PLEDGE AGREEMENT among AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Purchase Contract Agent Dated as of May 16, 2008
among
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary
as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Purchase Contract Agent
as Purchase Contract Agent
Dated as of May 16, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article I | ||||||
Definitions | ||||||
Section 1.1
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Definitions | 1 | ||||
Article II | ||||||
Pledge | ||||||
Section 2.1
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Pledge | 5 | ||||
Section 2.2
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Termination | 5 | ||||
Article III | ||||||
Distributions on Pledged Collateral | ||||||
Section 3.1
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Income and Distributions | 6 | ||||
Section 3.2
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Payments Following Termination Event | 6 | ||||
Section 3.3
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Payments Prior to or on Stock Purchase Date | 6 | ||||
Section 3.4
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Payments to Purchase Contract Agent | 7 | ||||
Section 3.5
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Assets Not Properly Released | 7 | ||||
Article IV | ||||||
Control | ||||||
Section 4.1
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Establishment of Collateral Account | 7 | ||||
Section 4.2
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Treatment as Financial Assets | 8 | ||||
Section 4.3
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Sole Control by Collateral Agent | 8 | ||||
Section 4.4
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Securities Intermediary’s Location | 8 | ||||
Section 4.5
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No Other Claims | 8 | ||||
Section 4.6
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Investment and Release | 9 | ||||
Section 4.7
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Statements and Confirmations | 9 | ||||
Section 4.8
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Tax Allocations | 9 | ||||
Section 4.9
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No Other Agreements | 9 | ||||
Section 4.10
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Powers Coupled with an Interest | 9 | ||||
Section 4.11
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Waiver of Lien; Waiver of Set-off | 9 | ||||
Article V | ||||||
Initial Deposit; Creation of Treasury Units and Recreation of Corporate Units | ||||||
Section 5.1
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Initial Deposit of Debentures | 10 | ||||
Section 5.2
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Creation of Treasury Units | 10 | ||||
Section 5.3
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Recreation of Corporate Units | 11 | ||||
Section 5.4
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Termination Event | 12 |
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Section 5.5
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Settlement with Cash | 13 | ||||
Section 5.6
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Early Settlement and Cash Merger Early Settlement | 14 | ||||
Section 5.7
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Application of Proceeds in Settlement of Stock Purchase Contracts | 15 | ||||
Article VI | ||||||
Voting Rights; Pledged Trust Preferred Securities | ||||||
Section 6.1
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Voting and Other Consensual Rights | 16 | ||||
Article VII | ||||||
Rights and Remedies | ||||||
Section 7.1
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Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent | 16 | ||||
Section 7.2
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Remarketing | 17 | ||||
Section 7.3
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Successful Remarketing | 18 | ||||
Section 7.4
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Remarketing of Separate Debentures | 18 | ||||
Section 7.5
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Substitutions | 19 | ||||
Article VIII | ||||||
Representations and Warranties; Covenants | ||||||
Section 8.1
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Representations and Warranties | 19 | ||||
Section 8.2
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Covenants | 20 | ||||
Article IX | ||||||
The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary | ||||||
Section 9.1
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Appointment, Powers and Immunities | 20 | ||||
Section 9.2
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Instructions of the Company | 21 | ||||
Section 9.3
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Reliance by Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary | 22 | ||||
Section 9.4
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Certain Rights | 22 | ||||
Section 9.5
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business | 23 | ||||
Section 9.6
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Rights in Other Capacities | 23 | ||||
Section 9.7
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Non-reliance on Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary | 23 | ||||
Section 9.8
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Compensation and Indemnity | 24 | ||||
Section 9.9
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Failure to Act | 24 | ||||
Section 9.10
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Resignation of Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary | 25 | ||||
Section 9.11
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Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor | 26 | ||||
Section 9.12
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Survival | 26 | ||||
Section 9.13
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Exculpation | 26 | ||||
Article X | ||||||
Amendment | ||||||
Section 10.1
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Amendment without Consent of Holders | 27 |
Section 10.2
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Amendment with Consent of Holders | 27 | ||||
Section 10.3
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Execution of Amendments | 28 | ||||
Section 10.4
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Effect of Amendments | 28 | ||||
Section 10.5
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Reference of Amendments | 28 | ||||
Article XI | ||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||
Section 11.1
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No Waiver | 29 | ||||
Section 11.2
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Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction | 29 | ||||
Section 11.3
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Notices | 29 | ||||
Section 11.4
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Successors and Assigns | 29 | ||||
Section 11.5
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Counterparts | 30 | ||||
Section 11.6
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Severability | 30 | ||||
Section 11.7
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Expenses, Etc. | 30 | ||||
Section 11.8
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Security Interest Absolute | 31 | ||||
Section 11.9
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Notice of Termination Event | 31 | ||||
Section 11.10
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Rights of the Purchase Contract Agent | 31 | ||||
Exhibit A —
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Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Creation of Treasury Units) | |||||
Exhibit B —
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Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Creation of Treasury Units) | |||||
Exhibit C —
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Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Recreation of Corporate Units) | |||||
Exhibit D —
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Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Recreation of Corporate Units) | |||||
Exhibit E —
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Notice of Settlement with Cash from Collateral Agent to Purchase Contract Agent (Settlement with Cash Amounts) | |||||
Exhibit F —
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Instruction to Custodial Agent Regarding Remarketing | |||||
Exhibit G —
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Instruction to Custodial Agent Regarding Withdrawal from Remarketing | |||||
Schedule I —
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Contact Persons for Confirmation |
Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2008 among American International Group, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Wilmington Trust Company, as collateral agent for the
Company (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), as custodial agent for the Holders from time to
time of the Equity Units (in such capacity, the “Custodial Agent”), and as securities intermediary
(as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) with respect to each Collateral Account (in such
capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”), and The Bank of New York, as purchase contract agent and
as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Equity Units (in such capacity, the
“Purchase Contract Agent”) under the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Recitals
Whereas, the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent are parties to the Purchase
Contract Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as modified and supplemented and in effect from
time to time, the “Purchase Contract Agreement”), pursuant to which 78,400,000 Corporate Units will
be issued;
Whereas, each Corporate Unit, at issuance, has an initial stated amount of $75 and
consists of (a) a stock purchase contract (a “Stock Purchase Contract”) pursuant to which the
Holder will purchase from the Company on each Stock Purchase Date, for $25, a number of shares of
the Company’s common stock, par value $2.50 per share (“Common Stock”), equal to the Settlement
Rate for such Stock Purchase Date; (b) a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership interest in a Series
B-1 Debenture having a principal amount of $1,000; (c) a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership
interest in a Series B-2 Debenture having a principal amount of $1,000, and (d) a 1/40, or 2.5%,
beneficial ownership interest in a Series B-3 Debenture having a principal amount of $1,000; and
Whereas, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Stock
Purchase Contracts, the Holders of the Equity Units have irrevocably authorized the Purchase
Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of such Holders, among other things, to execute and deliver
this Agreement on behalf of such Holders and to grant the pledge to the Collateral Agent on behalf
of the Company provided herein of the Collateral to secure the Obligations;
Now, Therefore, the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the
Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
For all purposes of this 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, and nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender include
the feminine and neuter genders;
(b) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Exhibit or other subdivision;
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(c) the following terms which are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings set forth
therein: “Certificated Security,” “Control,” “Financial Asset,” “Entitlement Order,” “Securities
Account” and “Security Entitlement”;
(d) capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
the Purchase Contract Agreement; and
(e) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.1(e):
“Agreement” means this Pledge Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
“Collateral” means the collective reference to:
(i) the Collateral Account and all investment property and other financial assets from
time to time credited thereto and all security entitlements with respect thereto, including,
without limitation:
(A) the Debentures and security entitlements relating thereto that are a
component of the Corporate Units from time to time,
(B) any Pledged Treasury Portfolio purchased pursuant to a Successful
Remarketing of Debentures,
(C) any Qualifying Treasury Securities and security entitlements relating
thereto delivered from time to time upon creation of Treasury Units in accordance
with Section 5.2, and
(D) payments made by Holders pursuant to Section 5.5;
(ii) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (whether such Proceeds arise before or after
the commencement of any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, by or against the pledgor or with respect to the pledgor); and
(iii) all powers and rights now owned or hereafter acquired under or with respect to
the Collateral.
“Collateral Account” means the securities account of Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral
Agent, maintained by the Securities Intermediary and designated “Wilmington Trust Company, as
Collateral Agent of American International Group, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of New York, as the
Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders.”
“Collateral Agent” means the Person named as the “Collateral Agent” in the first paragraph of
this Agreement until a successor Collateral Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Collateral Agent” shall mean such Person or any
subsequent successor who is appointed pursuant to this Agreement.
“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Agreement
until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Purchase
Contract Agreement, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor.
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“Custodial Agent” means the Person named as the “Custodial Agent” in the first paragraph of
this Agreement until a successor Custodial Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Custodial Agent” shall mean such Person or any
subsequent successor who is appointed pursuant to this Agreement.
“Obligations” means, with respect to each Holder, all obligations and liabilities of such
Holder under such Holder’s Stock Purchase Contract, the Purchase Contract Agreement and this
Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith,
including, without limitation, Holder’s obligation to pay the Purchase Price on each applicable
Stock Purchase Date, in each case whether on account of principal, interest (including, without
limitation, interest accruing before and after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to such Holder, whether
or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Company or the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary that
are required to be paid by the Holder pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).
“Permitted Investments” means any one of the following, in each case maturing on the Business
Day following the date of acquisition:
(i) any evidence of indebtedness with an original maturity of 365 days or less issued,
or directly and fully guaranteed or insured, by the United States of America or any agency
or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of
America is pledged in support of the timely payment thereof or such indebtedness constitutes
a general obligation of it);
(ii) deposits, certificates of deposit or acceptances with an original maturity of 365
days or less of any institution which is a member of the Federal Reserve System having
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500 million at the time
of deposit (and which may include the institution acting as Collateral Agent);
(iii) investments with an original maturity of 365 days or less of any Person that are
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by a bank referred to in clause (ii);
(iv) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable
direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or
issued by any agency thereof and backed as to timely payment by the full faith and credit of
the United States of America;
(v) investments in commercial paper, other than commercial paper issued by the Company
or its Affiliates, of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof, which commercial paper has a rating at the time of purchase at
least equal to “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies (“S&P”), or at least equal to “P-1” by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
(“Moody’s”); and
(vi) investments in money market funds (including, but not limited to, money market
funds managed by the institution acting as the Collateral Agent or an affiliate of the
institution acting as the Collateral Agent) registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as
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amended, subject to Rule 2a-7 thereunder, and rated in the highest applicable rating
category by S&P or Moody’s.
“Pledge” means the lien and security interest created by this Agreement.
“Pledged Debentures” means the Debentures and security entitlements with respect thereto from
time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge. References
to the applicable Pledged Debentures mean the Debentures comprising part of a Corporate Unit at any
time, and security entitlements with respect thereto, that are from time to time credited to the
Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.
“Pledged Securities” means the Pledged Debentures and the Pledged Treasury Securities,
collectively.
“Pledged Treasury Portfolio” means the Treasury Portfolio (within the meaning of clause (i) of
the definition of such term in the Purchase Contract Agreement) and security entitlements with
respect thereto that are from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not released from
the Pledge.
“Pledged Treasury Securities” means Qualifying Treasury Securities and security entitlements
with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released
from the Pledge. References to the applicable Pledged Treasury Securities mean the Qualifying
Treasury Securities comprising part of a Treasury Unit at any time, and security entitlements with
respect thereto, that are from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then
released from the Pledge.
“Proceeds” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and includes,
without limitation, all interest, dividends, cash, instruments, securities, financial assets and
other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed upon the sale (including, without
limitation, in any Remarketing), exchange, collection or disposition of any financial assets from
time to time held in a Collateral Account.
“Securities Intermediary” means the Person named as the “Securities Intermediary” in the first
paragraph of this Agreement until a successor Securities Intermediary shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Securities Intermediary”
shall mean such Person or any subsequent successor who is appointed pursuant to this Agreement.
“Purchase Contract Agent” means the Person named as the “Purchase Contract Agent” in the first
paragraph of this Agreement until a successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, and thereafter “Purchase
Contract Agent” shall mean such Person or any subsequent successor who is appointed pursuant to
this Agreement.
“TRADES” means the Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System maintained by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York pursuant to the TRADES Regulations.
“TRADES Regulations” means the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury,
published at 31 C.F.R. Part 357, as amended from time to time. Unless otherwise defined herein,
all terms defined in the TRADES Regulations are used herein as therein defined.
“Transfer” means (i) in the case of certificated securities in registered form, delivery as
provided in Section 8-301(a) of the UCC, endorsed to the transferee or in blank by an effective
endorsement, (ii) in the case of a direct transfer of U.S. Treasury securities, registration of the
transferee as the owner of such
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Treasury Securities on TRADES and (iii) in the case of security entitlements, including,
without limitation, security entitlements with respect to U.S. Treasury securities, a securities
intermediary indicating by book entry that such security entitlement has been credited to the
transferee’s securities account.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to
time.
“Value” means, with respect to any item of Collateral on any date, as to (1) cash, the face
amount thereof, (2) Qualifying Treasury Securities or the Treasury Portfolio, the aggregate
principal amount thereof at maturity, and (3) Debentures, the aggregate principal amount of
thereof.
(f) The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Section of this Agreement:
Encumbrance
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Section 8.1(b) | |
Indemnitee
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Section 9.8(b) | |
Loss or Losses
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Section 9.8(b) |
ARTICLE II
PLEDGE
Section 2.1 Pledge.
Each Holder, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact, and
the Purchase Contract Agent, acting solely as such attorney-in-fact, hereby pledges and grants to
the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit of the Company, a continuing first priority
security interest in and to, and a lien upon and right of set-off against, all of such Person’s
right, title and interest in and to the Collateral to secure the prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at maturity or otherwise) of the Obligations. The Collateral Agent
shall have all of the rights, remedies and recourses with respect to the Collateral afforded a
secured party by the UCC, in addition to, and not in limitation of, the other rights, remedies and
recourses afforded to the Collateral Agent by this Agreement.
Section 2.2 Termination.
As to each Holder, this Agreement and the Pledge created hereby shall terminate upon the
payment and performance in full of such Holder’s Obligations. Upon receipt of notice from the
Purchase Contract Agent of such termination, the Collateral Agent shall, except as otherwise
provided herein, instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer such Holder’s portion of the
Collateral to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the
Pledge created hereby.
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ARTICLE III
DISTRIBUTIONS ON PLEDGED COLLATERAL
Section 3.1 Income and Distributions.
The Collateral Agent shall transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the
applicable Holders as provided in the Stock Purchase Contracts or Purchase Contract Agreement all
income and distributions received by the Collateral Agent on account of the Pledged Debentures or
Permitted Investments from time to time held in the Collateral Account.
Section 3.2 Payments Following Termination Event.
Following a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall transfer all payments of principal
amount it receives, if any, in respect of (1) the Pledged Debentures or any Pledged Treasury
Portfolio and (2) the Pledged Treasury Securities, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit
of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective
interests, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.
Section 3.3 Payments Prior to or on Stock Purchase Date.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.6, and except as provided in Sections 3.3(b) and
3.3(c), if no Termination Event shall have occurred,
(i) all payments of principal received by the Securities Intermediary in respect of
(x) the Pledged Debentures or any Pledged Treasury Portfolio and (y) the Pledged Treasury
Securities shall be held in the Collateral Account and invested in Permitted Investments
until the applicable Stock Purchase Date; and
(ii) as provided in Section 5.7, (x) the Pledged Debentures of each series shall be
transferred to the Company or upon the order of the Company on the applicable Stock Purchase
Date, to the Remarketing Agent, on the applicable Remarketing Settlement Date, and (y) with
respect to each Treasury Unit or Corporate Unit as to which the Holder has elected to effect
a Settlement with Cash, $25 in cash shall be transferred to the Company on the applicable
Stock Purchase Date. Any cash or Permitted Investments remaining in the Collateral Account
on the applicable Stock Purchase Date shall be released from the Pledge by the Collateral
Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to, and the
Securities Intermediary shall, Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent such balance for the
benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their
respective interests, free and clear of the Pledge created thereby;
(b) The Company shall instruct the Collateral Agent in writing as to the Permitted Investments
in which any payments made under Section 3.3(a) shall be invested; provided, however, that if the
Company fails to deliver such instructions by 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the day such
payments are received by the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall invest such payments in
the Permitted Investments as described in clause (vi) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
The Collateral Agent shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the
failure of the Company to provide written investment direction. The Collateral Agent may
conclusively rely on any written direction and shall bear no liability for any loss or other damage
based on acting or omitting to act under this Section 3.3 pursuant to any direction of the Company
and neither the Collateral Agent nor the
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Securities Intermediary shall in any way be liable for the selection of Permitted Investments
or by reason of any insufficiency in a Collateral Account resulting from any loss on any Permitted
Investment included therein.
(c) All payments of principal received by the Securities Intermediary in respect of (1) the
Debentures and (2) the Qualifying Treasury Securities or security entitlements thereto, that, in
each case, have been released from a Pledge pursuant hereto shall be transferred to the Purchase
Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in
accordance with their respective interests.
Section 3.4 Payments to Purchase Contract Agent.
The Securities Intermediary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver payments to
the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder, to the extent it has received the same along with written
notification, to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent for such purpose not later
than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Business Day such payment is received by the Securities
Intermediary; provided, however, that if such payment is received by the Securities Intermediary on
a day that is not a Business Day or after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, then
the Securities Intermediary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver such payment to
the Purchase Contract Agent no later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the next succeeding
Business Day.
Section 3.5 Assets Not Properly Released.
If the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder shall receive any principal payments on account
of financial assets credited to the Collateral Account or to the Company and not released therefrom
in accordance with this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent or such Holder shall hold the same
as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of the Company and, upon receipt of an Issuer Order
of the Company so directing, promptly deliver the same to the Securities Intermediary for credit to
the Collateral Account or to the Company for application to the Obligations of such Holder, and the
Purchase Contract Agent and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in any such
payments of principal so received. The Purchase Contract Agent shall have no liability under this
Section 3.5 unless and until it has been notified in writing that such payment was delivered to it
erroneously and shall have no liability for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken prior
to its receipt of such notice.
ARTICLE IV
CONTROL
Section 4.1 Establishment of Collateral Account.
The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that:
(a) the Securities Intermediary has established the Collateral Account and its
records identify the Collateral Agent as the sole person having a securities
entitlement with respect to such Collateral Account;
(b) it shall at all times maintain the Collateral Account as a securities
account;
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(c) subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Securities Intermediary shall
identify in its records the Collateral Agent as the sole entitlement holder entitled
to exercise the rights that comprise any financial asset credited to the Collateral
Account;
(d) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this
Agreement or the Purchase Contract Agreement, including any Permitted Investments,
will be credited promptly to the Collateral Account;
(e) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited
to a Collateral Account shall be (i) registered in the name of the Purchase Contract
Agent and endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank, (ii) registered in
the name of the Securities Intermediary or (iii) credited to another securities
account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary; and
(f) in no case will any financial asset credited to a Collateral Account be
registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder or specially
endorsed to the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder unless such financial asset
has been further endorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank.
Section 4.2 Treatment as Financial Assets.
Each item of property (whether investment property, security, instrument or cash) credited to
a Collateral Account shall be treated as a financial asset.
Section 4.3 Sole Control by Collateral Agent.
Except as provided in Sections 6.1 and 9.1, at all times prior to the termination of the
Pledge, the Collateral Agent shall have sole Control of the Collateral Account, and the Securities
Intermediary shall take instructions and directions, and comply with entitlement orders, with
respect to the Collateral Account or any financial asset credited thereto solely from the
Collateral Agent. If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive an entitlement order
issued by the Collateral Agent and relating to the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary
shall comply with such entitlement order without further consent by the Purchase Contract Agent or
any Holder or any other Person. Except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement, until
termination of the Pledge, the Securities Intermediary will not comply with any entitlement orders
issued by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder.
Section 4.4 Securities Intermediary’s Location.
The Collateral Account and the rights and obligations of the Securities Intermediary, the
Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders with respect thereto, shall be
governed by the laws of the State of New York. Regardless of any provision in any other agreement,
for purposes of the UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction.
Section 4.5 No Other Claims.
Except for the claims and interest of the Collateral Agent and of the Purchase Contract Agent
and the Holders in the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary (without having conducted
any investigation) has no actual knowledge of any claim to, or interest in, the Collateral Account
or in any financial asset credited thereto. If any Person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse
claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar
process) against the
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Collateral Account or in any financial asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will
promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent.
Section 4.6 Investment and Release.
All proceeds of financial assets from time to time deposited in the Collateral Account shall
be invested and reinvested as provided in this Agreement. At no time prior to termination of the
Pledge with respect to any particular property shall such property be released from the Collateral
Account except in accordance with this Agreement or upon written instructions of the Collateral
Agent.
Section 4.7 Statements and Confirmations.
The Securities Intermediary will promptly send copies of all statements, confirmations and
other correspondence concerning the Collateral Account and any financial assets credited thereto
simultaneously to each of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company and the Collateral Agent at
their addresses for notices under this Agreement.
Section 4.8 Tax Allocations.
The Purchase Contract Agent shall perform all customary tax reporting with respect to all
items of income, gain, expense and loss recognized in the Collateral Account to the extent such
reporting is required by law. None of the Securities Intermediary, the Custodial Agent or the
Collateral Agent shall have any tax reporting duties hereunder.
Section 4.9 No Other Agreements.
The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and prior to the termination of the Pledge
will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account or any
financial assets credited thereto, including, without limitation, any agreement to comply with
entitlement orders of any Person other than the Collateral Agent.
Section 4.10 Powers Coupled with an Interest.
The rights and powers granted in this Article IV to the Collateral Agent have been granted in
order to perfect its security interests in the Collateral Account, are powers coupled with an
interest and will be affected neither by the bankruptcy of the Purchase Contract Agent or any
Holder nor by the lapse of time. The obligations of the Securities Intermediary under this Article
IV shall continue in effect until the termination of the Pledge with respect to any and all
Collateral.
Section 4.11 Waiver of Lien; Waiver of Set-off.
The Securities Intermediary waives any security interest, lien or right to make deductions or
set-offs that it may now have or hereafter acquire in or with respect to the Collateral Account,
any financial asset credited thereto or any security entitlement in respect thereof. Neither the
financial assets credited to the Collateral Account, nor the security entitlements in respect
thereof will be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien or any other right in favor of any
person other than the Company.
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ARTICLE V
INITIAL DEPOSIT; CREATION OF TREASURY
UNITS AND RECREATION OF CORPORATE
UNITS
UNITS AND RECREATION OF CORPORATE
UNITS
Section 5.1 Initial Deposit of Debentures.
(a) Prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchase
Contract Agent, on behalf of the initial Holders of the Corporate Units, shall Transfer to the
Collateral Agent for credit to the Collateral Account, the Debentures or security entitlements
relating thereto, and the Securities Intermediary shall thereupon indicate by book-entry that such
Debentures, regardless of whether received by the Securities Intermediary in the form of certified
securities effectively endorsed in blank or as security entitlements, have been credited to the
Collateral Account.
(b) The Securities Intermediary may, at any time or from time to time, cause any or all
securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account to
be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent or their respective
nominees; provided, however, that unless any event of default (as specified in Section 7.1(b))
hereunder shall have occurred and be continuing, the Securities Intermediary agrees not to cause
any securities or other property underlying any financial assets to be so re-registered.
Section 5.2 Creation of Treasury Units.
(a) Pursuant to and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13 of the
Purchase Contract Agreement, a Holder of Corporate Units will have the right, at any time (other
than during a Blackout Period), to create Treasury Units by substitution of the applicable
Qualifying Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto for the Pledged
Debentures of each series then comprising a part of all or a portion of such Holder’s Corporate
Units, in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units, by:
(i) Transferring to the Purchase Contract Agent, for further Transfer to the Securities
Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, principal amounts at maturity of the
applicable Qualifying Treasury Securities on the date of deposit or security entitlements
with respect thereto in principal amounts at maturity equal to the aggregate principal
amounts of the Pledged Debentures to be released, accompanied by a notice, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C to the Purchase Contract Agreement, whereupon the Purchase Contract
Agent shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A, (A) stating that such Holder has notified the Purchase Contract Agent that such Holder
has Transferred the applicable Qualifying Treasury Securities or security entitlements with
respect thereto to the Purchase Contract Agent for further Transfer to the Securities
Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, (B) stating the aggregate principal
amount at maturity of each applicable Qualifying Treasury Security or security entitlements
with respect thereto Transferred by such Holder, and (C) requesting that the Collateral
Agent instruct the Securities Intermediary to accept such Transfer of Qualifying Treasury
Securities and to release from the Pledge to the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact
of such Holder an equal principal amount of each series of Pledged Debentures that is then a
component of such Corporate Units; and
(ii) delivering the related Corporate Units to the Purchase Contract Agent.
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Upon receipt of such notice requesting the giving of instructions to the Securities
Intermediary that such Transfer be accepted and confirmation that Qualifying Treasury Securities or
security entitlements with respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account as
described in such notice, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary by a
notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, to release such Pledged Debentures from the Pledge
by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the
Pledge created hereby.
(b) Upon credit to the Collateral Account of the Qualifying Treasury Securities or security
entitlements with respect thereto delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent and receipt of the
related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall release the
Pledged Debentures of each series that is then a component of such Corporate Units from the Pledge
and shall promptly Transfer the same to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such
Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.
Section 5.3 Recreation of Corporate Units.
(a) Pursuant to and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14 of the
Purchase Contract Agreement, at any time (other than during a Blackout Period), a Holder of
Treasury Units will have the right to recreate Corporate Units by substitution of the applicable
series of Debentures or security entitlements with respect thereto for Pledged Treasury Securities
in integral multiples of 40 Treasury Units by:
(i) Transferring to the Purchase Contract Agent for further Transfer to the Securities
Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, for each 40 Corporate Units to be
recreated, $1,000 principal amount of Debentures of each series that is then a component of
Corporate Units or security entitlements with respect thereto, accompanied by a notice,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Purchase Contract Agreement, whereupon the
Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a notice, substantially in the
form of Exhibit C, stating that (A) such Holder has Transferred such Debentures or security
entitlements with respect thereto to the Purchase Contract Agent for further Transfer to the
Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, (B) stating the aggregate
principal amount of Debentures of the applicable series or security entitlements with
respect thereto Transferred by such Holder, and (C) requesting that the Collateral Agent
instruct the Securities Intermediary to accept such Transfer and to release from the Pledge
to the Purchase Contract Agent a corresponding amount of the applicable Pledged Treasury
Securities related to such Treasury Units; and
(ii) delivering the related Treasury Units to the Purchase Contract Agent.
Upon receipt of such notice, the giving of instructions to the Securities Intermediary that
such Transfer be accepted and confirmation that such Debentures or security entitlements with
respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account, as described in such notice, the
Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice substantially in the form
of Exhibit D to release such Pledged Treasury Securities from the Pledge by Transfer to the
Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created
hereby.
(b) Upon credit to the Collateral Account of Debentures or security entitlements with respect
thereto delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent and receipt of the related instruction from the
Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall release such Pledged Treasury Securities from
the Pledge and
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shall promptly Transfer the same to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such
Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.
Section 5.4 Termination Event.
(a) Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of written notice from the Company or the Purchase
Contract Agent that a Termination Event has occurred, the Collateral Agent shall release all
Collateral from the Pledge and shall promptly instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer:
(i) any Pledged Debentures or Pledged Treasury Portfolio or security entitlements with
respect thereto;
(ii) any Pledged Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto; and
(iii) any payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant
to Section 5.5,
to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holders for distribution to such Holders, in
accordance with their respective interests, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.
(b) If such Termination Event shall result from the Company’s becoming a debtor under the
Bankruptcy Code, and if the Collateral Agent shall for any reason fail promptly to effectuate the
release and Transfer of all Pledged Debentures, the Pledged Treasury Portfolio, any Pledged
Treasury Securities and payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments)
pursuant to Section 5.5 and Proceeds of any of the foregoing, as the case may be, as provided by
this Section 5.4, the Purchase Contract Agent shall:
(i) use its best efforts to obtain an opinion of a nationally recognized law firm to
the effect that, notwithstanding the Company being the debtor in such a bankruptcy case, the
Collateral Agent will not be prohibited from releasing or Transferring the Collateral as
provided in this Section 5.4 and shall deliver or cause to be delivered such opinion to the
Collateral Agent within ten days after the occurrence of such Termination Event, and if (A)
the Purchase Contract Agent shall be unable to obtain such opinion within 10 days after the
occurrence of such Termination Event or (B) the Collateral Agent shall continue, after
delivery of such opinion, to refuse to effectuate the release and Transfer of all Pledged
Debentures, the Pledged Treasury Portfolio, all Pledged Treasury Securities and the payments
by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.5 and
Proceeds of any of the foregoing, as the case may be, as provided in this Section 5.4, then
the Purchase Contract Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions in accordance with the
Purchase Contract Agreement, within 15 days after the occurrence of such Termination Event
commence an action or proceeding in the court having jurisdiction of the Company’s case
under the Bankruptcy Code seeking an order requiring the Collateral Agent to effectuate the
release and Transfer of all Pledged Debentures, the Pledged Treasury Portfolio, all Pledged
Treasury Securities and the payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such
payments) pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof and Proceeds of any of the foregoing, or as the
case may be, as provided by this Section 5.4; or
(ii) upon receipt of instructions in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement,
commence an action or proceeding like that described in Section 5.4(b)(i) within 10 days
after the occurrence of such Termination Event.
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Section 5.5 Settlement with Cash.
(a) Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of (1) a notice from the Purchase Contract Agent
promptly after the receipt by the Purchase Contract Agent of the certificate evidencing the
Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be, at the offices of the Purchase Contract
Agent with a notice from a Holder of Corporate Units (other than a Corporate Unit as to which an
interest in the Treasury Portfolio has replaced an interest in a series of Debentures) or Treasury
Units that such Holder has elected, in accordance with the procedures specified in Section
5.02(b)(i) of the Purchase Contract Agreement to effect a Settlement with Cash, on or prior to
11:00 a.m. (New York City time) of the second Business Day immediately preceding a Stock Purchase
Date and (2) payment by such Holder by deposit in the Collateral Account prior to 11:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding such Stock Purchase Date of the Purchase
Price in lawful money of the United States by federal same day funds or wire transfer of
immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary, then the
Collateral Agent shall:
(i) instruct the Securities Intermediary promptly to invest any such cash in Permitted
Investments consistent with the instructions of the Company as provided for below in this
Section 5.5(a);
(ii) instruct the Securities Intermediary to release from the Pledge such Holder’s
related Pledged Securities of the applicable series, as to which such Holder has effected a
Settlement with Cash pursuant to this Section 5.5(a); and
(iii) instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged Securities to
the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, in each case free and clear of
the Pledge created hereby.
The Company shall instruct the Collateral Agent in writing as to the Permitted Investments in
which any such cash shall be invested; provided, however, that if the Company fails to deliver such
instructions by 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the day such payments are received by the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall invest such payments in the Permitted Investments as
described in clause (vi) of the definition of Permitted Investments. The Collateral Agent shall
have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the failure of the Company to
provide written investment direction. The Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on any written
direction and shall bear no liability for any loss or other damage based on acting or omitting to
act under this Section 5.5(a) pursuant to any direction of the Company and neither the Collateral
Agent nor the Securities Intermediary shall in any way be liable for the selection of Permitted
Investments or by reason of any insufficiency in a Collateral Account resulting from any loss on
any Permitted Investment included therein.
Upon receipt of the proceeds upon the maturity of the Permitted Investments on the applicable
Stock Purchase Date, the Collateral Agent shall (A) instruct the Securities Intermediary to pay the
portion of such proceeds, in immediately available funds, in an aggregate amount equal to the
Purchase Price, to the Company on such Stock Purchase Date, and (B) cause the Securities
Intermediary to release any amounts in excess of the Purchase Price earned from such Permitted
Investments to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the Purchase Contract Agent on
behalf of the Holder.
(b) If a Holder of Corporate Units (i) fails to notify the Purchase Contract Agent of its
intention to make a Settlement with Cash as provided in Section 5.02(b)(i) of the Purchase Contract
Agreement or (ii) does notify the Purchase Contract Agent of its intention to make a Settlement
with
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Cash, but fails to deposit such cash as required by Section 5.02(b)(ii) of the Purchase
Contract Agreement, to the extent of the amount of cash not so deposited, such Holder shall be
deemed to have consented to the disposition of such Holder’s Pledged Securities in accordance with
Section 5.02(b)(iii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, and in the case of such failure as
provided in clause (ii) of this Section 5.5(b), also be deemed to withdraw such notice to the
Purchase Contract Agent to effect the Settlement with Cash to the extent of the amount of cash not
deposited as required by Section 5.02(b)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement; provided that the
cash deposited as required by Section 5.02(b)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement shall be in
integral multiples of $1,000, and any amount in a fraction of such integral multiples shall be
deemed not deposited as provided in clause (ii) of this Section 5.5(b) and transferred to the
Purchase Contract Agent promptly.
(c) If a Holder of Treasury Units (i) fails to notify the Purchase Contract Agent of its
intention to make a Settlement with Cash as provided in Section 5.02(b)(i) of the Purchase Contract
Agreement or (ii) does notify the Purchase Contract Agent of its intention to make a Settlement
with Cash, but fails to deposit such cash as required by Section 5.02(b)(ii) of the Purchase
Contract Agreement, to the extent of the amount of cash not so deposited, such Holder shall be
deemed to have consented to the application of the proceeds of the Pledged Securities in accordance
with Section 5.02(b)(iv) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, and in the case of such failure as
provided in clause (ii) of this Section 5.5(c), also be deemed to withdraw such notice to the
Purchase Contract Agent to effect the Settlement with Cash to the extent of the amount of cash not
deposited as required by Section 5.02(b)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement; provided that the
cash deposited as required by Section 5.02(b)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement shall be in
integral multiples of $1,000, and any amount in a fraction of such integral multiples shall be
deemed not deposited as provided in clause (ii) of this Section 5.5(b) and transferred to the
Purchase Contract Agent promptly.
(d) As soon as practical after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day preceding
the applicable Stock Purchase Date, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Purchase Contract
Agent a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, stating (i) the amount of cash that it has
received with respect to the Settlement with Cash of Corporate Units, and (ii) the amount of cash
that it has received with respect to the Settlement with Cash of Treasury Units.
Section 5.6 Early Settlement and Cash Merger Early Settlement.
Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of a notice from the Purchase Contract Agent that a
Holder of Equity Units has elected to effect either (i) Early Settlement of its obligations under
the Stock Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Equity Units in accordance with the terms of
the Stock Purchase Contracts and Section 5.07 of the Purchase Contract Agreement or (ii) Cash
Merger Early Settlement of its obligations under the Stock Purchase Contracts forming a part of
such Equity Units in accordance with the terms of the Stock Purchase Contracts and Section
5.04(b)(ii) of the Purchase Contract Agreement (which notice shall set forth the number of such
Stock Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement or Cash
Merger Early Settlement), and that the Purchase Contract Agent has received from such Holder, and
paid to the Company as confirmed in writing by the Company, the related Early Settlement Amount or
Purchase Price for each $25 stated amount of Stock Purchase Contracts being settled pursuant to the
terms of the Stock Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement, then the Collateral
Agent shall release from the Pledge (1) the applicable Pledged Debentures of each series in the
case of a Holder of Corporate Units or (2) the applicable Pledged Treasury Securities of each
series, in the case of a Holder of Treasury Units, in each case in an amount equal to the product
of (x) $25 for each $25 stated amount of Stock Purchase Contracts being settled, and (y) the number
of Stock Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement or Cash
Merger
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Early Settlement, and shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged
Debentures or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, to the Purchase Contract Agent for
distribution to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.
Section 5.7 Application of Proceeds in Settlement of Stock Purchase Contracts.
(a) In the event of a Successful Remarketing of a series of Debentures, the Collateral Agent
shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer the Pledged Debentures of such series to the
Remarketing Agent, upon confirmation of deposit by the Remarketing Agent of the Proceeds of such
Successful Remarketing (less, to the extent permitted by the Remarketing Agreement, the Remarketing
Agent’s Fee) in the Collateral Account and the Collateral Agent shall thereupon instruct the
Securities Intermediary to purchase the Treasury Portfolio with the Proceeds of the Successful
Remarketing. A Holder of Corporate Units shall be deemed to have elected to pay for the shares of
Common Stock to be issued under the Stock Purchase Contract underlying the Corporate Units from the
Proceeds of the related Pledged Treasury Portfolio after a Successful Remarketing. Without
receiving any instruction from any Holder, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities
Intermediary to remit the Proceeds of the related Pledged Treasury Portfolio equal to the purchase
price of the shares of Common Stock to be delivered on the applicable Stock Purchase Date to the
Company to satisfy in full such Holder’s obligations to pay the Purchase Price to purchase shares
of Common Stock under the related Stock Purchase Contracts on such Stock Purchase Date and to remit
the balance of the Proceeds from the related Pledged Treasury Portfolio, if any, to the Purchase
Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder.
In the event of a Failed Remarketing with respect to any series of Debentures, the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Company, will, at the written instruction of the Company, deliver the
Pledged Debentures of such series in accordance with the Company’s written instructions to satisfy
in full, from any such disposition or retention, such Holders’ obligations to pay the Purchase
Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued on the applicable Stock Purchase Date under the
Stock Purchase Contracts underlying such Corporate Units. The Holders recognize that there may be
restrictions under the U.S. Federal securities laws on the ability of the Collateral Agent to sell
the Pledged Debentures and that the Pledged Debentures may need to be sold in a non-public
transaction to a limited number of institutional investors or a sale may need to be delayed in
order to register the sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As a result, the proceeds
from any sale of the Pledged Debentures may be substantially less than the principal amount of the
Debentures. If the Company retains the Pledged Debentures in satisfaction of the Obligations, the
Holders and the Company agree, to the extent permitted by law, that the Pledged Debentures will be
treated as sold to the Company for a purchase price equal to the principal amount thereof. The
Holders agree, to the extent permitted by law, that the principal amount is not less than the value
of the Pledged Debentures in the context of a Failed Remarketing. If the Pledged Debentures are
sold other than to the Company, the Collateral Agent shall promptly remit the Proceeds, if any, of
the Pledged Debentures of such series in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of
Common Stock to be issued on the applicable Stock Purchase Date for such series under such Stock
Purchase Contracts to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of the Corporate Units
to which such Debentures relate.
If a Holder of Corporate Units (unless the Treasury Portfolio has replaced the Debentures
represented by such Corporate Units) has not elected to effect a Settlement with Cash by notifying
the Purchase Contract Agent in the manner provided for in Section 5.02(b)(i) of the Purchase
Contract Agreement or does notify the Purchase Contract Agent as provided in Section 5.02(b)(i) of
the Purchase Contract Agreement of its intention to effect a Settlement with Cash, but fails to
deliver the appropriate amount of cash as required by Section 5.02(b)(ii) of the Purchase Contract
Agreement, such Holder shall
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be deemed to have consented to the disposition of such Holder’s Pledged Securities and Pledged
Treasury Portfolio, if applicable, in accordance with Section 5.02(b)(iii) of the Purchase Contract
Agreement and the preceding paragraph upon a Failed Remarketing.
(b) A Holder of Treasury Units (unless such Holder elects to effect a Settlement with Cash
pursuant to Section 5.5) shall be deemed to have elected to pay for the shares of Common Stock to
be issued under the Stock Purchase Contract on any Stock Purchase Date underlying the Treasury
Units from the Proceeds of the related Pledged Treasury Securities. Without receiving any
instruction from any Holder, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to
remit the Proceeds of the related Pledged Treasury Securities to the Company in settlement of such
Stock Purchase Contracts on such Stock Purchase Date (in the case of a Holder of Treasury Units).
In the event the Proceeds from Permitted Investments acquired with the proceeds of Qualifying
Treasury Securities prior to the applicable Stock Purchase Date exceeds the aggregate Purchase
Price of the Stock Purchase Contracts being settled on such Stock Purchase Date, the Collateral
Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to transfer such excess, when received, to the
Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to Holders.
ARTICLE VI
VOTING RIGHTS AND OTHER CONSENSUAL
RIGHTS
RIGHTS
Section 6.1 Voting and Other Consensual Rights.
Subject to the terms of Section 4.02 of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Purchase Contract
Agent may exercise, or refrain from exercising, any and all voting and other consensual rights
pertaining to the Pledged Debentures or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the
terms of this Agreement and in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement;
provided, however, that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not exercise or shall not refrain from
exercising such right, as the case may be, if, in the judgment of the Company, such action would
impair or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the value of all or any of the Pledged
Debentures; provided, further, that the Purchase Contract Agent shall give the Company and the
Collateral Agent at least five Business Days’ prior written notice of the manner in which it
intends to exercise, or its reasons for refraining from exercising, any such right. Upon receipt
of any notices and other communications in respect of any Pledged Debentures, including notice of
any meeting at which holders of the Debentures are entitled to vote or solicitation of consents,
waivers or proxies of holders of the Debentures, the Collateral Agent shall use reasonable efforts
to send promptly to the Purchase Contract Agent such notice or communication, and as soon as
reasonably practicable after receipt of a written request therefore from the Purchase Contract
Agent, execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent such proxies and other instruments in
respect of such Pledged Debentures (in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) as
are prepared by the Company and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent with respect to the
Pledged Debentures.
ARTICLE VII
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
Section 7.1 Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent.
(a) In addition to the rights and remedies set forth herein or otherwise available at law or
in equity, after an event of default (as specified in Section 7.1(b)) hereunder, the Collateral
Agent shall have
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all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC
(whether or not the UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are
asserted) and the TRADES Regulations and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured
party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies
hereunder may be asserted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such remedies may
include, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (1) retention of the Pledged Debentures of the
applicable series (or, if such Pledged Debentures shall have been sold in a Successful Remarketing,
of the Pledged Treasury Portfolio) or the Pledged Treasury Securities of the applicable series or
(2) sale of such Pledged Debentures, Pledged Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Treasury Securities in
one or more public or private sales, in either case in full satisfaction of the Holders’
obligations under the Stock Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement.
(b) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the
Collateral Agent, in the event the Collateral Agent is unable to make payments from amounts
transferred or transferable to the Company on account of the principal payments of any Pledged
Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Treasury Securities (including, without limitation, any Permitted
Investments purchased with the proceeds of any of the foregoing) as provided in Article III, in
satisfaction of the Obligations of the Holders of the Equity Units under the related Stock Purchase
Contracts on any Stock Purchase Date, the inability to make such payments shall constitute an
“event of default” hereunder and the Collateral Agent shall have and may exercise, with reference
to such Collateral any and all of the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the
UCC and the TRADES Regulations after default by a debtor, and as otherwise granted herein or under
any other law.
(c) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to receive and collect all
payments of (i) the principal amount of the Pledged Debentures and (ii) the principal amount of any
Pledged Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Treasury Securities (including, without limitation, any
Permitted Investments purchased with the proceeds of any of the foregoing), subject, in each case,
to the provisions of Article III, and as otherwise granted herein.
(d) The Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of the Holders, and each Holder of Equity
Units agrees that, from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent or the
Purchase Contract Agent, such Holder and the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of the
Holders, shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the
Company may reasonably request in order to maintain the Pledge, and the perfection and priority
thereof, and to confirm the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent
shall have no liability to any Holder for executing any documents or taking any such acts requested
by the Collateral Agent hereunder, except for liability for its own negligent acts, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct.
Section 7.2 Remarketing.
As soon as practicable after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Remarketing Period Start Date, the Collateral Agent shall notify the
Remarketing Agent of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Pledged Debentures
that is to be remarketed.
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Section 7.3 Successful Remarketing.
In the event of a Successful Remarketing, the Collateral Agent shall, at the written direction
of the Company, instruct the Securities Intermediary to (i) Transfer the applicable Pledged
Debentures to the Remarketing Agent upon confirmation of deposit by the Remarketing Agent of the
Proceeds of such Successful Remarketing (after deducting any Remarketing Agent’s Fee in accordance
with the Remarketing Agreement) in the Collateral Account and apply such Proceeds to purchase the
Treasury Portfolio, (ii) Transfer the Treasury Portfolio (other than the Pledged Treasury
Portfolio) to the Custodial Agent for deposit in an account separate from the Collateral Account,
(iii) apply an amount from the Proceeds of the Pledged Treasury Portfolio on the applicable Stock
Purchase Date equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued
under the related Stock Purchase Contracts on the applicable Stock Purchase Date in full
satisfaction of such Holders’ obligations to pay the Purchase Price under the related Stock
Purchase Contracts, and (iv) promptly remit the remaining portion of such Proceeds to the Purchase
Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of Corporate Units, in accordance with their respective
interests and the Purchase Contract Agreement. In the case of the Treasury Portfolio purchased
with the Proceeds of the Pledged Debentures on the First Remarketing Settlement Date, on the next
Payment Date the Custodial Agent shall remit the remaining portion of the Proceeds of the portion
of the Treasury Portfolio corresponding to clause (ii) of the definition of such term to the
Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of Corporate Units pursuant to
Section 5.02(a)(i) of the Purchase Contract Agreement, in accordance with their respective
interests and the Purchase Contract Agreement. On the applicable Stock Purchase Date, the Custodial
Agent shall promptly remit the remaining portion of the Proceeds of the Treasury Portfolio to the
Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of Corporate Units, in accordance with their
respective interests and the Purchase Contract Agreement. With respect to Separate Debentures,
any Proceeds of such Remarketing (after deducting any Remarketing Agent’s Fee in accordance with
the Remarketing Agreement) attributable to the Separate Debentures will be remitted to the
Custodial Agent for payment to the holders of Separate Debentures. In the event of a Failed
Remarketing, the Pledged Debentures shall remain credited to the Collateral Account and Section 5.7
shall apply.
Section 7.4 Remarketing of Separate Debentures.
(a) On or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately
preceding each Remarketing Period Start Date, but no earlier than the Payment Date immediately
preceding such date, Holders of Separate Debentures of the series of Debentures that is the subject
of the Remarketing may elect to have their Separate Debentures remarketed by delivering their
Separate Debentures along with a notice of such election substantially in the form of Exhibit F to
the Collateral Agent, acting as Custodial Agent. The Custodial Agent shall hold Separate
Debentures in an account separate from the Collateral Account in which the Pledged Securities and
Pledged Treasury Portfolio shall be held. Holders of Separate Debentures electing to have their
Separate Debentures remarketed will also have the right to withdraw that election by written notice
to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Period Start
Date, upon which notice the Custodial Agent shall return such Separate Debentures to such Holder.
After such time, such election shall become an irrevocable election to have such Separate
Debentures remarketed in such Remarketing.
(b) Promptly after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on second the Business Day immediately
preceding the applicable Remarketing Period Start Date, the Custodial Agent shall notify the
Remarketing Agent of the aggregate principal amount of the Separate Debentures to be remarketed and
deliver to the Remarketing Agent for remarketing all Separate Debentures delivered to the Custodial
Agent pursuant to
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this Section 7.4(b) and not validly withdrawn prior to such date. In the event of a
Successful Remarketing, after deducting the Remarketing Agent’s Fee, the Remarketing Agent will
remit to the Custodial Agent the remaining portion of the Proceeds of such Remarketing for payment
to the Holders of the remarketed Separate Debentures, in accordance with their respective
interests. In the event of a Failed Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent will promptly return such
Separate Debentures to the Custodial Agent for distribution to the appropriate Holders.
Section 7.5 Substitutions.
Whenever a Holder has the right to substitute Treasury Securities, Debentures or security
entitlements for any of them, as the case may be, for financial assets held in a Collateral
Account, such substitution shall not constitute a novation of the security interest created hereby.
ARTICLE VIII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
COVENANTS
COVENANTS
Section 8.1 Representations and Warranties.
Each Holder from time to time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact
(it being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any representation or
warranty made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent
(with respect to such Holder’s interest in the Collateral), which representations and warranties
shall be deemed repeated on each day a Holder through the Purchase Contract Agent Transfers
Collateral, that:
(a) such Holder has the power to grant a security interest in and lien on the
Collateral;
(b) such Holder is the sole beneficial owner of the Collateral and, in the case
of Collateral delivered in physical form, is the sole holder of such Collateral and
is the sole beneficial owner of, or has the sole right to Transfer, the Collateral
it Transfers to the Collateral Agent for credit to an Collateral Account, free and
clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, call, liability to pay money or
other restriction of any nature, and whether arising by operation of law or by
consent, other than the security interest and lien granted under Article II (an
“Encumbrance”);
(c) upon the Transfer of the Collateral to the Collateral Agent for credit to
an Collateral Account, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, will
have a valid and perfected first priority security interest therein (assuming that
any central clearing operation or any securities intermediary or other entity not
within the control of the Holder involved in the Transfer of the Collateral,
including the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary, gives the notices
and takes the action required of it hereunder and under applicable law for
perfection of that interest and assuming the establishment and exercise of Control
pursuant to Article IV); and
(d) the execution and performance by the Holder of its obligations under this
Agreement will not result in the creation of an Encumbrance or violate any provision
of any existing law, rule or regulation applicable to it, or any judgment, order or
decree
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applicable to it, or of any mortgage, charge, pledge, indenture, contract or
undertaking to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets.
Section 8.2 Covenants.
The Purchase Contract Agent and each of the Holders from time to time, acting through the
Purchase Contract Agent as its attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Purchase Contract
Agent shall not be liable for any covenant made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby covenant to
the Collateral Agent that for so long as the Collateral remains subject to the Pledge:
(a) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holder will create or purport
to create or allow to subsist any Encumbrance over the Collateral or any part of it;
and
(b) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holder will sell or otherwise
dispose (or attempt to dispose) of the Collateral or any part of it except for the
beneficial interest therein, subject to the Pledge hereunder, transferred in
connection with the Transfer of the Equity Units.
ARTICLE IX
THE COLLATERAL AGENT, THE CUSTODIAL
AGENT AND THE SECURITIES
INTERMEDIARY
AGENT AND THE SECURITIES
INTERMEDIARY
It is hereby agreed as follows:
Section 9.1 Appointment, Powers and Immunities.
The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall act as agent
for the Company hereunder with such powers as are specifically vested in the Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, by the terms of this Agreement.
The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary shall:
(a) have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this
Agreement and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, liabilities
or obligations shall be inferred from this Agreement against the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, nor shall the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary be bound by the provisions of
any agreement by any party hereto beyond the specific terms hereof and none of the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have any
fiduciary relationship to the Holders of the Equity Units or any other Person;
(b) not be responsible for any recitals contained in this Agreement, or in any
certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by it
under, this Agreement, the Equity Units or the Purchase Contract Agreement (other
than any certificate or document it is required to deliver hereunder), or for the
value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this
Agreement (other than as against the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the
Securities Intermediary, as the case may be), the Equity Units, any Collateral or
the Purchase Contract Agreement or any
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other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or for any failure
by the Company or any other Person (except the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent
or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be) to perform any of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder or, except to the extent of the actions it is
required to take hereunder, for the validity, perfection, enforceability, priority
or maintenance of any security interest created hereunder;
(c) not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection
proceedings hereunder (except pursuant to directions furnished under Section 9.2,
subject to Section 9.8);
(d) not be responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith hereunder or under any other document or instrument referred to or
provided for herein or in connection herewith or therewith, except for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct; and
(e) not be required to advise any party as to selling or retaining, or taking
or refraining from taking any action with respect to, any securities or other
property deposited hereunder.
Subject to the foregoing, during the term of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall take all reasonable action in connection with
the safekeeping and preservation of the Collateral and use the same degree of care and skill in
such exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her affairs.
The Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary and Custodial Agent shall only be responsible
for transferring money, securities or other property in accordance with the terms herein to the
extent that such money, securities or other property is credited to the Collateral Account.
No provision of this Agreement shall require the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or the
Securities Intermediary to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability
in the performance of any of its duties or the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder.
In no event shall the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary be liable
for any amount in excess of the Value of the Collateral.
Section 9.2 Instructions of the Company.
The Company shall have the right, by one or more written instruments executed and delivered to
the Collateral Agent, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for the
realization of any right or remedy available to the Collateral Agent, or of exercising any power
conferred on the Collateral Agent, or to direct the taking or refraining from taking of any action
authorized by this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) such direction shall not conflict with
the provisions of any law or of this Agreement and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall be indemnified
to its satisfaction as provided herein. Nothing contained in this Section 9.2 shall impair the
right of the Collateral Agent in its discretion to take any action which it deems proper and which
is not inconsistent with such direction. None of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the
Securities Intermediary has any obligation or responsibility to file any UCC financing or
continuation statements or to take any other actions to create, preserve or maintain the security
interest in the Collateral except as expressly set forth herein.
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Section 9.3 Reliance by Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary.
Each of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be
entitled, in the absence of bad faith, to rely conclusively upon any certification, order,
judgment, opinion, notice or other written communication (including, without limitation, any
thereof by e-mail or similar electronic means, telecopy, telex or facsimile) believed by it to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons
(without being required to determine the correctness of any fact stated therein) and consult with
and conclusively rely upon advice, opinions and statements of legal counsel and other experts
selected by the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case
may be. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or
in refraining from acting, hereunder in accordance with instructions given by the Company in
accordance with this Agreement. In the event any instructions are given (other than in writing at
the time of the execution of this Agreement), whether in writing, by telecopier or otherwise, the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary are authorized to seek
confirmation of such instructions by telephone call-back to the person or persons designated on
Schedule I, and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary may rely
upon the confirmations of anyone purporting to be the person or persons so designated. The persons
and telephone numbers for call-backs may be changed only in writing actually received and
acknowledged by the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary.
It is understood that the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities
Intermediary in any funds transfer may rely solely upon any account numbers or similar identifying
number provided by the Company to identify (i) the beneficiary, (ii) the beneficiary’s bank or
(iii) an intermediary bank. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities
Intermediary may apply any of the deposited funds for any payment order it executes using any such
identifying number, even where its use may result in a Person other than the beneficiary being
paid, or the transfer of funds to a bank other than the beneficiary’s bank, or an intermediary
bank, designated by the Company; provided, however, that payment is made to the account as
specified by the Company.
In each case that the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary may or is
required hereunder to take any action, including without limitation to make any determination or
judgment, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral
or otherwise to act hereunder, the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary may
seek direction from the Company. The Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary
shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with an Issuer Order. Unless direction is otherwise expressly provided herein, if the
Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall request direction from the
Company with respect to any action, the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or the Securities
Intermediary shall be entitled to refrain from such action unless and until such agent shall have
received written direction from the Company, and the agent shall not incur liability to any Person
by reason of so refraining.
Section 9.4 Certain Rights.
(a) Whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Agreement the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall deem it necessary or desirable that a
matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action to be taken hereunder, such
matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent
or the Securities
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Intermediary, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Issuer Order, and
delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary and such
Issuer Order, in the absence of gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, shall be full warrant to the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
under the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary 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, entitlement order, approval or
other paper or document, but may make such further investigation as it may deem necessary,
desirable or appropriate.
Section 9.5 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Person into which the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the
Securities Intermediary shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities
Intermediary shall be the successor of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities
Intermediary hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto except where an instrument of transfer or
assignment is required by law to effect such succession.
Section 9.6 Rights in Other Capacities.
The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates
may (without having to account therefore to the Company) accept deposits from, lend money to, make
their investments in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the
Purchase Contract Agent, any other Person interested herein and any Holder of Equity Units (and any
of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates) as if it were not acting as the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, and the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates may accept fees and other
consideration from the Purchase Contract Agent and any Holder of Equity Units without having to
account for the same to the Company; provided that each of the Securities Intermediary, the
Custodial Agent and the Collateral Agent covenants and agrees with the Company that it shall not
accept, receive or permit there to be created in favor of itself and shall take no affirmative
action to permit there to be created in favor of any other Person, any Encumbrance in or upon the
Collateral.
Section 9.7 Non-reliance on Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. |
None of the Securities Intermediary, the Custodial Agent or the Collateral Agent shall be
required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Purchase Contract Agent
or any Holder of Equity Units of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Equity Units
or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or to inspect the properties or
books of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of Equity Units. None of the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have any duty or responsibility to provide
the Company with any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or
business of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of Equity Units (or any of their respective
affiliates) that may come into the
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possession of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary or any
of their respective affiliates.
Section 9.8 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company agrees to:
(a) pay the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities
Intermediary from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing
between the Company and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities
Intermediary, as the case may be, for all services rendered by them hereunder;
(b) indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the
Securities Intermediary and each of their respective directors, officers, agents and
employees (collectively, the “Indemnitees”), from and against any and all claims,
actions, suits, liabilities, losses, damages, fines, penalties and expenses
(including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) and taxes (other than those
based upon, determined by or measured by the income of the Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary) of any kind and nature, whatsoever
(collectively, “Losses” and individually, a “Loss”) that may be imposed on, incurred
by, or asserted against, the Indemnitees or any of them for following any
instructions or other directions upon which either the Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary is entitled to rely pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, provided that the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or
the Securities Intermediary has not acted with gross negligence or engaged in
willful misconduct with respect to the specific Loss against which indemnification
is sought; and
(c) in addition to and not in limitation of paragraph (b) immediately above,
indemnify and hold the Indemnitees and each of them harmless from and against any
and all Losses that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against, the
Indemnitees or any of them in connection with or arising out of the Collateral
Agent’s, the Custodial Agent’s or the Securities Intermediary’s acceptance or
performance of its powers and duties under this Agreement; provided that the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary has not acted
with gross negligence or engaged in willful misconduct with respect to the specific
Loss against which indemnification is sought.
The provisions of this Section and Section 11.7 shall survive the resignation or removal of
the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary and the termination of this
Agreement.
Section 9.9 Failure to Act.
In the event of any ambiguity in the provisions of this Agreement or any dispute between or
conflicting claims by or among the parties hereto or any other Person with respect to any funds or
property deposited hereunder, then at its sole option, each of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled, after prompt notice to the Company and the
Purchase Contract Agent, to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or instructions with
respect to such property or funds so long as such dispute or conflict shall continue, and the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall not be or become liable
in any way to any of the parties hereto for its failure or refusal to comply with such conflicting
claims, demands or instructions.
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The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to
refuse to act until either:
(a) such conflicting or adverse claims or demands shall have been finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or settled by agreement between the
conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing satisfactory to the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary; or
(b) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary
shall have received security or an indemnity satisfactory to it sufficient to save
it harmless from and against any and all loss, liability or reasonable out-of-pocket
expense which it may incur by reason of its acting.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, none of the Collateral Agent, the
Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be required to take any action that is
contrary to law or to the terms of this Agreement, or which would in its opinion subject it or any
of its officers, employees or directors to any unindemnified liability.
Section 9.10 Resignation of Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. |
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or
Securities Intermediary as provided below:
(a) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary
may resign at any time by giving not less than 90 days’ notice thereof to the
Company and the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of
Equity Units;
(b) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary
may be removed at any time by the Company; and
(c) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary
fails to perform any of its material obligations hereunder in any material respect
for a period of not less than 20 days after receiving written notice of such failure
by the Purchase Contract Agent, and such failure shall be continuing, the Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary may be removed by the
Purchase Contract Agent, acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority in
Stated Amount of the Equity Units.
The Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly notify the Company of any removal of the Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary pursuant to clause (c) of this Section
9.10. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Company shall have the right to appoint a
successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be. If no
successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall have been so appointed
and shall have accepted such appointment within 90 days after the retiring Collateral Agent’s,
Custodial Agent’s or Securities Intermediary’s giving of notice of resignation or within 30 days of
the Company’s or the Purchase Contract Agent’s giving notice of such removal, then the retiring or
removed Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Company, for the appointment of a successor
Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall each be a
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bank, trust company or national banking association with a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or
Securities Intermediary hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities
Intermediary, as the case may be, such successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities
Intermediary, as the case may be, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities
Intermediary, as the case may be, and the retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities
Intermediary, as the case may be, shall take all appropriate action, subject to payment of any
amounts then due and payable to it hereunder, to transfer any money and property held by it
hereunder (including the Collateral) to such successor. The retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial
Agent or Securities Intermediary shall, upon such succession, be discharged from its duties and
obligations as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary hereunder. After any
retiring Collateral Agent’s, Custodial Agent’s or Securities Intermediary’s resignation hereunder
as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, the provisions of this Article IX
shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by
it while it was acting as the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary. Any
resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary
hereunder, at a time when such Person is acting as the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or
Securities Intermediary, shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement as the simultaneous
resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary or Custodial Agent, as the
case may be.
Section 9.11 Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor.
The Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary each shall have the right to
appoint agents or advisors in connection with any of their respective duties hereunder, and the
Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary shall not be liable for any action
taken or omitted by, or in reliance upon the advice of, such agents or advisors selected in good
faith. The appointment of agents pursuant to Section 9.11 shall be subject to prior written consent
of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 9.12 Survival.
The provisions of this Article IX shall survive termination of this Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary.
Section 9.13 Exculpation.
Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary or their officers, directors,
employees or agents be liable under this Agreement to any third party for indirect, special,
punitive, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to,
lost profits, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was known to the Collateral
Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, or any of them incurred without any act
or deed that is found to be attributable to gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of
the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary.
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ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT
Section 10.1 Amendment without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when duly authorized by a Board Resolution,
the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract
Agent, at any time and from time to time, may amend this Agreement, in form satisfactory to the
Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase
Contract Agent, to:
(a) evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption
by any such successor of the covenants of the Company;
(b) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a
successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent, Securities Intermediary or Purchase
Contract Agent;
(c) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company, provided that such
covenants or such surrender do not adversely affect the validity, perfection or
priority of the Pledge created hereunder;
(d) cure any ambiguity (or formal defect) or correct or supplement any
provisions herein which may be inconsistent with another such provisions herein; or
(e) conform this Agreement to any amendment or supplement to, or waiver with
respect to, the Purchase Contract Agreement, it being understood that any such
amendment, supplement or waiver will not require approval under this Agreement;
(f) make any other provisions with respect to such matters or questions arising
under this Agreement, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders in any material respect.
Section 10.2 Amendment with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in Stated Amount of the Equity
Units at the time Outstanding, including without limitation the consent of the Holders obtained in
connection with a tender or an exchange offer, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company, the
Purchase Contract Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent,
as the case may be, the Company, when duly authorized by a Board Resolution, the Purchase Contract
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent may amend this
Agreement for the purpose of modifying in any manner the provisions of this Agreement or the rights
of the Holders in respect of the Equity Units; provided, however, that no such supplemental
agreement shall, without the unanimous consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Equity Units:
(a) change the amount or type of Collateral underlying the Equity Units (except
for the rights of Holders of Corporate Units to substitute the Treasury Securities
for the Pledged Debentures or the rights of Holders of Treasury Units to substitute
Debentures, as applicable, for the Pledged Treasury Securities or the pledging of
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Pledged Treasury Portfolio as Collateral), impair the right of the Holder of
any Equity Units to receive distributions on the underlying Collateral or otherwise
materially and adversely affect the Holder’s rights in or to such Collateral;
(b) reduce the percentage of Equity Units the consent of whose Holders is
required for the modification or amendment of the provisions of this Agreement;
provided that if any amendment or proposal referred to above would adversely affect only the
Corporate Units or only the Treasury Units, then only the affected class of Holders as of the
record date for the Holders entitled to vote thereon will be entitled to vote on such amendment or
proposal, and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the consent of Holders
of not less than a majority in the Stated Amount of such class; provided, further, that the
unanimous consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Equity Unit of such class affected thereby
shall be required to approve any amendment or proposal specified in clauses (a) through (b) above.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance
thereof. Section 1.04 of the Purchase Contract Agreement shall apply to any Act of the Holders
under this Agreement.
Section 10.3 Execution of Amendments.
In executing any amendment permitted by this Article, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to receive and
(subject to Section 7.01 of the Purchase Contract Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contract
Agent) shall be fully authorized and protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate stating
that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all
conditions precedent, if any, to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied.
The Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent, Securities Intermediary and Purchase Contract Agent may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects their own respective rights,
duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise. Except as provided by the prior sentence,
the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary shall enter into all other
supplemental agreements.
Section 10.4 Effect of Amendments.
Upon the execution of any amendment under this Article, this Agreement shall be modified in
accordance therewith, and such amendment shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes; and
every Holder of Certificates theretofore or thereafter authenticated, executed on behalf of the
Holders and delivered under the Purchase Contract Agreement shall be bound thereby.
Section 10.5 Reference of Amendments.
Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered after the
execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section may, and shall, if required by the Collateral
Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent, bear a notation as to any matter provided for in such
amendment. If the Company shall so determine, new Certificates so modified as to conform, to any
such amendment may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of
the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with the Purchase Contract
Agreement in exchange for Certificates representing Outstanding Equity Units.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 No Waiver.
No failure on the part of the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the
Securities Intermediary or any of their respective agents to exercise, and no course of dealing
with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as
a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Company, the Collateral Agent,
the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective agents of any right,
power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or remedy. The remedies herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
remedies provided by law.
Section 11.2 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK. The Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary
and the Holders from time to time of the Equity Units, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent
as their attorney-in-fact, hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in New
York City for the purposes of all actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Holders from time to time of the Equity Units, acting
through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact, irrevocably waive, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying
of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding
brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 11.3 Notices.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications provided for herein (including,
without limitation, any modifications of, or waivers or consents under, this Agreement) shall be
given or made in writing delivered to the intended recipient at the “Address For Notices” specified
below its name on the signature pages hereof or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when or personally
delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as
aforesaid. All notices by mail shall be delivered by first class mail, for which a return receipt
is requested.
Section 11.4 Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and
assigns of the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and
the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Holders from time to time of the Equity Units, by their
acceptance of the same, shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the provisions hereof and to
have ratified the agreements of, and the grant of the Pledge hereunder by, the Purchase Contract
Agent.
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Section 11.5 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this
Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
Section 11.6 Severability.
If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, (i) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in
such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the intentions of the
parties hereto as nearly as may be possible and (ii) the invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 11.7 Expenses, Etc.
The Company agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities
Intermediary for:
(a) all reasonable costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent and the Securities Intermediary (including, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the
Securities Intermediary), in connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation,
execution and delivery or performance of this Agreement and (ii) any modification,
supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement;
(b) all reasonable costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial
Agent and the Securities Intermediary (including, without limitation, reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with (i) any enforcement or proceedings
resulting or incurred in connection with causing any Holder of Equity Units to
satisfy its obligations under the Stock Purchase Contracts forming a part of the
Equity Units and (ii) the enforcement of this Section 11.7;
(c) all transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or
charges levied by any governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement
or any other document referred to herein and all costs, expenses, taxes, assessments
and other charges incurred in connection with any filing, registration, recording or
perfection of any security interest contemplated hereby;
(d) all reasonable fees and expenses of any agent or advisor appointed by the
Collateral Agent and consented to by the Company under Section 9.11; and
(e) any other out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the
Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary in connection
with the performance of their duties and the exercise of their powers hereunder.
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Section 11.8 Security Interest Absolute.
All rights of the Collateral Agent and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of
the Holders from time to time hereunder, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be absolute
and unconditional irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any provision of the Stock
Purchase Contracts or the Equity Units or any other agreement or instrument relating
thereto;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or any other term
of, or any increase in the amount of, all or any of the obligations of Holders of
the Equity Units under the related Stock Purchase Contracts, or any other amendment
or waiver of any term of, or any consent to any departure from any requirement of,
the Purchase Contract Agreement or any Stock Purchase Contract or any other
agreement or instrument relating thereto; or
(c) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available
to, or discharge of, a borrower, a guarantor or a pledgor.
Section 11.9 Notice of Termination Event.
Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall deliver written notice of such
Termination Event to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the
Securities Intermediary.
Section 11.10 Rights of the Purchase Contract Agent.
In connection with its execution and performance hereunder the Purchase Contract Agent is
entitled to all rights, privileges, protections, immunities, benefits and indemnities provided to
it under the Purchase Contract Agreement.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
as of the day and year first above written.
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. | The Bank of New York, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in- fact of the Holders from time to time of the Equity Units | |||||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Gender | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Gender | Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: |
Vice President and Treasurer | Title: | Assistant Treasurer | |||||
Address for Notices: | Address for Notices: | |||||||
American International Group, Inc. | The Bank of New York | |||||||
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx - 0X | |||||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | |||||||
Attention: | Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | |||||||
Attention: Corporate Finance Group | ||||||||
Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary |
||||||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |||||||
Name: |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |||||||
Title: |
Vice President | |||||||
Address for Notices | ||||||||
Wilmington Trust Company | ||||||||
Xxxxxx Square North | ||||||||
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||||
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 | ||||||||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||||||||
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration |
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EXHIBIT A
INSTRUCTION
FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
TO COLLATERAL AGENT
(Creation of Treasury Units)
FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
TO COLLATERAL AGENT
(Creation of Treasury Units)
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Collateral Agent
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
as Collateral Agent
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Re: Corporate Units of American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
The securities account of Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, maintained
by the Securities Intermediary and designated “Wilmington Trust Company, as
Collateral Agent of American International Group, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of
New York, as the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for
the Holders” (the “Collateral Account”)
Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2008 (the “Pledge Agreement”), among
the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary and the
undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units
from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set forth
in the Pledge Agreement.
We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Pledge Agreement that the holder of
securities named below (the “Holder”) has elected to substitute:
1. | $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on February 15, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; | ||
2. | $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on April 30, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; and | ||
3. | $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on July 31, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; |
in exchange for equal principal amounts of applicable Pledged Debentures or security entitlements
with respect thereto, relating to Corporate Units and has delivered to the undersigned a
notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such Qualifying Treasury Securities or security
entitlements with respect thereto to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral
Account.
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We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such
Qualifying Treasury Securities or security entitlements thereto have been credited to the
Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned, on behalf of the Holder for distribution to such
Holder:
1. | an equal $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-1 Debentures; | ||
2. | an equal $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-2 Debentures; and | ||
3. | an equal $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-3 Debentures; |
in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Pledge Agreement.
Date: | The Bank of New York, as | |||||
Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Units | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Title: |
Please print name and address of Holder electing to substitute Qualifying Treasury Securities
or security entitlements with respect thereto for the Pledged Debentures:
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EXHIBIT B
INSTRUCTION
FROM COLLATERAL AGENT
TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY
(Creation of Treasury Units)
FROM COLLATERAL AGENT
TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY
(Creation of Treasury Units)
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Securities Intermediary
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
as Securities Intermediary
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Re: Corporate Units of American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
The securities account of Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, maintained
by the Securities Intermediary and designated “Wilmington Trust Company, as
Collateral Agent of American International Group, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of
New York, as the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for
the Holders” (the “Collateral Account”)
Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2008 (the “Pledge Agreement”), among
the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent and The
Bank of New York, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate
Units and Treasury Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall
have the meanings set forth in the Pledge Agreement.
When you have confirmed that:
1. | $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on February 15, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; | ||
2. | $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on April 30, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; and | ||
3. | $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on July 31, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; |
has been credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of , as Holder of
Corporate Units (the “Holder”), and you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral
Account:
1. | an equal $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-1 Debentures; | ||
2. | an equal $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-2 Debentures; and |
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3. | an equal $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-3 Debentures; |
or security entitlements with respect thereto, relating to Corporate Units of the Holder
by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of the Holder for distribution to such Holder.
Dated: | Wilmington Trust Company, | |||||
as Collateral Agent | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
Please print name and address of Holder:
Name:
|
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any: |
|
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EXHIBIT C
INSTRUCTION
FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
TO COLLATERAL AGENT
(Recreation of Corporate Units)
FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
TO COLLATERAL AGENT
(Recreation of Corporate Units)
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Collateral Agent
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
as Collateral Agent
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Re: Treasury Units of American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
The securities account of Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, maintained
by the Securities Intermediary and designated “Wilmington Trust Company, as
Collateral Agent of American International Group, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of
New York, as the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for
the Holders” (the “Collateral Account”)
Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2008 (the “Pledge Agreement”), among
the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Custodial Agent and the
undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Treasury Units
from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set forth
in the Pledge Agreement.
We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 5.3 of the Pledge Agreement that the holder of
securities named below (the “Holder”) has elected to substitute:
1. | $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-1 Debentures; | ||
2. | $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-2 Debentures; and | ||
3. | $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-3 Debentures; |
or security entitlements with respect thereto, relating to Corporate Units of the Holder,
in exchange for equal principal amounts at maturity of the applicable Pledged Treasury Securities
relating to Treasury Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that
the Holder has Transferred such Debentures or security entitlements with respect thereto to the
Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.
We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such
Debentures or security entitlements with respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral
Account, to release to the undersigned:
1. | an equal $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on February 15, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; |
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2. | an equal $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on April 30, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; and | ||
3. | an equal $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on July 31, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; |
related to Treasury Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 5.3 of the Pledge
Agreement.
Dated: | The Bank of New York, | |||||
as Purchase Contract Agent | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
Please print name and address of Holder electing to substitute Debentures or security
entitlements with respect thereto for Pledged Treasury Securities:
Identification Number, if any: | ||||
Address: |
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EXHIBIT D
INSTRUCTION
FROM COLLATERAL AGENT
TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY
(Recreation of Corporate Units)
FROM COLLATERAL AGENT
TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY
(Recreation of Corporate Units)
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Securities Intermediary
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
as Securities Intermediary
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Re: Treasury Units of American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
The securities account of Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, maintained
by the Securities Intermediary and designated “Wilmington Trust Company, as
Collateral Agent of American International Group, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of
New York, as the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for
the Holders” (the “Collateral Account”)
Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2008 (the “Pledge Agreement”), among
the Company, you, as Securities Intermediary, Custodial Agent and Collateral Agent, and The Bank of
New York, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units
from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set forth
in the Pledge Agreement.
When you have confirmed that:
1. | $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-1 Debentures; | ||
2. | $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-2 Debentures; and | ||
3. | $ aggregate principal amount of Pledged Series B-3 Debentures; |
or
security entitlements with respect thereto, relating to Corporate Units, have been
credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of , as Holder of Treasury
Units (the “Holder”), and you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral Account:
1. | an equal $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on February 15, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; | ||
2. | an equal $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on April 30, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; and |
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3. | an equal $ aggregate principle amount at maturity of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities (CUSIP No. 000000XX0) maturing on July 31, 2011 or security entitlements with respect thereto; |
by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of such Holder for distribution to such
Holder.
Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral Agent |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Dated: | Title: | |||
Please print name and address of Holder:
Name:
|
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any: |
|
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EXHIBIT E
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT WITH CASH FROM COLLATERAL
AGENT TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
(Settlement with Cash Amounts)
AGENT TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
(Settlement with Cash Amounts)
The Bank of New York,
as Purchase Contract Agent
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Attention: Corporate Finance Group
as Purchase Contract Agent
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Attention: Corporate Finance Group
Re: Equity Units of American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
Treasury Units of the Company
Please refer to the Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2008 (the “Pledge Agreement”), by
and among you, the Company, and the undersigned, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and
Securities Intermediary. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set
forth in the Pledge Agreement.
In accordance with Section 5.5(d) of the Pledge Agreement, we hereby notify you that as of
11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Stock
Purchase Date, we have received (i) $ in immediately available funds paid in an
aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price due to the Company on the Stock Purchase Date with
respect to Corporate Units, and (ii) $ in immediately available funds
paid in an aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price due to the Company on such Stock Purchase
Date with respect to Treasury Units.
Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral Agent |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Dated: | Title: | |||
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EXHIBIT F
INSTRUCTION TO CUSTODIAL AGENT REGARDING REMARKETING
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Collateral Agent, acting as Custodial Agent,
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
as Collateral Agent, acting as Custodial Agent,
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Re: [5.67% Series B-1 Junior Subordinated Debentures]
[5.82% Series B-2 Junior Subordinated Debentures]
[5.89% Series B-3 Junior Subordinated Debentures]
(the “Debentures”) of American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
The undersigned hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Pledge Agreement,
dated as of May 16, 2008 (the “Pledge Agreement”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent,
Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary and The Bank of New York, as the Purchase Contract
Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units from time to time, that the
undersigned elects to deliver $
aggregate principal amount of Debentures for
remarketing pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Pledge Agreement. The undersigned will, upon request of
the Remarketing Agent, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Remarketing Agent
or by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the
Debentures tendered hereby. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning,
set forth in the Pledge Agreement.
The undersigned hereby instructs you to deliver such Debentures to or upon the order of the
Remarketing Agent against payment of the Proceeds of such remarketing from the Remarketing Agent,
and to deliver such Proceeds to the undersigned in accordance with the instructions indicated
herein under “A. Payment Instructions.” The undersigned hereby instructs you, in the event of a
Failed Remarketing, to deliver such Separate Debentures to the person(s) and the address(es)
indicated herein under “B. Delivery Instructions.”
With this notice, the undersigned hereby (i) represents and warrants that the undersigned has
full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Debentures tendered hereby and
that the undersigned is the record owner of any Debentures tendered herewith in physical form or a
participant in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and the beneficial owner of any Debentures
tendered herewith by book-entry transfer to your account at DTC, (ii) agrees to be bound by the
terms and conditions of Section 7.4 of the Pledge Agreement and all other provisions regarding
Remarketing in the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement (iii) acknowledges and
agrees that after the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Remarketing Period Start Date, such election shall become an irrevocable election to
have such Debentures remarketed in the Remarketing, and that the Debentures tendered herewith will
only be returned in the event of a Failed Remarketing.
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Date:
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Signature Guarantee: |
Identification Number, if any |
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A. PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Proceeds of the Remarketing should be paid by check in the name of the person(s) set forth below
and mailed to the address set forth below.
Name(s)
(Please Print)
Address
Address
(Please Print)
(Zip Code)
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)
B. DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Debentures which are in the form of definitive certificates
should be delivered to the person(s) set forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.
Name(s)
(Please Print)
Address
(Please Print)
(Zip Code)
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(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)
In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Debentures which are in book-entry form should be credited to
the account at The Depository Trust Company set forth below.
DTC Account Number
Name of Account Party:
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EXHIBIT
G
INSTRUCTION TO CUSTODIAL AGENT REGARDING
WITHDRAWAL FROM REMARKETING
WITHDRAWAL FROM REMARKETING
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Custodial Agent
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
as Custodial Agent
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/(000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Re:
|
[5.67% Series B-1 Junior Subordinated Debentures] | |
[5.82% Series B-2 Junior Subordinated Debentures] | ||
[5.89% Series B-3 Junior Subordinated Debentures] | ||
(the “Debentures”) of American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”) |
The undersigned hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Pledge Agreement,
dated as of May 16, 2008 (the “Pledge Agreement”), among the Company and you, as Custodial Agent,
Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary, and The Bank of New York, as Purchase Contract Agent
and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units from time to time, that the undersigned
elects to withdraw the
$
aggregate principal amount of Debentures delivered to the
Custodial Agent on
, 20___ for remarketing pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Pledge
Agreement. The undersigned hereby instructs you to return such Debentures to the undersigned in
accordance with the undersigned’s instructions. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall
have the meanings set forth in the Pledge Agreement.
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DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
Debentures which are in the form of definitive certificates should be delivered to the person(s)
set forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.
Name(s)
(Please Print)
Address
(Please Print)
(Zip Code)
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)
Debentures which are in book-entry form should be credited to the account at The Depository Trust
Company set forth below.
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SCHEDULE I
CONTACT PERSONS FOR CONFIRMATION
Person(s) in Any of The Following Titles in | ||
the Company | Address/Phone Number | |
Treasurer or Secretary
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American International Group, Inc. | |
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Tel: (000) 000-0000 |
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