REPLACEMENT CAPITAL COVENANT
Exhibit 99.1
REPLACEMENT CAPITAL COVENANT, dated as of May 23, 2007 (this “Replacement Capital Covenant”),
by Delphi Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns,
the “Corporation”), in favor of and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder (as defined below).
RECITALS
A. On the date hereof, the Corporation is issuing $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its 7.376% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2067 (the “Debentures”).
B. This Replacement Capital Covenant is the “Replacement Capital Covenant” referred to in the
Corporation’s Prospectus Supplement, dated May 16, 2007, to the registration statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-142932), relating to the Debentures.
C. The Corporation is entering into and disclosing the content of this Replacement Capital
Covenant in the manner provided below with the intent that the covenants provided for in this
Replacement Capital Covenant be enforceable by each Covered Debtholder and that the Corporation be
estopped from disregarding the covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, in each case to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
D. The Corporation acknowledges that reliance by each Covered Debtholder upon the covenants in
this Replacement Capital Covenant is reasonable and foreseeable by the Corporation and that, were
the Corporation to disregard its covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, each Covered
Debtholder would have sustained an injury as a result of its reliance on such covenants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Corporation hereby covenants and agrees as follows in favor of and for the
benefit of each Covered Debtholder.
SECTION 1. Definitions
Capitalized terms used in this Replacement Capital Covenant (including the Recitals) have the
meanings set forth in Schedule I hereto.
SECTION 2. Limitations on Repayment, Redemption and Purchase of Debentures
The Corporation hereby promises and covenants to and for the benefit of each Covered
Debtholder that the Corporation shall not repay, redeem or purchase, nor shall any Subsidiary of
the Corporation repay, redeem or purchase, any of the Debentures prior to the Termination Date
except to the extent that the principal amount repaid or the applicable redemption or purchase
price does not exceed the sum of the Applicable Percentages of the following amounts:
(i) the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries
from the sale of Replacement Capital Securities, plus
(ii) the Market Value of any Common Stock that the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have
issued in connection with the conversion of any convertible or exchangeable securities, other than
securities for which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries has received equity credit from any
NRSRO,
in each case within the applicable Measurement Period (without double counting proceeds received in
any prior Measurement Period); provided further that the limitations in this Section 2 shall not
restrict the repayment, redemption or other purchase of any Debentures that the Corporation has
previously defeased in accordance with this Replacement Capital Covenant. For purposes of this
Replacement Capital Covenant, the term “repay” includes the defeasance by the Corporation of the
Debentures and the satisfaction and discharge by the Corporation of its obligations under the
Indenture with respect to the Debentures.
SECTION 3. Covered Debt
(a) The Corporation represents and warrants that the Initial Covered Debt is Eligible Debt.
(b) On or during the 30-day period immediately preceding any Redesignation Date with respect
to the Covered Debt then in effect, the Corporation shall identify the series of Eligible Debt that
will become the Covered Debt on and after such Redesignation Date in accordance with the following
procedures:
(i) the Corporation shall identify each series of its then-outstanding long-term indebtedness
for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt;
(ii) if only one series of the Corporation’s then outstanding long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed is Eligible Debt, such series shall become the Covered Debt commencing on the related
Redesignation Date;
(iii) if the Corporation has more than one outstanding series of long-term indebtedness for
money borrowed that is Eligible Debt, then the Corporation shall identify the series that has the
latest occurring final maturity date as of the date the Corporation is applying the procedures in
this Section 3(b) and such series shall become the Covered Debt on the related Redesignation Date;
(iv) the series of outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is determined to
be Covered Debt pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above shall be the Covered Debt for purposes of
this Replacement Capital Covenant for the period commencing on the related Redesignation Date and
continuing to but excluding the Redesignation Date as of which a new series of outstanding
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed is next determined to be the Covered Debt pursuant to the
procedures set forth in this Section 3(b); and
(v) in connection with such identification of a new series of Covered Debt, the Corporation
shall, as provided for in Section 3(c), give a notice and file with the Commission a current report
on Form 8-K including or incorporating by reference this Replacement Capital Covenant as an exhibit
within the time frame provided for in Section 3(c).
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(c) Notice. In order to give effect to the intent of the Corporation described in Recital C,
the Corporation covenants that (i) simultaneously with the execution of this Replacement Capital
Covenant or as soon as practicable after the date hereof, it shall (x) give notice to the Holders
of the Initial Covered Debt, in the manner provided in the indenture relating to the Initial
Covered Debt, of this Replacement Capital Covenant and the rights granted to such Holders hereunder
and (y) file a copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant with the Commission as an exhibit to a
Form 8-K under the Securities Exchange Act; (ii) so long as the Corporation is a reporting company
under the Securities Exchange Act, the Corporation shall include in each annual report filed with
the Commission on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act a description of the covenant set
forth in Section 2 and identify the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is
Covered Debt as of the date such Form 10-K is filed with the Commission; (iii) if a series of the
Corporation’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed (1) becomes Covered Debt or (2) ceases to
be Covered Debt, the Corporation shall give notice of such occurrence within 30 days to the holders
of such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed in the manner provided for in the indenture,
fiscal agency agreement or other instrument under which such long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed was issued and report such change in a current report on Form 8-K including or
incorporating by reference this Replacement Capital Covenant, and in the Corporation’s next
quarterly report on Form 10-Q or annual report on Form 10-K, as applicable; (iv) if, and only if,
the Corporation ceases to be a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act, the Corporation
shall (A) post on its website the information otherwise required to be included in Securities
Exchange Act filings pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 3(c) and (B) cause a notice
of the execution of this Replacement Capital Covenant to be posted on the Bloomberg screen for the
Covered Debt or any successor Bloomberg screen and each similar third-party vendor’s screen the
Corporation reasonably believes is appropriate (each, an “Investor Screen”) and cause a hyperlink
to a definitive copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant to be included on each Investor Screen
for each series of Covered Debt, in each case to the extent permitted by Bloomberg or such similar
third-party vendor, as the case may be; and (v) promptly upon request by any Holder of Covered
Debt, the Corporation shall provide such Holder with an executed copy of this Replacement Capital
Covenant.
(d) Trust as Holder of Covered Debt. The Corporation agrees that, if at any time the Covered
Debt is held by a trust (for example, where the Covered Debt is part of an issuance of trust
preferred securities), a holder of the securities issued by such trust may enforce (including by
instituting legal proceedings) this Replacement Capital Covenant directly against the Corporation
as though such holder owned Covered Debt directly, and the holders of such trust securities shall
be deemed to be the Holders of “Covered Debt” for purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant for
so long as the indebtedness held by such trust remains Covered Debt hereunder.
SECTION 4. Termination, Amendment and Waiver
(a) The obligations of the Corporation pursuant to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall
remain in full force and effect until the earliest date (the “Termination Date”) to occur of (i)
the date, if any, on which the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then-effective
series of Covered Debt consent or agree in writing to the termination of this Replacement Capital
Covenant and the obligations of the Corporation hereunder, (ii) the date on which the
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Corporation ceases to have any series of outstanding Eligible Senior Debt or Eligible
Subordinated Debt (in each case without giving effect to the rating requirement in clause (b) of
the definition of each such term), (iii) May 15, 2047 or, if earlier, the date on which the
Debentures are otherwise repaid, redeemed or purchased in full in compliance with the Replacement
Capital Covenant, and (iv) the occurrence of an event of default that results in the acceleration
of the Debentures. From and after the Termination Date, the obligations of the Corporation
pursuant to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall be of no further force and effect.
(b) This Replacement Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a
written instrument signed by the Corporation with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then-effective series of Covered Debt, provided that this Replacement
Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a written instrument signed
only by the Corporation (and without the consent of the Holders of the then-effective series of
Covered Debt) if (i) such amendment or supplement eliminates Common Stock, Qualifying Warrants,
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock and/or Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity, as a
Replacement Capital Security, if after the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant, an accounting
standard or interpretive guidance of an existing accounting standard issued by an organization or
regulator that has responsibility for establishing or interpreting accounting standards in the
United States becomes effective such that there is more than an insubstantial risk that failure to
eliminate Common Stock, Qualifying Warrants, Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock and/or Debt
Exchangeable for Common Equity as a Replacement Capital Security would result in a reduction in the
Corporation’s earnings per share as calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, (ii) such amendment or supplement is not adverse to the Holders of
the then-effective series of Covered Debt and an officer of the Corporation has delivered to the
Holders of the then-effective series of Covered Debt in the manner provided for in the indenture,
fiscal agency agreement or other instrument with respect to such Covered Debt a written certificate
stating that, in his or her determination, such amendment or supplement is not adverse to the
Holders of the then-effective series of Covered Debt, or (iii) the effect of such amendment or
supplement is solely to impose additional restrictions on the types of securities qualifying as
Replacement Capital Securities, and an officer of the Corporation has delivered to the Holders of
the then-effective series of Covered Debt in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal
agency agreement or other instrument with respect to such Covered Debt a written certificate to
that effect.
(c) For purposes of Sections 4(a) and 4(b), the Holders whose consent or agreement is required
to terminate, amend or supplement the obligations of the Corporation under this Replacement Capital
Covenant shall be the Holders of the then-effective Covered Debt as of a record date established by
the Corporation that is not more than 30 days prior to the date on which the Corporation proposes
that such termination, amendment or supplement becomes effective.
SECTION 5. Miscellaneous
(a) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
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(b) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be binding upon the Corporation and its successors
and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Covered Debtholders as they exist from
time-to-time (it being understood and agreed by the Corporation that any Person who is a Covered
Debtholder at the time such Person acquires, holds or sells Covered Debt shall retain its status as
a Covered Debtholder for so long as the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money owned
by such Person is Covered Debt and, if such Person initiates an action, claim or proceeding to
enforce its rights under this Replacement Capital Covenant after the Corporation has violated its
covenants in Section 2 and before the series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed held by
such Person is no longer Covered Debt, such Person’s rights under this Replacement Capital Covenant
shall not terminate by reason of such series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed no longer
being Covered Debt).
(c) All demands, notices, requests and other communications to the Corporation under this
Replacement Capital Covenant shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and (i)
if served by personal delivery upon the Corporation, on the day so delivered (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (ii) if delivered by registered post or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent to the Corporation by a national or international
courier service, on the date of receipt by the Corporation (or, if such date of receipt is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) if sent by telecopier, on the day
telecopied, or if not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, provided that the telecopy
is promptly confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, and in each case to the Corporation at the
address set forth below, or at such other address as the Corporation may thereafter notify to
Covered Debtholders or post on its website as the address for notices under this Replacement
Capital Covenant:
Delphi Financial Group, Inc.
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Attention: General Counsel
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Replacement Capital Covenant to be
executed by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.
DELPHI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx Title: Vice President, Finance |
SCHEDULE I
DEFINITIONS
“Alternative Payment Mechanism” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities,
provisions in the related transaction documents permitting the Corporation, in its sole discretion,
to defer or skip in whole or in part payment of Distributions on such Qualifying Capital Securities
for one or more consecutive Distribution Periods not to exceed ten years and requiring the
Corporation to issue (or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to issue) one or more types of APM
Qualifying Securities raising eligible proceeds at least equal to the deferred Distributions on
such Qualifying Capital Securities and apply the proceeds to pay unpaid Distributions on such
Qualifying Capital Securities, commencing on the earlier of (x) the first Distribution Date after
commencement of a deferral period on which the Corporation pays current Distributions on such
Qualifying Capital Securities and (y) the fifth anniversary of the commencement of such deferral
period, and that:
(i) define “eligible proceeds” to mean, for purposes of such Alternative Payment Mechanism,
the net proceeds (after underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, commissions or discounts and other
expenses relating to the issuance or sale of the relevant securities, where applicable, and
including the fair market value of property received by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries
as consideration for such APM Qualifying Securities) that the Corporation has received during the
180 days prior to the related Distribution Date from the issuance of APM Qualifying Securities, up
to the Preferred Cap in the case of APM Qualifying Securities that are Qualifying Non-Cumulative
Preferred Stock or Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock;
(ii) permit the Corporation to pay current Distributions on any Distribution Date out of any
source of funds but (x) require the Corporation to pay deferred Distributions only out of eligible
proceeds and (y) prohibit the Corporation from paying deferred Distributions out of any source of
funds other than eligible proceeds;
(iii) if deferral of Distributions continues for more than one year (or such shorter period as
provided for in the terms of such securities), require the Corporation and its Subsidiaries not to
repay, redeem or purchase any of its securities ranking junior to or pari passu with any APM
Qualifying Securities on a bankruptcy or liquidation of the Corporation the proceeds of which were
used to settle deferred interest during the relevant deferral period until at least one year after
all deferred Distributions have been paid (a “Repurchase Restriction”);
(iv) may include a provision that, notwithstanding the Common Cap and the Preferred Cap, for
purposes of paying deferred Distributions, limits the Corporation’s ability to sell shares of
Common Stock, Qualifying Warrants or Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock above the Share Cap;
(v) in the case of Qualifying Capital Securities other than Qualifying Non-Cumulative
Preferred Stock, include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision;
(vi) permit the Corporation, at its option, to provide that if it is involved in a merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, binding share exchange or conveyance, transfer or lease of assets
substantially as an entirety to any other person or a similar transaction (a “Business
Combination”) where immediately after the consummation of the Business Combination more than 50% of
the voting stock of the surviving entity of the Business Combination or the Person to whom all or
substantially all of the Corporation’s assets have been transferred, conveyed or leased is owned,
directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the other party to the Business Combination, then
clauses (i) through (iii) of this definition will not apply to any deferral period that is
terminated on the next Distribution Date following the date of consummation of the Business
Combination;
(vii) limit the obligation of the Corporation to issue (or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts
to issue) APM Qualifying Securities that are Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants to settle
deferred Distributions pursuant to the Alternative Payment Mechanism either (A) during the first
five years of any deferral period or (B) before an anniversary of the commencement of any deferral
period that is not earlier than the fifth such anniversary and not later than the ninth such
anniversary (as designated in the terms of such Qualifying Capital Securities) with respect to
deferred Distributions attributable to the first five years of such deferral period, either:
(A) to an aggregate amount of such securities, the net proceeds from the issuance of which is
equal to 2% of the product of the average of the current Market Value of the Common Stock on the
ten consecutive trading days ending on the fourth trading day immediately preceding the date of
issuance multiplied by the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the
date of the Corporation’s most recent publicly available consolidated financial statements; or
(B) to a number of shares of Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants, in the aggregate, not in
excess of 2% of the outstanding number of shares of Common Stock (the “Common Cap”); and
(viii) limit the right of the Corporation to issue APM Qualifying Securities that are
Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock to settle
deferred Distributions pursuant to the Alternative Payment Mechanism to an aggregate amount of
Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and still-outstanding Mandatorily Convertible Preferred
Stock, the net proceeds from the issuance of which with respect to all deferral periods is equal to
25% of the liquidation or principal amount of such Qualifying Capital Securities (the “Preferred
Cap”);
provided (and it being understood) that:
(i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to issue (or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to
issue) APM Qualifying Securities for so long as a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is
continuing;
(ii) if, due to a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the Corporation is able to raise and
apply some, but not all, of the eligible proceeds necessary to pay all deferred
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Distributions on any Distribution Date, the Corporation will apply any available eligible
proceeds to pay accrued and unpaid Distributions on the applicable Distribution Date in
chronological order subject to the Common Cap, Preferred Cap and Share Cap, as applicable; and
(iii) if the Corporation has outstanding more than one class or series of securities under
which it is obligated to sell a type of APM Qualifying Securities and apply some part of the
proceeds to the payment of deferred Distributions, then on any date and for any period the amount
of net proceeds received by the Corporation from those sales and available for payment of deferred
Distributions on such securities shall be applied to such securities on a pro rata basis up to the
Common Cap, the Preferred Cap and the Share Cap, as applicable, in proportion to the total amounts
that are due on such securities.
“APM Qualifying Securities” means, with respect to an Alternative Payment Mechanism, any Debt
Exchangeable for Preferred Equity or any Mandatory Trigger Provision, one or more of the following
(as designated in the transaction documents for any Qualifying Capital Securities that include an
Alternative Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger Provision or for any Debt Exchangeable for
Preferred Equity, as applicable):
(i) | Common Stock; | ||
(ii) | Qualifying Warrants; | ||
(iii) | Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock; or | ||
(iv) | Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock; |
provided (and it being understood) that (i) if the APM Qualifying Securities for any Alternative
Payment Mechanism or Mandatory Trigger Provision or for any Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity
include both Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants, such Alternative Payment Mechanism, Mandatory
Trigger Provision or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity may permit, but need not require, the
Corporation to issue Qualifying Warrants and (ii) such Alternative Payment Mechanism, Mandatory
Trigger Provision or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity may permit, but need not require, the
Corporation to issue Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock.
“Applicable Percentage” means:
(i) in the case of any common stock or “qualifying warrants”, (a) 133.33% with respect to any
repayment, redemption or purchase prior to May 15, 2017, (b) 200% with respect to any repayment,
redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2017 and prior to May 15, 2037 and (c) 400% with respect
to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2037;
(ii) in the case of any “mandatorily convertible preferred stock”, “debt exchangeable for
common equity”, “debt exchangeable for preferred equity” or any “qualifying capital securities”
described in the first bullet point of the definition of that term, (a) 100% with
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respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase prior to May 15, 2037 and (b) 300% with
respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2037;
(iii) in the case of any “qualifying capital securities” described in the second bullet point
of the definition of that term, (a) 100% with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase on
or after May 15, 2017 and prior to May 15, 2037 and (b) 200% with respect to any repayment,
redemption or purchase on or after May 15, 2037 (to the extent not covered by the preceding
subsection); and
(iv) in the case of any “qualifying capital securities” described in the third bullet point of
the definition of that term (to the extent not covered by the preceding subsection), 100%.
“Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital
Securities that have an Alternative Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger Provision, provisions
that, upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up or reorganization or in connection with any
insolvency, receivership or proceeding under any bankruptcy law with respect to the issuer, limit
the claim of the holders of such securities to Distributions that accumulate during (A) any
deferral period, in the case of securities that have an Alternative Payment Mechanism or (B) any
period in which the issuer fails to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth in the terms of
such securities or related transaction agreements, in the case of securities that have a Mandatory
Trigger Provision, to:
(i) in the case of Qualifying Capital Securities that have an Alternative Payment Mechanism or
Mandatory Trigger Provision with respect to which the APM Qualifying Securities do not include
Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock or Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, 25% of the
stated or principal amount of such Qualifying Capital Securities then outstanding; and
(ii) in the case of any other Qualifying Capital Securities, an amount not in excess of the
sum of (x) two years of accumulated and unpaid Distributions and (y) an amount equal to the excess,
if any, of the Preferred Cap over the aggregate amount of net proceeds from the sale of Qualifying
Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock that is still
outstanding that the issuer has applied to pay such Distributions pursuant to the Alternative
Payment Mechanism or the Mandatory Trigger Provision; provided that the holders of such Qualifying
Capital Securities are deemed to agree that, to the extent the remaining claim exceeds the amount
set forth in clause (x), the amount they receive in respect of such excess shall not exceed the
amount they would have received had the claim for such excess ranked pari passu with the interests
of the holders, if any, of Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock.
“Business Combination” has the meaning specified in clause (vi) of the definition of
Alternative Payment Mechanism.
“Business Day” means each day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order
to remain closed.
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“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, for purposes of selling APM Qualifying Securities,
commercially reasonable efforts to complete the offer and sale of APM Qualifying Securities to
third parties that are not Subsidiaries of the Corporation in public offerings or private
placements. The Corporation shall not be considered to have made Commercially Reasonable Efforts
to effect a sale of APM Qualifying Securities if it determines not to pursue or complete such sale
solely due to pricing, coupon, dividend rate or dilution considerations.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Cap” has the meaning specified in clause (vii) of the definition of Alternative
Payment Mechanism.
“Common Stock” means (i) common stock (including shares held in treasury) of the Corporation,
including common stock issued pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan or employee benefit plan
of the Corporation, (ii) a security of the Corporation, ranking upon the Corporation’s liquidation,
dissolution or winding up junior to its Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and pari passu
with its Common Stock, that tracks the performance of, or relates to the results of, a business,
unit or division of the Corporation, and (iii) any equity securities issued in exchange for the
securities described in clause (i) or (ii) above in connection with a Business Combination.
“Corporation” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this instrument.
“Covered Debt” means (a) at the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant and continuing to
but excluding the first Redesignation Date, the Initial Covered Debt and (b) thereafter, commencing
with each Redesignation Date and continuing to but excluding the next succeeding Redesignation
Date, the Eligible Debt identified pursuant to Section 3(b) as the Covered Debt for such period.
“Covered Debtholder” means each Person (whether a Holder or a beneficial owner holding through
a participant in a clearing agency) that buys, holds or sells long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed of the Corporation during the period that such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed
is Covered Debt.
“Debentures” has the meaning specified in Recital A.
“Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity” means a security or combination of securities (together
in this definition, “such securities”) that:
(i) gives the holder a beneficial interest in (i) subordinated debt securities of the
Corporation that are not redeemable prior to the settlement date of a related stock purchase
contract and (ii) a fractional interest in the related stock purchase contract for a share of
Common Stock that will be settled in three years or less, with the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable pursuant to such stock purchase contract to be within a range established at the time
of issuance of such subordinated debt securities, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments;
(ii) provides that the holders directly or indirectly grant the Corporation a security
interest in such subordinated debt securities and their proceeds (including any substitute
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collateral permitted under the transaction documents) to secure the holders’ direct or
indirect obligation to purchase Common Stock pursuant to such stock purchase contracts;
(iii) includes a remarketing feature pursuant to which such subordinated debt securities are
remarketed to new investors commencing not later than the last Distribution Date that is at least
one month prior to the settlement date of the stock purchase contract; and
(iv) provides for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Common Stock
under the stock purchase contracts and, if there has not been a successful remarketing by the
settlement date of the stock purchase contract, provides that the stock purchase contracts will be
settled by the Corporation exercising its remedies as a secured party with respect to the
subordinated debt securities or other collateral directly or indirectly pledged by holders in the
Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity.
“Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity” means a security or combination of securities
(together in this definition, “such securities”) that:
(i) gives the holder a beneficial interest in (a) subordinated debt securities of the
Corporation that include a provision requiring the Corporation to issue (or use Commercially
Reasonable Efforts to issue) one or more types of APM Qualifying Securities raising proceeds at
least equal to the deferred Distributions on such subordinated debt securities commencing not later
than the second anniversary of the commencement of such deferral period and that are the most
junior subordinated debt of the Corporation (or rank pari passu with the most junior subordinated
debt of the Corporation) and (b) a fractional interest in a related stock purchase contract that
obligates the holder to acquire a beneficial interest in Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock;
(ii) provides that the holders directly or indirectly grant to the Corporation a security
interest in such subordinated debt securities and their proceeds (including any substitute
collateral permitted under the transaction documents) to secure the investors’ direct or indirect
obligation to purchase Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock pursuant to such stock purchase
contracts;
(iii) includes a remarketing feature pursuant to which such subordinated debt securities are
remarketed to new investors commencing not later than the first Distribution Date that is at least
five years after the date of issuance of such securities or earlier in the event of an early
settlement event based on (a) the dissolution of the issuer of such Debt Exchangeable for Preferred
Equity or (b) one or more financial tests set forth in the terms of the instrument governing such
Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity;
(iv) provides for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Qualifying
Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock under the stock purchase contracts and, if there has not been a
successful remarketing by the first Distribution Date that is six years after the date of issuance
of such securities, provides that the stock purchase contracts will be settled by the Corporation
exercising its rights as a secured creditor with respect to the subordinated debt securities or
other collateral directly or indirectly pledged by investors in the Debt Exchangeable for Preferred
Equity;
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(v) includes a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant that will apply to such securities and
to any Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the stock purchase contracts;
provided that such Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant will not include Debt Exchangeable for
Common Equity or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity as “Replacement Capital Securities”; and
(vi) if applicable, after the issuance of such Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock,
provides the holders with a beneficial interest in such Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock.
“Distribution Date” means, as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, Debt Exchangeable for
Common Equity or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity, the dates on which Distributions on such
securities are scheduled to be made.
“Distribution Period” means, as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, each period from and
including a Distribution Date for such securities to but excluding the next succeeding Distribution
Date for such securities.
“Distributions” means, as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, Debt Exchangeable for Common
Equity or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity, dividends, interest or other income distributions
to the holders thereof that are not Subsidiaries of the Corporation.
“Eligible Debt” means, at any time, Eligible Subordinated Debt or, if no Eligible Subordinated
Debt is then outstanding, Eligible Senior Debt.
“Eligible Senior Debt” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of outstanding
unsecured long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of such issuer that (a) upon a bankruptcy,
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer, ranks most senior among the issuer’s then
outstanding classes of unsecured indebtedness for money borrowed, (b) is then assigned a rating by
at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (b) shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on
such date the issuer has outstanding senior long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that
satisfies the requirements of clauses (a), (c) and (d) that is then assigned a rating by at least
one NRSRO), (c) has an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (d) was
issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm or firms acting as
underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution agents. For purposes of this
definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of long-term indebtedness
for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate
entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity
that have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series of such indebtedness.
“Eligible Subordinated Debt” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of the
issuer’s then-outstanding unsecured long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that (a) upon a
bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer, ranks subordinate to the issuer’s
then outstanding series of unsecured indebtedness for money borrowed that ranks senior to the
Debentures and that ranks most senior, (b) is then assigned a rating by at least one
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NRSRO (provided that this clause (b) shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date
the issuer has outstanding subordinated long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies
the requirements in clauses (a), (c) and (d) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO),
(c) has an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (d) was issued through
or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm or firms acting as underwriters,
initial purchasers or placement or distribution agents. For purposes of this definition as applied
to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that
has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established directly
or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity that have) a separate CUSIP
number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed
that is separate from each other series of such indebtedness.
“Holder” means, as to the Covered Debt then in effect, each holder of such Covered Debt as
reflected on the securities register maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation with respect to
such Covered Debt and each beneficial owner holding through a participant in a clearing agency.
“Indenture” means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2007, as supplemented
by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 23, 2007, in each case, between the Corporation
and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.
“Initial Covered Debt” means the Corporation’s 8.00% senior notes due 2033, which have CUSIP
No. 000000000.
“Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure” means, as to any Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred
Stock or Qualifying Capital Securities, that the issuer has publicly stated its intention, either
in the prospectus or other offering document under which such securities were initially offered for
sale or in filings with the Commission made by the issuer under the Securities Exchange Act prior
to or contemporaneously with the issuance of such securities, that the issuer and its Subsidiaries,
to the extent such securities provide the issuer with rating agency equity credit, will repay,
redeem or purchase such securities only with the proceeds of replacement capital securities that
have terms and provisions at the time of repayment, redemption or purchase that are as or more
equity-like than the securities then being repaid, redeemed or purchased, raised within 180 days
prior to the applicable repayment, redemption or purchase date.
“Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock” means cumulative preferred stock with (a) no
prepayment obligation on the part of the Corporation, whether at the election of the holders or
otherwise, and (b) a requirement that such preferred stock convert into common stock of the
Corporation within three years from the date of its issuance at a conversion ratio within a range
established at the time of issuance of such preferred stock, subject to customary anti-dilution
adjustments.
“Mandatory Trigger Provision” means, as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, provisions in
the terms thereof or of the related transaction agreements that:
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(i) require the issuer of such securities to make payment of Distributions on such securities
only pursuant to the issue and sale of APM Qualifying Securities within two years of a failure of
the issuer to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth in the terms of such securities or
related transaction agreements, in an amount such that the net proceeds of such sale are at least
equal to the amount of unpaid Distributions on such securities (including without limitation all
deferred and accumulated amounts) and require the application of the net proceeds of such sale to
pay such unpaid Distributions, provided that (i) if the Mandatory Trigger Provision does not
require the issuance and sale within one year of such failure, the amount of Common Stock and/or
Qualifying Warrants the net proceeds of which the issuer must apply to pay such Distributions
pursuant to such provision may not exceed the Common Cap and (ii) the amount of Qualifying
Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock and still outstanding Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock the
net proceeds of which the issuer may apply to pay such Distributions pursuant to such provision may
not exceed the Preferred Cap;
(ii) if the provisions described in clause (i) above do not require such issuance and sale
within one year of such failure, include a Repurchase Restriction;
(iii) include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision; and
(iv) prohibit the issuer of such securities from redeeming or purchasing any of its
securities ranking upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation junior to or
pari passu with any APM Qualifying Securities the proceeds of which were used to settle deferred
interest during the relevant deferral period prior to the date six months after the issuer applies
the net proceeds of the sales described in clause (i) above to pay such deferred Distributions in
full;
provided (and it being understood) that:
(i) the issuer will not be obligated to issue (or use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to
issue) APM Qualifying Securities for so long as a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is
continuing;
(ii) if, due to a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the issuer is able to raise and apply
some, but not all, of the eligible proceeds necessary to pay all deferred Distributions on any
Distribution Date, the issuer will apply any available eligible proceeds to pay accrued and unpaid
Distributions on the applicable Distribution Date in chronological order subject to the Common Cap
and Preferred Cap, as applicable; and
(iii) if the issuer has outstanding more than one class or series of securities under which it
is obligated to sell a type of APM Qualifying Securities and applies some part of the proceeds to
the payment of deferred Distributions, then on any date and for any period the amount of net
proceeds received by the issuer from those sales and available for payment of deferred
Distributions on such securities shall be applied to such securities on a pro rata basis up to the
Common Cap and the Preferred Cap, as applicable, in proportion to the total amounts that are due on
such securities.
No remedy other than Permitted Remedies will arise by the terms of such securities or related
transaction agreements in favor of the holders of such Qualifying Capital Securities as a result of
the issuer’s failure to pay Distributions because of the Mandatory Trigger Provision until
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Distributions have been deferred for one or more Distribution Periods that total together at least
ten years.
“Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence or existence of any of the following events or
sets of circumstances:
(i) trading in securities generally, or shares of the Corporation’s securities specifically,
on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange, or in the
over-the-counter market on which APM Qualifying Securities are then listed or traded shall have
been suspended or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or
minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or market by the Commission, the
relevant exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental agency having jurisdiction such
that trading shall have been materially disrupted or if a material adverse effect on trading in and
the issuance and sale of our APM Qualifying Securities;
(ii) the Corporation would be required to obtain the consent or approval of the Corporation’s
shareholders or a regulatory body (including, without limitation, any securities exchange) or
governmental authority to issue or sell APM Qualifying Securities pursuant to the Alternative
Payment Mechanism and that consent or approval has not yet been obtained notwithstanding the
Corporation’s commercially reasonable efforts to obtain that consent or approval;
(iii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by the federal or state authorities of the
United States such that market trading in the APM Qualifying Securities has been materially
disrupted or ceased;
(iv) a material disruption shall have occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement
or clearance services in the United States such that market trading in the APM Qualifying
Securities has been disrupted or ceased;
(v) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an
escalation in hostilities involving the United States, there shall have been a declaration of a
national emergency or war by the United States or there shall have occurred any other national or
international calamity or crisis such that market trading in the APM Qualifying Securities has been
materially disrupted or ceased;
(vi) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general domestic or
international economic, political or financial conditions, including without limitation as a result
of terrorist activities, or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the
United States shall be such that trading in the APM Qualifying Securities has been materially
disrupted;
(vii) an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the offering document for the
offer and sale of APM Qualifying Securities would, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporation,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated in that offering document or necessary to make the statements in that offering document not
misleading and either (a) the disclosure of that event at such time, in the reasonable judgment of
the Corporation, is not otherwise required by law and would have a
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material adverse effect on the Corporation’s business or (b) the disclosure relates to a
previously undisclosed proposed or pending material business transaction, provided that no single
suspension period described in this clause (vii) shall exceed 90 consecutive days and multiple
suspension periods described in this clause (vii) shall not exceed an aggregate of 180 days in any
360-day period; or
(viii) the Corporation reasonably believes that the offering document for the offer and the
sale of APM Qualifying Securities would not be in compliance with a rule or regulation of the
Commission (for reasons other than those described in clause (vii) above) and the Corporation
determines that it is unable to comply with such rule or regulation or such compliance is unduly
burdensome, provided that no single suspension period described in this clause (viii) shall exceed
90 consecutive days and multiple suspension periods described in this clause (viii) shall not
exceed an aggregate of 180 days in any 360-day period.
The definition of “Market Disruption Event” as used in any Replacement Capital Securities may
include less than all of the paragraphs outlined above, as determined by the Corporation at the
time of issuance of such securities, and in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, as
applicable to a circumstance where the Corporation would otherwise endeavor to issue preferred
stock, shall be limited to circumstances affecting markets where the Corporation’s preferred stock
trades or where a listing for its trading is being sought.
“Market Value” means, on any date, the closing sale price per share of Common Stock (or if no
closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in
either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in
composite transactions by the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on
the New York Stock Exchange, as reported by the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is traded or quoted; if the Common Stock is not either listed or quoted on any U.S.
securities exchange on the relevant date, the market value will be the average of the mid-point of
the bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date submitted by at least three
nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected for this purpose by the Board
of Directors of the Corporation or a committee thereof.
“Measurement Date” means (a) with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase of the
Debentures on or prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, the date that is 180 days prior to delivery
of notice of such repayment or redemption or the date of such purchase; and (b) with respect to any
repayment, redemption or purchase of the Debentures after the Scheduled Maturity Date, the date
that is 90 days prior to delivery of notice of such redemption, or prior to the date of such
repayment, redemption or purchase, except that, if during the 90-day (or any shorter) period
preceding the date that is 90 days prior to the date of such repayment, redemption or purchase, the
Corporation or its Subsidiaries issued Replacement Capital Securities to Persons other than the
Corporation and its Subsidiaries but no repayment, redemption or purchase was made pursuant to
Section 2 in connection therewith, the measurement date will be the date upon which such 90 day (or
shorter) period prior to the date of such repayment, redemption or purchase began.
“Measurement Period” means, with respect to any date on which notice of repayment or
redemption is delivered with respect to the Debentures or on which the Corporation purchases, or
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any Subsidiary of the Corporation purchases, any Debentures, the period beginning on the
Measurement Date with respect to such notice or purchase date and ending on such notice or purchase
date, as the case may be. Measurement Periods cannot run concurrently.
“No Payment Provision” means a provision or provisions in the transaction documents for
securities (referred to in this definition as “such securities”) that include the following:
(a) an Alternative Payment Mechanism; and
(b) an Optional Deferral Provision modified and supplemented from the general definition of
that term to provide that the issuer of such securities may, in its sole discretion, defer in whole
or in part payment of Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive Distribution
Periods of up to five years or, if a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, ten
years, without any remedy other than Permitted Remedies and the obligations (and limitations on
obligations) described in the definition of “Alternative Payment Mechanism” applying.
“Non-Cumulative” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities, that the issuer may
elect not to make any number of periodic Distributions without any remedy arising under the terms
of the securities or related agreements in favor of the holders, other than one or more Permitted
Remedies.
“NRSRO” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of
Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Securities Exchange Act.
“Optional Deferral Provision” means, as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, a provision in
the terms thereof or of the related transaction agreements to the effect that:
(a) (i) the issuer of such Qualifying Capital Securities may, in its sole discretion, defer
in whole or in part payment of Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive
Distribution Periods of up to five years or, if a Market Disruption Event is continuing, ten years,
without any remedy other than Permitted Remedies and (ii) such Qualifying Capital Securities are
subject to an Alternative Payment Mechanism (provided that such Alternative Payment Mechanism need
not apply during the first five years of any deferral period and need not include a Common Cap or
Preferred Cap); or
(b) the issuer of such Qualifying Capital Securities may, in its sole discretion, defer in
whole or in part payment of Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive
Distribution Periods of up to ten years without any remedy other than Permitted Remedies.
“Permitted Remedies” means, with respect to any securities, one or more of the following
remedies:
(a) rights in favor of the holders of such securities permitting such holders to elect one or
more directors of the issuer (including any such rights required by the listing requirements of any
stock or securities exchange on which such securities may be listed or traded); and
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(b) complete or partial prohibitions on the issuer paying Distributions, and on the issuer and
its Subsidiaries purchasing Common Stock or other securities that rank pari passu with or junior as
to Distributions to such securities for so long as distributions on such securities, including
unpaid distributions, remain unpaid.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited
liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Preferred Cap” has the meaning specified in clause (viii) of the definition of Alternative
Payment Mechanism.
“Qualifying Capital Securities” means securities or combinations of securities (other than
Common Stock, Qualifying Warrants, Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, Debt Exchangeable for
Common Equity and Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity) that, in the determination of the
Corporation’s Board of Directors reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this
Replacement Capital Covenant, meet one of the following criteria:
(i) in connection with any repayment, redemption or purchase of Debentures prior to May 15,
2017:
(A) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (2)
have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (3) either:
(x) (I) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital
Covenant and (II) have a No Payment
Provision or are Non-Cumulative, or
(y) (I) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and are subject
to Intent-Based Replacement
Disclosure and (II) have an Optional Deferral Provision or a No Payment Provision;
(B) preferred stock issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) is
Non-Cumulative,
(2) has no prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election of the
holders or otherwise, (3) has no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (4) either:
(x) is subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant, or
(y) has a Mandatory Trigger Provision and is subject to
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
or
(C) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu or
junior to the Debentures upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (2)
have no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years, (3) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement
Capital Covenant and (4) have an Optional Deferral Provision and a Mandatory Trigger Provision; or
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(ii) in connection with any repayment, redemption or purchase of Debentures at any time on or
after May 15, 2017 but prior to May 15, 2037:
(A) securities described under clause (i) of this definition that would be Qualifying
Capital
Securities prior to May 15, 2017;
(B) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (2) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years, (3) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital
Covenant and (4) have an Optional Deferral Provision;
(C) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (2) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years, (3) are Non-Cumulative or have a No Payment
Provision and (4) are subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
(D) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (2) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years, (3) are Non-Cumulative or have a No Payment
Provision and (d) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant;
(E) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (2) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years, (3) have an Optional Deferral Provision and a
Mandatory Trigger Provision and (4) are subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
(F) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, (2) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 25 years, (3) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital
Covenant and (4) have an Optional Deferral Provision and a Mandatory Trigger Provision;
(G) cumulative preferred stock issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) has
no
prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election of the holders or
otherwise, (2) has no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (3) is subject to a
Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant; or
(H) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that rank (i) senior to the
Debentures and securities that are pari passu with the Debentures but (ii) junior to all other debt
securities of the Corporation (other than (x) the Debentures and securities that are pari passu
with the Debentures and (y) securities that are pari passu with such Qualifying Capital Securities)
upon its liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, and (2) either:
(x) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and
either (I) are (a) Non-Cumulative
or subject to a No Payment Provision and (b) subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant
or (II) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision and are subject to
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure, or
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(y) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years, are
subject to a Qualifying
Replacement Capital Covenant and have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral
Provision; or
(I) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, (2) have
an Optional Deferral Provision, (3) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and (4) have no maturity or
a maturity of at least 60 years.
(iii) in connection with any repayment, redemption or purchase of Debentures at any time on or
after May 15, 2037:
(A) securities described under clause (ii) of this definition that would be Qualifying
Capital
Securities on or after May 15, 2017 but prior to May 15, 2037;
(B) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (2) have
an Optional Deferral Provision and (3) either:
(x) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and
are subject to Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure, or
(y) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years and
are subject to a Qualifying
Replacement Capital Covenant;
(C) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari passu with
or
junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (2) have
no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years and are subject to Intent-Based Replacement
Disclosure and (3) are Non-Cumulative or have a No Payment Provision;
(D) securities issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that rank (1) senior to the
Debentures and securities that are pari passu with the Debentures but junior to all other debt
securities of the Corporation (other than (x) the Debentures and securities that are pari passu
with the Debentures and (y) securities that are pari passu with such Qualifying Capital Securities)
upon its liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, and (2) either:
(x) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and
either (i) have an Optional
Deferral Provision and are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant or (ii) (a) are
Non-Cumulative or have a No Payment Provision and (b) are subject to Intent-Based Replacement
Disclosure, or
(y) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years and
are subject to Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure and have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision;
or
(E) cumulative preferred stock issued by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries that either (1)
has no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and is subject to
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Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure or (2) has a maturity of at least 40 years and is subject
to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant.
“Qualifying Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock” means non-cumulative preferred stock of the
Corporation that ranks pari passu with or junior to all other preferred stock of the Corporation,
is perpetual and is subject to (a) a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant or (b) both (i)
mandatory suspension of dividends in the event the Corporation breaches certain financial metrics
specified in the offering documents relating to such preferred stock and (ii) Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure, provided that with respect to both clauses (a) and (b) the transaction
documents shall provide for no remedies as a consequence of non-payment of Distributions other than
Permitted Remedies
“Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant” means a replacement capital covenant that is
substantially similar to this Replacement Capital Covenant or a replacement capital covenant, as
identified by the Corporation’s Board of Directors acting in good faith and in its reasonable
discretion and reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this Replacement Capital
Covenant, (i) entered into by a company that at the time it enters into such replacement capital
covenant is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act and (ii) that restricts the
company and its Subsidiaries from repaying, redeeming or purchasing identified securities except to
the extent of the applicable percentage of the net proceeds from the issuance of specified
replacement capital securities that have terms and provisions at the time of repayment, redemption
or purchase that are as or more equity-like than the securities then being repaid, redeemed or
purchased within the 180-day period prior to the applicable repayment, redemption or purchase date.
“Qualifying Warrants” means any net share-settled warrants to purchase the Common Stock that
(i) have an exercise price greater than the current stock market price of the Common Stock, and
(ii) the Corporation is not entitled to redeem for cash and the holders of which are not entitled
to require the Corporation to purchase for cash in any circumstances.
“Redesignation Date” means, as to the Covered Debt in effect at any time, the earliest of (a)
the date that is two years prior to the final maturity date of such Covered Debt, (b) if the
Corporation elects to redeem, or the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation elects to
repurchase, such Covered Debt either in whole or in part with the consequence that after giving
effect to such redemption or repurchase the outstanding principal amount of such Covered Debt is
less than $100,000,000, the applicable redemption or repurchase date and (c) if such Covered Debt
is not Eligible Subordinated Debt of the Corporation, the date on which the Corporation issues
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Subordinated Debt.
“Replacement Capital Covenant” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this
instrument.
“Replacement Capital Securities” means Common Stock, Qualifying Warrants, Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock, Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity, Debt Exchangeable for Preferred
Equity and Qualifying Capital Securities.
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“Repurchase Restriction” has the meaning specified in clause (iii) of the definition of
Alternative Payment Mechanism.
“Scheduled Maturity Date” means May 15, 2037.
“Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Share Cap” means, with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities, a limit on the total
number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued by the Corporation pursuant to the Alternative
Payment Mechanism with respect to such Qualifying Capital Securities or on the total number of
shares of Common Stock underlying all Qualifying Warrants and Mandatorily Convertible Preferred
Stock that may be issued by the Corporation pursuant to such Alternative Payment Mechanism,
provided that the product of such Share Cap and the Market Value of the Common Stock as of the date
of issuance of such Qualifying Capital Securities shall not represent a lower proportion of the
aggregate principal or liquidation amount, as applicable, of such Qualifying Capital Securities
than the product of the Share Cap applicable to the Debentures and the Market Value of the Common
Stock as of the date of issuance of such Debentures represents of the aggregate principal amount of
such Debentures.
“Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Person the shares of stock or other ownership interests
of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
managers of such Person are at the time owned, or the management or policies of which are otherwise
at the time controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries (including other
Subsidiaries) or both, by another Person.
“Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).
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