EXHIBIT 4.3
OZARK CAPITAL TRUST
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC., AS DEPOSITOR
FMB TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE
FIRST OMNI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
DATED AS OF ________________, 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.01. Definitions .................................................................................. 1
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01. Name.......................................................................................... 10
Section 2.02. Office Of The Delaware Trustee; Principal Place Of Business................................... 10
Section 2.03. Initial Contribution Of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses............................... 10
Section 2.04. Issuance Of The Preferred Securities.......................................................... 10
Section 2.05. Issuance Of The Common Securities; Subscription And Purchase Of Subordinated Debentures....... 10
Section 2.06. Declaration Of Trust.......................................................................... 11
Section 2.07. Authorization To Enter Into Certain Transactions.............................................. 11
Section 2.08. Assets Of Trust............................................................................... 15
Section 2.09. Title to Trust Property....................................................................... 15
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.01. Payment Account............................................................................... 16
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
Section 4.01. Distributions................................................................................. 16
Section 4.02. Redemption.................................................................................... 17
Section 4.03. Subordination Of Common Securities............................................................ 19
Section 4.04. Payment Procedures............................................................................ 20
Section 4.05. Tax Returns And Reports....................................................................... 20
Section 4.06. Payment Of Taxes, Duties, Etc. Of The Trust................................................... 21
Section 4.07. Payments Under Indenture...................................................................... 21
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. Initial Ownership......................................................................... 21
Section 5.02. The Trust Securities Certificates.......................................................... 21
Section 5.03. Execution And Delivery Of Trust Securities Certificates.................................... 21
Section 5.04. Registration Of Transfer And Exchange Of Preferred Securities Certificates................. 21
Section 5.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost Or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates......................... 22
Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Securityholders............................................................. 23
Section 5.07. Access To List Of Securityholders' Names And Addresses..................................... 23
Section 5.08. Maintenance Of Office Or Agency............................................................ 23
Section 5.09. Appointment Of Paying Agent................................................................ 24
Section 5.10. Ownership Of Common Securities By Depositor................................................ 24
Section 5.11. Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates; Common Securities Certificate................ 25
Section 5.12. Notices To Clearing Agency................................................................. 25
Section 5.13. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates............................................... 26
Section 5.14. Rights Of Securityholders.................................................................. 26
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
Section 6.01. Limitations On Voting Rights.............................................................. 27
Section 6.02. Notice Of Meetings........................................................................ 28
Section 6.03. Meetings Of Holders Of Preferred Securities............................................... 28
Section 6.04. Voting Rights.............................................................................. 29
Section 6.05. Proxies, Etc............................................................................... 29
Section 6.06. Securityholder Action By Written Consent................................................... 29
Section 6.07. Record Date For Voting And Other Purposes.................................................. 29
Section 6.08. Acts Of Securityholders.................................................................... 29
Section 6.09. Inspection Of Records...................................................................... 30
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 7.01. Representations And Warranties Of The Trust Company And The
Property Trustee........................................................................... 30
Section 7.02. Representations And Warranties Of The Delaware Bank And The
Delaware Trustee........................................................................... 32
Section 7.03. Representation And Warranties Of Depositor................................................. 33
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ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
Section 8.01. Certain Duties And Responsibilities....................................................... 33
Section 8.02. Certain Notices........................................................................... 35
Section 8.03. Certain Rights Of Property Trustee........................................................ 35
Section 8.04. Not Responsible For Recitals Or Issuance Of Securities.................................... 38
Section 8.05. May Hold Securities....................................................................... 38
Section 8.06. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees............................................................. 38
Section 8.07. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility Of Trustees.............................. 39
Section 8.08. Conflicting Interests..................................................................... 40
Section 8.09. Co-Trustees And Separate Trustee.......................................................... 40
Section 8.10. Resignation And Removal; Appointment Of Successor......................................... 41
Section 8.11. Acceptance Of Appointment By Successor.................................................... 43
Section 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation Or Succession To Business............................... 43
Section 8.13. Preferential Collection Of Claims Against Depositor Or Trust.............................. 43
Section 8.14. Reports By Property Trustee............................................................... 44
Section 8.15. Reports To The Property Trustee........................................................... 44
Section 8.16. Evidence Of Compliance With Conditions Precedent.......................................... 44
Section 8.17. Number Of Trustees........................................................................ 44
Section 8.18. Delegation Of Power....................................................................... 45
Section 8.19. Voting.................................................................................... 45
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
Section 9.01. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.......................................................... 45
Section 9.02. Early Dissolution......................................................................... 45
Section 9.03. Termination............................................................................... 46
Section 9.04. Liquidation............................................................................... 46
Section 9.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations Or Replacements Of The Trust....................... 48
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Limitation Of Rights Of Securityholders................................................... 49
Section 10.02. Amendment................................................................................. 49
Section 10.03. Separability.............................................................................. 50
Section 10.04. Governing Law............................................................................. 50
Section 10.05. Payments Due On Non-Business Day.......................................................... 51
Section 10.06. Successors................................................................................ 51
Section 10.07. Headings.................................................................................. 51
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Section 10.08. Reports, Notices And Demands.............................................................. 51
Section 10.09. Agreement Not To Petition................................................................. 52
Section 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict With Trust Indenture Act.................................... 52
Section 10.11. Acceptance Of Terms Of Trust Agreement, Guarantee And Indenture........................... 53
Section 10.12. Counterparts.............................................................................. 53
EXHIBITS
A - Certificate of Trust
B - Certificate Depository Agreement
C - Common Securities Certificates
D - Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
E - Preferred Securities Certificates
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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE
Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, Section of Amended and Restated Trust
as Amended Agreement
310(a) 8.07; 2.07
310(b) 8.08
310(c) Inapplicable
311(a) 8.13
311(b) 8.13
312(a) 5.07
312(b) 5.07
312(c) 5.07
313(a) 8.14(a)
313(b) 8.14(b)
313(c) 8.14(b)
313(d) 8.14(c)
314(a) 8.15
314(b) Inapplicable
314(c) 8.16
314(d) Inapplicable
314(e) 1.01, 8.16
315(a) 8.01(a); 8.03(a)
315(b) 8.02; 10.08
315(c) 8.01(a)
315(d) 8.01; 8.03
315(e) Inapplicable
316(a) 6.01(b)
316(b) Inapplicable
316(c) 6.07
317(a) 8.13
317(b) 5.09
318(a) 10.10
318(b) 10.10
318(c) 10.10
Note: This Cross Reference Table does not constitute part of this Agreement and
shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of _______________, 1999,
among (i) Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., an Arkansas corporation (including any
successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) FMB Trust Company, National
Association, a national banking association, duly organized and existing under
the laws of the United States, as property trustee (the "Property Trustee" and,
in its separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee,
the "Trust Company"), (iii) First Omni Bank, National Association, a national
banking association, with its principal place of business located in the State
of Delaware, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee," and, to the extent
expressly provided herein, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its
capacity as Delaware Trustee, the "Delaware Bank"), (iv) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, an
individual, Xxxx Xxxxx, an individual, and Xxxx Xxxx, an individual, each of
whose address is c/o Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (each an "Administrative Trustee"
and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee, the
Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees referred to collectively as the
"Trustees") and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee and Xxxx Xxxxx have heretofore
duly declared and formed OZARK CAPITAL TRUST, a business trust (the "Trust"),
pursuant to the Delaware Business Trust Act by the entering into of that certain
Trust Agreement, dated as of __________________, 1999 (the "Original Trust
Agreement"), and by the execution and filing on _________________, 1999, with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, the
form of which is attached as EXHIBIT A; and
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WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee and Xxxx Xxxxx 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 and sale of the Common
Securities (as defined below) by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance
and sale of the Preferred Securities (as defined below) by the Trust pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the
Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Subordinated Debentures
(as defined below), (iv) the appointment of the Property Trustee, and (v) the
appointment of the Administrative Trustees;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the 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 1.01. 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; and
(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.
"Accelerated Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01 of
the Indenture.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.08.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and a given period, the amount of additional interest accrued
on interest in arrears and paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of
Subordinated Debentures for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 of the
Indenture.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx and Xxxx
Xxxx, solely in each such person's capacity as Administrative Trustee of the
Trust continued hereunder and not in such person's individual capacity, or such
Administrative Trustee's successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor Administrative Trustee 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; provided, however, that an Affiliate of the
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Depositor shall not be deemed to include the Trust. 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.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises adjudging such Person a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
liquidation or reorganization of or in respect of such Person
under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar
applicable federal or state law, and the continuance of any such
decree or order unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days;
or the commencement of an involuntary case under the United
States Bankruptcy Code in respect of such Person, which shall
continue undismissed for a period of 90 days or entry of an order
for relief in such case; or the entry of a decree or order of a
court having jurisdiction in the
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premises for the appointment on the ground of insolvency or
bankruptcy of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, trustee or
assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of such Person or of its
property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs,
and such decree or order shall have remained in force unvacated
and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or
(b)(i) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case
or proceeding under United States bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, state or
foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or of any
other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent; or (ii) the consent by such Person to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of such Person in an
involuntary case or proceeding under United States bankruptcy
laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable
federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case
or proceeding against such Person; or (iii) the filing by such
Person of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or relief under United States bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal, state or
foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law; or (iv) the
consent by such Person to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official
of such Person or any substantial part of such Person's property
or assets, or the making by such Person of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or (v) the admission by such Person in
writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due; or (vi) the taking of corporate action by such Person
in furtherance of any such actions.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.
"Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates" means Preferred Securities
Certificates issued in global, fully registered form to the Clearing Agency as
described in Section 5.11.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day
on which banking institutions in the State of Delaware 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.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust, the
Depositor and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency,
dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Preferred Securities Certificates,
substantially in the form attached as EXHIBIT B, as the same may be amended and
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supplemented from time to time.
"Certificate of Trust" means, as stated in the recitals to this Trust
Agreement, the certificate of trust filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware with respect to the Trust, in the form attached as EXHIBIT A,
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as the same may be amended or restated from time to time.
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"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The Depository Trust Company 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 date of execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this Trust Agreement 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 a common undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $10.00 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.
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"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the
Property Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 00 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the
Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Subordinated
Debentures to be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption
thereof under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means FMB Trust Company, National Association, a trust
company organized under the laws of the United States and any successor thereto,
as trustee under the Indenture.
"Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates" means Preferred Securities
Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as provided in
Section 5.13.
"Delaware Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801, et. seq. as it may be amended from time to time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the corporation identified as the "Delaware
Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Delaware Trustee of the Trust
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continued hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in
interest in such capacity, or any successor Delaware 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 4.01(a).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as
provided in Section 4.01.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events that shall have
occurred and be continuing (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.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"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.
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"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
"Extension Period" means the "Extended Interest Payment Period" as defined
in the Indenture.
"Global Subordinated Debenture" has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"Guarantee" means the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement executed and
delivered by the Depositor and Property Trustee, as trustee, contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, as amended from time to time.
"Holder" means a Securityholder.
"Indenture" means the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of _____________,
1999, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
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"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
"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 an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of Subordinated Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in
accordance with the Indenture and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the
Redemption Price of such Trust Securities and (b) with respect to a distribution
of Subordinated Debentures to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a
dissolution or liquidation of the Trust, Subordinated Debentures having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Subordinated Debentures are
distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $10.00 per Trust Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Subordinated Debentures are to
be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities pursuant to Section 9.04(a) in
connection with a dissolution and liquidation of the Trust.
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(d).
"Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02 of the Indenture.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or a Vice President and by the Chief Accounting Officer
or the Controller or an Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Depositor, 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 and
a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer rendering the Officer Certificate;
(b) 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
(c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Depositor, and
who may be an employee of any thereof, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Property Trustee.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Preferred Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Preferred Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Preferred Securities theretofore canceled by the Securities
Registrar or delivered to the Securities Registrar for cancellation;
(b) Preferred 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 Preferred Securities; provided
that, if such Preferred Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Preferred Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Preferred Securities have been executed and
delivered pursuant to Sections 5.04, 5.05, 5.11 and 5.13;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
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Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Preferred 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 (i) in determining whether any Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Securities that such Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (ii) the foregoing shall not
apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Preferred Securities are owned by
the Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative
Trustees the pledgee's right as to such Preferred Securities so owned.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Preferred
Securities represented by a Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate 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 5.09 and shall initially be the Property Trustee.
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"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust
account maintained by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the
Securityholders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Subordinated
Debentures will be held and from which the Property Trustee shall make payments
to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections 4.01 and 4.02.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Preferred Security" means a preferred undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust, designated "______% Cumulative Preferred Securities,"
having a Liquidation Amount of $10.00 and having the rights provided therefor in
this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a
Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Preferred Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership
of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as EXHIBIT E.
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"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as
the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its
capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed 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.
"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 Maturity Date of the
Subordinated Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust
Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and
unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date allocated on a pro rata basis (based
on Liquidation Amounts) among the Trust Securities to be redeemed.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
of the Property Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of
this Trust Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer of the Property Trustee to whom such matter is
referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.04.
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"Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust
Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person is a
beneficial owner of the Trust within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust
Act.
"Subordinated Debentures" means the $________________ aggregate principal
amount of the Depositor's _____% Subordinated Debentures due 2029, issued
pursuant to the Indenture.
"Trust" means Ozark Capital Trust, the Delaware business trust continued
hereby and which was created as stated in the recitals 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 all exhibits hereto, including, 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 Company" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this Trust Agreement 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 Subordinated 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 Preferred
Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means, individually or collectively, any of the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement dated as of
________________, 1999, among the Trust, the Depositor and the underwriters
named therein.
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ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01. Name. The Trust heretofore created and continued hereby
shall continue to be known as "OZARK CAPITAL TRUST," as such name may be
modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written
notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in which name
the Trustees may conduct the affairs of the Trust, make and execute contracts
and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
Section 2.02. Office Of The Delaware Trustee; Principal Place Of Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is 000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,
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 Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Section 2.03. Initial Contribution Of Trust Property; Organizational
Expenses. The Trustees acknowledge 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 2.04. Issuance Of The Preferred Securities. On __________, 1999,
the Depositor and an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and pursuant
to the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the Underwriting
Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in
accordance with Section 5.02 and deliver, in accordance with the Underwriting
Agreement, a Preferred Securities Certificate, registered in the name of the
nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, evidencing ____________ Preferred
Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $__________ against receipt
of the aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $____________,
which amount such Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property
Trustee.
Section 2.05. Issuance Of The Common Securities; Subscription And Purchase
Of Subordinated Debentures. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall
execute in accordance with Section 5.02 and deliver to the Depositor a Common
Securities Certificate, registered in the name of the Depositor, evidencing
_________ Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of
$______________ against receipt of such amount from or on behalf of the
Depositor. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, shall subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor the Subordinated
Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee on behalf of the
Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $_____________, and, in
satisfaction of the purchase price for such
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Subordinated Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall
deliver to the Depositor the sum of $_______________.
Section 2.06. 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 Subordinated Debentures, (b) to
distribute the Trust's income and assets as provided in this Trust Agreement,
and (c) to engage in those activities necessary, convenient or incidental
thereto including, without limitation, those activities specified in Sections
2.07(a), 2.07(c), 8.01 and 8.03. 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
Securityholders. The Administrative Trustees shall have all rights, powers and
duties set forth herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to
accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. 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 Administrative
Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee of the Trust
for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807
of the Delaware Business Trust Act. In the event the Delaware Trustee shall at
any time be required to take any action or perform any duty under this Trust
Agreement, the Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections
8.1 and 8.3. No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Trust
Agreement against the Delaware Trustee.
Section 2.07. Authorization To Enter Into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Trustees 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
Article VIII, and in accordance with the following provisions (i)
and (ii), the Administrative Trustees shall have the power and
authority, and are hereby authorized and directed, to enter into
on behalf of the Trust all transactions and agreements determined
by the Administrative Trustees to be appropriate in exercising
the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the
Administrative Trustees under this Trust Agreement, and to
perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without
limitation, the following:
(i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative
Trustee, acting singly or jointly, shall have the power and
authority and is hereby authorized and directed to act on
behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) to execute, deliver, issue and sell the Trust Securities on behalf of
the Trust in accordance with this Trust Agreement, and cause the Trust to
execute, deliver, perform and comply with the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement regarding the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
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(B) to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds of the sale of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the
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Administrative Trustees shall cause legal title to the Debentures to be held of
record in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit of the
Securityholders;
(C) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver and perform
on behalf of the Trust, the Expense Agreement and the Certificate Depository
Agreement and such other agreements, instruments and documents (including,
without limitation, such certificates and cross-receipts as may be necessary in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities and the purchase
of the Debentures) as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
purposes and function of the Trust ;
(D) to assist in the registration of the Preferred Securities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under state securities or blue sky laws,
and the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act and to cause the Trust to take any action deemed in such
Administrative Trustee's discretion to be necessary, advisable or convenient to
comply with the Trust's obligations under the Trust Indenture Act;
(E) to assist in the listing of the Preferred Securities upon the NASDAQ
Stock Market or such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by
the Depositor and, if required, the registration of the Preferred Securities
under the Exchange Act, and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other
reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;
(F) to send notices (other than notices of default) and other information
regarding the Trust Securities and the Subordinated Debentures to the
Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) to appoint a Paying Agent, authenticating agent and Securities
Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, to wind up the affairs
of and liquidate the Trust and prepare, execute and file the certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(I) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the
preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights,
franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware and in each other jurisdiction in which such existence is
necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was
created;
(J) to execute and deliver an application for a taxpayer identification
number for the Trust; and
(K) to take any action incidental to the foregoing as the Administrative
Trustees may from time to time determine in their discretion is necessary or
advisable to give effect to the
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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, the Property Trustee shall
have the power and authority and is hereby authorized and
directed to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of and taking title to the Subordinated Debentures;
(C) the receipt and collection of interest, principal and any other
payments made in respect of the Subordinated Debentures in the Payment Account;
(D) the distribution from the Trust Property of amounts owed to the
Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities in accordance with the terms
of this Trust Agreement;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder
of the Subordinated Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the
Trust Securities and the Subordinated 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) 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);
(J) acting as Paying Agent and/or Securities Registrar to the extent
appointed as such hereunder and executing and delivering letters, documents or
instruments with the Clearing Agency relating to the Preferred Securities;
including, without limitation, the Certificate Depository Agreement; and
(K) except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.07(a)(ii), the Property
Trustee shall have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of
the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 2.07(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the
Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not
undertake any business, activities
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or transaction except as expressly provided herein or
contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trust shall not, the
Trustees shall not and the Administrative Trustees shall cause
the Trust not to (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, to such Trustee's
actual knowledge, would 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 Administrative Trustees shall 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 Preferred
Securities, the Depositor shall have the right, power, authority
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 authorized, ratified and
confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Trust with the
Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a
registration statement on the appropriate form in relation
to the Preferred Securities and the Subordinated Debentures,
including any amendments thereto;
(ii) the determination of the states in which to take
appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or
part of the Preferred Securities and Subordinated Debentures
and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which
must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advise the
Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust,
and prepare for execution and filing 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;
(iii) the preparation for filing by the Trust and
execution on behalf of the Trust of an application to the
NASDAQ Stock Market or a national stock exchange or other
organizations for listing upon notice of issuance of any
Preferred Securities (or, if applicable, the Subordinated
Debentures) and to file or cause an Administrative Trustee
to file thereafter with such exchange or organization such
notifications and documents as may be necessary from time to
time;
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(iv) if required, the preparation for filing by the
Trust with the Commission and the execution on behalf of the
Trust of a registration statement on Form 8-A relating to
the registration of the Preferred Securities (or, if
applicable, the Subordinated Debentures) under Section 12(b)
or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments
thereto;
(v) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution
and delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for
the sale of the Preferred Securities;
(vi) the negotiation of the terms of, and execution of,
the Original Trust Agreement, and the preparation of this
Trust Agreement and the selection of the Trustees;
(vii) the execution, delivery and performance of the
Certificate Depository Agreement and such other agreements
and instruments as may be necessary or incidental to the
purposes and functions of the Trust; and
(viii) 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
Administrative Trustees 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 Investment Company Act, will be
classified as a "grantor trust" and not as an association taxable
as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes
and so that the Subordinated Debentures will be treated as
indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income
tax purposes. In this connection, subject to Section 10.02, the
Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take
any action, not inconsistent with applicable law or this Trust
Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the Administrative
Trustees determines in their discretion to be necessary or
desirable for such purposes. In no event shall the Trustees be
liable to the Trust or the Securityholders for any failure to
comply with this Section that results from a change in law or
regulations or in the interpretation thereof.
Section 2.08. Assets Of Trust. The assets of the Trust shall consist of
the Trust Property.
Section 2.09. Title to Trust Property. Legal title to all Trust Property
shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such)
and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the benefit of
the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.01. 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 to 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 Subordinated Debentures. Amounts held
in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending
distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
Section 4.01. Distributions.
(a) 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 accumulate from _____________, 1999, and,
except during any Extension Period with respect to the Subordinated Debentures,
shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 in each year, commencing June ____, 1999. The amount of each
Distribution due with respect to the Trust Securities will include amounts
accrued through the date the Distribution payment is due. 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 such date. Each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with
this Section 4.01(a) is a "Distribution Date."
(b) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the
Trust Property, and the Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be payable
at a rate of _____% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities.
The amount of Distributions payable for any full period shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of Distributions for
any partial period shall be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed
in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. During any Extension Period with
respect to
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the Subordinated Debentures, Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be
deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. The amount of Distributions
payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.
(c) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Property
Trustee solely from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds actually received
by the Property Trustee and immediately available in the Payment Account for the
payment of such Distributions.
(d) 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 on the relevant record date, which shall be
one Business Day prior to such Distribution Date; provided, however, that in the
event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in book-entry-only form, the
relevant record date shall be the 1st day of the month in which the relevant
Distribution Date occurs.
Section 4.02. Redemption.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the Maturity Date of the
Subordinated Debentures, the Trust will be required to redeem a Like Amount of
Trust Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be prepared by or on behalf of the
Administrative Trustees and delivered to the Property Trustee, and shall then 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
Securities Register. The Property Trustee shall have no responsibility for the
accuracy of any CUSIP number contained in such notice. 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, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, 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 aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;
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(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 4.02(d)
below; and
(vi) the place or places where Trust Securities are to be
surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption of Subordinated 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 actually received by the Property Trustee
and immediately 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
Preferred Securities, then, by 12:00 noon New York City time, on the Redemption
Date, subject to Section 4.02(c), the Property Trustee will, so long as and to
the extent the Preferred Securities are in book-entry-only form, deposit with
the Clearing Agency for the Preferred 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 Owners thereof.
If and to the extent the Preferred Securities are no longer in book-entry-only
form, the Property Trustee, subject to Section 4.02(c), will deposit with the
Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price on such
Preferred Securities held in definitive form and will give the Paying Agent
irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the
Holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred 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 Securities
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, but
without interest on such Redemption Price, and such Trust 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 accumulate, 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.
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(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall be made
to the record Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the
Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one Business Day
prior to the relevant Redemption Date; provided, however, that in the event that
the Preferred Securities do not remain in book-entry-only form, the relevant
record date shall be the date fifteen days prior to the relevant Redemption
Date.
(f) Subject to Section 4.03(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 Preferred Securities that are to be redeemed. The particular Preferred
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred
Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method (including,
without limitation, by lot) as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to $25 or an integral multiple of $25 in excess thereof) of the
Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities of a denomination larger than $25.
The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar (unless the
Property Trustee is then serving as Securities Registrar) in writing of the
Preferred Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred
Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be
redeemed, it being understood that, in the case of Preferred Securities
registered in the name of and held of record by the Clearing Agency or its
nominee, the distribution of the proceeds of such redemption will be made in
accordance with the procedures of the Clearing Agency or its nominee. For all
purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Preferred Securities shall relate, in
the case of any Preferred Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to
the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities which has been or
is to be redeemed.
In the event of any redemption in part, the Trust shall not be required to
(i) issue, or register the transfer of or exchange of, any Preferred Security
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
selection of the Preferred Securities to be redeemed and ending at the close of
business on the earliest date in which the relevant notice of redemption is
deemed to have been given to all holders of Preferred Securities to be so
redeemed pursuant to Section 10.8 or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange
of any Preferred Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part,
except for the unredeemed portion of any Preferred Securities being redeemed in
part.
Section 4.03. 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 4.02(f), pro rata among the Common Securities and the
Preferred 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 and of which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has
actual
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knowledge, 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 Preferred 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 Preferred 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, Preferred Securities then due and payable. The
existence of an Event of Default does not entitle the Holders of Preferred
Securities to accelerate the maturity thereof.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from a
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 Preferred Securities shall have been cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated. Until any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement with
respect to the Preferred Securities shall, to the actual knowledge of a
Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee, have been so cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities and not the Holder of the Common Securities,
and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct
the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
Section 4.04. Payment Procedures. Payments of Distributions (including
Additional Amounts, if applicable) in respect of the Preferred Securities shall
be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the Preferred 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 4.05. Tax Return And Reports. The Administrative Trustees 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
Administrative Trustees 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 furnished to such
Securityholder or the information required to be provided on such form. The
Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee
with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly after such filing or
furnishing. The Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee shall comply
with United States federal withholding and backup
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withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect to any
payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.
Section 4.06. Payment Of Taxes, Duties, Etc. Of The Trust. Upon receipt
under the Subordinated Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property Trustee, at
the written direction of an Administrative Trustee or the Depositor, shall
promptly pay from such Additional Sums 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 4.07. Payments Under Indenture. Any amount payable hereunder to
any Holder of Preferred Securities shall be reduced by the amount of any
corresponding payment such Holder has directly received under the Indenture
pursuant to Section 5.14(b) or (c) hereof.
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. Initial Ownership. Upon the creation of the Trust and the
contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.03 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 5.02. The Trust Securities Certificates. The Preferred Securities
Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $10.00 Liquidation
Amount and integral multiples of $10.00 in excess thereof, and the Common
Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $10.00 Liquidation
Amount and integral multiples of $10.00 in excess thereof. The Trust Securities
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual signature of at
least one Administrative Trustee. 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 Sections 5.04, 5.11
and 5.13.
Section 5.03. Execution And Delivery Of Trust Securities Certificates. On
the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust Securities
Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.04
and 2.05, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by at least one of the
Administrative Trustees and delivered, without further action by the Trust or
the Depositor, in authorized denominations.
Section 5.04. Registration Of Transfer And Exchange Of Preferred
Securities Certificates. The registrar designated by the Property Trustee (the
"Securities Registrar") shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, a register or
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registers for the purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and
transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates (herein referred to
as the "Securities Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, it shall provide for the registration of Preferred
Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section
5.10 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of
transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as herein provided.
The Property Trustee shall be the initial Securities Registrar. The provisions
of this Trust Agreement, including Sections 8.01, 8.03 and 8.06, shall apply to
the Property Trustee also in its role as Securities Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate
Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee or
Trustees. The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of any Preferred Securities that have been called for redemption. At
the option of a Holder, Preferred Securities Certificates may be exchanged for
other Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same
class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred
Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 5.08.
Every Preferred 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 Depository and the Securities
Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing. Each Preferred Securities Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and delivered to the Property Trustee shall
be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Property Trustee in accordance
with its customary practice. The Trust shall not be required to (i) issue,
register the transfer of, or exchange any Preferred Securities during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before the date of mailing
of a notice of redemption of any Preferred Securities called for redemption and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any Preferred Securities so selected for redemption, in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Preferred Securities
being redeemed in part.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Preferred 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 Preferred
Securities Certificates.
Section 5.05. 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 Administrative Trustees 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 protected
purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of
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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 Administrative Trustees 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. The provisions of this
Section 5.05 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other
rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities.
Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Securityholders. The Trustees, the Paying
Agent and 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 none of the Trustees,
the Paying Agent or the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the
contrary.
Section 5.07. Access To List Of Securityholders' Names And Addresses. At
any time when the Property Trustee is not also acting as the Securities
Registrar, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or cause
to be furnished to the Property Trustee (a) semi-annually on or before January
15 and July 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of the
most recent regular record date (as provided in Section 4.01(d)) and (b)
promptly after receipt by any Administrative Trustee or the Depositor of a
request therefor from the Property Trustee, the list referred to in Section
5.07(a) above and/or such other information as the Property Trustee may
reasonably require in order to enable the Property Trustee to discharge its
obligations under this Trust Agreement, in each case to the extent such
information is in the possession or control of the Administrative Trustees or
the Depositor and is not identical to a previously supplied list or has not
otherwise been received by the Property Trustee in its capacity as Securities
Registrar. The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or under
the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Property Trustee shall
be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act, except to the extent Section 3819 of
the Delaware Business Trust Act would require greater access to such
information, in which case the latter shall apply. Each Holder, by receiving and
holding a Trust Securities Certificate, and each Owner shall be deemed to have
agreed not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.08. Maintenance Of Office Or Agency. The Administrative Trustees
shall maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where Preferred
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 Administrative Trustees
initially designate the principal corporate trust office of the Property
Trustee, 25 South
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration, as the principal corporate trust office for such purposes. The
Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor, to
the Property Trustee and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of
the Securities Register or any such office or agency.
Section 5.09. 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 Administrative
Trustees. 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 Administrative Trustees may revoke such power and remove the Paying
Agent if such Trustees determine in their sole discretion that the Paying Agent
shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in any
material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Property Trustee, and
any co-paying agent chosen by the Property Trustee, and acceptable to the
Administrative Trustees and the Depositor. Any Person acting as Paying Agent
shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the
Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor. In the event
that the Property Trustee shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor
Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative
Trustees shall appoint a successor that is acceptable to the Property Trustee
and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust
company). The Administrative Trustees shall cause such successor Paying Agent
or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees to
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
this Trust Agreement, including Sections 8.01, 8.03 and 8.06, shall apply to the
Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Property
Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other
Paying Agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the
Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires
otherwise.
Section 5.10. Ownership Of Common Securities By Depositor. On the Closing
Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of
the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted
transfer of the Common Securities (other than a transfer in connection with a
merger or consolidation of the Depositor into another corporation pursuant to
Section 12.01 of the Indenture) shall be void. The Administrative Trustees
shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to
contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE".
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Section 5.11. Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates; Common
Securities Certificate.
(a) The Preferred Securities, upon original issuance, will be represented
by a typewritten Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates, to
be delivered to, or held by, the Property Trustee as custodian for The
Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency. Preferred Securities
represented by such Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates
shall initially be registered on the Securities Register in the name of Cede &
Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Owner will receive a
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate representing such Owner's interest
in such Preferred Securities, except as provided in Section 5.13. To the extent
Preferred Securities represented by Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates
are Outstanding:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall be in full
force and effect;
(ii) the Securities Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Trustees
shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this
Trust Agreement relating to Preferred Securities represented by the Book-
Entry Preferred Securities Certificates (including the payment of the
Liquidation Amount of and Distributions on such Preferred Securities) as
the sole Holder of such Preferred Securities and shall have no obligations
to the Owners thereof;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 5.11 conflict
with any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, the provisions of this
Section 5.11 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Owners of Preferred Securities represented by
Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates shall be exercised only
through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by
law and agreements between such Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the
Clearing Agency Participants. Unless and until Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.13, the Clearing
Agency, as sole Holder of Preferred Securities, will receive payments on
the Preferred Securities and transmit such payments to the Owners. Any
Clearing Agency designated pursuant hereto will not be deemed an agent of
the Trustees for any purpose.
(b) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate, as set forth in Exhibit C.
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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 Preferred Securities Certificates shall have been issued to
Owners pursuant to Section 5.13, 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.
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Section 5.13. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates. If (a) the
Depositor advises the Trustees in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the
Preferred Securities Certificates, and the Depositor is unable to locate a
qualified successor, (b) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustees 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, Owners of
Preferred Securities representing an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to not
less than a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all Outstanding
Trust Securities cause the Clearing Agency to advise the Property Trustee in
writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency
is no longer in the best interests of the Owners of Preferred Securities, then
the Property Trustee shall notify the Clearing Agency, and the Clearing Agency
shall notify all Owners of Preferred Securities, of the occurrence of any such
event and of the availability of the Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates to Owners of such class or classes, as applicable, requesting the
same. Upon surrender to the Property Trustee of the typewritten Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any
one of them, shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates in
accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither the Securities
Registrar nor the Trustees 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 Preferred Securities
Certificates, the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Preferred
Securities represented thereby as Securityholders. The Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be
produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the Administrative Trustees
or any one of them.
Section 5.14. 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 2.09, 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 to subscribe for
additional Trust Securities. When issued and delivered to Holders of the
Preferred Securities against payment of the purchase price therefor, the
Preferred Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust. The Holders of the
Preferred 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 Preferred 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 Subordinated Debentures
fail to declare the principal of all of the Subordinated Debentures to be
immediately due and payable, the Holders of Preferred Securities
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having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of not less than 25% of the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall have the
right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the Depositor and the
Debenture Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal amount of and
the accrued interest on all of the Subordinated Debentures shall become
immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and interest
on such Subordinated Debentures shall remain subordinated to the extent provided
in the Indenture. If, as a result of a Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Subordinated Debentures have declared the Subordinated Debentures
due and payable and if such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay
all matured installments due (otherwise than by acceleration) under the
Subordinated Debentures has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee, then (if
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Subordinated Debentures have not rescinded such declaration and waived
such default) the Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities may rescind such declaration and waive such default.
(c) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, upon a
Debenture Event of Default arising from the failure to pay interest or principal
on the Subordinated Debentures, the Holders of any Preferred Securities then
Outstanding shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have the right to
institute directly proceedings for enforcement of payment to such Holders of
principal of or interest on the Subordinated Debentures having a principal
amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such
Holders.
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
Section 6.01. Limitations On Voting Rights.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, in Sections 5.14, 8.10 and 10.02 of
this Trust Agreement and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no
Holder of Preferred 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 Subordinated 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 Subordinated Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable
under Article Seven of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or
annul a declaration that the principal of all the Subordinated Debentures shall
be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination
of the Indenture or the Subordinated Debentures, where such consent shall be
required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders not
less than a majority in Liquidation Amount of all
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Outstanding Preferred Securities; provided, however, that where the Indenture
expressly provides that a consent thereunder would require the consent of each
holder of outstanding Subordinated Debentures affected thereby, no such consent
shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each
Holder of Preferred Securities. The Administrative Trustees and the Property
Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote
of the Holders of the Outstanding Preferred Securities, except by a subsequent
vote of the Holders of the Outstanding Preferred Securities. The Property
Trustee shall notify each Holder of the Outstanding Preferred Securities of any
notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Subordinated Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing
actions, the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee shall, at the
expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that the Trust will continue to be classified as a grantor
trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation for United States
federal income tax purposes on account of such action.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the
Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee otherwise propose to effect,
(i) any action that would adversely affect in any material respect the powers,
preferences or special rights of the Preferred 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 Preferred Securities, voting as a
single 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 not less than a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding
Preferred Securities. No amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a
result of such amendment, the Trust would cease to be classified as a grantor
trust or would be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes.
Section 6.02. Notice Of Meetings. Notice of all meetings of the Holders of
Preferred Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall
be given by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to Section 10.08 to each Holder
of Preferred Securities, at such Securityholder's 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 6.03. Meetings Of Holders Of Preferred Securities. No annual
meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees,
however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matter upon the
written request of the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Preferred
Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) and the
Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their
discretion, call a meeting of Holders of the Preferred Securities to vote on any
matters as to which the Holders of the Preferred Securities are entitled to
vote. Holders of record of not less than 50% of the Outstanding Preferred
Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount), present in person or
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of such
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Securityholders. If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the
Holders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding not less than a
majority of the Preferred Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation
Amount) held by the Holders of Preferred Securities of record present, either in
person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities, unless this Trust Agreement specifically requires a
greater number of affirmative votes.
Section 6.04. Voting Rights. Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote
for each $25 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities in
respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Section 6.05. 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 Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the
Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the
time at which such vote shall be taken. 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 6.06. 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 not less than a majority of all Outstanding Trust
Securities (based upon their aggregate 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 6.07. 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
Administrative Trustees 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 any
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 6.08. 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
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herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to an Administrative 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 8.01) 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 or her the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer's
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of such signer's 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 Preferred 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. A Holder
of Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without
first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee (as defined
in the Guarantee), the Trust or any Person.
Section 6.09. Inspection Of Records. Upon reasonable notice to the
Administrative Trustees 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 7.01. Representations And Warranties Of The Trust Company And The
Property Trustee. The Trust Company, in its separate corporate capacity and as
Property Trustee, as of the date hereof, and each successor Property Trustee at
the time of the successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as
Property Trustee hereunder (the term "Trust Company" being used hereafter in
this Article VII to refer to such successor Property Trustee in
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its separate corporate capacity and as Property Trustee), hereby represents and
warrants (as applicable) for the benefit of the Depositor and the
Securityholders that:
(a) the Trust Company is a national association duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America;
(b) the Trust Company 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) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Trust Company and constitutes the valid and legally
binding agreement of the Trust Company enforceable against it 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 principles of
equity;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust Company of
this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
other action on the part of the Trust Company and does not require any
approval of the stockholders of the Trust Company and such execution,
delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Trust Company's charter
or by-laws, (ii) violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without
notice or lapse of time, a default under, or 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 which is not related to the
transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and to which the Trust
Company 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 and trust powers of the
Trust Company, or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Trust
Company;
(e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Trust
Company of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
transactions by the Trust Company 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 law of the United States or State of
Delaware governing the banking and trust powers of the Trust Company; and
(f) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Trust
Company's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Trust Company in
any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board
or tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority
of the Trust Company to
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enter into or perform its obligations as one of the Trustees under this
Trust Agreement.
Section 7.02. Representations And Warranties Of The Delaware Bank And The
Delaware Trustee. The Delaware Bank in its corporate capacity and as Delaware
Trustee, as of the date hereof, and each successor Delaware Trustee at the time
of the successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Delaware
Trustee hereunder (the term "Delaware Bank" being used hereafter in this Article
VIII to refer to such successor Delaware Trustee in its separate corporate
capacity and as Delaware Trustee), hereby represents and warrants (as
applicable) for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:
(a) the Delaware Bank is a national association duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America;
(b) the Delaware Bank 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) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Delaware Bank and constitutes the valid and legally
binding agreement of the Delaware Bank enforceable against it 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 principles of
equity;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Bank of
this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
other action on the part of the Delaware Bank and does not require any
approval of the stockholders of the Delaware Bank and such execution,
delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Delaware Bank's charter
or by-laws, (ii) violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without
notice or lapse of time, a default under, or 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 which is not related to the
transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and to which the Delaware
Bank 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 or trust powers of the
Delaware Bank, or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Delaware
Bank;
(e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Delaware
Bank of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
transactions by the Delaware Bank 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
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law of the State of Delaware governing the banking or trust powers of the
Delaware Bank; and
(f) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Delaware
Bank's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Delaware Bank in any
court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or
tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority
of the Delaware Bank to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the
Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
Section 7.03. Representation And Warranties Of Depositor. The Depositor
hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Securityholders and the
Trustees that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing Date on
behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly and
validly executed, issued and delivered by the Administrative 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 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 Trust Company, the Property
Trustee, the Delaware Bank or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of
this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
Section 8.01. Certain Duties And Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees 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 any Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. No
Administrative Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be liable for such
Trustee's acts or omissions hereunder except as a result of such Trustee's own
bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Property Trustee's
liability shall be determined under the Trust Indenture Act. Whether or not
herein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. To the extent that,
at law or in
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equity, the Delaware Trustee or an Administrative Trustee has duties (including
fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the
Securityholders, the Delaware Trustee or such Administrative Trustee shall not
be liable to the Trust or to any Securityholder for such Trustee'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
Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in
equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such
other duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees.
(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 such Securityholder's acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees
that such Securityholder will look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the
Trust Property to the extent legally available for distribution to such
Securityholder as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally
liable to such Securityholder for any amount distributable in respect of any
Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security.
This Section 8.01(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, its bad faith, 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 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 Subordinated 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 in writing with the
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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 3.01 and except to
the extent otherwise required by law; and
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the
compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with their
respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property
Trustee be liable for the negligence, default or misconduct of the
Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.
Section 8.02. Certain Notices.
(a) Within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Property
Trustee obtains actual knowledge of occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in
Section 10.08, notice of such Event of Default to the Securityholders, the
Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless such Responsible Officer shall
have actual knowledge that such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived
prior to the sending of such notice.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall transmit to the Securityholders and
the Property Trustee in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.08,
notice of the Depositor's election to begin or further extend an Extension
Period on the Subordinated Debentures (unless such election shall have been
revoked) within the time specified for transmitting such notice to the holders
of the Subordinated Debentures pursuant to the Indenture as originally executed.
(c) In the event the Depositor elects to accelerate the Maturity Date in
accordance with Section 2.02 of the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall give
notice to each Holder of Trust Securities of the acceleration of the Maturity
Date and the Accelerated Maturity Date not later than five Business Days after
the Property Trustee receives the notice provided in Section 2.02(c) of the
Indenture.
Section 8.03. Certain Rights Of Property Trustee. Subject to the
provisions of Section 8.01:
(a) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of
Counsel, certificate, written representation or instruction 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, sent 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 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
Holders of the
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Preferred Securities are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor
requesting written instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action to
be taken and the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking
such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or
to refrain from taking, by the Depositor and shall have no liability whatsoever
for such action or inaction except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful
misconduct; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive
such instructions of the Depositor within 10 Business Days after it has
delivered such notice, or such shorter period of time set forth in such notice
(which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two Business Days), it
may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action as
it 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) if a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has obtained actual
knowledge that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, (i) in
performing its duties under this Declaration, the Property Trustee is required
to decide between alternative courses of action or (ii) in construing any of the
provisions in this Declaration, 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 Declaration, then,
except as to any matter as to which the Holders of Preferred Securities are
specifically entitled to vote under the terms of this Declaration, the Property
Trustee may deliver a notice to the Holders requesting written instructions of
the Holders as to the course of action to be taken and the Property Trustee
shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property
Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by a
majority in interest of the Outstanding Preferred Securities and shall have no
liability whatsoever for such action or inaction; provided, however, that if the
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Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Holders within ten
Business Days after it has delivered such notice, or such shorter period of time
set forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than
two Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action not inconsistent with this Declaration as it shall deem
advisable and in the best interests of the Holders, in which event the Property
Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or
willful misconduct;
(d) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees
contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate;
(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 conclusively rely upon an Officer's Certificate which,
upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or
the Administrative Trustees;
(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;
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(g) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice 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 (such counsel
may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of
its employees); 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 such security
and/or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to and requested by the Property
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities (including reasonable
attorney's fees and expenses) which might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction, and including such reasonable advances as may be
requested by the Property Trustee;
(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, direction, order,
approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper
or document, unless specifically requested and directed to do so in writing 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, provided that the Property Trustee shall be responsible for its own
negligence or recklessness with respect to selection of any agent or attorney
appointed by it hereunder, but shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of such person;
(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 protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such
instructions; and
(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. 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
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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.
(m) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without negligence or
willful misconduct, and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Declaration.
Section 8.04. 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 (as such) shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the
Subordinated Debentures. The Trustees make no representations as to the value
or condition of the Trust Property or any part thereof. The Trustees make no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Declaration or the
Trust Securities.
Section 8.05. 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 8.08 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 8.06. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees. The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustees such reasonable compensation as the Depositor
and each Trustee may agree from time to time in writing for all services
rendered by them hereunder (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 such Trustee's negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct (or, in the case of the Administrative Trustees or the
Delaware Trustee, any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its, his or her gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct); and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and
hold harmless (i) the Trust Company, the Delaware Bank, each Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of the Trust Company, the Delaware Bank
or any Trustee, (iii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee,
representative or agent of the Trust Company, the Delaware Bank or any Trustee,
and (iv) any employee or agent of the Trust, (each referred to 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 arising out of or in connection with
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the creation, operation or dissolution of the Trust or any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in a manner it 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 (x) loss, damage or claim to the
extent incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of its own gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or
omissions (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, by reason of its own
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or
omissions) or (y) income or other taxes payable with respect to compensation for
its services.
(d) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to advance, from
time to time, prior to the final disposition of any claim, demand, action, suit
or proceeding for which indemnification is authorized pursuant to subsection (c)
above, any expenses (including reasonable legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified
Person in defending such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt
by the Depositor of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to
repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnified Person is not
entitled to be indemnified as authorized in subsection (c) above. This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Declaration.
(e) The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive the termination of
this Trust Agreement and shall survive the resignation or removal of any
Trustee.
(f) The Depositor and any Trustee 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 the 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.
(g) No Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property as a result of any
amount due pursuant to this Section 8.06.
Section 8.07. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility Of
Trustees.
(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
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000 (and its principal parent holding
company having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million). If any
such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the
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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 Administrative Trustees
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee
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 8.08. Conflicting Interests. 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.
Section 8.09. 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 the Trust Indenture Act or of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located,
the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall have power to appoint, and
upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees shall for such purpose join with the Property Trustee 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. If the Depositor
and the Administrative Trustees do not join in such appointment within 15 days
after the receipt by them of a request so to do, or in case a Debenture Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have
power to make such appointment. 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
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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 8.09.
(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 or
omission of a co-trustee or separate trustee or any other trustee hereunder.
(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, the Relevant Trustee may
resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders. If
the instrument of acceptance by
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the successor Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to
the Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Depositor,
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant
Trustee.
Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
any Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holder of the Common
Securities. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may
be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Preferred Securities, delivered to such Relevant Trustee (in its
individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may
be removed by the Holder of the Common Securities at any time. In no event will
the Holders of the Preferred Securities have the right to vote to appoint,
remove or replace the Administrative Trustees.
If the Relevant Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting as Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of such Relevant
Trustee for any cause, at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities, by Act of the
Holder of the Common Securities delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Trust
Securities and the Trust, and the successor Trustee shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to
act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a
time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing,
the Holders of the Preferred Securities by Act of the Holders of a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding delivered to the
retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be
removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, at a time when
a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder
of the Common Securities, by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities
delivered to an Administrative Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor
Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees, and such successor
Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Trust Securities shall have been so appointed by the Holder of the Common
Securities or the Holders of the Preferred Securities, as the case may be, and
accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Securityholder
who has been a Securityholder for at least six months may, on behalf of such
Securityholder and all others similarly situated, petition a court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of a Relevant Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.08 and shall give notice to
the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and
the address of its corporate trust office if it is the Property Trustee.
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Subject to the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in
the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural
person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent or
incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may
be filled by (a) the unanimous act of the remaining Administrative Trustees if
there are at least two of them or (b) otherwise by the Depositor (with the
successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement
for Administrative Trustees or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set
forth in Section 8.07).
Section 8.11. Acceptance Of Appointment By Successor. In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee and
each successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an instrument wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust,
and upon the execution and delivery of such instrument, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent
provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and
the Trust; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Trustee such retiring
Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
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 Trustee, the Trust shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph, as the case may be. No successor Trustee shall
accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor
Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation Or Succession To Business.
Any Person into or to which a Trustee that is not a natural person 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. If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Subordinated Debentures or
the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to and shall take
all actions necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or Trust
(or any such other obligor).
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Section 8.14. Reports By Property Trustee.
(a) Not later than January 31 of each year commencing with January 31,
2000, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders in accordance
with Section 10.08, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of the
preceding December 31 with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.07 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 each national securities exchange
or other organization upon which the Trust Securities are then listed, with the
Commission and with the Depositor.
Section 8.15. Reports To The Property Trustee. The Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property
Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of
the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the
times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 8.16. Evidence Of Compliance With Conditions Precedent. Each of
the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with the 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 five, provided that the Holder of
the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease the number
of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may
be the same Person.
(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number
of Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.17(a), or if the
number of Trustees
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is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), 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 the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees
shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an
Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 8.10, the Administrative
Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other
provision of this Trust Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the
Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the
Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
Section 8.18. Delegation Of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee 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
2.07(a)(i); and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to
time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names
of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may
deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable
law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
Section 8.19. Voting. Except as otherwise provided in this Trust
Agreement, the consent or approval of the Administrative Trustees shall require
consent or approval by not less than a majority of the Administrative Trustees,
unless there are only two, in which case the consent or approval of both shall
be required.
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SEction 9.01. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date. Unless earlier dissolved,
the Trust shall automatically dissolve on _______________, 2029 (the "Expiration
Date"), and thereafter the Trust Property shall be distributed in accordance
with Section 9.04.
Section 9.02. Early Dissolution. The first to occur of any of the
following events is an "Early Termination Event," upon the occurrence of which
the Trust shall dissolve:
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the
dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;
(b) delivery of written direction to the Property Trustee by the
Depositor at any time (which direction is wholly optional and within the
discretion of the Depositor) to dissolve the Trust and distribute the
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Debentures to Securityholders in exchange for the Preferred Securities in
accordance with Section 9.04;
(c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in connection
with the redemption of all of the Subordinated Debentures; and
(d) an order for dissolution of the Trust shall have been entered by
a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 9.03. Termination. The respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust created and continued hereby
shall terminate upon the filing of a certificate of cancellation by the
Administrative Trustee under the Delaware Business Trust Act, and the occurrence
of all of the following:
(a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon
the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04, or upon the
redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.02, 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 Administrative
Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting obligations with
respect to the Trust or the Securityholders.
Section 9.04. Liquidation.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b), or (d) of
Section 9.02 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated
by the Administrative Trustees as expeditiously as the Administrative Trustees
determine 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 Subordinated Debentures, subject to Section 9.04(d). Notice of
liquidation shall be prepared by or on behalf of the Administrative Trustees and
given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not
less 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 Subordinated Debentures; and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which
Holders may exchange Trust Securities for Subordinated Debentures, or if
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9.04(d) applies receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative
Trustees or the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.02(c) or 9.04(d) applies, in order to effect
the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Subordinated Debentures to
Securityholders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record date for such
distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the Liquidation
Date) and, 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 Subordinated Debentures in exchange
for the Outstanding Trust Securities.
(c) Except where Section 9.02(c) or 9.04(d) applies, after the Liquidation
Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii)
unless the Depositor elects to issue a Global Subordinated Debenture (as defined
in the Indenture) pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, definitive
certificates representing a Like Amount of Subordinated Debentures will be
issued to Holders of Trust Securities upon surrender of their related Trust
Securities Certificates to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for
exchange, (iii) the Depositor shall use its reasonable efforts to have the
Subordinated Debentures listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market or on such other
securities exchange or other organization as the Preferred Securities may then
be listed or traded, (iv) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered
for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Subordinated
Debentures, accruing interest at the rate provided for in the Subordinated
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 the Holder surrenders such certificates, no payments of interest or
principal will be made to such Holder with respect to such Subordinated
Debentures) and (v) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities will
cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive Subordinated
Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Section 9.04, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Subordinated Debentures
in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be
practical, the Trust shall be dissolved and the Trust Property shall be
liquidated by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee
determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution 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, the Liquidation Distribution can
be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets legally 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, pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of
Preferred Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event
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of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a
priority over the Common Securities with respect to any distributions.
Section 9.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations Or Replacements Of
The Trust. The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or be converted to, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except
pursuant to this Section 9.05. At the request of the Depositor, with the consent
of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Trust
may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, be replaced by or be converted
to, 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 Preferred Securities or (b)
substitutes for the Preferred Securities other securities having substantially
the same terms as the Preferred Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long
as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Preferred Securities rank in
priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption
and otherwise, (ii) the Depositor expressly appoints a trustee of such successor
entity possessing substantially the same powers and duties as the Property
Trustee as the holder of the Subordinated Debentures, (iii) such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conversion, conveyance, transfer or
lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any
material respect, (iv) such successor entity has a purpose identical to that of
the Trust, (v) the Successor Securities will be listed or traded on any national
securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Securities may
then be listed, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conversion, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has
received an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that
(a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conversion,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences
and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any
Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b) following such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conversion, conveyance, transfer or
lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register
as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act and (vii) 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 Preferred Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge
with or into, or be replaced by, or be converted to or convey, transfer or lease
its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person or
permit any other Person to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or
replace it, if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement or
conversion would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as
other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. 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, 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 10.02. Amendment.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Trustees
and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) as provided
in Section 8.11 with respect to acceptance of appointment by a successor
Trustee, (ii) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein
or therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein,
or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Trust Agreement, that shall not be inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Trust Agreement, or (iii) 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 Investment Company Act; provided, however, that
in the case of clause (ii), such action 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 6.01(c) or Section 10.02(c) hereof, any
provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees and the
Depositor (i) with the consent of Securityholders representing not less than a
majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then
Outstanding and (ii) upon 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 of an "investment company" under the Investment Company
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 6.03 or 6.06 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
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unanimous consent of the Securityholders (such consent being obtained in
accordance with Section 6.03 or 6.06 hereof), this paragraph (c) of this Section
10.02 may not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no
Trustee shall enter into or consent in writing 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 Investment Company
Act or to 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
Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor and each other
Trustee 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, including to this
Section 10.02(g), which affects its own rights, powers, duties or immunities
under this Trust Agreement, and any such amendment or purported amendment shall
be void and ineffective without the prior written consent of such Trustee, which
consent may be withheld in its sole discretion. The Property Trustee and
Delaware 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 10.03. 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 10.04. 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 (WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES). PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT, TO THE FULLEST
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EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THERE SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
OR THIS DECLARATION ANY PROVISION OF THE LAWS (COMMON OR STATUTORY) OF THE STATE
OF DELAWARE PERTAINING TO TRUSTS THAT RELATE TO OR REGULATE, IN A MANNER
INCONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS HEREOF (A) THE FILING WITH ANY COURT OR GOVERNMENTAL
BODY OR AGENCY OF TRUSTEE ACCOUNTS OR SCHEDULES OF TRUSTEE FEES AND CHARGES, (B)
AFFIRMATIVE REQUIREMENTS TO POST BONDS FOR TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AGENTS OR
EMPLOYEES OF A TRUST, (C) THE NECESSITY FOR OBTAINING COURT OR OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL CONCERNING THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF REAL
OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, (D) FEES OR OTHER SUMS PAYABLE TO TRUSTEES, OFFICERS,
AGENTS OR
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EMPLOYEES OF A TRUST, (E) THE ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES TO INCOME
OR PRINCIPAL, (F) RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON THE PERMISSIBLE NATURE, AMOUNT
OR CONCENTRATION OF TRUST INVESTMENTS OR REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE TITLING,
STORAGE OR OTHER MANNER OF HOLDING OR INVESTING TRUST ASSETS OR (G) THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF FIDUCIARY OR OTHER STANDARDS OF RESPONSIBILITY OR LIMITATIONS
ON THE ACTS OR POWERS OF TRUSTEES THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LIMITATIONS OR
AUTHORITIES AND POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES HEREUNDER AS SET FORTH OR REFERENCED IN
THIS DECLARATION. SECTION 3540 OF TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE SHALL NOT APPLY
TO THE TRUST.
Section 10.05. 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 which is a Business Day (except as otherwise provided in Sections
4.01(a) and 4.02(d)), with the same force and effect as though made on the date
fixed for such payment, and no Distribution shall accumulate thereon for the
period after such date.
Section 10.06. 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(s), including any successor by operation of law. Except in
connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is
permitted under Article Twelve 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 10.07. Headings. The Article and Section headings are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.08. 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 Holder of Preferred
Securities, to such Securityholder as such Securityholder's name and address may
appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of the
Common Securities or the Depositor, to Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., 00000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Executive Officer;
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000. Any notice to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities shall 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.
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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 Administrative Trustees
shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is published by the
Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to FMB Trust
Company, National Association, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services; (b) with respect to the Delaware
Trustee, to First Omni Bank, National Association, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services; and (c) with
respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for notices
to the Depositor, marked "Attention: Administrative Trustees of Ozark Capital
Trust." Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust, the
Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by such
Person.
Section 10.09. 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 10.09, the Property Trustee
agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the expense of the Depositor
(which expense shall be paid prior to the filing), 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. The provisions of this Section 10.09
shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict With Trust Indenture Act.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to
the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for
the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) 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 to be 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 Trust Securities as equity securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
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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.
Section 10.12. Counterparts. This Trust Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and the
same agreement.
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BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC.,
as Depositor
By:_______________________________________
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
FMB TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Property Trustee
By:_______________________________________
Name:_____________________________________
Title:____________________________________
By:_______________________________________
Name:_____________________________________
Title:____________________________________
FIRST OMNI BANK, National Association, as
Delaware Trustee, and not in its
individual capacity
By:_______________________________________
Name:_____________________________________
Title:____________________________________
__________________________________________
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, as Administrative Trustee
__________________________________________
Xxxx Xxxxx, as Administrative Trustee
__________________________________________
Xxxx Xxxx, as Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF SECURITIES
ONE *__________*
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
OZARK CAPITAL TRUST
_____% COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $10.00 PER COMMON SECURITY)
OZARK CAPITAL TRUST, a statutory business trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Bank of the Ozarks,
Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of_________________________________
_____________________________(_____________) securities of the Trust
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and
designated the "______% Common Securities" (liquidation amount $10.00 per Common
Security) (the "Common Securities"). In accordance with Section 5.10 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 ____________________, 1999, as the same may be amended from
time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of
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 Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this ______ day of ___________, 1999.
OZARK CAPITAL TRUST
By:_______________________________________
Xxxx Xxxxx, Administrative Trustee
EXHIBIT D
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
AGREEMENT dated as of _______________, 1999, between BANK OF THE OZARKS,
INC., an Arkansas corporation (the "Company"), and OZARK CAPITAL TRUST, a
Delaware business trust (the "Trust").
WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the "Common
Securities") to, and receive ______% Subordinated Debentures due 2029 (the
"Subordinated Debentures") from, the Company and to issue and sell ______%
Cumulative Preferred Securities (the "Preferred 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 _______________, 1999, as
the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Company will directly or indirectly own all of the Common
Securities of the Trust and will issue the Subordinated Debentures.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the
Preferred 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, including in its
capacity as holder of the Common Securities, and the Trust hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.01. GUARANTEE BY THE COMPANY. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Company, including in its capacity as holder of the
Common Securities, 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 other than
obligations of the Trust to pay to holders of any Preferred Securities or other
similar interests in the Trust the amounts due such holders pursuant to the
terms of the Preferred 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 1.02. 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 Preferred
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 Preferred Securities or any
Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid under the Preferred
Securities, under any Obligation,
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under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated the date hereof by the
Company and Property Trustee as Guarantee Trustee or under this Agreement, for
any reason whatsoever. This Agreement is continuing, irrevocable, unconditional
and absolute.
SECTION 1.03. 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 1.04. 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. The Beneficiaries shall not be obligated
to give notice to, or obtain the consent of, the Company with respect to
the happening of any of the foregoing.
SECTION 1.05. 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.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.01. 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 2.02. AMENDMENT. So long as there remains any Beneficiary or any
Preferred Securities are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified or
amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to the holders of the
Preferred Securities.
SECTION 2.03. NOTICES. Any notice, request or other communication
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing by
delivering the same by facsimile
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transmission (confirmed by mail), telex, or by registered or certified mail,
addressed as follows (and if so given, shall be deemed given when mailed or upon
receipt of an answer back, if sent by telex):
Ozark Capital Trust
c/o FMB Trust Company, National Association
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
SECTION 2.04. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware
(without regard to conflict of laws principles).
THIS AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.
BANK OF THE OZARKS, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
OZARK CAPITAL TRUST
By:_______________________________________
Xxxx Xxxxx, Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT E
This Preferred Security is a global security within the meaning of the
Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (the "Depositary") or a nominee
of the Depositary. This Preferred Security is exchangeable for Preferred
Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its
nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Trust Agreement (as
defined below) and no transfer of this Preferred Security (other than a transfer
of this Preferred Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another
nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Preferred Security Certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of the Depositary to OZARK CAPITAL TRUST or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Preferred Security issued
is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or such other name as requested by an
authorized representative of the Depositary (and any payment hereon is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of the Depositary), 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.
Certificate Number Number of Preferred Securities
**1** _____________
CUSIP NO. _______________
_________________
Certificate Evidencing Preferred Securities
of
Ozark Capital Trust
_____% Cumulative Preferred Securities
(liquidation amount $10.00 per Preferred Security)
OZARK CAPITAL TRUST, a statutory 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 _______________________________________
(_______________) preferred securities of the Trust representing undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the ______%
Cumulative Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $10.00 per Preferred
Security) (the "Preferred Securities"). The Preferred 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 5.04 of the Trust Agreement (as
defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences,
and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities are set forth in, and
this certificate and the Preferred 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 ______________, 1999, as the
same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the
designation of the terms of Preferred Securities as set forth therein. The
Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Agreement entered into by Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., an Arkansas corporation, and
_________________________________________, as guarantee trustee, dated as of
____________, 1999 (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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this ______ day of _______________, 1999.
OZARK CAPITAL TRUST
By:_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Administrative Trustee
