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EXHIBIT 4.2
TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
APPALACHIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT OF APPALACHIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST is
made as of August 18, 1999 (this "Trust Agreement"), by and among Eastern
States Oil & Gas, Inc., a Virginia corporation, as sponsor (the "Sponsor"), and
Bank One Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as trustee, and Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, as trustee (jointly, the "Trustees"). The Sponsor and the Trustees
hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "Appalachian Basin
Royalty Trust" (the "Trust"), in which name the Trustees or the Sponsor, to the
extent provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts, and xxx and be sued.
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfer, conveys and sets over to
the Trust the sum of $1000.00. Such amount shall constitute the initial trust
estate. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust created
hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801, et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that
this document constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustees
are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in such form as the
Trustees may approve.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and
restated Trust Agreement satisfactory to each such party to provide for the
contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the
trust securities referred to therein. Prior to the execution and delivery of
such amended and restated Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall not have any duty
or obligation hereunder or with respect of the trust estate, except as
otherwise contemplated by this Trust Agreement, required by applicable law or
as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery any
licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustees may take all actions deemed proper
as are necessary to effect the transactions contemplated herein.
4. The Sponsor, as sponsor of the Trust, is hereby authorized, in
its sole discretion, (i) to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") and to execute, in the case of the 1933 Act Registration
Statement and 1934 Act Registration Statement (as herein defined), on behalf of
the Trust, (a) a Registration Statement (the "1933 Act Registration
Statement"), including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto,
relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), of the trust securities of the Trust, (b) any preliminary
prospectus or prospectus or supplement thereto relating to the trust securities
of the Trust required to be filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, and (c) a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other appropriate form (the "1934 Act
Registration Statement"), including all pre-effective and post-effective
amendments thereto, relating to the registration of the trust securities of the
Trust under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) if and at
such time as determined by the Sponsor, to file with the New York Stock
Exchange Inc.
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("NYSE"), or other exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers
("NASD"), and execute on behalf of the Trust a listing application and all
other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments
as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the trust securities of the Trust
to be listed on the NYSE or such other exchange, or the NASD's Nasdaq National
Market; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust, such applications,
reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for
service of process and other papers and documents that shall be necessary or
desirable to register the trust securities of the Trust under the securities or
"blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust,
may deem necessary or desirable; (iv) to execute and deliver letters or
documents to, or instruments for filing with, a depository relating to the
trust securities of the Trust; (v) to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of
the Trust one or more conveyances pursuant to which the Sponsor, or one or more
of its subsidiaries, conveys to the Trust a net profits interest in certain oil
and gas properties located in Kentucky and West Virginia; and (vi) to execute,
deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust an underwriting agreement with one
or more underwriters relating to the offering of the trust securities of the
Trust.
In the event that any filing referred to in this Section 4 is
required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the NYSE or other exchange,
NASD, or state securities or "blue sky" laws to be executed on behalf of the
Trust by the Trustees, the Trustees, in their capacity as trustees of the
Trust, are hereby authorized to join in any such filing and to execute on
behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that the
Trustees, in their capacity as trustees of the Trust, shall not be required to
join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document
unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the NYSE or
other exchange, NASD, or state securities or "blue sky" laws.
5. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The number of trustees of the Trust initially shall be two and
thereafter the number of trustees of the Trust shall be such number as shall be
fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Sponsor which may
increase or decrease the number of trustees of the Trust; provided, however,
that to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one trustee of the Trust
shall either be a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or,
if not a natural person, an entity that has its principal place of business in
the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law.
Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsor is entitled to appoint or remove without
cause any trustee of the Trust at any time. Any trustee of the Trust may
resign upon 30 days' prior notice to the Sponsor.
7. The Sponsor hereby agrees to (i) reimburse the Trustees for
all reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and
other experts) and (ii) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trustees and
any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the trustees (the
"Indemnified Persons") from and against any and all losses, damages,
liabilities, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses, disbursements (including
the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), taxes and penalties of any kind
and nature whatsoever (collectively, "Expenses"), to the extent that such
Expenses arise out of or are imposed upon or
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asserted at any time against such Indemnified Persons with respect to the
performance of this Trust Agreement, the creation, operation or termination of
the Trust or the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the
Sponsor shall not be required to indemnify any Indemnified Person for any
Expenses that are a result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross
negligence of such Indemnified Person.
8. The Trust may be dissolved and terminated before the issuance
of the trust securities of the Trust at the election of the Sponsor.
9. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict
of laws principles).
10. Bank One Delaware, Inc., in its capacity as Trustee hereunder,
shall not have any of the powers or duties of the trustees set forth herein,
except as required under the Business Trust Act, and shall be a Trustee
hereunder for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807(a) of the Business Trust Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
EASTERN STATES OIL & GAS, INC.,
as Sponsor
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
BANK ONE DELAWARE, INC.,
as Trustee
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, as Trustee
