Contract
Exhibit
4.2
THIS
OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY, OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY,
ANY FEDERAL AGENCY OR THE SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION. THIS
OBLIGATION IS SUBORDINATED TO THE SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE ISSUER AS SET
FORTH
HEREIN AND IS NOT SECURED.
JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE
REGISTERED
No. 1 |
REGISTERED
US$825,010,000 CUSIP:
00000XXX0
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STANLEY
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns,
the
“Issuer”),
for
value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York, as Property
Trustee (the “Property
Trustee,”
which
term includes any successor Property Trustee for Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Trust
VIII) for Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Trust VIII, a statutory trust formed under
the
laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer
Trust”),
or
registered assignees, the principal sum of US$825,010,000 (UNITED STATES DOLLARS
EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE MILLION TEN THOUSAND) on January 15, 2046 (the
“Scheduled
Redemption Date”)
or
thereafter out of the net proceeds from the sale of certain Replacement
Securities, as described on the reverse hereof, or, if the Issuer is unable
to
raise such proceeds, on April 15, 2067 (or if this day is not a business day,
the following business day). The Issuer further promises to pay interest on
said
principal sum at the annual rate of 6.45% from and including April
26,
2007 to
but
excluding the date the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for
payment (except as provided below). Interest is payable quarterly in arrears
on
January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest
Payment Date”),
commencing July 15, 2007.
Interest
on this Debenture shall accrue from and including the most recent Interest
Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no
interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and including April 26, 2007
to but excluding the date the principal hereof has been paid or duly made
available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, subject to certain exceptions
described herein, be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one
or
more predecessor Debentures) is registered at the close of business on the
15th
calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest
Payment Date (each such date a “Record
Date”).
“Business
Day”
means
any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which
banking
institutions
in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order
to
remain closed. A Holder of US$1,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount
of
Debentures having the same Interest Payment Date, the interest on which is
payable in U.S. dollars, shall be entitled to receive payments of interest,
other than interest due at maturity or on any date of redemption or repayment,
by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer
instructions have been received by the Paying Agent in writing not less than
15
calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Debenture set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place, including, without limitation, the
provisions relating to the subordination of this Debenture to the Issuer’s
Senior Indebtedness, the deferral of interest during Optional Deferral Periods,
the Alternative Payment Mechanism to be used to pay any Deferred Interest and
the right of the Issuer to redeem the Debentures prior to the Scheduled
Redemption Date, each as defined on the reverse hereof.
Unless
the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee, this
Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Junior Subordinated
Indenture, as defined on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for
any
purpose.
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IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Debenture to be duly executed.
DATED:
April 26, 2007
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX
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By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx |
Name: Xxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: Assistant
Treasurer
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TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Debentures referred to in the within-mentioned Junior Subordinated
Indenture.
DATED:
April 26, 0000
XXX
XXXX
XX XXX XXXX,
as
Trustee
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Authorized Signatory
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REVERSE
OF SECURITY
This
debenture is one of a duly authorized issue of 6.45% Junior Subordinated
Debentures due April 15, 2067 (the “Final
Maturity Date”),
and
redeemable on such earlier date or dates as provided herein, of the Issuer
(the
“Debentures”).
The
Debentures are issuable under the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
October 12, 2006, between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (the “Issuer”)
and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee (the “Trustee,”
which
term includes any successor trustee under the Junior Subordinated Indenture)
(the “Junior
Subordinated Indenture”),
to
which Junior Subordinated Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement
of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the
Issuer, the Trustee and holders of the Debentures and the terms upon which
the
Debentures are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Issuer has
appointed The Bank of New York at its corporate trust office in The City of
New
York as the paying agent (the “Paying
Agent,”
which
term includes any additional or successor Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer)
with respect to the Debentures. To the extent not inconsistent herewith, the
terms of the Junior Subordinated Indenture are hereby incorporated by reference
herein. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning given
to
such terms in the Junior Subordinated Indenture.
This
Debenture shall not be subject to any sinking fund, shall not be subject to
repayment at the option of the holder and, except as provided below, shall
not
be redeemable prior to the Final Maturity Date.
The
Issuer
covenants (the “Replacement
Capital Obligation”)
to
redeem the Debentures on January 15, 2046 (the “Scheduled
Redemption Date”),
but
only out of net proceeds raised from the sale to third party purchasers of
one
or more issuances of Replacement Securities in the amounts specified
below.
The
Replacement Capital Obligation is limited. Except as described below, and
subject to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event, the Issuer shall use
its
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to raise sufficient net proceeds from the sale
of Replacement Securities to redeem the Debentures in full on the Scheduled
Redemption Date only to the extent that it has raised sufficient net proceeds
within the 180-day period prior to the date on which the Issuer gives its notice
of redemption pursuant to the Junior Subordinated Indenture, which shall be
not
more than 30 and not less than 15 days prior to the Scheduled Redemption Date.
If the Issuer has not raised sufficient net proceeds to permit redemption in
full of the Debentures on the Scheduled Redemption Date at their principal
plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, it shall apply any available proceeds
so
raised first to pay the accrued and unpaid installments of interest in
chronological order and second to repay all principal outstanding on the
Debentures. Except as described below, and subject to the occurrence of a Market
Disruption Event, the Issuer shall continue using its Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to raise sufficient
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proceeds
to permit repayment of the balance of the amount due on the Debentures as soon
as commercially practicable and shall use any proceeds raised on each Interest
Payment Date following the Scheduled Redemption Date to reduce the balance
outstanding on such Interest Payment Date until the Debentures are paid in
full.
The Issuer shall not otherwise redeem the Debentures on or after the Scheduled
Redemption Date. The Replacement Capital Obligation shall continue to apply
until (i) the Issuer has raised sufficient net proceeds from the sale of
Replacement Securities to permit redemption in full in accordance with the
Replacement Capital Obligation, (ii) the Debentures are otherwise paid in full
on the Final Maturity Date or (iii) the occurrence of an Event of Default
resulting in the acceleration of the principal amount of the Debentures.
The
Issuer
shall only have the right to modify or terminate the Replacement Capital
Obligation with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of
the Debentures; provided
that the
Replacement Capital Obligation may be amended or supplemented from time to
time
by a written instrument signed only by the Issuer (and without the consent
of
the Holders) if: (i) such amendment eliminates Common Stock, Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock and/or Debt Exchangeable for Equity (but only to
the
extent exchangeable for Common Stock) as a type of security or securities
qualifying as Replacement Securities and the Issuer has been advised in writing
by a nationally recognized independent accounting firm that there is more than
an insubstantial risk that the failure to do so would result in a reduction
in
the Issuer’s earnings per share as calculated for financial reporting purposes
or (ii) such amendment or supplement is not adverse to the Holders then in
effect or imposes additional restrictions on the types of securities qualifying
as Replacement Securities, and, in either case described in this clause (ii),
an
officer of the Issuer has delivered to the Holders a written certificate stating
that, in his or her determination, such amendment or supplement is not adverse
to the Holders. In no event, however, shall the Issuer’s failure to obtain such
consent be an Event of Default hereunder.
Any
principal amount of this Debenture remaining outstanding, together with accrued
and unpaid interest, will be due and payable on the Final Maturity Date,
regardless of the amount of Replacement Securities the Issuer has issued and
sold by that time.
“Commercially
Reasonable Efforts”
to
sell
securities in accordance with the Replacement Capital Obligation or the
Alternative Payment Mechanism means commercially reasonable efforts by the
Issuer to complete the offer and sale of the Issuer’s securities to third
parties that are not Subsidiaries of the Issuer in public offerings or private
placements. The Issuer shall not be considered to have made commercially
reasonable efforts to effect a sale of securities if it determines to not pursue
or complete such sale due to pricing, coupon, dividend rate or dilution
considerations.
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The
Issuer
shall not be required to redeem the Debentures on the Scheduled Redemption
Date
or any Interest Payment Date following the Scheduled Redemption Date, as the
case may be (each a “Required
Repayment Date”),
to the
extent it provides written certification to the Trustee no more than 30 and
no
less than 15 days in advance of the Required Repayment Date certifying that
(i)
a Market Disruption Event was existing during the 180-day period preceding
the
date of such certificate or, in the case of any required redemption after the
Scheduled Redemption Date, the 90-day period preceding the date of such
certificate and (ii) either (a) the Market Disruption Event continued for the
entire 180-day period or 90-day period, as the case may be, or (b) the Market
Disruption Event continued for only part of such period, but the Issuer was
unable after Commercially Reasonable Efforts to raise sufficient net proceeds
during the rest of such period to permit redemption of the Debentures in
full.
Net
proceeds that the Issuer is permitted to apply to redemption of the Debentures
on and after the Scheduled Redemption Date shall be applied first to pay
Deferred Interest to the extent of eligible proceeds raised under the
Alternative Payment Mechanism, second to pay current interest that the Issuer
is
not paying from other sources and third to redeem the principal of the
Debentures, subject to a minimum principal amount of US$5,000,000 to be redeemed
on any Required Repayment Date; provided
that if
the Issuer is obligated to sell Replacement Securities in accordance with the
Replacement Capital Obligation and apply the net proceeds to payments of
principal of or interest on any outstanding securities in addition to the
Debentures (the “Other
Securities”),
then
on any date and for any period the amount of net proceeds received by the Issuer
from such sales and available for such payments shall be applied to the
Debentures and the Other Securities having the same scheduled repayment date
or
scheduled redemption date as the Debentures pro rata in accordance with their
respective outstanding principal amounts, and none of such net proceeds shall
be
applied to any Other Securities having a later scheduled repayment date or
scheduled redemption date until the principal of and all accrued and unpaid
interest on the Debentures has been paid in full.
“Replacement
Securities”
means
securities that in the determination of the Issuer’s Board of Directors
reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of the Replacement Capital
Obligation meet one of the following criteria:
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Common
Stock and Rights to Acquire Common
Stock;
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(ii) |
Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock;
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(iii) |
Debt
Exchangeable for Equity; and
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Qualifying
Capital Securities.
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These
terms are defined below.
“Common
Stock”
means
any equity securities of the Issuer (including equity securities held as
treasury shares and equity securities sold pursuant to the Issuer’s dividend
reinvestment plan and employee benefit plans) that have no preference in the
payment of dividends or amounts payable upon the liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Issuer (including a security that tracks the performance
of,
or relates to the results of, a business, unit or division of the Issuer),
and
any securities that have no preference in the payment of dividends or amounts
payable upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer and are
issued in exchange therefor in connection with a merger, consolidation, binding
share exchange, business combination, recapitalization or other similar
event.
“Rights
to Acquire Common Stock”
includes
any right to acquire Common Stock, including any right to acquire Common Stock
pursuant to a stock purchase plan or employee benefit plan.
“Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock”
means
cumulative preferred stock with (i) no prepayment obligation on the part of
the
issuer thereof, whether at the election of the holders or otherwise, and (ii)
a
requirement that the preferred stock convert into Common Stock within three
years from the date of its issuance at a conversion ratio within a range
established at the time of issuance of the preferred stock, subject to customary
anti-dilution adjustments.
“Debt
Exchangeable for Equity”
means
Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity
(each as defined below).
“Qualifying
Capital Securities”
means
securities (other than Common Stock, Rights to Acquire Common Stock and
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) that in the
determination of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, reasonably construing
the
definitions and other terms of the Replacement Capital Obligation, meet one
of
the following criteria:
(i)
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securities
issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (A) rank pari
passu
with or junior to the Debentures
upon
the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer, (B) have
no
maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (C) (1) are Non-Cumulative
and are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant or (2)
have a
Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision and
are
subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
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liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Issuer, (B) have no maturity or
a
maturity of at least 40 years, (C) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement
Capital Covenant and (D) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an
Optional Deferral Provision;
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(iii)
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Qualifying
Preferred Stock;
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(iv)
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Non-Cumulative
preferred stock issued by the Issuer that ranks junior to the Debentures
upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer, and
(A) (1)
has no maturity or a final maturity of at least 60 years and (2)
is
subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure; or (B) (1) has no
maturity
or a final maturity of at least 40 years and is subject to a Qualifying
Replacement Covenant or (2) is subject to Intent-Based Replacement
Disclosure and has a Mandatory Trigger Provision; or (C) (1) has
no
maturity or a final maturity of at least 25 years, (2) is subject
to a
Qualifying Replacement Covenant and (3) has a Mandatory Trigger
Provision;
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(v)
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preferred
stock issued by the Issuer that ranks junior to the Debentures upon
a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer, and (A) has
no
prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether
at the
election of the holders or otherwise, and (B)(1) has no maturity
or a
maturity of at least 60 years and (2) is subject to a Qualifying
Replacement Capital Covenant;
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(vi)
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securities
issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (A) rank pari
passu
with or junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution
or
winding up of the Issuer, (B) have no maturity or a maturity of at
least
60 years and an Optional Deferral Provision, and (C) are subject
to a
Qualifying Replacement Covenant;
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(vii)
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securities
issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (A) rank pari
passu with
or junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding
up
of the Issuer, (B) are Non-Cumulative, (C) have no maturity or a
maturity
of at least 40 years and (D) either (1) are subject to a Qualifying
Replacement Capital Covenant or (2) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision
and
an Optional Deferral Provision and are subject to Intent-Based Replacement
Disclosure;
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(viii)
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securities
issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (A) rank junior
to
all of the senior and subordinated debt of the Issuer other
than the Debentures and securities ranking pari
passu with
the Debentures, (B) have an Optional Deferral Provision and a
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Mandatory
Trigger Provision and (C) have no maturity or a maturity of at
least 60
years and are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant;
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(ix)
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other
securities issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (A)
rank
upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Issuer pari
passu
with or junior to the Debentures, (B) have no maturity or a maturity
of at
least 25 years and (C) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital
Covenant and have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral
Provision;
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(x)
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cumulative
preferred stock issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that
(A)
has no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (B) is subject
to
Intent-Based Replacement
Disclosure;
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(xi)
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Non-Cumulative
preferred stock issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that
(A)
has no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (B) is subject
to
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
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(xii)
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securities
issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (A) rank pari
passu
with or junior to the Debentures upon a liquidation, dissolution
or
winding up of the Issuer, (B) either (1) have no maturity or a maturity
of
at least 60 years and are subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure
or (2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 30 years and are
subject
to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant and (C) have an Optional
Deferral Provision; or
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(xiii)
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securities
issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (A) rank junior
to
all of the senior and subordinated debt of the Issuer other than
the
Debentures and securities ranking pari
passu
with the Debentures, (B) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an
Optional Deferral Provision and (C) have no maturity or a maturity
of at
least 30 years and are subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure.
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For
purposes of the definitions of Common Stock, Rights to Acquire Common Stock,
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, Debt Exchangeable for Equity and
Qualifying Capital Securities, the following terms have the following
meanings:
“Alternative
Payment Mechanism”
means,
with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities, provisions in the related
transaction documents that require the issuer, in its discretion, to issue
(or
use commercially reasonable efforts to issue) one or more types of APM
Qualifying Securities raising eligible proceeds at least equal to the deferred
Distributions on such Qualifying Capital Securities and apply the proceeds
to
pay unpaid Distributions on such Qualifying Capital
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Securities
and apply the proceeds to pay unpaid Distributions on such Qualifying Capital
Securities, commencing on the earlier of (x) the first Distribution Date
after
commencement of a deferral period on which the issuer pays current Distributions
on such Qualifying Capital Securities and (y) the fifth anniversary of the
commencement of such deferral period, and that:
(i) define
“eligible
proceeds”
to
mean,
for purposes of such Alternative Payment Mechanism, the net proceeds (after
underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, commissions or discounts and other
expenses relating to the issuance or sale) that the issuer has received during
the 180 days prior to the related Distribution Date from the issuance of APM
Qualifying Securities to Persons other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,
up
to the Preferred Cap (as defined in (vi) below) in the case of APM Qualifying
Securities that are Qualifying Preferred Stock or Mandatorily Convertible
Preferred Stock;
(ii) permit
the
issuer to pay current Distributions on any Distribution Date out of any source
of funds but (x) require the issuer to pay deferred Distributions only out
of
eligible proceeds and (y) prohibit the issuer from paying deferred Distributions
out of any source of funds other than eligible proceeds (other than following
an
acceleration of such securities or the occurrence of the final maturity
thereof), unless (if the issuer elects to so provide in the terms of such
securities) an Applicable Governmental Authority directs otherwise;
(iii) if
deferral of Distributions continues for more than one year, require the Issuer
not to redeem or repurchase any securities that rank pari
passu
with or
junior to any APM Qualifying Securities that the issuer has issued to settle
deferred Distributions in respect to that deferral period until at least one
year after all deferred Distributions have been paid (a “Repurchase
Restriction”);
(iv) notwithstanding
the foregoing provision, if an Applicable Governmental Authority disapproves
the
sale of APM Qualifying Securities, may (if the issuer elects to so provide
in
the terms of such securities) permit the issuer to pay deferred Distributions
from any source without a breach of its obligations under the related
transaction documents;
(v) if
an
Applicable Governmental Authority does not disapprove the issuance and sale
of
APM Qualifying Securities but disapproves the use of the proceeds thereof to
pay
deferred Distributions, may (if the issuer elects to so provide in the terms
of
such securities) permit the issuer to use such proceeds for other purposes
and
to continue to defer Distributions without a breach of its obligations under
the
related transaction documents;
(vi) limit
the
obligation of the issuer to issue (or use commercially reasonable efforts to
issue) APM Qualifying Securities to:
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(A) in
the
case of APM Qualifying Securities that are Common Stock or Qualifying Warrants,
an amount from the issuance thereof pursuant to the Alternative Payment
Mechanism (including at any point in time from all prior issuances thereof
during such deferral period pursuant to the Alternative Payment Mechanism)
with
respect to deferred Distributions attributable to the first five years of any
deferral period equal to 2% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares
of Common Stock as of the date of the Issuer’s then most recent publicly
available consolidated financial statements (the “Common
Cap”);
provided
(and it
being understood) that the Common Cap shall cease to apply to such deferral
period by a date (as specified in the related transaction documents) which
shall
be not later than the ninth anniversary of the commencement of such deferral
period; and
(B) in
the
case of APM Qualifying Securities that are Qualifying Preferred Stock or
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount from the issuance thereof
pursuant to the related Alternative Payment Mechanism (including at any point
in
time from all prior issuances of Qualifying Preferred Stock and unconverted
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to such Alternative Payment
Mechanism) equal to 25% of the liquidation preference or principal amount of
the
Qualifying Capital Securities that are the subject of the related Alternative
Payment Mechanism (the “Preferred
Cap”);
(vii) in
the
case of Qualifying Capital Securities other than Qualifying Preferred Stock,
include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision; and
(viii) permit
the
Issuer, at its option, to provide that if it is involved in a merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, binding share exchange or conveyance, transfer
or
lease of assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person or a similar
transaction (a “business
combination”)
where
immediately after the consummation of the business combination more than 50%
of
the surviving or resulting entity’s voting stock is owned by the shareholders of
the other party to the business combination, then clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
above will not apply to any deferral period that is terminated on the next
Distribution Date following the date of consummation of the business
combination;
provided
(and it
being understood) that:
(i) the
Alternative Payment Mechanism may at the discretion of the Issuer include a
share cap limiting the issuance of APM Qualifying Securities consisting of
Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants in each case to a maximum issuance cap
to
be set at the discretion of the Issuer; provided
that such
maximum issuance cap will be subject to the Issuer’s agreement to use
commercially reasonable efforts (A) to increase the maximum issuance cap when
reached, if the
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Issuer
can
do so and still satisfy its future fixed or contingent obligations under the
securities and derivative instruments that provide for settlement or payment
in
shares of Common Stock, and (B) if the Issuer cannot increase the maximum
issuance cap as contemplated in the preceding clause, to request its Board
of
Directors to adopt a resolution for shareholder vote at the next occurring
annual shareholders meeting to increase the number of shares of the Issuer’s
authorized Common Stock for purposes of satisfying its obligations to pay
deferred distributions;
(ii) the
issuer
shall not be obligated to issue (or use commercially reasonable efforts to
issue) APM Qualifying Securities for so long as a Market Disruption Event has
occurred and is continuing;
(iii) if,
due to
a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the Issuer is able to raise and apply
some, but not all, of the eligible proceeds necessary to pay all deferred
Distributions on any Distribution Date, the Issuer will apply any available
eligible proceeds to pay accrued and unpaid Distributions on the applicable
Distribution Date in chronological order subject to the Common Cap, the
Preferred Cap, and any maximum issuance cap referred to above, as applicable;
and
(iv) if
the
Issuer has outstanding more than one class or series of securities under which
it is obligated to sell a type of APM Qualifying Securities and apply some
part
of the proceeds to the payment of deferred Distributions, then on any date
and
for any period the amount of net proceeds received by the Issuer from those
sales and available for payment of deferred Distributions on such securities
shall be applied to such securities on a pro rata basis up to the Common Cap,
the Preferred Cap and any maximum issuance cap referred to above, as applicable,
in proportion to the total amounts that are due on such securities, or on such
other basis as an Applicable Governmental Authority may approve.
“APM
Qualifying Securities”
means,
with respect to an Alternative Payment Mechanism, any Debt Exchangeable for
Preferred Equity or any Mandatory Trigger Provision, one or more of the
following (as designated in the transaction documents for any Qualifying Capital
Securities that include an Alternative Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger
Provision or for any Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity):
(i) Common
Stock;
(ii) Qualifying
Warrants;
(iii) Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock; and
(iv) Qualifying
Preferred Stock;
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provided
that if
the APM Qualifying Securities for any Alternative Payment Mechanism, any Debt
Exchangeable for Preferred Equity or any Mandatory Trigger Provision include
both Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants, such Alternative Payment Mechanism,
Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity or Mandatory Trigger Provision may
permit, but need not require, the issuer to issue Qualifying Warrants
or
Qualifying Preferred Stock; provided
further that if such Alternative Payment Mechanism, Mandatory Trigger Provision
or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity includes all of the securities
included in (i) through (iv) above, it may allow for an amendment of the terms
of such security to eliminate Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants as APM
Qualifying Securities if
the
Issuer has been advised in writing by a nationally recognized independent
accounting firm that there is more than an insubstantial risk that the failure
to do so would result in a reduction in the Issuer’s earnings per share as
calculated for financial reporting purposes.
“Applicable
Government Authority”
means
the Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of
the
Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision or any other federal or state
authority with regulatory oversight over the Issuer’s
capitalization.
“Bankruptcy
Claim Limitation Provision”
means,
with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities that have an Alternative
Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger Provision, provisions that, upon any
liquidation, dissolution, winding up or reorganization or in connection with
any
insolvency, receivership or proceeding under any bankruptcy law with respect
to
the issuer, limit the claim of the holders of such Qualifying Capital Securities
to Distributions that accumulate during (i) any deferral period, in the case
of
Qualifying Capital Securities that have an Alternative Payment Mechanism or
(ii)
any period in which the issuer fails to satisfy one or more financial tests
set
forth in the terms of such securities or related transaction documents, in
the
case of Qualifying Capital Securities having a Mandatory Trigger Provision,
to:
(A) in
the
case of Qualifying Capital Securities having an Alternative Payment Mechanism
or
Mandatory Trigger Provision with respect to which the APM Qualifying Securities
do not include Qualifying Preferred Stock, 25% of the stated or principal amount
of such securities then outstanding; and
(B) in
the
case of any other Qualifying Capital Securities, an amount not in excess of
the
sum of (1) the amount of accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including
compounded amounts) that relate to the earliest two years of the portion of
the
deferral period for which Distributions have not been paid and (2) an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the Preferred Cap over the aggregate amount
of
net proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Preferred Stock and unconverted
Mandatorily
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Convertible
Preferred Stock that the issuer has applied to pay such Distributions pursuant
to the Alternative Payment Mechanism or the Mandatory Trigger Provision,
provided
that the
holders of such securities are deemed to agree that, to the extent the remaining
claim exceeds the amount set forth in subclause (1), the amount they receive
in
respect of such excess shall not exceed the amount they would have received
had
the claim for such excess ranked pari
passu
with the
interests of the holders, if any, of Qualifying Preferred Stock.
“Commission”
means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Cap”
has
the
meaning specified in the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Debt
Exchangeable for Common Equity”
means
a
security or combination of securities (together in this definition,
“such
securities”)
that:
(i) gives
the
holder a beneficial interest in (A) a fractional interest in a stock purchase
contract for a share of Common Stock of the Issuer that will be settled in
three
years or less, with the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant
to
such stock purchase contract to be within a range established at the time of
issuance of such debt securities, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments
and (B) debt securities of the Issuer that are not redeemable at the option
of
the Issuer or the holder thereof prior to the settlement of the stock purchase
contracts;
(ii) provides
that the investors directly or indirectly grant to the Issuer a security
interest in such debt securities and their proceeds (including any substitute
collateral permitted under the transaction documents) to secure the investors’
direct or indirect obligation to purchase Common Stock of the Issuer pursuant
to
such stock purchase contracts;
(iii) includes
a
remarketing feature pursuant to which the debt securities of the Issuer are
remarketed to new investors commencing not later than 30 days prior to the
settlement date of the purchase contract; and
(iv) provides
for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Common Stock
of the Issuer under the stock purchase contracts and, if there has not been
a
successful remarketing by the settlement date of the purchase contract, provides
that the stock purchase contracts will be settled by the Issuer acquiring
the debt securities or other collateral directly or indirectly pledged by
investors in the Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity.
“Debt
Exchangeable for Preferred Equity”
means
a
security or combination of securities (together in this definition,
“such
securities”)
that:
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(i) gives
the
holder a beneficial interest in (A) subordinated debt securities of the Issuer
that include a provision requiring the Issuer to issue (or use commercially
reasonable efforts to issue) one or more types of APM Qualifying Securities
raising proceeds at least equal to the deferred Distributions on such
subordinated debt securities commencing not later than the second anniversary
of
the commencement of such deferral period and that are the most junior
subordinated debt of the Issuer (or rank pari
passu
with the
most junior subordinated debt of the Issuer) (in this definition, “subordinated
debt”)
and (B)
a fractional interest in a stock purchase contract for a share of Qualifying
Preferred Stock of the Issuer that ranks pari
passu
with or
junior to all other preferred stock of the Issuer (in this definition,
“preferred
stock”);
(ii) provides
that the investors directly or indirectly grant to the Issuer a security
interest in such subordinated debt securities and their proceeds (including
any
substitute collateral permitted under the transaction documents) to secure
the
investors’ direct or indirect obligation to purchase preferred stock of the
Issuer pursuant to such stock purchase contracts;
(iii) includes
a
remarketing feature pursuant to which the subordinated debt of the Issuer is
remarketed to new investors commencing not later than the first Distribution
Date that is at least five years after the date of issuance of securities or
earlier in the event of an early settlement event based on: (A) the dissolution
of the issuer of such Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity or (B) one or
more
financial tests set forth in the terms of the instrument governing such Debt
Exchangeable for Preferred Equity;
(iv) provides
for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Qualifying
Preferred Stock under the stock purchase contracts and, if there has not been
a
successful remarketing by the first Distribution Date that is six years after
the date of issuance of such securities, provides that the stock purchase
contracts will be settled by the Issuer acquiring the subordinated debt
securities or other collateral directly or indirectly pledged by investors
in
the Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity;
(v) is
subject
to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant that will apply to such securities
and preferred stock of the Issuer, and will not include Debt Exchangeable for
Equity as a Replacement Capital Security; and
(vi) after
the
issuance of such preferred stock of the Issuer provides the holders of such
securities with a beneficial interest in such preferred stock.
“Distribution
Date”
means,
as to any securities or combination of securities, the dates on which periodic
Distributions on such securities are scheduled to be made.
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“Distribution
Period”
means,
as to any securities or combination of securities, each period from and
including a Distribution Date for such securities to but not including the
next
succeeding Distribution Date for such securities.
“Distributions”
means,
as to a security or combination of securities, dividends, interest payments
or
other income distributions to the holders thereof that are not Subsidiaries
of
the Issuer.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
“Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure”
means,
as to any security or combination of securities, that the Issuer has publicly
stated its intention, either in the prospectus or other offering document under
which such securities were initially offered for sale or in filings with the
Commission made by the Issuer under the Exchange Act prior to or
contemporaneously with the issuance of such securities, that the Issuer will
redeem or purchase such securities only with the proceeds of replacement capital
securities that have terms and provisions at the time of redemption or purchase
that receive as much or more equity-like credit than the securities then being
redeemed or purchased, raised within 180 days of the applicable redemption
or
purchase date.
“Mandatory
Trigger Provision”
means,
as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, provisions in the terms thereof or
of
the related transaction documents that:
(i) require,
or at its option in the case of Qualifying Preferred Stock permit, the issuer
of
such Qualifying Capital Securities to make payment of Distributions on such
securities only pursuant to the issue and sale of APM Qualifying Securities,
within two years of a failure of the issuer to satisfy one or more financial
tests set forth in the terms of such Qualifying Capital Securities or related
transaction agreements, in an amount such that the net proceeds of such sale
are
at least equal to the amount of unpaid Distributions on such Qualifying Capital
Securities (including without limitation all deferred and accumulated amounts),
and in either case require the application of the net proceeds of such sale
to
pay such unpaid Distributions, provided
that (A)
such Mandatory Trigger Provision shall limit the issuance and sale of Common
Stock and Qualifying Warrants the proceeds of which may be applied to pay such
Distributions pursuant
to such provision to the Common Cap, unless the Mandatory Trigger Provision
requires such issuance and sale within one year of such failure, and (B) the
amount of Qualifying Preferred Stock the net proceeds of which the issuer may
apply to pay such Distributions pursuant to such provision may not exceed the
Preferred Cap;
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(ii) other
than
in the case of Qualifying Preferred Stock, if the provisions described in clause
(i) do not require such issuance and sale within one year of such failure,
prohibit the issuer from repurchasing any securities that are pari
passu
with or
junior to its APM Qualifying Securities, the proceeds of which were used to
pay
deferred Distributions since such failure before the date six months after
the
Issuer applies the net proceeds of the sales described in clause (i) to pay
such
unpaid Distributions in full; and
(iii) other
than
in the case of Qualifying Preferred Stock, include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation
Provision;
provided
(and it
being understood) that:
(i) the
Issuer
will not be obligated to issue (or use commercially reasonably efforts to issue)
any such APM Qualifying Securities for so long as a Market Disruption Event
has
occurred and is continuing;
(ii) if,
due to
a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the Issuer is able to raise and apply
some, but not all, of the eligible proceeds necessary to pay all deferred
Distributions on any Distribution Date, the Issuer will apply any available
eligible proceeds to pay accrued and unpaid Distributions on the applicable
Distribution Date in chronological order subject to the Common Cap, the
Preferred Cap and any maximum issuance cap, as applicable; and
(iii) if
the
Issuer has outstanding more than one class or series of securities under which
it is obligated to sell a type of any such APM Qualifying Securities and applies
some part of the proceeds to the payment of deferred Distributions, then on
any
date and for any period the amount of net proceeds received by the Issuer from
those sales and available for payment of deferred Distributions on such
securities shall be applied to such securities on a pro
rata
basis up
to the Common Cap, the Preferred Cap, and any maximum issuance cap, as
applicable, in proportion to the total amounts that are due on such
securities.
No
remedy
other than Permitted Remedies will arise by the terms of such securities or
related transaction agreements in favor of the holders of such securities as
a
result of the Issuer’s failure to pay Distributions because of the Mandatory
Trigger Provision until Distributions have been deferred for one or more
Distribution Periods that total together at least ten years.
“Non-Cumulative”
means,
with respect to any securities, that the Issuer thereof may elect not to make
any number of periodic Distributions without any remedy arising under the terms
of the securities or related agreements in favor of the holders, other than
one
or more Permitted Remedies.
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“Optional
Deferral Provision”
means,
as to any security or combination of securities, a provision in the terms
thereof or of the related transaction agreements to the effect that
either:
(i) (A)
the
issuer of such securities may, in its sole discretion, defer in whole or in
part
payment of Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive
Distribution Periods of up to five years or, if a Market Disruption Event is
continuing, ten years, without any remedy other than Permitted Remedies and
(B)
such securities are subject to an Alternative Payment Mechanism (provided
that such
Alternative Payment Mechanism need not apply during the first five years of
any
deferral period and need not include a Common Cap, Preferred Cap, Bankruptcy
Claim Limitation Provision or Repurchase Restriction); or
(ii) the
issuer
of such securities may, in its sole discretion, defer in whole or in part
payment of Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive
Distribution Periods up to at least ten years, without any remedy other than
Permitted Remedies.
“Permitted
Remedies”
means,
with respect to any securities, one or more of the following
remedies:
(i) rights
in
favor of the holders of such securities permitting such holders to elect one
or
more directors of the Issuer (including any such rights required by the listing
requirements of any stock or securities exchange on which such securities may
be
listed or traded), or
(ii) complete
or partial prohibitions on the issuer paying Distributions on or repurchasing
Common Stock or other securities that rank pari
passu
with or
junior as to Distributions to such securities for so long as Distributions
on
such securities, including unpaid Distributions, remain unpaid.
“Person”
means
any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited
liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or government
or
any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Preferred
Cap”
has
the
meaning specified in the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Qualifying
Preferred Stock”
means
non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock issued by the Issuer or its
Subsidiaries that (i) ranks pari
passu with
or
junior to all other preferred stock of the Issuer, and contains no remedies
other than Permitted Remedies and (ii) either (A) is subject to Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure and has a provision that prohibits the issuer from paying
any dividends thereon upon its failure to satisfy one or more financial tests
set forth therein or (B) is subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital
Covenant.
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“Qualifying
Replacement Capital Covenant”
means
(i) a replacement capital covenant substantially similar to the Replacement
Capital Covenant or (ii) a replacement capital covenant, as identified by the
Board of Directors of the Issuer, acting in good faith and in its reasonable
discretion and reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of the
Replacement Capital Covenant, (a) entered into by an issuer that at the time
it
enters into such replacement capital covenant is a reporting company under
the
Exchange Act and (b) that restricts the issuer from redeeming or purchasing
identified securities except to the extent of the applicable percentage of
the
net proceeds of specified Replacement Securities that have terms and provisions
at the time of redemption, repurchase, defeasance or purchase that receive
as
much or more equity-like credit than the securities then being redeemed,
repurchased or purchased, raised within the six-month period prior to the
applicable redemption, repurchase, defeasance or purchase date.
“Qualifying
Warrants”
means
net share settled warrants to purchase Common Stock that have an exercise price
greater than the Current Stock Market Price of the Issuer’s Common Stock as of
their date of issuance, that do not entitle the Issuer to redeem for cash and
the holders of such warrants are not entitled to require the Issuer to
repurchase for cash in any circumstance.
“Replacement
Capital Covenant”
means
the replacement capital covenant dated the date hereof by the Issuer in favor
of, and for the benefit of, each Covered Debtholder (as defined therein), a
copy
of which will be filed by the Issuer with the Commission as an exhibit to the
registration statement pertaining to the offering of securities (the
“Capital
Securities”)
by the
Issuer Trust to the public.
“Repurchase
Restriction”
has
the
meaning specified in the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Subsidiary”
of
the
Issuer means, at any time, any Person the shares of stock or other ownership
interests of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
board
of directors or other managers of such Person are at the time owned, or the
management or policies of which are otherwise at the time controlled, directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries (including other Subsidiaries)
or both, by the Issuer.
This
Debenture may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer (i) on or after July
15,
2012, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, (ii) prior to July
15,
2012, (a) in whole (but not in part) at any time within 90 days following the
occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event (the
“90-Day
Period”)
or (b)
in whole or in part at any time following
the occurrence of a Regulatory Capital Event for as long as such event is
continuing.
In each
case, the Debentures shall be redeemed at a redemption price equal to the
accrued
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and
unpaid
interest on the Debentures so redeemed to but excluding the date fixed for
redemption, plus 100% of the principal amount thereof (the “Redemption
Price”).
In
addition, subject to obtaining any then required regulatory approval, the Issuer
may redeem Debentures at the Early Redemption Price on any date (such date,
the
“Early
Redemption Date”)
before
July 15, 2012, in whole or in part, following the occurrence of a Rating Agency
Event for as long as such event is continuing (such right to redeem, the
“Rating
Agency Call”).
“Early
Redemption Price”
means,
with respect to any Debentures to be redeemed in accordance with the Rating
Agency Call, the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures
to be redeemed, and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal (discounted from July 15, 2012) and interest that would
have been payable to and including July 15, 2012 (discounted from their
respective Interest Payment Dates) on the Debentures to be redeemed (not
including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Early
Redemption Date) to the Early Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming
a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus
50
basis points, as calculated by the Premium Calculation Agent; plus, in either
case (1) or (2), accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being
redeemed to the Early Redemption Date.
“Treasury
Rate”
means,
with respect to any date of redemption, the yield, under the heading that
represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the
most
recently published statistical release designated H.15(519) or any successor
publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System and that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury
securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant
Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the comparable treasury issue
(if
no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Term, yields
for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable
Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated
or
extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest
month); or if such release (or any successor release) is not published during
the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the
rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such date of redemption.
The
Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the
Early
Redemption Date.
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“Premium
Calculation Agent”
means
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, or if that firm is unwilling or unable to
select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an investment banking institution of
national standing appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the
Issuer.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue”
means
the U.S. Treasury security selected by the Premium Calculation Agent as having
a
maturity comparable to the term remaining from the Early Redemption Date to
July
15, 2012 (the “Remaining
Term”)
that
would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of
comparable term.
“Comparable
Treasury Price”
means,
with respect to an Early Redemption Date (i) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Early Redemption Date, after excluding
the
highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Premium
Calculation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer”
means
(i) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated and its successors, provided, however,
that if the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities
dealer in New York City (a “Primary
Treasury Dealer”)
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any
other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Premium Calculation Agent after
consultation with the Issuer.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations”
means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Early Redemption Date,
the average, as determined by the Premium Calculation Agent, of the bid and
asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Premium Calculation
Agent at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding
such
redemption date.
The
Issuer
will notify the Issuer Trust of the Redemption Price or Early Redemption Price
promptly after the calculation thereof and the Issuer Trust shall have no
responsibility for calculating the Redemption Price or Early Redemption
Price.
Notice
of
redemption shall be mailed to the registered Holders of the Debentures
designated for redemption at their addresses as the same shall appear on the
Debenture register not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the date
fixed for redemption (the “Redemption
Notice Period”),
subject to all the conditions and provisions of the Junior Subordinated
Indenture. In the event of redemption of this Debenture in part only, a new
Debenture or Debentures for the
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amount
of
the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the holder hereof
upon the cancellation hereof.
The
Issuer’s right to redeem the Debentures prior to July 15, 2012 as a consequence
of a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event shall be subject to the condition
that if at the time there is available to the Issuer or the Issuer Trust
established pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of
April 26, 2007, among the Issuer, as depositor, The Bank of New York, as
Property Trustee, The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, the
Administrators and the several Holders party thereto (the “Trust
Agreement”),
the
opportunity to eliminate, within the 90-Day Period, the Tax Event or Investment
Company Event by taking some ministerial action (“Ministerial
Action”),
such
as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other similar
reasonable measure that shall have no adverse effect on the Issuer, the Issuer
Trust or the holders of the Capital Securities and shall involve no material
cost, the Issuer shall pursue such measures in lieu of redemption; provided
further, that the Issuer shall have no right to redeem the Debentures while
either it or the Issuer Trust is pursuing any Ministerial Action pursuant to
the
Trust Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the 90-Day Period shall not run
during the undertaking of any such Ministerial Action by the Issuer or the
Issuer Trust.
The
Redemption Price or Early Redemption Price, as the case may be, shall be paid
prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or such
earlier time as the Issuer determines; provided, that the Issuer shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price prior to
the
redemption date or the Early Redemption Price prior to the Early Redemption
Date, as the case may be.
The
term
“Tax
Event”
means
the receipt by the Issuer of an opinion of counsel to the Issuer experienced
in
such matters, who shall not be an officer or employee of the Issuer or any
of
its affiliates, to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change
(including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations
thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official or administrative
pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or applying such
laws
or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement,
action or decision is announced on or after April 19, 2007, there is more than
an insubstantial risk that (i) the Issuer Trust is, or will be within 90 days
of
the delivery of such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with
respect to income received or accrued on the Debentures, (ii) interest
payable by the Issuer to the Issuer Trust on the Debentures is not, or within
90
days of the delivery of such opinion will not be, deductible by the Issuer,
in
whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes or (iii) the
Issuer Trust is, or shall be within 90 days of the delivery of the opinion,
subject to more than a de
minimis
amount of
other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.
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“Investment
Company Event”
means
the receipt by the Issuer of an opinion of counsel to the Issuer experienced
in
such matters, who shall not be an officer or employee of the Issuer or any
of
its affiliates, to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change
in
law or regulation or a written change (including any announced prospective
change) in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative
body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, there is more than
an
insubstantial risk that the Issuer Trust is or will be considered an “investment
company” that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, which change or prospective change becomes effective or would
become effective, as the case may be, on or after April 19, 2007.
“Regulatory
Capital Event”
means
the determination by the Issuer, based on the opinion of counsel experienced
in
such matters, who may be an employee of the Issuer or any of its affiliates,
that as a result of: (i) any amendment to, clarification of or change (including
any announced prospective change) in applicable laws or regulations or official
interpretations thereof or policies with respect thereto or (ii) any official
administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying
such
laws or regulations, which amendment, clarification, change, pronouncement
or
decision is effective or announced on or after April 19, 2007, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that the Capital Securities shall no longer
constitute tier 1 (or its equivalent) capital of the Issuer or any holding
company of which the Issuer is a subsidiary for the purposes of the capital
adequacy guidelines or policies of the SEC or any applicable regulatory body
or
governmental authority.
“Rating
Agency Event” means
the
determination by the Issuer that a change by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1 under the
Exchange Act that currently publishes a rating for Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (a
“Rating
Agency”)
in the
equity credit criteria for securities such as the Capital Securities or the
Debentures has occurred, resulting in a lower equity credit to the Issuer than
the equity credit assigned by such Rating Agency to the Capital Securities
or
the Debentures on April 19, 2007.
Interest
payments on this Debenture shall include interest accrued to but excluding
the
Interest Payment Dates or the Final Maturity Date (or any earlier redemption
or
repayment date), as the case may be. Interest payments for this Debenture shall
be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months
and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period. Accrued interest
that is not paid on the applicable Interest Payment Date shall bear additional
interest on the amount thereof at the rate per annum of 6.45% (the “Coupon
Rate”),
compounded quarterly and computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period.
The
amount of any interest payable for any full interest period shall be computed
by
dividing the rate per annum by four. The term “interest” as used
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herein
includes quarterly interest payments, interest on quarterly interest payments
not paid on the applicable Interest Payment Date and Additional Sums, as
applicable.
If
any
Interest Payment Date or the Final Maturity Date (or any redemption date) does
not fall on a Business Day, payment of interest, premium, if any, or principal
otherwise payable on such date need not be made on such date, but may be made
on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made
on
the Interest Payment Date or on the Final Maturity Date (or any redemption
date), and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and
after the Interest Payment Date or the Final Maturity Date (or any redemption
date) to such next succeeding Business Day.
Section
5.01 of the Junior Subordinated Indenture provides that (i) if an Event of
Default due to the default in payment of interest on any series of debt
securities issued under the Junior Subordinated Indenture, including the series
of Debentures of which this Debenture forms a part, shall have occurred and
be
continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the debt securities of each affected series (voting as a single class)
may then declare the principal of all debt securities of all such series and
interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately and (ii) if an Event
of Default due to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization
of
the Issuer, shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the
holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all debt securities issued
under the Junior Subordinated Indenture then outstanding (treated as one class)
may declare the principal of all such debt securities and interest accrued
thereon to be due and payable immediately, but upon certain conditions such
declarations may be annulled and past Defaults may be waived (except a
continuing Default in payment of principal or interest on such debt securities)
by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of
all
affected series then outstanding.
So
long as
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer shall have the
right at any time, and from time to time, during the term of the Debentures
to
defer payments of interest for a period not exceeding 40 consecutive quarters
(the “Optional
Deferral Period”),
during
which Optional Deferral Period no interest shall be due and payable;
provided,
that no
Optional Deferral Period may extend beyond the Final Maturity Date or the
acceleration of the principal of the Debentures following an Event of Default.
Interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of an Optional Deferral
Period, shall bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly
for
each quarter of the Optional Deferral Period and computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days elapsed in a partial
month in such period (“Additional
Interest”).
The
Coupon Rate payable for any full interest period shall be computed by dividing
the rate per annum by four. At the end of
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the
Optional Deferral Period, all interest accrued and unpaid on this Debenture,
including any Additional Sums and Additional Interest (together, “Deferred
Interest”)
shall
become due and payable, and the Issuer shall pay such Deferred Interest to
the
Holders of this Debenture in whose names this Debenture is registered in the
Securities Register on the Record Date with respect to the first Interest
Payment Date after the end of the Optional Deferral Period. Before the
termination of any Optional Deferral Period, the Issuer may further extend
such
period; provided, that such period together with all such further extensions
thereof shall not exceed 40 consecutive quarters, or extend beyond the Final
Maturity Date or the acceleration of the principal of the Debentures following
an Event of Default. In the event that any Debentures are called for redemption
on a date prior to the end of an Optional Deferral Period, with respect to
such
Debentures, such Optional Deferral Period shall be deemed to end on such date
or
an earlier date determined by the Issuer, subject to the Issuer’s compliance
with the Alternative Payment Mechanism. Upon the termination of any Optional
Deferral Period and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the
Issuer may commence a new Optional Deferral Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Optional Deferral
Period, except at the end thereof, but the Issuer may prepay at any time all
or
any portion of the interest accrued during an Optional Deferral
Period.
If
the
Property Trustee (as defined in the Trust Agreement) is the only Holder of
the
Debentures at the time the Issuer selects an Optional Deferral Period, the
Issuer shall give written notice to the Issuer Trustees (as defined in the
Trust
Agreement) of its selection of such Optional Deferral Period at least
15 Business Days prior to the date the Distributions (as defined in the
Trust Agreement) on the Trust Securities (as defined in the Trust Agreement)
would have been payable but for the election to begin such Optional Deferral
Period.
If
the
Property Trustee is not the only Holder, or is not itself the Holder, of the
Debentures at the time the Issuer selects an Optional Deferral Period, the
Issuer shall give the Holders of the Debentures and the Trustee written notice
of its selection of such Optional Deferral Period at least 10 Business Days
before the earlier of the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or the date
the
Issuer is required to give notice of the record or payment date of such interest
payment to Holders of the Debentures.
In
the
event of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings described in Section
5.01(b) or (c) of the Junior Subordinated Indenture prior to the redemption
or
repayment of the Debentures, Holders of the Debentures shall only have a claim
for, or right to receive, distributions with respect to Deferred Interest,
including accrued interest on the deferred payments, to the extent such interest
(including accrued interest on the deferred payments) relates to the earliest
two years of the portion of the Optional Deferral Period for which interest
has
not been paid.
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The
Issuer
covenants that it shall not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to
(i)
declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire,
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Issuer’s capital
stock, (ii) make any payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any,
on, or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Issuer that rank
pari
passu
in all
respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures or (iii) make any
guarantee payments on any guarantee of debt securities of any of the Issuer’s
Subsidiaries if the guarantee ranks equal or junior to the Debentures (other
than (A) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital
stock of the Issuer in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit
plan
or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more
employees, officers, directors or consultants, (2) a dividend reinvestment
or
stockholder stock purchase plan or (3) the issuance of capital stock of the
Issuer (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock)
as
consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable
Optional Deferral Period, (B) as a result of an exchange, redemption or
conversion of any class or series of the Issuer’s capital stock (or any capital
stock of a Subsidiary of the Issuer) for any class or series of the Issuer’s
capital stock or of any class or series of the Issuer’s indebtedness for any
class or series of the Issuer’s capital stock, (C) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Issuer’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholder’s rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property
under any stockholder’s rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights
pursuant thereto, (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options
or
other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of
such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the
dividend is being paid or ranks pari
passu
with or
junior to such stock, (f) payments under the Guarantee executed and delivered
by
the Issuer and The Bank of New York, as trustee, for the benefit of the holders
of any Capital Securities, as amended from time to time (the “Guarantee”)
or (g)
any payments, purchases or acquisitions in connection with any market-making
transactions in the Issuer’s capital stock in the ordinary course of the
Issuer’s or any of the Issuer’s affiliate’s business), if at such time the
Issuer has given notice of its election of an Optional Deferral Period as
provided in the Junior Subordinated
Indenture and has not rescinded such notice, or such Optional Deferral Period,
or any extension thereof, is continuing.
If
any
Optional Deferral Period lasts longer than one year, unless required to do
so by
any Applicable Government Authority and subject to the exceptions listed
in the
parenthetical in the preceding paragraph, the Issuer shall not repurchase
any of
its Common Stock for a one-year period following the payment of all Deferred
Interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
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Subject
to
certain conditions and the exclusion described below, if the Issuer defers
interest on the Debentures, the Issuer shall be required, not later than (i)
the
Business Day immediately following the first Interest Payment Date during an
Optional Deferral Period on which it elects to pay current interest or (ii)
if
earlier, the Business Day following the fifth anniversary of the commencement
of
an Optional Deferral Period, to use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to
begin
selling to persons that are not affiliates of the Issuer Qualifying Securities
(the “Alternative
Payment Mechanism”).
The
Issuer shall be required pursuant to the Alternative Payment Mechanism, with
respect to any subsequent Interest Payment Date during an Optional Deferral
Period until the Deferred Interest has been paid in full, to use its
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to sell Qualifying Securities until it has
raised an amount of net proceeds that, together with the net proceeds of any
sales of Qualifying Securities within the 180 days preceding such Interest
Payment Date, is sufficient to pay the Deferred Interest (including interest
on
the deferred payments) on such Interest Payment Date, provided that, if, due
to
a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the Issuer is able to raise some, but
not all, of the net proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Securities necessary
to
pay all Deferred Interest (including interest on the deferred payments) on
any
Interest Payment Date, the Issuer shall apply any such available net proceeds
on
such Interest Payment Date to pay accrued and unpaid installments of interest
in
chronological order. The Issuer shall not pay Deferred Interest (including
interest on the deferred payments) on the Debentures from any source other
than
the net proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Securities, unless otherwise
required at the time by any applicable regulatory authority. In addition, such
applicable regulatory authority may prevent the Issuer from selling Qualifying
Securities or may prevent the Issuer from using the proceeds of any sales of
Qualifying Securities to pay any Deferred Interest.
“Qualifying
Securities”
means
(i) “Qualifying
Warrants,”
which
are net share settled warrants to purchase the Issuer’s Common Stock that have
an exercise price greater than the Current Stock Market Price of the Issuer’s
Common Stock as of their date of issuance, that the Issuer is not entitled
to
redeem for cash and that the holders of such warrants are not entitled to
require the Issuer to repurchase for cash in any circumstance and (ii)
Qualifying
Preferred Stock.
The
“Current
Stock Market Price”
of
the
Issuer’s Common Stock on any date shall be the closing sale price per share (or
if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices
or,
if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average
ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions by the New York
Stock Exchange or, if the Issuer’s Common Stock is not then listed on the New
York Stock Exchange, as reported by the principal U.S. securities exchange
on
which the Issuer’s Common Stock is traded or quoted. If the Issuer’s Common
Stock is not either listed or quoted on any U.S. securities exchange on the
relevant date, the “Current Stock Market
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Price”
shall be the last quoted bid price for the Issuer’s Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the National
Quotation Bureau or similar organization. If the Issuer’s Common Stock is not so
quoted, the “Current Stock Market Price” shall be the average of the mid-point
of the last bid and ask prices for the Issuer’s Common Stock on the relevant
date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment
banking firms selected by the Issuer for this purpose.
The
Issuer
shall not be required to issue Qualifying Warrants prior to the fifth
anniversary of the commencement of any Optional Deferral Period pursuant to
the
Alternative Payment Mechanism to the extent that the number of shares of the
Issuer’s Common Stock underlying any issuance of Qualifying Warrants applied to
pay such interest, together with the shares underlying all prior issuances
of
Qualifying Warrants during such Optional Deferral Period so applied, would
exceed 2% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of the Issuer’s
Common Stock as of the date of the Issuer’s then most recent publicly available
consolidated financial statements (the “Warrant
Issuance Cap”).
In
addition, the Issuer may not issue Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock
if
the net proceeds of any issuance of Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock
applied to pay interest, together with the net proceeds of all prior issuances
of Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock so applied, would exceed 25% of
the
aggregate liquidation amount of the issuance of the Capital Securities (the
“Preferred
Stock Issuance Cap”).
Once
the
Issuer reaches the Warrant Issuance Cap for any Optional Deferral Period, the
Issuer shall not be required to issue more Qualifying Warrants prior to the
fifth anniversary of the commencement of such Optional Deferral Period even
if
the number of underlying shares referred to above subsequently increases because
of a subsequent increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Issuer’s
Common Stock. The Warrant Issuance Cap shall cease to apply following the fifth
anniversary of the commencement of any Optional Deferral Period, at which point
the Issuer shall have the right to pay any Deferred Interest, regardless of
the
time at which it was deferred, using the Alternative Payment Mechanism, subject
to the Preferred Stock Issuance Cap, the Share Cap and any Market Disruption
Event. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Warrant Issuance Cap has been reached
during an Optional Deferral Period and the
Issuer
subsequently pays all deferred payments (including accrued interest thereon),
the Warrant Issuance Cap shall cease to apply, and shall only apply again once
the Issuer starts a new Optional Deferral Period. The Preferred Stock Issuance
Cap shall apply so long as the Debentures remain outstanding.
The
Issuer
shall not be required to issue Qualifying Warrants pursuant to the Alternative
Payment Mechanism to the extent that the total number of shares of the Issuer’s
Common Stock underlying such Qualifying Warrants, together with all prior
issuances of Qualifying Warrants, exceeds 40 million shares (the
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“Share
Cap”).
The
Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to increase the Share
Cap
from time to time to a number of shares that would allow the Issuer to satisfy
its obligations with respect to the Alternative Payment Mechanism. The Share
Cap
shall be adjusted proportionately for any change in the number of outstanding
shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock by reason of any stock split, reverse stock
split, stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization, split-up,
combination, exchange of shares or other similar transaction, effective upon
the
effective date of any such transaction.
If,
due to
a Market Disruption Event, the Warrant Issuance Cap, Preferred Stock Issuance
Cap, Share Cap or otherwise, the Issuer was able to raise some, but not all,
eligible proceeds necessary to pay all Deferred Interest (including compounded
interest thereon) on any Interest Payment Date, the Issuer shall apply any
available eligible proceeds to pay accrued and unpaid installments of interest
on the applicable Interest Payment Date in chronological order. If the Issuer
has outstanding securities in addition to, and that rank pari
passu
with, the
Debentures under which the Issuer is obligated to sell Qualifying Securities
and
apply the net proceeds to the payment of deferred interest or distributions,
then on any date and for any period the amount of net proceeds received by
the
Issuer from those sales and available for payment of the Deferred Interest
and
distributions shall be applied to the Debentures and such other securities
on a
pro rata basis in proportion to the total amounts that are due on the Debentures
and such securities, or on such other basis as any regulator applicable to
the
Issuer may approve.
The
Issuer
shall not be required to sell Qualifying Securities in accordance with the
Alternative Payment Mechanism during any quarterly period preceding any Interest
Payment Date to the extent it provides written certification to the Trustee
(which the Trustee shall promptly forward upon receipt to each holder of record
of Capital Securities) no more than 30 and no less than 15 days in advance
of
such Interest Payment Date certifying that (i) a Market Disruption Event was
existing after the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date and (ii) either
(a) the Market Disruption Event continued for the entire period from the
Business Day immediately following the preceding Interest Payment Date to the
Business Day immediately preceding the date on which that certification is
provided or (b) the Market Disruption Event continued for only part of such
period, but the Issuer was
unable
after Commercially Reasonable Efforts to raise sufficient eligible proceeds
during the rest of such period to pay all accrued and unpaid
interest.
If
the
Issuer is involved in a business combination where immediately after its
consummation more than 50% of the surviving entity’s voting stock is owned by
the shareholders of the other party to the business combination, then the
Alternative Payment Mechanism shall not apply to any deferral period that
is
terminated on the interest payment date immediately succeeding the date of
consummation of the business combination.
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A
“Market
Disruption Event”
means,
for purposes of sales of Qualifying Securities pursuant to the Alternative
Payment Mechanism or sales of Replacement Securities pursuant to the Replacement
Capital Obligation, as applicable (collectively, the “Permitted
Securities”),
the
occurrence or existence of any of the following events or sets of circumstances:
(i)
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the
Issuer would be required to obtain the consent or approval of its
shareholders or a regulatory body (including, without limitation,
any
securities exchange) or governmental authority to issue or sell the
Permitted Securities and such consent or approval has not yet been
obtained notwithstanding the Issuer’s commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain such consent or approval or an Applicable Government Authority
instructs the Issuer not to sell or offer for sale the permitted
securities at such time;
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(ii)
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trading
in securities generally (or shares of the Issuer’s securities
specifically) on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national
securities exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Issuer’s
Common Stock and/or preferred stock is then listed or traded shall
have
been suspended or its settlement generally shall have been materially
disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such
market
or exchange by the Commission, by the relevant exchange or any other
regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, and
the
establishment of such minimum prices materially disrupts or otherwise
has
a material adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and sale
of, the
Issuer’s Common Stock and/or preferred
stock;
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(iii)
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a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by the federal or state
authorities of the United States and
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such moratorium materially disrupts or
otherwise has a
material adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and
sale of, the
Permitted Securities;
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(iv)
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a
material disruption shall have occurred in commercial banking or
securities settlement or clearance services in the United States
and such
disruption materially disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse
effect
on trading in, or the issuance and sale of, the Permitted
Securities;
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(v)
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the
United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall
have
been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States,
there shall
have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United
States or there shall have occurred any other national or international
calamity or crisis and such event
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materially
disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse effect on trading in,
or the
issuance and sale of, the Permitted
Securities;
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(vi)
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there
shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general domestic
or
international economic, political or financial conditions, including
without limitation as a result of terrorist activities, and such
change
materially disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse effect on
trading
in, or the issuance and sale of, the Permitted
Securities;
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(vii)
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an
event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the offering
document
for such offer and sale of the Permitted Securities would, in the
Issuer’s
reasonable judgment contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to
make the statements therein not misleading and either (A) the disclosure
of that event at such time, in the Issuer’s reasonable judgment, is not
otherwise required by law and would have a material adverse effect
on the
business of the Issuer or (B) the disclosure relates to a previously
undisclosed proposed or pending material business transaction, the
disclosure of which would impede the ability of the Issuer to consummate
such transaction, provided
that no single suspension period contemplated by this paragraph shall
exceed 90 consecutive days and multiple suspension periods contemplated
by
this paragraph shall not exceed an aggregate of 180 days in any 360-day
period; or
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(viii)
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the
Issuer reasonably believes, for reasons other than those referred
to in
the paragraph
directly
above, that the offering document for such offer and sale of the
Permitted
Securities would not be in compliance with a rule or regulation of
the SEC
and the Issuer is unable to comply with such rule or regulation or
such
compliance is unduly burdensome, provided that no single suspension
period
contemplated by this paragraph shall exceed 90 consecutive days and
multiple suspension periods contemplated by this paragraph shall
not
exceed an aggregate of 180 days in any 360-day
period.
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If
an
Event of Default or a Default attributable to (i) the failure of the Issuer
to
pay any amounts payable in respect of the Debentures on the date such amounts
are otherwise payable or (ii) a breach of the Alternative Payment Mechanism
or
the Replacement Capital Obligation has occurred and is continuing, a registered
holder of Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against
the Issuer for enforcement of payment to such registered holder of an amount
equal to the amount payable in respect of Debentures having a principal amount
equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount
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(as
defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Capital Securities held by such
registered holder (a “Direct
Action”).
The
Issuer shall have the right to set off any payment made to such registered
holder of Capital Securities by the Issuer in connection with a Direct
Action.
As
long as
any Debentures are held by the Issuer Trust, the Issuer covenants (i) to
continue to hold, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Common Securities (as
defined in the Trust Agreement), provided that certain successors that are
permitted pursuant to the Junior Subordinated Indenture may succeed to the
Issuer’s ownership of the Common Securities, (ii) as holder of the Common
Securities, not to voluntarily dissolve, windup or liquidate the Issuer Trust,
other than (a) in connection with a distribution of Debentures to the holders
of
the Capital Securities in liquidation of the Issuer Trust or (b) in connection
with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by the Trust
Agreement and (iii) to use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the terms
and
provisions of the Trust Agreement, to cause the Issuer Trust to continue not
to
be taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes.
If,
and
for so long as, (i) the Issuer Trust is the holder of all the Debentures and
(ii) the Issuer Trust is required to pay any additional taxes, duties or other
governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event, the Issuer shall pay as
additional sums on the Debentures (“Additional
Sums”)
such
amounts as may be required so that the Distributions (as defined in the Trust
Agreement) paid by the Issuer Trust shall not be reduced as a result of any
such
additional taxes, duties or other governmental charges.
The
Issuer, as borrower, agrees to pay all debts and other obligations (other than
with respect to the Capital Securities issued by the Issuer Trust) and all
costs
and expenses of the Issuer Trust (including costs and expenses relating to
the
organization of the Issuer Trust, the fees and expenses of the Issuer Trustees
(as defined in the Trust Agreement) for the Issuer Trust and the costs and
expenses relating to the operation of the Issuer Trust) and to pay any and
all
taxes and all costs and expenses with respect thereto (other than United States
withholding taxes) to which the Issuer Trust might become subject. The foregoing
obligations of the Issuer under the Debentures owned by the Issuer Trust are
for
the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any Person to whom any such debts,
obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a “Creditor”)
whether
or not such Creditor has received notice thereof. Any such Creditor may enforce
such obligations of the Issuer directly against the Issuer, and the Issuer
irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such Creditor take
any action against the Issuer Trust or any other Person before proceeding
against the Issuer. The Issuer agrees to execute any additional agreements
as
may be necessary or desirable to give full effect to the foregoing.
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The
provisions of Section 3.04 and Section 10.01 of the Junior Subordinated
Indenture relating to discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance are not
applicable to this Debenture.
This
Debenture and all other obligations of the Issuer hereunder shall constitute
part of the junior subordinated debt of the Issuer, shall be issued under the
Junior Subordinated Indenture and shall be subordinate and junior in right
of
payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Junior Subordinated
Indenture, to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Junior Subordinated
Indenture) of the Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, this Debenture will rank
pari passu with the claims of the Issuer's trade
creditors.
This
Debenture, and any Debenture or Debentures issued upon transfer or exchange
hereof, is issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and is
issuable only in denominations of US$25 and any integral multiple of US$25
in
excess thereof, unless otherwise indicated on the face thereof.
The
Bank
of New York has been appointed registrar for the Debentures (the “Registrar,”
which
term includes any successor registrar appointed by the Issuer), and the
Registrar shall maintain at its office in The City of New York a register for
the registration and transfer of Debentures. This Debenture may be transferred
at the aforesaid office of the Registrar by surrendering this Debenture for
cancellation, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar and duly executed by the registered holder hereof
in person or by the holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
the Registrar shall issue in the name of the transferee or transferees, in
exchange herefor, a new Debenture or Debentures having identical terms and
provisions and having a like aggregate principal amount in authorized
denominations, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
provided,
however,
that the
Registrar shall not be required (i) to register the transfer of or exchange
any
Debenture that has been called for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of Debentures being redeemed in part or (ii) to register
the
transfer of or exchange Debentures to the extent and during the period so
provided in the Junior Subordinated Indenture with respect to the redemption
of
Debentures. Debentures are exchangeable at said office for other Debentures
of
other authorized denominations of equal aggregate principal amount having
identical terms and provisions. All such exchanges and transfers of Debentures
shall be free of charge, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge in connection therewith. All
Debentures surrendered for exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar and executed by the registered
holder in person or by the holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. The
date of registration of any Debenture delivered upon any exchange or transfer
of
Debentures shall be such that no gain or loss of interest results from such
exchange or transfer.
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In
case
this Debenture shall at any time become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed,
lost
or stolen and this Debenture or evidence of the loss, theft or destruction
thereof (together with the indemnity hereinafter referred to and such other
documents or proof as may be required in the premises) shall be delivered to
the
Registrar, a new Debenture of like tenor shall be issued by the Issuer in
exchange for this Debenture, but, if this Debenture has been destroyed, lost
or
stolen, only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Registrar and the
Issuer that such Debenture was destroyed or lost or stolen and, if required,
upon receipt also of indemnity satisfactory to each of them. All expenses and
reasonable charges associated with procuring such indemnity and with the
preparation, authentication and delivery of a new Debenture shall be borne
by
the owner of the Debenture mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or
stolen.
The
Junior
Subordinated Indenture permits the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent
of
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
debt securities of all series issued under the Junior Subordinated Indenture
then outstanding and affected (voting as one class), to execute supplemental
indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner the rights of
the
holders of each series so affected; provided
that the
Issuer and the Trustee may not, without the consent of the holder of each
outstanding debt security affected thereby and the prior written consent of
each
registered holder of Capital Securities, to the extent that the Debentures
are
held by any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Trust (including Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital
Trust
VIII), (i) extend the final maturity of any such debt security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment
of
interest thereon, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Junior
Subordinated Indenture, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or repayment
thereof, or change the currency of payment thereof, or impair or affect the
rights of any holder to institute suit for the payment thereof without the
consent of the holder of each debt security so affected or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage in principal amount of debt securities the consent of
the
holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture; provided,
however, that neither this Debenture nor the Junior Subordinated Indenture
may
be amended to alter the subordination provisions hereof or thereof without
the
written consent of each holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding that
would be adversely affected thereby. In addition, so long as any of the Capital
Securities remain outstanding, no such modification may be made that adversely
affects the holders of such Capital Securities in any material respect, and
no
termination of the Junior Subordinated Indenture may occur, and no waiver of
any
Event of Default or Default may be effective, without the prior consent of
the
holders of at least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
outstanding Capital Securities unless and until the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) the Debentures and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon have
been
paid in full and certain other conditions are satisfied. So long as the Issuer
acts in accordance with the terms of the Debentures, the Issuer may defer
interest payable on the Debentures in
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accordance
with the terms hereof without the consent of the Issuer Trust or the holders
of
Capital Securities. However, the Issuer may not amend this Debenture or the
Junior Subordinated Indenture to remove the rights of registered holders of
Capital Securities to institute a Direct Action without the prior written
consent of all the registered holders of Capital Securities of the
Trust.
So
long as
this Debenture shall be outstanding, the Issuer shall cause to be maintained
an
office or agency for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Debenture as herein provided in the Borough of Manhattan,
The
City of New York, and an office or agency in said Borough of Manhattan for
the
registration, transfer and exchange as aforesaid of the Debentures. Under
Section 3.02 of the Junior Subordinated Indenture, the Issuer has initially
appointed the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, as its agency for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer
may
subsequently designate other agencies for the payment of said principal, premium
and interest at such place or places (subject to applicable laws and
regulations) as the Issuer may decide. So long as there shall be such an agency,
the Issuer shall keep the Trustee advised of the names and locations of such
agencies, if any are so designated other than that of the Trustee.
With
respect to moneys paid by the Issuer and held by the Trustee or any Paying
Agent
for payment of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on any
Debentures that remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal,
interest or premium shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity
or
upon call for redemption or otherwise), (i) the Trustee or such Paying Agent
shall notify the holders of such Debentures that such moneys shall be repaid
to
the Issuer and any Person claiming such moneys shall thereafter look only to
the
Issuer for payment thereof and (ii) such moneys shall be so repaid to the
Issuer. Upon such repayment all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting
in
any way any obligation that the Issuer may have to pay the principal of or
interest or premium, if any, on this Debenture as the same shall become
due.
No
provision
of this Debenture or of the Junior Subordinated Indenture shall alter or impair
the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Debenture
at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed
unless otherwise agreed between the Issuer and the registered holder of this
Debenture.
Prior
to
due presentment of this Debenture for registration of transfer, the Issuer,
the
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the holder in
whose
name this Debenture is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether
or not this Debenture be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee or
any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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No
recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or
the interest on this Debenture, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Junior Subordinated Indenture
or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder,
officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Issuer or of
any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law
or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue
hereof, expressly waived and released.
This
Debenture shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN
COM - as
tenants
in common
TEN
ENT - as
tenants
by the entireties
JT
TEN - as
joint
tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIF
GIFT
MIN ACT - Custodian
(Minor) (Cust)
Under
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
(State)
Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
[PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE]
the
within
Debenture and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing such person attorney to transfer such Debenture on the books of
the
Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE:
The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the
face of the within Debenture in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Signature
Guaranty:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such
other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange
Act.
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