EXHIBIT 7
SERIES SUPPLEMENT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
BELLSOUTH DEBENTURE-BACKED SERIES 2002-8 TRUST
between
XXXXXX ABS CORPORATION,
as Depositor
and
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
Dated as of May 23, 2002
Table of Contents
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Section 1. Incorporation of Standard Terms.................................1
Section 2. Definitions.....................................................1
Section 3. Designation of Trust and Certificates...........................7
Section 4. Trust Certificates..............................................8
Section 5. Distributions...................................................8
Section 6. Trustee's Fees.................................................11
Section 7. Optional Exchange; Optional Call...............................11
Section 8. Notices of Events of Default...................................13
Section 9. Miscellaneous..................................................13
Section 10. Governing Law..................................................15
Section 11. Counterparts...................................................16
Section 12. Termination of the Trust.......................................16
Section 13. Sale of Underlying Securities; Optional Exchange...............16
Section 14. Amendments.....................................................16
Section 15. Voting of Underlying Securities, Modification of Indenture.....17
Section 16. Additional Depositor Representation............................18
SCHEDULE I SERIES 2002-8 UNDERLYING SECURITIES SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT A FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT
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SERIES SUPPLEMENT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
BELLSOUTH DEBENTURE-BACKED SERIES 2002-8 TRUST
SERIES SUPPLEMENT, BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8
Trust, dated as of May 23, 2002 (the "Series Supplement"), by and between
XXXXXX ABS CORPORATION, as Depositor (the "Depositor"), and U.S. BANK TRUST
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to create the Trust designated
herein (the "Trust") by executing and delivering this Series Supplement, which
shall incorporate the terms of the Standard Terms for Trust Agreements, dated
as of January 16, 2001 (the "Standard Terms" and, together with this Series
Supplement, the "Trust Agreement"), by and between the Depositor and the
Trustee, as modified by this Series Supplement;
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to deposit into the Trust the
Underlying Securities set forth on Schedule I attached hereto (the "Underlying
Securities Schedule") the general terms of which are described in the
Prospectus Supplement under the heading "Description of the Deposited Assets -
Underlying Securities;"
WHEREAS, in connection with the creation of the Trust and the
deposit therein of the Underlying Securities, it is desired to provide for the
issuance of trust certificates evidencing undivided interests in the Trust and
call warrants related thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Trustee has joined in the execution of the Standard
Terms and this Series Supplement to evidence the acceptance by the Trustee of
the Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and
the mutual covenants expressed herein, it is hereby agreed by and between the
Depositor and the Trustee as follows:
Section 1. Incorporation of Standard Terms. Except as otherwise
provided herein, all of the provisions of the Standard Terms are hereby
incorporated herein by reference in their entirety, and this Series Supplement
and the Standard Terms shall form a single agreement between the parties. In
the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Series
Supplement and the provisions of the Standard Terms, the provisions of this
Series Supplement will control with respect to the BellSouth Debenture-Backed
Series 2002-8 Certificates and the transactions described herein.
Section 2. Definitions.
(a) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may
otherwise require, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set
forth below for all purposes under this Series Supplement. (Section 2(b) below
sets forth terms listed in the Standard Terms which are
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not applicable to this Series.) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Standard Terms.
"Available Funds" shall have the meaning specified in the
Standard Terms.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than (i) Saturday and
Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in New York City, New York
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed for
business or (iii) a day that is not a business day for the purposes of the
Indenture.
"Call Date" shall mean any Business Day (i) on or after May 23,
2007, (ii) after the Underlying Securities Issuer announces that it will
prepay or otherwise make an unscheduled payment on the Underlying Securities,
(iii) after the Trustee notifies the Certificateholders of any proposed sale
of the Underlying Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Series
Supplement or (iv) on which a tender offer for some or all of the Underlying
Securities is consummated.
"Call Notice" shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of
the Warrant Agent Agreement.
"Call Price" shall mean, for each related Call Date, 100% of the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates being purchased
pursuant to the exercise of the Call Warrants, plus any accrued and unpaid
interest on such amount to but excluding the Call Date.
"Call Warrants" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3
hereof.
"Called Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 1.1 (b) of the Warrant Agent Agreement.
"Certificates" shall mean the certificates in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A, to be issued by the Trust representing a proportionate
undivided beneficial ownership interest in certain distributions to be made by
the Trust and having the characteristics described herein.
"Closing Date" shall mean May 23, 2002.
"Collection Period" shall mean, (i) with respect to each
December Distribution Date, the period beginning on the day after the June
Distribution Date of such year and ending on such December Distribution Date,
inclusive and, (ii) with respect to each June Distribution Date, the period
beginning on the day after the December Distribution Date of the prior year
and ending on such June Distribution Date, inclusive; provided, however, that
clauses (i) and (ii) shall be subject to Section 9(f) hereof.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean the office of U.S. Bank
Trust National Association located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000.
"Currency" shall mean United States Dollars.
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"Depository" shall mean The Depository Trust Company, its
nominees and their respective successors.
"Distribution Date" shall mean June 1 and December 1 of each
year (or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day), commencing on June 1, 2002, and ending on the earlier of the Final
Scheduled Distribution Date and any date on which all Underlying Securities
are prepaid or liquidated in whole for any reason other than at their
maturity.
"Event of Default" shall mean (i) a default in the payment of
any interest on any Underlying Security after the same becomes due and payable
(subject to any applicable grace period), (ii) a default in the payment of the
principal of or any installment of principal of any Underlying Security when
the same becomes due and payable, and (iii) any other event specified as an
"Event of Default" in the Indenture.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Final Scheduled Distribution Date" shall mean December 1, 2095,
or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
"Indenture" shall mean the indenture dated as of November 15,
1995, between the Underlying Securities Issuer and the Underlying Securities
Trustee, pursuant to which the Underlying Securities were issued.
"Interest Accrual Period" shall mean for any Distribution Date,
the period from and including the preceding Distribution Date (or in the case
of the first Interest Accrual Period, from and including May 23, 2002) to but
excluding the current Distribution Date.
"Liquidation Price" shall mean the price at which the Trustee
sells the Underlying Securities.
"Maturity Date" shall have the meaning specified in Schedule I
hereto.
"Moody's" shall mean Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"Optional Call" shall mean the call of the Certificates by the
Warrant Holder, in whole or in part, resulting from the exercise of Call
Warrants by the Warrant Holder, pursuant to Section 7(d) hereof.
"Optional Exchange" shall mean the exchange of the Certificates
by the Trust for the Underlying Securities pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof.
"Optional Exchange Date" shall mean any date on which Underlying
Securities subject to Optional Exchange are distributed to a
Certificateholder.
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"Ordinary Expenses" shall mean the Trustee's ordinary expenses
and overhead in connection with its services as Trustee, including the items
referred to in the definition of Ordinary Expenses in the Standard Terms.
"Prepaid Ordinary Expenses" shall be zero for this Series.
"Prospectus Supplement" shall mean the Prospectus Supplement,
dated May 20, 2002, relating to the Certificates.
"Rating Agency" shall mean Moody's and S&P.
"Record Date" shall mean, with respect to each Distribution
Date, the day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.
"Required Percentage-Amendment" shall be 66-2/3% of the
aggregate Voting Rights.
"Required Percentage-Direction of Trustee" shall be 66-2/3% of
the aggregate Voting Rights.
"Required Percentage-Remedies" shall be 66-2/3% of the aggregate
Voting Rights.
"Required Percentage-Removal" shall be 66-2/3% of the aggregate
Voting Rights.
"Required Rating" shall mean, in the case of Moody's, the rating
assigned to the Underlying Securities by Moody's as of the Closing Date, and,
in the case of S&P, the rating assigned to the Underlying Securities by S&P as
of the Closing Date.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division
of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
"Securities Act" shall mean the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
"Series" shall mean BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8.
"Special Distribution Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5 hereof.
"Trustee Fee" shall mean the amount paid to the Trustee by the
Depositor on the Closing Date.
"Trust Property" shall mean the Underlying Securities described
on Schedule I hereto, the Certificate Account and any additional Underlying
Securities sold to the Trust pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof.
"Underlying Securities" shall mean $67,110,000 aggregate
principal amount of One Hundred Year 7.00% Debentures due December 1, 2095
issued by the Underlying Securities Issuer as set forth in Schedule I attached
hereto (subject to Section 3(d) hereof).
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"Underlying Securities Guarantor" shall mean BellSouth
Corporation.
"Underlying Securities Issuer" shall mean BellSouth
Telecommunications, Inc., and any successors in respect of the Underlying
Securities.
"Underlying Securities Trustee" shall mean First Alabama Bank.
"Underwriters" shall mean Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., Prudential
Securities Incorporated, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Co., Inc and J.J.B. Xxxxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxx, Inc.
"Voting Rights" shall, in the entirety, be allocated among all
the Certificateholders in proportion to the then outstanding Certificate
Principal Balances of their respective Certificates.
"Warrant Agent" shall mean initially, U.S. Bank Trust National
Association.
"Warrant Agent Agreement" shall mean that certain Warrant Agent
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Depositor and U.S. Bank
Trust National Association, as Warrant Agent and as Trustee, as the same may
be amended from time to time.
"Warrant Holder" shall mean the holder of a Call Warrant.
(b) The terms listed below are not applicable to this Series.
"Accounting Date"
"Administrative Fees"
"Advance"
"Allowable Expense Amounts"
"Basic Documents"
"Calculation Agent"
"Call Premium Percentage"
"Credit Support"
"Credit Support Instrument"
"Credit Support Provider"
"Cut-off Date"
"Eligible Expense"
"Eligible Investment"
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"Exchange Rate Agent"
"Fixed Pass-Through Rate"
"Floating Pass-Through Rate"
"Guaranteed Investment Contract"
"Letter of Credit"
"Limited Guarantor"
"Limited Guaranty"
"Minimum Wire Denomination"
"Notional Amount"
"Pass-Through Rate"
"Place of Distribution"
"Purchase Price"
"Required Premium"
"Required Principal"
"Requisite Reserve Amount"
"Retained Interest"
"Sale Procedures"
"Sub-Administration Account"
"Sub-Administration Agreement"
"Sub-Administration Agent"
"Surety Bond"
"Swap Agreement"
"Swap Counterparty"
"Swap Distribution Amount"
"Swap Guarantee"
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"Swap Guarantor"
"Swap Receipt Amount"
"Swap Termination Payment"
Section 3. Designation of Trust and Certificates. The Trust created
hereby shall be known as the "Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, BellSouth
Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8 Trust." The Certificates evidencing certain
undivided ownership interests therein shall be known as "Corporate Backed
Trust Certificates, BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8." The
Certificates shall consist of a single class of Certificates (the
"Certificates"). The Trust is also issuing call warrants with respect to the
Certificates ("Call Warrants").
(a) The Certificates shall be held through the Depository in
book-entry form and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A. The Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $25. Except as
provided in the Standard Terms and in paragraph (d) in this Section, the Trust
shall not issue additional Certificates or additional Call Warrants or incur
any indebtedness.
(b) The Certificates consist of 2,684,400 Certificates having an
initial aggregate certificate principal amount (the "Certificate Principal
Balance") of $67,110,000.
(c) The holders of the Certificates will be entitled to receive on
each Distribution Date the interest, if any, received on the Underlying
Securities, to the extent necessary to pay interest at a rate of 7.00% per
annum on the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates. On
the Distribution Date in June 2002, the Trustee will pay to the Depositor the
amount of interest accrued and paid on the Underlying Securities from December
1, 2001, to but not including the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the
event an Optional Exchange shall occur prior to the Distribution Date in June
2002, a pro rata portion of such amount shall be paid to the Depositor on the
Optional Exchange Date, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(b)(vii)
hereof. If Available Funds are insufficient to pay such amount, the Trustee
will pay the Depositor its pro rata share, based on the ratio the amount owed
to the Depositor bears to all amounts owed on the Certificates in respect of
accrued interest, of any proceeds from the recovery on the Underlying
Securities.
(d) The Depositor may sell to the Trustee additional Underlying
Securities on any date hereafter upon at least 3 Business Days' notice to the
Trustee (or such shorter period as shall be mutually satisfactory to the
Depositor and the Trustee) and upon (i) satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition and (ii) delivery of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
sale of such additional Underlying Securities will not cause the Trust to be
taxed as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation for federal income tax purposes. Each condition to be satisfied
with respect to a sale of Underlying Securities on or prior to the Closing
Date shall be satisfied with respect to a sale of additional Underlying
Securities no later than the date of sale thereof, each representation and
warranty set forth in the Standard Terms to be made on the Closing Date shall
be made on such date of sale, and from and after such date of sale, all
Underlying Securities held by the Trustee shall be held on the same terms and
conditions. Upon such sale to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deposit such
additional Underlying Securities in the
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Certificate Account, and shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositor, on
its order, Certificates, with an aggregate Certificate Principal Balance equal
to the aggregate amount of such additional Underlying Securities, and the Call
Warrants related thereto as described herein. Any such additional Certificates
authenticated and delivered shall have the same terms and rank pari passu with
any Certificates previously issued in accordance with this Series Supplement.
Section 4. Trust Certificates. The Trustee hereby acknowledges
receipt, on or prior to the Closing Date, of:
(a) the Underlying Securities set forth on Schedule I hereto; and
(b) all documents required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 2.01 of the Standard Terms.
Section 5. Distributions.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 3(c), 5(b) and 5(g), on
each applicable Distribution Date (or such later date as specified in Section
9(f)), the Trustee shall apply Available Funds in the Certificate Account as
follows:
(i) The Trustee will pay the interest portion of Available Funds:
(1) first, to the Trustee, as reimbursement for any
Extraordinary Trust Expenses incurred by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 6(b) below and approved by 100% of the
Certificateholders; and
(2) second, to the holders of the Certificates, as
interest, at the rate of 7.00% per annum on the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates.
(ii) the Trustee will pay the principal portion of Available Funds:
(1) first, to the Trustee, as reimbursement for any
remaining Extraordinary Trust Expenses incurred by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 6(b) below and approved
by 100% of the Certificateholders; and
(2) second, to the holders of the Certificates, pro
rata, the remaining available principal portion of Available
Funds (in an aggregate amount not to exceed the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates).
(iii) any Available Funds remaining in the Certificate
Account after the payments set forth in clauses 5(a)(i) and 5(a)(ii)
above shall be paid to the Trustee as reasonable compensation for
services rendered to the Depositor, up to $1,000.
(iv) the Trustee will pay any Available Funds remaining
in the Certificate Account after the distributions in clauses 5(a)(i)
through 5(a)(iii) above to the holders of the Certificates pro rata
in proportion to their original Certificate Principal Balances.
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Any portion of the Available Funds (i) that does not constitute principal of,
or interest on, the Underlying Securities, (ii) that is not received in
connection with a prepayment or liquidation of the Underlying Securities and
(iii) for which allocation by the Trustee is not otherwise contemplated by
this Series Supplement, shall be remitted by the Trustee to the Depositor.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof (other than Section
3(c)) if the Underlying Securities are prepaid or liquidated in whole or in
part for any reason other than if the Underlying Securities Guarantor
discontinues filing the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act or at
their maturity, the Trustee shall apply Available Funds in the manner
described in Section 5(f) in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Trustee, as reimbursement for any
Extraordinary Trust Expenses incurred by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 6(b) below and approved by 100% of the
Certificateholders;
(ii) second, to the holders of the Certificates, an
amount equal to the Outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of the
Certificates plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon;
(iii) third, to the Trustee, as reasonable compensation for services
rendered to the Depositor, any remainder up to $1,000; and
(iv) fourth, to the holders of the Certificates, any amount
remaining after the distributions in clauses 5(b)(i) through
5(b)(iii) above, pro rata in proportion to their original Certificate
Principal Balances.
(c) Unless otherwise instructed by holders of Certificates
representing a majority of the Voting Rights, thirty (30) days after giving
notice pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the Trustee shall sell the Underlying
Securities pursuant to Section 13 hereof and deposit the Liquidation Proceeds,
if any, into the Certificate Account for distribution not later than two (2)
Business Days after the receipt of immediately available funds in accordance
with Section 5(b) hereof; provided, however, that if any Warrant Holder
designates any day on or prior to the proposed sale date as a Call Date and
Optional Exchange Date pursuant to Section 7, the portion of Underlying
Securities related to such Optional Exchange shall not be sold but shall be
distributed to the Warrant Holder pursuant to Section 7 and the Warrant Agent
Agreement.
(d) If the Trustee receives non-cash property in respect of the
Underlying Securities as a result of a payment default on the Underlying
Securities (including from the sale thereof), the Trustee will promptly give
notice to the Depository, or for any Certificates which are not then held by
DTC or any other depository, directly to the registered holders of the
Certificates then outstanding and unpaid and to the Warrant Agent. Such notice
shall state that the Trustee shall and the Trustee shall, not later than 30
days after the receipt of such property, allocate and distribute such property
to the holders of Certificates then outstanding and unpaid, pro rata by
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance (after deducting the costs incurred
in connection therewith) in accordance with Section 5(b) hereof. Property
other than cash will be liquidated by the Trustee, and the proceeds thereof
distributed in cash, only to the extent necessary to avoid distribution of
fractional securities to Certificateholders. In-kind distribution of such
property to
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Certificateholders, based on the market value of such property as of the date
of distribution to Certificateholders, will be deemed to reduce the Certificate
Principal Balance of Certificates on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
(e) Subject to Section 9(f) hereof, to the extent Available Funds are
insufficient to make scheduled interest or principal payments on the
Certificates on any Distribution Date, any shortfall will be carried over and
will be distributed on the next Distribution Date (or date referred to in
Section 5(f) hereof) on which sufficient funds are available to pay such
shortfall.
(f) If a payment with respect to the Underlying Securities is made to
the Trustee (i) after the payment date of the Underlying Securities on which
such payment was due or (ii) after the Underlying Securities are prepaid or
liquidated in whole or in part for any reason other than if the Underlying
Securities Guarantor discontinues filing periodic reports required by the
Exchange Act or at their maturity, then the Trustee will distribute any such
amounts received in accordance with Section 5(a) or 5(b), as applicable, on
the next occurring Business Day (a "Special Distribution Date") as if the
funds had constituted Available Funds on the Distribution Date immediately
preceding such Special Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Record
Date for such Special Distribution Date shall be the Business Day prior to the
day on which the related payment was received from the Underlying Securities
Trustee.
(g) Notwithstanding Section 3.12 of the Standard Terms, if the
Underlying Securities Guarantor stops filing periodic reports required under
the Exchange Act, the Depositor shall within a reasonable time period instruct
the Trustee to (i) notify the Warrant Agent that the Underlying Securities are
proposed to be sold and that any Call Warrants and related Optional Exchange
rights must be exercised no later than the date specified in the notice (which
shall be not less than ten Business Days after the date of such notice) and
(ii) to the extent that the Warrant Holders fail to exercise their Call
Warrants and related Optional Exchange rights on or prior to such date, to
sell the Underlying Securities and allocate the proceeds of such sale in the
following order of priority: first, to the Trustee, reimbursement for any
remaining Extraordinary Trust Expenses incurred by the Trustee pursuant to the
instructions of all the Certificateholders and, thereafter, to the
Certificateholders pro rata in proportion to their outstanding Certificate
Principal Balances; provided, however, that the Depositor shall not instruct
the Trustee to sell the Underlying Securities (or provide a notice of such
instruction to the Warrant Agent) pursuant to this clause unless the
Underlying Securities Guarantor has either (x) stated in writing that it
intends permanently to cease filing reports required under the Exchange Act or
(y) failed to file any required reports for one full calendar year.
Section 6. Trustee's Fees.
(a) As compensation for its services hereunder, the Trustee shall be
entitled to the Trustee Fee and any amounts payable under clause 5(a)(iii) and
(5)(b)(iii) above. The Trustee Fee shall be paid by the Depositor and not from
Trust Property. The Trustee shall bear all Ordinary Expenses. Failure by the
Depositor to pay such amount shall not entitle the Trustee to any payment or
reimbursement from the Trust, nor shall such failure release the Trustee from
the duties it is required to perform under the Trust Agreement.
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(b) Extraordinary Expenses shall not be paid out of the Trust
Property unless all the holders of the Certificates then outstanding have
directed the Trustee to incur such Extraordinary Expenses. The Trustee may
incur other Extraordinary Expenses if any lesser percentage of the
Certificateholders requesting such action pursuant hereto reimburse the
Trustee for the cost thereof from their own funds in advance. If Extraordinary
Expenses are not approved unanimously as set forth in the first sentence of
this Section 6(b), such Extraordinary Expenses shall not be an obligation of
the Trust, and the Trustee shall not file any claim against the Trust therefor
notwithstanding failure of Certificateholders to reimburse the Trustee.
Section 7. Optional Exchange; Optional Call.
(a) On (A) any Distribution Date or (B) any date on which a tender
offer for some or all of the Underlying Securities is consummated, any holder
of Certificates and the related Call Warrants, if Call Warrants related to
such Certificates are outstanding, may exchange such Certificates and, if
applicable, Call Warrants, for a distribution of Underlying Securities
representing the same percentage of the Underlying Securities as such
Certificates represent of all outstanding Certificates. On any Call Date, any
Warrant Holder may exchange Called Certificates for a distribution of
Underlying Securities representing the same percentage of Underlying
Securities as such Called Certificates represent of all outstanding
Certificates; provided, however, that any such exchange shall either (x)
result from an exercise of all Call Warrants owned by such Warrant Holder or
(y) occur on a Call Date on which such Warrant Holder, alone or together with
one or more other Warrant Holders, shall exchange Called Certificates relating
to Underlying Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to or in
excess of the product of (i) 0.1 and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of
the Underlying Securities deposited into the Trust on the Closing Date. In the
event of an Optional Exchange in connection with a partial redemption of
Underlying Securities, the Underlying Securities selected by the Trustee for
exchange shall, to the extent possible and consistent with the foregoing
requirements, be Underlying Securities selected for redemption.
(b) The following conditions shall apply to any Optional Exchange.
(i) A notice specifying the number of Certificates being
surrendered and the Optional Exchange Date shall be delivered to the
Trustee no less than 5 days (or such shorter period acceptable to the
Trustee) but not more than 30 days before the Optional Exchange Date;
provided, however, that for an Optional Exchange to occur on a Call
Date, unless otherwise specified therein, the Call Notice shall be
deemed to be the notice required hereunder.
(ii) Certificates and, if applicable, the Call Warrants,
shall be surrendered to the Trustee no later than 10:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the Optional Exchange Date; provided that for an
Optional Exchange to occur on a Call Date, payment of the Call Price
to the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(iii) of the Warrant
Agent Agreement shall satisfy the requirement to surrender
Certificates.
(iii) The Trustee shall have received an opinion of
counsel stating that the Optional Exchange would not cause the Trust
to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes.
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(iv) If the Certificateholder is the Depositor or any
Affiliate of the Depositor, (1) the Trustee shall have received a
certification from the Certificateholder that any Certificates being
surrendered have been held for at least six months, and (2) the
Certificates being surrendered may represent no more than 5% (or 25%
in the case of Certificates acquired by the Underwriters but never
distributed to investors) of the then outstanding Certificates.
(v) The Trustee shall not be obligated to determine
whether an Optional Exchange complies with the applicable provisions
for exemption under Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(vi) The provisions of Section 4.07 of the Standard Terms
shall not apply to an Optional Exchange pursuant to this Section
7(b). This Section 7(b) shall not provide any person with a lien
against, an interest in or a right to specific performance with
respect to the Underlying Securities; provided that satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in this Section 7(b) shall entitle the
Certificateholder or Warrant Holder, as applicable, to a distribution
thereof.
(vii) The aggregate principal amount of Certificates
exchanged in connection with any Optional Exchange pursuant to this
Section shall be in an amount that will entitle the
Certificateholders thereof to Underlying Securities in an even
multiple of the minimum denomination of such Underlying Securities.
(viii) In the event such Optional Exchange shall occur
prior to the Distribution Date in June 2002, the Certificateholder
shall pay to the Trustee on the Optional Exchange Date an amount
equal to the sum obtained by multiplying the amount of accrued
interest on the Underlying Securities from December 1, 2001 through,
but excluding, the Closing Date by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the number of Certificates being exchanged on such Optional
Exchange Date and the denominator of which shall be the total number
of Certificates.
(c) Concurrently with the execution of this Series Supplement, the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute the Warrant Agent Agreement and
the Call Warrants, dated as of the date hereof and substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, initially evidencing all of the Call Warrants. The
Trustee shall perform the Trust's obligations under the Warrant Agent
Agreement and the Call Warrants in accordance with their respective terms.
(d) Call Warrants may be exercised by the Warrant Holder in whole or
in part on any Call Date. In addition to the conditions set forth in Section
1.1 of the Warrant Agent Agreement, the following conditions shall apply to
any Optional Call.
(i) An opinion of counsel to the Warrant Holder shall
have been delivered to the Rating Agencies, in form satisfactory to
the Rating Agencies, indicating that payment of the Call Price shall
not be recoverable as a preferential transfer or fraudulent
conveyance under the United States Bankruptcy Code. Such opinion may
contain customary assumptions and qualifications.
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(ii) The Warrant Holder shall have provided a certificate
of solvency to the Trustee.
(iii) Upon receipt of a Call Notice, the Trustee shall
provide a conditional call notice to the Depository not less than 3
Business Days prior to the Call Date.
(iv) Delivery of a Call Notice does not give rise to an
obligation on the part of the Warrant Holder to pay the Call Price.
If, by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Call Date, the Warrant
Holder has not paid the Call Price, except in connection with a Call
Notice relating to a tender offer for the Underlying Securities, then
the Call Notice shall automatically expire and none of the Warrant
Holder, the Warrant Agent or the Trustee shall have any obligation
with respect to the Call Notice. The expiration of a Call Notice
shall in no way affect the Warrant Xxxxxx's right to deliver a Call
Notice at a later date. The Call Price for a call in connection with
a tender offer shall be deducted from the proceeds of a tender offer
by the Trust pursuant to Section 7(g)(iii).
(v) Subject to receipt of the Call Price, the Trustee
shall pay the Call Price to the Certificateholders on the Call Date.
The Call Price for the Certificates in respect of partial calls shall
be allocated pro rata to the Certificateholders.
(vi) The Trustee shall not consent to any amendment or
modification of this Agreement (including the Standard Terms) which
would adversely affect the Warrant Holders (including, without
limitation, any alteration of the timing or amount of any payment of
the Call Price or any other provision of this Agreement in a manner
adverse to the Warrant Holders) without the prior written consent of
100% of the Warrant Holders. For purposes of this clause, no
amendment, modification or supplement required to provide for any
purchase by the Trustee of additional Underlying Securities and
authentication and delivery by the Trustee of additional Certificates
and Call Warrants pursuant to Section 3(d) shall be deemed to
adversely affect the Warrant Holders.
(vii) The Trustee shall not be obligated to determine
whether an Optional Call complies with the applicable provisions for
exemption under Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(e) This Section 7 shall not provide the Warrant Holder with a lien
against, an interest in or a right to specific performance with respect to the
Underlying Securities; provided that satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 7(b) shall entitle the Certificateholders or the Warrant Holders,
as applicable, to a distribution of the Underlying Securities.
(f) The rights of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement
and the Certificates are limited by the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agent Agreement and the Call Warrants with
respect to the exercise of the Call Warrants by the Warrant Holder. The
Certificateholders, by their acceptance of Certificates, covenant and agree to
tender any and all Called Certificates to the Trustee upon the Warrant
Holder's exercise of Call Warrants and payment of the Call Price for such
Certificates in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the Warrant Agent
Agreement.
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(g) (i) If the Trustee receives notice of a tender offer for some or
all of the Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall within one
Business Day notify the Warrant Agent and forward to the Warrant
Agent copies of all materials received by the Trustee in connection
therewith. If the Trustee receives a Call Notice from any Warrant
Holder no later than five Business Days prior to the expiration of
the tender offer acceptance period that such Warrant Holder desires
to exercise all or a portion of its Call Warrants in connection with
the consummation of any such tender offer, then the Trustee shall
tender, in compliance with the tender offer requirements, an amount
of Underlying Securities equal to the amount of Underlying Securities
that would be distributable to the Warrant Holder with respect to an
Optional Exchange of the Called Certificates called by such Warrant
Holder; provided that any Optional Call or Optional Exchange
undertaken in connection with any such tender offer shall be subject
to the provisions of Section 7 hereof.
(ii) The Call Date and Optional Exchange Date for any
exercise of Call Warrants in connection with a tender offer shall be
deemed to be the Business Day on which such Underlying Securities are
accepted for payment and paid for.
(iii) The Call Price shall be deducted from the tender offer
proceeds and paid to Certificateholders in connection with Section
7(d)(v), and the excess of the tender offer proceeds over the Call
Price shall be paid to the exercising Warrant Holders pro rata in
respect to their proportionate exercises of Call Warrants or, if the
Call Price exceeds the tender offer proceeds, the amount of such
excess shall be paid by the exercising Warrant Holders pro rata in
respect to their proportionate exercises of Call Warrants.
(iv) If fewer than all tendered Underlying Securities are
accepted for payment and paid for, (A) the amount of Call Warrants
exercised shall be reduced to an amount that corresponds to a number
of Certificates that could be exchanged in an Optional Exchange for
the Underlying Securities accepted for payment and paid for (without
regard to any restrictions on the amount to be exchanged, so long as
such restrictions would have been satisfied had all tendered
Underlying Securities been accepted for payment and paid for); (B)
each Warrant Holder's exercise shall be reduced by its share
(proportionate to the amount specified in its exercise notice) of the
amount of Underlying Securities not accepted for payment and paid
for; (C) the Call Price shall be determined after giving effect to
the reduction specified in clause (B); (D) the Call Warrants that
relate to the reduction specified in clause (B) shall remain
outstanding; and (E) the excess of the tender offer proceeds over the
Call Price shall be allocated in proportion to the amount of Call
Warrants deemed exercised as set forth in clause (A) above or, if the
Call Price exceeds the tender offer proceeds, the amount of such
excess shall be paid by the exercising Warrant Holders pro rata in
respect to their proportionate exercises of Call Warrants.
(v) If the tender offer is terminated by the Underlying
Securities Issuer or any other tender offeror without consummation
thereof or if all tenders by the Trust of Underlying Securities are
otherwise rejected, then (1) the Call Notices will be of no further
force and effect, and (2) any Call Warrants relating to such Call
Notices will not be exercised and will remain outstanding.
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Section 8. Notices of Events of Default.
As promptly as practicable after, and in any event within 30
days after, the occurrence of any Event of Default actually known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall give notice of such Event of Default to the
Depository, or, if any Certificates are not then held by DTC or any other
depository, directly to the registered holders of such Certificates and to the
Warrant Agent. However, except in the case of an Event of Default relating to
the payment of principal of or interest on any of the Underlying Securities,
the Trustee will be protected in withholding such notice if in good faith it
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Certificateholders.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) The provisions of Section 4.04, Advances, of the Standard Terms
shall not apply to the BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8 Certificates.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07, Optional Exchange, of the
Standard Terms shall not apply to the BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8
Certificates.
(c) The Trustee shall simultaneously forward reports to
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Standard Terms and to the
New York Stock Exchange.
(d) Except as expressly provided herein, the Certificateholders shall
not be entitled to terminate the Trust or cause the sale or other disposition
of the Underlying Securities.
(e) The provisions of Section 3.07(d) of the Standard Terms shall not
apply to the BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8 Certificates.
(f) If the Trustee has not received payment with respect to a
Collection Period on the Underlying Securities on or prior to the related
Distribution Date, such distribution will be made promptly upon receipt of
such payment. No additional amounts shall accrue on the Certificates or be
owed to Certificateholders as a result of such delay; provided, however, that
any additional interest owed and paid by the Underlying Securities Issuer as a
result of such delay shall be paid to the Certificateholders pro rata in
proportion to their respective entitlements to such delayed payments.
(g) The outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates
shall not be reduced by the amount of any Realized Losses (as defined in the
Standard Terms).
(h) The Trust may not engage in any business or activities other than
in connection with, or relating to, the holding, protecting and preserving of
the Trust Property and the issuance of the Certificates and the Call Warrants,
and other than those required or authorized by the Trust Agreement or
incidental and necessary to accomplish such activities. The Trust may not
issue or sell any certificates or other obligations other than the
Certificates and the Call Warrants or otherwise incur, assume or guarantee any
indebtedness for money borrowed. Notwithstanding Section 3.05 of the Standard
Terms, funds on deposit in the Certificate Account shall not be invested.
Section 2.01(f) of the Standard Terms shall be superseded by this provision.
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(i) Notwithstanding anything in the Trust Agreement to the contrary,
the Trustee may be removed upon 60 days prior written notice delivered by the
holders of Certificates representing the Required Percentage-Removal.
(j) In the event that the Internal Revenue Service challenges the
characterization of the Trust as a grantor trust, the Trustee shall then file
such forms as the Depositor may specify to establish the Trust's election
pursuant to Section 761 of the Code to exclude the Trust from the application
of Subchapter K of the Code and is hereby empowered to execute such forms on
behalf of the Certificateholders.
(k) Notwithstanding anything in the Standard Terms to the contrary,
the Trustee, upon written direction by the Depositor, will execute the
Certificates.
(l) In relation to Section 7.01(f) of the Standard Terms, any
periodic reports filed by the Trustee pursuant to the Exchange Act in
accordance with the customary practices of the Depositor, need not contain any
independent reports.
(m) Notwithstanding anything in the Trust Agreement to the contrary,
the Trustee will have no recourse to the Underlying Securities.
(n) The Trustee shall promptly notify each Rating Agency upon its
obtaining actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Defeasance (as defined in
the Indenture) with respect to the Underlying Securities.
(o) The Trust will not merge or consolidate with any other entity
without confirmation from each Rating Agency that such merger or consolidation
will not result in the qualification, reduction or withdrawal of its
then-current rating on the Certificates.
(p) All directions, demands and notices hereunder or under the
Standard Terms shall be in writing and shall be delivered as set forth below
(unless written notice is otherwise provided to the Trustee).
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If to the Depositor, to:
Xxxxxx ABS Corporation
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Structured Credit Trading
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to the Trustee or the Warrant Agent, to:
U.S. Bank Trust National Association
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to the Rating Agencies, to:
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: CBO/CLO Monitoring Department
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
and to:
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Structured Finance Surveillance Group
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to the New York Stock Exchange, to:
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Copies of all directions, demands and notices required to be given to
the Certificateholders hereunder or under the Standard Terms will also be
given to the Warrant Holders in writing as set forth in this Section 9, and
copies of all directions, demands and notices
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required to be given to the Trustee hereunder or under the Standard Terms will
also be given to the Warrant Agent in writing as set forth in this Section 9.
(q) Each of the representations, covenants and agreements made herein
by each of the Depositor and the Trustee are for the benefit of the
Certiticateholders and the Warrant Holders.
(r) The provisions of Section 2.01(d) (iii) of the Standard Terms
shall not apply to the BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8 Certificates
and the following shall be deemed to be inserted in its place:
"at the time of delivery of the Underlying Securities,
Depositor owns such Underlying Securities, has the right to
transfer its interest in such Underlying Securities and such
Underlying Securities are free and clear of any lien,
pledge, encumbrance, right, charge, claim or other security
interest; and"
Section 10. Governing Law. THIS SERIES SUPPLEMENT AND THE
TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
CHOICE OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.
Section 11. Counterparts. This Series Supplement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original,
and all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 12. Termination of the Trust. The Trust shall terminate upon
the earliest to occur of (i) the payment in full at maturity or sale by the
Trust after a payment default or an acceleration or other early payment of the
Underlying Securities and the distribution in full of all amounts due to the
Certificateholders; (ii) the exercise of all outstanding Call Warrants by the
Warrant Holder; (iii) the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and (iv) the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants
of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of
St. Xxxxx, living on the date hereof.
Section 13. Sale of Underlying Securities; Optional Exchange. In the
event of a sale of the Underlying Securities pursuant to Section 5(c) hereof
or pursuant to the instructions of the Warrant Agent under Section 1.2 of the
Warrant Agent Agreement, the Trustee shall solicit bids for the sale of the
Underlying Securities with settlement thereof on or before the third (3rd)
Business Day after such sale from three leading dealers in the relevant
market. Any of the following dealers (or their successors) shall be deemed to
qualify as leading dealers: (1) Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, (2)
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., (3) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated,
(4) UBS Warburg LLC, (5) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., and (6) except in the case
of a sale related to the exercise of Call Warrants by the Depositor or any
Affiliate thereof, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. The Trustee shall not be responsible
for the failure to obtain a bid so long as it has made reasonable efforts to
obtain bids. If a bid for the sale of the Underlying Securities has been
accepted by the Trustee but the sale has failed to settle on the proposed
settlement date, the Trustee shall request new bids from such leading dealers.
In the event of an Optional Exchange, the Trustee shall only deliver the
Underlying Securities to the purchaser of
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such Underlying Securities or sell the Underlying Securities pursuant to this
Section 13, as the case may be, against payment in same day funds deposited
into the Certificate Account.
Section 14. Amendments. Notwithstanding anything in the Trust
Agreement to the contrary, in addition to the other restrictions on
modification and amendment contained therein, the Trustee shall not enter into
any amendment or modification of the Trust Agreement which would adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of the holders of any class of
Certificates without the consent of the holders of 100% of the Certificates;
provided, however, that no such amendment or modification will be permitted
which would cause the Trust to be taxed as an association or publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. The
Trustee shall provide written notice to each Rating Agency before entering
into any amendment or modification of the Trust Agreement pursuant to this
Section 14.
Section 15. Voting of Underlying Securities, Modification of
Indenture.
(a) The Trustee, as holder of the Underlying Securities, has the
right to vote and give consents and waivers in respect of the Underlying
Securities as permitted by the Depository and except as otherwise limited by
the Trust Agreement. In the event that the Trustee receives a request from the
Depository, the Underlying Securities Trustee or the Underlying Securities
Issuer for its consent to any amendment, modification or waiver of the
Underlying Securities, the Indenture or any other document thereunder or
relating thereto, or receives any other solicitation for any action with
respect to the Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall mail a notice of such
proposed amendment, modification, waiver or solicitation to each
Certificateholder of record as of such date. The Trustee shall request
instructions from the Certificateholders as to whether or not to consent to or
vote to accept such amendment, modification, waiver or solicitation. The
Trustee shall consent or vote, or refrain from consenting or voting, in the
same proportion (based on the relative outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances of the Certificates) as the Certificates of the Trust were actually
voted or not voted by the Certificateholders thereof as of a date determined
by the Trustee prior to the date on which such consent or vote is required;
provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in the Trust Agreement to
the contrary, the Trustee shall at no time vote on or consent to any matter
(i) unless such vote or consent would not (based on an opinion of counsel)
cause the Trust to be taxed as an association or publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation under the Code, (ii) which would alter the timing or
amount of any payment on the Underlying Securities, including, without
limitation, any demand to accelerate the Underlying Securities, except in the
event of a default under the Underlying Securities or an event which with the
passage of time would become an event of default under the Underlying
Securities and with the unanimous consent of holders of all outstanding
Certificates, and all Warrant Holders, or (iii) which would result in the
exchange or substitution of any of the outstanding Underlying Securities
pursuant to a plan for the refunding or refinancing of such Underlying
Securities except in the event of a default under the Indenture and only with
the consent of Certificateholders representing 100% of the Certificates and
100% of the Warrant Holders. The Trustee shall have no liability for any
failure to act resulting from Certificateholders' late return of, or failure
to return, directions requested by the Trustee from the Certificateholders.
(b) In the event that an offer is made by the Underlying Securities
Issuer to issue new obligations in exchange and substitution for any of the
Underlying Securities, pursuant to a plan
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for the refunding or refinancing of the outstanding Underlying Securities or
any other offer is made for the Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall
notify the Certificateholders and the Warrant Holders of such offer promptly.
Subject to the rights of the Warrant Holders to exercise Call Warrants in
connection with a tender offer for the Underlying Securities, the Trustee must
reject any such offer unless the Trustee is directed by the affirmative vote
of the holders of 100% of the Certificates and Call Warrants to accept such
offer and the Trustee has received the tax opinion described above. If
pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Trustee accepts any such offer the
Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies.
(c) If an event of default under the Indenture occurs and is
continuing, and if directed by a majority of the outstanding
Certificateholders, the Trustee shall vote the Underlying Securities in favor
of directing, or take such other action as may be appropriate to direct, the
Underlying Securities Trustee to declare the unpaid principal amount of the
Underlying Securities and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to be due
and payable.
Section 16. Additional Depositor Representation. It is the express
intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Underlying Securities
by the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, a sale of the
Underlying Securities by the Depositor and not a pledge of any Underlying
Securities by the Depositor to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Depositor. In the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the
parties, any Underlying Securities are held to be property of the Depositor,
then, it is the express intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a
pledge of such Underlying Securities by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure
a debt or other obligation of the Depositor, pursuant to Section 10.07 of the
Standard Terms. In connection with any such grant of a security interest in
the Underlying Securities (including any such grant in connection with any
sale of additional Underlying Securities pursuant to Section 3(d)), the
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to Trustee as follows:
(i) In the event the Underlying Securities are held to be
property of the Depositor, then the Trust Agreement creates
a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
applicable Uniform Commercial Code) in the Underlying
Securities in favor of the Trustee which security interest
is prior to all other liens, and is enforceable as such as
against creditors of, and purchasers from, the Depositor.
(ii) The Underlying Securities have been credited to a trust
account (the "Securities Account") of the Trustee, or its
authorized agent, in accordance with Section 2.01 of the
Standard Terms. The Trustee, as securities intermediary for
the Securities Account, has agreed to treat the Underlying
Securities as "financial assets" within the meaning of the
Uniform Commercial Code.
(iii) Immediately prior to the transfer of the Underlying
Securities to the Trust, Depositor owned and had good and
marketable title to the Underlying Securities free and clear
of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
(iv) Depositor has received all consents and approvals required
by the terms of the Underlying Securities to the transfer to
the Trustee of its interest and rights in the Underlying
Securities as contemplated by the Trust Agreement.
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(v) Depositor has taken all steps necessary to cause the
Trustee, as securities intermediary for the Securities
Account, to identify on its records that the Trustee, as the
trustee of the Trust, is the Person having a security
entitlement against the securities intermediary in the
Securities Account.
(vi) Depositor has not assigned, pledged, sold, granted a
security interest in or otherwise conveyed any interest in
the Underlying Securities (or, if any such interest has been
assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered, it has been
released). Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is
not aware of any financing statements against Depositor that
includes a description of the Underlying Securities.
Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings
against Depositor.
(vii) The Securities Account is not in the name of any Person
other than the Trust. Depositor has not consented to the
compliance by the Trustee, as securities intermediary, with
entitlement orders of any Person other than the Trustee, as
trustee of the Trust.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Series Supplement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers
as of the date first written above.
XXXXXX ABS CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee on behalf
of the Corporate Backed Trust
Certificates BellSouth Debenture-
Backed Series 2002-8 Trust
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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SCHEDULE I
BELLSOUTH DEBENTURE-BACKED SERIES 2002-8
UNDERLYING SECURITIES SCHEDULE
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Underlying Securities: One Hundred Year 7.00% Debentures due
December 1, 2095.
Underlying Securities Issuer: BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.
Underlying Securities Guarantor: BellSouth Corporation.
CUSIP Number: 000000XX0.
Principal Amount Deposited: $67,110,000.
Original Issue Date: December 1, 1995.
Principal Amount of
Underlying Securities
Originally Issued: $500,000,000.
Maturity Date: December 1, 2095.
Principal Payment Date: December 1, 2095.
Interest Rate: 7.00% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1st and December 1st.
Underlying Securities Record Dates: May 15th and November 15th.
I-1
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
See Tab 10
A-1
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT
See Tab 7
B-1
CERTIFICATE
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NUMBER 1 2,684,400 $25 PAR CERTIFICATES
CUSIP NO. 21988G 44 5
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A PROPORTIONATE UNDIVIDED BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
INTEREST IN THE TRUST AND DOES NOT EVIDENCE AN OBLIGATION OF, OR AN INTEREST
IN, AND IS NOT GUARANTEED BY THE DEPOSITOR OR THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE OR THE TRUST ASSETS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
XXXXXX ABS CORPORATION
2,684,400
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES,
BELLSOUTH DEBENTURE-BACKED SERIES 2002-8
7.00% INTEREST RATE
evidencing a proportionate undivided beneficial ownership interest in the
Trust, as defined below, the property of which consists principally of
$67,110,000 aggregate principal amount of One Hundred Year 7.00% Debentures
due December 1, 2095, issued by BellSouth Telecommunicaitons, Inc. (the
"Underlying Securities Issuer"), and all payments received thereon (the "Trust
Property"), deposited in trust by Xxxxxx ABS Corporation (the "Depositor").
THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of $67,110,000 DOLLARS
nonassessable, fully-paid, proportionate undivided beneficial ownership
interest in the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, BellSouth
Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8 Trust, formed by the Depositor.
The Trust was created pursuant to a Standard Terms for Trust Agreements, dated
as of January 16, 2001 (the "Standard Terms"), between the Depositor and U.S.
Bank Trust National Association, a national banking association, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by
the Series Supplement, BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8, dated as of
May 23, 2002 (the "Series Supplement" and, together with the Standard Terms,
the "Trust Agreement"), between the Depositor and the Trustee. This
Certificate does not purport to summarize the Trust Agreement and reference is
hereby made to the Trust Agreement for information with respect to the
interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby
and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect hereto. A
copy of the Trust Agreement may be obtained from the Trustee by written
request sent to the Corporate Trust Office. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates designated as the
"Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series
2002-8" (herein called the "Certificates"). This Certificate is issued under
and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement,
to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound. The Trust
Property consists of: (i) Underlying Securities described in the Trust
Agreement, and (ii) all payments on or collections in respect of the
Underlying Securities accrued on or after May 23, 2002; provided, however,
that any income from the investment of Trust funds in certain permitted
investments ("Eligible Investments") does not constitute Trust Property.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement (including the
availability of funds for distributions) and until the obligation created by
the Trust Agreement shall have terminated in accordance therewith,
distributions will be made on each Distribution Date, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered on the applicable Record Date, in an
amount equal to
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such Certificateholder's proportionate undivided beneficial ownership interest
in the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of the Certificates
on such Distribution Date. The Record Date applicable to any Distribution
Date is the close of business on the day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date (whether or not a Business Day). If a payment with respect
to the Underlying Securities is made to the Trustee after the date on
which such payment was due, then the Trustee will distribute any such amounts
received on the next occurring Business Day (a "Special Distribution Date").
Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and
agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the
Trust, or join in any institution against the Trust of, any bankruptcy
proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates or the Trust
Agreement.
Distributions made on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Trust
Agreement by the Trustee by wire transfer in immediately available funds, or
check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register
without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any
notation hereon, except that with respect to Certificates registered on the
Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such
nominee shall be CEDE & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. Except
as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above,
the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by
the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation
and surrender of this Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or such other
location as may be specified in such notice.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate 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 or on
behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not entitle
the Holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE HOLDER HEREOF SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed as of the date set forth below.
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST
CERTIFICATES, BELLSOUTH DEBENTURE-
BACKED SERIES 2002-8 TRUST
By: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Dated: May 23, 2002
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is on one of the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, BellSouth
Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8, described in the Trust Agreement referred to
herein.
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Trustee,
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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(REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE)
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to certain payments and
collections respecting the Underlying Securities, all as more specifically set
forth herein and in the Trust Agreement. The registered Holder hereof, by its
acceptance hereof, agrees that it will look solely to the Trust Property (to
the extent of its rights therein) for distributions hereunder.
The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor and the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the
Trust Agreement at any time by the Depositor and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of Certificates in the manner set forth in the Series
Supplement and the Standard Terms. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) shall be conclusive and binding
on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof whether or not notation of such consent in made upon this Certificate.
The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only in denominations
of $25.
As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at
the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Trustee
in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, duly endorsed by or
accompanied by an assignment in the form below and by such other documents as
required by the Trust Agreement, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of
the same class in authorized denominations evidencing the same principal
amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The initial
Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is U.S. Bank Trust
National Association.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Trustee may require exchange of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any such
agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
It is the intention of the parties to the Trust Agreement that the Trust
created thereunder shall constitute a fixed investment trust for federal
income tax purposes under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4, and the
Certificateholder agrees to treat the Trust, any distributions therefrom and
its beneficial interest in the Certificates consistently with such
characterization.
The Trust and the obligations of the Depositor and the Trustee created by the
Trust Agreement with respect to the Certificates shall terminate upon the
earliest to occur of (i) the payment in full at maturity or sale by the Trust
after a payment default or an acceleration or other early payment of the
Underlying Securities and the distribution in full of all amounts due to the
Certificateholders; (ii) the exercise of all outstanding Call Warrants by the
Warrant Holder; (iii)
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the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and (iv) the expiration of 21 years from
the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the
late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. Xxxxx, living on the
date hereof.
An employee benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), a plan described in Section 4975(e) of the
Code, an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of any
such plan's investment in the entity, including an individual retirement
account or Xxxxx plan (any such, a "Plan") may purchase and hold Certificates
if the Plan can represent and warrant that its purchase and holding of the
Certificates would not be prohibited under ERISA or the Code.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee) the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby
irrevocably constituting and appointing ______________________ Attorney to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Register, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
*
Signature Guaranteed:
*
*NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without
alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Signatures must be guaranteed
by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the
Certificate Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation
in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other
"signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Certificate
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
BELLSOUTH DEBENTURE-BACKED SERIES 2002-8 TRUST
WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 23, 2002 (the "Warrant Agent
Agreement"), by and between XXXXXX ABS CORPORATION, as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the "Trustee")
and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant
Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Depositor created Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,
BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8 Trust (the "Trust"), a trust created
under the laws of the State of New York pursuant to a Standard Terms for Trust
Agreements, dated as of January 16, 2001 (the "Agreement"), between the
Depositor and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee (the
"Trustee"), as supplemented by the BellSouth Debenture-Backed Series 2002-8
Series Supplement, dated as of May 23, 2002 (the "Series Supplement" and,
together with the Agreement, the "Trust Agreement"), between the Depositor and
the Trustee; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the creation of the Trust and the deposit
therein of the Underlying Securities, it is desired to provide for the
issuance of trust certificates (the "Certificates") evidencing undivided
interests in the Trust and call warrants with respect to the Certificates
("Call Warrants").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the
mutual covenants expressed herein, it is hereby agreed by and between the
Depositor, the Warrant Agent and the Trustee that except as otherwise
specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms
used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set
forth below in the Series Supplement, and as follows:
ARTICLE I
EXERCISE OF CALL WARRANTS
Section 1.1 Manner of Exercise. (a) Call Warrants may be exercised by
any holder thereof (each, a "Warrant Holder") in whole or in part on any Call
Date. The following conditions shall apply to any exercise of Call Warrants:
(i) A notice (each, a "Call Notice") specifying the number
of Call Warrants being exercised and the Call Date shall be
delivered to the Warrant Agent and the Trustee at least 5
Business Days before such Call Date.
(ii) The Warrant Holder shall surrender the Call Warrants
to the Warrant Agent at its office specified in Section 6.3
hereof no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such
Call Date.
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(iii) The Warrant Holder shall have made payment to the
Warrant Agent, by wire transfer or other immediately available
funds acceptable to the Warrant Agent, in the amount of the
Call Price, no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on
the Call Date.
(iv) The Warrant Holder may not exercise the Call Warrants
at any time when such Warrant Holder is insolvent, and such
Warrant Holder shall be required to certify that it is solvent
at the time of exercise, by completing the Form of Subscription
attached to the Call Warrants and delivering such completed
Form of Subscription to the Trustee on or prior to the Call
Date and by delivering to the Trustee the opinion (in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) and the solvency
certificate required pursuant to Section 7(d)(ii) of the Series
Supplement.
(v) The Warrant Holder shall have satisfied all conditions
to the exercise of Call Warrants set forth in Section 7(b) of
the Series Supplement.
(b) Upon exercise of Call Warrants, any Warrant Holder other than the
Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be entitled to delivery by
the Trustee of the Called Certificates. The "Called Certificates" shall be
Certificates having a Certificate Principal Amount equal to $25 per Call
Warrant. Unless otherwise specified therein, such Call Notice shall be deemed
to be notice of an Optional Exchange pursuant to Section 7(a) of the Series
Supplement. Any Warrant Holder which is the Depositor or any Affiliate of the
Depositor shall receive the proceeds of the sale of the Called Underlying
Securities and shall not be entitled to receive the related Called
Certificates. "Called Underlying Securities" are Underlying Securities which
represent the same percentage of the Underlying Securities as the Called
Certificates represent of the Certificates.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall notify the Trustee immediately upon its
receipt of a Call Notice and upon receipt of payment of the Call Price. The
Warrant Agent shall transfer the amount of any paid Call Price to the Trustee
in immediately available funds, for deposit in the Certificate Account and
application pursuant to the Trust Agreement on the applicable Call Date (and,
pending such transfer, shall hold such amount for the benefit of the Warrant
Holder in a segregated trust account).
(d) Delivery of a Call Notice does not give rise to an obligation on
the part of the Warrant Holder to pay the Call Price. If, by 10:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the Call Date, the Warrant Holder has not paid the Call
Price, except in connection with a Call Notice relating to a tender offer for
the Underlying Securities, then the Call Notice shall automatically expire and
none of the Warrant Holder, the Warrant Agent or the Trustee shall have any
obligation with respect to the Call Notice. The expiration of a Call Notice
shall in no way affect the Warrant Xxxxxx's right to deliver a Call Notice at
a later date. The Call Price for a call in connection with a tender offer
shall be deducted from the proceeds of a tender offer by the Trust pursuant to
Section 7(g)(iii) of the Series Supplement.
Section 1.2 Transfer of Certificates. As soon as practicable after
each surrender of Call Warrants in whole or in part on the Call Date and upon
satisfaction of all other requirements
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described in the Call Warrants and in Section 1.1 hereof, the Warrant
Agent shall instruct the Trustee as follows:
(a) if Call Warrants are being exercised by any Warrant Holder other
than the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, to cause the Called
Certificates to reflect the Warrant Holder's beneficial ownership of such
Certificates and if such Call Notice is also deemed to be a notice of Optional
Exchange, to cause a distribution of Underlying Securities to the Warrant
Holder in accordance with Section 7(a) of the Series Supplement, provided,
however, that if such a Call Notice and Optional Exchange is in connection
with a tender offer, the Warrant Agent shall instruct the Trustee to
distribute to the exercising Warrant Holder the excess of the tender offer
proceeds over the Call Price pursuant to Section 7(g)(iii) of the Series
Supplement, or
(b) if the Call Warrants are being exercised by the Depositor or any
Affiliate of the Depositor, to cause the Called Underlying Securities to be
sold pursuant to Section 13 of the Series Supplement and to distribute the
proceeds of such sale to the Warrant Holder.
If such exercise is in part only, the Warrant Agent shall instruct
the Trustee to authenticate new Call Warrants of like tenor, representing the
outstanding Call Warrants of the Warrant Holder and the Warrant Agent shall
deliver such Call Warrants to the Warrant Holder.
In each case, the Trustee shall act in accordance with such
instructions.
Section 1.3 Cancellation and Destruction of Call Warrants. All Call
Warrants surrendered to the Warrant Agent for the purpose of exercise (in
whole or in part) pursuant to Section 1.1 and actually exercised, or for the
purpose of transfer or exchange pursuant to Article III, shall be cancelled by
the Warrant Agent, and no Call Warrant (other than that reflecting any such
transfer or exchange) shall be issued in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall
destroy all cancelled Call Warrants.
Section 1.4 No Rights as Holder of Certificates Conferred by Call
Warrants. Prior to the exercise thereof, Call Warrants shall not entitle the
Warrant Holder to any of the rights of a holder of the Certificates,
including, without limitation, the right to receive the payment of any amount
on or in respect of the Certificates or to enforce any of the covenants of the
Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE II
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
Section 2.1 Restrictive Legends. Except as otherwise permitted by
this Article II, each Call Warrant (including each Call Warrant issued upon
the transfer of any Call Warrant) shall be issued with a legend in
substantially the following form:
"This Call Warrant has not been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and may not be transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of
except while a registration under such Act is in effect or pursuant to an
exemption therefrom under such Act. The Call Warrant represented hereby may be
transferred only in compliance with the conditions specified in the Call
Warrants."
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Section 2.2 Notice of Proposed Transfer; Opinions of Counsel. Prior
to any transfer of any Call Warrant or portion thereof, the Warrant Holder
will give 5 Business Days (or such lesser period acceptable to the Warrant
Agent) prior written notice to the Warrant Agent of such Warrant Xxxxxx's
intention to effect such transfer.
ARTICLE III
REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF CALL WARRANTS, ETC.
Section 3.1 Warrant Register; Ownership of Call Warrants. The Warrant
Agent will keep a register in which the Warrant Agent will provide for the
registration of Call Warrants and the registration of transfers of Call
Warrants representing numbers of Call Warrants. The Trustee and the Warrant
Agent may treat the Person in whose name any Call Warrant is registered on
such register as the owner thereof for all purposes, and the Trustee and the
Warrant Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 3.2 Transfer and Exchange of Call Warrants. (a) No Call
Warrant may be offered, resold, assigned or otherwise transferred (including
by pledge or hypothecation) at any time prior to (x) the date which is two
years or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act after the later of the original issue date of such Call
Warrants and the last date on which the Depositor or any "affiliate" (as
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Depositor was the owner
of such Call Warrant (or any predecessor thereto) or (y) or such later date,
if any, as may be required by a change in applicable securities laws (the
"Resale Restriction Termination Date") unless such offer, resale, assignment
or transfer is (i) to the Trust, (ii) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, (iii) to a qualified institutional buyer
(a "QIB"), as such term is defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the
Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), in accordance with Rule 144A or (iv) pursuant to
another available exemption from registration provided under the Securities
Act, and, in each of cases (i) through (iv), in accordance with any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States and other jurisdictions.
Prior to any offer, resale, assignment or transfer of any Call Warrant in the
manner described in clause (iii) above, the prospective transferee and the
prospective transferor shall be required to deliver to the Trustee an executed
copy of an Investment Letter with respect to the Call Warrants to be
transferred substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Prior to any offer,
resale, assignment or transfer of any Call Warrants in the manner described in
clause (iv) above, the prospective transferee and the prospective transferor
shall be required to deliver to the Trustee documentation certifying that the
offer, resale, assignment or transfer complies with the provisions of said
clause (iv). In addition to the foregoing, each prospective transferee of any
Call Warrants in the manner contemplated by clause (iii) above shall
acknowledge, represent and agree as follows:
(1) The transferee (x) is a QIB, (y) is aware that the sale to
it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and (z) is
acquiring such Call Warrant for its own account or for the
account of a QIB.
(2) The transferee understands that the Call Warrants are being
offered in a transaction not involving any public offering
in the United States within the
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meaning of the Securities Act, and that the Call Warrants
have not been and will not be registered under the Securities
Act.
(3) The transferee agrees that (A) if in the future it decides
to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Call
Warrants prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date,
such Call Warrants shall only be offered, resold, assigned
or otherwise transferred (i) to the Trust, (ii) pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act, (iii) to a QIB, in accordance with Rule 144A or (iv)
pursuant to another available exemption from registration
provided under the Securities Act, and, in each of cases (i)
through (iv), in accordance with any applicable securities
laws of any state of the United States and other
jurisdictions and (B) the transferee will, and each
subsequent holder is required to, notify any subsequent
purchaser of such Call Warrants from it of the resale
restrictions referred to in clause (A) above.
(b) Upon surrender of any Call Warrant for registration of transfer
or for exchange to the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall (subject to
compliance with Article II) execute and deliver, and cause the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, to execute and deliver, in exchange therefor, a new Call
Warrant of like tenor and evidencing a like number of Call Warrants, in the
name of such Warrant Holder or as such Warrant Holder (upon payment by such
Warrant Holder of any applicable transfer taxes or government charges) may
direct; provided that as a condition precedent for transferring the Call
Warrants, the prospective transferee shall deliver to the Trustee and the
Depositor an executed copy of the Investment Letter (set forth as Exhibit A
hereto), if the same is required pursuant to the provisions of clause (a)
above.
Section 3.3 Replacement of Call Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent of the loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation of any Call Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or
destruction of any Call Warrant, upon delivery of an indemnity bond in such
reasonable amount as the Warrant Agent may determine, or, in the case of any
such mutilation, upon the surrender of such Call Warrant for cancellation to
the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, and cause the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a
new Call Warrant of like tenor bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
Section 3.4 Execution and Delivery of Call Warrants by Trustee. The
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby agrees (subject to compliance with
Article II) to execute and deliver such new Call Warrants issued in accordance
with Section 1.2 or this Article III as the Warrant Agent shall request in
accordance herewith.
ARTICLE IV
DEFINITIONS
As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
terms have the following respective meanings:
"Business Day": As defined in the Trust Agreement.
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"Call Date": Any Business Day (i) on or after May 23, 2007, (ii)
after the Underlying Securities Issuer announces that it will prepay or
otherwise make an unscheduled payment on the Underlying Securities, (iii)
after the Trustee notifies the Certificateholders of any proposed sale of the
Underlying Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Series Supplement or
(iv) on which a tender offer for some or all of the Underlying Securities is
consummated.
"Call Notice": As defined in Section 1.1(a)(i) hereof.
"Call Price": For each related Call Date, 100% of the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates being purchased pursuant to
the exercise of the Call Warrants, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on
such amount to but excluding the Call Date.
"Call Warrant": As defined in the recitals.
"Called Certificates": As defined in Section 1.1(b) hereof.
"Called Underlying Securities": As defined in Section 1.1(b) hereof.
"Closing Date": May 23, 2002.
"Depositor": As defined in the recitals.
"Depositor Order": As defined in the Trust Agreement.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"QIB": As defined in Section 3.2 hereof.
"Rating Agencies": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
"Resale Restriction Termination Date": As defined in Section 3.2
hereof.
"Responsible Officer": As defined in the Trust Agreement.
"Rule 144A": As defined in Section 3.2.
"Securities Act": The Securities Act of 1933, or any similar federal
statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as
the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Trust": As defined in the recitals.
"Trust Agreement": As defined in the recitals.
"Trustee": As defined in the recitals, or any successor thereto under
the Trust Agreement.
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"Warrant Agent": As defined in the recitals, or any successor thereto
under this Warrant Agent Agreement.
"Warrant Agent Agreement": As defined in the recitals.
"Warrant Holder": As defined in Section 1.1(a) hereof.
ARTICLE V
WARRANT AGENT
Section 5.1 Limitation on Liability. The Warrant Agent shall be
protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in connection with its administration of the Call
Warrants in reliance upon any instrument of assignment or transfer, power of
attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent,
certificate, statement or other paper or document in good faith believed by it
to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified and
acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons.
Section 5.2 Duties of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes
only the specific duties and obligations imposed hereunder upon the following
terms and conditions, by all of which the Depositor, the Trust, the Trustee
and each Warrant Holder shall be bound:
(a) The Warrant Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be
legal counsel for the Depositor), and the opinion of such counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent as to any
action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such
opinion, provided the Warrant Agent shall have exercised reasonable care in
the selection by it of such counsel.
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties hereunder, the Warrant
Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved
or established by the Depositor or the Trustee prior to taking or suffering
any action hereunder, such fact or matter may be deemed to be conclusively
proved and established by a Depositor Order or a certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the Warrant Agent; and
such certificate shall be full authorization to the Warrant Agent for any
action taken or suffered in good faith by it hereunder in reliance upon such
certificate.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(d) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of
the statements of fact or recitals contained herein or be required to verify
the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have
been made by the Trust and the Depositor only.
(e) The Warrant Agent shall not have any responsibility in respect
of and makes no representation as to the validity of the Call Warrants or the
execution and delivery thereof (except the due execution hereof by the Warrant
Agent); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Trust of any
covenant or condition contained in the Call Warrants; nor shall it by
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any act thereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the
Certificates to be purchased thereunder.
(f) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
Chief Operating Officer, President, a Vice President, a Senior Vice President,
a Managing Director, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor, and any Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in
connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or
suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of
any such officer.
(g) The Warrant Agent and any shareholder, director, officer or
employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Call
Warrants or other securities of the Trust or otherwise act as fully and freely
as though it were not Warrant Agent hereunder, so long as such persons do so
in full compliance with all applicable laws. Nothing herein shall preclude the
Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Trust, the Depositor
or for any other legal entity.
(h) The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or
powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by
or through its attorneys or agents.
(i) The Warrant Agent shall act solely as the agent of the Trust
hereunder. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable except for the failure to
perform such duties as are specifically set forth herein, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into the Call Warrants against the
Warrant Agent, whose duties shall be determined solely by the express
provisions thereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be deemed to be a fiduciary.
(j) The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure on
the part of the Trustee to comply with any of its covenants and obligations
contained herein.
(k) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation or duty to
institute, appear in or defend any action, suit or legal proceeding in respect
hereof, unless first indemnified to its satisfaction, but this provision shall
not affect the power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as the Warrant
Agent may consider proper, whether with or without such indemnity. The Warrant
Agent shall promptly notify the Depositor and the Trustee in writing of any
claim made or action, suit or proceeding instituted against it arising out of
or in connection with the Call Warrants.
(l) The Trustee will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or
cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further
acts, instruments and assurances as may be required by the Warrant Agent in
order to enable it to carry out or perform its duties hereunder.
Section 5.3 Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may resign and
be discharged from its duties hereunder upon thirty (30) days notice in
writing mailed to the Depositor and the Trustee by registered or certified
mail, and to the Warrant Holders by first-
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class mail at the expense of the Depositor; provided that no such
resignation or discharge shall become effective until a successor Warrant
Agent shall have been appointed hereunder. The Depositor may remove the
Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent upon thirty (30) days notice in
writing, mailed to the Warrant Agent or successor Warrant Agent, as the case
may be, and to the Warrant Holders by first-class mail; provided further that
no such removal shall become effective until a successor Warrant Agent shall
have been appointed hereunder. If the Warrant Agent shall resign or be removed
or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Depositor shall promptly
appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent, which may be designated as an
interim Warrant Agent. If an interim Warrant Agent is designated, the
Depositor shall then appoint a permanent successor to the Warrant Agent, which
may be the interim Warrant Agent. If the Depositor shall fail to make such
appointment of a permanent successor within a period of thirty (30) days after
such removal or within sixty (60) days after notification in writing of such
resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Warrant Agent or
by the Warrant Holder, then the Warrant Agent or registered Warrant Holder may
apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of such a
successor. Any successor to the Warrant Agent appointed hereunder must be
rated in one of the four highest rating categories by the Rating Agencies. Any
entity which may be merged or consolidated with or which shall otherwise
succeed to substantially all of the trust or agency business of the Warrant
Agent shall be deemed to be the successor Warrant Agent without any further
action.
Section 5.4 Warrant Agent Transfer Fee. The Warrant Agent will assess
a fee of $50.00 upon the issue of any new Call Warrant, such fee to be
assessed upon the new Call Warrant Holder.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 Remedies. The remedies at law of the Warrant Holder in
the event of any default or threatened default by the Warrant Agent in the
performance of or compliance with any of the terms of the Call Warrants are
not and will not be adequate and, to the full extent permitted by law, such
terms may be specifically enforced by a decree for the specific performance of
any agreement contained herein or by an injunction against a violation of any
of the terms thereof or otherwise.
Section 6.2 Limitation on Liabilities of Warrant Holder. Nothing
contained in this Warrant Agent Agreement shall be construed as imposing any
obligation on the Warrant Holder to purchase any of the Certificates except in
accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 6.3 Notices. All notices and other communications under this
Warrant Agent Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered, or mailed
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, by a nationally
recognized overnight courier, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to any Warrant
Holder, at the registered address of such Warrant Holder as set forth in the
register kept by the Warrant Agent or (b) if to the Warrant Agent, to 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust or to
such other address notice of which the Warrant Agent shall have given to the
Warrant Holder and the Trustee or (c) if to the Trust or the Trustee, to the
Corporate Trust Office (as set forth in the Trust Agreement);
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provided that the exercise of any Call Warrants shall be effective in the
manner provided in Article I. The Warrant Agent shall forward to the Warrant
Holder any notices received by it hereunder or pursuant to the Trust Agreement
or this Agreement by facsimile within one Business Day of receipt thereof.
Section 6.4 Amendment. (a) This Warrant Agent Agreement may be
amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Trustee and the Warrant Agent
without the consent of any Warrant Holder, upon receipt of an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the Warrant Agent that the provisions hereof have been
satisfied and that such amendment would not cause the Trust to be taxed as an
association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a Corporation under the
Code, for any of the following purposes: (i) to cure any ambiguity or to
correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision herein or to provide for any other terms
or modify any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under the Call Warrant which shall not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of the Warrant Holder or any holder of a Certificate;
provided, however that no amendment altering the timing or amount of any
payment of the Call Price which adversely affects the Warrant Holder shall be
effected without the consent of the Warrant Holder; or (ii) to evidence and
provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder of a Warrant Agent other
than U.S. Bank Trust National Association.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Call
Warrants may also be modified or amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Trustee and the Warrant Agent with the consent of Warrant Holders of
66-2/3% of the Call Warrants related to the Certificates, upon receipt of an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Warrant Agent that the provisions
hereof (including, without limitation, the following proviso) have been
satisfied, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Call Warrants or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Warrant Holders; provided, however,
that no such amendment shall (i) adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of holders of Certificates without the consent of the holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than the Required Percentage-Amendment of the
aggregate Voting Rights of such affected Certificates (as such terms are
defined in the Trust Agreement) and without written confirmation from the
Rating Agencies that such amendment will not result in a downgrading or
withdrawal of its rating of the Certificates; (ii) alter the terms on which
Call Warrants are exercisable or the amounts payable upon exercise of a
Warrant without the consent of the holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 100% of the aggregate Voting Rights of such affected Certificates and
100% of the affected Warrant Holders or (iii) reduce the percentage of
aggregate Voting Rights required by (i) or (ii) without the consent of the
holders of all such affected Certificates. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Call Warrant, this Section 6.4(b) shall not be amended without the
consent of 100% of the affected Warrant Holders.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or
modification, the Warrant Agent shall furnish a copy of such amendment or
modification to each Warrant Holder, to the Trustee and to the Rating
Agencies. It shall not be necessary for the consent of Warrant Holders or
holders of Certificates under this Section to approve the particular form of
any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall
approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of
evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof shall be subject to such
reasonable regulations as the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
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Section 6.5 Expiration. The right to exercise the Call Warrants shall
expire on the earliest to occur of (a) the cancellation thereof, (b) the
termination of the Trust Agreement, or (c) the liquidation, disposition, or
maturity of all of the Underlying Securities.
Section 6.6 Descriptive Headings. The headings in this Warrant Agent
Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof.
Section 6.7 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT
OF LAWS.
Section 6.8 Judicial Proceedings; Waiver of Jury. Any judicial
proceeding brought against the Trust, the Trustee or the Warrant Agent with
respect to this Warrant Agent Agreement may be brought in any court of
competent jurisdiction in the County of New York, State of New York or of the
United States of America for the Southern District of New York and, by
execution and delivery of the Call Warrants, the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust and the Warrant Agent (a) accept, generally and unconditionally, the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts and any related appellate court, and
irrevocably agree that the Trust, the Trustee and the Warrant Agent shall be
bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Warrant Agent
Agreement or the Call Warrants, subject to any rights of appeal, and (b)
irrevocably waive any objection that the Trust, the Trustee or the Warrant
Agent may now or hereafter have as to the venue of any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such a court or that such court is an inconvenient
forum.
Section 6.9 Nonpetition Covenant; No Recourse. Each of (i) the
Warrant Holder by its acceptance thereof, and (ii) the Warrant Agent agrees,
that it shall not (and, in the case of the Warrant Holder, that it shall not
direct the Warrant Agent to), until the date which is one year and one day
after the payment in full of the Certificates and all other securities issued
by the Trust, the Depositor or entities formed, established or settled by the
Depositor, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Trust, the
Depositor, or any such other entity to invoke the process of the United States
of America, any State or other political subdivision thereof or any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case by or against the Trust, the Depositor or any such other
entity under a federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator
or other similar official of the Trust, the Depositor or any such other entity
or all or any part of the property or assets of Trust, the Depositor or any
such other entity or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of
the Trust, the Depositor or any such other entity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective duly authorized officers s of the date first
above written.
XXXXXX ABS CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual
capacity but solely as
Trustee and Authenticating Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Warrant Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
Dated: ____________, 2002
U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
as Trustee
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx ABS Corporation,
as Depositor
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with its proposed purchase of Call Warrants (the "Call
Warrants") more particularly described in Schedule A hereto, the undersigned
purchaser (the "Purchaser") confirms that:
1. The Purchaser understands that substantial risks are involved in an
investment in the Call Warrants. The Purchaser represents that in making
its investment decision to acquire the Call Warrants, the Purchaser has
not relied on representations, warranties, opinions, projections,
financial or other information or analysis, if any, supplied to it by any
person, including you, Xxxxxx ABS Corporation, as depositor (the
"Depositor"), or U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee"), or any of your or their affiliates, except as expressly
contained in written information, if any. The Purchaser has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Call
Warrants, and the Purchaser is able to bear the substantial economic
risks of such an investment. The Purchaser has relied upon its own tax,
legal and financial advisors in connection with its decision to purchase
the Call Warrants.
2. The Purchaser (A) is a "Qualified Institutional Buyer" (as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"))
and (B) is acquiring the Call Warrants for its own account or for the
account of an investor of the type described in clause (A) above as to
each of which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The
Purchaser is purchasing the Call Warrants for investment purposes and not
with a view to, or for, the offer or sale in connection with, a public
distribution or in any other manner that would violate the 1933 Act or
the securities or blue sky laws of any state.
3. The Purchaser understands that the Call Warrants have not been and
will not be registered under the 1933 Act or under the securities or
blue sky laws of any state, and that (i) if it decides to resell,
pledge or otherwise transfer any Call Warrant, such Call
Warrant may be resold, pledged or transferred without registration
only to an entity that has delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee
a certification that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer that
purchases (1) for its own account or (2) for the account of such a
Qualified Institutional Buyer, that is, in either case, aware that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on said Rule
144A and (ii) it will, and each subsequent holder will be required to,
notify any purchaser of any Call Warrant from it of the resale
restrictions referred to in clause (i) above.
4. The Purchaser understands that each of the Call Warrants will bear a
legend substantially to the following effect, unless otherwise agreed by
the Depositor and the Trustee:
"THIS CALL WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A
REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS IN EFFECT OR PURSUANT TO AN
EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT. THE CALL WARRANT
REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN OR IN THE SERIES
SUPPLEMENT."
5. The Purchaser understands that no subsequent transfer of the Call
Warrants is permitted unless (A) such transfer is of a Call Warrant with
the applicable minimum denomination and (B) the Purchaser causes the
proposed transferee to provide to the Depositor and the Trustee such
documentation as may be required pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Warrant
Agent Agreement, including, if required, a letter substantially in the
form hereof, or such other written statement as the Depositor shall
reasonably prescribe.
6. The Purchaser is a person or entity (a "Person") who is either
A. (1) a citizen or resident of the United States, (2) a
corporation, partnership or other entity organized in or under
the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof, or (3) an estate the income of which is includible in
gross income for federal income tax purposes regardless of
source, or (4) a trust if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision of the administration of
the trust and one or more United States persons have the
authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or
B. a Person not described in (A), whose ownership of such Call
Warrant is effectively connected with such Person's conduct of a
trade or business within the United States within the meaning of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and
its ownership of any interest in such Call Warrant will not
result in any withholding obligation with respect to any
payments with respect to the Call Warrants by any Person (other
than withholding, if any, under Section 1446 of the Code), or
C. a Person not described in (A) or (B) above, who is not a Person:
(1) that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in the Underlying
Securities Issuer (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement)
entitled to vote, (2) that is a controlled foreign corporation
related to the Underlying Securities Issuer within the meaning
of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code, or (3) that is a bank
extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in
the ordinary course of its trade or business.
The Purchaser agrees that (I) if it is a Person described in clause
(A) above, it will furnish to the Depositor and the Trustee a
properly executed IRS Form W-9, and (II) if it is a Person described
in clause (B) above, it will furnish to the Depositor and the Trustee
a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI, and (III) if it is a Person
described in clause (C) above, it will furnish to the Depositor and
the Trustee a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN (or, if the Purchaser
is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, a
properly executed IRS Form W-8IMY with appropriate certification for
all partners or members attached). The Purchaser also agrees that it
will provide a new IRS form upon the expiration or obsolescence of
any previously delivered form, and that it will provide such other
certifications, representations or Opinions of Counsel as may be
requested by the Depositor and the Trustee.
7. The Purchaser agrees that if at some time in the future it wishes to
transfer or exchange any of the Call Warrants, it will not transfer or
exchange any of the Call Warrants unless such transfer or exchange is in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agent Agreement, Series
Supplement and other documents applicable to the Call Warrant. The
Purchaser understands that any purported transfer of the Call Warrants
(or any interest therein) in contravention of any of the restrictions and
conditions in the agreements, as applicable, shall be void, and the
purported transferee in such transfer shall not be recognized by any
Person as a holder of such Call Warrants, for any purpose.
You and the Trustee are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
______________________________________
By: __________________________________
Name: _______________________________
Title: ________________________________
Schedule A to Exhibit A
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Call Warrants
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LABS Name of Underlying Principal Date of [o] Purchase
Series Securities Issuer Amount of Warrant Agent
Number Certificates Agreement*
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[o] [o] $[o] [o], 2002 [o]
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* Initial Closing Date
