EXHIBIT 4.4
[EXECUTION COPY]
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
among
PROVIDIAN BANCORP, INC.,
as Depositor,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Property Trustee,
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as Delaware Trustee,
Dated as of February 4, 1997
PROVIDIAN CAPITAL I
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Defined Terms
Section 1.1. Definitions............................................................................. 1
ARTICLE II
Continuation of the Trust
Section 2.1. Name.................................................................................... 12
Section 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place
of Business........................................................................... 12
Section 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property;
Organizational Expenses............................................................... 12
Section 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities...................................................... 12
Section 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and
Purchase of Debentures................................................................ 13
Section 2.6. Declaration of Trust.................................................................... 13
Section 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions........................................ 14
Section 2.8. Assets of Trust......................................................................... 17
Section 2.9. Title to Trust Property................................................................. 17
ARTICLE III
Payment Account
Section 3.1. Payment Account......................................................................... 18
ARTICLE IV
Distributions; Redemption
Section 4.1. Distributions........................................................................... 18
Section 4.2. Redemption.............................................................................. 19
Section 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities...................................................... 21
Section 4.4. Payment Procedures...................................................................... 22
Section 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports................................................................. 22
Section 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust............................................. 23
Section 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.................................. 23
ARTICLE V
Trust Securities Certificates
Section 5.1. Initial Ownership....................................................................... 23
Section 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates....................................................... 23
Section 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates................................. 24
Section 5.4. Book-Entry Capital Securities........................................................... 24
Section 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital
Securities Certificates; Restricted Capital Securities Legends........................ 26
Section 5.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates...................... 30
Section 5.7. Persons Deemed Securityholders.......................................................... 30
Section 5.8. Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.................................. 31
Section 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency......................................................... 31
Section 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent............................................................ 31
Section 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor............................................ 32
Section 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency............................................................. 32
Section 5.13. Rights of Securityholders.............................................................. 32
ARTICLE VI
Acts of Securityholders; Meetings; Voting
Section 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights............................................................ 34
Section 6.2. Notice of Meetings...................................................................... 35
Section 6.3. Meetings of Capital Securityholders..................................................... 35
Section 6.4. Voting Rights........................................................................... 36
Section 6.5. Proxies, etc............................................................................ 36
Section 6.6. Securityholder Action by Written Consent................................................ 36
Section 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes............................................... 37
Section 6.8. Acts of Securityholders................................................................. 37
Section 6.9. Inspection of Records................................................................... 38
ARTICLE VII
Representations and Warranties
Section 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee.............................................................. 38
Section 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor............................................. 39
ARTICLE VIII
The Trustees; the Administrators
Section 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities..................................................... 40
Section 8.2. Certain Notices......................................................................... 41
Section 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee...................................................... 42
Section 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.................................. 44
Section 8.5. May Hold Securities..................................................................... 44
Section 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees........................................................... 45
Section 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of
Trustees and Administrators........................................................... 46
Section 8.8. Conflicting Interests................................................................... 46
Section 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee........................................................ 47
Section 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...................................... 48
Section 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor................................................. 49
Section 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business............................ 50
Section 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust........................... 50
Section 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee............................................................ 51
Section 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee........................................................ 52
Section 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent....................................... 52
Section 8.17. Number of Trustees..................................................................... 52
Section 8.18. Delegation of Power.................................................................... 52
Section 8.19. Appointment of Administrators.......................................................... 53
ARTICLE IX
Termination, Liquidation and Merger
Section 9.1. Termination Upon Expiration Date........................................................ 53
Section 9.2. Early Termination....................................................................... 54
Section 9.3. Termination............................................................................. 54
Section 9.4. Liquidation............................................................................. 54
Section 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements
of the Trust.......................................................................... 56
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Securityholders................................................ 57
Section 10.2. Amendment.............................................................................. 57
Section 10.3. Separability........................................................................... 58
Section 10.4. Governing Law.......................................................................... 59
Section 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day....................................................... 59
Section 10.6. Successors............................................................................. 59
Section 10.7. Headings............................................................................... 59
Section 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands........................................................... 59
Section 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition.............................................................. 60
Section 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act................................ 60
Section 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee
and Indenture....................................................................... 62
EXHIBIT A - Certificate of Trust
EXHIBIT B - Certificate Depository Agreement
EXHIBIT C - Common Securities Certificate
EXHIBIT D - Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
EXHIBIT E-1 - Capital Securities Certificate (Book-Entry)
EXHIBIT E-2 - Capital Securities Certificate
EXHIBIT F - Restricted Securities Certificate
EXHIBIT G - Unrestricted Securities Certificate
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of February 4, 1997, among
(i) Providian Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (including any successors or
assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, as property trustee (in such capacity, the "Property Trustee" and,
in its separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee,
the "Bank"), and (iii) The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Delaware
trustee (the "Delaware Trustee") (the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
referred to collectively as the "Trustees"), and (iv) the several Holders, as
hereinafter defined.
Witnesseth
Whereas, the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee have heretofore duly
declared and created a business trust pursuant to the Delaware Business Trust
Act by entering into that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of January 21, 1997
(the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the execution and filing by the
Delaware Trustee with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the
Certificate of Trust, filed on January 22, 1997, attached as Exhibit A; and
Whereas, the Depositor and the Trustees desire to amend and restate the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for,
among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities by the Trust to
the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Capital Securities by the Trust
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the
Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures and (iv) the
appointment of the Administrators;
Now Therefore, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the
other parties and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby amends and
restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
Defined Terms
Section 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article" or
a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Trust
Agreement;
(d) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(e) all accounting terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest (as
defined in the Indenture) paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of Debentures
for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 10.6 of the
Indenture.
"Administrators" means each of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx solely in such Person's capacity as Administrator of the Trust created
and continued hereunder and not in such Person's individual capacity, or such
Administrator's successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or transaction
involving a Book-Entry Capital Security, the rules and procedures of the
Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Capital Security, in each case to the extent
applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or
composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or appointing
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or ordering
the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the
consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of
such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its willingness
to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by such Person
in furtherance of any such action.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly adopted by the
Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or
officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of
Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such certification, and delivered to the Trustees.
"Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate" means a Capital Securities
Certificate evidencing ownership of Book-Entry Capital Securities.
"Book-Entry Capital Security" means a Capital Security, the ownership and
transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as
described in Section 5.4.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (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, or (c) a day on which the Property
Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Corporate Trust Office of the Debenture
Trustee is closed for business.
"Capital Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of
the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the rights provided
therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions
and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Capital Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership
of Capital Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E-1 or E-2.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust, the
Depositor and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency, dated as of the Closing Date,
relating to the Trust Securities Certificates, substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit B, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to
time.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. DTC
will be the initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
"Closing Date" means the Time of Delivery, which date is also the date of
execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of
the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the rights provided
therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions
and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of
Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"Corporate Trust Office" means (i) when used with respect to the Property
Trustee, the principal office of the Property Trustee located in New York, New
York which on the date of this Trust Agreement is 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000 and (ii) when used with respect to the Debenture Trustee, its
Corporate Trust Office as defined in the Indenture.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the
Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Debentures to be
redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation and any successor thereto.
"Debentures" means the aggregate principal amount of the Depositor's 9.525%
Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series A, issued pursuant to
the Indenture.
"Definitive Capital Securities Certificates" means either or both (as the
context requires) of (a) Capital Securities Certificates issued as Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificates as provided in Section 5.2 or 5.4 substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit E-1 and (b) Capital Securities Certificates
issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.2, 5.4 or
5.5, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E-2.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. C. (S) 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Delaware Trustee" in
the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee
of the Trust created and continued hereunder and not in its individual capacity,
or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee
appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as
provided in Section 4.1.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
(b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes
due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(c) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any
Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any
covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in the performance or breach of which is dealt
with in clause (b) or (c) above) and continuation of such default or breach for
a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail,
to the defaulting Trustee or Trustees by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Property
Trustee and a successor Property Trustee not being appointed within 90 days
thereof.
"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit D, as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Federal Reserve" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the
Depositor and The Bank of New York, as trustee, contemporaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the holders
of the Capital Securities, as amended from time to time.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of February
4, 1997, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended
or supplemented from time to time.
"Initial Purchasers" means Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institutional accredited
investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D
under the Securities Act.
"Issuer Trust Default" means an Event of Default described in clause (a),
(b) or (c) of the definition thereof or an event which with notice and/or lapse
of time would constitute such an Event of Default.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest
or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust Securities,
Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to that portion of the
principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance
with the Indenture, allocated to the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities based upon the relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes and the
proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust
Securities, (b) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to Holders of Trust
Securities in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the Trust,
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities of the Holders to whom such Debentures are distributed and (c)
with respect to any distribution of Additional Amounts to holders of Trust
Securities, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount
of the Trust Securities in respect of which such distribution is made.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Debentures or the Liquidation
Distribution are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection
with the dissolution and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities" means, except as
provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by the holder(s), voting separately as a class,
of more than 50% of the Liquidation Amount of all then outstanding Capital
Securities issued by the Trust.
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Administrative
Officer or a Vice President, and by the Senior Financial Officer, the Treasurer,
an Associate Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, in each case including any other
officers of the Depositor performing the same or similar duties, and delivered
to the appropriate Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate
given pursuant to Section 8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of the Depositor. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust
Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate has
read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of nationally recognized
counsel to the Depositor.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Trust Agreement.
"Other Capital Securities" means the Capital Securities sold by the Initial
Purchasers in the initial offering contemplated by the Purchase Agreement to
Institutional Accredited Investors in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Trust Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and delivered
under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Securities theretofore cancelled by the Property Trustee or
delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying
Agent for the Holders of such Trust Securities; provided that, if such Trust
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Trust Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to
Sections 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Capital
Securities owned by the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor
or any Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Capital Securities that a Responsible Officer of such Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (b) the foregoing shall not
apply at any time when all of the outstanding Capital Securities are owned by
the Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Capital
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrators
the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Capital Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry Capital
Securities as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a Clearing
Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in the records of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or indirectly,
in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant
to Section 5.10 and shall initially be the Bank.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust
account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust department
for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of
the Debentures will be held and from which the Property Trustee, through the
Paying Agent, shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with
Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
"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.
"Property Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Property Trustee" in
the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Property Trustee
of the Trust heretofore created and continued hereunder and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor property trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement, dated January 30, 1997,
among the
Trust, the Depositor and the Initial Purchasers as such agreement may be amended
from time to time.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed,
the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the stated maturity of the
Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related amount of the premium, if
any, paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount of
Debentures, allocated on a pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among
the Trust Securities.
"Regulation D" means Regulation D under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Property
Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any
managing director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the Property Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other
officer, to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject and with respect to the Delaware
Trustee, any officer of the Delaware Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, and also,
with respect to a particular matter, any other officer, to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Restricted Capital Securities" means all Capital Securities the Capital
Securities Certificate for which is required pursuant to Section 5.5(c) to bear
a Restricted Capital Securities Legend. Such term includes the Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificate.
"Restricted Capital Securities Certificate" means a certificate
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit F.
"Restricted Capital Securities Legend" means a legend substantially in the
form of the legend required in the form of Capital Securities Certificate set
forth in Exhibit E-2 to be placed upon a Restricted Capital Security.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
"Rule 144A Information" shall be such information with respect to the Trust
as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any
successor provisions thereto).
"Rule 144A Capital Securities" means the Capital Securities purchased by
the Initial Purchasers from the Trust pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, other
than the Other Capital Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.5.
"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security
or Trust Securities is or are registered in the Securities Register; any such
Person shall be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business
Trust Act; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite amount of Capital Securities have voted on any matter provided for in
this Trust Agreement, then for the purpose of any such determination, so long as
Definitive Capital Securities Certificates have not been issued, the term
Securityholders or Holders as used herein shall refer to the Owners.
"Successor Capital Securities Certificate" of any particular Capital
Securities Certificate means every Capital Securities Certificate issued after,
and evidencing all or a portion of the same beneficial interest in the Trust as
that evidenced by, such particular Capital Securities Certificate; and, for the
purposes of this definition, any Capital Securities Certificate executed and
delivered under Section 5.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Capital Securities Certificate shall be deemed to
evidence the same beneficial interest as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Capital Securities Certificate.
"Time of Delivery" has the meaning specified in the Purchase Agreement.
"Trust" means the Delaware business trust created and continued hereby and
identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the
same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable
provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits hereto and (ii) for all purposes
of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement,
respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) the rights of the Property
Trustee under the Guarantee, (c) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the
Payment Account and (d) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing and
any other property and assets for the time being held or
deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust
Agreement.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Capital
Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Capital Securities Certificates.
"Trustees" means, collectively, the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee.
"Unrestricted Securities Certificate" means a certificate substantially in
the form set forth in Annex G.
ARTICLE II
Continuation of the Trust
Section 2.1. Name.
The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "Providian Capital I," as such
name may be modified from time to time by the Administrators following written
notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the Trustees, in which name the
Trustees may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and
other instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
Section 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, or such other address in the State of
Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the
Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the Trust
is c/o Providian Bancorp, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000.
Section 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational
Expenses.
The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor in
connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which
constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational
expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee,
promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee. The
Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such
expenses.
Section 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities; Authentication.
On January 30, 1997 the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust and pursuant to
the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the Purchase Agreement.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an
Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall manually execute in accordance with
Section 5.3 and deliver to the Initial Purchasers, or, in the alternative,
execute by facsimile and deliver to the Property Trustee for authentication, and
delivery in accordance with Section 5.3, Capital Securities Certificates,
registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency (except to
the extent otherwise provided pursuant to the Purchase Agreement), in an
aggregate amount of 160,000 Capital Securities having an aggregate Liquidation
Amount of $160,000,000, against receipt of the aggregate purchase price for such
Capital Securities of $160,000,000 by the Property Trustee.
Section 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase
of Debentures.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement,
an Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with
Section 5.3 and deliver to the Depositor Common Securities Certificates,
registered in the name of the Depositor, in an aggregate amount of 4,949 Common
Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $4,949,000 against payment
by the Depositor of $4,949,000 to the Property Trustee. Contemporaneously
therewith, an Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall subscribe to and
purchase from the Depositor Debentures, registered in the name of the Trust and
having an aggregate principal amount equal to $164,949,000, and, in satisfaction
of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of $164,949,000 (being the sum
of the amounts delivered to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) Section 2.4 and
(ii) this Section 2.5).
Section 2.6. Declaration of Trust.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell
Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures,
and (b) to engage in those activities necessary or incidental thereto. The
Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all the
rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Trustees
hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it
will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set
forth herein for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders. The
Administrators shall have only those ministerial duties set forth herein with
respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust and shall not be trustees or
fiduciaries with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders. The Property
Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be obligated except as provided in
Section 2.7(a)(ii)(J), to perform those duties assigned to the Administrators.
The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the
Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the Property
Trustee or the Administrators set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be
one of the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling
the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
Section 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the affairs of the
Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the
limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section, and in accordance with
the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Trustees and the Administrators shall
have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by
the Trustees and Administrators to be appropriate in exercising the authority,
express or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees or the Administrators, as
the case may be, under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in
furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the following:
(i) Each Administrator shall have the power and authority to act on
behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
(B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute and
deliver on behalf of the Trust, the Expense Agreement and the
Certificate Depository Agreement and such other agreements as may be
necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes and function of
the Trust;
(C) assisting in the compliance with the Securities Act,
applicable state securities or blue sky laws, and the Trust Indenture
Act;
(D) registration of the Capital Securities under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if required, and the
preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other
documents pursuant to the foregoing;
(E) assisting in the designation of the Capital Securities
for trading in the Private Offering, Resales and Trading through the
Automatic Linkages (PORTAL) system;
(F) the sending of notices (other than notices of default)
and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the
Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust
Agreement;
(G) the consent to the appointment of a Paying Agent and
Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
(H) execution of the Trust Securities in accordance with
this Trust Agreement;
(I) execution and delivery of closing certificates, pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement and the application for a taxpayer
identification number;
(J) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the
winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the
preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(K) unless otherwise determined by the Property Trustee or
the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Capital Securities or
Common Securities or as otherwise required by the Delaware Business
Trust Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to execute on behalf of the
Trust (either acting alone or together with any or all of the
Administrators) any documents that the Administrators have the power
to execute pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(L) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as
the Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable
to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement for the benefit of
the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such
action on any particular Securityholder).
(ii) As among the Trustees and the Administrators, the Property
Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the
Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Debentures;
(C) the collection of interest, principal and any other
payments made in respect of the Debentures in the Payment Account;
(D) the distribution through the Paying Agent of amounts
owed to the Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges
of a holder of the Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other information
regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the
Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance
with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the
winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the
preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(I) after an Event of Default (other than under paragraph
(b), (c),
(d) or (e) of the definition of such term if such Event of
Default is by or with respect to the Property Trustee) the taking of
any action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may
from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect
to the terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the
Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without
consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular
Securityholder); and
(J) any of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority
of the Administrators set forth in Section 2.7(a)(i)(E), (F) and (J)
herein; and in the event of a conflict between the action of the
Administrators and the action of the Property Trustee, the action of
the Property Trustee shall prevail.
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the
Trustees or Administrators acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake
any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or
contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the Trustees nor the Administrators
shall (i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by
this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge,
set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein,
including to Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take
any action that would reasonably be expected to cause the Trust to fail or cease
to qualify as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes,
(iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt or (v)
take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on
any of the Trust Property. The Property Trustee shall at the sole cost and
expense of the Trust defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time
claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the
Trust or the Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities, the
Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with
respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions
taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this
Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation by the Trust of an Offering Circular in relation
to the Capital Securities, including any amendments thereto and the taking
of any action necessary to obtain an exemption from the Securities Act;
(ii) the determination of the States in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital
Securities and the determination of any and all such acts, other than
actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and the advice to
the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and the
preparation for execution and filing of any documents to be executed and
filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems
necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any
such States in connection with the sale of the Capital Securities;
(iii) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery
of, the Purchase Agreement providing for the sale of the Capital
Securities; and
(iv) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to carry
out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrators and
the Property Trustee are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the
Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an
"investment company" required to be registered under the 1940 Act, or fail to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes and
so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for
United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the
Administrators, the Property Trustee and the holders of a majority of the Common
Securities are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable
law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that any Administrator,
the Property Trustee and the holders of a majority of Common Securities
determines in its discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as
long as such action does not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of the holders of the Capital Securities.
Section 2.8. Assets of Trust.
The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.
Section 2.9. Title to Trust Property.
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Trust
and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the benefit of
the Trust and the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
Payment Account
Section 3.1. Payment Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish
the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the Property Trustee
shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the
Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the
Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other
property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be
held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of
the Securityholders and for distribution as herein provided, including (and
subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly
upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other
payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in the
Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending
distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
Distributions; Redemption
Section 4.1. Distributions.
(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the
Trust Property, and Distributions (including Additional Amounts) will be made on
the Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that payments of interest
(including Additional Interest, as defined in the Indenture) are made on the
Debentures. Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and
will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for
the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue from February 4,
1997, and, except in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor
exercises its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures
pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on
February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on August 1, 1997. If any
date on which a Distribution is otherwise payable on the Trust Securities
is not a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made
on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest
or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, payment of such
Distribution shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such
payment was originally payable (each date on which distributions are
payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a "Distribution Date").
(ii) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be payable at a rate
of 9.525% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The
amount of Distributions payable for any period less than a full period
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Distributions payable for each full Distribution period will be computed by
dividing the rate per annum by two. The amount of Distributions payable for
any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.
(iii) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the
Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand
and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.
(b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution
Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities at the close of business on the relevant
record date, which shall be the January 15 or July 15 (whether or not a Business
Day) next preceding the relevant Distribution Date.
Section 4.2. Redemption.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the stated maturity of the
Debentures, the Trust will be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust
Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-
class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at
such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of
redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price or if the Redemption Price cannot be
calculated prior to the time the notice is required to be sent, the
estimate of the Redemption Price provided pursuant to the Indenture
together with a statement that it is an estimate and that the actual
Redemption Price will be calculated on the third Business Day prior to the
Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice shall be
sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date that notice of such actual
Redemption Price is received pursuant to the Indenture);
(iii) the CUSIP number;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the
particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;
(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that
Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on and after said date
except as provided in Section 4.2(d); and
(vi) the place or places where the Trust Securities are to be
surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price.
The Trust in issuing the Trust Securities may use "CUSIP" or "private
placement" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee
shall indicate the "CUSIP" or "private placement" numbers of the Trust
Securities in notices of redemption and related materials as a convenience to
Securityholders; provided that any such notice may state that no
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representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed
on the Trust Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and related
materials.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed
at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption of
Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption
Price shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust
has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of
such Redemption Price.
(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any
Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption
Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, with respect to
Book-Entry Capital Securities, irrevocably deposit with the Clearing Agency for
such Book-Entry Capital Securities funds sufficient to pay the applicable
Redemption Price and will give such Clearing Agency irrevocable instructions and
authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders thereof. With respect to
Capital Securities that are not Book-Entry Capital Securities, the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying
Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give the
Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price
to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Capital Securities Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior to the
Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be payable
to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Register for the
Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution
Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as
required, then upon the date of such deposit, all rights of Securityholders
holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right
of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price including any unpaid
Distribution payable on or prior to the Redemption Date, but without interest,
and such Securities will cease to be outstanding. In the event that any date on
which any Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar
year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event
that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities called
for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the
Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust
Securities will continue to accrue, at the then applicable rate, from the
Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to
the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual
payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating
the Redemption Price.
(e) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust
Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated on a
pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and
the Capital Securities. The particular Capital Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts) or such other
method as the Property Trustee deems fair not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Capital Securities
not previously called for redemption. Such determination shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Holders and the Property Trustee shall have no liability in
connection therewith. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Security
Registrar in writing of the Capital Securities selected for redemption and, in
the case of any Capital Securities selected for partial redemption, the
Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. In the event that less than all of
the Capital Securities (other than Book-Entry Capital Securities) represented by
a Capital Securities Certificate are to be redeemed, upon surrender of such
Capital Securities Certificate the Administrators, or any one of them, shall
execute and deliver to the Paying Agent, for further delivery to the Holder of
such Capital Securities Certificate without
service charge, a new Capital Securities Certificate representing the unredeemed
Capital Securities evidenced by the Capital Securities Certificate so
surrendered. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Capital
Securities shall relate, in the case of any Capital Securities redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Capital
Securities that has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable)
on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be
made, subject to Section 4.2(e), pro rata among the Common Securities and the
Capital Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities;
provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date any Event
of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, or Redemption Price of, any Common Security, and no other
payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common
Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and
unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on all
Outstanding Capital Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on or
prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price the full amount
of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Capital Securities then called for
redemption, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately
available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full
in cash of all Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on,
or the Redemption Price of, Capital Securities then due and payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence and continuation of any Event of Default
resulting from any Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Securities
will be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of
Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of
Default with respect to the Capital Securities have been cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated. Until any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement
with respect to the Capital Securities has been so cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of
the Capital Securities and not the Holder of the Common Securities, and only the
Holders of the Capital Securities will have the right to direct the Property
Trustee to act on their behalf.
Section 4.4. Payment Procedures.
Payments of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) in
respect of the Capital Securities shall be made, at the option of the Depositor,
by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear on the Securities Register or by wire transfer of immediately
available funds, or, if the Capital Securities are held by a Clearing Agency,
such Distributions shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available
funds, which shall credit the relevant Persons' accounts at such Clearing Agency
on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common
Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the
Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities.
Section 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports.
The Administrators shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the
Depositor's expense, and file all United States federal, state and local tax and
information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the
Trust. In this regard, the Administrators shall (a) prepare and file (or cause
to be prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required
to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and (b)
prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each
Securityholder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be
provided. The Administrators shall provide the Depositor and the Property
Trustee with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly after such filing
or furnishing. The Property Trustee shall comply with United States federal
withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting
requirements with respect to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust
Securities.
On or before December 15 of each year during which any Capital Securities
are outstanding, the Administrators shall furnish to the Property Trustee such
information as may be reasonably requested by the Property Trustee in order that
the Property Trustee may prepare the information which it is required to report
for such year on Internal Revenue Service Forms 1096 and 1099 pursuant to
Section 6049 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such information
shall include the amount of original issue discount, if any, includable in
income for each outstanding Capital Security during such year.
Section 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust.
Upon receipt under the Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property Trustee
shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever
nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States
or any other taxing authority.
Section 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Capital Securities shall be
reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder (or an Owner with
respect to the Holder's Capital Securities) has directly received pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 5.13 of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE V
Trust Securities Certificates
Section 5.1. Initial Ownership.
Upon the creation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor
pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at
any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall
be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.
Section 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates.
(a) The Capital Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $1,000 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples thereof, and
the Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $1,000
Liquidation Amount and integral multiples thereof. The Trust Securities
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual signature of at
least one Administrator. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual
signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have
been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be validly issued
and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the
delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at
the date of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates. A transferee of a
Trust Securities Certificate shall become a Securityholder, and shall be
entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Securityholder
hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in such
transferee's name pursuant to Section 5.5.
(b) Upon their original issuance, Capital Securities Certificates
representing Rule 144A Capital Securities shall be issued in the form of one or
more Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates registered in the name of DTC,
as Clearing Agency, or its nominee and deposited with DTC for credit by DTC to
the respective accounts of the Owners thereof (or such other accounts as they
may direct).
(c) Upon their original issuance, Capital Securities Certificates
representing Other Capital Securities shall not be issued in the form of a Book-
Entry Capital Securities Certificate or in any other form intended to facilitate
book-entry trading in beneficial interests in such Capital Securities.
(d) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate.
Section 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.
At the Time of Delivery, the Administrators shall cause Common Securities
Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Section 2.5, to
be executed on behalf of the Trust and delivered, and the Administrators, or any
of them, shall cause Capital Securities Certificates, in an aggregate
Liquidation Amount as provided in Section 2.4, to be executed by facsimile and
delivered to the Property Trustee and upon such delivery the Property Trustee
shall authenticate such Capital Securities Certificates, and deliver such
Capital Securities Certificates in each case to or upon the written order of the
Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president, any executive
vice president or any vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer or
controller without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized
denominations.
Section 5.4. Book-Entry Capital Securities.
(a) Each Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate issued under this Trust
Agreement shall be registered in the name of the Clearing Agency designated by
the Depositor for the related Book-Entry Capital Securities or a nominee thereof
and delivered to such Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof or custodian
therefor.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, no Book-
Entry Capital Securities Certificate may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Capital Securities Certificates registered, and no transfer of a Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificate in whole or in part may be registered, in the
name of any Person other than the Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificates or a nominee thereof unless (a) the Clearing Agency
advises the Property Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates, and the Property Trustee is unable
to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Trust at its option advises the
Clearing Agency in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of a Debenture Event of
Default. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause (a), (b) or (c)
above, the Administrators shall notify the Clearing Agency and the Clearing
Agency shall notify all Owners of Book-Entry Capital Securities, the Delaware
Trustee and the Administrators of the occurrence of such event and of the
availability of the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates to Owners of such
class or classes, as applicable, requesting the same.
(c) If any Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate is to be exchanged for
other Capital Securities Certificates or cancelled in part, or if another
Capital Securities Certificate is to be exchanged in whole or in part for Book-
Entry Capital Securities represented by a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate, then either (i) such Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate
shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article
V or (ii) the aggregate Liquidation Amount represented by such Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificate shall be reduced, subject to Section 5.2, or
increased by an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by that
portion of the Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate to be so exchanged or
cancelled, or equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by such other Capital
Securities Certificates to be so exchanged for Book-Entry Capital
Securitiesrepresented thereby, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate
adjustment made on the records of the Security Registrar, whereupon the Property
Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the
Clearing Agency or its authorized representative to make a corresponding
adjustment to its records. Upon surrender to the Administrators or the
Securities Registrar of the Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate or
Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions,
the Administrators, or any one of them, shall execute the Definitive Capital
Securities Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing
Agency. None of the Securities Registrar, the Trustees or the Administrators
shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
Upon the issuance of Definitive Capital Securities Certificates, the Trustees
and Administrators shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Capital
Securities Certificates as Securityholders. The Definitive CapitalSecurities
Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be
produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrators,
as evidenced by the execution thereof by the Administrators or any one of them.
(d) Every Capital Securities Certificate executed and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificate or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this
Article V or Article IV or otherwise, shall be executed and delivered in the
form of, and shall be, a Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate, unless such
Capital Securities Certificate is registered in the name of a Person other than
the Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate or a
nominee thereof.
(e) The Clearing Agency or its nominee, as registered owner of a Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificate, shall be the Holder of such Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificate for all purposes under this Agreement and the Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificate, and Owners with respect to a Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificate shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures. The Securities Registrar and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal
with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Trust Agreement relating to
the Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates (including the payment of the
Liquidation Amount of and Distributions on the Book-Entry Capital Securities
represented thereby and the giving of instructions or directions to Owners of
Book-Entry Capital Securities represented thereby) as the sole Holder of the
Book-Entry Capital Securities represented thereby and shall have no obligations
to the Owners thereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall
have any liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Clearing Agency.
The rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Capital Securities shall be
exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those
established by law, the Applicable Procedures and agreements between such Owners
and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the
Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.4(b), the initial Clearing Agency
will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and
receive and transmit payments on the Capital Securities to such Clearing Agency
Participants.
Section 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities
Certificates; Restricted Capital Securities Legends.
(a) The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.9, a register or registers for the
purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and transfers and exchanges
of Capital Securities Certificates (the "Securities Register") in which the
registrar designated by the Property Trustee (the "Securities Registrar"), with
the reasonable consent of the Administrators, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the registration of Capital
Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section
5.11 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of
transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates as herein provided.
The Bank shall be the initial Securities Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Capital Securities
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.9, the
Administrators or any one of them shall execute
and deliver to the Property Trustee for further delivery, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Capital Securities
Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount
dated the date of execution by such Administrator.
The Securities Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Capital Security during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of selection for redemption of such
Capital Securities pursuant to Article IV and ending on the close of business on
the day of mailing of the notice of redemption or (ii) to register the transfer
of any Capital Securities that have been called for redemption in whole or in
part, except in the case of any Capital Security to be redeemed in part, any
portion thereof not to be redeemed. At the option of a Holder, Capital
Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Capital Securities
Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a like
aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Capital Securities
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 5.9.
Every Capital Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Registrar duly
executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Capital
Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Property Trustee in
accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Capital Securities Certificates, but the Securities Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Capital Securities
Certificates.
The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply to the Bank
also in its role as Securities Registrar, for so long as the Bank shall act as
Securities Registrar.
Whenever this document makes reference to the execution of Trust Securities
Certificates, such reference to execution shall mean manual execution or, in the
alternative, execution by facsimile signature by an Administrator and
authentication by the Property Trustee.
Capital Securities Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures
of individuals who were at any time the proper Administrators of the Trust shall
bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Capital
Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Capital
Securities Certificates.
Each Capital Securities Certificate that is executed by facsimile and
authenticated by the Property Trustee shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
No Capital Securities Certificate that is executed by facsimile and
authenticated by the Property Trustee shall be entitled to any benefit under
this Trust Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Capital Securities Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for in the form attached as Exhibit E-2
executed
by the Property Trustee by the manual signature of one of its
authorized officers, and such certificate upon any Capital Securities
Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Capital Securities Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
(b) Certain Transfers and Exchanges. Notwithstanding any other provision
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of this Trust Agreement, transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities
Certificates and beneficial interests in a Book-Entry Capital Security of the
kinds specified in this Section 5.5(b) shall be made only in accordance with
this Section 5.5(b).
(i) Non-Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate to Book-Entry
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Capital Securities Certificate. If the Holder of a Capital Securities
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Certificate (other than a Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate) wishes
at any time to transfer all or any portion of the Capital Securities
represented thereby to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the
form of Book-Entry Capital Securities represented by a Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificate, such transfer may be effected only in accordance
with the provisions of this Clause (b)(i) and subject to the Applicable
Procedures. Upon receipt by the Securities Registrar of (A) such Capital
Securities Certificate as provided in Section 5.5(a) and instructions
satisfactory to the Securities Registrar directing that a specified number
of Capital Securities to be represented by the Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificate not greater than the number of Capital Securities
represented by such Capital Securities Certificate be credited to a
specified Clearing Agency Participant's account and (B) a Restricted
Capital Securities Certificate duly executed by such Holder or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, then the Securities Registrar shall cancel such
Capital Securities Certificate (and issue a new Capital Securities
Certificate in respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as provided in
Section 5.5(a) and increase the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Book-
Entry Capital Securities Certificate by the Liquidation Amount represented
by such Capital Securities so transferred as provided in Section 5.4(c).
(ii) Non-Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate to Non-Book-Entry
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Capital Securities Certificate. A Capital Securities Certificate that is
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not a Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate may be transferred, in
whole or in part, to a Person who takes delivery in the form of another
Capital Securities Certificate that is not a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate as provided in Section 5.5(a); provided that if the Capital
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Securities Certificate is a Restricted Capital Securities Certificate, then
the Securities Registrar shall have received a Restricted Capital
Securities Certificate duly executed by the transferor Holder or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
(iii) Exchanges between Book-Entry Capital Securities
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Certificate and Non-Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate. A
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beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Capital Security represented by a Book-
Entry Capital Securities Certificate may be exchanged for a Capital
Securities Certificate that is not a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate as provided in Section 5.4.
(iv) Certain Initial Transfers of Non-Book-Entry Capital
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Securities Certificates. In the case of Capital Securities Certificates
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initially issued other than in
global form, an initial transfer or exchange of such Capital Securities
Certificates that does not involve any change in beneficial ownership may
be made to an Institutional Accredited Investor or Investors as if such
transfer or exchange were not an initial transfer or exchange; provided
that a written certification is provided certifying that such exchange or
transfer does not involve a change in beneficial ownership.
(c) Restricted Capital Securities Legend. All Capital Securities issued
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hereunder shall bear a Restricted Capital Securities Legend, subject to the
following:
(i) subject to the following Clauses of this Section 5.5(c), a
Capital Securities Certificate or any portion thereof which is exchanged,
upon transfer or otherwise, for a Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate
or any portion thereof shall bear a Restricted Capital Securities Legend;
(ii) subject to the following Clauses of this Section 5.5(c), a
new Capital Securities Certificate which is not a Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificate and is issued in exchange for another Capital
Securities Certificate (including a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate) or any portion thereof, upon transfer or otherwise, shall bear
a Restricted Capital Securities Legend;
(iii) after February 4, 2000, a new Capital Securities
Certificate (other than a Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate) which
does not bear a Restricted Capital Securities Legend shall (unless an
Administrator provides an Opinion of Counsel to the contrary) be issued in
exchange for or in lieu of a Capital Securities Certificate representing
Restricted Capital Securities or any portion thereof if the Property
Trustee has received an Unrestricted Securities Certificate, in the form of
Exhibit G hereto, duly executed by the Holder or the Owner of such
Restricted Capital Securities or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and after such date and receipt of such certificate, the Administrators
shall execute and deliver such a new Capital Securities Certificate in
exchange for or in lieu of such other certificate representing Restricted
Capital Securities as provided in this Article V;
(iv) a new Capital Securities Certificate (other than a Book-
Entry Capital Securities Certificate) which does not bear a Restricted
Capital Securities Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a
Capital Securities Certificate representing Restricted Capital Securities
or any portion thereof based on an Opinion of Counsel, stating that placing
such a legend upon such new Capital Securities Certificate is not necessary
to ensure compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, and the Administrators shall execute and deliver such a new Capital
Securities Certificate as provided in this Article V; and
(v) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
5.5(c), a Successor Capital Securities Certificate of a Capital Securities
Certificate that does not bear a Restricted Capital Securities Legend shall
not bear such form of legend unless a Responsible Officer of the Property
Trustee has actual knowledge (without conducting any independent inquiry)
that such Successor Capital Securities Certificate is a "restricted
security" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, in which
case the
Administrators shall authenticate and deliver a new Capital Securities
Certificate bearing a Restricted Capital Securities Legend in exchange for
such Successor Capital Securities Certificate as provided in this Article
V.
Section 5.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities
Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to
the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive evidence
to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities
Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities Registrar and the
Administrators such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust Securities
Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Administrators, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust shall execute and
make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities
Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with the
issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the
Administrators or the Securities Registrar may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant
to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial
interest in the assets of the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the
lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any
time.
Section 5.7. Persons Deemed Securityholders.
The Trustees, the Administrators or the Securities Registrar shall treat
the Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in
the Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for
the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever,
and neither the Trustees, the Administrators nor the Securities Registrar shall
be bound by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.8. Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.
Each Holder and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold the
Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrators
accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Property Trustee shall designate, with the consent of the
Administrators, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, an office or
offices or agency or agencies where Capital Securities Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities Certificates
may be served. The Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee is initially
designated the office for such purpose. The Administrators or the Property
Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to the
Securityholders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or any
such office or agency.
Section 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the
Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the
Property Trustee and the Administrators. Any Paying Agent shall have the
revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of
making the Distributions referred to above. The Property Trustee may revoke such
power and remove the Paying Agent in its sole discretion. The Paying Agent shall
initially be the Bank, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Bank, and
reasonably acceptable to the Administrators. Any Person acting as Paying Agent
shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the
Administrators and the Property Trustee. In the event that the Bank shall no
longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its
authority to act be revoked, the Depositor, or if an Issuer Trust Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee, shall appoint a successor
that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrators to act as Paying Agent
(which shall be a bank or trust company). Such successor Paying Agent or any
additional Paying Agent shall execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument
in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with
the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional
Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the
Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled thereto
until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall
return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying
Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the
Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply
to the Bank also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Bank shall act
as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent
appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall
include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Section 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.
At the Time of Delivery, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial
and record ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted
by law, other than a transfer in connection with a consolidation or merger of
the Depositor into another Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the
Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture, any attempted transfer of the
Common Securities shall be void. The Administrators shall cause each Common
Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS
CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE".
Section 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Owners is
required under this Trust Agreement, unless and until Definitive Capital
Securities Certificates shall have been issued to all Owners pursuant to Section
5.4(b), the Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
obligations to the Owners.
Section 5.13. Rights of Securityholders.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and
the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than the
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their
Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below.
The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights
specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities
shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered to
Securityholders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully
paid and nonassessable by the Trust. The Holders of the Trust Securities, in
their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(b) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a
Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debentures fail to declare
the principal of all of the Debentures to be immediately due and payable, the
Holders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then
Outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Depositor and
the Debenture Trustee with a copy to the Property Trustee; and upon any such
declaration such principal amount of and the accrued interest on all of the
Debentures shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment
of principal and interest on such Debentures shall remain subordinated to the
extent provided in the Indenture.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as in the Indenture
provided, the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the
Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences
if:
(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debenture Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest (including any
Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)) on all of the
Debentures,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Debentures which
have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate borne by the Debentures, and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture Trustee under
the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Debenture Trustee and the Property Trustee, their
agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures, other than
the non-payment of the principal of the Debentures which has become due
solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.13 of the Indenture.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive
any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of
principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient
to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in
respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debenture. No
such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such an
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the Capital
Securities all or part of which is represented by Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificates, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of
Outstanding Capital Securities entitled to join in such notice, which record
date shall be at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee receives
such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies,
and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that, unless such
declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be,
shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined
in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such
notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case
may be, shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled
and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a
proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new
written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment
thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has
been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event
a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 5.13(b).
(c) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, to the
fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement
and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(1)
or 5.1(2) of the Indenture, any Holder of Capital Securities shall have the
right to institute a proceeding directly against the Depositor, pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the
principal amount of or interest on Debentures having a principal amount equal to
the Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a "Direct
Action"). Except as set forth in Section 5.13(b) and this Section 5.13(c), the
Holders of Capital Securities shall have no right to exercise directly any right
or remedy
available to the holders of, or in respect of, the Debentures.
ARTICLE VI
Acts of Securityholders; Meetings; Voting
Section 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, in Sections 5.13, 8.10 and 10.2 and
in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Capital
Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the
administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the
parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms
of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the
Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an association.
(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the
Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any
trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to such
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under Section 5.13 of
the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that
the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to
any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures,
where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior
approval of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities, provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would
require the consent of each holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such
consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent
of each Holder of Capital Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action
previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of Capital
Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of Capital Securities.
The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital Securities of any
notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of
the Capital Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the
Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that such action shall not cause the
Trust to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United
States Federal income tax purposes.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the
Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect
in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Capital
Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust Agreement or otherwise, or
(ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than
pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding
Capital Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or
proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the
approval of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, no
amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment,
it would cause the Trust to fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United
States Federal income tax purposes.
Section 6.2. Notice of Meetings.
Notice of all meetings of the Capital Securityholders, stating the time,
place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee
pursuant to Section 10.8 to each Capital Securityholder of record, at its
registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the
meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so
considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned
meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.
Section 6.3. Meetings of Capital Securityholders.
No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Property
Trustee, however, shall call a meeting of Capital Securityholders to vote on any
matter upon the written request of the Capital Securityholders of record of 25%
of the Capital Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) and the
Administrators or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion,
call a meeting of Capital Securityholders to vote on any matters as to which
Capital Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Capital Securityholders of record of 50% of the Outstanding Capital
Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Capital Securityholders.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Capital
Securityholders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a
majority of the Capital Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) held by
the Capital Securityholders of record present, either in person or by proxy, at
such meeting shall constitute the action of the Capital Securityholders, unless
this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
Section 6.4. Voting Rights.
Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 of
Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities in respect of any
matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Section 6.5. Proxies, etc.
At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote
thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting
unless it shall have been placed on file with the Property Trustee, or with such
other officer or agent of the Trust as the Property Trustee may direct, for
verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. If authorized
by the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the Property
Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee. Only Securityholders of
record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by
several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy
in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be
present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their
proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be
received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed
by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at
or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the
challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of
execution.
Section 6.6. Securityholder Action by Written Consent.
Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken
without a meeting if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all
Outstanding Trust Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) entitled to
vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be
required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the
action in writing.
Section 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to
notice of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in
any distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is
not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any
other action, the Administrators or Property Trustee may from time to time fix a
date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders
or the payment of a distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a
record date for the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of
record for such purposes.
Section 6.8. Acts of Securityholders.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or
taken by Securityholders or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or
more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders
or Owners in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Property Trustee. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders or
Owners signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1) conclusive in favor
of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which any Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Capital Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future
Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to
be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to take
any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by
one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise between the Securityholders and the
Administrators or among such Securityholders or Trustees with respect to the
authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization,
direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Securityholder or Trustee under
this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee
shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
Section 6.9. Inspection of Records.
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrators and the Property Trustee, the
records of the Trust shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during
normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such
Securityholder's interest as a Securityholder.
ARTICLE VII
Representations and Warranties
Section 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee.
The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of
and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Depositor and the Securityholders that:
(a) the Property Trustee is a New York banking corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York;
(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal
right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement
and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) the Delaware Trustee is a Delaware corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing in the State of Delaware;
(d) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal
right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement
and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(e) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and
legally binding agreement of each of the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, subject
to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
and to general equity principles;
(f) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement has
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of
the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and does not require any approval
of stockholders of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and such
execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Charter or By-laws
of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, (ii) result in the creation or
imposition of, any Lien on any properties included in the Trust Property
pursuant to the provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement,
license or other agreement or instrument to which the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by which it is bound, or
(iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or
the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking, trust or
general powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate
in context) or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee;
(g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of
any of the transactions by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as
appropriate in context) contemplated herein or therein requires the consent or
approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any
other action with respect to any governmental authority or agency under any
existing Federal law governing the banking, trust or general powers of the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, under the laws of
the United States or the State of Delaware; and
(h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of each of the
Property Trustee's and the Delaware Trustee's knowledge, threatened against or
affecting the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any court or before
any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal which, in
the good faith judgment of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely
affect the Trust or the right, power and authority of the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, to enter into or perform its
obligations as one of the Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
Section 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Securityholders that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued at the Time of Delivery on
behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized, and will have been duly and
validly executed, issued and delivered by the Trustees pursuant to the terms and
provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this Trust Agreement
and the Securityholders will be, as of each such date, entitled to the benefits
of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by the
Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of the State of
Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
The Trustees; the Administrators
Section 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees and Administrators
shall be as provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property
Trustee, by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision
of this Trust Agreement shall require the Trustees or Administrators to expend
or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their
rights or powers, if they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees or
Administrators shall be subject to the provisions of this Article. Nothing in
this Trust Agreement shall be construed to release an Administrator from
liability for his or her own gross negligent action, his or her own gross
negligent failure to act, or his or her own willful misconduct. To the extent
that, at law or in equity, an Administrator has duties and liabilities relating
thereto to the Trust or to the Securityholders, such Administrator shall not be
liable to the Trust or to any Securityholder for such Administrator's good faith
reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust
Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the
Administrators otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the
Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities
of the Administrators.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect
of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds from
the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue
or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or a Paying
Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Securityholder,
by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the
revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for
distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally
liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security or
for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.1(b)
does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in
this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property Trustee, unless
it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
the Holders of not less than a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities entitled to vote relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under
this Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody,
safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and the Payment
Account shall be to deal with such property in a similar manner as the
Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own account, subject
to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Property
Trustee under this Trust Agreement and the Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any
money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the Depositor;
and money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other
funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account maintained by
the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 and except to the extent
otherwise required by law; and
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the
compliance by the Administrators or the Depositor with their respective
duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable
for the default or misconduct of the Administrators or the Depositor.
Section 8.2. Certain Notices.
Within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee, the Property
Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section
10.8, notice of such Event of Default to the Securityholders, the Administrators
and the Depositor, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
Within five Business Days after the receipt of notice of the Depositor's
exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures
pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner
and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of such exercise to the
Securityholders, unless such exercise shall have been revoked.
Section 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall fully be protected
in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion
of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property
Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action or (ii) in
construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee
finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained
herein or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any
provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the
Capital Securityholders are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor
requesting the Depositor's opinion as to the course of action to be taken and
the Property Trustee (regardless of whether or not the Property Trustee has
received an opinion from the Depositor) shall take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall deem advisable and in the best
interests of the Securityholders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have
no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
(c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrators
contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate;
(d) any direction or act of Administrators contemplated by this Trust
Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by a certificate executed by any
Administrators and setting forth such direction or act;
(e) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the Property
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established before undertaking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other
evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on
its part, request and rely upon an Officers' Certificate as to factual matters
(other than the interpretation of this Agreement) which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or the Administrators;
(f) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing
or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation
statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording,
refiling or reregistration thereof;
(g) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice (which
counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may
include any of its employees) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in
accordance with such advice; the Property Trustee shall have the right at any
time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement
from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(h) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless
such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(i) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, unless requested in
writing to do so by one or more Securityholders, but the Property Trustee may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may
see fit;
(j) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents or
attorneys and the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct
or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent or
attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(k) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property
Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to
enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder the Property
Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust Securities
which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such
remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or
taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall
be fully protected in acting in accordance with such instructions;
(l) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is
discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement;
(m) when the Property Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the fees and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law or law relating
to creditors rights generally; and
(n) the Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an Event
of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee obtains actual
knowledge of such event or the Property Trustee receives written notice of such
event from Securityholders holding more than a majority of the Capital
Securities (based upon Liquidation Amount).
No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or
obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any
right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction
in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be
unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any
such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No
permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be
construed to be a duty.
Section 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Trustees do not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Debentures.
Section 8.5. May Hold Securities.
Any Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust
Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8 and 8.13 and except as provided in the
definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article I, may
otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not
a Trustee or such other agent.
Section 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.
The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by them hereunder in such amounts as the Depositor and
such Trustees shall agree upon from time to time (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust
Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and
hold harmless (i) each Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of any Trustee, (iii) any
officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative or agent of any
Trustee, (iv) each Administrator, and (v) any employee or agent of the Trust or
its Affiliates (referred to herein as an "Indemnified Person") from and against
any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or
nature whatsoever incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of the creation,
operation or termination of the Trust or any act or omission performed or
omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a
manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of
authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust Agreement, except
that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any
loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of
negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of this
Trust Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of any Trustee.
No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any Trust Property as a result
of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The Depositor and any Trustee (in the case of the Property Trustee, subject
to Section 8.8 hereof) may engage in or possess an interest in other business
ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or
dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Trust
Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Trust Agreement in and to such
independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit
of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall
not be deemed wrongful or improper. Neither the Depositor, nor any Trustee,
shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to
the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the
Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and the Depositor or any Trustee shall have
the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or
fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other
opportunity. Any Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other
transaction with the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act as
depository for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders
of, securities or other obligations of the Depositor or its Affiliates.
Section 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees
and Administrators.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect
to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that is a
national or state chartered bank and eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act to act as such, shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and at the time of appointment shall have unsecured securities rated
in one of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization. If any such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrators hereunder with
respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrator shall be either a natural
person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through
one or more persons authorized to bind that entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who
is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a
legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and
that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act
through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
Section 8.8. Conflicting Interests.
(a) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Trust
Agreement.
(b) The Guarantee Agreement and the Indenture shall be deemed to be
specifically described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of
the first provision contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any
time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located,
the Property Trustee shall have power to appoint, and upon the written request
of the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Administrators shall for such
purpose join in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and
agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the
Property Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee,
of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to the extent required by law to
act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as
may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or
Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed
necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. Any
co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section shall either
be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the
United States or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the
United States that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such
entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any co-
trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-
trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and all
such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by
the Depositor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law,
but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all rights,
powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of
securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be
deposited or pledged with, the Trustees specified hereunder shall be exercised
solely by such Trustees and not by such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such
appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the
Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate
trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-
trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Property
Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by
such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed
by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the resignation
of or remove any co-trustee or
separate trustee appointed under this Section, and, in case a Debenture Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to
accept the resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee
without the concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the
Property Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the
execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary
or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-
trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the
manner provided in this Section.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable
by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee or any other trustee
hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a co-
trustee or separate trustee.
(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be deemed
to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
Section 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Relevant Trustee may
resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders and
by appointing a successor Relevant Trustee. If the instrument of acceptance by
the successor Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to
the Relevant Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Trust, any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant
Trustee. The Property Trustee shall have no liability for the selection of such
successor pursuant to this Section 8.10.
The Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be
removed by Act of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on
behalf of the Trust) (i) at any time for cause or (ii) if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing with or without cause. In addition,
unless an Issuer Trust Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at any
time by the Holder of the Common Securities.
If any Trustee shall resign, be removed by the Holder of Common Securities
or the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities or
become incapable of acting as trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office
of any Trustee for any cause, (i) if an Issuer Trust Default has not occurred or
has occurred and is not continuing, the Common Securityholder by Act of the
Common Securityholder, delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, or (ii) if an
Issuer Trust Default has occurred and is continuing, the Relevant Trustee
(except if such Trustee was removed
by the Holder of the Common Securities or the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities or if a Debenture Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing) or the Capital Securityholders, by Act of the
Securityholders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
then Outstanding delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly
appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees. If the Property Trustee shall
appoint a successor, it shall do so by requesting from at least three Persons
meeting the eligibility requirements, its expenses and charges to serve as the
Property Trustee on a form provided by the Administrators, and selecting the
Person who agrees to the lowest expense and charges. In any case, such successor
Relevant Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed as provided above
and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any
Securityholder may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, or
the Property Trustee, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Securityholders
in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give notice to the Depositor.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the
address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or
becomes incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death,
incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the Property Trustee following the
procedures in Section 8.10 (with the successor being a Person who satisfies the
eligibility requirement for a Delaware Trustee set forth in Section 8.7).
Section 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the
retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect to
the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each
successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities and the Trust and (b) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Trust Agreement as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it
being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such
Relevant Trustees co-trustees and upon the execution and delivery of such
amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but,
on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant
Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Relevant
Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring
Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Trust shall
execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
Section 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant
Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all
the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of
such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
Section 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon the
Trust Securities or the property of the Trust or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on
the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Property Trustee shall
have made any demand on the Trust for the payment of any past due Distributions)
shall be entitled and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any Distributions
owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities and to file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and
counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the
Property Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or compensation affecting the Trust Securities or the rights of any
Holder thereof or to authorize the Property Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Depositor or the Issuer Trust (or any other obligor upon the Capital
Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or
the Issuer Trust (or any such other obligor).
Section 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee.
(a) Not later than 60 days after December 31 of each year commencing with
December 31, 1997, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders in
accordance with Section 10.8, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of
the immediately preceding December 31 with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof, if to the
best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said Section, a
written statement to such effect; and
(ii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as
Property Trustee since the date of its last report and any action taken by
the Property Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it
has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the
Trust Securities.
(b) In addition the Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders
such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust
Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times
and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with the Depositor.
Section 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee.
The Depositor and the Administrators on behalf of the Trust shall only be
required to provide to the Property Trustee the compliance certificates required
by Section 314(a)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act. Upon the request of a Holder
or beneficial owner of Capital Securities, the Depositor and Administrators on
behalf of the Trust shall promptly furnish Rule 144A Information, or cause such
information to be furnished, to such Holder or beneficial owner or to a
prospective purchaser of such Capital Securities designated by such Holder or
beneficial owner in order to permit compliance by such Holder or beneficial
owner with Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of
such Capital Securities by such Holder or beneficial owner. The compliance
certificates will be provided within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year.
Section 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrators on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement that relate to any of
the matters set forth in Section 314 (c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section
314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an Officers'
Certificate.
Section 8.17. Number of Trustees.
(a) The number of Trustees shall be two. The Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.
(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason a vacancy shall
occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with
Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence
or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul,
dissolve or terminate the Trust.
Section 8.18. Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrator may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable
law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power
for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section 2.7(a),
including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the
Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrators shall have power to delegate from time to time to
such of their number the doing of such things and the execution of such
instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrators
or otherwise as the Administrators may deem expedient, to the extent such
delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of
this Trust Agreement, as set forth herein.
Section 8.19. Appointment of Administrators.
(a) The Administrators shall be appointed by the Common Securityholder and
may be removed by the Common Securityholder at any time. Each Administrator
shall sign an agreement agreeing to comply with the terms of this Trust
Agreement. If at any time there is no Administrator, the Property Trustee or
any Securityholder who has been a Securityholder of Trust Securities for at
least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of one or more Administrators.
(b) Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrators shall occur, until
such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrator in accordance with
this Section 8.19, the Administrators in office, regardless of their number (and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all the
powers granted to the Administrators and shall discharge all the
duties imposed upon the Administrators by this Trust Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Administrator who is a natural person dies or
becomes, in the opinion of the Common Securityholder, incompetent or
incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may
be filled by the unanimous act of the remaining Administrators if there were at
least two of them prior to such vacancy (with the successor in each case being a
Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for Administrators set forth in
Section 8.7).
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
Section 9.1. Termination Upon Expiration Date.
Unless earlier terminated, the Trust shall automatically terminate on
February 1, 2028 (the "Expiration Date"), following the distribution of the
Trust Property in accordance with Section 9.4.
Section 9.2. Early Termination.
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early Termination
Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution
or liquidation of, the Depositor;
(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the Holder of the
Common Securities at any time to terminate the Trust and, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, distribute
Debentures to Securityholders in exchange for the Capital Securities; provided,
however, that (i) the Property Trustee shall have first received an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such distribution will not be a taxable event to the
Holders and (ii) the prior approval of the Federal Reserve to do so if the
Holder of the Common Securities is then subject to and required to obtain such
approval under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve;
(c) the redemption of all of the Capital Securities in connection with the
redemption of all the Debentures; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Trust by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
Section 9.3. Termination.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the
Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of
the following: (a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders
upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the
redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2, of all
amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust
Securities; (b) the payment of any expenses owed by the Trust; and (c) the
discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrators, including the
performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the
Securityholders.
Section 9.4. Liquidation.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of
Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated by
the Trustees as expeditiously as the Property Trustee determines to be possible
by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of Debentures,
subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Property
Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid mailed not later than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at
such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of
liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date;
(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust
Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust
Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Debentures or the right to receive a Liquidation
Distribution, as applicable; and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which
Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Debentures, or if
Section 9.4(d) applies receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Property
Trustee (after consultation with the Administrators) shall deem
appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect the
liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Debentures to Securityholders,
the Property Trustee, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the
appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it
shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Debentures in exchange for
the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the Liquidation
Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii)
certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will be issued to holders
of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such certificates to the
exchange agent for exchange, (iii) any Trust Securities Certificates not so
surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of
Debentures, accruing
interest at the rate provided for in the Debentures from the last Distribution
Date on which a Distribution was made on such Trust Securities Certificates
until such certificates are so surrendered (and until such certificates are so
surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will be made to Holders of
Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such Debentures) and (iv) all
rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right
of such Securityholders to receive Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities
Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Section 9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the
manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be
practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be
dissolved, wound-up or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the
Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution,
winding-up or other termination of the Trust, Securityholders will be entitled
to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to
Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust
Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such
dissolution, winding up or termination, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid
only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full
the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding
sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid
on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The holder of the Common
Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such
dissolution, winding-up or termination pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with
Holders of Capital Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a priority over
the Common Securities. Any such determination and liquidation by the Property
Trustee shall be conclusive upon the Securityholders and the Property Trustee
shall have no liability in connection therewith absent bad faith or negligence.
Section 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the
Trust.
The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other entity, except pursuant
to this Section 9.5. At the request of the Holder of the Common Securities, with
the consent of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities, the Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any State;
provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the
obligations of the Trust with respect to the Capital Securities or (b)
substitutes for the Capital Securities other securities having substantially the
same terms as the Capital Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the
Successor Securities rank the same as the Capital Securities rank in priority
with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise, (ii) the Holders of a majority (based on Liquidation Amounts) of
Capital Securities appoints a trustee of such successor entity possessing the
same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Debentures,
(iii) the Successor Securities are listed or traded, or any Successor Securities
will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities
exchange or other organization on which the Capital Securities are then listed
or traded, if any, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Capital Securities (including
any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, (v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights,
preferences and privileges of the holders of the Capital Securities (including
any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (vi) such successor entity
has a purpose identical to that of the Trust, (vii) prior to such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the
Depositor and the Property Trustee have received an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences
and privileges of the holders of the Capital Securities (including any Successor
Securities) in any material respect, and (b) following such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither
the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an
investment company under the 1940 Act and (viii) the Depositor owns all of the
Common Securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of
such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent
provided by the Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not,
except with the consent of holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to, any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate,
merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the
successor entity to be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a
grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.
The death or incapacity of any person having an interest, beneficial or
otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust
Agreement, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such person or any
Securityholder for such person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring
any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the arrangements
contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
Section 10.2. Amendment.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Property
Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities without the consent of the
Depositor or any Capital Securityholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or
supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent
with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, or (ii) to modify, eliminate
or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be
necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States Federal
income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any Trust Securities
are outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as
an investment company under the 1940 Act; provided, however, that such action
described in (i) or (ii) shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Securityholder, and any amendments of this Trust Agreement
shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any provision of this
Trust Agreement may be amended by the Property Trustee and the Holder of the
Common Securities (without execution of any amendment by the Depositor) and with
(i) the consent of Capital Securityholders representing not less than a majority
(based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Capital Securities then Outstanding and
(ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance
with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for
United States Federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status
as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust
Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such consent
being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this Trust
Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of
any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a
specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date; notwithstanding
any other provision herein, without the unanimous consent of the Securityholders
(such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this
paragraph (c) of this Section 10.2 may not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no
Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement
which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from
status of an investment company under the 1940 Act or fail or cease to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary,
without the consent of the Depositor, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in
a manner which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor.
(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the
Administrators or the Property Trustee shall promptly provide to the Depositor a
copy of such amendment.
(g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement or would otherwise
expose the Property Trustee to any liability or be contrary to applicable law.
The Property Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an
Officers' Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in
compliance with this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.3. Separability.
In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities
Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
Section 10.4. Governing Law.
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE
SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT
AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3540 AND 3561 OF
TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THIS TRUST.
Section 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day.
If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day that
is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but may
be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (except as otherwise
provided in Sections 4.1(a) and 4.2(d)), with the same force and effect as
though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no Distributions shall
accumulate thereon for the period after such date.
Section 10.6. Successors.
This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustee, including
any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a consolidation,
merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under Article VIII of
the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform
the Depositor's obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall not assign its
obligations hereunder.
Section 10.7. Headings.
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands.
Any report, notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of
this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon
any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit
thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery
or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of a Capital
Securityholder, to such Capital Securityholder as such Securityholder's name and
address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Common
Securityholder or the Depositor, to Providian Bancorp, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Secretary, facsimile no.: (415) 278-
6028. Any notice to Capital Securityholders may also be given to such Owners as
have, within two years preceding the giving of such notice, filed their names
and addresses with the Property Trustee for that purpose. Such notice, demand or
other communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or
transmission.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this
Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the
Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrators shall be
given in writing by deposit thereof, first class postage prepaid, in the United
States mail, hand delivery or overnight courier or by facsimile transmission
(confirmed by delivery of the original), in each case, addressed (until another
address is published by the Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Trust,
to the Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee, and the Administrators at their
respective addresses set forth below; (b) with respect to the Property Trustee
to The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx; (c) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to The
Bank of New York (Delaware), Xxxxx Xxxx Center, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000 - Attention: Corporate Trust Department; and (d) with respect to the
Administrators, to them at the address above for notices to the Depositor,
marked "Attention Administrators of Providian Capital I." Such notice, demand or
other communication to or upon the Trust or the Property Trustee shall be deemed
to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing
by the Trust or the Property Trustee.
Section 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition.
Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the
Securityholders that, until at least one year and one day after the Trust has
been terminated in accordance with Article IX, they shall not file, or join in
the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law (including, without limitation, the United
States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in
the commencement of any proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law.
In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.9, the
Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the expense
of the Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise
properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Trust
or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has
agreed in writing not to take such action and should be stopped and precluded
therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Trustees or the
Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.9 shall survive the
termination of this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
(a) The Trust Indenture Act shall apply as a matter of contract to this
Trust Agreement for purposes of interpretation, construction and defining the
rights and obligations hereunder, except as provided in Section 8.15.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for
the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Except as provided in Section 8.15, if any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be
included in this Trust Agreement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Trust
Agreement modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which
may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Trust Agreement as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement
shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
Section 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and
Indenture.
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY
OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE
OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND
AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND
THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH
SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST
AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND
SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
Providian Bancorp, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and
Senior Financial Officer
The Bank Of New York,
as Property Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
The Bank Of New York (Delaware),
as Delaware Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
PROVIDIAN CAPITAL I
EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATE DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
CERTIFICATE NUMBER
NUMBER OF COMMON SECURITIES
C-__ ______________
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
PROVIDIAN CAPITAL I
9.525% COMMON SECURITIES, SERIES A
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER COMMON SECURITY)
Providian Capital I, a statutory business trust formed under the Business
Trust Act of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
Providian Bancorp, Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
_____________________________________ (_____) common securities of the Trust
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and
designated the 9.525% Common Securities (liquidation amount $1,000 per common
security) (the "Common Securities"). In accordance with Section 5.11 of the
Trust Agreement (as defined below) the Common Securities are not transferable
and any attempted transfer hereof shall be void. The designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Common Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to
the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the
Trust, dated as of February 4, 1997, as the same may be amended from time to
time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the
Common Securities as set forth therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the
Trust Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust
at its principal place of business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
In Witness Whereof, one of the Administrators of the Trust has executed
this certificate this 4th day of February, 1997.
Providian Capital I
By: _________________________________________
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Administrator
EXHIBIT D
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
Agreement dated as of February 4, 1997, between Providian Bancorp, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Providian Capital I, a statutory
business trust formed under the Business Trust Act of the State of Delaware (the
"Trust").
Whereas, the Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the "Common
Securities") to and receive Debentures from the Company and to issue and sell
9.525% Capital Securities, Series A (the "Capital Securities") with such powers,
preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth in the Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of February 4, 1997, as the
same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement");
Whereas, the Company will directly or indirectly own all of the Common
Securities of the Trust and will issue the Debentures;
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the
Capital Securities, which purchase the Company hereby agrees shall benefit the
Company and which purchase the Company acknowledges will be made in reliance
upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and the Trust
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.1. Guarantee by the Company.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally guarantees to each person or entity to whom the Trust is now
or hereafter becomes indebted or liable (the "Beneficiaries") the full payment,
when and as due, of any and all Obligations (as hereinafter defined) to such
Beneficiaries. As used herein, "Obligations" means any costs, expenses or
liabilities of the Trust (including, without limitation, any tax liability of
the Trust), other than obligations of the Trust to pay to holders of any Capital
Securities or other similar interests in the Trust the amounts due such holders
pursuant to the terms of the Capital Securities or such other similar interests,
as the case may be. This Agreement is intended to be for the benefit of, and to
be enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or not such Beneficiaries
have received notice hereof.
Section 1.2. Term of Agreement.
This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon
the later of (a) the date on which full payment has been made of all amounts
payable to all holders of all the Capital Securities (whether upon redemption,
liquidation, exchange or otherwise) and (b) the date on which there are no
Beneficiaries remaining; provided, however, that this Agreement shall continue
to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any
holder of Capital Securities or any Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums
paid under the Capital Securities, under any Obligation, under the Guarantee
Agreement dated the date hereof by the Company and The Bank of New York, as
guarantee trustee, or under this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. This
Agreement is continuing, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
Section 1.3. Waiver of Notice.
The Company hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Agreement and of any
Obligation to which it applies or may apply, and the Company hereby waives
presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of
dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.
Section 1.4. No Impairment.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Company under this
Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening
from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or any
portion of the Obligations or for the performance of any other obligation under,
arising out of, or in connection with, the Obligations;
(b) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the
Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or
remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect to the Obligations or any
action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind; or
(c) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of,
or other similar proceedings affecting, the Trust or any of the assets of the
Trust.
There shall be no obligation of the Beneficiaries to give notice to, or obtain
the consent of, the Company with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
Section 1.5. Enforcement.
A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement directly against the Company and
the Company waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought
against the Trust or any other
person or entity before proceeding against the Company.
Section 1.6. Subrogation.
The Company shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Trust in
respect of any amounts paid to the Beneficiaries by the Company under this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not (except to the extent
required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any
rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity,
reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this
Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid
under this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.1. Binding Effect.
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Agreement shall bind the
successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Company and
shall inure to the benefit of the Beneficiaries.
Section 2.2. Amendment.
So long as there remains any Beneficiary or any Capital Securities of any
series are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified or amended in any
manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to the holders of the Capital Securities.
Section 2.3. Notices.
Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be given in writing by delivering the same against receipt
therefor by facsimile transmission (confirmed by mail) or by registered or
certified mail, addressed as follows (and if so given, shall be deemed given
when mailed or upon receipt of a confirmation, if sent by facsimile):
Providian Capital I
x/x Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx (Delaware)
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Providian Bancorp, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Secretary
Section 2.4. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
This Agreement is executed as of the day and year first above written.
Providian Bancorp, Inc.
By: _____________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
and Senior Financial Officer
Providian Capital I
By: _____________________________
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Administrator
EXHIBIT E-1
[FACE OF CERTIFICATE]
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING
OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITORY") OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY.
THE CAPITAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE EXCHANGEABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART
FOR CAPITAL SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
TRUST AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY
(OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF SUCH CAPITAL SECURITIES AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE TRUST OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE CAPITAL SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY AND ANY JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
DEBENTURES ISSUABLE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) BY THE INITIAL
INVESTOR (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)
PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (4)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND
(B) BY SUBSEQUENT INVESTORS HOLDING THIS SECURITY IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM AS SET
FORTH IN (A) ABOVE AND, IN ADDITION, TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN
A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES AND
OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES
THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE 1 OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") (EACH, A "PLAN"), NO
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF ANY PLAN'S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A "PLAN ASSET ENTITY"), AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN
ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE CAPITAL SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY
OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE
EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR
HOLDER OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS
PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT IT EITHER (A) IS NOT A PLAN OR A PLAN ASSET
ENTITY AND IS NOT PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES ON BEHALF OF OR WITH "PLAN ASSETS"
OF ANY PLAN OR (B) IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER PTCE 96-
23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING.
THE CAPITAL SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OTHER
OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
PG- ________
LIQUIDATION AMOUNT
______________
CUSIP NO. 743973 AA 7
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING CAPITAL SECURITIES OF
PROVIDIAN CAPITAL I
9.525% CAPITAL SECURITIES, SERIES A
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
Providian Capital I, a business trust created under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that CEDE & CO. (the "Holder") is
the registered owner of _________________________________
(_____________________) capital securities of the Trust representing an
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and designated the
Providian Capital I 9.525% Capital Securities, Series A (liquidation amount
$1,000 per Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"), or such other amount
(which, when taken together with all other outstanding Capital Securities, shall
not exceed 160,000 Capital Securities in the aggregate at any time) as may be
set forth in the records of the Securities Registrar. The Capital Securities
are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in
proper form for transfer as provided in Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement (as
defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences
and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities are set forth in, and
this certificate and the Capital Securities represented hereby are issued and
shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of February 4, 1997, as the same
may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement") including the
designation of the terms of Capital Securities as set forth therein. The Holder
is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by Providian
Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and The Bank of New York, as guarantee
trustee, dated as of February 4, 1997 (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided
therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee
to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal
place of business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Securities
Registrar.
WITNESS the facsimile signature of a duly authorized Administrator of the
Trust.
Dated: February 4, 1997 PROVIDIAN CAPITAL I
By: _______________________________________
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Administrator
Countersigned:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: ________________________________
Securities Registrar
[End of Page]
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers
Capital Securities represented by the within Certificate to:
(Insert assignee's name)
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints ______________________________
agent to transfer said Capital Securities on the books of the Trust. The agent
may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date: ______________________________________
Signature:_________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Capital Securities
Certificate)
The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to
S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
EXHIBIT E-2
THE CAPITAL SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY AND ANY JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
DEBENTURES ISSUABLE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) BY THE INITIAL
INVESTOR (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)
PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (4)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B)
BY SUBSEQUENT INVESTORS HOLDING THIS SECURITY IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM AS SET FORTH IN
(A) ABOVE AND, IN ADDITION, TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN
EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES AND
OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES
THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE 1 OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") (EACH, A "PLAN"), NO
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF ANY PLAN'S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A "PLAN ASSET ENTITY"), AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN
ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE CAPITAL SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY
OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE
EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR
HOLDER OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT IT EITHER
(A) IS NOT A PLAN OR A PLAN ASSET ENTITY AND IS NOT PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN OR (B) IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE
EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR
ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING.
THE CAPITAL SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OTHER
OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
P- ________
LIQUIDATION AMOUNT
______________
CUSIP NO. 743973 AB 5
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING CAPITAL SECURITIES OF
PROVIDIAN CAPITAL I
______% CAPITAL SECURITIES, SERIES A
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
Providian Capital I, a business trust created under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
______________________________________________________ (the "Holder") is the
registered owner of _________________________________ (______________) capital
securities of the Trust representing an undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust and designated the Providian Capital I 9.525% Capital
Securities, Series A (liquidation amount $1,000 per Capital Security) (the
"Capital Securities"). The Capital Securities are transferable on the books and
records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender
of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in
Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations,
rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of
the Capital Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Capital
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to
the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the
Trust, dated as of February 4, 1997, as the same may be amended from time to
time (the "Trust Agreement") including the designation of the terms of Capital
Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the
Guarantee Agreement entered into by Providian Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and The Bank of New York, as guarantee trustee, dated as of
February 4, 1997 (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The Trust
will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder
without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of
business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Securities
Registrar.
WITNESS the facsimile signature of a duly authorized Administrator of the
Trust.
Dated: ________________ PROVIDIAN CAPITAL I
By:_______________________ Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Administrator
Countersigned:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: _________________________________________
Securities Registrar
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers _________________
Capital Securities represented by the within Certificate to:
(Insert assignee's name)
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
agent to transfer said Capital Securities on the books of the Trust. The agent
may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date: ______________________________________
Signature:_________________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name
appears on the other side of this Capital Securities Certificate)
The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to
S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
EXHIBIT F -- FORM OF RESTRICTED
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
(For transfers pursuant to (S) 5.5(b) of the Trust Agreement)
[_________________________],
as Security Registrar
[address]
Re: 9.525% Capital Securities, Series A of Providian Capital I
(the "Trust") (the "Capital Securities")
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Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the
Trust, dated as of February 4, 1997 (the "Trust Agreement"), among Providian
Bancorp, Inc., as Depositor, The Bank of New York, as Property Trustee, and The
Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee. Terms used herein and defined
in the Trust Agreement or in Regulation S, Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to $_____________ aggregate Liquidation
Amount of Capital Securities, which are evidenced by the following
certificate(s) (the "Specified Securities"):
CUSIP No(s). ___________________________
CERTIFICATE No(s). _____________________
CURRENTLY IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM: _____ Yes _____ No (check one)
The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned")
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners
of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such
beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the "Owner".
If the Specified Securities are represented by a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate, they are held through the Clearing Agency or a Clearing Agency
Participant in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the
Specified Securities are not represented by a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf
of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred
to a person (the "Transferee") who will take delivery in the form of a
Restricted Capital Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby
certifies that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in
accordance with Rule 144A, Rule 904 or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and all
applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other
jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies as follows:
(1) Rule 144A Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in
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accordance with Rule 144A:
(A) the Specified Securities are being transferred to a person
that the Owner and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believe
is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A,
acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer; and
(B) the Owner and any person acting on its behalf have taken
reasonable steps to ensure that the Transferee is aware that the Owner
may be relying on Rule 144A in connection with the transfer; and
(2) Rule 904 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in
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accordance with Rule 904:
(A) the Owner is not a distributor of the Securities, an
affiliate of the Depositor or the Trust or any such distributor or a
person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing;
(B) the offer of the Specified Securities was not made to a
person in the United States;
(C) either;
(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the
Transferee was outside the United States or the Owner and any
person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the
Transferee was outside the United States, or
(ii) the transaction is being executed in, on or through the
facilities of the Eurobond market, as regulated by the
Association of International Bond Dealers, or another designated
offshore securities market and neither the Owner nor any person
acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been
prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(D) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United
States by or on behalf of the Owner or any affiliate thereof; and
(E) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(3) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant to
Rule 144:
(A) the transfer is occurring after a holding period of at least
two years (computed in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144) has
elapsed since the date the Specified Securities were acquired from the
Depositor or the Trust or from an affiliate (as such term is defined
in Rule 144) of the Depositor or the Trust, whichever is later, and is
being effected in accordance with the applicable amount, manner of
sale and notice requirements of paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of Rule
144; or
(B) the transfer is occurring after a holding period of at least
three years, or such shorter period as may be required under
applicable laws, has elapsed since the date the Specified Securities
were acquired from the Depositor or the Trust or from an affiliate (as
such term is defined in Rule 144) of the Depositor or the Trust,
whichever is later, and the Owner is not, and during the preceding
three months has not been, an affiliate of the Depositor or the Trust.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trust and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated:
(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is
defined in the second paragraph of this certificate.)
By:__________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
(If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or
fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf of
the Undersigned must be stated.)
EXHIBIT G -- FORM OF UNRESTRICTED
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
UNRESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
(For removal of Restricted Capital Securities Legends pursuant to
(S) 5.5(c) of the Trust Agreement)
[_________________________],
as Security Registrar
[address]
Re: 9.525% Capital Securities, Series A of Providian Capital I
(the "Trust") (the "Capital Securities")
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Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the
Trust, dated as of February 4, 1997 (the "Trust Agreement"), among Providian
Bancorp, Inc., as Depositor, The Bank of New York, as Property Trustee, and The
Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee. Terms used herein and defined
in the Trust Agreement or in Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act") are used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to $_____________ aggregate Liquidation
Amount of Capital Securities, which are evidenced by the following
certificate(s) (the "Specified Securities"):
CUSIP No(s). ___________________________
CERTIFICATE No(s). _____________________
CURRENTLY IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM: _____ Yes _____ No (check one)
The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned")
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners
of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such
beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the "Owner".
If the Specified Securities are represented by a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate, they are held through the Clearing Agency or a Clearing Agency
Participant in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the
Specified Securities are not represented by a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf
of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be exchanged for
Capital Securities bearing no Restricted Capital Securities Legend pursuant to
Section 5.5(c) of the Trust Agreement. In connection with such exchange, the
Owner hereby certifies that a period of at least three years, or such shorter
period as may be required under applicable law, has elapsed since the date the
Specified Securities were acquired from the Depositor or the Trust or from an
affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the
Depositor or the Trust and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three
months has not been, an affiliate of the Depositor or the Trust. The Owner also
acknowledges that any future transfers of the Specified Securities must comply
with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other
jurisdictions.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trust and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated:
(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is
defined in the second paragraph of this certificate.)
By:________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
(If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or
fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf of
the Undersigned must be stated.)
