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EXHIBIT 4.10
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REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
TO
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
TRUSTEE
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 15, 1997
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REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (including
cross-references to provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 which,
pursuant to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the
Trust Reform Act of 1990, are a part of and govern the Indenture whether or not
physically contained therein) and the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
November 27, 1996.
TRUST
INDENTURE
ACT INDENTURE
SECTION SECTION
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sec.310 (a)(1), (2) and (5)................................................ 6.9
(a)(3)............................................................. Not Applicable
(a)(4)............................................................. Not Applicable
(b)................................................................ 6.8, 6.10
(c)................................................................ Not Applicable
sec.311 (a)................................................................ 6.13(a)
(b)................................................................ 6.13(b)
(b)(2)............................................................. 7.3(a)(2)
sec.312 (a)................................................................ 7.1, 7.2(a)
(b)................................................................ 7.2(b)
(c)................................................................ 7.2(c)
sec.313 (a)................................................................ 7.3(a)
(b)................................................................ 7.3(b)
(c)................................................................ 7.3(a), 7.3(b)
(d)................................................................ 7.3(c)
sec.314 (a)(1), (2) and (3)................................................ 7.4
(a)(4)............................................................. 10.5
(b)................................................................ Not Applicable
(c)(1)............................................................. 1.2
(c)(2)............................................................. 1.2
(c)(3)............................................................. Not Applicable
(d)................................................................ Not Applicable
(e)................................................................ 1.2
(f)................................................................ Not Applicable
sec.315 (a)................................................................ 6.1(a)
(b)................................................................ 6.2, 7.3(a)
(c)................................................................ 6.1(b)
(d)................................................................ 6.1(c)
(d)(1)............................................................. 6.1(a)(1)
(d)(2)............................................................. 6.1(c)(2)
(d)(3)............................................................. 6.1(c)(3)
(e)................................................................ 5.14
sec.316 (a)................................................................ 1.1
(a)(1)(A).......................................................... 5.12
(a)(1)(B).......................................................... 5.13
(a)(2)............................................................. Not Applicable
(b)................................................................ 5.8
(c)................................................................ 1.4(f)
sec.317 (a)(1)............................................................. 5.3
(a)(2)............................................................. 5.4
(b)................................................................ 10.3
sec.318 (a)................................................................ 1.7
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Junior Subordinated Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION................. 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. ..................................................... 1
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate and Opinions. ............................. 7
SECTION 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee. ......................... 7
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders. ................................................. 8
SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company. ............................ 8
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver. ....................................... 9
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. ............................... 9
SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. ........................ 9
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns. .......................................... 9
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause. ............................................. 9
SECTION 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. ........................................... 9
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law. ................................................... 9
SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days. ............................................... 9
ARTICLE II. SECURITY FORMS ........................................................ 10
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally. ................................................. 10
SECTION 2.2. Form of Face of Security. ........................................ 10
SECTION 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security. ..................................... 13
SECTION 2.4. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security. ............... 16
SECTION 2.5. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. ................. 16
ARTICLE III. THE SECURITIES........................................................ 16
SECTION 3.1. Title and Terms. ................................................. 16
SECTION 3.2. Denominations. ................................................... 18
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. .................. 18
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities. ............................................ 19
SECTION 3.5. Global Securities. ............................................... 20
SECTION 3.6. Registration, Transfer and Exchange Generally; Certain Transfers
and Exchanges. ................................................. 21
SECTION 3.7. Mutilated, Destroyed Lost and Stolen Securities. ................. 22
SECTION 3.8. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. .................. 23
SECTION 3.9. Persons Deemed Owners. ........................................... 24
SECTION 3.10. Cancellation. .................................................... 24
SECTION 3.11. Computation of Interest. ......................................... 24
SECTION 3.12. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates. ............................. 24
SECTION 3.13. Right of Set-Off. ................................................ 25
SECTION 3.14. Agreed Tax Treatment. ............................................ 25
SECTION 3.15. Extension of Stated Maturity; Adjustment of Stated Maturity Upon
an Exchange. ................................................... 25
SECTION 3.16. CUSIP Numbers. ................................................... 26
ARTICLE IV. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE............................................. 26
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. ......................... 26
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money. ...................................... 27
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ARTICLE V. REMEDIES ............................................................... 27
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default. ............................................... 27
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. ............. 28
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. ....................................................... 29
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. ................................ 30
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities ....... 31
SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected. .................................. 31
SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits. ............................................. 31
SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest. ...................................................... 31
SECTION 5.9. Restoration Of Rights and Remedies. .............................. 32
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. .................................. 32
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver ..................................... 32
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders. .............................................. 32
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. ......................................... 33
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs. ........................................... 33
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. ......................... 33
ARTICLE VI. THE TRUSTEE............................................................ 33
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. ............................. 33
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults. .............................................. 34
SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee. ....................................... 35
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. .......... 35
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities. ............................................. 35
SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust. ............................................. 36
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement. .................................. 36
SECTION 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. ......................... 36
SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. ......................... 36
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. ............... 37
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. .......................... 37
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. ..... 39
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. ............... 39
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. ............................. 39
SECTION 6.15. Trustee's Rights and Obligations. ................................ 40
ARTICLE VII. HOLDER'S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY..................... 40
SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. ....... 40
SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders. .......... 41
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee. .............................................. 41
SECTION 7.4. Reports by Company. .............................................. 41
ARTICLE VIII. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE................. 41
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. ............ 41
SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted. ............................... 42
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ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES................................................ 43
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders. ............. 43
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. ................ 43
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. ............................ 44
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. ............................... 44
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. ............................. 45
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. .............. 45
ARTICLE X. COVENANTS............................................................... 45
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest ...................... 45
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency. ................................. 45
SECTION 10.3. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust .................. 45
SECTION 10.4. Statement as to Compliance. ...................................... 46
SECTION 10.5. Waiver of Certain Covenants. ..................................... 46
SECTION 10.6. Payment of the Trust's Costs and Expenses. ....................... 47
SECTION 10.7. Additional Covenants. ............................................ 47
SECTION 10.8. Information Returns. ............................................. 48
ARTICLE XI. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES............................................... 48
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of This Article. ................................... 48
SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. ........................... 48
SECTION 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. .......................... 48
SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption. ............................................ 49
SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. ..................................... 49
SECTION 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. ..................... 49
SECTION 11.7. Company's Right of Redemption. ................................... 50
ARTICLE XII. SINKING FUNDS......................................................... 50
SECTION 12.1. Applicability of Article. ........................................ 50
SECTION 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. ........... 50
SECTION 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. ....................... 51
ARTICLE XIII. SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES.......................................... 52
SECTION 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt. ........................... 52
SECTION 13.2. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc. .................. 52
SECTION 13.3. Prior Payment to Senior Debt Upon Dissolution, Etc. .............. 53
SECTION 13.4. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default. .......................... 54
SECTION 13.5. Payment Permitted If No Default. ................................. 54
SECTION 13.6. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt. ................. 54
SECTION 13.7. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. ..................... 55
SECTION 13.8. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. ............................. 55
SECTION 13.9. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. ........................... 55
SECTION 13.10. Notice to Trustee. ............................................... 55
SECTION 13.11. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent ... 55
SECTION 13.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt. ................ 56
SECTION 13.13. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of
Trustee's Rights. .............................................. 56
SECTION 13.14. Article Applicable to Paying Agents. ............................. 56
SECTION 13.15. Certain Conversions or Exchanges Deemed Payments ................. 56
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ANNEX A -- FORM OF ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF TRUST
ANNEX B -- FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
ANNEX C -- FORM OF GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
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INDENTURE
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of December 15, 1997, between
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION, a bank holding company established under the laws
of Maryland (hereinafter called the "Company") having its principal office at
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, a New
York banking corporation, as Trustee (hereinafter called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured junior
subordinated debt securities in series (hereinafter called the "Securities") of
substantially the tenor hereinafter provided, including, without limitation,
Securities issued to evidence loans made to the company of the Proceeds from the
issuance from time to time by one or more business trusts (each a "Republic New
York Trust" and, collectively, the "Republic New York Trusts") of preferred
trust interests in such Trusts (the "Trust Preferred Securities") and common
interests in such Trusts (the "Common Securities" and, collectively with the
Trust Preferred Securities, the "Trust Securities"), and to provide the terms
and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and
delivered.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company
and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the
valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have been done.
NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is
mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) All other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of
such computation; provided, that when two or more principles are so
generally accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with
those in use by the Company; and
(4) 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.
Certain terms, used principally in Article VI, are defined in that Article.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4.
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"Additional Interest" means the interest, if any, that shall accrue on any
interest on the Securities of any series the payment of which has not been made
on the applicable Interest Payment Date and which shall accrue at the rate per
annum specified or determined as specified in any Officers' Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Indenture.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 10.6.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person; provided, however, that an Affiliate of the
Company shall not be deemed to include any Republic New York Trust to which
Securities have been issued. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when
used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent Member" means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
"Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust" means the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex B, or
substantially in such form as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1
with respect to the Securities of any series, in each case as amended from time
to time.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of
one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or
any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or officers of the
Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been
delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or, with respect to the Securities of a
series issued to a Republic New York Trust, the principal office of the Property
Trustee under the related Trust Agreement, is closed for business.
"Capital Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital of this
Indenture, and shall include, where appropriate, Exchange Capital Securities as
defined in Article XII.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or if at any time under the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital of this
Indenture.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $5 par value, of the Company.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor corporation.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, the written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer, President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
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"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office as of the date of this Indenture is located at Four Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group -- Corporate
Market Services.
"Corporation" includes a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or trust.
"Debt" means, with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a
portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not contingent, (i) the
principal of and premium, if any, and unpaid interest on indebtedness for money
borrowed, (ii) purchase money and similar obligations, (iii) obligations under
capital leases, (iv) guarantees, assumptions or purchase commitments relating
to, or other transactions as a result of which the Company is responsible for
the payment of, such indebtedness of others, (v) renewals, extensions and
refunding of any such indebtedness, (vi) interest or obligations in respect of
any such indebtedness accruing after the commencement of any insolvency or
bankruptcy proceedings and (vii) obligations associated with derivative products
such as interest rate and currency exchange contracts, foreign exchange
contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements.
"Declaration of Trust" means the original Declaration of Trust, dated
November 21, 1996, executed by the Company, as Depositor, Bankers Trust
(Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, and the administrative trustees named therein.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.8.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable
or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the
Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with
respect to such series (or any successor thereto (a "Successor Depositary")).
"Discount Security" means any security which provides for an amount less
than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.
"Dollar" means the currency of the United States of America that, as at the
time of payment, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
"Event of Default" unless otherwise specified in the supplemental indenture
creating a series of Securities has the meaning specified in Article V.
"Extension Period" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency issued by the government of one or
more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized
confederation or association of such governments.
"Global Security" means a Security in the form prescribed in Section 2.4
evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary or
its nominee for such series. and registered in the name of such Depositary or
its nominee.
"Guarantee Agreement" means the Guarantee Agreement substantially in the
form attached hereto as Annex C, or substantially in such form as may be
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of any
series, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Securities Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to
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the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of each particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Interest Payment Date" means as to each series of Securities the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Securities.
"Interest Rate" means the rate of interest specified or determined as
specified in each Security as being the rate of interest payable on such
Security.
"Junior Subordinated Payment" has the meaning specified in Section 14.2.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other
encumbrance. "Liquidation Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of
the Trust Agreement.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security means the date on which
the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption or otherwise.
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, President, or Vice President, and by the Treasurer, the
Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Company.
"Original Issue Date" means the date of issuance specified as such in each
Security.
"Outstanding" means, when used in reference to any Securities, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust
for the Holders of such Securities; and
(iii) Securities in substitution for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered or which have been paid
pursuant to Section 3.7, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that any such Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such
Securities are valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying
all Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the
account of the Company, or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or such obligor, and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1,
the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate as conclusive
evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not
listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
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"Paying Agent" means the Trustee or any Person authorized by the Company to
pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on
behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means, with respect to the Securities of any series, the
place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities of such series are payable pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.11.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.7 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed
or stolen Security.
"Proceeding" has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
"Property Trustee" means, in respect of any Republic New York Trust, the
commercial bank or trust company identified as the "Property Trustee" in the
related Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of such
Republic New York Trust under such Trust Agreement and not in its individual
capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
property trustee appointed as therein provided.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
with respect to the Securities of a series means, unless otherwise provided
pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of a series, the date which
is fifteen days next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a
Business Day).
"Republic New York Guarantee" means the guarantee of the Company of the
distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities of a Republic New York Trust to
the extent of the Guarantee Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto
as Annex C, or substantially in such form as may be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of any series, in each case as
amended from time to time.
"Republic New York Trust" has the meaning specified in the first recital of
this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means any
officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any managing director,
vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, assistant
secretary or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and having
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also, with
respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Securities" or "Security" means any debt securities or debt security, as
the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.6.
"Senior Debt" means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not such
claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), on Debt of the
Company, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same
or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such
obligations are not superior in right of payment to the Securities or to other
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junior subordinated debt securities ("Other Debt") to be issued by the Company
pursuant to this Indenture which rank pari passu with, or subordinated to, the
Securities; provided, however, that Senior Debt shall not be deemed to include
(a) any Debt of the Company which, when incurred and without respect to any
election under Section 1111(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended,
was without recourse to the Company, (b) any Debt of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries, (c) Debt to any employee of the Company, (d) Debt which by its
terms is subordinated to trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising
in the ordinary course of business to the extent that payments made to the
holders of such Debt by the holders of the Securities as a result of the
subordination provisions of this Indenture would be greater than such payments
otherwise would have been as a result of any obligation of such holders of such
Debt to pay amounts over to the obligees on such trade accounts payable or
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business as a result of
the subordination provisions to which such Debt is subject; and (e) any other
debt securities issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any installment
of principal thereof or interest thereon means the date specified pursuant to
the terms of such Security as the date on which the principal of such Security
or such installment of interest is due and payable, in the case of such
principal, as such date may be shortened or extended as provided pursuant to the
terms of such Security and this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
For purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which ordinarily has
voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long
as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Successor Security" of any particular Security means every Security issued
after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by,
such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.7 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by 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 proposed 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 proposed
change, pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the Original Issue
Date of the applicable series of Securities or of the applicable Trust Preferred
Securities issued by the affected Republic New York Trust, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that (i) if a Republic New York Trust holds such Securities,
such Republic New York Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
Opinion of Counsel, subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to
income received or accrued on such Securities, (ii) interest payable by the
Company on such series of Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of
such Opinion of Counsel, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in
part, for United States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) if a Republic New
York Trust holds such Securities, such Republic New York Trust is, or will be
within 90 days of the date of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to more than a de
minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.
"Trust Agreement" means the Declaration of Trust substantially in the form
attached hereto as Annex A, as amended by the form of Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex B, or
substantially in such form as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1
with respect to the Securities of any series, in each case as amended from time
to time.
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"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a Successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder and, if at any time there is
more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
sec.sec. 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended and as in effect on the date as of this
Indenture, except as provided in Sections 1.7 and 9.5.
"Trust Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital
of this Indenture.
"Trust Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital of this
Indenture.
"Vice President" when used with respect to the Company, means any duly
appointed vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president."
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate and Opinions. Upon any application or
request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of
this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent (including covenants
compliance with which constitutes a condition 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 that all such
conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with which constitute a
condition precedent), if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificates provided
regarding conditions or covenants waived by the Holders pursuant to Section
10.5) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(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 each such individual, 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, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of,
any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of. only one such Person, or that they be so certified
or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such
matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
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exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions, or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken by Holders
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in
writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments is or are delivered to the
Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1 ) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a Person acting in other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
(c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance
with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of
the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the transfer
thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done
or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(f) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to take any action under this
Indenture by vote or consent. Except as otherwise provided herein, such record
date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such
consent or vote or the date of the most recent list of Securityholders furnished
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.1 prior to such solicitation. If a record
date is fixed, those persons who were Securityholders at such record date (or
their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to
take such action by vote or consent or to revoke any vote or consent previously
given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record
date, provided, however, that unless such vote or consent is obtained from the
Holders (or their duly designated proxies) of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities prior to the date which is the 120th day after such
record date, any such vote or consent previously given shall automatically and
without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.
SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
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(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.1 hereof)
hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to the
Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in
the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for
notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class
postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such
Holder as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the latest date,
and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture will not
be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act except upon the effectiveness of a
registration statement as contemplated in Article XII hereof. If any provision
of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any
of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through operation
of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto, any Paying Agent and their successors and assigns, the holders of Senior
Debt and the Holders of the Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days. In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business
Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or the
Securities) payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but
may be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, until such next succeeding Business Day)
except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, as the case may be, such payment was
originally payable.
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ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series and the
Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the forms set
forth in this Article, or in such other form or forms as shall be established by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions
and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable tax
laws or the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith,
be determined by the officers executing such securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 with respect to
the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the
form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods, if required by any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, on a steel engraved border or
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the
rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such securities.
Securities distributed to holders of Book-Entry Trust Preferred Securities
shall be distributed in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in
the name of a Depositary or its nominee, and deposited with the Securities
Registrar, as custodian for such Depositary, or held by such Depositary for
credit by the Depositary to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of
the Securities represented thereby (or such other accounts they may direct).
Securities distributed to holders of Trust Preferred Securities other than
Book-Entry Trust Preferred Securities shall not be issued in the form of a
Global Security or any other form intended to facilitate book-entry trading in
beneficial interests in such Securities.
SECTION 2.2. Form of Face of Security. [If this 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 The
Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary") or a nominee of the 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 (55 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx) to Republic New York
Corporation or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and
any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name
as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
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REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
(TITLE OF SECURITY)
NO. $
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of Maryland (hereinafter called the "Company", which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to , or its registered assigns, the
principal sum of Dollars on [; provided that the Company
may (i) change the maturity date upon the occurrence of an exchange of the
Securities for the Trust Securities subject to certain conditions set forth in
Section 3.14 of the Indenture, which changed maturity date shall in no case be
earlier than , or later than and (ii) extend the
maturity date subject to certain conditions specified in Section 3.14 of the
Indenture, which extended maturity date shall in no case be later than
, ]. The Company further promises to pay interest on
said principal sum from , or from the most recent interest payment
date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") on which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually] [if applicable,
insert -- (subject to deferral as set forth herein)], in arrears on [insert
applicable Interest Payment Dates] of each year, commencing ,
, at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof shall
have become due and payable, [if applicable, insert -- plus Additional Interest,
if any,] until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made
available for payment [if applicable, insert -- and on any overdue principal 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
rate of % per annum, compounded [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]
[annually]. The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on
the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. The amount of interest
payable for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of the number of
days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any
date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then a
payment of the 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), except that, if such Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made
on the date the payment was originally payable. A "Business Day" shall mean any
day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or
executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee [if applicable, insert -- , or the Corporate Trust Office
of the Property Trustee under the Declaration of Trust hereinafter referred to
for Republic New York Capital ] is closed for business. The interest
installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, shall be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as
defined in the Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest installment, which shall be the [insert definition
of Regular Record Dates]. Any such interest installment not so punctually paid
or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either 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 for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities
of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as
more fully provided in said Indenture.
[If applicable, insert -- So long as no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Company shall have the right at any time during the term of
this Security, from time to time, to defer payment of interest on such Security
for up to consecutive [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annual] interest payment
periods with respect to each deferral period (each an "Extension Period"),
during
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which Extension Periods the Company shall have the right to make partial
payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date, and at the end of which the
Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Additional
Interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law); provided, however,
that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity of this Security. During
any such Extension Period, 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 outstanding capital stock or (ii) make any
payment of principal of, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or
redeem any debt securities of the Company including other debt that ranks pari
passu with or junior in interest to this Security 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 with or junior in interest to this Security (other than (a)
dividends or distributions in Common Stock of the Company, (b) any declaration
of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholders' 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 Guarantee Agreement (as defined in the Indenture), (d) purchases or
acquisitions of shares of the Company's Common Stock in connection with the
satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any employee benefit plan
or other contractual obligation of the Company (other than a contractual
obligation ranking pari passu with or junior to these Securities, (e) as a
result of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or
conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another
class or series of the Company's capital stock, or (f) 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). Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
the Company may further extend such Extension Period, provided, however, that
such extension does not cause such Extension Period to exceed consecutive
[monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annual] interest payment periods or extend beyond
the Maturity of this Security. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and
the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Interest then
due, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period
except at the end thereof. The Company shall give the Holder of this Security
and the Trustee notice of its election to begin any Extension Period at least
five Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date, [if applicable,
insert -- or, with respect to the Securities issued to a Republic New York
Trust, prior to the earlier of (i) the date the Distributions on the Trust
Preferred Securities would have been payable except for the election to begin or
extend such Extension Period or (ii) the date the Administrative Trustees are
required to give notice to any automated quotation system or to holders of such
Trust Preferred Securities of the record date or the date such Distributions are
payable, but in any event not less than five Business Days prior to such record
date.] There is no limitation on the number of times the Company may elect to
begin an Extension Period.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in the United States, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts [if applicable, insert -- ; provided, however, that at the option
of the Company payment of any interest may be made (except Securities in Global
form) (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Securities Register or (ii) by wire transfer in
immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities
Register].
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 Senior Debt, 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 behalf to take such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c)
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each
Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, waives all notice of the acceptance of
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the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each
holder of Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives
reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
[Seal]
By:
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[Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
President or Vice President]
Attest:
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[Secretary or Assistant
Secretary]
SECTION 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a duly
authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"),
issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Junior Subordinated
Indenture, dated as of (herein called the "Indenture"), between the
Company and , as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in
aggregate principal amount to $ ].
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture [if
applicable, insert -- and in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust,
dated as of (the "Declaration of Trust "), among Republic New York
Corporation, as Depositor, Republic New York Capital and the Trustees named
therein,] shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the
Declaration of Trust, as the case may be.
[If applicable, insert -- On or after , the Company may at any
time, at its option, subject to the terms and conditions of Article XI of the
Indenture and subject to the Company having received prior approval of the
Federal Reserve if then required under applicable capital guidelines of the
Federal Reserve, redeem this Security in whole or in part at any time or from
time to time prior to maturity, at a redemption price (the "Optional Repayment
Price") equal to the following prices, expressed in
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percentages of the principal amount of the Securities together with accrued but
unpaid interest to but excluding the date fixed for redemption. If redeemed
during the 12-month period beginning :
REDEMPTION
YEAR PRICE
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[Insert year and redemption prices]
and at 100% on or after .]
[If applicable, insert -- If a Tax Event in respect of the Republic New
York Trust shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its option and
subject to receipt of prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required
under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve, redeem
this Security within 90 days of the occurrence of such Tax Event, in whole but
not in part, subject to the provisions of Section 11.7 and the other provisions
of Article XI of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional
Interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption.]
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
[If the Security is not a Discount Security, -- If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner, with
the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture].
[If the Security is a Discount Security, -- If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of
principal of this Security may be declared due and payable in the manner, with
the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. Such amount
shall be equal to [ -- insert formula for determining the amount]. Upon payment
(i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest
on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that
the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's
obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any,
on this Security shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
Company and the Trustee at any time to enter into a supplemental indenture or
indentures for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights and obligations
of the Company and of the Holders of the Securities, with the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of each series to be affected by such supplemental indenture. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by
the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
[If the Security is not a Discount Security, -- As provided in and subject
to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then
and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series may declare the
principal amount of all the Securities of this series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), provided, however, that, in the case of the Securities of this
series issued to a Republic New York Trust, if upon an Event of Default, the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of this series fails to declare the principal of all the
Securities of this series to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at
least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the corresponding series of Trust
Preferred Securities then outstand-
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ing shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of these Securities may annul such declaration and waive the default
if the default (other than the non-payment of the principal of these Securities
which has become due solely by such acceleration) has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due
otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Trustee. Should the
Holders of these Securities fail to annul such declaration and waive such
default, the holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Preferred Securities shall have such right. Upon any such declaration such
specified amount of and the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest)
on all the Securities of this series shall become immediately due and payable,
provided that the payment of principal and interest (including any Additional
Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in
Article XIII of the Indenture.]
[If the Security is a Discount Security, -- As provided in and subject to
the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then
and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than such portion
of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of this series of all
the Securities of this series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), provided that,
in the case of the Securities of this series issued to a Republic New York
Trust, if upon an Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than
25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series fails to
declare the principal of all the Securities of this series to be immediately due
and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
corresponding series of Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have
such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee. The Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of these
Securities may annul such declaration and waive the default if the default
(other than the non-payment of the principal of these Securities which has
become due solely by such acceleration) has been cured and a sum sufficient to
pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Trustee. Should the Holders of these
Securities fail to annul such declaration and waive such default, the holders of
a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Preferred Securities
shall have such right. Upon any such declaration such specified amount of and
the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities
of this series shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the
payment of principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) on such
Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article XII of
the Indenture.]
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 times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Securities Register,
upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 10.2 of the Indenture duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing and thereupon one or
more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall treat the
Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $ and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of such series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial
interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial
interest in, this Security intend that such Security constitute indebtedness and
agree to treat such Security as indebtedness for all United States Federal,
state and local tax purposes.
THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
SECTION 2.4. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security. Any
Global Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions contained
in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, bear a legend in substantially the following form:
"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 may not be transferred except 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."
SECTION 2.5. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. This is one
of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. Title and Terms. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers'
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior
to the issuance of Securities of a series:
(a) the title of the securities of such series, which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities;
(b) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 9.6 or 11.6);
provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such
series may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such
effect;
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(c) the Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the
Securities of such series is payable or the method of determination
thereof;
(d) the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such series
shall bear interest, if any, the rate or rates and extent to which
Additional Interest, if any, shall be payable in respect of any Securities
of such series, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable, the right, pursuant to Section 3.12 or as otherwise set forth
therein, of the Company to defer or extend an Interest Payment Date, and
the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date or the method by which any of the foregoing shall be determined;
(e) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities of such series shall be payable, the place
or places where the Securities of such series may be presented for
registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or places where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such
series may be made;
(f) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, if
any, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
the Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company;
(g) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to redeem,
repay or purchase the Securities of such series pursuant to any sinking
fund, amortization or analogous provisions, or at the option of a Holder
thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in
which and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the
series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(h) the denominations in which any Securities of such series shall be
issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof;
(i) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including
currency unit or units) in which the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable, or in
which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the manner of
determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars for purposes of the
definition of the term "Outstanding";
(j) the additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to the
Securities of such series;
(k) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of such series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof;
(l) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of such series as shall be necessary to permit or
facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without
interest coupons;
(m) any index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of
principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series or the
manner in which such amounts will be determined;
(n) the issuance of a temporary Global Security representing all of
the Securities of such series and exchange of such temporary Global
Security for definitive Securities of such series;
(o) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or
in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the
Depositary for such Global Securities, which Depositary shall be a clearing
agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
(p) the appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities
of such series;
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(q) the terms of any right to convert or exchange Securities of such
series into any other securities or property of the Company, and the
additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or
exchange;
(r) the form or forms of the Declaration of Trust, Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust and Guarantee Agreement, if different from
the forms attached hereto as Annexes A, B and C, respectively;
(s) the relative degree, if any, to which the Securities of the series
shall be senior to or be subordinated to other series of Securities in
right of payment, whether such other series of Securities are Outstanding
or not; and
(t) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as
to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or pursuant
to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, at
the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series that bears
interest may be paid (i) by mailing a check to the address of the person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities Register or (ii)
by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such
account as may be designated by the person entitled thereto as specified in the
Securities Register.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 3.2. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be in
registered form without coupons and shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal
reproduced or impressed thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities. At any time and from time to
time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver
Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication. Securities
may be authenticated on original issuance from time to time and delivered
pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee ("Procedures") as may be
specified from time to time by Company Order. Procedures may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral instructions of the Company or a
duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in
writing.
Prior to the delivery of a Security in any such form to the Trustee for
authentication, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee the following:
(a) A Company Order requesting the Trustee's authentication and
delivery of all or a portion of the Securities of such series, and if less
than all, setting forth procedures for such authentication;
(b) The Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security
has been approved, and the Board Resolution, if any, by or pursuant to
which the terms of the Securities of such series
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have been approved, and, if pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers'
Certificate describing the action taken;
(c) An Officers' Certificate dated the date such certificate is
delivered to the Trustee, stating that all conditions precedent provided
for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of
Securities in such form and with such terms have been complied with; and
(d) An Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the form of such Securities
has been duly authorized and approved in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; (ii) the terms of such Securities have been duly authorized
and determined in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, or, if
such terms are to be determined pursuant to Procedures, as defined above,
when so determined such terms shall have been duly authorized and
determined in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and (iii)
Securities in such form when completed by appropriate insertions and
executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in
accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
in accordance with this Indenture within the authorization as to aggregate
principal amount established from time to time by the Board of Directors
and sold in the manner specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency and similar laws generally affecting creditors'
rights, to general equitable principles and except as enforcement thereof
may be limited by (A) requirements that a claim with respect to any
Securities denominated other than in Dollars (or a Foreign Currency or
currency unit judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into Dollars
at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to
applicable law or (B) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit
the making of payments in Foreign Currencies or currency units or payments
outside the United States, and subject to such other qualifications as such
counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of
such Securities; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive the documents referred to in clauses (b), (c) above and this clause
(d) only at or prior to the first request of the Company to the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture, or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
officers, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of such
series 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 evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
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 of the Company designated for that purpose
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 deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations having the
same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms as such
temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities.
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SECTION 3.5. Global Securities.
(a) Each Global Security issued under this Indenture shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary designated by the Company for such Global Security or
a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or
custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single
Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name
of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof unless (a) such Depositary advises the Trustee in writing that such
Depositary is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global Security, and the
Company is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that the Company elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary, (c) there shall have
occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or (d) pursuant to the following
sentence. All or any portion of a Global Security may be exchanged for a
Security that has a like aggregate principal amount and is not a Global Security
upon 20 days' prior request made by the Depositary or its Agent Member to the
Securities Registrar.
(c) If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or
cancelled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depositary or
its nominee to the Securities Registrar for exchange or cancellation as provided
in this Article III. If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other
Securities or cancelled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in
whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security, then either
(i) such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as
provided in this Article III or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be
reduced, subject to Section 3.6(b)(iv), or increased by an amount equal to the
portion thereof to be so exchanged or cancelled, or equal to the principal
amount of such other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest
therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the
records of the Securities Registrar, whereupon the Trustee shall instruct the
Depositary or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment
to its records. Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Security by
the Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions, the Trustee shall,
subject to Section 3.5(b) and as otherwise provided in this Article III,
authenticate and deliver any Securities issuable in exchange for such Global
Security (or any portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of the
Depositary. The Trustee shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of such
instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in
relying on, such instructions.
(d) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion
thereof, whether pursuant to this Article III, Section 9.6 or 11.6 or otherwise,
shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than
the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
(e) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global
Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Security for all purposes under
this Indenture and the Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in a
Global Security shall hold such interest pursuant to the rules and procedures of
the Depositary. Accordingly, any such owner's beneficial interests in a Global
Security shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be
effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or
its Agent Members. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall have
any liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary.
(f) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall
be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such owners and the Depositary and/or
its Agent Members.
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SECTION 3.6. Registration, Transfer and Exchange Generally; Certain
Transfers and Exchanges.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of
transfers of Securities. Such register is herein sometimes referred to as the
"Securities Register." The Trustee is hereby appointed "Securities Registrar"
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office
or agency of the Company designated for that purpose the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series of any
authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, of the same
Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other
Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations, of a like
aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity
and having the same terms, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at
such office or agency. Whenever any securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be
the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such
transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Securities Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Securities Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Securities.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any Global Security of a series shall
be exchangeable pursuant to this Section 3.6 for Securities registered in the
names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only
if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Security and no Successor Depositary
shall have been appointed, or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a
"clearing agency" registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, at a time when such Depositary is required to be so registered to act
as such Depositary, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a
Company Order that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) there
shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such series. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to
the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such
names as such Depositary shall direct.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, a Global Security
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such
Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such
Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required, pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Security of
any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of selection for redemption of Securities pursuant to Article XI and
ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of notice of redemption or
(b) to transfer or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion
thereof not to be redeemed.
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(b) Certain Transfers and Exchanges. Notwithstanding any other provision of
the Indenture, transfers and exchanges of Securities and beneficial interests in
a Global Trust Preferred Security of the kinds specified in this Section 3.6(b)
shall be made only in accordance with this Section 3.6(b).
(i) Non-Global Security to Global Security. If the Holder of a
Security (other than a Global Security) wishes at any time to transfer all
or any portion of such Security to a Person who wishes to take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Security, such
transfer may be effected only in accordance with the provisions of this
clause (b)(i) and subject to the rules and procedures of the Depositary.
Upon receipt by the Securities Registrar of such Security as provided in
Section 3.6(a) and instructions satisfactory to the Securities Registrar
directing that a beneficial interest in the Global Security in a specified
principal amount not greater than the principal amount of such Security be
credited to a specified Agent Member's account, then the Securities
Registrar shall cancel such Security (and issue a new Security in respect
of the untransferred portion thereof) as provided in Section 3.6(a) and
increase the aggregate principal amount of the Global Security by the
specified principal amount as provided in Section 3.5(c).
(ii) Non-Global Security to Non-Global Security. A Security that is
not a Global Security may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a Person
who takes delivery in the form of another Security that is not a Global
Security as provided in Section 3.6(a).
(iii) Exchanges between Global Security and Non-Global Security. A
beneficial interest in a Global Security may be exchanged for a Security
that is not a Global Security as provided in Section 3.5.
(iv) Limitations relating to Principal Amount. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture and unless otherwise specified as
permitted by Section 3.1, Securities or portions thereof may be transferred
or exchanged only in principal amounts of not less than $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any transfer, exchange or other
disposition of Securities in contravention of the Section 3.6(b)(iv) shall
be deemed to be void and of no legal effect whatsoever, any such transferee
shall be deemed not to be the Holder or owner of any beneficial interest in
such Securities for any purpose, including but not limited to the receipt
of interest payable on such Securities, and such transferee shall be deemed
to have no interest whatsoever in such Securities.
SECTION 3.7. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security or
indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them
harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same issue and series of like
tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue Date and Stated
Maturity and bearing the same Interest Rate as such mutilated Security, and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the issuing Company shall
execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu
of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same issue
and series of like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue
Date and Stated Maturity and bearing the same Interest Rate as such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
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Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 3.8. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on
any Security of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest in respect of
Securities of such series, except that, unless otherwise provided in the
Securities of such series, interest payable on the Stated Maturity of a Security
shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. The initial payment of
interest on any Security of any series which is issued between a Regular Record
Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such
Security or in the Board Resolution pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the
related series of Securities.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not timely paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series
(herein called "Defaulted Interest"), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been
such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its
election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series in respect of
which interest is in default (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 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 be not more than 15 days
and not 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 Holder of a Security of such series at the address of such
Holder as it appears in the Securities Register not less than 10 days prior
to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be
published at least once in a newspaper, customarily published in the
English language on each Business Day and of general circulation in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not
be a condition precedent to the establishment of 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 the Securities of such
series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of the
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series in respect of which interest is in default may be listed and, upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange (or by the Trustee if the
Securities are not listed), if, after notice given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such payment shall
be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of
any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 3.9. Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 3.8) interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No holder of any
beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary
shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security,
and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy,
or other authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between the
Depositary and such holders of beneficial interests, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary (or its
nominee) as Holder of any Security.
SECTION 3.10. Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Securities
surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly
canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities
so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver to
the Company a certificate of such destruction.
SECTION 3.11. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, interest on the
Securities of each series for any period shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and interest on the Securities of each
series for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of the number of
days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 3.12. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates. If specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of a particular
series, provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with
respect to the Securities, the Company shall have the right, at any time or from
time to time during the term of such series, to defer the payment of interest on
such Securities for such period or periods as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 3.1 (each, an "Extension Period") during which Extension Periods the
Company shall have the right to make partial payments of interest on any
Interest Payment Date. No Extension Period shall end on a date other than an
Interest Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period the Company shall
pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Securities (together with
Additional Interest thereon, if any, at the rate specified for the Securities of
such series to the extent permitted by applicable law), provided, however, that
no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity of these Securities. During
an Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue and holders of the
Securities will be required to accrue interest income for U.S. Federal income
tax purposes. During any such Extension Period, the Company shall not (i)
declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital
stock, or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company
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(including Other Debt) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to the
Securities of such series 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 with or
junior in interest to the Securities of such series (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in common stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend
in connection with the implementation of a stockholders' 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 Guarantee
Agreement, (d) purchases or acquisitions of shares of the Company's Common Stock
in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any
employee benefit plan or other contractual obligation of the Company (other than
a contractual obligation ranking pari passu with or junior to these Securities,
(e) as a result of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the
exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital stock for
another class or series of the Company's capital stock, or (f) 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). Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
the Company may further extend such Extension Period; provided, however, that no
Extension Period shall exceed the period or periods specified in such Securities
or extend beyond the Maturity of such Securities. Upon termination of any
Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any
Additional Interest then due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect
to begin a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. No interest
shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof.
The Company shall give the Holders of the Securities of such series and the
Trustee and the Property Trustee notice of its election to begin any such
Extension Period (or an extension thereof) at least five Business Days prior to
the Interest Payment Date or, with respect to the Securities of a series issued
to a Republic New York Trust, prior to the earlier of (i) the date the
Distributions on the Trust Securities of such Republic New York Trust would have
been payable except for the election to begin or extend such Extension Period or
(ii) the date the Administrative Trustees of such Republic New York Trust are
required to give notice to any automated quotation system or to holders of Trust
Securities of the record date or the date such Distributions are payable, but in
any event not less than five Business Days prior to such record date. There is
no limitation on the number of times that the Company may elect to begin an
Extension Period.
SECTION 3.13. Right of Set-Off. With respect to the Securities of a
series issued to a Republic New York Trust, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Indenture, the Company shall have the right to set-off any
payment it is otherwise required to make thereunder in respect of any such
Security to the extent the Company has theretofore made, or is concurrently on
the date of such payment making, a payment under the Republic New York Guarantee
relating to such Security or under Section 5.8 of the Indenture.
SECTION 3.14. Agreed Tax Treatment. Each Security issued hereunder shall
provide that the Company and, by its acceptance of a Security or a beneficial
interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial
interest in, such Security intend that such Security constitute indebtedness and
agree to treat such Security as indebtedness for all United States Federal,
state and local tax purposes.
SECTION 3.15. Extension of Stated Maturity; Adjustment of Stated Maturity
Upon an Exchange. If specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to
the Securities of a particular series, the Company shall have the right to (a)
change the Maturity Date of the Securities of such series upon the liquidation
of a Republic New York Trust and the exchange of such Securities for the Trust
Preferred Securities of such Republic New York Trust and (b) extend the Stated
Maturity for the Securities of such series; provided, however, that at the time
any election to extend the Maturity Date is made and at the time of such
extension, (i) the Company is not in bankruptcy, otherwise insolvent or in
liquidation, (ii) the Company is not in default in the payment of any interest
or principal on the Securities of such series and no deferred interest payments
thereon have accrued, (iii) the applicable Republic New York
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Trust is not in arrears on payments of Distributions on its Trust Preferred
Securities and no deferred Distributions thereon are accumulated, and (iv) the
extended Stated Maturity is no later than the 49th anniversary of the initial
issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable Republic New York
Trust; provided, further, however, that, if the Company exercises its right to
liquidate the Republic New York Trust and exchange the Securities of such series
for the Trust Preferred Securities of such Republic New York Trust as specified
in clause (a) above, any changed Stated Maturity of the Securities of such
series shall be no earlier than the date that is five years after the issuance
of the Trust Preferred Securities and no later than the date 30 years (plus an
extended term of up to an additional 19 years if the above-referenced conditions
are satisfied) after the date of the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred
Securities of the applicable Republic New York Trust.
SECTION 3.16. 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 or other related material as a
convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice or other related
material 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 or other related material 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.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) any surviving rights of
transfer, substitution and exchange of Securities, (ii) rights hereunder of
Holders to receive payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on the Securities and other rights, duties and obligations of the Holders as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if any, deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to this Article IV and (iii) the rights and obligations of the
Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.7 and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one year of the date of deposit,
and the Company, in the case of Clause (B)(i) or (B)(ii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust for such purpose an amount in the currency or currencies in which the
Securities of such series are payable sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any Additional Interest) to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity;
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(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last
paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive.
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the
last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.1, shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of
the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for the payment of which such
money or obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee;
provided, however, that such moneys need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used herein
with respect to the Securities of any series, means any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series, including any Additional Interest in respect thereof, when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days (subject to the deferral of any due date in the case of an Extension
Period); or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of
any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or the breach of
which 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
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied;
or
(4) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days; or
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(5) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator
(or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of
its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit for
creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a
bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance
of any such action; or
(6) only insofar as concerns the obligations relating to payments due
in connection with any Trust Securities issued by such Republic New York
Trust, the institution by any Republic New York Trust of proceedings to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
relief under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law, or the consent by it to the filing of
any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of such
Republic New York Trust or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit for creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the
taking of corporate action by such Republic New York Trust in furtherance
of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default with respect to Securities of that
series.
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the
Securities of that series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all the Securities of
that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), provided, however, that, in
the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Republic New York Trust, if,
upon an Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series fail to declare
the principal of all the Securities of that series to be immediately due and
payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
corresponding series of Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have
such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee. The Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of these
Securities may annul such declaration and waive the default if the default
(other than the non-payment of the principal of these Securities which has
become due solely by such acceleration) has been cured and a sum sufficient to
pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Trustee. Should the Holders of these
Securities fail to annul such declaration and waive such default, the holders of
a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Preferred Securities
shall have such right. Upon any such declaration such principal amount (or
specified amount) of and the accrued interest (including any Additional
Interest) on all the Securities of such series shall become immediately due and
payable, provided, however, that the payment of principal and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated
to the extent provided in Article XII.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding
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Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay:
(A) all overdue installments of interest (including any Additional
Interest) on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of
that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities,
and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel.
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 5.13.
The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Securities of a series affected thereby may, on behalf of the holders of all the
Securities of such series, waive any past default, except a default in the
payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (unless such default
has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest
and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the
Trustee) or a default in respect of a covenant or provision which under this
Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of
each outstanding Security of such series and, in the case of Securities of a
series issued to a Republic New York Trust, should the holders of such
Securities fail to annul such declaration and waive such default, the holders of
a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the related series of Trust
Preferred Securities shall have such right. The Company is required to file
annually with the Trustee a certificate as to whether or not the Company is in
compliance with all the conditions and covenants applicable to it under this
Indenture.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of written notice declaring such an
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, with respect to Securities of
a series all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date
shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be at the close
of business on the day the Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such
record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided however, that, unless such declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become
effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice
prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice of
declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be,
shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of
no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy
of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written
notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as
the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has been canceled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.2.
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest
(including any Additional Interest) on any Security when such interest
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
or
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable
on such Securities for principal, including any sinking fund payment or
analogous obligations (and premium, if any) and interest (including any
Additional Interest); and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing to the Trustee
under Section 6.7 and Section 10.6.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of
any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors,
(a) the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities of any series 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 on the Company for the payment of overdue
principal (and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional
Interest)) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal
(and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest)
owing and unpaid in respect to the Securities and to file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable and to take any and
all actions as are authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to
have the claims of the Holders and any predecessor to the Trustee under
Section 6.7 and of the Holders allowed in any such judicial proceedings;
and
(ii) in particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 5.6; and
(b) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is
hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee for
distribution in accordance with Section 5.6, and in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 6.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder 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 Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or
other similar committee.
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SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of all the amounts owing the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected. Any money or property
collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or
property on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest (including any
Additional Interest), upon presentation of the Securities and the notation
thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if
fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon such
series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any Additional Interest), in respect of which or for the benefit
of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any Additional Interest), respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Securities of any
series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in
its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other Holders of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder
of any Security shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 3.8) interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Security on
the respective
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Stated Maturities expressed in such Security and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder. In the case of Securities of a series issued to a
Republic New York Trust, any holder of the corresponding series of Trust
Preferred Securities shall have the right, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default described in Section 5.1(1) or 5.1(2) hereof, to institute a suit
directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to such Holder of
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.8) interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities having a principal amount
equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of
the corresponding series held by such Holder. The holders of any corresponding
series of Trust Preferred Securities will not be able to exercise the rights set
forth in the immediately preceding sentence under any circumstances other than
as expressed therein unless there shall have been an Event of Default under the
Trust Agreement.
SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this
Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in
every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise
provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.7, no right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. Except as otherwise provided
in the last paragraph of Section 3.7, no delay or omission of the Trustee or of
any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any
Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of
any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to
the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series 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, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow such direction if the Trustee in good faith
shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that
the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not
joining in any such direction or would involve the Trustee in personal
liability.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any written notice directing the time,
method or place of conducting any such proceeding or exercising any such trust
or power, with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is
represented by a Global Security, a record date shall be established for
determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in
such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the
Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date,
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or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date; provided, however, that, unless the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have joined
in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such
notice shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled
and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a
proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new
notice identical to a notice which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to
the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.12.
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past
default hereunder and its consequences with respect to such series except a
default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security of such
series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for 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, 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 shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of
Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder
for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security on or after the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security.
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now
or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
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(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
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 its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon 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 provisions
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) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 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 person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) 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:
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) 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 Holders pursuant to Section 5.12 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 with respect to the Securities of such series.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers, if there shall be grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to
it.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after actual knowledge by
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of the occurrence of any default hereunder
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail
to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear
in the Securities Register, notice of such default hereunder known to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be fully 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 Holders of Securities of such series; and
provided, further, however, that, in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 5.1(3), no such notice to Holders of Securities of such
series shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For
the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or
after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of such series.
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SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, Security 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 or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) shall be entitled to receive
and may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an
Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(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, direction, consent, order,
bond, indenture, Security or other paper or document, but the Trustee in
its discretion may make such inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder;
(h) the Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action
that is discretionary under the provisions of this Indenture;
(i) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of
Default unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
actual knowledge or (2) the Trustee shall have received notice thereof in
accordance with Section 1.5(1) hereof from the Company or a Holder; and
(j) no permissive power or authority available to the Trustee shall be
construed as a duty.
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or
of the Securities or any offering or disclosure materials prepared in connection
therewith. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent,
Securities Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Securities Registrar or such
other agent.
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SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company, as borrower,
agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder in such amounts as the Company
and the Trustee shall agree from time to time (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(2) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel),
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to
its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee, its officers, agents, directors and
employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel) incurred without negligence or bad
faith, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust or the performance of its duties hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 shall survive the
termination of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Company
and the Holders agree that the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities
on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee. Such lien shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.1(4) or (5) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any successor
statute.
SECTION 6.8. Disqualification, Conflicting Interests. The Trustee for the
Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing herein shall prevent the
Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the
second-to-last paragraph of Section 301(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required, Eligibility. There shall at all
times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be:
(a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State, Territory or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or
District of Columbia authority, or
(b) a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under
the laws of a foreign government that is permitted to act as Trustee
pursuant to a rule, regulation or order of the Commission, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or
examination by authority of such foreign government or a political
subdivision
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thereof substantially equivalent to the supervision or examination
applicable to United States institutional trustees,
in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State 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, 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 the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this Article. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve
as Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder.
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
Successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the Successor Trustee under Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an
instrument of acceptance by a Successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to
the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a Successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Holder, 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, (i)
the Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a Board Resolution, may
remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder 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.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a Successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
that or those series. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a Successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the Successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the
Successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and supersede
the Successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no Successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the
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Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter
provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a Successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a Successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the
Securities Register. Each notice shall include the name of the Successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate
Trust Office.
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a Successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such Successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such Successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the Successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
Successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such Successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a Successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each Successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an instrument or an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each Successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each Successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such Successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such instrument or supplemental indenture shall constitute
such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be
trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and upon the execution
and delivery of such instrument or supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such Successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such Successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any Successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such Successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such Successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such Successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such Successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No Successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such Successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article. In the event that the Trust Indenture
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Act applies to this Indenture at the time that any Successor Trustee is
appointed, such Successor Trustee shall qualify under such Act.
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. 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,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article (including qualification under the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable),
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated, and in case any
Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may
authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee or in
the name of such Successor Trustee, and in all cases the certificate of
authentication shall have the full force which it is provided anywhere in the
Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and
when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company
(or any such other obligor).
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent or agents (each, an "Authenticating Agent") with
respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption
thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, or of any State, Territory or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent 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, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the successor
Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof 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 such
Authenticating Agent shall
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cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable
to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided
in Section 1.6 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which
such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights,
powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent
shall be appointed unless eligible under the provision of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned
Indenture.
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As Trustee
By:
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As Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 6.15. Trustee's Rights and Obligations After Exchange and
Registration. The Trustee shall have and be subject to all the duties and
responsibilities specified with respect to an indenture trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee is under no obligation to
exercise any of the powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request of any
holder of the Securities, unless offered indemnity to its satisfaction by such
holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
thereby. The Trustee will not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of its duties if
the Trustee reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is not
reasonably assured to it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section
6.15 shall be deemed to abrogate any of the rights, indemnities or protections
otherwise provided to the Trustee under this Indenture.
ARTICLE VII
HOLDER'S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after January 15 and July 15,
a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names
and addresses of the Holders as of such January 1 and July 1, 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,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Securities Registrar.
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SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Securities
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of the Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders 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.
(b) Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more
than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than July 15 in each calendar year,
commencing with the first July 15 after the first issuance of Securities under
this Indenture.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which the
Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company will notify the
Trustee whenever the Securities are listed on any securities exchange.
SECTION 7.4. Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee
and with the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents
and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required
to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days
after the same is required to be filed with the Commission. Notwithstanding that
the Company may not be required to remain subject to the reporting requirements
of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company shall
continue to file with the Commission and provide the Trustee with the annual
reports and the information, documents and other reports which are specified in
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company also
shall comply with the other provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease it properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge with or into the
Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge with or into
another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person
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which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a
corporation, partnership or trust organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia, and
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities and the
performance of every covenant and every obligation of this Indenture on the
part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Republic New
York Trust, such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease is
permitted under the related Trust Agreement and Republic New York Guarantee
and does not give rise to any breach or violation of the related Trust
Agreement or Republic New York Guarantee; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and any such supplemental indenture complies
with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with; and the Trustee,
subject to Section 6.1, may rely upon such Officers' Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such transaction complies
with this Section 8.1.
SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation or
merger by the Company with or into any other Person, or any conveyance, transfer
or lease by the Company of its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor corporation
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which
such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture
with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company
herein; and in the event of any such conveyance, transfer or lease the Company
shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and
the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.
Such successor Person may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its
own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable
hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person instead
of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this
Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any
Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers
of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such provisions and
any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed
and delivered to the Trustee on its behalf for the purpose pursuant to such
provisions. All the Securities so 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 Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease, such
changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be
issued as may be appropriate.
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory, to the Trustee, for any of
the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Securities contained; or
(2) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or
with the Trustee or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Company; or
(3) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 or 3.1; or
(4) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(5) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(6) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit
of such provision; or
(7) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (7)
shall not materially adversely affect the interest of the Holders of
Securities of any series or, in the case of the Securities of a series
issued to a Republic New York Trust and for so long as any of the
corresponding series of Trust Preferred Securities shall remain
outstanding, the holders of such Trust Preferred Securities; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a Successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 6.11(b); or
(9) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture,
by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto 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
Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) except to the extent permitted by Section 3.12 or as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the extension of the
interest payment period of the Securities of any series, change the Stated
Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest (including any
Additional Interest) on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or
the rate of interest thereon or
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reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of
principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or
change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any
Security or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption, on or after the date fixed for redemption
thereof), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section
10.5, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the Holder of each Security affected thereby; or
(4) modify the provisions in Article XII of this Indenture with respect to
the subordination of Outstanding Securities of any series in a manner adverse to
the Holders thereof;
provided that, in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Republic
New York Trust, so long as any of the corresponding series of Trust Preferred
Securities remains outstanding, no such amendment shall be made that adversely
affects the holders of such Trust Preferred Securities, and no termination of
this Indenture shall occur, and no waiver of any Event of Default or compliance
with any covenant under this Indenture shall be effective, without the prior
consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of such Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding unless and until the
principal (and premium, if any) of the Securities of such series and all accrued
and, subject to Section 3.8, unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest)
thereon have been paid in full; and provided, further, however, that in the case
of the Securities of a series issued to a Republic New York Trust, so long as
any of the corresponding series of Trust Preferred Securities remain
outstanding, no amendment shall be made to Section 5.8 of this Indenture without
the prior consent of the holders of each Preferred Security then outstanding
unless and until the principal (and premium, if any) of the Securities of such
series and all accrued and (subject to Section 3.8) unpaid interest (including
any Additional Interest) thereon have been paid in full.
A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture that has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing or
accepting the additional trusts created by any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
6.1) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and that
all conditions precedent have been complied with. The Trustee may, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, or
which may subject it to liability or be contrary to applicable law.
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in
accordance therewith, and such
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supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and
every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. No supplemental
indenture will be qualified or executed pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act
unless this Indenture is so qualified. Every supplemental indenture so qualified
or executed shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then
in effect.
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures. Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company
covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such Securities
and this Indenture.
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain
in each Place of Payment for any series, an office or agency where Securities of
that series may be presented or surrendered for payment and an office or agency
where Securities may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture may be served. The Company initially appoints the Trustee, acting
through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purposes. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of
any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all
of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of
Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation and any change in
the location of any such office or agency.
SECTION 10.3. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust. If the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series
of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of such series, segregate
and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming
due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, prior
to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each due date of the principal of or
interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal and
premium (if any) or
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interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of its failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute
and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying
Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on Securities in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee written notice of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest;
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent; and
(4) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable
to it as a Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by the Company or any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall
(unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property law) be paid on Company Request to the Company,
or (if then held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory
provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 10.4. Statement as to Compliance. The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each calendar year of the Company
ending after the date hereof, an Officers' Certificate executed by authorized
officers at least one of whom shall be the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of the Company covering the preceding calendar year, stating
whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in
default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of or compliance with any
of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture, and if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge. For the purpose of this Section
10.4, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period or
requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.5. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any
particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition as specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of any series, if
before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a
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majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall,
by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or
generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver
shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations
of the Company in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 10.6. Payment of the Trust's Costs and Expenses. Since the
Republic New York Trusts are being formed solely to facilitate the investment in
the Securities, the Company, as borrower, hereby covenants to pay all debts and
obligations (other than with respect to the Trust Securities) and all costs and
expenses of such Trusts (including, but not limited to, all costs and expenses
relating to the organization of such Trusts, the fees and expenses of the
Trustees and all costs and expenses relating to the operation of such Trusts)
and to pay any and all taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges
of whatever nature (other than United States withholding taxes) imposed on such
Trusts by the United States, or any other taxing authority (such payments of
amounts in connection with taxes being herein referred to as "Additional Sums"),
so that the net amounts received and retained by such Trusts and their
respective Property Trustees after paying such expenses or Additional Sums will
be equal to the amounts such Trusts and Property Trustees would have received
had no such costs, expenses or taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental
charges been incurred by or imposed on such Trusts. The foregoing obligations of
the Company are for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any person to
whom such debts, obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a "Creditor")
whether or not such Creditor has received notice thereof. Any such Creditor may
enforce such obligations of the Company hereunder directly against the Company,
and the Company hereby irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that
any such Creditor take any action against any Trust or any other person before
proceeding against the Company. The Company also agrees hereby to execute such
additional agreements as may be necessary or desirable to give full effect to
the foregoing.
SECTION 10.7. Additional Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with
each Holder of Securities of a series issued to a Republic New York Trust 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 shares of
the Company's capital stock, or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or
premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the
Company (including Other Debt) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest
to the Securities of such series or (iii) make any guarantee payments with
respect to any guarantee by the Company of debt securities of any subsidiary of
the Company (including Other Guarantees) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with
or junior in interest to the Securities (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in Common Stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend
in connection with the implementation of a stockholders' 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 Guarantee
Agreement, (d) purchases or acquisitions of shares of the Company's Common Stock
in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any
employee benefit plan or other contractual obligation of the Company (other than
a contractual obligation ranking pari passu with or junior in interest to these
Securities), (e) as a result of a reclassification of the Company's capital
stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company's
capital stock for another class or series of the Company's capital stock, or (f)
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), 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 hereunder and (b) in respect of which the Company shall not have taken
reasonable steps to cure, (ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to
its payment of any obligations under the related Republic New York Guarantee or
(iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election to begin an Extension
Period as provided herein and shall not have rescinded such notice, or such
Extension Period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing.
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The Company also covenants with each Holder of Securities of a series
issued to a Republic New York Trust (i) to maintain directly or indirectly 100%
ownership of the Common Securities of such Republic New York Trust; provided,
however, that any permitted successor of the Company hereunder may succeed to
the Company's ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) not to voluntarily
terminate, wind-up or liquidate such Republic New York Trust, except (a) in
connection with a distribution of the Securities of such series to the holders
of Trust Preferred Securities in liquidation of such Republic New York Trust or
(b) in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations
permitted by the related Trust Agreement and (iii) to use its reasonable
efforts, consistent with the terms and provisions of such Trust Agreement, to
cause such Republic New York Trust to remain classified as a grantor trust and
not an association taxable as a corporation for United States Federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 10.8. Information Returns. On or before December 15 of each year
during which any Securities are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to each
Paying Agent such information as may be reasonably requested by each Paying
Agent in order that such Paying Agent may prepare the information which it is
required to report for such year on Internal Revenue Service Forms 1096 and
1099. Such information shall include the amount of original issue discount, if
any, includible in income for each $1,000 of principal amount at Stated Maturity
of outstanding Securities during such year.
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of This Article. Redemption of Securities
(whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) as permitted or required
by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in
accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that
if any provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with any provision
of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern. Except as
otherwise set forth in the form of Security for such series, each Security shall
be subject to partial redemption only in the amount of $1,000 or, in the case of
the Securities of a series issued to a Republic New York Trust, $1,000, or
integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem, Notice to Trustee. The election of the
Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of any
Securities of any particular series and having the same terms, the Company
shall, not less than 45 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee),
notify the Trustee and the Property Trustee of such date and of the principal
amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed. In the case of any
redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish
the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel evidencing
compliance with such restriction. Any such notice given to the Trustee hereunder
shall include the information required by Section 11.4 hereof.
SECTION 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. If less than all
the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such
redemption affects only a single Security all as designated to the Trustee by
the Company), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide
for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any
Security of such series, provided, however, that the unredeemed portion of the
principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which
shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to
be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
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Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for
redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for partial redemption and the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of
any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed. If the
Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any
Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities
selected for redemption.
SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than the thirtieth day,
and not earlier than the sixtieth day, prior to the date fixed for redemption,
to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at the address of such Holder as it
appears in the Securities Register.
With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of
redemption shall state:
(a) the date fixed for redemption for Securities of such series;
(b) the redemption price at which Securities of such series are to be
redeemed;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of such particular series
and having the same terms are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in
the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed;
(d) that on the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at
which such Securities are to be redeemed will become due and payable upon
each such Security or portion thereof, and that interest thereon, if any,
shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the redemption price at which such Securities are to be
redeemed;
(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case;
and
(g) such other provisions as may be required in respect of the terms
of a particular series of Securities.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall not be
irrevocable. 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, a 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.
SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York
City time on the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as
provided in Section 11.4, 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 applicable redemption
price.
SECTION 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If any notice
of redemption has been given as provided in Section 11.4, the Securities or
portion 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. On presentation and surrender of such
Securities at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said securities
or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at
the applicable redemption price.
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Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at
the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of
authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Security so presented and having the same Original Issue Date,
Stated Maturity and terms. If a Global Security is so surrendered, such new
Security will (subject to Section 3.6) also be a new Global Security.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal of and premium, if any, on such Security
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
SECTION 11.7. Company's Right of Redemption.
(a) Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect
to the Securities of a particular series and notwithstanding any additional
redemption rights that may be so specified, the Company may, at its option,
redeem the Securities of any series after their date of issuance in whole at any
time or in part from time to time, subject to the provisions of this clause (a)
and the other provisions of this Article XI. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of a particular
series, the redemption price for any Security so redeemed pursuant to this
clause (a) shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Securities
plus any accrued and unpaid interest, including any Additional Interest, to the
date fixed for redemption. The Company shall not redeem the Securities in part
unless all accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) has
been paid in full on all Securities Outstanding for all interest periods
terminating on or prior to the date fixed for redemption.
(b) In the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Republic New York
Trust, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if a Tax
Event in respect of the Company or such Republic New York Trust shall occur and
be continuing, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities of such
series within 90 days of the occurrence of such Tax Event, in whole but not in
part, subject to the provisions of this clause (b) and the other provisions of
this Article XI. The redemption price for any Security so redeemed pursuant to
this clause (b) shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such
Securities then Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest, including any
Additional Interest, to the date fixed for redemption.
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any
series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such
Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
any Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any sinking fund payment in excess of such minimum amount which is
permitted to be made by the terms of such Securities of any series is herein
referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms
of any Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may
be subject to reduction as provided in Section 13.2. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption (or purchase by tender or otherwise) of
Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. In
lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect
to any Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, at any
time no more than 16 months and no less than 45 days prior to the date on which
such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee Securities of such
series (together with the unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto)
theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Securities of
such series that have been redeemed through
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the application of mandatory or optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the
terms of the Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order
instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the
Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona
fide sale or other negotiation for value; provided that the Securities to be so
credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption
price for such Securities, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking
fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45
days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to
the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash in the currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
pursuant to Section 12.2 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to
be so delivered. Such Certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the
Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred
to, if any, on or before the succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case
of the failure of the Company to deliver such Certificate (or, as required by
this Indenture, the Securities and coupons, if any, specified in such
Certificate) by the due date therefor, the sinking fund payment due on the
succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in
cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Securities of
such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to
deliver or credit securities as provided in Section 12.2 and without the right
to make the optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such
time.
Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash
plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect
to the Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or
by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the sinking
fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made
before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately
following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Securities of such
series at the redemption price specified in such Securities with respect to the
sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee
(or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated
and held in trust as provided in Section 10.3) for such series and together with
such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 12.3. Any and all sinking fund moneys with
respect to the Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as
provided in Section 10.3) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to
Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of
particular Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the
Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other
moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the
purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Securities of such series at
Maturity. The Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.3 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense
of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been
duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Section 11.6. On or before each sinking fund payment
date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its
own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 10.3) in cash a sum in the currency in which Securities of such series
are payable (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) equal to the principal,
premium, if any, and any interest accrued to the redemption date for Securities
or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to
this Section 12.3.
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Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall redeem any Securities of a series
with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities of such
series by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance
of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any Securities of such series or
of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a
consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Securities of such series,
except that if the notice of redemption shall have been provided in accordance
with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the Company if the Company is then
acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem such Securities if cash sufficient
for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee (or segregated by the
Company) for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article XII.
Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time
when any such default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter
paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such default or
Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of the Securities and
coupons, if any, of such series; provided, however, that in case such default or
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived herein, such moneys shall
thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date for the Securities
of such series on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 12.3.
ARTICLE XIII
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt. The Company
covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by its acceptance thereof,
likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter
set forth in this Article, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest (including any Additional Interest) on each and all of the
Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in right of payment
to the prior payment in full of all amounts then due and payable in respect of
all Senior Debt.
SECTION 13.2. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc. In the
event of (a) any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company, its creditors or its property, (b) any
proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution, or other winding up of the Company,
voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy
proceedings, (c) any assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors or
(d) any other marshaling of the assets of the Company (each such event, if any,
herein sometimes referred to as a "Proceeding"), then the holders of Senior Debt
shall be entitled to receive payment in full of principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on such Senior Debt, or provision shall be made for
such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory
to the holders of Senior Debt, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled
to receive or retain any payment or distribution of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (including any payment or distribution
which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other Debt
of the Company (including any series of the Securities) subordinated to the
payment of the Securities, such payment or distribution being hereinafter
referred to as a "Junior Subordinated Payment"), on account of principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the
Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities by
the Company or any Subsidiary and to that end the holders of Senior Debt shall
be entitled to receive, for application to the payment thereof, any payment or
distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
including any Junior Subordinated Payment, which may be payable or deliverable
in respect of the Securities in any such Proceeding; provided, however, that
holders of Senior Debt shall not be entitled to receive payment of any such
amounts to the extent that such holders would be required by the subordination
provisions of such Senior Debt to pay such amounts over to the obligees on trade
accounts payable or other liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of
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any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any
Junior Subordinated Payment, before all Senior Debt is paid in full or payment
thereof is provided for in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner
satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, and if such fact shall, at or prior
to the time of such payment or distribution, have been made known to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and
in such event such payment or distribution shall be paid over or delivered
forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee,
custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of
assets of the Company for application to the payment of all Senior Debt
remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of
Senior Debt.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "any payment or distribution
of any kind or character, whether in 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 which securities are subordinated in right of
payment to all then outstanding Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as
the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. 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 of
all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to another
Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale of
all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to another
Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article VIII shall not be
deemed a Proceeding for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by
such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by sale such properties and assets as an entirety, as the case may be,
shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, or sale comply with the
conditions set forth in Article VIII.
SECTION 13.3. Prior Payment to Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of
Securities. In the event that any Securities are declared due and payable
before their Stated Maturity, then and in such event the holders of the Senior
Debt outstanding at the time such Securities so become due and payable shall
first be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due on or in respect
of such Senior Debt (including any amounts due upon acceleration), or provision
shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a
manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, before the Holders of the
Securities will be entitled to receive or retain any payment or distribution of
any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (including any
Junior Subordinated Payment) by the Company on account of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the
Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities by
the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that nothing in this Section
shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with
this Indenture or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the
Securities of any series by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 12.2 or
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities of any
series Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior
to such declaration of acceleration; provided, further, however, that holders of
Senior Debt shall not be entitled to receive payment of any such amounts to the
extent that such holders would be required by the subordination provisions of
such Senior Debt to pay such amounts over to the obligees on trade accounts
payable or other liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make
any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the
time of such payment, have been made known to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment
shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with respect
to which Section 13.2 would be applicable.
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SECTION 13.4. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default. (a) In the event
and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Senior Debt, or in
the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Debt shall have
occurred and be continuing and shall have resulted in such Senior Debt becoming
or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise
have become due and payable, unless and until such event of default shall have
been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and such acceleration shall
have been rescinded or annulled, or (b) in the event any judicial proceeding
shall be pending with respect to any such default in payment or such event or
default, then no direct or indirect payment or distribution of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities (including any Junior
Subordinated Payment) shall be made or agreed to be made by the Company on
account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any
Additional Interest), if any, on the Securities or on account of any redemption,
repayment, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any Securities by the
Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall
prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with this
Indenture or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the
Securities of any series by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 12.2 or
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities of any
series Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior
to such default in payment or event of default.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make
any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the
time of such payment, have been made known to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment
shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with respect
to which Section 13.2 would be applicable.
SECTION 13.5. Payment Permitted If No Default. Nothing contained in this
Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent
(a) the Company, at any time except during the pendency of any Proceeding
referred to in Section 14.2 or under the conditions described in Sections 14.3
and 14.4, from making payments at any time of principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities, or (b) the
application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to the
payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or the retention of such
payment by the Holders, if, at the time of such payment by the Company or
application by the Trustee, as the case may be, it did not have knowledge that
such payment or application, as the case may be, would have been prohibited by
the provisions of this Article.
SECTION 13.6. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt. Subject to
the payment of all Senior Debt to the extent required under Sections 13.2 and
13.3 of this Indenture, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash
equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt,
the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments
or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Debt pursuant to the
provisions of this Article (equally and ratably with the holders of all
indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated to Senior
Debt of the Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are
subordinated to the Senior Debt and is entitled to like rights of subrogation by
reason of any payments or distributions made to holders of such Senior Debt) to
the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments and
distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Debt
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities
shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation or assignment, no
payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of any cash,
property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments
over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Debt by
Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company,
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its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the
Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on
account of the Senior Debt.
SECTION 13.7. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions
of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of the Holders of the Securities on the one hand and the holders
of Senior Debt on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere
in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall (a) impair, as
between the Company and the Holders of the Securities, the obligations of the
Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the
Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and
payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights
against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the
Company other than their rights in relation to the holders of Senior Debt; or
(c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture
including, without limitation, filing and voting claims in any Proceeding,
subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt
to receive cash, property and securities otherwise Payable or deliverable to the
Trustee or such Holder.
SECTION 13.8. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder of a
Security by his or her acceptance thereof 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 provided in this Article and
appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 13.9. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. No right of any
present or future holder of any Senior Debt 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 or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge
thereof that any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
SECTION 13.10. Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Debt or from any
trustee, agent or representative therefor (whether or not the facts contained in
such notice are true); provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have
received the notice provided for in this Section at least two Business Days
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any monies may become payable
for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any
Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to apply
the same to the purpose for which they were received and shall not be affected
by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within two Business
Days prior to such date.
SECTION 13.11. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI, and the
Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order
or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to
the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt
and other indebtedness of the Company, the
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amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.
SECTION 13.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt. The
Trustee, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, shall not be deemed to
owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt and shall not be liable to
any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to
Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or
securities to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of
this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 13.13. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of
Trustee's Rights. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to
all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which
may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Debt, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its
rights as such holder.
SECTION 13.14. Article Applicable to Paying Agents. In case at any time
any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company
and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this Article shall
in such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending
to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents
and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to
or in place of the Trustee.
SECTION 13.15. Certain Conversions or Exchanges Deemed Payment. For
purposes of this Article only, (a) the issuance and delivery of junior
securities upon conversion or exchange of Securities shall not be deemed to
constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on Securities or on
account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities, and (b) the payment,
issuance or delivery of cash, property or securities (other than junior
securities) upon conversion or exchange of a Security shall be deemed to
constitute payment on account of the principal of such Security. For the
purposes of this Section, the term "junior securities" means (i) shares of any
stock of any class of the Company and (ii) securities of the Company which are
subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Debt which may be outstanding at
the time of issuance or delivery of such securities to substantially the same
extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities are so subordinated as
provided in this Article.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first written above.
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
[SEAL] By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. SAALI
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Saali
Title: Senior Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee
[SEAL] By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
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ANNEX A
FORM OF
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CAPITAL
DECLARATION OF TRUST
This DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of , among (i) Republic New
York Corporation, a Maryland corporation, as "Depositor", (ii) Bankers Trust
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but
solely as trustee of the Trust (the "Delaware Trustee), (iii) Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
an individual employed by the Depositor, not in his individual capacity but
solely as an administrative trustee of the trust, and (iv) Xxxxxxx X. Saali, an
individual employed by the Depositor, not in his individual capacity but solely
as an administrative trustee of the trust (each of such trustees in (ii), (iii)
and (iv) a "Trustee" and collectively, "Trustees"). The Depositor and the
Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as Republic New York
Capital III (the "Trust"), in which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to
the extent provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and
execute contracts, and xxx and be sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to
the Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of
such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute the
initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the
trust estate in trust for the Depositor. It is the intention of the parties
hereto that the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under
Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. sec. 3801 et seq.
(the "Business Trust Act"), and that this document constitute the governing
instrument of the Trust. The Trustees hereby are authorized and directed to
execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of
State in accordance with the provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Depositor, the Trustees and other parties to become additional
trustees will enter into an amended and restated Declaration of Trust,
satisfactory to each such party and substantially in the form to be
included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement referred to
below, to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created
hereby and the issuance of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities
referred to therein (the "Trust Securities"). Prior to the execution and
delivery of such amended and restated Declaration of Trust, the Trustees
shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect to the
trust estate, except as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution
and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law
or otherwise.
4. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the
Depositor, as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and execute, in each case on behalf
of the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1933 Act
Registration Statement"), including any pre-effective or post-effective
amendments to such 1933 Act Registration Statement (including the
prospectus and the exhibits contained therein), relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Preferred
Securities of the Trust and certain other securities and (b) a Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act Registration Statement") (including
all pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto) relating to the
registration of the Preferred Securities of the Trust under Section 12 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with one or
more national securities exchanges (each, an "Exchange") or the National
Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") and execute on behalf of the
Trust a listing application or applications and all other applications,
statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be
necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on
any such Exchange or the NASD's Nasdaq National Market ("NASDAQ"); (iii) to
file and execute on behalf of the Trust such applications, reports, surety
bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of
process and other papers and
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documents as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or
desirable to register the Preferred Securities under the securities or
"Blue Sky" laws; (iv) to execute on behalf of the Trust such underwriting
agreements with one or more underwriters relating to the offering of the
Preferred Securities as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem
necessary or desirable. In the event that any filing referred to in clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of the
Commission, any Exchange, the NASD or state securities or "Blue Sky" laws,
to be executed on behalf of the Trust by a Trustee, the Depositor and any
trustee appointed pursuant to Section 6 hereof are hereby authorized to
join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all
of the foregoing it being understood that Bankers Trust (Delaware) in its
capacity as Trustee of the Trust shall not be required to join in any such
filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document unless required
by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or state
securities or "Blue Sky" laws.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3) and thereafter
the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to
time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor which may increase or
decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that to the extent
required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a natural
person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural
person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of
Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law.
Subject to the foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove
without cause any Trustee at any time. The Trustee may resign upon thirty
days' prior notice to the Depositor.
7. The recitals contained in this Declaration of Trust shall be taken
as statements of the Depositor, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations
as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part
thereof. The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Declaration of Trust.
8. (a) The Delaware Trustee shall not be liable, responsible or
accountable for damages or otherwise to the Trust, the Depositor, the other
Trustees or any holder of the Trust Securities for any loss, damage or
claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the
Delaware Trustee in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner the
Delaware Trustee reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority
conferred on the Delaware Trustee by this Declaration of Trust by law,
except that the Delaware Trustee shall be liable for any such loss, damage
or claim incurred by reason of the Delaware Trustee's gross negligence or
willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) The Delaware Trustee shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon this Declaration of Trust, the records of the Trust and upon
such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by
any person as to matters the Delaware Trustee reasonably believes are
within such other person's professional or expert competence and who has
been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including
information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of
the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to
the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to holders of
Trust Securities might properly be paid.
9. The Depositor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law:
(a) to indemnify and hold harmless the Delaware Trustee, or any of
its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives or
agents, from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax penalty,
expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by reason of
the creation, operation or termination of the Trust or any act or
omission performed or omitted by the Delaware Trustee in good faith on
behalf of the Trust in a manner reasonably believed to be within the
scope of authority conferred on the Delaware Trustee by this Declaration
of
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Trust, except that the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to be
indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason
of its gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts
or omissions; and
(b) to advance expenses (including the fees and expenses of
counsel) incurred by the Delaware Trustee in defending any claim,
demand, action, suit or proceeding from time to time, prior to the final
disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding.
10. The provisions of Section 9 shall survive the termination of this
Declaration of Trust or the earlier resignation or removal of the Delaware
Trustee.
11. The Trust created hereby shall terminate on .
12. The Trust may terminate without issuing any Trust Securities at
the sole election of the Depositor.
13. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to
conflict of laws principles). The provisions of Sections 3540 and 3561 of
Title 12 of the Delaware Code shall not apply to the Trust.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Declaration of
Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX,
not in his individual capacity but
solely as
Administrative Trustee
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XXXXXXX X. SAALI,
not in his individual capacity but
solely as
Administrative Trustee
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ANNEX B
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
AMONG
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION,
AS DEPOSITOR,
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE,
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE,
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
DATED AS OF ,
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CAPITAL
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XXXXXXXX XXX XXXX XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX SECTIONS OF THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318 OF THE
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE DECLARATION OF TRUST
ART SECTION SECTION
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(sec.) 310(a)(1) ....................................................... 8.7
(a)(2) ....................................................... 8.7
(a)(3) ....................................................... 8.9
(a)(4) ....................................................... 2.7(a)(ii)
(b) ....................................................... 8.8
(sec.) 311(a) ....................................................... 8.13
(b) ....................................................... 8.13
(sec.) 312(a) ....................................................... 5.7
(b) ....................................................... 5.7
(c) ....................................................... 5.7
(sec.) 313(a) ....................................................... 8.14(a)
(a)(4) ....................................................... 8.14(b)
(b) ....................................................... 8.14(b)
(c) ....................................................... 10.8
(d) ....................................................... 8.14(c)
(sec.) 314(a) ....................................................... 8.15
(b) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1) ....................................................... 8.16
(c)(2) ....................................................... 8.16
(c)(3) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(e) ....................................................... 1.1, 8.16
(sec.) 315(a) ....................................................... 8.1(a),
8.3(a)
(b) ....................................................... 8.2, 10.8
(c) ....................................................... 8.1(a)
(d) ....................................................... 8.1, 8.3
(e) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(sec.) 316(a) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(l)(A) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(l)(B) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(2) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(b) ....................................................... 5.14
(c) ....................................................... 6.7
(sec.) 317(a)(1) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(2) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(b) ....................................................... 5.9
(sec.) 318(a) ....................................................... 10.10
Note This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Declaration of Trust.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions........................................................ B-1
ARTICLE II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUSTS
SECTION 2.1. Name............................................................... B-7
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business........ B-7
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property, Organizational Expenses.... B-8
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of Preferred Securities................................... B-8
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities................................ B-8
SECTION 2.6. Purpose; Appointment of Trustees................................... B-8
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions................... B-9
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust.................................................... B-12
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property............................................ B-12
ARTICLE III. PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account.................................................... B-12
ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1. Distributions...................................................... B-12
SECTION 4.2. Redemption......................................................... B-13
SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities................................. B-15
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures................................................. B-15
SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports............................................ B-17
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust........................ B-17
SECTION 4.7. Payments under Indenture........................................... B-17
ARTICLE V. TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership.................................................. B-16
SECTION 5.2. Trust Securities Certificates...................................... B-16
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates............ B-16
SECTION 5.4. Restrictions on Transfer; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Preferred Securities Certificates.................................. B-17
SECTION 5.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities
Certificates....................................................... B-17
SECTION 5.6. Persons Deemed Security Holders.................................... B-18
SECTION 5.7. Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses............. B-18
SECTION 5.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency; Transfer Agent.................... B-18
SECTION 5.9. Appointment of Paying Agent........................................ B-18
SECTION 5.10. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor........................ B-19
SECTION 5.11. Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates; Common Securities
Certificates....................................................... B-19
SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency......................................... B-20
SECTION 5.13. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates....................... B-20
SECTION 5.14. Rights of Securityholders.......................................... B-20
ARTICLE VI. ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Preferred Securityholders' Voting Rights............ B-22
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings................................................. B-23
SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Preferred Securityholders.............................. B-23
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights...................................................... B-23
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, etc....................................................... B-23
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SECTION 6.6. Securityholder Action by Written Consent........................... B-24
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.......................... B-24
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Preferred Securityholders.................................. B-24
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records.............................................. B-25
ARTICLE VII. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee................................................... B-25
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor........................ B-26
ARTICLE VIII. THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities................................ B-26
SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices.................................................... B-27
SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee................................. B-27
SECTION 8.4. Not responsible for Recitals....................................... B-29
SECTION 8.5. May Hold Securities................................................ B-29
SECTION 8.6. Compensation, Indemnity; Fees...................................... B-30
SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees....... B-31
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests.............................................. B-31
SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Property Trustee.......................... B-31
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.................. B-32
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor............................. B-33
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business........ B-34
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust....... B-34
SECTION 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee........................................ B-35
SECTION 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee.................................... B-35
SECTION 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent................... B-35
SECTION 8.17 Number of Trustees................................................. B-35
SECTION 8.18. Delegation of Power................................................ B-36
ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1. Termination Upon Expiration Date................................... B-36
SECTION 9.2. Early Termination.................................................. B-36
SECTION 9.3. Termination........................................................ B-37
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation........................................................ B-37
SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the
Trust.............................................................. B-38
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Security Holders........................... B-39
SECTION 10.2. Liability of the Common Securityholder............................. B-39
SECTION 10.3. Amendment.......................................................... B-39
SECTION 10.4. Separability....................................................... B-40
SECTION 10.5. Governing Law...................................................... B-40
SECTION 10.6. Payments Due on Non-Business Day................................... B-40
SECTION 10.7. Successors......................................................... B-40
SECTION 10.8. Headings........................................................... B-40
SECTION 10.9. Reports, Notices and Demands....................................... B-41
SECTION 10.10 Agreement Not to Petition.......................................... B-41
SECTION 10.11 Trust Indenture Act, Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............. B-41
SECTION 10.12 Acceptance of Terms of Declaration of Trust, Guarantee and
Indenture.......................................................... B-42
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AGREEMENT
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of ,
, among (i) Republic New York Corporation, a Maryland corporation
(including any successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) Bankers Trust
Company, a New York banking corporation, as property trustee, (in such capacity,
the "Property Trustee" and, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its
capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) Bankers Trust (Delaware), a
Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), (iv)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, an individual, and Xxxxxxx Saali, an individual, each of
whose address is c/o Republic New York Corporation (each an "Administrative
Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee,
the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees are referred to
collectively herein as the "Trustees") and (v) the several Holders, as
hereinafter defined.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees have heretofore duly declared and established a business trust pursuant
to the Delaware Business Trust Act by the entering into a certain Declaration of
Trust, dated as of November 18, 1997 (the "Original Declaration of Trust"), and
by the execution and filing by the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate
of Trust, filed on November 19, 1997 (the "Certificate of Trust"); and attached
as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees desire to amend and restate the Original Declaration of Trust in its
entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the
issuance of the Common Securities by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the
issuance and sale of the [title of Pfd Securities] Preferred Securities (the
"Preferred Securities") by the Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement,
(iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title
and interest in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and (iv) the appointment
of Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking corporation, as Property Trustee
(in such capacity, the "Property Trustee" and, in its separate corporate
capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank");
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties and for
the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby amends and restates the Original
Declaration of Trust in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Declaration of Trust, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may
be, of this Declaration of Trust;
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(d) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Declaration of Trust as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(c).
"Administrative Trustee" means each of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Saali,
solely in such Person's capacity as Administrative Trustee of the Trust
continued hereunder and not in such Person's individual capacity, or such
Administrative Trustee's successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Declaration of
Trust.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication
or composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its
property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its
property or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a
bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in furtherance
of any such action.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly adopted by the
Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or
officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of
Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such certification, and delivered to the Trustees.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day
on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required
by law or executive order to remain closed or (c) a day on which the Property
Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Corporate Trust Office of the Debenture
Trustee is closed for business.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Declaration of Trust.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The
Depository Trust Company shall be the initial Clearing Agency.
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"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
"Closing Date" has the meaning specified in the Underwriting Agreement.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities" means the [title of common securities] Common
Securities, each representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of
the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $ and having the rights
provided therefor in this Declaration of Trust, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of
Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Property Trustee
located in New York City which at the time of the execution of this Declaration
of Trust is located at Four Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; Attention:
Corporate Trust and Agency Group -- Corporate Market Services.
"Declaration of Trust" means this Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with
the applicable provisions hereof, including all exhibits hereto, including, for
all purposes of this Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and any modification, amendment or
supplement of either, respectively.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the
Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking
corporation and any successor.
"Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate" means Preferred Securities
Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in
Section 5.13.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. C. sec.sec. 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the corporation identified as the "Delaware
Trustee" in the preamble to this Declaration of Trust solely in its capacity as
Delaware Trustee of the Trust continued hereunder and not in its individual
capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Declaration
of Trust.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as
provided in Section 4.1.
"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant
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to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
(b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it
becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of
30 days; or
(c) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any
Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of
any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Declaration of Trust
(other than a covenant or warranty, a default in the performance or breach
of which is addressed in clause (b) or (c) above), and continuation of such
default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the defaulting Trustee or Trustees by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding
Preferred 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
(e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Property
Trustee and the failure by the Depositor to appoint a successor Property
Trustee within 60 days thereof.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Federal Reserve" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the
Depositor and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee, contemporaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Declaration of Trust, for the benefit of the
holders of the Trust Securities, as amended from time to time.
"Global Preferred Securities" means a beneficial interest in the Preferred
Securities, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries
by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.11.
"Global Preferred Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Global Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit B.
"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of November 27, 1996, between the
Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, (as amended or supplemented
from time to time) relating to the issuance of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities.
"Junior Subordinated Debt Securities" means the aggregate principal amount
of the Depositor's [title of junior subordinated debt], issued pursuant to the
Indenture.
"Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Redemption Date" means, with respect
to any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be redeemed under the Indenture,
the date fixed for redemption under the Indenture.
"Letter of Representations" means the agreement among the Trust, the
Property Trustee and The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), as the initial
Clearing Agency, dated as of the Closing Date.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest
or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust Securities,
Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to that portion of the
principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be contemporaneously
redeemed in accordance with the Indenture allocated to the Common Securities and
the Preferred Securities based upon the relative Liquidation Amounts of such
classes and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of
such Trust Securities,
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and (b) with respect to a distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to
Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of
the Trust, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having a principal amount equal
to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $ per Trust
Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection
with a termination and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Associate Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, and delivered to the appropriate Trustee.
One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section
8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the
Depositor. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Declaration of Trust shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate
has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers'
Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such
officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Depositor, but not an employee of any
thereof, and who shall and which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Property Trustee.
"Original Declaration of Trust" has the meaning specified in the preamble
to this Declaration of Trust.
"Outstanding", with respect to Preferred Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Preferred Securities theretofore executed and delivered
under this Declaration of Trust, except:
(a) Preferred Securities theretofore canceled by the Property Trustee
or delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Preferred Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee
or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Preferred Securities, provided
that if such Preferred Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Declaration of Trust; and
(c) Preferred Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Preferred Securities have been executed and delivered
pursuant to Sections 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.11 and 5.13;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Preferred Securities owned by the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate
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of the Depositor or any Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Securities that a Responsible Officer
of such Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (b)
the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the outstanding Preferred
Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any
such Affiliate. Preferred Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act with
respect to such Preferred Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor
or any Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Global Preferred
Security as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a Clearing
Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in the records of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or indirectly,
in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency.
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant
to Section 5.9 and shall initially be the Bank.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust
account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust department
for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of
the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be held and from which the Property
Trustee shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections
4.1 and 4.2.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Preferred Securities" means the Preferred Securities of the Trust each
representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having
a Liquidation Amount of $ per Preferred Security and having the rights
provided therefor in this Declaration of Trust, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Preferred Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership
of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.
"Preferred Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Preferred
Security or Preferred Securities is registered in the Securities Register; and
any such Person shall be deemed to be a beneficial owner within the meaning of
the Delaware Business Trust Act.
"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as
the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Declaration of Trust solely in
its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust continued hereunder and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor property trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed,
the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Declaration of Trust;
provided, however, that each Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Redemption Date
and the stated maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be a
Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related amount of the premium, if
any, paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, allocated on a pro rata basis (based on
Liquidation Amounts) among the Trust Securities.
"Relevant Trustee" has the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
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"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Property
Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any
managing director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer to the Property Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and having direct responsibility for the administration for
this Declaration of Trust, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any
other officer, to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.4.
"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security
or Trust Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person
shall be deemed to be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware
Business Trust Act; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders
of the requisite amount of Preferred Securities have voted on any matter
provided for in this Declaration of Trust, then for the purpose of any such
determination, so long as Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates have not
been issued, the term Securityholders or Holders as used herein shall refer to
the Owners.
"Stated Maturity" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the
Indenture.
"Tax Event" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.
"Transfer Agent" means the Bank as set forth in the preamble to this
Declaration of Trust.
"Trust" means Republic New York Capital .
"Trust Indenture Act" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the
Indenture.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (b) the
rights of the Property Trustee under the Guarantee, (c) any cash on deposit in,
or owing to, the Payment Account and (d) all proceeds and rights in respect of
the foregoing.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred
Securities.
"Trustees" means, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee
and the Administrative Trustees.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the agreement dated as of among
the Trust, the Depositor and .
ARTICLE II
CONTINUATION OF THE TRUST
SECTION 2.1. Name.
The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "Republic New York Capital
", as such name may be modified from time to time by the
Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust
Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the
business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on
behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is Bankers
Trust (Delaware), 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000,
Attention: Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxx, or such other address
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in the State of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice
to the Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the
Trust is in care of Republic New York Corporation, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000; Attention: Office of the Secretary.
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property, Organizational Expenses.
The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor in
connection with this Declaration of Trust of the sum of $10, which constitutes
the initial Trust Property. The Depositor, as borrower, shall pay all
organizational expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any
Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such
Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the
payment of such expenses.
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Preferred Securities.
The Preferred Securities to be issued will be limited to $
aggregate Liquidation Amount outstanding at any one time.
On , the Depositor and the Administrative
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, and pursuant to the Original Declaration of
Trust, and executed and delivered the Underwriting
Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration
of Trust, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute or
cause to be executed in accordance with Section 5.2 and delivered to
, a Global Preferred Securities Certificate in
book-entry form, registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing
Agency, in an aggregate amount of Preferred Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of $ against receipt of the aggregate purchase price
of such Preferred Securities equal to 100% of the Liquidation Amount multiplied
by the number of Preferred Securities being purchased which amount the
Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property Trustee.
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration of
Trust, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute or cause
to be executed in accordance with Section 5.2 and delivered to the Depositor
Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, in an
aggregate amount of Common Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of $ against payment by the Depositor of $
minus the amount previously contributed pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof which
amount the Administrative Trustees shall promptly deliver to the Property
Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, shall subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, registered in the name of the Trust and having an
aggregate principal amount equal to $ , and, in satisfaction of the
purchase price for such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Property
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of
$ .
SECTION 2.6. Purpose; Appointment of Trustees.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are to (a) issue and sell
Trust Securities, (b) use the proceeds from the sale of Trust Securities to
acquire the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (c) receive payments to be made
with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (d) make distributions,
and (e) engage in only those other activities necessary, advisable or incidental
thereto such as registering the transfer of the Preferred Securities.
The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to
have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the
Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares
that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions
set forth herein for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders. The
Administrative Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth
herein and in accordance with applicable law
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with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. The Delaware Trustee
shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee
have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the Property Trustee or the
Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of
the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the
requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with
the terms of this Declaration of Trust. Subject to the limitations set forth in
paragraph (b) of this Section and in accordance with the following provisions
(i) and (ii), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all
transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in
exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees
under this Declaration of Trust, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof,
including without limitation, the following:
(i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall have the
power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities, provided,
however, that the Trust may issue no more than one series of Preferred
Securities and no more than one series of Common Securities, and,
provided further that there shall be no interests in the Trust other
than the Trust Securities, and issuance of the Trust Securities shall be
limited to a one-time, simultaneous issuance of both Preferred
Securities and Common Securities on the Closing Date.;
(B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver and
perform on behalf of the Trust, the Underwriting Agreement, the Letter
of Representations and such other agreements as may be necessary or
desirable in connection with the purposes and function of the Trust;
(C) assisting in the registration of the Preferred Securities under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and under state securities or
blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Declaration of Trust as a
trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(D) assisting in the listing, if any, of the Preferred Securities
upon such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the
Depositor and the registration of the Preferred Securities under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Exchange Act"), and
the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other
documents pursuant to the foregoing;
(E) the sending of notices (other than notices of default) and
other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities to the Securityholders in accordance with
this Declaration of Trust;
(F) the appointment of a Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and
Securities Registrar in accordance with this Declaration of Trust;
(G) registering transfer of the Trust Securities in accordance with
this Declaration of Trust;
(H) to acquire the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the
Guarantee with the proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Securities and
the Common Securities, provided, however, that the Administrative
Trustees shall cause legal title to the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities to be held of record in the name of the Property Trustee for
the benefit of the Holders of the Trust Securities;
(I) to the extent provided in this Declaration of Trust, the
winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the
preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
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(J) unless otherwise determined by the Depositor, the Property
Trustee or the Administrative Trustees or as otherwise required by the
Delaware Business Trust Act or the Trust Indenture Act to execute on
behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together with any or all of
the Administrative Trustees) any documents that the Administrative
Trustees have the power to execute pursuant to this Declaration of
Trust; and
(K) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the
Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to
give effect to the terms of this Declaration of Trust for the benefit of
the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such
action on any particular Securityholder).
(ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power,
duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;
(C) the collection of interest, principal and any other payments
made in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in the
Payment Account;
(D) the distribution of amounts owed to the Securityholders in
respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a
holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other information
regarding the Trust Securities and the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities to the Securityholders in accordance with this Declaration of
Trust;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the
terms of this Declaration of Trust;
(H) to the extent provided in this Declaration of Trust, the
winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the
preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(I) after an Event of Default the taking of any action incidental
to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine
is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this
Declaration of Trust and protect and conserve the Trust Property for the
benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of
any such action on any particular Securityholder); and
(J) except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.7(a)(ii), the
Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or
the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section
2.7(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Declaration of Trust remains in effect, the Trust (or
the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business,
activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated
hereby. In particular, the Trustees shall not (i) acquire any investments or
engage in any activities not authorized by this Declaration of Trust, (ii) sell,
assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of
any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Securityholders,
except as expressly provided herein, (iii) intentionally take any action that
would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for
United States federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for
borrowed money or issue any other debt, (v) take or consent to any action that
would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property, (vi)
invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities, but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders of Trust
Securities pursuant to the terms of
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this Declaration of Trust and of the Trust Securities, (vii) acquire any assets
other than the Trust Property, (viii) possess any power or otherwise act in such
a way as to vary the Trust Property, (ix) possess any power or otherwise act in
such a way as to vary the terms of the Trust Securities in any way whatsoever
(except to the extent expressly authorized in this Declaration of Trust or by
the terms of the Trust Securities), (x) issue any securities or other evidences
of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the
Trust Securities, or (xi) other than as provided in this Declaration of Trust or
by the terms of the Trust Securities, (A) direct the time, method and place of
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect
to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (B) waive any past default that is
waivable under the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to rescind or annul any
declaration that the principal of all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall
be due and payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification, or
termination of the Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities where
such consent shall be required unless the Trust shall have received an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that such amendment, modification or termination will
not cause more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust will be deemed an
Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act,
the Trust will not be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will not be
classified as indebtedness for such purposes. The Administrative Trustees shall
defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on
any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the
Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the
Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with
respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions
taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this
Declaration of Trust are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Trust with the Commission and
the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement on the
appropriate form in relation to the Preferred Securities, including any
amendments thereto;
(ii) the determination of the States in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred
Securities and the determination of any and all such acts, other than
actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and the advice to
the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and the
preparation for execution and filing of any documents to be executed and
filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems
necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any
such States;
(iii) the preparation for filing by the Trust and execution on behalf
of the Trust of an application to the New York Stock Exchange or any other
national stock exchange or the NASDAQ National Market for listing upon
notice of issuance of any Preferred Securities;
(iv) the preparation for filing by the Trust with the Commission and
the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement on Form
8-A relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under Section
12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto;
(v) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery
of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred
Securities; and
(vi) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to carry
out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative
Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to
operate the Trust so that the Trust will not (i) be deemed to be an "investment
company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or (ii) fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes and so that the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal
income tax purposes. In this connection, the Depositor and the
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Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with
applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Declaration of Trust, that each
of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees determines in their discretion
to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such action does not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the holders of the
Trust Securities.
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust.
The assets of the Trust shall consist solely of the Trust Property.
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property.
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by
the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders in
accordance with this Declaration of Trust. The Holders of the Trust Securities
shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall
have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish
the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the Property Trustee
shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the
Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the
Payment Account in accordance with this Declaration of Trust. All moneys and
other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall
be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit
of the Securityholders and for distribution as herein provided, including (and
subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein or by applicable law.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly
upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other
payments or proceeds with respect to, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.
Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property
Trustee pending distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1. Distributions.
(a) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative and will
accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the payment
of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue from , and,
except in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor exercises its right
to defer the payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable [annually, semi-annually, quarterly]
in arrears on [ , ,
] and of each year, commencing on
. If any date on which a Distribution is otherwise payable
on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment of such
Distribution shall 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) except
that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, payment of
such Distribution shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case with the same
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force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which distributions are
payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a "Distribution Date"). Accrued
Distributions that are not paid on the applicable Distribution Date will bear
interest on the amount thereof (to the extent permitted by law) at the rate per
annum of % thereof, compounded [annually, semi-annually, quarterly] from
the relevant Distribution Date.
(b) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial ownership interests
in the Trust Property, and, assuming payments of interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities are made when due (and before giving effect to
Additional Distributions, defined below, if applicable), Distributions on the
Trust Securities shall be payable at a rate of per annum of the
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable
for any full period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. The amount of Distributions for any partial period shall be
computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include
the Additional Distributions, if any.
(c) So long as no Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Depositor has the right under the Indenture to defer the payment
of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities at any time and from time
to time for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (an
"Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period may extend beyond the
Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. As a consequence of
any such deferral, [annual, semi-annual,] Distributions on the Trust Securities
by the Trust will also be deferred (and the amount of Distributions to which
Holders of the Trust Securities are entitled will accumulate additional
Distributions thereon at the rate of % per annum, compounded [annually,
semi-annually, quarterly]) from the relevant payment date for such
Distributions, but not exceeding the interest rate then accruing on the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities. Each increase in Distribution, described in
Section 4.1(c), is an "Additional Distribution".
(d) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Property
Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each Distribution Date
only to the extent that the Trust has funds legally available in the Payment
Account for the payment of such Distributions.
(e) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution
Date shall be payable to the Holders of record as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities on each and
.
SECTION 4.2. Redemption.
(a) On each Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Redemption Date and on the
Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Trust will be
required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed,
at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of
redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the applicable Redemption Price, which shall be equal to (i) in
the case of the repayment of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities on the
Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the Maturity
Redemption Price (equal to the principal of, and accrued but unpaid
interest on, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities) or (ii) in the case
of the optional prepayment of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the
Optional Redemption Price (equal to the Optional Prepayment Price in
respect of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities). If less than all of
the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are to be repaid or redeemed on a
Redemption Date, then the proceeds from such repayment or redemption shall
be allocated to the redemption of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities on pro rata basis. The amount of premium, if any, paid by
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the Depositor upon the redemption of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities to be repaid or redeemed on a Redemption Date shall be allocated
to the redemption of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities on
a pro rata basis;
(iii) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the
particular Trust Securities to be redeemed; and
(iv) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that
distributions thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date.
The Trust in issuing the Trust Securities may use "CUSIP numbers in notices
or redemption and related materials as a convenience to Securityholders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Trust Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption and related material.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed
at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall
be made and the applicable Redemption Price shall be payable on each Redemption
Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in
the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.
(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any
Trust Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption
Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, so long as the
Preferred Securities are in book-entry-only form, irrevocably deposit with the
Clearing Agency for the Preferred Securities funds sufficient to pay the
applicable Redemption Price and will give such Clearing Agency irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the holders thereof.
With respect to Preferred Securities held in certificated form, the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying
Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give the
Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price
to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred Securities
Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior
to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be
payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Register
for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related
Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds
deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit, all rights of
Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease,
except the right of such Securityholders to receive the applicable Redemption
Price and any Distribution payable on or prior to the Redemption Date, but
without interest, and such Preferred Securities will cease to be outstanding. In
the event that any date on which any applicable Redemption Price is payable is
not a Business Day, then payment of the applicable Redemption Price 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), except
that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same
force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the
applicable Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities called for
redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or
by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust
Securities will continue to accrue, at the then applicable rate, from the
Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to
the date such applicable Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the
actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of
calculating the applicable Redemption Price.
(e) Payment of the applicable Redemption Price on, and any distributions of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to holders of, the Trust Securities shall be
made to the recordholders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for
the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, and, with respect to Trust
Securities held in certificated form, upon surrender of such certificated Trust
Securities to the Paying Agent.
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(f) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the outstanding Trust
Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated on a
pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and
the Preferred Securities. The particular Trust Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts) not more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the
Outstanding Trust Securities not previously called for redemption, by such
method as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may
provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to $ or an
integral multiple of $ in excess thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of
Trust Securities of a denomination larger than $ . The Property Trustee
shall promptly notify the Security Registrar in writing of the Trust Securities
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Trust Securities selected for
partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all
purposes of this Declaration of Trust, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Trust Securities shall relate in
the case of any Trust Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities that has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Distributions, if
applicable) on, and the Redemption Price of the Trust Securities, as applicable,
shall be made subject to Section 4.2(f), pro rata to the holders of the Common
Securities and the Preferred Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or
Redemption Date any Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including
Additional Distributions, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price of, any of the
Common Securities, and no other payment on account of the redemption,
liquidation or other acquisition of such Common Securities, shall be made unless
payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including
Additional Distributions, if applicable) on all outstanding Preferred Securities
for all Distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or, in the case of
payment of the applicable Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption
Price on all Outstanding Preferred Securities, shall have been made or provided
for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be
applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including
Additional Distributions, if applicable) on, or the Redemption Price of,
Preferred Securities then due and payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from
any Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Securities will be deemed
to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under
this Declaration of Trust until the effect of all such Events of Default with
respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated. Until all such Events of Default under this Declaration of Trust
with respect to the Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of
the Preferred Securities and not on behalf of the Holder of the Common
Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the right
to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures.
In the event Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates are issued,
payments of Distributions (including Additional Distributions, if applicable) in
respect of the Preferred Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address
of the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear on the Securities
Register. If the Preferred Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such
Distributions shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available
funds, which shall credit the relevant Persons' accounts at such Clearing Agency
on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common
Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the
Property Trustee and the Common Securityholder.
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SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports.
The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the
Depositor's expense, and file all United States federal, state and local tax and
information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the
Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file
(or cause to be prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue Service
form required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the
Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to
each Securityholder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be
provided pursuant to the form referenced in clause (a) hereof. The
Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee
with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly after such filing or
furnishing. The Trustees shall comply with United States federal withholding and
backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect
to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Taxes; Duties, Etc. of the Trust.
Pursuant to Section 10.6 of the Indenture, the Depositor, as borrower, has
agreed to, and it shall, promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges
of whatever nature (other than United States withholding taxes) imposed on the
Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority.
SECTION 4.7. Payments under Indenture.
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities (and any
Owner with respect thereto) shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding
payment such Holder (and Owner) has directly received pursuant to Section 5.8 of
the Indenture.
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership.
Upon the formation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor
pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at
any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall
be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.
SECTION 5.2. Execution of Trust Securities Certificates.
The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust
by the manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee.
Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed,
authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled
to the benefits of this Declaration of Trust, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the
delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at
the date of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates.
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.
At the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust
Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in
Sections 2.4 and 2.5, to be executed on behalf of the Trust and delivered upon
the written order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its
president, any executive vice president or any vice president, treasurer or
assistant treasurer or controller without further corporate action by the
Depositor, in authorized denominations.
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SECTION 5.4. Restrictions on Transfer; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Preferred Securities Certificates.
Trust Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration and in
the Trust Securities. Any transfer or purported transfer of any Trust Security
not made in accordance with this Declaration and the Trust Securities shall be
null and void. Subject to this Article V, Preferred Securities shall be freely
transferable.
A transferee of a Trust Securities shall become a Securityholder, and shall
be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Securityholder
hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities in such transferee's
name pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.11 and 5.13.
The Depositor shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, a register or registers for the purpose of
registering Holders of the Trust Securities and transfers and exchanges of
Preferred Securities (the "Securities Register") in which the registrar
designated by the Depositor (the "Securities Registrar"), subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the registration
of Holders of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities Certificates
(subject to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and
registration of transfers and exchanges of Holders of the Preferred Securities
as herein provided. The Bank shall be the initial Securities Registrar and
Transfer Agent. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 hereunder shall
apply to the Bank also in its role as Securities Registrar and Transfer Agent.
If Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates are issued, then upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities Certificate
at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, the Administrative
Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Securities
Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount
dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee or Trustees.
The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of
any Preferred Securities that have been called for redemption. In the event that
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates are issued, at the option of a
Holder, Preferred Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Preferred
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a
like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Securities
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 5.8.
Every Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate, if issued, presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative
Trustees and the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his
attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Preferred Securities Certificate
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and
subsequently disposed of by an Administrative Trustee or his agent in accordance
with such Persons customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates, but
the Securities Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.
Neither the Property Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall have any
liability in respect of transfers of Trust Securities effected by the Clearing
Agency.
SECTION 5.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities
Certificates.
Provided Definitive Trust Securities Certificates are issued, if (a) any
mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Securities
Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities
Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities Registrar and the
Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust
Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
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Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust shall
execute and make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust
Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with
the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the
Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, as if originally issued, whether
or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found
at any time.
SECTION 5.6. Persons Deemed Securityholders.
The Trustees or the Securities Registrar shall treat the Person in whose
name any Trust Securities are issued as the owner of such Trust Securities for
the purpose of receiving distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever,
and neither the Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any
notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.7. Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.
Each Owner of Trust Securities acknowledges that the Depositor, the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees may from
time to time make reasonable use of information consisting of such Owner's name
and address, including the furnishing of a list of such names and addresses as
contemplated hereunder, and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to
hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees
accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.
SECTION 5.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency; Transfer Agent.
The Administrative Trustees shall maintain an office or offices or agency
or agencies where Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates, if issued, may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities may be
served. The Administrative Trustees initially designate Bankers Trust Company,
Four Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency
Group -- Corporate Market Services, as its corporate trust office for such
purposes. The Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the
Depositor and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the
Securities Register or any such office or agency. The Bank shall act as initial
transfer agent for the Trust Securities.
SECTION 5.9. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the
Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the
Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have
the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose
of making the Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees may
revoke such power and remove any Paying Agent if such Administrative Trustees
determine in their sole discretion that such Paying Agent shall have failed to
perform its obligations under this Declaration of Trust in any material respect.
The Paying Agent shall initially be the Bank, and any co-paying agent chosen by
the Bank, and acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor. Any
Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon
30 days' written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and
the Depositor. In the event that the Bank shall no longer be the Paying Agent or
a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the
Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is acceptable to the
Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank
or trust company). The Administrative Trustees shall cause such successor Paying
Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees to
execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying
Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees that as Paying
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successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any,
held by it for payment to the Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the
Securityholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the
Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also
return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply to the Bank also in its role as
Paying Agent, for so long as the Bank shall act as Paying Agent and, to the
extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference
in this Declaration of Trust to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying
agent unless the context requires otherwise.
SECTION 5.10. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.
On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and
record ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by
law, other than a transfer or a transfer in connection with a consolidation or
merger of the Depositor into another corporation, or any conveyance, transfer or
lease by the Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture, any attempted transfer
of the Common Securities shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause
each Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend
stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE".
SECTION 5.11. Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates; Common Securities
Certificate.
(a) The Preferred Securities, upon original issuance, will be represented
by one or more Preferred Securities in registered book-entry global form (the
"Global Preferred Securities"), to be delivered to the Property Trustee as
custodian for the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust. Such
Global Preferred Securities shall initially be registered on the Securities
Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency,
and no Owner will receive a Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate
representing such Owner's interest in such Global Preferred Securities, except
as provided in Section 5.13. Unless and until Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section 5.13:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii) the Securities Registrar and the Trustees shall be entitled to
deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Declaration of Trust
relating to the Global Preferred Securities (including the payment of the
Liquidation Amount of and Distributions on the Global Preferred Securities
and the giving of instructions or directions to Owners of Global Preferred
Securities) as the sole Holder of Global Preferred Securities and shall
have no obligations to the Owners thereof;
(iii) the rights of the Owners of the Global Preferred Securities
shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to
those established by law and agreements between such Owners and the
Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the
Letter of Representations, unless and until Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.13, the initial Clearing
Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency
Participants and receive and transmit payments on the Preferred Securities
to such Clearing Agency Participants;
(iv) the Global Preferred Securities may be transferred, in whole but
not in part, only to another nominee of the initial Clearing Agency or to a
successor thereof or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global
Preferred Securities may not be exchanged for Preferred Securities in
certificated form except as set forth in Section 5.13; and
(v) interests in the Global Preferred Securities are subject to
restrictions on transfer as set forth in Section 5.4.
(b) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate.
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Except as set forth in Section 10.11 hereof, to the extent that the
provisions of this Section 5.11 conflict with any other provisions of this
Declaration of Trust, the provisions of this Section 5.11 shall prevail.
SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Owners is
required under this Declaration of Trust, unless and until Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates shall have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section
5.13, the Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
obligations to give duplicates thereof to the Owners.
SECTION 5.13. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Declaration of Trust, no Global
Securities Certificate may be exchanged in whole or in part for Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates unless (a) the Clearing Agency (i) notifies
the Property Trustee that it is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities with respect to the Preferred Securities, and the Depositor
is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, (b) the Depositor at its option
advises the Trustees in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Clearing Agency or (c) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Debenture Event of Default. In addition, beneficial interests in a
Global Preferred Security may be exchanged by or on behalf of the Clearing
Agency for certificated Preferred Securities upon request by the Clearing Agency
but only upon at least 20 days' prior written notice given to the Property
Trustee in accordance with the Clearing Agency customary procedures. Upon the
occurrence of the foregoing events, the Administrative Trustee shall notify the
Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency shall notify all Owners of Preferred
Securities and the other Trustees of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates to Owners of
such class or classes, as applicable, requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Administrative Trustees of the Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates
representing the Global Preferred Securities Certificates by the Clearing
Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees,
or any one of them, shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither
the Securities Registrar nor the Trustees shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates, the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of
the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as Securityholders. The
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the manual or facsimile execution
thereof by the Administrative Trustees or any one of them. If issued, the
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates will be subject to restrictions on
transfer as set forth in Section 5.4.
SECTION 5.14. Rights of Securityholders.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and
the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than the
undivided beneficial ownership interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by
their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below.
The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights
specifically set forth therein and in this Declaration of Trust. The Trust
Securities shall have no preemptive or singular rights and when issued and
delivered to Securityholders against payment of the purchase price therefor will
be fully paid and nonassessable. The Holders of the Trust Securities, in their
capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability
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extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(b) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a
Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities fail to declare the principal of all of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least 25% in
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall have such
right by a notice in writing to the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee with a
copy to the Property Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal
amount of and the accrued interest on all of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment
of principal and interest on such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall
remain subordinated to the extent provided in the Indenture.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities has been made and before a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee
as provided in the Indenture, the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the
Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and
its consequences if:
(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debenture Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest (including any Additional
Interest (as defined in the Indenture)) on all of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities which have become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne
by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture Trustee under the
Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Debenture Trustee and the Property Trustee, their agents
and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities which has become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 of the
Indenture.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Preferred Securities, waive
any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of
principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient
to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in
respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such an
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the Preferred
Securities all or part of which is represented by Global Preferred Securities, a
record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding
Preferred Securities entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be
at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee receives such notice.
The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date provided, that, unless such acclamation of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become
effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice
prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice of
declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be,
shall automati-
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cally and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further
effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a
Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90 day period, a new written
notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as
the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has been canceled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.14(c).
(c) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, to the
fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Declaration of
Trust and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default specified in Section
5.1(1) or 5.1(2) of the Indenture, any Holder of Preferred Securities shall have
the right to institute a proceeding directly against the Depositor, pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the
principal amount of or interest on Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having a
principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of
such Holder (a "Direct Action"). Except as set forth in Sections 5.14(b) and
5.14(c), the Holders of Preferred Securities shall have no right to exercise
directly any right or remedy available to the holders of, or in respect of, the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.
(d) A Securityholder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Guarantor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without
first instituting a legal proceeding against the Trust or any person or entity.
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Preferred Securityholder's Voting Rights.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, in Sections 5.14, 6.1(c), 8.10 and
10.3 and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of
Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the
obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or
contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as
to constitute the Preferred Securityholders from time to time as partners or
members of an association. Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by the vote
of the Common Securityholder. The right to vote to appoint, remove or replace
the Administrative Trustees is vested exclusively in the Depositor as the holder
of the Common Securities.
(b) So long as any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are held by the
Property Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee,
or executing any trust or power conferred on the Property Trustee with respect
to such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (ii) waive any past default which
is waivable under Section 5.13 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to
rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case,
obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of all Outstanding Preferred Securities, provided, however,
that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each
Holder of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities affected thereby, no such consent
shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each
Holder of Preferred Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action
previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of Preferred
Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of Preferred Securities.
The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Securities of any
notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals
of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing
actions, the Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion
of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect
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that the Trust will not fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United
States federal income tax purposes on account of such action.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Declaration of Trust provides for, or
the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely
affect in any material respect the interests, powers, preferences or special
rights of the Trust Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Declaration
of Trust or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the
Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Declaration of Trust, then the
Holders of Outstanding Trust Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on
such amendment or proposal.
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings.
Notice of all meetings of the Securityholders, stating the time, place and
purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to
Section 10.9 to each Securityholder of record, at his registered address, at
least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting,
any business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not
stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as
adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Securityholders.
No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The
Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to
vote on any matter upon the written request of the Securityholders of record of
25% of the Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) and the
Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their
discretion, call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matters as to which
Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Securityholders of record of 50% of the Outstanding Securities (based upon
their Liquidation Amount), present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the
Securityholders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a
majority of the Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) held by the
Securityholders of record present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting
shall constitute the action of the Securityholders, unless this Declaration of
Trust requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights.
Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $ of
Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities in respect of any
matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, etc.
At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote
thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting
unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or
with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may
direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken.
Proxies may be solicited in the name of the Property Trustee or one or more
officers of the Property Trustee. Only Securityholders of record shall be
entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several persons, any
one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such
Securities, but if more than one of them shall be present at such meeting in
person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree
as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect of such
Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a
Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its
exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No
proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of execution.
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SECTION 6.6. Securityholder Action by Written Consent.
Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken
without a meeting if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all
Outstanding Securities entitled to vote at the meeting (based upon their
Liquidation Amount) entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such larger
proportion thereof as shall be required by any express provision of this
Declaration of Trust) shall consent to the action in writing.
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to
notice of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in
any distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is
not otherwise provided for in this Declaration of Trust, or for the purpose of
any other action, the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date,
not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the
payment of a distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date
for the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such
purposes.
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Securityholders.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Declaration of Trust to be given,
made or taken by Securityholders or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
Securityholders or Owners in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to an Administrative
Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the
Securityholders or Owners signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Declaration of Trust and (subject to
Section 8.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided
in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which any Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future
Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to
be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to take
any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by
one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise between the Securityholders and the
Administrative Trustees or among such Securityholders or Trustees with respect
to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any
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request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such
Securityholder or Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of such
matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records.
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property
Trustee, the records of the Trust shall be open to inspection by Securityholders
during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such
Securityholder's interest as a Securityholder.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee.
The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of
and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Depositor and the Securityholders that:
(a) The Property Trustee is a banking corporation with trust powers,
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of New
York, with trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry
out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Declaration.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of
the Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Property Trustee; and the Declaration has been duly
executed and delivered by the Property Trustee, and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Property Trustee, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and the
discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such
remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of the Declaration by the
Property Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Property Trustee.
(d) At the Closing Date, the Property Trustee has not knowingly
created any liens or encumbrances on such Trust Securities.
(e) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any New York State or federal banking authority is required for
the execution, delivery or performance by the Property Trustee, of the
Declaration.
(f) The Delaware Trustee is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with trust power and
authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its
obligations under the terms of, the Declaration.
(g) The execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of
the Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Delaware Trustee; and the Declaration has been duly
executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee, and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting
creditors' right generally and to general principles of equity and the
discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such
remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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(h) The execution, delivery and performance or the Declaration by the
Delaware Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Delaware Trustee.
(i) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any state or Federal banking authority is required for the
execution, delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee, of this
Declaration.
(j) The Delaware Trustee is an entity which has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware.
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Securityholders that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued at the Closing Date on
behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly and
validly executed, issued and delivered by the Trustees pursuant to the
terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this
Declaration of Trust, and the Securityholders will be, as of each such
date, entitled to the benefits of this Declaration of Trust; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by
the Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of the
State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Declaration of Trust.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as provided by
this Declaration of Trust and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by the Trust
Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Declaration
of Trust shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it. Whether or not herein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Declaration of Trust relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of
or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of
this Article. Nothing in this Declaration of Trust shall be construed to release
an Administrative Trustee from liability for his own grossly negligent action,
his own grossly negligent failure to act, or his own willful misconduct. To the
extent that, at law or in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties
(including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to
the Securityholders, such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the
Trust or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Declaration of Trust. The provisions of this Declaration of
Trust, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the
Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by
the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and
liabilities of the Administrative Trustees.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect
of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds from
the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue
or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or a Paying
Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Securityholder,
by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the
revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for
distribution to it as herein provided and that the
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Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect
of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust
Security. This Section 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees
expressly set forth elsewhere in this Declaration of Trust or, in the case of
the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable.
(c) No provision of this Declaration of Trust shall be construed to relieve
the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property Trustee, unless
it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under
this Declaration of Trust;
(iii) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody,
safe keeping and physical preservation of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such Property in a
similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its
own account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability
afforded to the Property Trustee under this Declaration of Trust and the
Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any
money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the Depositor;
and money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other
funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account maintained by
the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 and except to the extent
otherwise required by law; and
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the
compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with their
respective duties under this Declaration of Trust nor shall the Property
Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the Administrative
Trustees or the Depositor.
SECTION 8.2. Events of Default Notices; Deferral of Interest Payment Notices.
Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee, the Property
Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section
10.9, notice of such Event of Default to the Securityholders, the Administrative
Trustees and the Depositor, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured
or waived. The Corporation, as Depositor, and the Administrative Trustees are
required to file annually with the Property Trustee a certificate as to whether
or not they are in compliance with all the conditions and covenants applicable
to them under the Declaration.
Within five Business Days after the receipt of notice of the Depositor's
exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities pursuant to the Indenture, the Administrative
Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section
10.9, notice of such exercise to the Securityholders and the Property Trustee,
unless such exercise shall have been revoked.
SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any
resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written
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representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any
other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Declaration of Trust
the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of
action or (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Declaration of
Trust the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with
any other provisions contained herein or (iii) the Property Trustee is
unsure of the application of any Provision of this Declaration of Trust,
then, except as to any matter as to which the Securityholders are entitled
to vote under the terms of this Declaration of Trust, the Property Trustee
shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of
the Depositor as to the course of action to be taken and the Property
Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the
Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from
taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee
does not receive such instructions of the Depositor within ten Business
Days after it has delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period
of time set forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not
be less than two Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to,
take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this
Declaration of Trust as it shall deem advisable and in the best interests
of the Securityholders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no
liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
(c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative
Trustees contemplated by this Declaration of Trust shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
(d) whenever in the administration of this Declaration of Trust, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established
before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely
upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be
promptly delivered by the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees; (which
Officers' Certificate will be evidence only for purposes of determining
entitlement to indemnification of the Property Trustee from the Depositor
but not with respect to any liability to Security holders).
(e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording,
filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or
continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any
rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;
(f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may
be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any
of its employees) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in
accordance with such advice, such counsel may be counsel to the Depositor
or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees; the
Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions
concerning the administration of this Declaration of Trust from any court
of competent jurisdiction;
(g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration of Trust at the
request or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this
Declaration of Trust, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the
Property Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction;
(h) the Property 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, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper
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or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more
Securityholders, but the Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(i) the Property Trustee may execute any of its trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any of its duties hereunder either directly or by or
through its agents or attorneys, and the Property Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of or for the
supervision of any such agent or attorney appointed by it with due care
hereunder;
(j) whenever in the administration of this Declaration of Trust the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action
hereunder, the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the
Holders of the Trust Securities which instructions may only be given by the
Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the
terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action,
(ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other
action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be fully
protected in acting in accordance with such instructions;
(k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Declaration of
Trust, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any
action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Declaration of
Trust;
(l) when the Property Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the fees and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law
or law relating to creditors rights generally; and
(m) the Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee
obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Property Trustee receives
written notice of such event from Securityholders holding at least 25%, of
the Outstanding Trust Securities (based upon Liquidation Amount).
No provision of this Declaration of Trust shall be deemed to impose any
duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or
exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals.
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Trustees do not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities.
SECTION 8.5. May Hold Securities.
Except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article
I, any Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual
or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and,
subject to Sections 8.8 and 8.13, may otherwise deal with the Trust with the
same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such other agent.
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SECTION 8.6. Compensation, Indemnity, Fees.
Pursuant to Section 10.6 of the Indenture, the Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by them hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision
of this Declaration of Trust (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence
or willful misconduct;
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify
and hold harmless (i) each Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of any Trustee,
(iii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative or agent
of any Trustee, and (iv) any employee or agent of the Trust or its
Affiliates, (referred to herein as an "Indemnified Person") from and
against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any
kind or nature whatsoever incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of
the creation, operation or termination of the Trust or any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of
the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be
within the scope of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this
Declaration of Trust, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled
to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such
Indemnified Person by reason of negligence or willful misconduct with
respect to such acts or omissions; and
(d) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to advance
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in
defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, from time to time,
prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt by the Depositor of (i) a written affirmation by or
on behalf of the Indemnified Person of its or his good faith belief that it
or he has met the standard of conduct set forth in this Section 8.6 and
(ii) an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such
amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnified Person is not
entitled to be indemnified as authorized in the preceding subsection.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of this
Declaration of Trust or the earlier resignation or removal of any Trustee.
No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any Trust Property as a result
of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The Depositor and any Trustee (in the case of the Property Trustee, subject
to Section 8.8 hereof) may engage in or possess an interest in other business
ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or
dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and none of the Trust, the Holders of
Trust Securities, the Depositor or any such Trustee shall have any rights by
virtue of this Declaration of Trust in and to such independent ventures or the
income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even
if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or
improper. Neither the Depositor, nor any Trustee, shall be obligated to present
any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such
opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by
the Trust, and the Depositor or any Trustee shall have the right to take for its
own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to
others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Trustee may
engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Depositor
or any Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act as depository for, trustee or
agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other
obligations of the Depositor or its Affiliates.
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SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect
to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that is a
national or state chartered bank and eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees
hereunder. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural person who is
at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more
persons authorized to bind that entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee. The Delaware Trustee
shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a
resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware and that otherwise meets the
requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act through one or more
persons authorized to bind such entity.
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests.
If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within
the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Declaration
of Trust.
SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any
time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may
at the time be located, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, by agreed
action of the majority of such Trustees, shall have power to appoint, and upon
the written request of the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor shall for such
purpose join with the Administrative Trustees in the execution, delivery, and
performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint,
one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee either to act as
co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust
Property, or to the extent required by law to act as separate trustee of any
such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the
instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity
aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable,
subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Depositor does not join
in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to
do, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment. Any co-trustee
or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section shall either be (i) a
natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the United
States or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the United
States that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such
entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any
co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such
co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and
all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered
by the Depositor.
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Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law,
but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all
rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody
of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be
deposited or pledged with, the Trustees specified hereunder, shall be
exercised, solely by such Trustees and not by such co-trustee or separate
trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by
such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such
co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the
instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act
is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties
and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or
separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing
executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept
the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed
under this Section, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the
resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without
the concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property
Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the
execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor
to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be
appointed in the manner provided in this Section.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee or any
other trustee hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be required to supervise any
co-trustee or separate trustee nor shall it be liable by reason of any act
of a co-trustee or separate trustee or any employees or agents of a
co-trustee or separate trustee.
(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be
deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Relevant Trustee may
resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders. If
the instrument of acceptance by the successor Trustee required by Section 8.11
shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Trust, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Relevant Trustee.
Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
any Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common Securityholder. If a
Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at such time by
Act of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding
Preferred Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual
capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be removed
by Act of the Common Securityholder at any time.
If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as
Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any cause,
at a time when no Debenture Event of Default
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shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Securityholder, by Act of the
Common Securityholder delivered to the retiring Trustee, shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee or Trustees and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when a
Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Preferred
Securityholders, by Act of the Preferred Securityholders of a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding delivered to the
retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee
or Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be
removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, at a time when
a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common
Securityholder, by Act of the Common Securityholder delivered to the
Administrative Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative
Trustee or Administrative Trustees and such successor Administrative Trustee or
Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no
successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Common
Securityholder or the Preferred Securityholders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has been a
Securityholder of Trust Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Securityholders
in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give notice to the Depositor.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the
address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Declaration of
Trust, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a
natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent or
incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may
be filled by (a) the unanimous act of remaining Administrative Trustees if there
are at least two of them or (b) otherwise by the Depositor (with the successor
in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for
Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in
Section 8.7).
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, such successor
Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Trust and to
the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee,
but, on the request of the Depositor or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights powers and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and if the Property Trustee is the resigning Trustee the
Property Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to the successor
Property Trustee all Trust Property and money held by such retiring Property
Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the
retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect to
the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each
successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities and the Trust and (b) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Declaration of Trust as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it
being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such
Relevant Trustees co-trustees if the same trust and that each such
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Relevant Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and
apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Relevant
Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation
or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent
provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Trust or any
successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all
proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Trust shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Person into which the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any
Administrative Trustee that is not a natural person may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant Trustee shall be a
party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such Relevant
Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon the
Trust Securities or the property of the Trust or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on
the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Property Trustee shall
have made any demand on the Trust for the payment of any past due Distributions)
shall be entitled and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any
Distributions owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Property Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in
such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the
Property Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement,
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adjustment or compensation affecting the Trust Securities or the rights of any
Holder thereof or to authorize the Property Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year or at such other time as
required under (S) 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall
transmit to all Securityholders in accordance with Section 10.8, and to the
Depositor, a brief report dated as of the prior December 31 with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof, if to the
best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said Section, a
written statement to such effect; and
(ii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as
Property Trustee since the date of its last report and any action taken by
the Property Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it
has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the
Trust Securities.
(b) In addition, the Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders
such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this
Declaration of Trust as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at
the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each national stock exchange, the
NASDAQ National Market or such other interdealer quotation system or
self-regulatory organization upon which the Trust Securities are listed or
traded, with the Commission and with the Depositor.
SECTION 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee.
The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as
required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form,
in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Declaration of Trust that
relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to
Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 8.17. Number of Trustees.
(a) The number of Trustees shall be four, provided that the Holder of all
of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease the
number of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
may be the same Person.
(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.17(a), or if the
number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall
occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with
Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence
or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul the
Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur,
until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in
accordance with Section 8.10, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless
of their number (and notwithstanding any other Provision of this Agreement),
shall have all the
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powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties
imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Declaration of Trust.
SECTION 8.18. Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or
her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
2.7(a), including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the
Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to
time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names
of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may
deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable
law or contrary to the provisions of this Declaration of Trust, as set forth
herein.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1. Termination Upon Expiration Date; Termination Upon Tax Event.
(a) Unless earlier terminated, the Trust shall automatically terminate on
November 18, 2051 (the "Expiration Date"), following the distribution of the
Trust Property in accordance with Section 9.4.
(b) If a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the Depositor may, at its
option and subject to receipt of prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then
required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve,
terminate the Trust and distribute the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to
the Holders of the Trust Securities at any time within 90 days of the occurrence
of such Tax Event and, if such Tax Event continues notwithstanding the taking of
such actions, to prepay the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in whole, but
not in part, at the prepayment price (the "Tax Event Prepayment Price") equal to
100% of the principal amount of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities plus
accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment; provided, however, that
following such distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or
pursuant to Section 9.2(b), the Depositor agrees to use its best efforts to
maintain any ratings of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities by any
nationally recognized rating agency for so long as any such Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities are outstanding. Such right is subject to prior approval of the
Federal Reserve if then required under applicable guidelines or policies of the
Federal Reserve.
SECTION 9.2. Early Termination.
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early Termination
Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the
dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor or the Holder of the Common
Securities;
(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the Holder of
the Common Securities at any time (which direction is optional and wholly
within the discretion of the Holder of the Common Securities (including
upon the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event in respect of the
Trust)) to terminate the Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, distribute a Like
Amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to Securityholders in
exchange for the Preferred Securities;
(c) the redemption of all of the Trust Securities in connection with
the redemption of all the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities (including
upon the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event pursuant to Section
11.7(b) of the Indenture); and
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(x) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Trust by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.3. Termination.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the
Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of
the following: (a) the payment of any expenses owed by the Trust, (b), the
distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of
the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust
Securities pursuant to Section 4.2, of all amounts required to be distributed
hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities, and (c) the discharge
of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the
performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the
Securityholders.
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of
Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated by
the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be possible by
distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation
shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
mailed not later than 30 nor more than 90 days prior to the Liquidation Date to
each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the
Securities Register. All notices of liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date (which in the case of any liquidation
following the occurrence of a Tax Event shall not be more than 90 days
following such occurrence);
(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust
Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust
Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which
Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities, or if Section 9.4(d) applies receive a Liquidation
Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall
deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect the
liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities to Securityholders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record
date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the
Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the
appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it
shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the Liquidation
Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii)
certificates representing a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
will be issued to holders of Trust Securities, upon surrender of such
certificates to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange, (iii)
any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed
to represent a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities accruing
interest at the rate provided for in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
from the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution was made on such Trust
Securities Certificates until such certificates are so surrendered (or until
such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will
be made to the Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities) and (iv) all rights Securityholders holding
Trust Securities will cease, except the right of such securityholders to receive
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities upon surrender of Trust Securities
Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section
9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent
jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the
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Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in the manner provided herein is determined
by the Property Trustee not to be practical, the Trust Property shall be
liquidated, and the Trust shall be dissolved, wound-up or terminated, by the
Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such
event, on the date of the dissolution, winding-up or other termination of the
Trust, Securityholders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the
Trust available for distribution to Securityholders after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount
equal to the aggregate of Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated
and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the
"Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such dissolution, winding up or
termination, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the
Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation
Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable
by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based
upon Liquidation Amounts). The holder of the Common Securities will be entitled
to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such dissolution, winding-up or
termination pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred
Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities. Any such determination and liquidation by the Property Trustee shall
be conclusive upon the Securityholders and the Property Trustee shall have no
liability in connection therewith.
SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the
Trust.
The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except pursuant
to this Section 9.5. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent of the
Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Trust may merge
with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust
organized as such under the laws of any State; provided, however, that (i) such
successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the
Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities or (b) substitutes for the
Preferred Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the
Preferred Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor
Securities rank the same as the Preferred Securities rank in priority with
respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise, (ii) the Depositor expressly appoints a trustee of such successor
entity possessing the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the
holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (iii) the Successor
Securities are listed or traded, or any Successor Securities will be listed or
traded upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or
other organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed or traded,
if any, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Securities (including any
Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, (v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences
and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any
Successor Securities) in any material respect, (vi) such successor entity has a
purpose identical to that of the Trust, (vii) prior to such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the
Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
adversely affect the rights preferences and privileges of the holders of the
Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material
respect, and (b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor
entity will be required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act
and (viii) the Depositor or any permitted successor or assign owns all of the
Common Securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of
such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent
provided by the Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not,
except with the consent of holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities,
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consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with
or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to
be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.
The death or incapacity of any person having an interest, beneficial or
otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Declaration
of Trust, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such person or any
Securityholder for such person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring
any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding-up of the arrangements
contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
SECTION 10.2. Liability of the Common Securityholder.
The Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for all the debts and
obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to the Preferred Securities)
to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's assets.
SECTION 10.3. Amendment.
(a) This Declaration of Trust may be amended from time to time by the
Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, without the
consent of any Securityholders (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement
any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein,
or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Declaration of Trust, which shall not be inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Declaration of Trust; (ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any
provisions of this Declaration of Trust to such extent as shall be necessary to
ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any Trust Securities are
Outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an
investment company under the 1940 Act; provided, however, that in the case of
clause (i), such action shall not adversely effect in any material respect the
interests of any Securityholder, and any amendments to this Declaration of Trust
shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any provision of this
Declaration of Trust may be amended by the Trustees and the Depositor with (i)
the consent of Trust Securityholders representing not less than a majority
(based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then Outstanding and
(ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance
with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status
of an investment company under the 1940 Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Declaration of Trust, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such
consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.8 hereof), this
Declaration of Trust may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of
any Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the
amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust
Securities as of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, without the unanimous consent of the
Securityholders (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or
6.8 hereof), this paragraph (c) of this Section 10.2 may not be amended.
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(x) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Declaration of Trust, no
Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Declaration of
Trust which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption
from status of an investment company under the 1940 Act or fail or cease to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Declaration of Trust to the contrary,
without the consent of the Depositor this Declaration of Trust may not be
amended in a manner which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration of Trust, no
amendment to this Declaration of Trust may be made if, as a result of such
amendment, it would cause the Trust to fail to be classified as a grantor trust
for United States federal income tax purposes.
(g) In the event that any amendment to this Declaration of Trust is made,
the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of
such amendment.
(h) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be required
to enter into any amendment to this Declaration of Trust which affects its own
rights, duties or immunities under this Declaration of Trust or would otherwise
expose the Property Trustee to any liability or be contrary to applicable law.
The Property Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an
Officers' Certificate stating that any amendment to this Declaration of Trust is
in compliance with this Declaration of Trust.
SECTION 10.4. Separability.
In case any provision in this Declaration of Trust or in the Trust
Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10.5. Governing Law.
This Declaration of Trust and the rights and obligations of each of the
Securityholders, the Trust and the Trustees with respect to this Declaration of
Trust and the Trust Securities shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflict of
laws principles. The provisions of Sections 3540 and 3561 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code shall not apply to this Trust.
SECTION 10.6. Payments Due on Non-Business Day.
If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day that
is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but may
be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (except as otherwise
provided in Sections 4.1(a) and 4.2(d)), with the same force and effect as
though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no interest shall accrue
thereon for the period after such date.
SECTION 10.7. Successors.
This Declaration of Trust shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustee,
including any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a
consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under
Article VI of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing
to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall not assign
its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10.8. Headings.
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction of this Declaration of Trust.
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SECTION 10.9. Reports, Notices and Demands.
Any report, notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of
this Declaration of Trust is required or permitted to be given or served to or
upon any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by
deposit thereof, first class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand
delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of
a Preferred Securityholder, to such Preferred Securityholder as such
Securityholder's name and address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b)
in the case of the Common Securityholder or the Depositor, to Republic New York
Corporation, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Office of the
Secretary, facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000. Any notice to Preferred
Securityholders may also be given to such owners as have, within two years
preceding the giving of such notice, filed their names and addresses with the
Property Trustee for that purpose. Such notice, demand or other communication to
or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or
made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or transmission.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this
Declaration of Trust is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon
the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is published
by the Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to Bankers
Trust Company, Four Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust and Agency Group -- Corporate Market Services; (b) with respect
to the Delaware Trustee to Bankers Trust (Delaware), 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxx; and (c) with
respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for notices
to the Depositor, marked "Attention: Office of the Secretary". Such notice,
demand or other communication to or upon the Trust or the Property Trustee shall
be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of
the writing by the Trust or the Property Trustee.
SECTION 10.10. Agreement Not to Petition.
Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the
Securityholders that, until at least one year and one day after the Trust has
been terminated in accordance with Article IX, they shall not file, or join in
the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law (including, without limitation, the United
States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in
the commencement of any proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law.
In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.9, the
Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the expense
of the Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise
properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Trust
or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has
agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded
therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Trustee or the
Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.9 shall survive the
termination of this Declaration of Trust.
SECTION 10.11. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
This Declaration of Trust will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
This Declaration of Trust incorporates certain provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(a) This Declaration of Trust is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Declaration of Trust and
shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for
the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in this Declaration of Trust
by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act,
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such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Declaration of
Trust modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be
so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this
Declaration of Trust as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Declaration of Trust
shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 10.12. Acceptance of Terms of Declaration of Trust, Guarantee and
Indenture.
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY
OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE
OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST
AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE
AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH
SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS DECLARATION
OF TRUST SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH
SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION,
Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
as Delaware Trustee and not in
its individual capacity
By:
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Name:
Title:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
as Administrative Trustee
Xxxxxxx Saali,
as Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CAPITAL
THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of Republic New York Capital (the "Trust"),
dated as of , is being duly executed and filed by Bankers Trust
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, an
individual, as trustee and Xxxxxxx Saali, an individual, as trustee to form a
business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801,
et seq.).
1. The name of the business trust formed hereby is Republic New York
Capital .
2. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust which has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware are as follows: Bankers
Trust (Delaware) 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000.
3. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing with the
Secretary of State.
4. The Trust created hereby shall terminate on .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the trustees of the Trust, have
executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first written above.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity but
solely as trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX, not in his
individual capacity but solely as
trustee
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XXXXXXX SAALI, not in his individual
capacity but solely as trustee
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EXHIBIT B
IF THE PREFERRED SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE INSERT -- This
Preferred Security is a Global Certificate within the meaning of the Declaration
of Trust hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository
Trust Company (the "Depositary") or a nominee of the Depositary. This Preferred
Security is exchangeable for Preferred Securities registered in the name of a
person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Declaration of Trust and no transfer of this
Preferred Security (other than a transfer of this Preferred 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 Preferred Security is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company (55 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx) to Republic New York
Capital or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment, and any Preferred Security issued is registered in the name of Cede &
Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS
WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
CUSIP NO. [ ]
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING PREFERRED SECURITIES
OF
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CAPITAL
[NAME OF ISSUE]
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $ PER PREFERRED SECURITY)
Republic New York Capital , a statutory business trust formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
Cede & Co. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of ( ) Preferred
Securities of the Trust representing an undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust and designated Republic New York Capital [Name of
issue] (Liquidation Amount $ per Preferred Security) (the "Preferred
Securities"). The Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and records
of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in Section
5.4 of the Declaration of Trust (as defined below). The designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to
the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
the Trust dated as of , as the same may be amended from time to
time (the "Declaration of Trust") including the designation of the terms of
Preferred Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the
benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by Republic New York
Corporation, a corporation, and Bankers Trust Company, as guarantee trustee,
dated as of , (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The
Trust will furnish a copy of the Declaration of Trust and the Guarantee to the
Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place
of business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration of
Trust and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this day of , .
Republic New York Capital
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By:
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Name:
Administrative Trustee
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Transfer Agent and Registrar
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred
Security to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the Trust.
The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date: __________
Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred
Security Certificate)
The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to
SEC Rule 17Ad-15.
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EXHIBIT C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF COMMON SECURITIES
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CAPITAL
% COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $ PER COMMON SECURITY)
Republic New York Capital , a statutory business trust formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
Republic New York Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
( ) common securities of the Trust representing beneficial
interests of the Trust and designated the % Common Securities (Liquidation
Amount $ per Common Security) (the "Common Securities"). Except as set
forth in Section 5.10 of the Declaration of Trust (as defined below) the Common
Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be void.
The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms
and provisions of the Common Securities are set forth in, and this certificate
and the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all
respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of , , as the same may
be amended from time to time (the "Declaration of Trust") including the
designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth therein. The
Trust will furnish a copy of the Declaration of Trust to the Holder without
charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or
registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration of
Trust and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this day of , .
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CAPITAL
By:
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Name:
Administrative Trustee
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Transfer Agent and Registrar
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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ANNEX C
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FORM OF
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
(AS GUARANTOR)
AND
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(AS TRUSTEE)
DATED AS OF
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
SECTION OF SECTION OF
TRUST INDENTURE ACT GUARANTEE
OF 1939, AS AMENDED AGREEMENT
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310(a) ....................................................................... 4.1(a)
310(b) ....................................................................... 4.1(c), 2.8
310(c) ....................................................................... Inapplicable
311(a) ....................................................................... 2.2(b)
311(b) ....................................................................... 2.2(b)
311(c) ....................................................................... Inapplicable
312(a) ....................................................................... 2.2(a)
312(b) ....................................................................... 2.2(b)
313 ....................................................................... 2.3
314(a) ....................................................................... 2.4
314(b) ....................................................................... Inapplicable
314(c) ....................................................................... 2.5
314(d) ....................................................................... Inapplicable
314(e) ....................................................................... 1.1, 2.5, 3.2
314(f) ....................................................................... 2.1, 3.2
315(a) ....................................................................... 3.1(d)
315(b) ....................................................................... 2.7
315(c) ....................................................................... 3.1
315(d) ....................................................................... 3.1(d)
316(a) ....................................................................... 1.1, 2.6, 5.4
316(b) ....................................................................... 5.3
316(c) ....................................................................... 8.2
317(a) ....................................................................... Inapplicable
317(b) ....................................................................... Inapplicable
318(a) ....................................................................... 2.1(b)
318(b) ....................................................................... 2.1
318(c) ....................................................................... 2.1(c)
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Guarantee Agreement
and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS............................................................... C-1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions....................................................... C-1
ARTICLE II. TRUST INDENTURE ACT...................................................... C-4
SECTION 2.1. Trust Indenture Act; Application.................................. C-4
SECTION 2.2. List of Holders................................................... C-4
SECTION 2.3. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.................................. C-4
SECTION 2.4. Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee............................. C-4
SECTION 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.................. C-4
SECTION 2.6. Events of Default; Waiver......................................... C-5
SECTION 2.7. Event of Default; Notice.......................................... C-5
SECTION 2.8. Conflicting Interests............................................. C-5
ARTICLE III. POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE...................... C-5
SECTION 3.1. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee........................ C-5
SECTION 3.2. Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee............................... C-6
SECTION 3.3. Indemnity......................................................... C-7
SECTION 3.4. Expenses.......................................................... C-8
ARTICLE IV. GUARANTEE TRUSTEE........................................................ C-8
SECTION 4.1. Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.................................... C-8
SECTION 4.2. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee..... C-8
ARTICLE V. GUARANTEE................................................................. C-9
SECTION 5.1. Guarantee......................................................... C-9
SECTION 5.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand....................................... C-9
SECTION 5.3. Obligations Not Affected.......................................... C-9
SECTION 5.4. Rights of Holders................................................. C-10
SECTION 5.5. Guarantee of Payment.............................................. C-10
SECTION 5.6. Subrogation....................................................... C-10
SECTION 5.7. Independent Obligations........................................... C-10
ARTICLE VI. COVENANTS AND SUBORDINATION.............................................. C-10
SECTION 6.1. Subordination..................................................... C-10
SECTION 6.2. Pari Passu Guarantees............................................. C-10
ARTICLE VII. TERMINATION............................................................. C-11
SECTION 7.1. Termination....................................................... C-11
ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS.......................................................... C-11
SECTION 8.1. Successors and Assigns............................................ C-11
SECTION 8.2. Amendments........................................................ C-11
SECTION 8.3. Notices........................................................... C-11
SECTION 8.4. Benefit........................................................... C-12
SECTION 8.5. Interpretation.................................................... C-12
SECTION 8.6. Governing Law..................................................... C-13
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, dated as of -, is executed
and delivered by REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION, a bank holding company (the
"Guarantor") having its principal office at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000 and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the
"Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from
time to time of the Trust Securities (as defined herein) of Republic New York
Capital , a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the
"Declaration of Trust"), dated as of , among the Trustees
named therein, the Guarantor, as Depositor, and the Holders from time to time of
undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer
is issuing $ aggregate Liquidation Amount of its Preferred
Securities, Liquidation Amount $ per security (the "Preferred
Securities") and $ of aggregate Liquidation Amount of Common
Securities, liquidation preference $ per security (the "Common
Securities" and collectively with the Preferred Securities (as defined herein),
the "Trust Securities") representing undivided beneficial ownership interests in
the assets of the Issuer and having the terms set forth in the Declaration of
Trust; and
WHEREAS, the Trust Securities were issued by the Issuer and the proceeds
thereof were used to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due
(as defined in the Declaration of Trust) (the "Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities") of the Guarantor which will be deposited with
Bankers Trust Company, as Property Trustee under the Declaration of Trust, as
trust assets; and
WHEREAS, on , 1997, the Guarantor and the Issuer filed a
registration statement (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to
which the Preferred Securities and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and
this Guarantee were registered; and
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase Trust Securities, the
Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set
forth herein, to pay to the Holders of the Trust Securities the Guarantee
Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and
conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of Trust
Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the
Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee Agreement for the
benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Trust Securities.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
As used in this Guarantee Agreement, the terms set forth below shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings. Capitalized
or otherwise defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Declaration of Trust as in effect on the
date hereof.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person; provided, however, that an Affiliate of the
Guarantor shall not be deemed to include the Issuer. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
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"Common Securities" shall have the meaning specified in the first recital
of this Guarantee Agreement.
"Debt" means, with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a
portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not contingent, (i) the
principal of and premium, if any, and unpaid interest on indebtedness for money
borrowed, (ii) purchase money and similar obligations, (iii) obligations under
capital leases, (iv) guarantees, assumptions or purchase commitments relating
to, or other transactions as a result of which the Guarantor is responsible for
the payment of, such indebtedness of others, (v) renewals, extensions and
refunding of any such indebtedness, (vi) interest or obligations in respect of
any such indebtedness accruing after the commencement of any insolvency or
bankruptcy proceedings and (vii) obligations associated with derivative products
such as interest rate and currency exchange contracts, foreign exchange
contracts, commodity contracts and similar arrangements.
"Declaration of Trust" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust,
dated , executed by the Guarantor, as Depositor, Bankers
Trust (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, Bankers Trust Company, as Property
Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment
or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however, that,
except with respect to a default in payment of any Guarantee Payment, the
Guarantor shall have received notice of default and shall not have cured such
default within 60 days after receipt of such notice.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without
duplication, with respect to the Trust Securities, to the extent not paid or
made by or on behalf of the Issuer: (i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions (as
defined in the Declaration of Trust) required to be paid on the Trust
Securities, to the extent the Issuer shall have funds on hand available therefor
at such time, (ii) the redemption price, including all accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date of redemption (the "Redemption Price"), with respect
to the Trust Securities called for redemption by the Issuer to the extent the
Issuer shall have funds on hand available therefor at such time, and (iii) upon
a voluntary or involuntary termination, winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer,
unless Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are distributed to the Holders, the
lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation preference of $ per
Trust Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Trust Securities to
the date of payment to the extent the Issuer shall have funds on hand available
to make such payment at such time and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer
remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer (in
either case, the "Liquidation Distribution").
"Guarantee Trustee" means Bankers Trust Company, until a Successor
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant
to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement and thereafter means each such
Successor Guarantee Trustee.
"Guarantor" shall have the meaning specified in the first recital of this
Guarantee Agreement.
"Holder" means any holder, as registered on the books and records of the
Issuer, of any Trust Securities; provided, however, that in determining whether
the holders of the requisite percentage of Trust Securities have given any
request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the
Guarantor, the Guarantee Trustee, or any Affiliate of the Guarantor or the
Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of November
27, 1996, between the Guarantor and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee as
supplemented and amended.
"Issuer" shall have the meaning specified in the first recital of this
Guarantee Agreement.
"List of Holders" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
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"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities" means, except as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by the Holder(s), voting separately
as a class, of more than 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all then
outstanding Trust Securities issued by the Issuer.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Associate Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person, and
delivered to the Guarantee Trustee. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Guarantee Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate
has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers'
Certificate;
(c) a statement that each officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such
officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning specified in the fourth
recital of this Guarantee Agreement.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Guarantee Trustee means
any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any managing
director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer,
assistant secretary or any other officer of the Guarantee Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and having direct responsibility for the administration of this
Guarantee Agreement, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Senior Debt" means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Guarantor whether or not such
claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), on Debt,
whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Guaranty Agreement or
thereafter incurred, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same
or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such
obligations are not superior in right of payment to the Trust Securities or to
other Debt which is pari passu with, or subordinated to, the Trust Securities;
provided, however, that Senior Debt shall not be deemed to include (a) any Debt
of the Guarantor which, when incurred and without respect to any election under
Section 1111(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was
without recourse to the Guarantor, (b) any Debt of the Guarantor to any of its
Subsidiaries, (c) any Debt to any employee of the Guarantor, (d) any Debt which
by its terms is subordinated to trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent that payments made to
the holders of such Debt by the holders of the Securities as a result of the
subordination provisions of this Indenture would be greater than such payments
otherwise would have been as a result of any obligation of such holders of such
Debt to pay amounts over to the obligees on such trade accounts payable or
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business as a result of
the subordination provisions to which such Debt is subject, (e) any other debt
securities issued pursuant to this Indenture and (f) this Guarantee Agreement.
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"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
sec.sec. 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended.
"Trust Securities" shall have the meaning specified in the first recital of
this Guarantee Agreement.
ARTICLE II.
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1. Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of the Guarantee Agreement and shall,
to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) If and to the extent that, any provision of this Guarantee Agreement
limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 2.2. List of Holders.
(a) The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Guarantee
Trustee (i) semiannually, on or before and of each
year, a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (ii) at such other times as the
Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by
the Guarantor of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date not more than
15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, in each case to the extent
such information is in the possession or control of the Guarantor and is not
identical to a previously supplied list of Holders or has not otherwise been
received by the Guarantee Trustee in its capacity as such. The Guarantee Trustee
may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List
of Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Section
311(a), Section 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.
Not later than [July 15] of each year, commencing [July 15, ], the
Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports, if any, as are
required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form and in the manner
provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee Trustee shall
also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4. Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee.
The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the Holders such documents, reports and information, if
any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, in the form, in
the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of
compliance with such conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Guarantee Agreement that relate to any of the matters
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set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or
opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be
given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.6. Events of Default; Waiver.
The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities
may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders, waive any past Event of Default and its
consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist,
and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured,
for every purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent therefrom.
SECTION 2.7. Event of Default; Notice.
(a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders,
notice of all Events of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such
Events of Default have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided,
that, except in the case of a default in the payment of a Guarantee Payment, the
Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long
as the Board of Directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of
directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer charged with the administration of
the Declaration of Trust shall have received written notice of such Event of
Default.
SECTION 2.8. Conflicting Interests.
The Declaration of Trust shall be deemed to be specifically described in
this Guarantee Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso
contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III.
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.
(a) This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this
Guarantee Agreement to any Person except a Holder exercising his or her rights
pursuant to Section 5.4(iv) or to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by
such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor
Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall
automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee upon acceptance by such
Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment hereunder, and such vesting and
cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have
been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee
Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the Holders.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default
and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall
undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Guarantee
Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has
occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6), the
Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Guarantee Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its
exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
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(d) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Guarantee Agreement,
and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance
of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Guarantee Agreement; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Guarantee
Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Guarantee Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Guarantee Agreement; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof
or of the Trust Indenture Act are specifically required to be furnished
to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Guarantee Agreement;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee
Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement; and
(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall require the
Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers if the Guarantee Trustee shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or
liability is not assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement
or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 3.2. Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or
parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this
Guarantee Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate unless otherwise prescribed herein.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement, the
Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before taking, suffering or omitting to take any action
hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
request and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon
receipt of such request from the Guarantee Trustee, shall be promptly
delivered by the Guarantor.
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(iv) The Guarantee Trustee may consult with legal counsel, and the
advice or written opinion of such legal counsel with respect to legal
matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion. Such legal
counsel may be legal counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and
may be one of its employees. The Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at
any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this
Guarantee Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction.
(v) The Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement at the
request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided
to the Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees
and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying
with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may
be requested by the Guarantee Trustee; provided, that nothing contained in
this Section 3.2(a)(v) shall be taken to relieve the Guarantee Trustee,
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise
the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement.
(vi) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit.
(vii) The Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
its agents or attorneys, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(viii) Whenever in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement the
Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action
hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (A) may request instructions from the
Holders, (B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such
other action until such instructions are received and (C) shall be fully
protected in acting in accordance with such instructions.
(b) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to impose any
duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or
exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty to act in accordance with such power and
authority.
SECTION 3.3. Indemnity.
The Guarantor agrees to indemnify the Guarantee Trustee and its directors,
officers, agents and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Guarantee Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this Guarantee Agreement, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Guarantee Trustee
will not claim or exact any lien or charge on any Guarantee Payments as a result
of any amount due to it under this Guarantee Agreement. This indemnity shall
survive the termination of this Guarantee Agreement or the resignation or
removal of the Guarantee Trustee.
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SECTION 3.4. Expenses.
The Guarantor shall from time to time reimburse the Guarantee Trustee for
its expenses and costs incurred in connection with the performance of its duties
hereunder.
ARTICLE IV.
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. Guarantee Trustee: Eligibility.
(a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act
to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000, and shall be a corporation meeting the requirements of Section
310(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
supervising or examining authority, then, for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so
act under Section 4.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the
manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Guarantee Trustee and the Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the
provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.2. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee.
(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), in the absence of the existence of an Event
of Default, the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at
any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed until a Successor Guarantee
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by a written
instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed hereunder shall hold office until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or
resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for
prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not
take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by an instrument in writing executed by such Successor
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee
Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and
accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after
delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of resignation, the resigning
Guarantee Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Guarantor, any court of
competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.
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ARTICLE V.
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1. Guarantee.
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the
Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid
by or on behalf of the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense,
right of set-off or counterclaim which the Issuer may have or assert. The
Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct
payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing
the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders. The Guarantor shall give prompt
written notice to the Guarantee Trustee in the event it makes any direct payment
hereunder.
SECTION 5.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand.
The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of the Guarantee Agreement
and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for
payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Guarantee Trustee,
the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other
notices and demands.
SECTION 5.3. Obligations Not Affected.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under
this Guarantee Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of
the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the
performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied
agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Trust Securities to
be performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any
portion of the Distributions (other than an extension of time for payment
of Distributions that results from the extension of any interest payment
period on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities as so provided in the
Indenture), Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any other sums
payable under the terms of the Trust Securities or the extension of time
for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in
connection with, the Trust Securities;
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of
the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or
remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer
or any of the assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Trust
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby
or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute
a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the
intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain
the consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
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SECTION 5.4. Rights of Holders.
The Guarantor expressly acknowledges that: (i) this Guarantee Agreement
will be deposited with the Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the
Holders; (ii) the Guarantee Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee
Agreement on behalf of the Holders; (iii) the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee Agreement or exercising any trust
or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement and
(iv) any Holder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor
to enforce its rights under this Guarantee Agreement, without first instituting
a legal proceeding against the Issuer or any other Person.
SECTION 5.5. Guarantee of Payment.
This Guarantee Agreement creates a guarantee of payment and not of
collection. This Guarantee Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of
the Guarantee Payments in full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid
by the Issuer) or upon distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to
Holders as provided in the Declaration of Trust.
SECTION 5.6. Subrogation.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders
against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to the Holders by the
Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement and shall have the right to waive
payment by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.1; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of
law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights which it may acquire by way
of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases
as a result of payment under this Guarantee Agreement if, at the time of any
such payment any amounts are due and unpaid under this Guarantee Agreement. If
any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding
sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and
to pay over such amount to the Holders.
SECTION 5.7. Independent Obligations.
The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent
of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Trust Securities and that
the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make
Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement
notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a)
through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI.
COVENANTS AND SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1. Subordination.
This Guarantee Agreement will constitute an unsecured obligation of the
Guarantor and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior
Debt of the Guarantor.
SECTION 6.2. Pari Passu Guarantees.
This Guarantee Agreement shall rank pari passu with any similar Guarantee
Agreements issued by the Guarantor on behalf of the holders of trust securities
issued by [Republic New York Capital I, Republic New York Capital II and
Republic New York Capital ].
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ARTICLE VII.
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1. Termination.
This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and
effect upon (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of all Trust Securities,
(ii) the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the Holders in
exchange for all of the Trust Securities or (iii) full payment of the amounts
payable in accordance with the Declaration of Trust upon liquidation of the
Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement will continue to
be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any
Holder must repay any sums paid with respect to Trust Securities or this
Guarantee Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.1. Successors and Assigns.
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall
bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the
Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Trust Securities
then outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale
involving the Guarantor that is permitted under Article VIII of the Indenture
and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Guarantor's
obligations hereunder, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 8.2. Amendments.
Except with respect to any changes which do not adversely affect the rights
of the Holders in any material respect (in which case no consent of the Holders
will be required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with the prior
approval of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation Amount of all
the outstanding Trust Securities. The provisions of Article VI of the
Declaration of Trust concerning meetings of the Holders shall apply to the
giving of such approval.
SECTION 8.3. Notices.
Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such
notice, and delivered, telecopied (confirmed by delivery of the original) or
mailed by first class mail as follows:
(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below or such
other address, facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as
the Guarantor may give notice to the Holders:
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
(b) if given to the Issuer, in care of the Guarantee Trustee, at the
Issuer's (and the Guarantee Trustee's) address set forth below or such
other address as the Guarantee Trustee on behalf of the Issuer may give
notice to the Holders:
Republic New York Capital
c/o Republic New York Corporation
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
X-00
000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
with a copy to: Bankers Trust Company
Four Albany Street -- 4(th) Floor
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group
Corporate Market Services
(c) if given to the Guarantee Trustee:
Bankers Trust Company
Four Albany Street -- 4(th) Floor
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group
Corporate Market Services
(d) if given to any Holder, at the address set forth on the books and
records of the Issuer.
All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery
or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was
given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 8.4. Benefit.
This Guarantee Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Holders and is
not separately transferable from the Trust Securities.
SECTION 8.5. Interpretation.
In this Guarantee Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Guarantee Agreement but not defined
in the preamble hereto have the respective meanings assigned to them in
Section 1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has the same
meaning throughout;
(c) all references to "the Guarantee Agreement" or "this Guarantee
Agreement" are to this Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented or
amended from time to time;
(d) all references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles and
Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless
otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning
when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this
Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires;
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
and
(g) the masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall
include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
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SECTION 8.6. Governing Law.
THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above
written.
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Guarantee Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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