trust created hereby shall be known as "Cummins Capital Trust I," as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
. The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust, or such other address in the State of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the Trust is c/o Cummins Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx 0000 (Mail code 60118), Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000--0000.
. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.
. On June 12, 2001 the Depositor, both on its own behalf and on behalf of the Trust pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the Purchase Agreement. On each Closing Date, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 5.2 and deliver to the Purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement Preferred Securities Certificates, in an aggregate amount acquired by such Purchasers on such Closing Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, against receipt of the purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $50 per Preferred Security, which amount the Administrative Trustees shall promptly deliver to the Property Trustee.
. On each Closing Date, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 5.2 and deliver to the Depositor the Common Securities Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor, in the aggregate amount acquired by the Depositor on such Closing Date pursuant to the Common Securities Purchase Agreement against receipt of the purchase price of such Common Securities from the Depositor in the amount of $50 per Common Security, which amount the Administrative Trustees shall promptly deliver to the Property Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall on such Closing Date subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor the Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities and Common Securities acquired on such Closing Date by the Purchasers and the Depositor, respectively, and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of the amounts delivered on such Closing Date to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) the second sentence of Section 2.4, and (ii) the first sentence of this Section 2.5.
. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures, (b) to distribute the Trust's income as provided in this Trust Agreement and (c) to engage in only those other activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its assets or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders. The Administrative Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act and shall not be entitled to exercise any powers or have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee described in this Trust Agreement.
. The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.6 and paragraph (b) of this Section, and in accordance with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Trustees shall have the exclusive power, duty and the authority to cause the Trust to engage in the following activities:
(x) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under the 1940 Act;
(y) causing the Trust to be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
(z) cooperating with the Depositor to ensure that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States Federal income tax purposes;
provided that such action does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of Securityholders except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2(a).
. The assets of the Trust shall consist of only the Trust Property.
. Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement. Each Securityholder shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
. In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Depositor is hereby appointed an agent of the Trust pursuant to Section 3806(b)(7) of the Business Trust Act and in such capacity shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in the following activities:
The Depositor must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 2.10 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 2.6, and the Depositor shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set forth in Section 2.6.
Subject to this Section 2.10, the Depositor shall have none of the powers or the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in Article 8.
. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the Property Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Securityholders and for distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein.
. Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and shall accrue from the date of original issuance, or the most recent Distribution Date (as defined herein) and, except in the event that the Depositor exercises its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on September 15, 2001 (which dates correspond to the interest payment dates on the Debentures), when, as and if available for payment by the Property Trustee, as further described in paragraph (c) of this Section 4.1. If any date on which Distributions are otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment of such Distributions shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date until the next succeeding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a "Distribution Date").
. (i) Upon an optional redemption (as set forth in the Indenture) of Debentures, the proceeds from such redemption shall be applied to redeem Trust Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed by the Depositor at the Optional Redemption Price, (ii) upon a mandatory redemption or a special event redemption (as set forth in the Indenture) of Debentures, the proceeds from such redemption shall be applied to redeem Trust Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed by the Depositor, at the Redemption Price.
. The Holders of Trust Securities, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section, shall have the right at any time prior to the close of business on June 13, 2031 (or, in the case of Trust Securities called for redemption, prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date), at their option, to cause the Conversion Agent to convert Trust Securities, on behalf of the converting Holders, into shares of Common Stock in the manner described herein on and subject to the following terms and conditions:
. Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, and the Redemption Price (or the applicable Optional Redemption Price) of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made pro rata based on the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) no payment of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or the Redemption Price of, any Common Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on all Outstanding Preferred Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price (or the applicable Optional Redemption Price) the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Preferred Securities then called for Redemption, shall have been made or provided for, and (ii) all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (or the applicable Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or the Redemption Price (or the applicable Optional Redemption Price) of, Preferred Securities then due and payable.
. Payments in respect of the Preferred Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register or, if the Preferred Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds, in accordance with the Certificate Depositary Agreement, on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities.
. The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Depositor's expense, and file (or cause to be filed) all United States Federal, State and local tax and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared or filed) Form 1041 or the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each Securityholder a Form 1099 or the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be furnished to such Securityholder or the information required to be provided on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide (or cause to be provided) the Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns, reports and schedules promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Trustees shall comply with United States Federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.
. Upon receipt under the Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property Trustee, upon receipt of written notice from the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees, shall promptly pay from such Additional Sums any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes), as indicated in such notice, imposed on the Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority.
. Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities (and any Owner with respect thereto) shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder (or Owner) has directly received pursuant to Section 5.08 of the Indenture in accordance with the terms of Section 6.8 hereof.
. Upon the formation of the Trust and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are Outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.
. The Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $50 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $50 in excess thereof, and the Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $50 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples thereof. The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the Trust Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust. Preferred Securities initially sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A Preferred Securities") initially will be represented by one or more certificates in registered, global form (collectively, the "Global Certificates"). The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee and the Preferred Securities Certificates shall be authenticated by the Property Trustee. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefit of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall become a Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 5.4.
. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5, to be executed on behalf of the Trust and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, its President, any Executive Vice President or any Vice President, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or Controller without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.
A Common Securities Certificate shall not be valid until executed by at least one Administrative Trustee. A Preferred Securities Certificate shall not be valid until executed by at least one Administrative Trustee and authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Property Trustee. The manual signature of the Property Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that the Preferred Securities Certificate has been authenticated under this Trust Agreement. Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate the Preferred Securities Certificates for original issue. The signature of any Administrative Trustee on the Trust Securities Certificates may be manual or facsimile.
The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees to authenticate Preferred Securities Certificates. An authenticating agent may authenticate Preferred Securities Certificates whenever the Property Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Trust Agreement to authentication by the Property Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as the Property Trustee to deal with the Depositor or an Affiliate with respect to the authentication of Preferred Securities.
. The Security Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, a Security Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Security Registrar shall provide for the registration of Preferred Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Property Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar.
Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement regarding restrictions on transfer, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Security at an office or agency of the Depositor designated pursuant to Section 5.8 for such purpose, the Depositor shall execute, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Trust Agreement.
At the option of the Holder, and subject to the other provisions of this Section 5.4, Preferred Securities may be exchanged for other Preferred Securities of any authorized denomination and of a like Liquidation Amount, upon surrender of the Preferred Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Preferred Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Depositor shall execute, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Preferred Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Preferred Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Trust, evidencing the same rights, and entitled to the same benefits under this Trust Agreement, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Preferred Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so requested by the Depositor or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Depositor and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates, but the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.
. If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Security Registrar, or if the Security Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Security Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust shall execute and make available for authentication, where applicable, and delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of like denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the Security Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicative Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.
. The Property Trustee and the Security Registrar shall treat the Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Security Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Property Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
. The Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or cause to be furnished (unless the Property Trustee is acting as Security Registrar with respect to the Trust Securities under the Trust Agreement) a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of the most recent record date (a) to the Property Trustee, quarterly at least 5 Business Days before each Distribution Date, and (b) to the Property Trustee, within 30 days after receipt by the Depositor of a request therefor from the Property Trustee in order to enable the Property Trustee to discharge its obligations under this Trust Agreement, in each case to the extent such information is in the possession or control of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor and is not identical to a previously supplied list or has not otherwise been received by the Property Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or under the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Trustee shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act, except to the extent Section 3819 of the Delaware Business Trust Act would require greater access to such information, in which case the latter shall apply. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Trust Securities Certificate, and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
. The Security Registrar shall maintain in The City of Chicago an office or offices or agency or agencies where Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities Certificates may be served. The Security Registrar initially designates 0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Finance Unit, as its principal corporate trust office for such purposes. The Security Registrar shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the Security Register or any such office or agency.
. In the event that the Preferred Securities are not in book--entry form only, the Trust shall maintain in the City of Chicago, an office or agency (the "Paying Agent") where the Preferred Securities may be presented for payment. The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent for any reason, including if such Trustees determine in their sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Property Trustee, and any co--paying agent chosen by the Property Trustee and acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor in their sole discretion. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Property Trustee and the Depositor. In the event that the Property Trustee shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). Each successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees that, as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to each Securityholder. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 shall apply to the Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Property Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co--paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
. On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer of the Common Securities shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW OR THE INDENTURE."
. Each Global Certificate authenticated under this Trust Agreement shall be registered in the name of the Clearing Agency designated by the Depositor for such Global Certificate or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Certificate shall constitute a Preferred Security for all purposes of this Trust Agreement.
Upon the request of the Property Trustee in connection with the occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding paragraph, the Depositor shall cause as promptly as practicable to be made available to the Property Trustee a reasonable supply of Preferred Securities that are not in the form of Global Certificates. The Property Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order, direction or request of the Clearing Agency or its authorized representative which is given or made pursuant to this Article 5 if such order, direction or request is given or made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
. To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Owners is required under this Trust Agreement, unless and until Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates shall have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section 5.13, the Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligations to provide notices directly to the Owners.
. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, no Global Certificate may be exchanged in whole or in part for Preferred Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Certificate in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Clearing Agency for such Global Certificate or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Clearing Agency (A) has notified the Depositor that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Clearing Agency for such Global Certificate or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in either case the Trust and the Depositor thereupon fails to appoint a successor Clearing Agency within 90 days, (ii) the Depositor, at its option, notifies the Property Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Preferred Securities in certificated form or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or any event which after notice or lapse of time or both would be an Event of Default and the Holders of a majority in an aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities determine that such Global Certificate will be exchangeable for Certified Preferred Securities. In all cases, Certificated Preferred Securities delivered in exchange for any Global Certificate or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Clearing Agency (in accordance with its customary procedures).
. The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights and, when issued and delivered to Securityholders against payment of the purchase price therefor, will be fully paid and nonassessable by the Trust. The Holders of the Trust Securities, in their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
. The Global Certificate and the Certificated Preferred Securities that are Restricted Securities shall bear the following legend (the "Restricted Securities Legend") unless the Depositor determines otherwise in accordance with applicable law:
"THE PREFERRED SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY AND THE COMMON STOCK OF CUMMINS INC. ISSUABLE UPON THEIR CONVERSION AND THE DEBENTURES THAT MAY BE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR AND THE PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS."
. Except as provided in this Section, in Section 8.9 and 10.2 and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an association.
. Notice of all meetings of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.8 to each Preferred Securityholder of record, at its registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.
. No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matter upon the written request of the Preferred Securityholders of record of 25% of the Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion, call a meeting of the Holders of Preferred Securities to vote on any matters as to which such Holders are entitled to vote.
Holders of record of 50% of the Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders of record of Preferred Securities present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a majority of the Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) held by Holders of record of Preferred Securities present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Securityholders, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
. Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $50 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote. Notwithstanding that Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the Preferred Securities that are owned at such time by the Depositor, the Trustees or any affiliate of any Trustee shall, for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if such Preferred Securities were not outstanding.
At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholders entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Only Securityholders of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or represented by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of execution.
. Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all Outstanding Trust Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing.
. For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other action, the Property Trustee may from time to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment of Distributions or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such purposes.
. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by Securityholders or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders or Owners in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders or Owners signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than the signer's individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of the signer's authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which any Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Preferred Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise between the Securityholders and the Administrative Trustees or among such Securityholders or Trustees with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Securityholder or Trustee under this Article 6, then the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
Upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the holders of Preferred Securities shall rely on the enforcement by the Property Trustee of its rights as holder of the Debentures against the Depositor. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures after a request therefor by a holder of Preferred Securities, such holder may proceed to enforce such rights directly against the Depositor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Depositor 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), then a holder of Preferred Securities shall have the right to institute a proceeding directly against the Depositor, for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal amount of or interest on Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such holder after the respective due date specified in the Debentures (a "Direct Action"). In connection with any such Direct Action, the rights of the Depositor will be subrogated to the rights of any holder of the Preferred Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Depositor to such holder of Preferred Securities as a result of such Direct Action.
A Securityholder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee (as defined in the Guarantee), the Trust or any Person or entity.
Each Securityholder, by acceptance of a beneficial interest in the Preferred Securities, agrees to treat the Debentures as indebtedness for all United States federal, state and local tax purposes.
. Upon reasonable prior written notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of the Trust shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Securityholder's interest as a Securityholder.
. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that (each such representation and warranty made by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee being made only with respect to itself):
. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Securityholders that:
. The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by the Trust Indenture Act. The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement and the Trust Indenture Act and no implied covenants, duties or obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement against the Property Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 8.2) of which a responsible officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge, the Property Trustee shall exercise such rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement and the Trust Indenture Act, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent individual would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to release the Administrative Trustees from liability for their own negligent action, their own negligent failure to act, or their own willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the Securityholders, such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Securityholder for such Administrative Trustee's good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement or advice of counsel. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees.
. Within ten days after the occurrence of any Event of Default actually known to an officer of the Property Trustee involved in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of such Event of Default to the holders of Preferred Securities, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived, provided that, except for a default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debentures, the Property Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of directors and/or responsible officers of the Property Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
The provisions of Section 6.1(b) and this Section 8.2(c) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Trust Agreement and the Preferred Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent thereon. Any waiver by the Holders of the Preferred Securities of an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities shall also be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Holders of the Common Securities of any such Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes of this Trust Agreement without any further act, vote, or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities.
provided further, that each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any such Event of Default and all Events of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its consequences until all Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, and until such Events of Default have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Securities. The provisions of Section 6.1(b) and this Section 8.2(d) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Trust Agreement and the Preferred Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.2(d), upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
. The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates shall not be taken as the statements of the Trustees, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Debentures.
. Except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article 1, any Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Section 8.8 and 8.12, may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such other agent.
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The Depositor agrees:
. There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
. If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement.
. Subject to Sections 8.9(b) and 8.9(c), any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") may be appointed or removed without cause at any time:
(1) until a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Depositor and the resigning Property Trustee; or
. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Trust 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 Depositor 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 if the Property Trustee is the resigning Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to the successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Property Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee and upon the execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee, such retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Trust shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
. Any corporation into which the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any Administrative Trustee that is not a natural person may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
. If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to and shall take all actions necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or Trust (or any such other obligor).
. To the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, within 60 days after December 31 of each year commencing with December 31, 2001 the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders in accordance with Section 10.8 and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of such December 31 with respect to:
. The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Property Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Property Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Depositor's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Property Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
. Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
. The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Holder of all of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease the number of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.
. Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section 2.7(a), including any registration statement or amendment thereof filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing.
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. Unless earlier terminated, the Trust shall automatically terminate on June 15, 2031 (the "Expiration Date"), following the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with Section 9.4.
. The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early Termination Event":
. The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2, of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (b) the payment of all expenses owed by the Trust; and (c) the discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders.
. If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder an aggregate principal amount of Debentures equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities held by such Holder, subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Property Trustee by first--class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's address as it appears in the Security Register. All notices of liquidation shall:
. The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except pursuant to this Section 9.5. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Holders of the Preferred Securities, the Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Trust Securities or (b) substitutes for the Preferred Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Preferred Securities rank in priority with respect to Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) the Depositor expressly appoints a trustee of such successor entity, possessing the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee, as the holder of the Debentures, (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (v) such successor entity has a purpose identical to that of the Trust, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of the Holder's interest in the new entity) and (b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an "investment company" under the 1940 Act and (vii) the Depositor or any permitted successor or assignee owns all of the Common Securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of 100% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.
. The death or incapacity of any person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such person or any Securityholder for such person to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding--up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
. This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Trustees and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, (ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any Trust Securities are Outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an "investment company" under the 1940 Act, or be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) to maintain the qualification of this Trust Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of clause (i), such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder, and, in the case of any of the foregoing, any amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.
. In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
. THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
. If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day which is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.1(a) and Section 4.2(d)), with the same force and effect as though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no interest shall accrue thereon for the period after such date.
. This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustee, including any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under Article 8 of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.
. The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
. Any report, notice, demand or other communications which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit thereof, first--class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of a Holder of Preferred Securities, to such Holder as such Holder's name and address may appear on the Security Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of the Common Securities, to Cummins Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx 0000 (Mail code 60118), Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000--0000; Attention: Vice President--Treasurer.
Any notice to Preferred Securityholders shall also be given to such Owners as have, within two years preceding the giving of such notice, filed their names and addresses with the Property Trustee for that purpose. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given, or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or transmission.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in writing (which may be by facsimile transmission) addressed (until another address is published by the Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee, to BNY Midwest Trust Company, 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Finance Unit, (b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to The Bank of New York (Delaware), Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, with a copy of any such notice to the Property Trustee at its address above, and (c) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address for notices to the Depositor, marked "Attention: Vice President--Treasurer." Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust or the Property Trustee.
. This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
. THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS TO THE TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
. This Trust Agreement may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Trust Agreement may be executed by the affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.
. The Holders of the Preferred Securities, the Debentures and the Guarantee and the shares of Common Stock of the Depositor issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and/or the Preferred Securities are entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CUMMINS INC., |
By: /s/ XXXXXX XXXXX Title: Vice President -- Treasurer |
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY |
By: /s/ X. XXXXXX Title: Assistant Vice President |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), |
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX Title: |
/s/ XXX XXXXXXXXXX as Administrative Trustee |
/s/ XXXX XXXXXXX as Administrative Trustee |
/s/ XXXXXX XXXXX |
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
CUMMINS CAPITAL TRUST I
This Certificate of Trust of Cummins Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), dated May 3, 2001, is being duly executed and filed by The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, and BNY Midwest Trust Company, an Illinois banking corporation, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq.)
1. Name: The name of the business trust formed hereby is Cummins Capital Trust I:
2. Delaware: The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000; Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the trustees of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first--above written.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE) |
By: _________________________ |
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY |
By: _________________________ |
BOOK ENTRY ONLY CORPORATE EQUITY ISSUES |
Letter of Representations
[To be Completed by Issuer and Agent]
Cummins Capital Trust I |
[Name of Issuer] |
BNY Midwest Trust Company |
[Name of Agent] |
June 18, 2001 |
[Date] |
Attention: General Counsel's Office
The Depository Trust Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000--0000
Re: |
7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income |
Liquidation Amount $50 per Convertible Preferred |
|
Security; CUSIP Number 000000000 |
|
[Issue description, including CUSIP number (the "Securities")] |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter sets forth our understanding with respect to certain matters relating to the 7% Convertible Preferred Securities, Liquidation Amount $50 per Convertible Preferred Security (the "Preferred Securities"), of Cummins Capital Trust I, a Delaware business trust (the "Issuer"), created pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, among Cummins Inc., as Depositor (the "Company"), BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Property Trustee, The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees named therein. The payment of distributions on the Preferred Securities and payments due upon liquidation of the Issuer or redemption of the Preferred Securities, to the extent the Issuer has funds available for the payment thereof, are guaranteed by the Company to the extent set forth in a Guarantee Agreement to be entered into by the Company and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Guarantee Trustee with respect to the Preferred Securities. The Company and the Issuer propose to sell the Preferred Securities to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities, Inc. and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. (the "Purchasers") pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated June 12, 2001, among the Issuer, the Company and the Purchasers. The Purchasers shall take delivery of the Securities through The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). Agent is acting as transfer agent, paying agent, and registrar with respect to the Securities.
To induce DTC to accept the Securities as eligible for deposit at DTC, and to act in accordance with its Rules with respect to the Securities, Issuer and Agent make the following representations to DTC:
1. Prior to closing on the Securities on June 18, 2001 there shall be deposited with DTC one or more Security certificates registered in the name of DTC's nominee, Cede & Co., for each of the Securities with the offering value(s) set forth on Schedule A hereto, the total of which represents 100% of the offering value of such Securities. If, however, the aggregate offering value of the Securities exceeds $400 million, one certificate shall be issued with respect to each $400 million of offering value and an additional certificate shall be issued with respect to any remaining offering value. Each Security certificate shall bear the following legend:
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
Issuer represents: [Note: Issuer must represent one of the following, and shall cross out the other.]
[The Security certificate(s) shall remain in Agent's custody as a "Balance Certificate" subject to the provisions of the Balance Certificate Agreement between Agent and DTC currently in effect.
On each day on which Agent is open for business and on which it receives an instruction originated by a DTC participant ("Participant") through DTC's Deposit/ Withdrawal at Custodian ("DWAC") system to increase the Participant's account by a specified number of Securities (a "Deposit Instruction"), Agent shall, no later than 6:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) that day, either approve or cancel the Deposit Instruction through the DWAC system.
On each day on which Agent is open for business and on which it receives an instruction originated by a Participant through the DWAC system to decrease the Participant's account by a specified number of Securities (a "Withdrawal Instruction"), Agent shall, no later than 6:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) that day, either approve or cancel the Withdrawal Instruction through the DWAC system.
Agent agrees that its approval of a Deposit or Withdrawal Instruction shall be deemed to be the receipt by DTC of a new reissued or reregistered certificated Security on registration of transfer to the name of Cede & Co. for the quantity of Securities evidenced by the Balance Certificate after the Deposit or Withdrawal Instruction is effected.]
[The Security certificate(s) shall be custodied with DTC]
2. Issuer: (a) understands that DTC has no obligation to, and will not, communicate to its Participants or to any person having an interest in the Securities any information contained in the Security certificate(s); and (b) acknowledges that neither DTC's Participants nor any person having an interest in the Securities shall be deemed to have notice of the provisions of the Security certificate(s) by virtue of submission of such certificate(s) to DTC.
3. In the event of any solicitation of consents from or voting by holders of the Securities, Issuer or Agent shall establish a record date for such purposes (with no provision for revocation of consents or votes by subsequent holders) and shall send notice of such record date to DTC no fewer than 15 calendar days in advance of such record date. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph by telecopy shall be directed to DTC's Reorganization Department at (212) 855--5181 or (212) 855--5182. If the party sending the notice does not receive a telecopy receipt from DTC confirming that the notice has been received, such party shall telephone (212) 855--5202. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph, by mail or by any other means, shall be sent to:
Manager, Reorganization Department
Reorganization Window
The Depository Trust Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000--0000
4. In the event of a stock split, recapitalization, conversion, or any similar transaction resulting in the cancellation of all or any part of the Securities represented thereby, Agent shall send DTC a notice of such event as soon as practicable, but in no event less than five business days prior to the effective date of such transaction. Notices pursuant to this Paragraph regarding stock splits shall be directed to DTC's Dividend Department as indicated in Paragraph 6. All other notices pursuant to this Paragraph shall be directed to DTC's Reorganization Department as also indicated in Paragraph 6.
5. In the event of a full or partial redemption, Issuer or Agent shall send a notice to DTC specifying: (a) the amount of the redemption or refunding; (b) in the case of a refunding, the maturity date(s) established under the refunding; and (c) the date such notice is to be distributed to Security holders (the "Publication Date"). Such notice shall be sent to DTC by a secure means (e.g., legible telecopy, registered or certified mail, overnight delivery) in a timely manner designed to assure that such notice is in DTC's possession no later than the close of business on the business day before or, if possible, two business days before the Publication Date. Issuer or Agent shall forward such notice either in a separate secure transmission for each CUSIP number or in a secure transmission for multiple CUSIP numbers (if applicable) which includes a manifest or list of each CUSIP number submitted in that transmission. (The party sending such notice shall have a method to verify subsequently the use of such means and the timeliness of such notice.) The Publication Date shall be no fewer than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date or, in the case of an advance refunding, the date that the proceeds are deposited in escrow. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph by telecopy shall be directed to DTC's Call Notification Department at (516) 227--4164 or (516) 227--4190. If the party sending the notice does not receive a telecopy receipt from DTC confirming that the notice has been received, such party shall telephone (516) 227--4070. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph, by mail or by any other means, shall be sent to:
Manager, Call Notification Department
The Depository Trust Company
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000--0000
6. In the event of an offering or issuance of rights with respect to the Securities outstanding, Agent shall send DTC's Dividend and Reorganization Departments a notice specifying: (a) the amount of and conditions, if any, applicable to such rights offering or issuance; (b) any applicable expiration or deadline date, or any date by which any action on the part of holders of such Securities is required; and (c) the Publication Date of such notice. The Publication Date will be as soon as practicable after the announcement by the Company of any such offering or issuance of rights with respect to the Securities outstanding. DTC requires that the Publication Date be no fewer than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the related payment date, distribution date, or issuance date, respectively. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph by telecopy shall be sent to DTC's Dividend Department at (212) 855--4545, and receipt of such notices shall he confirmed by telephoning (212) 855--4530. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph, by mail or any other means, shall be sent to:
Supervisor, Stock Dividends
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000--0000
Notices to DTC pursuant to the above Paragraph by telecopy shall be sent to DTC's Reorganization Department at (212) 855--5259, and receipt of such telecopy shall be confirmed by telephoning (212) 855--5260. Such notices to DTC pursuant to the above Paragraph, by mail or any other means, shall be sent to:
Supervisor, Rights Offerings
Reorganization Department
The Depository Trust Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000--0000
7. In the event of an invitation to tender the Securities (including mandatory tenders, exchanges, and capital changes), notice by Issuer or Agent to Security holders specifying the terms of the tender and the Publication Date of such notice shall be sent to DTC by a secure means (e.g., legible telecopy, registered or certified mail, overnight delivery) in a timely manner designed to assure that such notice is in DTC's possession no later than the close of business on the business day before or, if possible, two business days before the Publication Date. Issuer or Agent shall forward such notice either in a separate secure transmission for each CUSIP number or in a secure transmission for multiple CUSIP numbers (if applicable) which includes a manifest or list of each CUSIP number submitted in that transmission. (The party sending such notice shall have a method to verify subsequently the use and timeliness of such notice). Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph and notices of other corporate actions by telecopy shall be sent to DTC's Reorganization Department at (212) 855--5488, and receipt of such notices shall be confirmed by telephoning (212) 855--5290. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph, by mail or by any other means, shall be sent to the address indicated in Paragraph 3.
8. All notices and payment advices sent to DTC shall contain the CUSIP number of the Securities and an accompanying description of such Securities.
9. Issuer or Agent shall provide written notice of dividend payment information to DTC as soon as the information is available. Issuer or Agent shall provide such notice directly to DTC electronically, as previously arranged by Issuer or Agent and DTC. If electronic transmission has not been arranged, absent any other arrangements between Issuer or Agent and DTC, such information shall be sent by telecopy to DTC's Dividend Department at (212) 855--4555 or (212) 855--4556. If the party sending the notice does not receive a telecopy receipt from DTC confirming that the notice has been received, such party shall telephone (212) 855--4550. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph, by mail or by any other means, shall be sent to:
Manager, Announcements
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000--0000
10. Issuer or Agent shall notify DTC's Dividend Department of any dividend payment date with regard to the Securities no later than the close of business preferably five, but no fewer than two, business days prior to such payment date. Agent shall include any available payment information at that time. Notices pursuant to this Paragraph shall be directed to DTC's Dividend Department as indicated in Paragraph 9.
11. Dividend payments and cash distributions shall be received by Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC, or its registered assigns, in same--day funds no later than 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date. Issuer shall remit by 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date all such dividend and distribution payments due Agent, or at such earlier time as may be required by Agent to guarantee that DTC shall receive payment in same--day funds no later than 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date. Absent any other arrangements between Issuer or Agent and DTC, such funds shall be wired to the Dividend Deposit Account number that will be stamped on the signature page hereof at the time DTC executes this Letter of Representations.
12. Issuer or Agent shall provide DTC, no later than 12:00 noon (Eastern Time) on the payment date, automated notification of CUSIP--level detail. If the circumstances prevent the funds paid to DTC from equaling the dollar amount associated with the detail payments by 12:00 noon (Eastern Time), Issuer or Agent must provide CUSIP--level reconciliation to DTC no later than 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). Reconciliation must be provided by either automated means or written format. Such reconciliation notice, if sent by telecopy to DTC's Dividend Department, shall be directed to (212) 855--4633, and receipt of such reconciliation notice shall be confirmed by telephoning (212) 855--4430.
13. Redemption payments shall be received by Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, or its registered assigns, in same--day funds no later than 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date. Issuer shall remit by 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date all such redemption payments due Agent, or at such earlier time as required by Agent to guarantee that DTC shall receive payment in same--day funds no later than 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date. Absent any other arrangements between Agent and DTC, such funds shall be wired to the Redemption Deposit Account number that will be stamped on the signature page hereof at the time DTC executes this Letter of Representations.
14. Reorganization payments resulting from corporate actions (such as tender offers or mergers) shall be received by Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, or its registered assigns, in same--day funds no later than 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date. Issuer shall remit by 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date all such reorganization payments due Agent, or at such earlier time as required by Agent to guarantee that DTC shall receive payment in same--day funds no later than 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the payment date. Absent any other arrangements between Agent and DTC, such funds shall be wired to the Reorganization Deposit Account number that will be stamped on the signature page hereof at the time DTC executes this Letter of Representations.
15. DTC may direct Issuer or Agent to use any other number or address as the number or address to which notices or payments may be sent.
16. In the event of a redemption, acceleration, or any other similar transaction (e.g., tender made and accepted in response to Issuer's or Agent's invitation) necessitating a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding or an advance refunding of part of the Securities outstanding, DTC, in its discretion: (a) may request Issuer or Agent to issue and authenticate a new Security certificate; or (b) may make an appropriate notation on the Security certificate indicating the date and amount of such reduction in the number of Securities outstanding, except in the case of final redemption, in which case the certificate will be presented to Issuer or Agent prior to payment, if required.
17. In the event that Issuer determines that beneficial owners of Securities shall be able to obtain certificated Securities, Issuer or Agent shall notify DTC of the availability of certificates. In such event, Issuer or Agent shall issue, transfer, and exchange certificates in appropriate amounts, as required by DTC and others.
18. DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository with respect to the Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to Issuer or Agent (at which time DTC will confirm with Issuer or Agent the aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding). Under such circumstances, at DTC's request, Issuer and Agent shall cooperate fully with DTC by taking appropriate action to make available one or more separate certificates evidencing Securities to any Participant having Securities credited to its DTC accounts.
19. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require Agent to advance funds on behalf of Issuer.
20. This Letter of Representations may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
21. This Letter of Representations shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.
22. The sender of each notice delivered to DTC pursuant to this Letter of Representations is responsible for confirming that such notice was properly received by DTC.
23. Issuer recognizes that DTC does not in any way undertake to, and shall not have any responsibility to, monitor or ascertain the compliance of any transactions in the Securities with the following, as amended from time to time: (a) any exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933; (b) the Investment Company Act of 1940; (c) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; (d) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (e) any rules of any self--regulatory organizations (as defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934); or (f) any other local, state, or federal laws or regulations thereunder.
24. Issuer hereby authorizes DTC to provide to Agent listings of DTC Participants' holdings, known as Security Position Listings ("SPLs"), with respect to the Securities from time to time at the request of the Agent. DTC charges a fee for such SPLs. This authorization, unless revoked by Issuer, shall continue with respect to the Securities while any Securities are on deposit at DTC, until and unless Agent shall no longer be acting. In such event, Issuer shall provide DTC with similar evidence, satisfactory to DTC, of the authorization of any successor thereto so to act. Requests for SPLs shall be sent by telecopy to the Proxy Unit of DTC's Reorganization Department at (212) 855--5181 or (212) 855--5182. Receipt of such requests shall be confirmed by telephoning (212) 855--5202. Requests for SPLs, sent by mail or by any other means, shall be directed to:
Supervisor, Proxy Unit
Reorganization Department
The Depository Trust Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000--0000
25. Issuer and Agent shall comply with the applicable requirements stated in DTC's Operational Arrangements, as they may be amended from time to time. DTC's Operational Arrangements are posted on DTC's website at "xxx.XXX.xxx."
26. The following rider(s), attached hereto, are hereby incorporated into this Letter of Representations:
Notes:
A. If there is an Agent (as defined in this Letter of Representations), Agent as well as Issuer must sign this Letter. If there is no Agent, in signing this Letter Issuer itself undertakes to perform all of the obligations set forth herein.
B. Schedule B contains statements that DTC believes accurately describe DTC, the method of effecting book--entry transfers of securities distributed through DTC, and certain related matters.
Very truly yours, CUMMINS CAPITAL TRUST I |
[Issuer] |
By: |
[Authorized Officer's Signature] |
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY |
[Agent] |
By: |
[Authorized Officer's Signature] |
Received and Accepted:
THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY
cc: Underwriter
Underwriter's Counsel
SCHEDULE A
6,000,000 7% CONVERTIBLE CUMULATIVE
QUARTERLY INCOME PREFERRED SECURITIES OF
CUMMINS CAPITAL TRUST I, LIQUIDATION AMOUNT
$50 PER CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITY
[Describe Issue]
CUSIP Number |
Share Total |
Offering ($) Value |
231029208 |
6,000,000 |
300,000,000 |
SCHEDULE B
SAMPLE OFFERING DOCUMENT LANGUAGE
DESCRIBING BOOK--ENTRY--ONLY ISSUANCE
(Prepared by DTC - bracketed material may be applicable only to certain issues)
1. The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, NY, will act as securities depository for the securities (the "Securities"). The Securities will be issued as fully--registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's partnership nominee) or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One fully--registered Security certificate will be issued for [each issue of] the Securities, [each] in the aggregate principal amount of such issue, and will be deposited with DTC. [If, however, the aggregate principal amount of [any] issue exceeds $400 million, one certificate will be issued with respect to each $400 million of principal amount and an additional certificate will be issued with respect to any remaining principal amount of such issue.]
2. DTC is a limited--purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds securities that its participants ("Direct Participants") deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement among Direct Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book--entry changes in Direct Participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its Direct Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks, and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants"). The Rules applicable to DTC and its Direct and Indirect Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
3. Purchases of Securities under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the Securities on DTC's records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each Security ("Beneficial Owner") is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants' records. Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase, but Beneficial Owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in Securities, except in the event that use of the book--entry system for the Securities is discontinued.
4. To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Securities deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC's partnership nominee, Cede & Co. or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of Securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Securities; DTC's records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such Securities are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
5. Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. [Beneficial Owners of Securities may wish to take certain steps to augment transmission to them of notices of significant events with respect to the Securities, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults, and proposed amendments to the security documents. Beneficial Owners of Securities may wish to ascertain that the nominee holding the Securities for their benefit has agreed to obtain and transmit notices to Beneficial Owners, or in the alternative, Beneficial Owners may wish to provide their names and addresses to the registrar and request that copies of the notices be provided directly to them.]
[6. Redemption notices shall be sent to DTC. If less than all of the Securities within an issue are being redeemed, DTC's practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such issue to be redeemed.]
7. Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor such other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the Securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an Omnibus Proxy to Issuer as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede & Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to whose accounts the Securities are credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
8. Redemption proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments on the Securities will be made to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC's practice is to credit Direct Participants' accounts, upon DTC's receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from Issuer or Agent on payable date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC's records. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street name," and will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC, Agent, or Issuer, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption proceeds, distributions, and dividends to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) is the responsibility of Issuer or Agent, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants shall be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners shall be the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.
[9. A Beneficial Owner shall give notice to elect to have its Securities purchased or tendered, through its Participant, to [Tender/Remarketing] Agent, and shall effect delivery of such Securities by causing the Direct Participant to transfer the Participant's interest in the Securities, on DTC's records, to [Tender/Remarketing] Agent. The requirement for physical delivery of Securities in connection with an optional tender or a mandatory purchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the Securities are transferred by Direct Participants on DTC's records and followed by a book--entry credit of tendered Securities to [Tender/Remarketing] Agent's DTC account.]
10. DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository with respect to the Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to Issuer or Agent. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor securities depository is not obtained, Security certificates are required to be printed and delivered.
11. Issuer may decide to discontinue use of the system of book--entry transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event, Security certificates will be printed and delivered.
12. The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's book--entry system has been obtained from sources that Issuer believes to be reliable, but Issuer takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
REPRESENTATIONS FOR RULE 144A SECURITIES |
1. Issuer represents that at the time of initial registration in the name of DTC's nominee, Cede & Co., the Securities were Legally or Contractually Restricted Securities, eligible for transfer under Rule l44A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and identified by a CUSIP or CINS number assigned to any securities of the same class that were not Legally or Contractually Restricted Securities. Issuer shall ensure that a CUSIP or CINS identification number is obtained for all unrestricted securities of the same class that is different from any CUSIP or CINS identification number assigned to a Legally or Contractually Restricted Security of such class, and shall notify DTC promptly in the event that it is unable to do so. Issuer represents that it has agreed to comply with all applicable information requirements of Rule 144A.
2. Issuer represents that the Securities are: [Note: Issuer must represent one of the following, and shall cross out the other.]
[an issue of nonconvertible debt securities or nonconvertible preferred stock which is rated in one of the top four categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("Investment Grade Securities").]
[Included within PORTAL, a Self--Regulatory Organization System approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the reporting of quotation and trade information of securities eligible for transfer pursuant to Rule 144A) an "SRO Rule 144A System").]
3. If the Securities are not Investment--Grade Securities, Issuer and Agent acknowledge that if such Securities cease to be included in an SRO Rule 144A System during any period in which such Securities are Legally or Contractually Restricted Securities, such Securities shall no longer be eligible for DTC's services. Furthermore, DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository with respect to the Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to Issuer or Agent. Under any of the aforementioned circumstances, at DTC's request, Issuer and Agent shall cooperate fully with DTC by taking appropriate action to make available one or more separate certificates evidencing Securities to any DTC Participant ("Participant") having Securities credited to its DTC accounts.
4. Issuer and Agent acknowledge that, so long as Cede & Co. is a record owner of the Securities, Cede & Co. shall be entitled to all applicable voting rights and receive the full amount of all distributions payable with respect thereto. Issuer and Agent acknowledge that DTC shall treat any Participant having Securities credited to its DTC accounts as entitled to the full benefits of ownership of such Securities.
Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, Issuer and Agent acknowledge that DTC shall treat any Participant having Securities credited to its DTC accounts as entitled to receive distributions (and voting rights, if any) in respect of the Securities, and to receive from DTC certificates evidencing Securities. Issuer and Agent recognize that DTC does not in any way undertake to, and shall not have any responsibility to, monitor or ascertain the compliance of any transactions in the Securities with any of the provisions: (a) of Rule 144A; (b) of other exemptions from registration under the Securities Act or any other state or federal securities laws; or (c) of the offering documents.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW OR THE INDENTURE
Certificate Number |
Number of Common Securities |
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
Cummins Capital Trust I
Common Securities
(liquidation amount $50 per Common Security)
Cummins Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Cummins Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of ___________ common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (the "Common Securities"). In accordance with Section 5.10 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below) the Common Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be void. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of June 18, 2001 as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement") including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Common Securities Guarantee Agreement entered into by the Holder, dated as of June 18, 2001 (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has executed this certificate this ___ day of ___________.
CUMMINS CAPITAL TRUST I |
By: _________________________ |
THE PREFERRED SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY AND THE COMMON STOCK OF CUMMINS INC. ISSUABLE UPON THEIR CONVERSION AND THE DEBENTURES THAT MAY BE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR AND THE PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS A BOOK--ENTRY PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK), TO CUMMINS CAPITAL TRUST I OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
Certificate Number |
Number of Preferred Securities |
CUSIP No.
$___________
Certificate Evidencing Preferred Securities
of
Cummins Capital Trust I
7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities
(liquidation amount $50 per Preferred Security)
Cummins Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _______ preferred securities of the Trust representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and designated the Cummins Capital Trust I 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $50 per Preferred Security) (the "Preferred Securities"). The Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of June 18, 2001 as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement") including the designation of the terms of Preferred Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by Cummins Inc., an Indiana corporation, and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Guarantee Trustee, dated as of June 18, 2001 (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has executed this certificate this ____ day of ________ 2001.
CUMMINS CAPITAL TRUST I |
By: _________________________ |
PROPERTY TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Preferred Securities referred to in the within--mentioned Trust Agreement.
Dated: __________________
BNY Midwest Trust Company, |
By: |
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred Security to:
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date: ___________________
Signature: ____________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Security Certificate)
Signature Guarantee: ______________________________
Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
SCHEDULE A
The initial liquidation amount of this Global Certificate shall be $__________. The following increases or decreases in the liquidation amount of this Global Certificate have been made:
Date Made |
Amount of increase in Liquidation Amount of this Global Certificate including upon exercise of over--allotment option |
Amount of decrease in Liquidation Amount of this Global Certificate |
Liquidation Amount of this Global Certificate following such decrease or increase |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Securities Custodian |
RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
(For transfers pursuant to Sections 5.4(b)(ii)
of the Trust Agreement)
[Property Trustee]
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Re: 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I (the "Securities")
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2001 (the "Trust Agreement"), among Cummins Inc. (the "Company"), BNY Midwest Trust Company, The Bank of New York (Delaware) and the Administrative Trustees named therein. Terms used herein and defined in the Trust Agreement or in Regulation S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to _________ shares of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the "Specified Securities"):
CUSIP No(s). ________________________
CERTIFICATE No(s). __________________
The Person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned") hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the "Owner". If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Certificate, they are held through the Clearing Agency or participant in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not represented by a Global Certificate, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a person (the "Transferee") who will take delivery in the form of a Restricted Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in accordance with Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies as follows:
(1) Rule 144A Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in accordance with Rule 144A:
(A) the Specified Securities are being transferred to a person that the Owner and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believe is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A, acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer; and
(B) the Owner and any person acting on its behalf have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the Transferee is aware that the Owner may be relying on Rule 144A in connection with the transfer; and
(2) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant to Rule 144:
(A) the transfer is occurring after a holding period of at least one year (computed in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144) has elapsed since the Specified Securities were last acquired from the Trust or from an affiliate of the Trust, whichever is later, and is being effected in accordance with the applicable amount, manner of sale, and notice requirements of Rule 144; or
(B) the transfer is occurring after a holding period of at least two years has elapsed since the Specified Securities were last acquired from the Trust or from an affiliate of the Trust, whichever is later, and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not been, an affiliate of the Trust.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Trust and the Purchasers.
Dated:
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By: Name: Title: (If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.) |
Signature Guarantee:* ______________________________ |
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UNRESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
(For removal of Restricted Securities Legends pursuant to Section 5.4(c))
[Property Trustee]
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Re: 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I (the "Securities")
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2001 (the "Trust Agreement"), among Cummins Inc. (the "Company"), BNY Midwest Trust Company, The Bank of New York (Delaware) and the Administrative Trustees named therein. Terms used herein and defined in the Trust Agreement or in Regulation S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to ________________ shares of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the "Specified Securities"):
CUSIP No(s). ____________________________
CERTIFICATE No(s). ______________________
The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned") hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the "Owner". If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Certificate, they are held through the Clearing Agency or participant in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not represented by a Global Certificate, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned as or on behalf of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be exchanged for Securities bearing no Restricted Securities Legend pursuant to Section 5.4(c) of the Trust Agreement. In connection with such exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that the exchange is occurring after a holding period of at least two years (computed in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144) has elapsed since the Specified Securities were last acquired from the Trust or from an affiliate of the Trust, whichever is later, and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not been, an affiliate of the Trust. The Owner also acknowledges that any future transfers of the Specified Securities must comply with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Trust and the Purchasers.
Dated:
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By: Name: Title: (If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.) |
Signature Guarantee:* ______________________________ |
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
To: BNY Midwest Trust Company
as Property Trustee of
Cummins Capital Trust I
The undersigned owner of these Trust Securities hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert these Trust Securities, or the portion below designated, into Common Stock of CUMMINS INC. (the "Cummins Common Stock") in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement"), dated as of June 18, 2001 by Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, as Administrative Trustees, The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Property Trustee, Cummins Inc., as Depositor, and by the Holders, from time to time, of individual beneficial interests in the Trust to be issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement. Pursuant to the aforementioned exercise of the option to convert these Trust Securities, the undersigned hereby directs the Conversion Agent (as that term is defined in the Trust Agreement) to (i) exchange such Trust Securities for a portion of the Debentures (as that term is defined in the Trust Agreement) held by the Trust (at the rate of exchange specified in the terms of the Trust Securities set forth in the Trust Agreement) and (ii) immediately convert such Debentures on behalf of the undersigned, into Cummins Common Stock (at the conversion rate specified in the terms of the Trust Securities set forth in the Trust Agreement).
The undersigned does also hereby direct the Conversion Agent that the shares issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares, be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned, unless a different name has been indicated in the assignment below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.
Any holder of Trust Securities, upon the exercise of its conversion rights in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Preferred Securities, agrees to be bound by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Cummins Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Securities.
Date: ____________, ____ |
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In whole __ |
in part __ |
Number of Trust Securities to be converted: |
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If a name or names other than the undersigned, please indicate in the spaces below the name or names in which the shares of Cummins Common Stock are to be issued, along with the address or addresses of such person or persons |
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Signature (for conversion only) |
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Please print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Social Security or Other Identifying Number |
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Signature Guarantee:* ______________________________