CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT
CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 29, 2005 (the
"Agreement"), between Xxxxxx Brothers Holdings Inc. (the "Company") and Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc., as Calculation Agent.
WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the issuance of up to $4,350,000
aggregate principal amount of Absolute Buffer Notes Due July 29, 2008, Linked to
the Dow Xxxxx EURO STOXX 50(SM) Index (SX5E) (the "Securities")*;
WHEREAS, the Securities will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of
September 1, 1987, between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (the
"Trustee"), as supplemented and amended by supplemental indentures dated as of
November 25, 1987, November 27, 1990, September 13, 1991, October 4, 1993,
October 1, 1995, and June 26, 1997, and incorporating Standard Multiple Series
Indenture Provisions dated July 30, 1987, as amended November 16, 1987
(collectively, the "Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, the Company requests the Calculation Agent to perform certain
services described herein in connection with the Securities;
NOW THEREFORE, the Company and the Calculation Agent agree as follows:
1. Appointment of Agent. The Company hereby appoints Xxxxxx Brothers
Inc., as Calculation Agent, and Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. hereby accepts such
appointment as the Company's agent for the purpose of performing the services
hereinafter described upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
mentioned.
2. Calculations and Information Provided. In response to a request made
by the Trustee for a determination of the Maturity Payment Amount due on the
Stated Maturity Date of the Securities, the Calculation Agent shall determine
such Maturity Payment Amount and notify the Trustee of its determination. The
Calculation Agent shall also determine (a) the Successor Index if publication of
the Index is discontinued, (b) the Closing Index Level if no Successor Index is
available or if STOXX or the publisher of any Successor Index, as the case may
be, fails to calculate and publish a Closing Index Level on any date, (c)
adjustments to the Index, Successor Index or Closing Index Level thereof if the
method of calculating any of these items changes in a material respect or if the
Index or Successor Index is in any other way
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* "EURO STOXX" and "EURO STOXX 50" are trademarks of STOXX Limited and "Dow
Xxxxx EURO STOXX 50 Index" is a service xxxx of Dow Xxxxx & Company, Inc.
and have been licensed for use by the Company. The Securities, linked to
the performance of the Dow Xxxxx EURO STOXX 50 Index, are not sponsored,
endorsed, sold or promoted by STOXX Limited or Dow Xxxxx & Company, Inc.
and STOXX Limited and Dow Xxxxx & Company, Inc. make no representation
regarding the advisability of investing in the Securities.
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modified so that it does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly
represent the level of the Index, or Successor Index, as the case may be, had
such changes or modifications not been made, (d) adjustments to the Threshold
Level, if required in order to reflect adjustments made in the Index or
Successor Index and (e) whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred. The
Calculation Agent shall notify the Trustee of all such adjustments or any such
Successor Index, or if a Market Disruption Event has occurred. Annex A hereto
sets forth the procedures the Calculation Agent will use to determine the
information described in this Section 2.
3. Calculations. Any calculation or determination by the Calculation
Agent pursuant hereto shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and
binding. Any calculation made by the Calculation Agent hereunder shall, at the
Trustee's request, be made available at the Corporate Trust Office.
4. Fees and Expenses. The Calculation Agent shall be entitled to
reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it as agreed to between the
Calculation Agent and the Company.
5. Terms and Conditions. The Calculation Agent accepts its obligations
herein set out upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to
all of which the Company agrees:
(a) in acting under this Agreement, the Calculation Agent is acting
solely as an independent expert of the Company and does not assume any
obligation toward, or any relationship of agency or trust for or with, any
of the holders of the Securities;
(b) unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any order,
certificate, notice, request, direction or other communication from the
Company or the Trustee made or given under any provision of this Agreement
shall be sufficient if signed by any person whom the Calculation Agent
reasonably believes to be a duly authorized officer or attorney-in-fact of
the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be;
(c) the Calculation Agent shall be obliged to perform only such duties
as are set out specifically herein and any duties necessarily incidental
thereto;
(d) the Calculation Agent, whether acting for itself or in any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same
rights as it would have had if it were not acting hereunder as Calculation
Agent; and
(e) the Calculation Agent shall incur no liability hereunder except for
loss sustained by reason of its gross negligence or willful misconduct.
6. Resignation; Removal; Successor. (a) The Calculation Agent may at
any time resign by giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its
part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become
effective, subject to the appointment of a successor Calculation Agent and
acceptance of such appointment by such successor Calculation Agent, as
hereinafter provided. The Calculation Agent hereunder may be removed at any time
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by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the
Company and specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective.
Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the
Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Calculation Agent and the
acceptance of such appointment by such successor Calculation Agent. In the event
a successor Calculation Agent has not been appointed and has not accepted its
duties within 90 days of the Calculation Agent's notice of resignation, the
Calculation Agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the
designation of a successor Calculation Agent.
(b) In case at any time the Calculation Agent shall resign, or shall be
removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or consent to
the appointment of a receiver or custodian of all or any substantial part of its
property, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as
they mature, or if a receiver or custodian of it or all or any substantial part
of its property shall be appointed, or if any public officer shall have taken
charge or control of the Calculation Agent or of its property or affairs, for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, a successor
Calculation Agent shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing,
filed with the successor Calculation Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of
a successor Calculation Agent and acceptance by the latter of such appointment,
the Calculation Agent so superseded shall cease to be Calculation Agent
hereunder.
(c) Any successor Calculation Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor, to the Company and to the Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and agreeing to be bound by the
terms hereof, and thereupon such successor Calculation Agent, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority,
rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor
with like effect as if originally named as Calculation Agent hereunder, and such
predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall
thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor
Calculation Agent shall be entitled to receive, all moneys, securities and other
property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as Calculation Agent
hereunder.
(d) Any corporation into which the Calculation Agent hereunder may be
merged or converted or any corporation with which the Calculation Agent may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Calculation Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation to which the Calculation Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all
or substantially all of the assets and business of the Calculation Agent shall
be the successor Calculation Agent under this Agreement without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
7. Certain Definitions. Terms not otherwise defined herein or in Annex
A hereto are used herein as defined in the Indenture or the Securities.
8. Indemnification. The Company will indemnify the Calculation Agent
against any losses or liability which it may incur or sustain in connection with
its appointment or the exercise of its powers and duties hereunder except such
as may result from the gross
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negligence or willful misconduct of the Calculation Agent or any of its agents
or employees. The Calculation Agent shall incur no liability and shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Company for, or in respect of, any action
taken or suffered to be taken in good faith by the Calculation Agent in reliance
upon written instructions from the Company.
9. Notices. Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be
delivered in person, sent (unless otherwise specified in this Agreement) by
letter, telex or facsimile transmission or communicated by telephone (confirmed
in a writing dispatched within two Business Days), (a) in the case of the
Company, to it at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (facsimile: (646)
000-0000) (telephone: (000) 000-0000), Attention: Treasurer, with a copy to 000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (facsimile: (000) 000-0000) (telephone:
(000) 000-0000), Attention: Corporate Secretary, (b) in the case of the
Calculation Agent, to it at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(facsimile: (000) 000-0000) (telephone: (000) 000-0000), Attention: Equity
Derivatives Trading and (c) in the case of the Trustee, to it at 000 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (facsimile: (000) 000-0000)
(telephone: (000) 000-0000), Attention: Agency and Trust, or in any case, to any
other address or number of which the party receiving notice shall have notified
the party giving such notice in writing. Any notice hereunder given by telex,
facsimile or letter shall be deemed to be served when in the ordinary course of
transmission or post, as the case may be, it would be received.
10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
12. Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their successors and assigns, and no other person shall
acquire or have any rights under or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Calculation Agency Agreement has been entered
into as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx III
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx III
Vice President
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.,
as Calculation Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx III
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx III
Vice President
[Calculation Agency Agreement]
ANNEX A
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1. The Index.
The Index is the Dow Xxxxx EURO STOXX 50(SM) Index (the "Index"), as
calculated, published and disseminated by STOXX Limited ("STOXX").
2. Determination of the Maturity Payment Amount.
The Calculation Agent shall, at the request of the Trustee, determine
the amount payable on the Stated Maturity Date for each $1,000 principal amount
of Securities (the "Maturity Payment Amount").
The Maturity Payment Amount shall be the following:
o If the Final Index Return is not negative, $1,000 + ($1,000 x the
Upside Participation Rate x the Final Index Return).
o If the Final Index Return is negative and the Final Index Level
is equal to or greater than the Threshold Level, $1,000 + ($1,000
x the absolute value of the Final Index Return).
o If the Final Index Return is negative and the Final Index Level
is less than the Threshold Level, $1,000 + ($1,000 x the Final
Index Return).
3. Discontinuance of the Index.
(a) If STOXX discontinues publication of the Index and STOXX or another
entity publishes a successor or substitute index (the "Successor Index") that
the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good
faith, to be comparable to the discontinued Index, then the Calculation Agent
shall determine each subsequent Closing Index Level to be used in computing the
Maturity Payment Amount by reference to the Closing Index Level of such
Successor Index on the applicable date.
(b) Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the
Company shall promptly give notice to the holders of the Securities.
(c) If STOXX discontinues publication of the Index and the Calculation
Agent determines that no Successor Index is available at such time, or if STOXX
(or the publisher of any Successor Index) fails to calculate and publish a
Closing Index Level for the Index (or a Successor Index) on any date when it
would ordinarily do so in accordance with its customary practice, the
Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Index Level to be used for purposes
of computing the Maturity Payment Amount. In such circumstances, the Closing
Index Level will be computed by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the
formula for and method of calculating the Index (or any Successor Index) last in
effect prior to such discontinuance or failure to publish, using the Closing
Index Level (or, if trading in any of the relevant securities has been
materially suspended or materially limited, its good faith estimate of the
Closing Price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation)
on such date of each security
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most recently comprising the Index (or any Successor Index) on the Relevant
Exchange on which such Security trades.
4. Alteration of Method of Calculation.
If at any time the method of calculating the Index, any Successor
Index or the Closing Index Level thereof on any particular day, is changed in a
material respect, or if the Index or a Successor Index is in any other way
modified so that such index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent,
fairly represent the level of the Index or such Successor Index had such changes
or modifications not been made, then, from and after such time, the Calculation
Agent shall, at the Close of Trading of the Relevant Exchanges on which the
securities comprising the Index or such Successor Index traded on any date the
Closing Index Level thereof is to be determined, make such calculations and
adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be
necessary in order to arrive at a level of a stock index comparable to the Index
or such Successor Index, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications
had not been made. The Calculation Agent shall calculate the Closing Index Level
on any particular day and the Maturity Payment Amount with reference to the
Index or such Successor Index, as adjusted.
Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index or a Successor
Index is modified so that the level of such index is a fraction of what it would
have been if it had not been modified, then the Calculation Agent shall adjust
such index in order to arrive at a level of the Index or such Successor Index as
if it had not been modified.
5. Definitions.
Set forth below are the terms used in the Agreement and in this Annex
A.
"Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"AMEX" shall mean the American Stock Exchange LLC.
"Business Day", notwithstanding any provision in the Indenture, shall
mean any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the NYSE, Nasdaq
or AMEX is not open for trading or banking institutions or trust companies in
the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
"Calculation Agent" shall mean the person that has entered into an
agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination
of the Maturity Payment Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, include its successors and assigns. The initial Calculation Agent
shall be Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
"Close of Trading" shall mean, in respect of any Relevant Exchange,
the scheduled weekday closing time on a day on which the Relevant Exchange is
scheduled to be open for trading for its respective regular trading session,
without regard to after hours or any other trading outside of the regular
trading session hours.
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"Closing Index Level" shall mean, with respect to any day, in the case
of the Index or the Successor Index, the closing level of the Index or the
Successor Index, as the case may be, as reported by STOXX or the publisher of
the Successor Index, as the case may be, on such day or as determined by the
Calculation Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
"Closing Price" shall mean, with respect to a security on any day, the
last reported sales price for that security on the Relevant Exchange at the
scheduled weekday closing time of the regular trading session of the Relevant
Exchange; provided, however, if such security is listed or traded on a bulletin
board, then the "Closing Price" of the security shall be determined using the
average execution price per share that an affiliate of the Company pays or
receives upon the purchase or sale of the security used to hedge the Company's
obligations under the Securities.
"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"Exchange Business Day" shall mean any day on which the Index or the
Successor Index is published by its publisher or is otherwise determined by the
Calculation Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
"Final Index Level" shall equal the Closing Index Level on the
Valuation Date.
"Final Index Return" shall equal the following:
Final Index Level - Initial Index Level
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Initial Index Level
"Indenture" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"Index" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of this Annex A.
"Initial Index Level" shall equal 3302.98, the Closing Index Level on
July 26, 2005.
"Market Disruption Event", with respect to the Index or any Successor
Index shall mean any of the following events has occurred on any day as
determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(1) A material suspension of or limitation imposed on trading relating to
the securities that then comprise 20% or more of the Index or any Successor
Index, by the Relevant Exchanges on which those securities are traded, at
any time during the one-hour period that ends at the Close of Trading on
such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits
permitted by that Relevant Exchange or otherwise.
(2) A material suspension of, or limitation imposed on, trading in futures
or options contracts relating to the Index or any Successor Index by the
primary exchange on which those futures or options contracts are traded, at
any time during the one-hour period that ends at the Close of Trading on
such day, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits
permitted by the exchanges or otherwise.
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(3) Any event, other than an early closure, that disrupts or impairs the
ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or
obtain market values for, the securities that then comprise 20% or more of
the Index or any Successor Index on the Relevant Exchanges on which those
securities are traded, at any time during the one-hour period that ends at
the Close of Trading on that day.
(4) Any event, other than an early closure, that disrupts or impairs the
ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or
obtain market values for, the futures or options contracts relating to the
Index or any Successor Index on the primary exchange or quotation system on
which those futures or options contracts are traded at any time during the
one-hour period that ends at the Close of Trading on that day.
(5) The closure of the Relevant Exchanges on which securities that then
comprise 20% or more of the Index or any Successor Index are traded or on
which futures or options contracts relating to the Index or any Successor
Index are traded prior to its scheduled closing time unless the earlier
closing time is announced by the Relevant Exchanges at least one hour prior
to the earlier of (i) the actual closing time for the regular trading
session on the Relevant Exchanges and (ii) the submission deadline for
orders to be entered into the Relevant Exchanges for execution at the Close
of Trading on that day.
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred, the
relevant percentage contribution of a security to the level of the Index or any
Successor Index will be based on a comparison of (x) the portion of the level of
the Index or Successor Index attributable to that security and (y) the overall
level of the Index or Successor Index, in each case immediately before the
occurrence of the Market Disruption Event.
"Maturity Payment Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2 of this Annex A.
"Nasdaq" shall mean The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
"NYSE" shall mean The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
"Relevant Exchange" shall mean, for any security (or any combination
thereof then underlying the Index or any Successor Index), the primary exchange,
quotation system (which includes bulletin board services) or other market of
trading for such security.
"Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"Stated Maturity Date" shall mean July 29, 2008 (or if July 29, 2008
is not a Business Day, on the next Business Day); provided, that if a Market
Disruption Event occurs on the Valuation Date, the Stated Maturity Date shall be
the third Business Day following the date that the Final Index Level on the
postponed Valuation Date is determined.
"STOXX" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of this Annex A.
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"Successor Index" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) of
this Annex A.
"Threshold Level" shall mean 2642.384, as it may be adjusted from time
to time by the Calculation Agent to the extent it believes appropriate, in a
manner consistent with the adjustments to the method of calculation of the Index
or a Successor Index described in Sections 3 and 4 of this Annex A and under the
circumstances described in Sections 3 and 4 of this Annex A.
"Trustee" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"Upside Participation Rate" shall mean 130%.
"Valuation Date" shall mean July 24, 2008; provided, that if a Market
Disruption Event occurs on such day, then the Valuation Date shall be the next
following Exchange Business Day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs;
provided, however, if a Market Disruption Event occurs on each of the eight
Exchange Business Days following the originally scheduled Valuation Date, then
(a) that eighth Exchange Business Day shall be deemed the Valuation Date and (b)
the Calculation Agent shall determine the Final Index Level based upon its good
faith estimate of the level of the Index on that eighth Exchange Business Day.
