EXHIBIT 4.3
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SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
BancFirst Corporation
Dated as of February 4, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION.................................................. -1-
SECTION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation...................................... -1-
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ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT............................................................. -4-
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application................................... -4-
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SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities..................................... -5-
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SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee................ -5-
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SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee............ -5-
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SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent................... -5-
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SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.......................................... -5-
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SECTION 2.7 Notice of Default.................................................. -6-
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SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests.............................................. -6-
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ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE....................................... -6-
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee...... -6-
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SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee............. -8-
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SECTION 3.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Series A
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Capital Securities Guarantee................................ -10-
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ARTICLE IV CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE............................................ -10-
SECTION 4.1 Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.................. -10-
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SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Capital
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Securities Guarantee Trustee................................ -10-
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SECTION 4.3 Compensation....................................................... -10-
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ARTICLE V GUARANTEE....................................................................... -11-
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee.......................................................... -11-
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SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand........................................ -11-
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SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected........................................... -11-
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SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders.................................................. -12-
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SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment............................................... -13-
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SECTION 5.6 Subrogation........................................................ -13-
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SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations............................................ -13-
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ARTICLE VI LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION....................................... -13-
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions......................................... -13-
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SECTION 6.2 Ranking............................................................ -14-
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ARTICLE VII TERMINATION..................................................................... -14-
SECTION 7.1 Termination........................................................ -14-
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ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION................................................................. -14-
SECTION 8.1 Exculpation........................................................ -14-
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SECTION 8.2 Indemnification.................................................... -15-
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS................................................................... -15-
SECTION 9.1 Successors and Assigns............................................. -15-
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SECTION 9.2 Amendments......................................................... -15-
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SECTION 9.3 Notices............................................................ -15-
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SECTION 9.4 Exchange Offer..................................................... -16-
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SECTION 9.5 Benefit............................................................ -17-
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SECTION 9.6 Governing Law...................................................... -17-
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Section of
Trust Indenture Act Section of
1939, as Amended Guarantee
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Section 310 (a)....................................... 4.1 (a)
(b)....................................... 4.1 (c), 2.8
(c)....................................... Inapplicable
Section 311 (a)....................................... 2.2 (b)
(b)....................................... 2.2 (b)
(c)....................................... Inapplicable
Section 312 (a)....................................... 2.2 (a)
(b)....................................... 2.2 (b)
Section 313 ......................................... 2.3
Section 314 (a)....................................... 2.4
(b)....................................... Inapplicable
(c)....................................... 2.5
(d)....................................... Inapplicable
(e)....................................... 1.1, 2.5, 3.2
(f)....................................... 2.1, 3.2
Section 315 (a)....................................... 3.1 (d)
(b)....................................... 2.7
(c)....................................... 3.1 (c)
(d)....................................... 3.1 (d)
Section 316 (a)....................................... 1.1, 2.6, 5.4
(b)....................................... 5.3
(c)....................................... 9.2
Section 317 (a)....................................... Inapplicable
(b)....................................... Inapplicable
Section 318 (a)....................................... 2.1 (a)
(c)....................................... 2.1 (b)
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of this Guarantee and
shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee"), dated as of February 4, 1997, is executed and delivered
by BancFirst Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation (the "Guarantor"), and The
Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee"), for
the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Series A
Capital Securities (as defined herein) of BFC Capital Trust I, a Delaware
statutory business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the
"Declaration"), dated as of February 4, 1997, among the trustees of the Issuer,
the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer (i) is issuing on
the date hereof 25,000 capital securities, having an aggregate liquidation
amount of $25,000,000, such capital securities being designated the 9.65% Series
A Capital Securities (collectively the "Series A Capital Securities") and (ii)
in connection with an Exchange Offer (as defined in the Declaration) will
execute and deliver the Series B Capital Securities Guarantee (as defined in the
Declaration) for the benefit of Holders of the Series B Capital Securities (as
defined in the Declaration).
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Series A Capital
Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to
the extent set forth in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, to pay to
the Holders of the Series A Capital Securities the Guarantee Payments (as
defined below), and the Guarantor agrees to make certain other payments on the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
WHEREAS, the Guarantor is executing and delivering the Common Securities
Guarantee Agreement dated as of February 4, 1997 (the "Common Securities
Guarantee") for the benefit of the holders of the Common Securities (as defined
herein), the terms of which provide that if an Event of Default (as defined in
the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the
Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities
Guarantee are subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the
Common Securities Guarantee, to the rights of Holders of Series A Capital
Securities and the Series B Capital Securities to receive Guarantee Payments
under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee and the Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee, as the case may be.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of Series A
Capital Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby acknowledges shall
benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation
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In this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to
them in this Section 1.1;
(b) Terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee has the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Series A Capital Securities Guarantee" or
"this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee" are to this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(e) all references in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee to
Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when
used in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or unless the context otherwise
requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 under
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the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a
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day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
"Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" shall mean The Bank of New York,
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until a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and
has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee.
"Common Securities" shall mean the securities representing common undivided
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beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean the office of the Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located
at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"Covered Person" shall mean any Holder or beneficial owner of Series A
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Capital Securities.
"Debentures" shall mean the series of subordinated debt securities of the
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Guarantor designated the 9.65% Series A Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures due January 15, 2027 held by the Property Trustee (as defined in the
Declaration) of the Issuer.
"Event of Default" shall mean a default by the Guarantor on any of its
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payment or other obligations under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
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"Guarantee Payments" shall mean the following payments or distributions,
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without duplication, with respect to the Series A Capital Securities, to the
extent not paid or made by or on behalf of the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and
unpaid Distributions (as defined in the Declaration) that are required to be
paid on such Series A Capital Securities to the extent the Issuer has funds on
hand legally available therefor at such time, (ii) the redemption price,
including all accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption
(the "Redemption Price") to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally
available therefor at such time, with respect to any Series A Capital Securities
called for redemption by the Issuer, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary
termination and liquidation of the Issuer (other than in connection with the
distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for Series A Capital
Securities as provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of
the liquidation amount and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the
Series A Capital Securities to the date of payment, to the extent the Issuer has
funds on hand legally available therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the
Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the
Issuer. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantee
Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee with respect to the Common
Securities or any guarantee payment under any Other Common Securities Guarantees
shall be made until the Holders of Series A Capital Securities shall be paid in
full the Guarantee Payments to which they are entitled under this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of
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the Issuer, of any Series A Capital Securities; provided, however, that, in
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determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Series A Capital
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder"
shall not include the Guarantor, any Affiliate of the Guarantor or the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Indemnified Person" shall mean the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee,
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any Affiliate of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, or any officers,
directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives,
nominees, custodians or agents of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture dated as of February 4, 1997, between
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the Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and The Bank of New York, as trustee,
pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued to the Property Trustee of the
Issuer.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Series A Capital Securities" shall
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mean, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Holder(s) of
Series A Capital Securities, voting separately as a class, of more than 50% of
the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid
on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of
all outstanding Series A Capital Securities.
"Officers' Certificate" shall mean, with respect to any person, a
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certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice
President or the Controller of the Guarantor. Any Officers' Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate has
read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
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(c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Other Common Securities Guarantees" shall have the same meaning as "Other
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Guarantees" in the Common Securities Guarantee.
"Other Debentures" shall mean all junior subordinated debentures issued by
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the Guarantor from time to time and sold to trusts other than the Issuer to be
established by the Guarantor (if any), in each case similar to the Issuer.
"Other Guarantees" shall mean all guarantees to be issued by the Guarantor
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with respect to capital securities (if any) similar to the Series A Capital
Securities issued by trusts other than the Issuer to be established by the
Guarantor (if any), in each case similar to the Issuer.
"Person" shall mean a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
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estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the Registration Rights
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Agreement, dated as of February 4, 1997, by and among the Guarantor, the Issuer
and the Initial Purchasers named therein as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Responsible Officer" shall mean, with respect to the Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration
of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" shall mean a successor
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Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
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amended.
"Trust Securities" shall mean the Common Securities and the Series A
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Capital Securities and Series B Capital Securities, collectively.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application
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(a) This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions; and
(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties
shall control.
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SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities
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(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
(unless the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee is otherwise the registrar of
the Capital Securities) with a list, in such form as the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of the Series A Capital Securities ("List of Holders") as of such date,
(i) within one Business Day after January 1 and July 1 of each year, beginning
with July 1, 1997, and (ii) at any other time within 30 days of receipt by the
Guarantor of a written request from the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee for
a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders
is given to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; provided, that the
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Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the
List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to
it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its
obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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Within 60 days after January 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 1998,
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the
Series A Capital Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the
Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section
313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 (if any) and
the compliance certificate required by Section 314 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
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee is for informational purposes only and the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Guarantor's compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for
in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee 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) may be
given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver
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The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Series A Capital
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Series A Capital
Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences.
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Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 2.7 Notice of Default
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(a) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after
the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Capital Securities
Guarantee, mail by first class postage prepaid, to all Holders of the Series A
Capital Securities, notices of all Events of Default actually known to a
Responsible Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, unless such
Events of Default have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided,
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that, except in the case of an Event of Default arising from the nonpayment of
any Guarantee Payment, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of the
Series A Capital Securities.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall have received written notice, or a Responsible Officer of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of the
Declaration shall have obtained actual knowledge, of such Event of Default.
SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests
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The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Series
A Capital Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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(a) This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall be held by the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Series A Capital Securities, and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
not transfer this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee to any Person except a
Holder of Series A Capital Securities exercising his or her rights pursuant to
Section 5.4(b) or to a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee on
acceptance by such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee of its
appointment to act as Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee. The right,
title and interest of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
automatically vest in any Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, upon
acceptance by such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee of its
appointment hereunder, and such vesting and succession of title shall be
effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered
pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Series A Capital
Securities.
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(c) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of
any Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants
shall be read into this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee against the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred
(that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually
known to a Responsible Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, and use the
same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own
affairs.
(d) No provision of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall be
construed to relieve the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee from liability for
its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing
or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, and the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically
set forth in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Series
A Capital Securities Guarantee against the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee;
provided, however, that in the case of any such certificates or
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opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required
to be furnished to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee,
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty
to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Capital Securities Guarantee 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 Series A Capital Securities relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee;
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(iv) no provision of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall
require the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such
funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or indemnity, reasonably
satisfactory to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and
shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon
any resolution, certificate, statement instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee may be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Capital Securities
Guarantee 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 which, upon receipt
of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor.
(iv) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to
any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any
rerecording, refiling or registration thereof).
(v) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of
its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect
to legal matters 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 accordance with such advice or
opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of its
Affiliates and may include any of its employees. The Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation
to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of any
Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity, reasonably
satisfactory to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, against the
costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses and the
expenses of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's agents,
nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it
in complying with such request or direction, including such
reasonable advances as may be requested by the Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee; provided, that nothing contained in this Section
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3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of
its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
(vii) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as
it may see fit.
(viii) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys,
and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(ix) Any action taken by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee or its
agents hereunder shall bind the Holders of the Series A Capital
Securities, and the signature of the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to
perform any such action. No third party shall be required to inquire
as to the authority of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee to
so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions
of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, both of which shall
be conclusively evidenced by the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee's or its agent's taking such action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall deem it
desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any
remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee (A) may request instructions from the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Series A Capital
Securities, (B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or
taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(C) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in
accordance with such instructions.
(xi) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any
action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith,
without negligence, and reasonably believed by it to be authorized
or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
(b) No provision of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall be
deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Capital Securities Guarantee
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 Capital Securities Guarantee 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 Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
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SECTION 3.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Series A Capital
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Securities Guarantee
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The recitals contained in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall
be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
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(a) There shall at all times be a Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
that shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the
District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee
under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District
of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then,
for the purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published.
(b) If at any time the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall cease
to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in
Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in
all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee
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(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor except
during an Event of Default.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in
accordance with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written
instrument executed by such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and
delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall hold office until a
Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or
until its removal or resignation. The Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent
accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not
take effect until a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by
such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor and the resigning Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60
days after delivery of an instrument of removal or resignation, the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if
any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee.
(e) No Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts
or omissions to act of any Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or
removal or resignation of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee pursuant to
this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee all amounts due to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee accrued to
the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
SECTION 4.3 Compensation
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The Guarantor agrees to pay to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder as
may be mutually agreed upon in writing by the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee (which compensation shall not be limited by an provision or law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, in
accordance with any provision of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee
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The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the
Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid
by or on behalf of the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense,
right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The
Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct
payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing
the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand
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The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply,
presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a
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proceeding first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding
against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice
of redemption and all other notices and demands.
SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected
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The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the
performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement,
covenant, term or condition relating to the Series A Capital Securities to be
performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any
portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any
other sums payable under the terms of the Series A Capital Securities or the
extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out
of, or in connection with, the Series A Capital Securities (other than an
extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation
Distribution or other sum payable that results from the extension of any
interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the Indenture);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the
Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy
conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Series A Capital
Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of,
or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the
Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Series A Capital
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or
hereby incurred;
(g) the consummation of the Exchange Offer (subject to Section 7.1
hereof); or
(h) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor;
it being the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor
with respect to the Guarantee Payments shall be absolute and unconditional under
any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain
consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders
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(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Series A
Capital Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or
exercising any trust
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or power conferred upon the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee under this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
(b) If the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, any Holder of Series A Capital Securities
may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
Issuer, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity.
The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought
first against the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding
directly against the Guarantor.
SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment
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This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment
and not of collection.
SECTION 5.6 Subrogation
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The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of
Series A Capital Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to
such Holders by the Guarantor under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required
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by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right
that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or
other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due
and unpaid under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall
be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor
agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount
to the Holders.
SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations
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The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent
of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Series A Capital Securities
and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to
make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in
subsections (a) through (h), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions
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So long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor shall
not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase,
acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor's
capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock) or (ii) make any
payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay or repurchase or
redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor (including any Other Debentures)
that rank pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the Debentures or
(iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor
of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Guarantor (including Other
Guarantees) if such guarantee ranks pari passu or junior in right of payment to
the Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or
options, warrants, rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, common stock
of the Guarantor, (b) any declaration of a dividend
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in connection with the implementation of a stockholder's rights plan, or the
issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Capital
Securities Guarantee, (d) as a result of a reclassification of the Guarantor's
capital stock or the exchange or the conversion of one class or series of the
Guarantor's capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor's capital
stock, (e) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's
capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital
stock or the security being converted or exchanged, and (f) purchases of common
stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of the
Guarantor's benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees or any of the
Guarantor's dividend reinvestment plans) if at such time (i) there shall have
occurred any event of which the Guarantor has actual knowledge that (a) is, or
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would be, an Event of
Default and (b) in respect of which the Guarantor shall not have taken
reasonable steps to cure, (ii) if such Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee, the Guarantor shall be in default with respect to its payment of any
obligations under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or (iii) the
Guarantor shall have given notice of its election of the exercise of its right
to extend the interest payment period pursuant to Section 16.1 of the Indenture
and any such extension shall be continuing.
SECTION 6.2 Ranking
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This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured
obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of
payment to Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture), to the same extent
and in the same manner that the Debentures are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness pursuant to the Indenture (except as indicated below), it being
understood that the terms of Article XV of the Indenture shall apply to the
obligations of the Guarantor under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee as
if (x) such Article XV were set forth herein in full and (y) such obligations
were substituted for the term "Securities" appearing in such Article XV, except
that with respect to Section 15.3 of the Indenture only, the term "Senior
Indebtedness" shall mean all liabilities of the Guarantor, whether or not for
money borrowed (other than obligations in respect of Other Guarantees), (ii)
pari passu with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter
issued by the Guarantor and with any Other Guarantee and any Other Common
Securities Guarantee and any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the
Guarantor in respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of
the Guarantor, and (iii) senior to the Guarantor's common stock.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1 Termination
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This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall terminate and be of no
further force and effect upon (i) full payment of the Redemption Price (as
defined in the Declaration) of all Series A Capital Securities, (ii) the
exchange of all Series A Capital Securities for Series B Capital Securities
pursuant to the Exchange Offer, or (iii) liquidation of the Issuer, the full
payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration or the
distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of all of the Series A Capital
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time any Holder of Series A Capital Securities must restore
payment of any sums paid under the Series A Capital Securities or under this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 8.1 Exculpation
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(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in
damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss, damage
or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such
Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably
believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified
Person by this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or by law, except that an
Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred
by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence or willful misconduct with
respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders of Series A Capital Securities might properly be
paid.
SECTION 8.2 Indemnification
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The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold
each Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage,
claim or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or
trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal
fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 8.2
shall survive the termination of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1 Successors and Assigns
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All guarantees and agreements contained in this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
of the Series A Capital Securities then outstanding.
SECTION 9.2 Amendments
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Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect
the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be required),
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee may only be amended with the prior
approval of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities
(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined). The provisions of Section 12.2 of the
Declaration with respect to meetings of Holders of the Securities apply to the
giving of such approval.
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SECTION 9.3 Notices
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All notices provided for in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Issuer, in care of the Administrative Trustee at the
Issuer's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Issuer
may give notice of to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and the Holders
of the Series A Capital Securities):
BFC Capital Trust I
c/o BancFirst Corporation
000 X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(b) If given to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, at the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other
address as the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the
Holders of the Series A Capital Securities):
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(c) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set
forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and the Holders of the Series A Capital
Securities):
BancFirst Corporation
000 X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(d) If given to any Holder of Series A Capital Securities, at the
address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or
cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given,
such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
of such refusal or inability to deliver.
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SECTION 9.4 Exchange Offer
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In the event an Exchange Offer Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) becomes effective and the Issuer issues any
Series B Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer, the Guarantor will enter into
the Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, in substantially the same form as
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, with respect to the Series B Capital
Securities.
SECTION 9.5 Benefit
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This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the
Holders of the Series A Capital Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is
not separately transferable from the Series A Capital Securities.
SECTION 9.6 Governing Law
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THIS SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD
TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
THIS SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and
year first above written.
BANCFIRST CORPORATION, as Guarantor
By:________________________________________
Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
By:________________________________________
Name:______________________________________
Title:_____________________________________
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