Exhibit 4.5
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PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
CT CONVERTIBLE TRUST I
Dated as of July 28, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION....................................1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions and Interpretation..................1
ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT...............................................3
SECTION 2.1. Trust Indenture Act; Application................3
SECTION 2.2. Lists of Holders................................3
SECTION 2.3. Reports by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee......4
SECTION 2.4. Periodic Reports to Preferred Guarantee
Trustee.........................................4
SECTION 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions
Precedent.......................................4
SECTION 2.6. Events of Default; Waiver.......................4
SECTION 2.7. Event of Default; Notice........................4
SECTION 2.8. Conflicting Interests...........................5
ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE..........5
SECTION 3.1. Powers and Duties of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee.........................................5
SECTION 3.2. Certain Rights of Preferred Guarantee Trustee...6
SECTION 3.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Preferred Securities Guarantee..................8
ARTICLE IV PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.......................................8
SECTION 4.1. Preferred Guarantee Trustee: Eligibility........8
SECTION 4.2. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of
Preferred Guarantee Trustee.....................9
ARTICLE V GUARANTEE.........................................................9
SECTION 5.1. Guarantee.......................................9
SECTION 5.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand....................10
SECTION 5.3. Obligations Not Affected.......................10
SECTION 5.4. Rights of Holders..............................10
SECTION 5.5. Guarantee of Payment...........................11
SECTION 5.6. Subrogation....................................11
SECTION 5.7. Independent Obligations........................11
ARTICLE VI LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION........................11
SECTION 6.1. Limitation of Transactions.....................11
SECTION 6.2. Subordination..................................12
ARTICLE VII TERMINATION......................................................12
SECTION 7.1. Termination....................................12
ARTICLE VIIIINDEMNIFICATION..................................................12
SECTION 8.1. Exculpation....................................12
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification................................13
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS....................................................13
SECTION 9.1. Successors and Assigns.........................13
SECTION 9.2. Amendments.....................................13
SECTION 9.3. Notices........................................13
SECTION 9.4. Benefit........................................14
SECTION 9.5. Governing Law..................................14
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PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE
DECLARATION), ANY CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE
SHALL BEAR A LEGEND IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED
BY THE REGULAR TRUSTEES (WITH WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE)
PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.1(D) OF THE DECLARATION:
THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT
OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B)
IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2),
(3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) ("INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR") OR
(C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE
HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE
144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION) RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE OF THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO CAPITAL TRUST (THE
"COMPANY") OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE (OR, IF THIS CERTIFICATE EVIDENCES COMMON SHARES, THE
TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE COMMON SHARES), A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM SUCH
TRUSTEE OR TRANSFER AGENT), (E) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (F) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), AND
(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE SECURITY EVIDENCED
HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY PRIOR TO THE
EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED
HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION),
THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF
RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE (OR, IF THIS CERTIFICATE EVIDENCES COMMON
SHARES, SUCH HOLDER MUST FURNISH TO THE TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATIONS,
LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMPANY OR CT CONVERTIBLE TRUST I
(THE "TRUST") MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT). IF THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT
EVIDENCE COMMON SHARES AND IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR OR A PURCHASER WHO IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, THE HOLDER MUST,
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE,
SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMPANY OR THE
TRUST MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED
AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY
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EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE
TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATIONS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
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PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Preferred Securities Guarantee"), dated
as of July 28, 1998, is executed and delivered by Capital Trust, a California
business trust (the "Guarantor"), and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Preferred Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
herein) from time to time of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of CT
Convertible Trust I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Declaration of Trust (the "Declaration"), dated
as of July 28, 1998, among the trustees of the Issuer named therein, the
Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof
up to 150,000 preferred securities (the "Preferred Securities"), having a
liquidation amount of $1,000 per Preferred Security, designated the 8.25% Step
Up Convertible Trust Preferred Securities.
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to
the extent set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay to the
Holders of the Preferred Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein)
and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Guarantor is also executing and
delivering a guarantee agreement (the "Common Securities Guarantee") in
substantially identical terms to this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the
benefit of the holders of the Common Securities (as defined herein), except that
if an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture), has occurred and is
continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee
Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee are subordinated to the rights of
Holders of Preferred Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under this
Preferred Securities Guarantee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of
Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit
the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Preferred Securities
Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions and Interpretation.
In this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee but
not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them
in this Section 1.1;
(b) terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this
Preferred Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Preferred
Securities Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Preferred Securities Guarantee has
the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Preferred Securities Guarantee" or "this
Preferred Securities Guarantee" are to this Preferred Securities Guarantee as
modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
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(e) all references in this Preferred Securities Guarantee to Articles
and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Preferred Securities
Guarantee, unless otherwise specified; a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act
has the same meaning when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless
otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee or unless the context
otherwise requires; and
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized
to legally bind such Person, provided, however, that the Authorized Officer
signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the
Trust Indenture Act shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of such Person.
"Common Securities" means the securities representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the
date of execution of this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Preferred
Securities.
"Event of Default" means (a) a failure by the Guarantor to perform any
of its payment or other obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee or
(b) if applicable, the failure by the Guarantor to deliver Common Shares upon an
appropriate election by a Holder of Preferred Securities to convert the
Preferred Securities into Common Shares.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions,
without duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities, to the extent not
paid or made by the Issuer: (i) any accrued and unpaid Distributions (as defined
in the Declaration) that are required to be paid on such Preferred Securities to
the extent the Issuer shall have funds available therefor, (ii) the redemption
price (the "Redemption Price") or Adjusted Redemption Price specified in the
Indenture, as the case may be, and all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the
date of redemption, to the extent the Issuer has funds available therefor, with
respect to any Preferred Securities called for redemption by the Issuer, and
(iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of
the Issuer (other than in connection with the redemption of all of the Preferred
Securities or the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for
Preferred Securities as provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the
aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on
the Preferred Securities to the date of payment, to the extent the Issuer shall
have funds available therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer
remaining available for distribution to Holders of Preferred Securities then
outstanding upon the liquidation of the Issuer (in either case, the "Liquidation
Distribution"). If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) has
occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to
receive payments under the Common Securities Guarantee Agreement are
subordinated to the rights of Holders of Preferred Securities to receive
Guarantee Payments.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records
of the Issuer, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder"
shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, any
Affiliate of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors,
shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees,
custodians or agents of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of July 28, 1998, between the
Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities" means,
except as provided in the terms of the Convertible Preferred Securities, or
except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Holder(s), voting
separately as a class, of more than 50% of the liquidation amount (including the
stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus
accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages
are determined) of all Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, until a
Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment pursuant to the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and
thereafter means each such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, including any vice president, any assistant vice president,
secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or
other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Preferred Guarantee
Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the Preferred
Securities.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1. Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee is subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions and the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable to this Preferred
Securities Guarantee except as otherwise set forth herein, as if such guarantee
had been issued pursuant to an effective registration statement; and
(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties
shall control.
SECTION 2.2. Lists of Holders.
(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Preferred Guarantee Trustee with a
list, in such form as the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") (i) within 14 days
after each record date for payment of Distributions, as of such record date, and
(ii) at any other time, within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written
request for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List
of Holders is given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, provided that the
Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the
List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The
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Preferred Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to
it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations
under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3. Reports by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
Within 60 days after December 31 of each year, the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports as are required by Section 313
of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by
Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4. Periodic Reports to Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such
documents, reports and information (if any) as are required by Section 314 and
the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in
the form, the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein, including the Guarantor's compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Preferred Guarantee Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such
evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Preferred Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set forth
in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion
required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in
the form of an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.6. Events of Default; Waiver.
The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Preferred
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Preferred
Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such
waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 2.7. Event of Default; Notice.
(a) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to
the Holders, notices of all such Events of Default unless such defaults have
been cured before the giving of such notice, provided that the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long
as a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders except in the case of a default in the Guarantor's obligation to make
Guarantee Payments.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof, or a Responsible
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Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall have obtained actual knowledge
thereof.
SECTION 2.8. Conflicting Interests.
The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this
Preferred Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1. Powers and Duties of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders and the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall not transfer this Preferred Securities Guarantee to any Person
except a Holder exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a
Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Preferred Guarantee
Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
automatically vest in any Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee, and such
vesting and succession of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing
documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such
Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the
benefit of the Holders.
(c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event
of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred,
shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in
this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into
this Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred Guarantee Trustee. In
case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived
pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such
of the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee,
and shall use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
construed to relieve the Preferred Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and
after the curing or waiving of all such Events of
Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, and the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall not be liable except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Preferred Securities
Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Preferred Securities
Guarantee against the Preferred Guarantee Trustee;
and
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(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part
of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such
judgment was made;
(iii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of not less than a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred
Securities Guarantee; and
(iv) no provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee
shall require the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of
any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that the repayment of such funds or liability is
not reasonably assured to it under the terms of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee or indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 3.2. Certain Rights of Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may conclusively
rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon, any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated
by this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be
proved or established before taking, suffering or
omitting any action hereunder, the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, request and conclusively rely
upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt
of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the
Guarantor.
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(iv) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty
to see to any recording, filing or registration of
any instrument (or any rerecording, refiling or
re-registration thereof).
(v) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may consult with
counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion
of such counsel with respect to legal matters shall
be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be
counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates
and may include any of its employees. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time
to seek instructions concerning the administration
of this Preferred Securities Guarantee from any
court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee
at the request or direction of any Holder, unless
such Holder shall have provided to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including
attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's agents, nominees
or custodians) and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in complying with such request or
direction, including such reasonable advances as
may be requested by the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee; provided that nothing contained in this
Section 3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise
the rights and powers vested in it by this
Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(vii) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound
to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may
see fit.
(viii) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may execute any of
the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the
part of any agent or attorney appointed with due
care by it hereunder.
(ix) Any action taken by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
or its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders and
the signature of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or
its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective
to perform any such action. No third party shall be
required to inquire as to the authority of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its
compliance with any of the terms and provisions of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee, both of which
shall be conclusively evidenced by the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such
action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy
or right or taking any other action hereunder, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee (i) may request
instructions from the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities,
(ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or
right or taking such other action until such
instructions are received, and
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(iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on
or acting in accordance with such instructions.
(xi) The Preferred Securities Trustee shall not be
liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted
to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably
believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(b) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed
to impose any duty or obligation on the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to perform
any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or
imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance
with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such
right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 3.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Preferred
Securities Guarantee.
The recitals contained in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. Preferred Guarantee Trustee: Eligibility.
(a) There shall at all times be a Preferred Guarantee Trustee which
shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America or any
State or Territory thereof or of the District of
Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by
the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an
institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture
Act, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars
($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or
examination by federal, state, territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
supervising or examining authority referred to
above, then, for the purposes of this Section
4.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of
such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published.
(b) If at any time the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be
eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all
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respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 4.2. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred
Guarantee Trustee.
(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may be
appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance
with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by
such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold
office until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed
or until its removal or resignation. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may resign
from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument
in writing executed by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
instrument in writing executed by such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee and
delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60
days after delivery of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, appoint a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or
omissions to act of any Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or removal
or resignation of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2,
the Guarantor shall pay to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee all amounts accrued
to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1. Guarantee.
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to
the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore
paid by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of
set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor's
obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the
required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay
such amounts to the Holders. The Guarantor will honor all obligations relating
to the conversion of the Preferred Securities into the Common Shares of the
Guarantor as set forth in the Declaration and the Indenture.
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SECTION 5.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand.
The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply,
presentment, demand for payment, any right or remedy to require a proceeding
first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding directly against
the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of
redemption and all other notices and demands.
SECTION 5.3. Obligations Not Affected.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor
under this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the
performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement,
covenant, term or condition relating to the Preferred Securities to be performed
or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any
portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price or Adjusted Redemption Price, as
the case may be, Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the
terms of the Preferred Securities or the extension of time for the performance
of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the
Preferred Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of
Distributions, Redemption Price or Adjusted Redemption Price, as the case may
be, Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that results from the
extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of
the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy
conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Securities, or
any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any
kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of,
or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the
Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Preferred
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or
hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of
this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or
obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 5.4. Rights of Holders.
(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities then outstanding have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee in respect of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or to direct the
exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(b) If the Preferred Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, any
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Holder of Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against
the Guarantor to enforce the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's rights under this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the Issuer, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or any other person or
entity. The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action be
brought first against the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding
directly against the Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Guarantor
has failed to make a guarantee payment, a Holder of Preferred Securities may
directly institute a proceeding against the Guarantor for enforcement of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee for such payment.
SECTION 5.5. Guarantee of Payment.
This Preferred Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and
not of collection.
SECTION 5.6. Subrogation.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders
of Preferred Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to
such Holders by the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required
by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right
that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or
other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due
and unpaid under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall be
paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor
agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount
to the Holders.
SECTION 5.7. Independent Obligations.
The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are
independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Preferred
Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor
hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in
subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1. Limitation of Transactions.
So long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, if (i) the
Guarantor has exercised its option to defer interest payments on the Debentures
by extending the interest payment period and such extension period, or any
extension thereof, shall be continuing, (ii) the Guarantor shall be in default
with respect to its payment or other obligations under this Preferred Securities
Guarantee or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default under the Declaration or any event that, with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default under the
Declaration, then the Guarantor shall not (a) declare or pay any dividend on,
make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make
any liquidation payment with respect to, any of its Capital Stock or (b) make
any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase
or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor that rank pari passu with or
junior in interest to the Debentures or make any guarantee payment with respect
to any guarantee by the Guarantor of the debt securities of any subsidiary of
the Guarantor if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to
the Debentures (other than (i) as a result of a reclassification of the Capital
Stock of the Guarantor or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of
the Capital Stock of the Guarantor for another class or series of the Capital
Stock of the Guarantor, (ii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of
the Capital Stock of the Guarantor pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such Capital Stock or the security being converted into or
exchanged for
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such Capital Stock, (iii) dividends or distributions in Common Shares of the
Guarantor, (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of shares under
any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights
pursuant thereto, (v) payments under the Guarantee and Common Securities
Guarantee, (vi) purchases of Common Shares of the Guarantor related to the
issuance of Common Shares of the Guarantor or rights under any of the
Guarantor's benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees and (vii)
obligations under any dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans).
SECTION 6.2. Subordination.
This Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured
obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of
payment to all other liabilities of the Guarantor (except any liabilities that
may be pari passu expressly by their terms), (ii) pari passu with the most
senior preferred or preference shares now or hereafter issued by the Guarantor
and with any guaranty now or hereafter entered into by the Guarantor in respect
of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of the Guarantor and (iii)
senior to the Guarantor's Common Shares.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1. Termination.
This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate as to each Holder
upon (i) full payment of the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid
distributions with respect to all Preferred Securities, (ii) the distribution of
the Common Shares to such Holder upon the conversion of such Holder's Preferred
Securities into the Common Shares, (iii) the distribution of the Debentures to
the Holders of the Preferred Securities or (iv) full payment of the amounts
payable in accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of the Issuer. This
Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate completely upon full payment of
the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Preferred Securities Guarantee will continue to be effective or
will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder must restore
payment of any sum paid under the Preferred Securities or under this Preferred
Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 8.1. Exculpation.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable
in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss,
damage, liability, expense or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with
this Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified Person
reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such
Indemnified Person by this Preferred Securities Guarantee or by law, except that
an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim
incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence or willful misconduct
with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including
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information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the
assets, liabilities, profits, losses or any other facts pertinent to the
existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to Holders might
properly be paid.
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification.
The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to
hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses) of defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder. The provisions of this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee or the resignation or removal of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
When the Preferred Guarantee Trustee incurs expenses or renders
services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(d) or
Section 5.1(e) of the Indenture, the expenses (including the reasonable charges
and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1. Successors and Assigns.
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Preferred Securities
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with any
merger or consolidation of the Guarantor with or into another entity permitted
by Section 9.1 of the Indenture or any sale, transfer or lease of the
Guarantor's assets to another entity permitted by Section 9.1 of the Indenture,
the Guarantor may not assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this
Preferred Securities Guarantee without the prior approval of the holders of at
least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities then
outstanding.
SECTION 9.2. Amendments.
Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the
rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be required), this
Preferred Securities Guarantee may only be amended with the prior approval of
the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount (including the stated
amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued
and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are
determined) of the Preferred Securities then outstanding. The provisions of
Section 12.2 of the Declaration with respect to meetings of Holders apply to the
giving of such approval.
SECTION 9.3. Notices.
All notices provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall
be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, at the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities):
Wilmington Trust Company
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0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set
forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the
Holders of the Preferred Securities):
Capital Trust
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(c) If given to any Holder of Preferred Securities, at the address set
forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery
or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was
given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 9.4. Benefit.
This Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not
separately transferable from the Preferred Securities.
SECTION 9.5. Governing Law.
THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
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THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year
first above written.
CAPITAL TRUST, as Guarantor
By:/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Preferred Guarantee Trustee
By:/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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