Exhibit 4.15
TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
ACE CAPITAL TRUST IV
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT is made as of May 14, 2002 (the "Trust
Agreement"), by and among ACE INA HOLDINGS INC, a Delaware corporation, as
Depositor (the "Depositor"), and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., a national
banking association, as property trustee (the "Property Trustee"), Bank One
Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), and
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, an individual, as trustee (the "Administrative Trustee") (the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustee are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Trustees"). The Depositor and the
Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "ACE Capital Trust IV" (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
Trust the sum of $10. Such amount shall constitute the initial trust estate. 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.
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ss. 3801, et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that this document constitute
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the governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and
directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary
of State in such form as the Trustees may approve.
3. The Depositor and the Trustees will enter into an Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement satisfactory to each such party to provide for the contemplated
operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the Preferred
Securities and Common Securities referred to therein. Prior to the execution and
delivery of such Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall not
have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect of the trust estate,
except as otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain
prior to such execution and delivery of any licenses, consents or approvals
required by applicable law or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Trustees may take all actions deemed proper as are necessary to effect the
transactions contemplated herein.
4. The Depositor, as depositor of the Trust, is hereby authorized, in its
discretion, (i) to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") and to execute, in the case of the 1933 Act Registration
Statement and 1934 Act Registration Statement (each as herein defined), on
behalf of the Trust, (a) a Registration Statement (the "1933 Act Registration
Statement"), including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto,
relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), of the Preferred Securities of the Trust, (b) any preliminary
prospectus or prospectus or supplement thereto relating to the Preferred
Securities of the Trust required to be filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, and (c) a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other appropriate form (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 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) if and at
such time as determined by the Depositor, to file with the
New York Stock Exchange or other exchange, or the National Association of
Securities Dealers ("NASD"), and execute on behalf of the Trust, a listing
application and all other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and
other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred
Securities of the Trust to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or such
other exchange, or the NASD's Nasdaq National Market; (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
documents that shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred
Securities of the Trust under the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such
jurisdictions as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or
desirable; (iv) to execute and deliver letters or documents to, or instruments
for filing with, a depository relating to the Preferred Securities of the Trust;
and (v) to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust an underwriting
agreement with one or more underwriters relating to the offering of the
Preferred Securities of the Trust.
In the event that any filing referred to in this Section 4 is required
by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or
other exchange, the NASD or state securities or "Blue Sky" laws to be executed
on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, the Trustees, in their capacity as
trustees of the Trust, 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 the Trustees, in their capacity as trustees 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 New
York Stock Exchange or other exchange, the NASD or state securities or "Blue
Sky" laws.
5. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.
6. The number of trustees of the Trust initially shall be three and thereafter
the number of trustees of the Trust 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 of the Trust; provided, however, that to the
extent required by the Business Trust Act, one trustee of the Trust 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 of the Trust at any time. Any trustee of the Trust may resign
upon thirty days' prior notice to the Depositor.
7. Bank One Delaware, Inc., in its capacity as Trustee, shall not have the
powers or duties of the Trustees set forth herein (except as may be required
under the Business Trust Act) and shall be a trustee hereunder for the sole and
limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807(a) of the
Business Trust Act.
8. The Trust may be dissolved and terminated before the issuance of the
Preferred Securities at the election of the Depositor.
9. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws
principles).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement
to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
ACE INA HOLDINGS INC., as Depositor
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer
BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its
individual capacity but solely as trustee
of the Trust
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
BANK ONE DELAWARE, INC., not in its
individual capacity but solely as trustee
of the Trust
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXX
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XXXXXX X. XXXX, not in his individual
capacity but solely as trustee of the Trust
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