Exhibit 4.1
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BANK OF BOSTON CORPORATION
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INDENTURE
Dated as of November 26, 1996
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURES
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Additional Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Adjusted Treasury Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Allocable Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
BankBoston Capital Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bankruptcy Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Capital Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Capital Securities Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Securities Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Comparable Treasury Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Comparable Treasury Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Compounded Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Deferred Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Definitive Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Depositary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dissolution Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exchange Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exchange Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Extended Interest Payment Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Federal Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indebtedness for Money Borrowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities . . . . . 6
Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities . . . . . . . . . 6
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Liquidated Damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Maturity Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Non Book-Entry Capital Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Optional Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Other Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Other Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Principal office of the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Purchase Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Quotation Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Registration Rights Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regulatory Capital Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Restricted Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rule 144A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Securities Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Securityholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Security Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Series A Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Series B Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Special Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Special Event Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tax Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Trust Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
U.S. Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ARTICLE II.
SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 2.03. Form and Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 2.04. Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 2.05. Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 2.06. Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ARTICLE III.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . 22
SECTION 3.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 3.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office . 23
SECTION 3.04. Provision as to Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 3.05. Certificate to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions . . . . . . 25
SECTION 3.07. Limitation on Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 3.08. Covenants as to BankBoston Capital Trust . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.09. Payment of Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.10. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE IV.
SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 4.01. Securityholders' Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 4.03. Reports of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 4.04. Reports by the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ARTICLE V.
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 5.02. Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor . . . 34
SECTION 5.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. . . . . . 36
SECTION 5.04. Proceedings by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 5.05. Proceedings by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 5.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 5.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by
Majority of Securityholders.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 5.08. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 5.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE VI.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 6.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 6.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 6.04. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents,
Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own Securities . . . 44
SECTION 6.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 6.07. Officers' Certificate as Evidence . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 6.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 6.09. Eligibility of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 6.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 6.12. Successor by Merger, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 6.13. Limitation on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor. . . . 50
SECTION 6.14. Authenticating Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ARTICLE VII.
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 7.01. Action by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 7.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 7.04. Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding . 53
SECTION 7.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. . . . . 53
ARTICLE VIII.
SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 8.01. Purpose of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 8.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 8.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders . . . 55
SECTION 8.04. Qualifications for Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 8.05. Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 8.06. Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Securityholders . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of
Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 9.04. Notation on Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 9.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to
be Furnished Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ARTICLE X.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE . . . . . 61
SECTION 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms . . . 61
SECTION 10.02. Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee. . . . . . . . 61
ARTICLE XI.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 11.01. Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 11.02. Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to
be Held in Trust by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 11.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 11.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 11.05. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government
Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARTICLE XIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 13.01. Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 13.02. Official Acts by Successor Corporation . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 13.03. Surrender of Company Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 13.04. Address for Notices, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 13.05. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 13.06. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . 67
SECTION 13.07. Business Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 13.08. Trust Indenture Act to Control . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 13.09. Table of Contents, Headings, etc. . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 13.10. Execution in Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 13.11. Separability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 13.12. Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 13.13. Acknowledgement of Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
ARTICLE XIV.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES -- MANDATORY AND
OPTIONAL SINKING FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 14.01. Special Event Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 14.02. Optional Redemption by Company . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 14.03. No Sinking Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 14.04. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Securities. . . . 71
SECTION 14.05 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. . . . . 72
ARTICLE XV.
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 15.01. Agreement to Subordinate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 15.02. Default on Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 15.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 15.04. Subrogation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 15.05. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 15.06. Notice by the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 15.07. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior
Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 15.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired. . . . . . . . . . 79
ARTICLE XVI.
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 16.01. Extension of Interest Payment Period. . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 16.02. Notice of Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
THIS INDENTURE, dated as of November 26, 1996, between Bank of
Boston Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (hereinafter sometimes called
the "Company"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as
trustee (hereinafter sometimes called the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
In consideration of the premises, and the purchase of the
Securities by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the
Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders
from time to time of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes
of this Indenture shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Section 1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), or
which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act, shall (except
as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires) have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture
Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as
originally executed. The following terms have the meanings given to them in
the Declaration: (i) Clearing Agency; (ii) Delaware Trustee; (iii)
Depository; (iv) Capital Security Certificate; (v) Property Trustee; (vi)
Administrative Trustees; (vii) Direct Action; and (viii) Purchase Agreement.
All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and the term "generally accepted accounting principles"
means such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of any
computation. The words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section.or other subdivision. Headings are used for convenience of
reference only and do not affect interpretation. The singular includes the
plural and vice versa.
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.06(c).
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date
pursuant to Section 14.01, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a
price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principle amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date plus (i) 1.25% if such prepayment date occurs on or prior to December
31, 1997 and (ii) 0.75% in all other cases.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any
Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding the power to
vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership
interests of the specified Person, (b) any Person 10% or more of whose
outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests are directly or
indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by the specified
Person, (c) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with the specified Person, (d) a partnership in which
the specified Person is a general partner, (e) any officer or director of the
specified Person, and (f) if the specified Person is an individual, any
entity of which the specified Person is an officer, director or general
partner.
"Allocable Amounts," when used with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness, means all amounts due or to become due on such Senior
Indebtedness less, if applicable, any amount which would have been paid to,
and retained by, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (whether as a result
of the receipt of payments by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness from
the Company or any other obligor thereon or from any holders of, or trustee
in respect of, other indebtedness that is subordinate and junior in right of
payment to such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to any provision of such
indebtedness for the payment over of amounts received on account of such
indebtedness to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or otherwise) but for
the fact that such Senior Indebtedness is subordinate or junior in right of
payment to (or subject to a requirement that amounts. received on such
Senior Indebtedness be paid over to obligees on) trade accounts payable or
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business.
"Authenticating Agent" shall mean any agent or agents of the
Trustee which at the time shall be appointed and acting pursuant to Section
6.14.
"BankBoston Capital Trust" shall mean BankBoston Capital Trust I, a
Delaware business trust created for the purpose of issuing its undivided
beneficial interests in connection with the issuance of Securities under this
Indenture.
"Bankruptcy Law" shall mean Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" shall mean either the Board of Directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" shall mean a copy of a resolution certified by
the Clerk or an Assistant Clerk of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" shall mean, with respect to any series of
Securities, any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York or Boston, Massachusetts are
authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
"Capital Securities" shall mean undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of BankBoston Capital Trust which rank pari passu with the Common
Securities issued by BankBoston Capital Trust; provided, however, that if an
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Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no payments in respect of
Distributions on, or payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise with
respect to, the Common Securities shall be made until the holders of the
Capital Securities shall be paid in full the Distributions and the
liquidation, redemption and other payments to which they are entitled.
References to "Capital Securities" shall include collectively any Series A
Capital Securities and Series B Capital Securities.
"Capital Securities Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee that the
Company may enter into with The Bank of New York or other Persons that
operate directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Capital
Securities of BankBoston Capital Trust and shall include a Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee and a Series B Capital Securities Guarantee with respect
to the Series A Capital Securities and the Series B Capital Securities,
respectively.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or if at any
time after the execution of this Indenture 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" shall mean undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of BankBoston Capital Trust which rank
pari passu with Capital Securities issued by BankBoston Capital Trust;
provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is
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continuing, no payments in respect of Distributions on, or payments upon
liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to, the Common Securities
shall be made until the holders of the Capital Securities shall be paid in
full the Distributions and the liquidation, redemption and other payments to
which they are entitled.
"Common Securities Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee that the
Company may enter into with any Person or Persons that operate directly or
indirectly for the benefit of holders of Common Securities of BankBoston
Capital Trust.
"Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock, par value $1.50 per
share, of the Company or any other class of stock resulting from changes or
reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value.
"Company" shall mean Bank of Boston Corporation, a Massachusetts
corporation, and, subject to the provisions of Article X, shall include its
successors and assigns.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" shall mean a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, a Vice Chairman, a Vice President, the
Comptroller, the Group Director Asset/Liability Management, the Clerk or an
Assistant Clerk of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury
security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized,
at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice,
in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the remaining term of the Securities.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption
date pursuant to Section 14.01, (i) the average of the bid and asked prices
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of
its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor
release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated
"Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities"' or (ii) if
such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain
such prices on such Business Day, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee
obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
the average of all such Quotations.
"Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
16.01.
"Custodian" shall mean any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
of BankBoston Capital Trust, dated as of November 26, 1996.
"Default" means any event, act or condition that with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
16.01.
"Definitive Securities" shall mean those securities issued in fully
registered certificated form not otherwise in global form.
"Depositary" shall mean, with respect to Securities of any series,
for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as
a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another
clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case,
shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 2.05(d).
"Dissolution Event" means the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to
the Declaration, and the distribution of the Securities held by the Property
Trustee to the holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust pro rata
in accordance with the Declaration.
"Event of Default" shall mean any event specified in Section 5.01,
continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice,
if any, therein designated.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Exchange Offer" means the offer that may be made pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement (i) by the Company
to exchange Series B Securities for Series A Securities and to exchange a
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee.for a Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee and (ii) by BankBoston Capital Trust to exchange Series B Capital
Securities for Series A Capital Securities.
"Extended Interest Payment Period" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 16.01.
"Federal Reserve" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
"Global Security" means, with respect to the Securities, a Security
executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or
pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with the
Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee.
"Indebtedness for Money Borrowed" shall mean any obligation of, or
any obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the repayment of borrowed
money, whether or not evidenced by bonds debentures, notes or other written
instruments.
"Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities" shall mean
(i) Indebtedness for Money Borrowed, whether outstanding on the date of
execution of this Indenture or hereafter created, assumed or incurred, which
specifically by its terms ranks equally with and not prior to the Securities
in the right of payment upon the happening of any dissolution or winding up
or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, and (ii) all other debt
securities, and guarantees in respect of those debt securities, issued to any
trust other than BankBoston Capital Trust, or a trustee of such trust,
partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company that is a financing
vehicle of the Company (a "financing entity") in connection with the issuance
by such financing entity of equity securities or other securities guaranteed
by the Company pursuant to an instrument that ranks pari passu with or junior
in right of payment to the Capital Securities Guarantee.
"Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities" shall mean any
Indebtedness for Money Borrowed, whether outstanding on the date of execution
of this Indenture or hereafter created, assumed or incurred, which
specifically by its terms ranks junior to and not equally with or prior to
the Securities (and any other Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the
Securities) in right of payment upon the happening of any dissolution or
winding up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company. The securing of
any Indebtedness for Money Borrowed of the Company, otherwise constituting
Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities or Indebtedness Ranking
Junior to the Securities, as the case may be, shall not be deemed to
prevent such Indebtedness for Money Borrowed from constituting
Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities or Indebtedness
Ranking Junior to the Securities, as the case may be.
"Indenture" shall mean this instrument as originally executed or,
if amended as herein provided, as so amended.
"Interest Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.06.
"Liquidated Damages" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Maturity Date" shall mean December 15, 2026.
"Mortgage" shall mean and include any mortgage, pledge, lien,
security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or
other similar encumbrance.
"Non Book-Entry Capital Securities" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.05.
"Officers" shall mean any of the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Comptroller,
the Group Director, Asset/Liability Management, the Clerk or an Assistant
Clerk of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed by two
Officers and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" shall mean a written opinion of counsel, who
may be an employee of the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Optional Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 14.02.
"Other Debentures" means all junior subordinated debentures issued
by the Company from time to time and sold to trusts to be established by the
Company (if any), in each case similar to the Trust.
"Other Guarantees" means all guarantees to be issued by the Company
with respect to capital securities (if any) and issued to other trusts to be
established by the Company (if any), in each case similar to the Trust.
The term "outstanding" when used with reference to Securities,
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, mean, as of any particular
time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, except
(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption
of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent
(other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act
as its own paying agent); provided that, if such Securities,
or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to maturity
thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as in
Article Fourteen provided or provision satisfactory to the
Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.08 unless proof
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is presented that
any such Securities are held by bona fide holders in due
course.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt and as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.08 in
lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
"Principal office of the Trustee", or other similar term, shall
mean the principal office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered.
"Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Purchase Agreement dated
November 20, 1996 among the Company, BankBoston Capital Trust and the initial
purchasers named therein.
"Property Trustee" shall have the same meaning as set forth in the
Declaration.
"Quotation Agent" means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by
the Company.
"Redemption Price" means the Special Event Redemption Price or the
Optional Redemption Price, as the context requires.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (i) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Government
Securities Inc. and its successors; provided, however, that if the foregoing
shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York
City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor
another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer
selected by the Company.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date pursuant to Section 14.01,
the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
Dealer at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the third Business Day preceding
such redemption date.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company, the Trust
and the Initial Purchasers named therein as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Regulatory Capital Event" means that the Company shall have
received an opinion of independent bank regulatory counsel experienced in
such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or
change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any
regulations thereunder) of the United States or any rules, guidelines or
policies of the Federal Reserve or (b) any official administrative
pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or
regulations, which amendment or change is effective or such pronouncement or
decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the
Capital Securities, the Capital Securities do not constitute, or within 90
days of the date thereof, will not constitute, Tier I Capital (or its then
equivalent); provided, however, that the distribution of the
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Capital Securities in connection with the liquidation of the Trust by the
Company, as sponsor, shall not in and of itself constitute a Regulatory
Capital Event unless such liquidation shall have occurred in connection with
a Tax Event.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, shall
mean the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the
chairman or any vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of
directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice
president, the cashier, any assistant cashier, the secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any
other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Security" shall mean Securities that bear or are
required to bear the legends set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or under any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission.
"Securities" means, collectively, the Series A Securities and the
Series B Securities.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933 as amended.
"Securityholder", "holder of Securities", or other similar terms,
shall mean any person in whose name at the time a particular Security is
registered on the register kept by the Company or the Trustee for that
purpose in accordance with the terms hereof .
"Security Register" shall mean (i) prior to a Dissolution Event,
the list of holders provided to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01, and
(ii) following a Dissolution Event, any security register maintained by a
security registrar for the securities appointed by the Company following the
execution of a supplemental indenture providing for transfer procedures as
provided for in Section 2.07(a).
"Senior Indebtedness" shall mean all Indebtedness for Money
Borrowed, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or
hereafter created, assumed or incurred, except Indebtedness Ranking on a
Parity with the Securities or Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities,
and any deferrals, renewals or extensions of such Senior Indebtedness.
"Series A Securities" means the Company's 8.25% Series A Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2026, as authenticated and
issued under this Indenture.
"Series B Securities" means the Company's Series B 8.25% Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2026. as authenticated and
issued under this Indenture.
"Special Event" means either a Regulatory Capital Event or a Tax
Event.
"Special Event Redemption Price" shall mean, with respect to any
redemption of the Securities pursuant to Section 14.01 hereof, an amount in
cash equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed
or (ii) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of
the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted
to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in
each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including Compounded
Interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of such redemption.
"Subsidiary" shall mean with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any
general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of
whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned
by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and
one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. For the
purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however
designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a
majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only
by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
"Tax Event" shall mean the receipt by BankBoston Capital Trust and
the Company of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the
effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any
announced prospective change) in, the laws or any regulations thereunder of
the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or therein or as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or
judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which
amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement or decision is
announced on or after November 20, 1996, there is more than an insubstantial
risk that (i) BankBoston Capital Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the
date of such opinion, subject to United States Federal income tax with respect
to income received or accrued on the Securities, (ii) interest payable by the
Company on the Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for
United States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) BankBoston Capital Trust
is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such-opinion, subject to more
than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental
charges.
"Trustee" shall mean the Person identified as "Trustee" in the
first paragraph hereof, and, subject to the provisions of Article Six hereof,
shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder. The term
"Trustee" as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall
mean the trustee with respect to that series.
"Trust Indenture Act of 1939" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 as in force at the date of execution of this Indenture except as
Provided in Section 9.03.
"Trust Securities" shall mean the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities, collectively.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall mean securities that are (i)
direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which,
in either case under clauses (i) or (ii) are not callable or redeemable at
the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S.
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of
any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account
of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by
law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by
the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the
specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
ARTICLE II.
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, the terms of which are
incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule,
agreements to which the Company is subject or usage. Each Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication. The Securities shall be issued in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no
longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the
Security shall nevertheless be valid.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee. The signature of the Trustee shall be conclusive
evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. The
form of Trustee's certificate of authentication to be borne by the Securities
shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
The Trustee shall, upon a Company Order, authenticate for original
issue up to, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at
any time may not exceed the sum of (a) $257,732,000 aggregate principal
amount of the Securities and (b) such aggregate principal amount (which as
shall not exceed $38,660,000 aggregate principal amount) of the Securities,
if any, as shall be purchased by BankBoston Capital Trust pursuant to an
overallotment option in accordance with the terms and provisions of the
Debenture Subscription Agreement dated as of November 26, 1996 between the
Company and BankBoston Capital Trust: except as provided in Sections 2.07,
2.08, 2.10 and 14.05.
SECTION 2.03. Form and Payment.
Except as provided in Section 2.05, the Securities shall be issued
in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons. Principal of
and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities issued in certificated
form will be payable, the transfer of such Securities will be registrable and
such Securities will be exchangeable for Securities bearing identical terms
and provisions at the office or agency of the Trustee; provided, however,
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that payment of interest with respect to Securities in global form may be
made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the holder at such
address as shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by transfer to an
account maintained by the Person entitled thereto, provided that proper
transfer instructions have been received in writing by the relevant record
date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of any Securities
is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any)
on such Securities held by the Property Trustee will be made at such place
and to such account as may be designated by the Property Trustee.
SECTION 2.04. Legends.
(a) Except as permitted by subsection (b) of this Section 2.04 or
as otherwise determined by the Company in accordance with applicable law,
each Security shall bear the applicable legends relating to restrictions on
transfer pursuant to the securities laws in substantially the form set forth
on Exhibit A hereto.
(b) The Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate
Series B Securities in exchange for Series A Securities accepted for exchange
in the Exchange Offer, which Series B Securities shall not bear the legends
required by subsection (a) above, in each case unless the holder of such
Series A Securities is either (A) a broker-dealer who purchased such Series A
Securities directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A or any
other available exemption under the Securities Act, (B) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Series A Securities or (C) a Person
who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the
Company.
SECTION 2.05. Global Security.
(a) In connection with a Dissolution Event,
(i) if any Capital Securities are held in bookentry
form, the related Definitive Securities shall be presented to the
Trustee (if an arrangement with the Depositary has been maintained) by
the Property Trustee in exchange for one or more Global Securities (as
may be required pursuant to Section 2.07) in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Securities, to be registered in the name of the Depositary, or its
nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary for crediting to
the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of the
Administrative Trustees; the Company upon any such presentation shall
execute one or more Global Securities in such aggregate principal
amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and
delivery in accordance with the Indenture; and payments on the Securities
issued as a Global Security will be made to the Depositary; and
(ii) if any Capital Securities are held in certificated
form, the related Definitive Securities may be presented to the Trustee
by the Property Trustee and any Capital Security certificate which
represents Capital Securities other than Capital Securities in
book-entry form ("Non Book-Entry Capital Securities") will be deemed to
represent beneficial interests in Securities presented to the Trustee by
the Property Trustee having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry Capital Securities
until such Capital Security certificates are presented to the Security
Registrar for transfer or reissuance, at which time such Capital
Security certificates will be cancelled and a Security, registered in
the name of the holder of the Capital Security certificate, as the case
may be, with an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Capital Security certificate cancelled, will
be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication and delivery in accordance with the Indenture. Upon the
issuance of such Securities, Securities with an equivalent aggregate
principal amount that were presented by the Property Trustee to the
Trustee will be deemed to have been cancelled.
(b) The Global Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of
outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon; provided,
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that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect
exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect
the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee, in accordance
with instructions given by the Company as required by this Section 2.05.
(c) The Global Securities may be transferred, in whole but not in
part, only to another nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary
selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(d) If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or the Depositary has ceased to
be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor
Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be,
the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon written notice from the
Company, will authenticate and make available for delivery the Definitive
Securities, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such
Global Security. If there is an Event of Default, the Depositary shall have
the right to exchange the Global Securities for Definitive Securities. In
addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities shall no
longer be represented by a Global Security. In the event of such an Event of
Default or such a determination, the Company shall execute, and subject to
Section 2.07, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate
evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and make
available for delivery the Definitive Securities, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the
exchange of the Global Security for such Definitive Securities, in authorized
denominations, the Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Such
Definitive Securities issued in exchange for the Global Security shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants
or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such
Definitive Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose
names such Definitive Securities are so registered.
SECTION 2.06. Interest.
(a) Each Security will bear interest at the rate of 8.25% per
annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from November 26, 1996, until the
principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and
(to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable
law) on any overdue installment of interest at the Coupon Rate, compounded
semi-annually, payable (subject to the provisions of Article XVI)
semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an
"Interest Payment Date") commencing on June 15, 1997, to the Person in whose
name such Security or any predecessor security is registered, at the close of
business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall
be the first day of the month in which the relevant Interest Payment Date
falls.
(b) Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any Interest Payment
Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest
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.
(c) During such time as the Property Trustee is the holder of any
Securities, the Company shall pay any additional amounts on the Securities as
may be necessary in order that the amount of Distributions then due and
payable by the BankBoston Capital Trust on the outstanding Securities shall
not be reduced as a result of any additional taxes, duties and other
governmental charges to which the Trust has become subject as a result of a
Tax Event ("Additional Interest").
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer Restrictions. The Series A Securities, and those
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Series B Securities with respect to which any Person described in Section
2.04(b)(A), (B) or (C) is the beneficial owner, may not be transferred except
in compliance with the legend contained in Exhibit A unless otherwise
determined by the Company in accordance with applicable law. Upon any
distribution of the Securities following a Dissolution Event, the Company and
the Trustee shall enter into a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section
9.01 to provide for the transfer restrictions and procedures with respect to
the Securities substantially similar to those contained in the Declaration to
the extent applicable in the circumstances existing at such time.
(b) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Ex- changes.
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To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities and Global
Securities at the Trustee's request. All Definitive Securities and Global
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Definitive
Securities or Global Securities shall be the valid obligations of the
Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Definitive Securities or Global Securities surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
No service charge shall be made to a holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption or
any notice of selection of Securities for redemption under Article Fifteen
hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or
(ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part.
Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any
Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the
Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on such Securities, and neither the Trustee., any Agent nor
the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(c) Exchange of Series A Securities for Series B Securities.
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The Series A Securities may be exchanged for Series B Securities pursuant to
the terms of the Exchange Offer. The Trustee shall make the exchange as
follows:
The Company shall present the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
certifying the following:
(A) upon issuance of the Series B Securities, the transactions
contemplated by the Exchange Offer have been consummated: and
(B) the principal amount of Series A Securities properly tendered
in the Exchange Offer that are represented by a Global
Security and the principal amount of Series A Securities
properly tendered in the Exchange Offer that are represented
by Definitive Securities, the name of each holder of such
Definitive Securities, the principal amount at maturity
properly tendered in the Exchange Offer by each such holder
and the name and address to which Definitive Securities for
Series B Securities shall be registered and sent for each such
holder.
The Trustee, upon receipt of (i) such Officers' Certificate, (ii)
an Opinion of Counsel (x) to the effect that the Series B Securities have been
registered under Section 5 of the Securities Act and the Indenture has been
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and (y) with respect to the matters
set forth in Section 3(p) of the Registration Rights Agreement and (iii) a
Company Order, shall authenticate (A) a Global Security for Series B Securities
in aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Series
A Securities represented by a Global Security indicated in such Officers'
Certificate as having been properly tendered and (B) Definitive Securities
representing Series B Securities registered in the names of, and in the
principal amounts indicated in, such Officers' Certificate.
If the principal amount at maturity of the Global Security for the
Series B Securities is less than the principal amount at maturity of the
Global Security for the Series A Securities, the Trustee shall make an
endorsement on such Global Security for Series A Securities indicating a
reduction in the principal amount at maturity represented thereby.
The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Securities for Series B
Securities to the holders thereof as indicated in such Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or the
Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the Trustee's
requirements for replacements of Securities are met. An indemnity bond must
be supplied by the holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee
and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security
is replaced. The Company or the Trustee may charge for its expenses in
replacing a Security.
Every replacement Security is an obligation of the Company and
shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the holders of the required principal amount
of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities
owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as
though not outstanding, except that for purposes of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or
consent, only Securities that a Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall
be so considered.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, temporary Securities that are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu
of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities
may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause
Definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. The
Definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved, or provided
by any combination thereof, or in any other manner permitted by the rules and
regulations of any applicable securities exchange, all as determined by the
officers executing such Definitive Securities. After the preparation of
Definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
Definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the
office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to
Section 3.02 hereof, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery,
in exchange therefor the same aggregate principal amount of Definitive
Securities of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as Definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or
cancellation and shall retain or destroy cancelled Securities in accordance
with its normal practices (subject to the record retention requirement of the
Exchange Act) unless the Company directs them to be returned to it. The
Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that have been
redeemed or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be delivered to the Company.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on the
relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided
in clause (a) or clause (b) below:
(a) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than
15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and
not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of
the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of
such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class
postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it
appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such
special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose
names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered on such special record date and shall be no longer payable
pursuant to the following clause (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by
the Company to the Trustees of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided that any
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such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE III.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the holders of
the Securities that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities at the
place, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein. Each
installment of interest on the Securities may be paid by mailing checks for
such interest payable to the order of the holder of Security entitled thereto
as they appear in the Security Register. The Company further covenants to
pay any and all amounts including, without limitation, Liquidated Damages, if
any, on the dates and in the manner required under the Registration Rights
Agreement.
SECTION 3.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.
So long as any of the Securities remains outstanding, the Company
will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or
agency where the Securities may be presented for payment, an office or
agency where the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and
for exchange as in this Indenture provided and an office or agency where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities or of
this Indenture may be served. The Company will give to the Trustee written
notice of the location of any such office or agency and of any change of
location thereof. Until otherwise designated from time to time by the Company
in a notice to the Trustee, any such office or agency for all of the above
purposes shall be the office or agency of the Trustee. In case the Company
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of
any change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and
notices may be served at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee.
In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time
to time designate one or more offices or agencies outside the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, where the Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in this
Indenture, and the Company may from time to time rescind such designation, as
the Company may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain any such office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, for the purposes above mentioned. The Company will
give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such designation or
rescission thereof.
SECTION 3.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 3.04. Provision as to Paying Agent.
(a) If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the
Trustee with respect to the Securities, it will cause such
paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee,
subject to the provision of this Section 3.04,
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for
the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities (whether such sums have been
paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the
Securities of such series) in trust for the benefit of
the holders of the Securities; and
(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by
the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities)
to make any payment of the principal of and premium or
interest on the Securities when the same shall be due and
payable.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on
or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if
any, or interest on the Securities, set aside, segregate and
hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities
a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium or interest so
becoming due and will notify the Trustee of any failure to
take such action and of any failure by the Company (or by any
other obligor under the Securities) to make any payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities when the same shall become due and payable.
(c) Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a
satisfaction and discharge with respect to the Securities
hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to
the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the
Trustee or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this
Section 3.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
trusts herein contained.
(d) Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this
Section 3.04 is subject to Sections 11.03 and 11.04.
SECTION 3.05. Certificate to Trustee.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year in each year, commencing with the first fiscal
year ending after the date hereof, so long as Securities are outstanding
hereunder, an Officers' Certificate, one of the signers of which shall be the
principal executive, principal financial or principal accounting officer of
the Company stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of
their duties as officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of
any default by the Company in the performance of any covenants contained
herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and,
if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and
the nature thereof.
SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain
outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell
or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless
the provisions of Article Ten hereof are complied with.
SECTION 3.07. Limitation on Dividends.
The Company will 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 Company'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 Company (including any Other Debentures) that rank pari passu with or
junior in right of payment to the Securities or (iii) make any guarantee
payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities
of any Subsidiary of the Company (including Other Guarantees) if such
guarantee ranks pari passu or junior in right of payment to the Securities
(other than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants
or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Common Stock of the
Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend 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
and (d) as a result of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or
the exchange or the conversion of one class or series of the Company's
capital stock for another class or series of the Company's capital stock; (e)
the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company'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 Company's
benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees or any of the
Company's dividend reinvestment plans) if at such time (i) there shall have
occurred any event of which the Company has actual knowledge that (a) with
the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event
of Default and (b) in respect of which the Company shall not have taken
reasonable steps to cure, (ii) if such Securities are held by the Property
Trustee, the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any
obligations under the Capital Securities Guarantee or (iii) the Company shall
have given notice of its election of the exercise of its right to extend the
interest payment period pursuant to Section 16.01 and any such extension
shall be continuing.
SECTION 3.08. Covenants as to BankBoston Capital Trust
In the event Securities are issued to BankBoston Capital Trust or a
trustee of such trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by
BankBoston Capital Trust, for so long as such Trust Securities remain
outstanding, the Company will (i) maintain 100% direct ownership of the
Common Securities of BankBoston Capital Trust; provided, however,
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that any successor of the Company, permitted pursuant to Article
Ten, may succeed to the Company's ownership of such Common Securities, (ii)
use its reasonable efforts to cause BankBoston Capital Trust (a) to remain a
business trust, except in connection with a distribution of Securities, the
redemption of all of the Trust Securities of BankBoston Capital Trust or
certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the
Declaration of BankBoston Capital Trust, and (b) to otherwise continue to
be treated as a grantor trust and not an association taxable as a corporation
for United States federal income tax purposes and (iii) to use its reasonable
efforts to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an
individual beneficial interest in the Securities.
SECTION 3.09. Payment of Expenses.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the
Securities to the BankBoston Capital Trust and in connection with the sale of
the Trust Securities by the BankBoston Capital Trust, the Company, in its
capacity as borrower with respect to the Securities, shall:
(a) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and
issuance of the Securities, including commissions to the initial purchasers
payable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, fees and expenses in connection
with any exchange offer or other action to be taken pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement and compensation of the Trustee in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.06;
(b) pay all costs and expenses of the Trust (including, but not
limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of the BankBoston
Capital Trust, the offering, sale and issuance of the Trust Securities
(including commissions to the initial purchasers in connection therewith),
the fees and expenses of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the
costs and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust, including without
limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or
bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or
accounting equipment, paying agent(s), registrar(s), transfer agent(s),
duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing,
and disposition of Trust assets;
(c) be primarily and fully liable for any indemnification
obligations arising with respect to the Declaration;
(d) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding
taxes attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and
expenses with respect to such taxes of the Trust: and
(e) pay all other fees, expenses, debts and obligations (other
than the Trust Securities) related to BankBoston Capital Trust.
SECTION 3.10. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.
Upon termination of this Indenture or the removal or resignation of
the Trustee, unless otherwise stated, the Company shall pay to the Trustee
all amounts accrued and owing to the date of such termination, removal or
resignation. Upon termination of the Declaration or the removal or
resignation of the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may
be, pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Declaration, the Company shall pay to the
Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, all amounts
accrued and owing to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE IV.
SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.01. Securityholders' Lists.
The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to
be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) on a semi-annual basis on each regular record date for the
Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as
of such record date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company, of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished,
except that, no such lists need be furnished so long as the
Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its acting as
Security registrar.
SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and
addresses of the holders of the Securities (1) contained in
the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section
4.01 or (2) received by it in the capacity of Securities
registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy
any list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 upon
receipt of a new list so furnished
(b) In case three or more holders of Securities (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants w) apply in writing to the Trustee
and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such
applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six
months preceding the date of such application, and such
application states that the applicants desire to communicate
with other holders of Securities or with holders of all
Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture
and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then
the Trustee shall within 5 Business Days after the receipt of
such application, at its election. either:
(1) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section 4.02, or
(2) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders
of all Securities, whose names and addresses appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02,
and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such
Securityholders the form of proxy or other communication, if
any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants
access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the
written request of such applicants, mail to each
Securityholder whose name and address appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02 a
copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is
specified in such request with reasonable promptness after a
tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of
payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable
expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such
tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file
with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to
be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the
opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the
best interests of the holders of Securities of such series or
all Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation
of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the
basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity
for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written
statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain
any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order
sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission
shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all
the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an
order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such
material to all such Securityholders with reasonable
promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of
such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any
obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(c) Each and every holder of Securities, by receiving and holding
the same, agrees with Company and the Trustee that neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of
Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)
of this Section 4.02, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be
held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to
a request made under said subsection (b).
SECTION 4.03. Reports of the Company
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee,
within 15 days after the date on which the Company is required
to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports
(or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
said-Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such
sections, then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic
information, documents and reports which may be required
pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules
and regulations.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and
the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to
compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants
provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to
time by such rules and regulations.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail to all
holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such
holders appear upon the Security Register, within 30 days
after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of
any information, documents and reports required to be filed by
the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this
Section 4.03 as may be required by rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
(d) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's
receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of
any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which
the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers'
Certificates).
(e) So long as is required for an offer or sale of the Securities
to qualify for an exemption under Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, the Company shall, upon request, provide the
information required by clause (d)(4) thereunder to each
Holder and to each beneficial owner and prospective purchaser
of Securities identified by any holder of Restricted
Securities, unless such information is furnished to the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
SECTION 4.04. Reports by the Trustee
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as
may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If
required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall, within sixty days after each December 15
following the date of this Indenture, commencing December 15,
1997, deliver to Securityholders a brief report, dated as of
such December 15, which complies with the provisions of such
Section 313(a).
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with
each stock exchange, if any, upon which the Securities are
listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are
listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE V.
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default.
One or more of the following events of default shall constitute an
Event of Default hereunder:
(a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security or any
Other Debenture when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; provided,
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however, that a valid extension of an interest
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payment period by the Company in accordance with
the terms hereof shall not constitute a
default in the payment of interest for this purpose; or
(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security
or any Other Debenture as and when the same
shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration or otherwise; or
(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose
breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with),
and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90
days after there has been given, by registered or certified
mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder: or
(d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up
or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or
order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; or
(e) the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order
for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall
consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of
any substantial part of its property, or shall make any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay its debts as they become due.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities at the time
outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or
the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then outstanding may declare the principal amount of all
Securities to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by the holders of the outstanding
Securities), and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately
due and payable.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition
that if, at any time after the principal of the Securities shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment
of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter
provided, (i) the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay (A) all matured installments of interest upon all the
Securities and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all
Securities which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue
installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified
in the Securities to the date of such payment or deposit) and (B) such amount
as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and
all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad
faith, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture shall have
been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein, then, in every
such case, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but
no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect
any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under
this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned
because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the
Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities shall be restored
respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
SECTION 5.02. Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor.
The Company covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the
payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities as and when
the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued
for a period of 30 days, or (b) in case default shall be made in the payment
of the principal of or premium, if any, on any of the Securities as and when
the same shall have become due and payable, whether at maturity of the
Securities or upon redemption or by declaration or otherwise, then, upon
demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit
of the holders of the Securities, the whole amount that then shall have
become due and payable on all such Securities for principal and premium, if
any, or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue
principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such
interest is enforceable under applicable law and, if the Securities are held
by BankBoston Capital Trust or a trustee of such trust, without duplication
of any other amounts paid by BankBoston Capital Trust or trustee in respect
thereof) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the
Securities; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including a
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel,
and any expenses or liabilities incurred by the Trustee hereunder other than
through its negligence or bad faith.
In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law
or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any
such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of
the Company or any other obligor on the Securities wherever situated the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or
for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities
under Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a
receiver or trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Company
or such other obligor, or in the case of any other similar judicial
proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon the Securities, or
to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the
Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then
be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to
the provisions of this Section 5.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or
claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in
respect of the Securities and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file
such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and
their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all
expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and
of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities, or to the creditors or
property of the Company or such other obligor, unless prohibited by
applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the holders of the
Securities in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement,
reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or
person performing similar functions in comparable proceedings, and to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and
expenses; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make
such payments to the Trustee, and,- in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to
pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred,
and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a
result of negligence or bad faith.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any holder thereof or
to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Securityholder in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture,
or under any of the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities, or the production thereof on any trial
or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit
of the holders of the Securities.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the
holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders
of the Securities parties to any such proceedings.
SECTION 5.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee.
Any moneys collected by the Trustee shall be applied in the order
following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of
such moneys, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys
have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially
paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection
applicable to the Securities and reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its
agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its
negligence or bad faith;
Second: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if
and to the extent required by Article Fifteen;
Third: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities in
respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become due and be
unpaid, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities, in respect
of which or for the benefit of which money has been collected, ratably,
without preference of priority of any kind, according to the amounts due on
such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
respectively; and
Fourth: To the Company.
SECTION 5.04. Proceedings by Securityholders.
No holder of any Security shall have any right by virtue of or by
availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the
Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof
with respect to the Securities specifying such Event of Default, as
hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have made
written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding
in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee
such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding, it being understood
and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every
Security with every other taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or
more holders of Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by
virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other holder of Securities, or to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such
holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders
of Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, however,
the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal
of (premium, if any) and interest on such Security, on or after the same
shall have become due and payable, or to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of
such holder and by accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly
understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security
with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more
holders of Securities shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue
or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of the holders of any other Securities, or to obtain or
seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each
and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such
relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
The Company and the Trustee acknowledge that pursuant to the
Declaration, the holders of Capital Securities are entitled, in the
circumstances and subject to the limitations set forth therein, to commence a
Direct Action with respect to any Event of Default under this Indenture and
the Securities.
SECTION 5.05. Proceedings by Trustee.
In case an Event of Default occurs with respect to Securities and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate
judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and
enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or
by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in
aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any
other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by
law.
SECTION 5.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing.
All powers and remedies given by this Article V to the Trustee or
to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to
the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or
otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and
agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect
to the Securities, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder
of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any
Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such
right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or
an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.04,
every power and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Trustee
or to the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as
shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.
SECTION 5.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by
Majority of Securityholders.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee;
provided, however, that (subject to the provisions of Section
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6.01) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee shall determine that the action so directed would be
unjustly prejudicial to the holders not taking part in such direction or
if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action or
proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good
faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust
committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall
determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the
Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration accelerating the
maturity of the Securities, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders
of all of the Securities waive any past default or Event of Default and its
consequences except a default (a) in the payment of principal of or premium,
if any, or interest on any of the Securities or (b) in respect of covenants
or provisions hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent
of the holder of each Security affected; provided, however, that if the
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Securities are held by Property Trustee, such waiver or modification to such
waiver shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in aggregate
liquidation amount of Trust Securities shall have consented to such waiver or
modification to such waiver; provided further, that if the consent of the holder
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of each outstanding Security is required, such waiver shall not be effective
until each holder of the Trust Securities shall have consented to such waiver.
Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured
for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the
holders of the Securities shall be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever
any default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted
by this Section 5.07, said default or Event of Default shall for all purposes
of the Securities and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be
not continuing.
SECTION 5.08. Notice of Defaults.
The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default
with respect to the Securities mail to all Securityholders, as the names and
addresses of such holders appear upon the Security register, notice of all
defaults known to the Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been cured
before the giving of such notice (the term "defaults" for the purpose of this
Section 5.08 being hereby defined to be the events specified in clauses (a),
(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 5.01, not including periods of grace, if
any, provided for.therein, and irrespective of the giving of written notice
specified in clause (c) of Section 5.01); and provided that, except in the
case of default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any of the Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the
executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such
notice is in the interests of the Securityholders; and provided further, that
in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(c) no
such notice to Securityholders shall be given until at least 60 days after
the occurrence thereof but shall be given within 90 days after such
occurrence.
SECTION 5.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any
Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any
right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for
any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and
that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.09
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted
by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate
more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding, or
to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security
against the Company on or after the same shall have become due and Payable.
ARTICLE VI.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
With respect to the holders of the Securities issued hereunder, the
Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing
or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in
this Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been
cured or waived) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have
occurred
(1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this
Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for
the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
the 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 Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, in
accordance with the direction of the Securityholders pursuant
to Section 5.07, relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Indenture.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably
assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against
such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 6.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, bond, note, debenture or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein may be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may
be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the
Clerk or an Assistant Clerk of the Company;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any
advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or
suffered omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders,
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such
Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Indenture; nothing contained herein
shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured
or waived), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care
and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other
paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities; provided, however, that if the payment
within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses
or liabilities likely to be incurred by it n the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to
it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require
reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a
condition to so proceeding; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents (including any Authenticating Agent) or
attorneys, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or
attorney appointed by it with due care.
SECTION 6.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except in the
certificate of authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent)
shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Trustee and the
Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for the correctness of the
same. The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent make no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee and the Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of any Securities or the proceeds of any
Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 6.04. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents,
Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own Securities.
The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent or any paying agent or any
transfer agent or any Security registrar, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights
it would have.if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, paying agent,
transfer agent or Security registrar.
SECTION 6.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04, all moneys received by
the Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein
provided, be held in trust for the purpose for which they were received, but
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Trustee and any paying agent shall be under no liability for interest on
any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with
the Company. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time
to time upon the written order of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President or the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.
The Company, as borrower, covenants and agrees to pay to the
Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such
compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the
Trustee (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and the Company will pay or
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all
persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also
covenants to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (and
its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless
against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense including
taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the
premises. The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.06 to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness
hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to
that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the
Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of
particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or Section 5.01(e), the
expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and
the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of
this Indenture.
SECTION 6.07. Officers' Certificate as Evidence.
Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.01 and 6.02, whenever in
the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem
it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking or omitting any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad
faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted
by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 6.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest"
within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee
and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 6.09. Eligibility of Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized
and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any
state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia or a corporation or
other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least 50 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 aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
6.09 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published.
The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve
as Trustee.
In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.09, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed,
may at any time resign by giving written notice of such
resignation to the Company and by mailing notice thereof to
the holders of the Securities at their addresses as they shall
appear on the Security register. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, one
copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 60 days after the mailing of such notice of
resignation to the affected Securityholders, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has
been a bona fide holder of a Security for at least six months
may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such
court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur --
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide
holder of a Security or Securities for at least six
months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any
such Securityholder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee,
or, subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon,
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee and nominate a successor trustee, which shall be
deemed appointed as successor trustee unless within 10 days
after such nomination the Company objects thereto or if no
successor trustee shall have been so appointed and shall have
accepted appointment within 30 days after such removal, in
which case the Trustee so removed or any Securityholder, upon
the terms and conditions and otherwise as in subsection (a) of
this Section 6.10 provided, may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor
trustee.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this
Section 6.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
6.11.
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor
trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, 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, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee
herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the
successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any
amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06, execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and
powers of the trustee so ceasing to act and shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such retiring
trustee thereunder. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company
shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and
powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon
all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts
then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 6.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 6.08 and eligible under
the provisions of Section 6.09.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided
in this Section 6.11, the Company shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to the holders of Securities at their addresses as they
shall appear on the Security register. If the Company fails to mail such
notice within 10 days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Company.
SECTION 6.12. Successor by Merger, etc.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part
of any of the parties hereto.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to
the trusts created by this Indenture any Securities shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt
the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver
such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the
Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee
may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor
hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such
certificates shall have the full force which the Securities or this Indenture
elsewhere provides that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided,
however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor Trustee or authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor
Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion
or consolidation.
SECTION 6.13. Limitation on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be
subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included
therein.
SECTION 6.14. Authenticating Agents.
There may be one or more Authenticating Agents appointed by the
Trustee upon the request of the Company with power to act on its behalf and
subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Securities
issued upon exchange or transfer thereof as fully to all intents and purposes
as though any such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized to
authenticate and deliver Securities; provided, that the Trustee shall have no
liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the Authenticating
Agent with respect to the authentication and delivery of Securities. Any
such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state or
territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws
to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $5,000,000 and being 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 the
requirements of such authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.14
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. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect herein specified in this
Section.
Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged
or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor
of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is
otherwise eligible under this Section 6.14 without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such
Authenticating Agent.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at
any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon
receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case
at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this
Section 6.14, the Trustee may, and upon the request of the Company shall,
promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent eligible under this Section
6.14, shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall
mail notice of such appointment to all Securityholders as the names and
addresses of such holders appear on the Security Register. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall
become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
Authenticating Agent herein.
The Company, as borrower, agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent
from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. Any
Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for any action
taken by it as such in accordance with the directions of the Trustee.
ARTICLE VII.
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.01. Action by Securityholders.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may take
any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any
notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at
the time of taking any such action the holders of such specified percentage
have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of
instruments of similar tenor executed by such Securityholders in person or by
agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of such holders of
Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Securityholders
duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Eight, or
(c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of
such a meeting of such Securityholders.
If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action,
the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, fix
in advance a record date for the determination of Securityholders entitled to
give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such
a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the
record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business
on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of
determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as
of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, 6.02 and 8.05, proof of
the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy
shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and
regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Securities shall be proved by
the Security Register or by a certificate of the Security registrar. The
Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this
Section as it shall deem necessary.
The record of any Securityholders' meeting shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 8.06.
SECTION 7.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying
agent, any transfer agent and any Security registrar may deem the person in
whose name such Security shall be registered upon the Security Register to
be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or
not such Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment
of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer
agent nor any Security registrar shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary. All such payments so made to any holder for the time being or
upon his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so
paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon
any such Security.
SECTION 7.04. Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding.
In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate
principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or
waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities or by any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Company or any other obligor on the Securities shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination;
provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 7.04 if the
pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right to vote such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any
such other obligor or person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such
other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by
the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the
Trustee.
SECTION 7.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee,
as provided in Section 7.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of
the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Security specified in
this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security (or
any Security issued in whole or in part in exchange or substitution therefor)
the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the
Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of
holding as provided in Section 7.02, revoke such action so far as concerns
such Security (or so far as concerns the principal amount represented by any
exchanged or substituted Security). Except as aforesaid any such action taken
by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder
and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security
issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not
any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Security issued
in exchange or substitution therefor.
ARTICLE VIII.
SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS
SECTION 8.01. Purpose of Meetings
A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and from
time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eight for any of the
following purposes:
(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to
give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the
waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to
take any other action authorized to be taken by
Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article
Five;
(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee
pursuant to the provisions of Article Six;
(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section
9.02; or
(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on
behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal
amount of such Securities under any other provision of this
Indenture or under applicable law.
SECTION 8.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders to
take any action specified in Section 8.01, to be held at such time and at
such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee
shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Securityholders, setting
forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the
action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to holders of
Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Securities
Register. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 180
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
SECTION 8.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders.
In case at any time the Company pursuant to a resolution of the
Board of Directors, or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee
to call a meeting of Securityholders, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the
Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after
receipt of such request, then the Company or such Securityholders may
determine the time and the place in said Borough of Manhattan for such
meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section
8.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 8.02.
SECTION 8.04. Qualifications for Voting.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders a person
shall (a) be a holder of one or more Securities or (b) a person appointed by
an instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more Securities. The
only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting
of Securityholders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such meeting and
their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 8.05. Regulations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting
of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of
the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates
and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning
the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 8.03, in which case the
Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall
in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a
permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of
the meeting.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, at any meeting each
holder of Securities or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each
$1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him; provided,
however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of
any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the
meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no
right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by him or instruments
in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf
of other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.02 or 8.03 may be adjourned from time
to time by a majority of those present, whether or not constituting a quorum,
and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 8.06. Voting.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of
Securities shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the
serial number or numbers of the Securities held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and
who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified
written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in
duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be
prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said
record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot
taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the
facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said
notice was mailed as provided in Section 8.02. The record shall show the
serial numbers of the Securities voting in favor of or against any
resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the
permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates
shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots
voted at the meeting. The holders of the Series A Capital Securities and the
Series B Capital Securities shall vote for all purposes as a single class.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of
the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Securityholders.
The Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time
amend the Indenture, without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or
more of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the
successor corporation of the covenants, agreements and
obligations of the Company pursuant to Article Ten hereof;
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants,
restrictions or conditions for the protection of the
Securityholders as the Board of Directors and the Trustee
shall consider to be for the protection of the
Securityholders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence
and continuance, of a default in any of such additional
covenants, restrictions or conditions a default or an Event of
Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the
remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth;
provided, however, that in respect of any such additional
covenant, restriction or condition such amendment may provide
for a particular period of grace after default (which period
may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of
other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement
upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the
Trustee upon such default;
(c) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities
in coupon form (including Securities registrable as to
principal only) and to provide for exchangeability of such
Securities with the Securities issued hereunder in fully
registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such
purpose;
(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture,
or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture; provided that any
such action shall not materially adversely affect the interests
of the holders of the Securities;
(e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the
Securities;
(f) to make provision for transfer procedures, certification,
book-entry provisions, the form of restricted securities
legends, if any, to be placed on Securities, and all other
matters required pursuant to Section 2.07 or otherwise
necessary, desirable or appropriate in connection with the
issuance of Securities to holders of Capital Securities in the
event of a distribution of Securities by BankBoston Capital
Trust following a Dissolution Event:
(g) to qualify or maintain qualification of this Indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act; or
(h) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights
of any Securityholder in any material respect.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
execution of any supplemental indenture to effect such amendment, to make any
further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein
contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any
property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in
its discretion, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any amendment to the Indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the
consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Securityholders.
With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 7.01) of the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
time outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee may from time to time and at any time amend the Indenture for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the holders of the Securities; provided, however, that no such amendment shall
without the consent of the holders of each Security then outstanding and
affected hereby (i) extend the Maturity Date of any Security, or reduce the rate
or extend the time of payment of interest thereon (except as contemplated by
Article Sixteen), or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce any amount
payable on redemption thereof, or make the principal thereof or any interest
or premium thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that provided
in the Securities, or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to
institute suit for payment thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of Securities the holders of which are required to consent to any such
amendment to the Indenture, provided, however, that if the Securities are
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held by BankBoston Capital Trust, such amendment shall not be effective until
the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of Trust Securities shall have
consented to such amendment; provided, further, that if the consent of the
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holder of each outstanding Security is required, such amendment shall not be
effective until each holder of the Trust Securities shall have consented to such
amendment.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors certified by its Clerk or Assistant
Clerk authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture affecting such
amendment, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Securityholders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the
execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee may
receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by,
and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is proper for the
Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the execution
thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice,
prepared by the Company, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders as their names and addresses
appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders
under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall
approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of
Supplemental Indentures.
Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of
this Article Nine shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article Nine, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and
amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the
Trustee, the Company and the holders of Securities shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.04. Notation on Securities.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture affecting such series pursuant to the provisions of
this Article Nine may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or
the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of
this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared
and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent and delivered in exchange for the Securities then
outstanding.
SECTION 9.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to
be Furnished Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02,
may receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies
with the requirements of this Article Nine.
ARTICLE X.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
SECTION 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any
other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company, as the case may
be), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company, as the
case may be, or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or
shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of the property issued
shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Indentures had been
issued at the date of the execution hereof.
SECTION 10.02. Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02,
may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, and any
assumption, permitted or required by the terms of this Article Ten complies
with the provisions of this Article Ten.
ARTICLE XI.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 11.01. Discharge of Indenture.
When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation
all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities which
shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced
or paid as provided in Section 2.08) and not theretofore cancelled, or (b)
all the Securities not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to
become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in
trust, funds sufficient to pay on the Maturity Date or upon redemption all of
the Securities (other than any Securities which shall have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.08) not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal and premium, if any, and interest due or to
become due to the Maturity Date or redemption date, as the case may be, but
excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (1) theretofore repaid to
the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.04, or (2) paid to
any State or to the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or
similar laws, and if in either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.02, 2.07,
2.08, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 6.06, 6.10 and 11.04 hereof shall survive until such
Securities shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 6.10 and 11.04 shall
survive, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by any Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture, the Company, however, hereby agreeing to
reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and
properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Securities.
SECTION 11.02. Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to
be Held in Trust by Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04, all moneys and U.S.
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01
or 11.05 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either
directly or through any paying agent (including the Company if acting as its
own paying agent), to the holders of the particular Securities for the
payment of which such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations have been
deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for
principal, premium, if any, and interest.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 11.05 or the principal and interest
received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the holders of outstanding Securities.
SECTION 11.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held.
Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys
then held by any paying agent of the Securities (other than the Trustee)
shall, upon written demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the
Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys.
SECTION 11.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys.
Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying
agent for payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
Securities and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the holders of
Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall
have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or
such paying agent on written demand; and the holder of any of the Securities
shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such holder
may be entitled to collect and all liability of the Trustee or such paying
agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 11.05. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government
Obligations
The Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined
below) from its respective obligations with respect to the Securities on the
91st day after the applicable conditions (illegible - information not
copied) below have been satisfied with respect to the Securi______(ILLEGIBLE -
INFORMATION NOT COPIED) any time after the applicable conditions set forth
below (ILLEGIBLE - INFORMATION NOT COPIED) satisfied:
(1) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee or the Defeasance Agent (as
defined below) as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the
holders of the Securities (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the payment of interest
and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their
terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date
of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of
(i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (ii)
and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee and the Defeasance Agent, if
any, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and
interest and premium, if any, on the outstanding Securities on
the dates such installments of principal, interest or premium
are due;
(2) if the Securities are then listed on any national
securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee and the Defeasance Agent, if any, an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that the exercise of the option
under this Section 11.05 would not cause such Securities
to be delisted from such exchange;
(3) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit; and
(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the
Defeasance Agent, if any, an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that holders of the Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax
purposes as a result of the exercise of the option under
this Section 11.05 and will be subject to United States
federal income tax on the same amount and in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case
if such option had not been exercised, and such opinion
shall be accompanied by a private letter ruling to that
effect received from the United States Internal Revenue
Service or a revenue ruling pertaining to a comparable
form of transaction to that effect published by the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
"Discharged" means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
dischraged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the
Securities and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture
relating to the Securities (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the
rights of holders of Securities to receive, from the trust fund described in
clause (1) above, payment of the principal of and the interest and premium, if
any, on the Securities when such payments are due; (B) the Company's
obligations with respect to the Securities under Sections 2.07, 2.08, 5.02
and 11.04; and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder.
"Defeasance Agent" means another financial institution which is
eligible to act as Trustee hereunder and which assumes all of the obligations
of the Trustee necessary to enable the Trustee to act hereunder. In the event
such a Defeasance Agent is appointed pursuant to this Section, the following
conditions shall apply:
(1) The Trustee shall have approval rights over the
document appointing such Defeasance Agent and the
document setting forth such Defeasance Agent's rights
and responsibilities.
(2) The Defeasance Agent shall provide verification to
the Trustee acknowledging receipt of sufficient money
and/or U.S. Government Obligations to meet the applicable
conditions set forth in this Section 11.05.
ARTICLE XII.
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHODLERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 12.01. Indenture and Securities Solely
Corporate Obligations.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any,
or interest on any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligaiton, covenant or
agreement of the Company in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of
the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had agaisnt
any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such past, present or
future, of the Company or of any successor Person to the Company, either
directly or through the Company any constitution, statute or rule of law,
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being
expressly understood that all such liability is hereby waived and released
as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Indenture and the issue of the Securities.
ARTICLE XIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 13.01. Successors.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this
Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns
whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 13.02. Official Acts by Successor Corporation.
Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized
or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the
Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the
like board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be
the lawful sole successor of the Company.
SECTION 13.03. Surrender of Company Powers.
The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of 2/3
(two-thirds) of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may
surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power
so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company, as the case may be,
and as to any successor Person.
SECTION 13.04. Address for Notices, etc.
Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is
required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the holders
of Securities on the Company may be given or served by being deposited
postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box
addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee for
the purpose) to the Company, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX BOS 01-25-01, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel. Any notice, direction,
request or demand by any Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or
made in writing at the office of the Trustee, addressed to the Trustee, 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Trustee Administration.
SECTION 13.05. Governing Law.
This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract
made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of said State, without
regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
SECTION 13.06. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that in the
opinion of the signers all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that
the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained
in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the
opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to
whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has
been complied with.
SECTION 13.07. Business Days.
In any case where the date of payment of principal of or premium,
if any, or interest on the Securities will not be a Business Day, the payment
of such principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities need
not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day,
with the same force and effect as if made on the date of payment and no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.
SECTION 13.08. Trust Indenture Act to Control.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture
which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of Sections 310
to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, such required
provision shall control.
SECTION 13.09. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles
and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 13.10. Execution in Counterparts
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 13.11. Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall for any reason be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or
of the Securities, but this Indenture and the Securities shall be construed
as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been
contained herein or therein.
SECTION 13.12. Assignment.
The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its
respective rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect
wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of any
such assignment, the Company, as the case may be, will remain liable for all
such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, the Indenture is binding upon
and inures to the benefit of the parties thereto and their respective
successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the
parties thereto.
SECTION 13.13. Acknowledgement of Rights.
The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any Securities held
by BankBoston Capital Trust or a trustee of such trust, if the Property
Trustee of such Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the
holder of the Securities held as the assets of BankBoston Capital Trust any
holder of Capital Securities may institute legal proceedings directly against
the Company to enforce such Property Trustee's rights under this Indenture
without first instituting any legal proceedings against such Property Trustee
or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the
failure of the Company to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
the Securities when due, the Company acknowledges that a holder of Capital
Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to
such holder of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities of such holder on or after the respective
due date specified in the Securities.
ARTICLE XIV.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES -- MANDATORY AND
OPTIONAL SINKING FUND
SECTION 14.01. Special Event Redemption.
If a Special Event has occurred and is continuing then,
notwithstanding Section 14.02(a) but subject to Section 14.02(c), the Company
shall have the right, upon not (i) not less than 45 days written notice to
the Trustee and (ii) not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days written
notice to the Securityholders, to redeem the Securities, in whole (but not in
part), within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event at the
Special Event Redemption Price. Following a Special Event, the Company shall
take such action as is necessary to promptly determine the Special Event
Redemption Price, including without limitation the appointment by the Company
of a Quotation Agent. The Special Event Redemption Price shall be paid prior
to 12:00 noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or such earlier
time as the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Special Event Redemption Price by
10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date such Special Event Prepayment Price is
to be paid.
SECTION 14.02. Optional Redemption by Company.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article Fourteen, the
Company shall have the right to redeem the Securities, in whole or in part,
from time to time, on or after December 15, 2006, at the optional redemption
prices set forth below (expressed as percentages of principal) plus accrued
and unpaid interest thereon (including Additional Interest and Compounded
Interest, if any) to the applicable date of redemption (the "Optional
Redemption Price") if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
December 15 of the years indicated below.
Year Percentage
2006 104.125%
2007 103.713%
2008 103.300%
2009 102.888%
2010 102.475%
2011 102.063
2012 101.650%
2013 101.238%
2014 100.825%
2015 100.413%
2016 and thereafter 100.000%
If the Securities are only partially redeemed pursuant to this
Section 14.02, the Securities will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by
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any other method utilized by the Trustee; provided, that if at the time of
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redemption the Securities are registered as a Global Security, the Depositary
shall determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of
such Securities held by each holder of a Security to be redeemed. The
Optional Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York time,
on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company
determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New
York time, on the date such Optional Redemption Price is to be paid.
(b) Notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 14.02, upon the
entry of an order for dissolution of the BankBoston Capital Trust by a court
of competent jurisdiction, the Securities thereafter will be subject to
option redemption, in whole only, but not in part, on or after December 15,
2006, at the optional redemption prices set forth in Section 14.02 and
otherwise in accordance with this Article Fourteen.
(c) Any redemption of Securities pursuant to Section 14.01 or
Section 14.02 shall be subject to the Company obtaining t-he prior approval
of the Federal Reserve, if such approval is then required under applicable
capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve.
SECTION 14.03. No Sinking Fund.
The Securities are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
SECTION 14.04. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Securities.
In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem
all, or, as the case may be, any part of the Securities in accordance with
their terms, it shall fix a date for redemption and shall mail a notice of
such redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed
for redemption to the holders of Securities so to be redeemed as a whole or
in part at their last addresses as the same appear on the Security Register.
Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if mailed in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In any case, failure
to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any
Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the CUSIP number of
the Securities to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption
price at which the Securities are to be redeemed (or the method by which such
redemption price is to be calculated), the place or places of payment that
payment will be made.upon presentation and surrender of the Securities, that
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified
in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the
portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If less than all the
Securities are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall specify the
numbers of the Securities to be redeemed. In case any Security is to be
redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after
the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new
Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued.
On or prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in this Section, the Company will deposit with
the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount of money sufficient
to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities so called for redemption
at the appropriate Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the
date fixed for redemption.
The Company will give the Trustee notice not less than 45 days
prior to the redemption date as to the aggregate principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in
its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Securities or
portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000, except as otherwise set
forth in the applicable form of Security) to be redeemed.
SECTION 14.05. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption.
If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section
14.04, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to which such
notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the
place or places stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price,
together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption (subject to
the rights of holders of Securities on the close of business on a regular
record date in respect of an Interest Payment Date occurring on or prior to
the redemption date), and on and after said date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such Securities at the Redemption Price, together
with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of
Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue. On presentation
and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in said
notice, the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid
and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price, together with
interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (subject to the
rights of holders of Securities on the close of business on a regular record
date in respect of an Interest Payment Date occurring on or prior to the
redemption date).
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new
Security or Securities of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
ARTICLE XV.
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 15.01. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of Securities
issued hereunder likewise covenants and agrees, that the Securities shall be
issued subject to the provisions of this Article Fifteen; and each holder of
a Security, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment
thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The payment by the Company of the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest on all Securities issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all Allocable Amounts with respect to
Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred.
No provision of this Article Fifteen shall prevent the occurrence
of any Default or Event of Default hereunder.
SECTION 15.02. Default on Senior Indebtedness.
In the event and during the continuation of any default by the
Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment
due on any Senior Indebtedness, or in the event that the maturity of any
Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated because of a default, then, in
either case, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the
principal (including redemption payments) of or premium, if any, or interest
on the Securities.
In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities,
then no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal
(including redemption payments) of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities until the holders of all Senior Indebtedness outstanding at the
time of such acceleration shall receive payment in full of all Allocable
Amounts due in respect of such Senior Indebtedness (including any amounts due
upon acceleration).
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall
be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding
paragraph of this Section 15.02, such payment shall be held in trust for the
benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the
extent of the Allocable Amounts in respect of such Senior Indebtedness and
only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their
representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in
writing, within 90 days of such payment, of the Allocable Amounts then due
and owing on such Senior Indebtedness and only the Allocable Amounts
specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 15.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
Upon any payment by the Company or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization
of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all Allocable Amounts due upon
all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in full, or
payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before
any payment is made by the Company on account of the principal (and premium,
if any) or interest on the Securities; and upon any such dissolution or
winding-up or liquidation or reorganization, any payment by the Company, or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, to which the Securityholders or the Trustee
would be entitled to receive from the Company, except for the provisions of
this Article Fifteen, shall be paid by the Company or by any receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such
payment or distribution, or by the Securityholders or by the Trustee under
the Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the
respective Allocable Amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, as
calculated by the Company) or their representative or representatives, or to
the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments
evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Allocable Amounts in
respect of such Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money's worth, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to
the Securityholders or to the Trustee.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received
by the Trustee before all Allocable Amounts in respect of Senior Indebtedness
is paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance
with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the
benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such
Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, and their respective interests may
appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all
Allocable Amounts in respect of such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in
accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Article Fifteen, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this
Article Fifteen with respect to the Securities to the payment of Senior
Indebtedness that may at the time be outstanding, provided that (i) such
Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from
any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders,
altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the
Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an
entirety, to another Person upon the terms and conditions provided for in
Article Ten of this Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 15.03 if such
other Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or lease, comply with the conditions stated in Article
Ten of this Indenture. Nothing in Section 15.02 or in this Section 15.03
shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 6.05 of this Indenture.
SECTION 15.04. Subrogation.
Subject to the payment in full of all Allocable Amounts in respect
of Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the Securityholders shall be subrogated
to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments
or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case
may be, applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until the-principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and,
for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to
which the Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article Fifteen, and no payment over pursuant to the
provisions of this Article Fifteen to or for the benefit of the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness by Securityholders or the Trustee, shall, as between
the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the
Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that
the provisions of this Article Fifteen are and are intended solely for the
purposes of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Securities, on
the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article Fifteen or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, and the holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Securities
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and
when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or
is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the
Securities and creditors of the Company, as the case may be, other than the
holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, nor shall
anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Security
from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon
default under the Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this
Article Fifteen of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of
cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case may be, received
upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred
to in this Article Fifteen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article
Six of this Indenture, and the Securityholders shall be entitled to
conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or other Person making such
payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Securityholders,
for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of
the Company, as the case may be, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Fifteen.
SECTION 15.05. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Securityholder by such Securityholder's acceptance thereof
authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Securityholder's behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided in this Article Fifteen and appoints the Trustee such
Securityholder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 15.06. Notice by the Company.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit
the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article Fifteen.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Fifteen or any other provision
of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of
monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the
provisions of this Article Fifteen, unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a
holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and
before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Article Six of this Indenture, shall be entitled in all
respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the
Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 15.06
at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof
any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation,
the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to
apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two
Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Six of this
Indenture, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be (or a trustee on behalf of
such holder), to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of
such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or
holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution
pursuant to this Article Fifteen, the Trustee may request such Person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the
amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which
such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and
any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article
Fifteen, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such
Person to receive such payment.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred
to in this Article Fifteen, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent
jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation,
reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is
pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
custodian, receiver, assignee for the bene ;it of creditors, agent or other
person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to
the Securityholders, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Fifteen.
SECTION 15.07. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article Fifteen in respect of any Senior
Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder
of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the
Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants
and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article Fifteen, and no
implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The
Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Article Six of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior
Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Securityholders, the Company
or any other Person money or assets to which any holder of such Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Fifteen or otherwise.
Nothing in this Article Fifteen shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.06.
SECTION 15.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness
of the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time
in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part
of the Company, as the case may be, or by any act or failure to act, in good
faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company, as the
case may be, with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or
otherwise be charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing
paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time
and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the
Securityholders, without incurring responsibility to the Securityholders and
without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article
Fifteen or the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Securities to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i)
change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment
of, or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or
supplement in any manner such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is
outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii)
release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior
Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against
the Company, as the case may be, and any other Person.
ARTICLE XVI.
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 16.01. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the
term of the Securities, to defer payments of interest by extending the
interest payment period of such Securities for a period not exceeding 10
consecutive semiannual periods, including the first such semi-annual period
during such extension period (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), during
which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable;
provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the
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Maturity Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment
of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment
period pursuant to this Section 16.01, will bear interest thereon at the
Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually for each semi-annual period of the
Extended Interest Payment Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of
the Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall pay all interest
accrued and unpaid on the Securities, including any Additional Interest and
Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to
the holders of the Securities in whose names the Securities are registered in
the Security Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended
Interest Payment Period. Before the termination of any Extended Interest
Payment Period, the Company may further defer payments of interest by further
extending such period, provided that such period, together with
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all such previous and further extensions within such Extended Interest
Payment Period, shall not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods,
including the first such semi-annual period during such Extended Interest
Payment Period, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Securities. Upon
the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and the payment of
all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new Extended
Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest
shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period, except
at the end thereof, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any portion
of the interest accrued during an Extended Interest Payment Period.
SECTION 16.02. Notice of Extension.
(a) If the Property Trustee is the only registered holder of the
Securities at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment
Period, the Company shall give written notice to the Administrative Trustees,
the Property Trustee and the Trustee of its selection of such Extended Interest
Payment Period five Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding
date on which distributions on the Trust Securities issued by BankBoston
Capital Trust are payable, or (ii) the date the Trust is required to give
notice of the record date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to any
national securities exchange or to holders of the Capital Securities issued by
the Trust, but in any event at least five Business Days before such record
date.
(b) If the Property Trustee is not the only holder of the
Securities at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment
Period, the Company shall give the holders of the Securities and the Trustee
written notice of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period at
least 10 Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the
record or payment date of such interest payment to any national securities
exchange.
(c) The semi-annual period in which any notice is given pursuant to
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 16.02 shall be counted as one of the 10
semi-annual periods permitted in the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period
permitted under Section 16.01.
The Bank of New York hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture
declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture
to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,
as of the day and year first above written.
BANK OF BOSTON CORPORATION
By
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
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(FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY)
(IF THE SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT: - THIS SECURITY IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY.
THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
(OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC") TO THE ISSUER
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR in SUCH OTHER
NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREON 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 IN AS MUCH AS SINCE
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.)
[THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY
OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS THREE YEARS AFTER THE LATER
OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY
OR ANY "AFFILIATE" OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF THIS SECURITY) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A) THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON
RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
THE CORPORATION, AND (ii) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E), TO REQUIRE THAT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE REVERSE OF THIS SECURITY
IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEREE TO THE COMPANY. SUCH HOLDER
FURTHER AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IS
AVAILABLE.]
No. CUSIP No.
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BANK OF BOSTON CORPORATION
8.25% SERIES _ JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE
DUE DECEMBER 15, 2026
Bank of Boston Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the
"Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to or
registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars on December 15, 2026 (the
"Maturity Date"), unless previously redeemed, and to pay interest on the
outstanding principal amount hereof from November 26, 1996, or from the most
recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually (subject to
deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each
year, commencing June 15, 1997, at the rate of 8.25% per annum until the
principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue
principal and premium, if any, and (without duplication and to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any
overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum compounded
semi-annually. The amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and,
for any period less than a full calendar month, the number of days elapsed in
such month. In the event that any date on which the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on this Security is payable is not a Business
Day, then payment payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in
respect of any such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on such
date.
The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment,
which shall be the first day of the month in which the relevant interest
payment date falls. Any such interest installment not punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the holders on such
regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment
of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the holders of
Securities not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in the Indenture.
The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this
Security shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained
for that purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts; provided, however, that, payment of interest may be made at the option
of the Company by (i) check mailed to the holder at such address as shall
appear in the Security Register or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained
by the Person entitled thereto, provided that proper written transfer
instructions have been received by the relevant record date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, so long as the Holder of this Security is the Property
Trustee, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on this Security will be made at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Property Trustee.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Allocable Amounts in respect of Senior
Indebtedness, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the
Indenture with respect thereto. Each holder of this Security, by accepting
the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes
and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination so
provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and
all such purposes. Each holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof,
hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions
contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness,
whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each
such holder upon said provisions.
This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed
by or on behalf of the Trustee.
The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
though fully set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to he
executed.
BANK OF BOSTON CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated
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The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
(FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY)
This Security is one of the Securities of the Company (herein
sometimes referred to as the "Securities"), specified in the Indenture, all
issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of
November 26, 1996 (the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered between the
Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), to which
Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Securities.
Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, the
Company shall have the right to redeem this Security in whole (but not in
part) at the Special Event Redemption Price. "Special Event Redemption
Price" shall mean, with respect to any redemption of the Securities following
a Special Event, an amount in cash equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the
principal amount to be redeemed or (ii) the sum, as determined by a Quotation
Agent, of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal
and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted
Treasury Rate, plus, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of
such redemption.
In addition, the Company shall have the right to redeem this
Security, in whole or in part, at any time on or after December 15, 2006 (an
"Optional Redemption"), at the Optional Redemption Price as set forth below
(expressed as percentages of principal to be redeemed) plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon (including Additional Interest and Compounded
Interest, if any) to the applicable date of redemption if redeemed during the
12-month period beginning December 15 of the years indicated below.
Year Percentage
2006 104.125%
2007 103.713%
2008 103.300%
2009 102.888%
2010 102.475%
2011 102.063
2012 101.650%
2013 101.238%
2014 100.825%
2015 100.413%
2016 and thereafter 100.000%
The Optional Redemption Price or the Special Event Redemption
Price, as the case requires, shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York
time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company
determines, provided, that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid. Any
redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 days
nor more than 60 days notice. If the Securities are only partially redeemed
by the Company pursuant to an Optional Redemption, the Securities will be
redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized by the Trustee;
provided that if, at the time of redemption, the Securities are registered as
a Global Security, the Depositary shall determine the particular Securities
to be redeemed in accordance with its procedures.
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any redemption of Securities by the
Company shall be subject to the prior approval of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal Reserve"), if such approval is then
required under capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall
have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Securities may
be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, as defined in the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of
the Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of each holder of Securities then outstanding and affected
thereby, (i) extend the Maturity Date of any Securities, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof,
or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon (subject
to Article Sixteen of the Indenture), or make the principal of, or interest
or premium on, the Securities payable in any coin or currency other than U.S.
dollars, or impair or affect the right of any holder of Securities to
institute suit for the payment thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to
any such supplemental indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of all of the
holders of the Securities, to waive any past default in the performance of any
of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities or a
default in respect of any covenant or provision under which the Indenture cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of each holder of Securities then
outstanding. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Security (unless
revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Security and of any
Security issued in exchange heretofore or in place hereof (whether by
registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the time and place and at
the rate and in the money herein prescribed.
The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time
during the term of the Securities, to defer payments of interest by extending
the interest payment period of such Securities for a period not exceeding 10
consecutive semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period
during such extension period, and not to extend beyond the Maturity Date of
the Securities (an "Extended Interest Payment Period' ), at the end of which
period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid together
with interest thereon at the rate specified for the Securities to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law). Before
the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the
Company may further defer payments of interest by further extending such
Extended Interest Payment Period, provided that such Extended Interest
Payment Period, together with all such previous and further extensions within
such Extended Interest Payment Period, shall not exceed 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods, including the first semi-annual period during such
Extended Interest Payment Period, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Securities. Upon the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment
Period and the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional
amounts then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment
Period, subject to the foregoing requirements.
The Company has agreed that it will 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 Company'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 Company that rank pari passu with or junior in
right of payment to the Securities or make any guarantee payments with
respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities or any
Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu or junior in
right of payment to the Securities (other than (a) dividends or distributions
in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase
shares of, Common Stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend 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
Company's capital stock or the exchange or the conversion of one class or
series of the Company's capital stock for another class or series of the
Company's capital stock (e) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of
the Company's capital stock pursuant to the exchange or conversion of such
capital stock or the security being exchanged or converted and (f) purchases
of Common Stock related to the issuance of Common Stock or rights under any
of the Company's benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees or
any of the Company's dividend reinvestment plans) if at such time (i) there
shall have occurred any event of which the Company 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 Company shall not have
taken reasonable steps to cure, (ii) if such Securities are held by
BankBoston Capital Trust, the Company shall be in default with respect to its
payment of any obligations under the Capital Securities Guarantee or (iii)
the Company shall have given notice of its election of the exercise of its
right to extend the interest payment period and any such extension shall be
continuing.
Subject to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if such
approval is then required under capital guidelines or policies of the Federal
Reserve, the Company will have the right at any time to liquidate the
BankBoston Capital Trust and cause the Securities to be distributed to the
holders of the Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons
in denominations of $1,000.00 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to the transfer restrictions limitations as may
be contained herein and therein from time to time, this Security is
transferable by the holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company,
upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Trustee in the City and State of New York accompanied by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company or the Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and
series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No
service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in relation thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and the registrar may
deem and treat the holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not
this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or
writing hereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and
premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and
neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any registrar
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon,
or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture,
against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or
future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor Person,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the
issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture .
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
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