Exhibit 4.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
SOUTHERN BANCSHARES (N.C.), INC.
AS DEPOSITOR,
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE,
AND
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF JUNE ___, 1998
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SOUTHERN CAPITAL TRUST I
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SOUTHERN CAPITAL TRUST I
Certain Sections of this Trust Agreement relating, to
Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture Act
Section Trust Agreement Section
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Section 310 (a)(1)..........................................8.7
(a)(2)..........................................8.7
(a)(3)..........................................8.9
(a)(4)..........................................2.7(a)(ii)
(b).............................................8.8, 10.10(b)
Section 311 (a).............................................8.13, 10.10(b)
(b).............................................8.13, 10.10(b)
Section 312 (a).............................................10.10(b)
(b).............................................10.10(b), (f)
(c).............................................5.7
Section 313 (a).............................................8.15(a)
(a)(4)..........................................10.10(c)
(b).............................................8.15(c), 10.10(c)
(c).............................................10.8, 10.10(c)
(d).............................................10.10(c)
Section 314 (a).............................................8.16, 10.10(d)
(b).............................................Not Applicable
(c)(1)..........................................8.17, 10.10(d), (e)
(c)(2)..........................................8.17, 10.10(d), (e)
(c)(3)..........................................8.17, 10.10(d), (e)
(e).............................................8.17, 10.10(e)
Section 315 (a).............................................8.1(d)
(b).............................................8.2
(c).............................................8.1(c)
(d).............................................8.1(d)
(e).............................................Not Applicable
Section 316 (a).............................................Not Applicable
(a)(1)(A).......................................Not Applicable
(a)(1)(B).......................................Not Applicable
(a)(2)..........................................Not Applicable
(b).............................................5.13
(c).............................................6.7
Section 317 (a)(1)..........................................Not Applicable
(a)(2)..........................................8.14
(b).............................................5.10
Section 318 (a).............................................10.10(a)
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Trust Agreement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS........................................................................................-2-
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................-2-
ARTICLE II CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST...................................................................-12-
SECTION 2.1. NAME.............................................................................................-12-
SECTION 2.2. OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS......................................-12-
SECTION 2.3. INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF TRUST PROPERTY; ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES..................................-12-
SECTION 2.4. ISSUANCE OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES...............................................................-12-
SECTION 2.5. ISSUANCE OF THE COMMON SECURITIES; SUBSCRIPTION
AND PURCHASE OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES.............................................-13-
SECTION 2.6. DECLARATION OF TRUST.............................................................................-13-
SECTION 2.7. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.................................................-14-
SECTION 2.8. ASSETS OF TRUST..................................................................................-17-
SECTION 2.9. TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY..........................................................................-17-
ARTICLE III PAYMENT ACCOUNT...................................................................................-17-
SECTION 3.1. PAYMENT ACCOUNT..................................................................................-17-
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION..........................................................................-18-
SECTION 4.1. DISTRIBUTIONS....................................................................................-18-
SECTION 4.2. REDEMPTION.......................................................................................-19-
SECTION 4.3. SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES...............................................................-21-
SECTION 4.4. PAYMENT PROCEDURES...............................................................................-22-
SECTION 4.5. TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS..........................................................................-22-
SECTION 4.6. PAYMENT OF TAXES, DUTIES, ETC. OF THE ISSUER TRUST...............................................-22-
SECTION 4.7. PAYMENTS UNDER INDENTURE OR PURSUANT TO DIRECT ACTIONS...........................................-22-
SECTION 4.8. LIABILITY OF THE HOLDER OF COMMON SECURITIES.....................................................-23-
ARTICLE V TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.......................................................................-23-
SECTION 5.1. INITIAL OWNERSHIP................................................................................-23-
SECTION 5.2. THE TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES................................................................-23-
SECTION 5.3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES..........................................-23-
SECTION 5.4. GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITIES........................................................................-24-
SECTION 5.5. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE GENERALLY;
CERTAIN TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES; CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATES...........................-25-
SECTION 5.6. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES...............................-26-
SECTION 5.7. PERSONS DEEMED HOLDERS...........................................................................-27-
SECTION 5.8. ACCESS TO LIST OF HOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES...................................................-27-
SECTION 5.9. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY..................................................................-27-
SECTION 5.10. APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT.....................................................................-27-
SECTION 5.11. OWNERSHIP OF COMMON SECURITIES BY DEPOSITOR.....................................................-28-
SECTION 5.12. NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY......................................................................-28-
SECTION 5.13. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS...............................................................................-28-
ARTICLE VI ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING..................................................................-31-
SECTION 6.1. LIMITATIONS ON HOLDER'S VOTING RIGHTS............................................................-31-
SECTION 6.2. NOTICE OF MEETINGS...............................................................................-32-
SECTION 6.3. MEETINGS OF HOLDERS..............................................................................-32-
SECTION 6.4. VOTING RIGHTS....................................................................................-32-
SECTION 6.5. PROXIES, ETC.....................................................................................-32-
SECTION 6.6. HOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT.................................................................-33-
SECTION 6.7. RECORD DATE FOR VOTING AND OTHER PURPOSES........................................................-33-
SECTION 6.8. ACTS OF HOLDERS..................................................................................-33-
SECTION 6.9. INSPECTION OF RECORDS............................................................................-34-
ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES....................................................................-34-
SECTION 7.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE
AND THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE..................................................................-34-
SECTION 7.2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITOR......................................................-35-
ARTICLE VIII THE ISSUER TRUSTEES; THE ADMINISTRATORS..........................................................-36-
SECTION 8.1. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES..............................................................-36-
SECTION 8.2. CERTAIN NOTICES..................................................................................-38-
SECTION 8.3. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE...............................................................-38-
SECTION 8.4. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES...........................................-40-
SECTION 8.5. MAY HOLD SECURITIES..............................................................................-40-
SECTION 8.6. COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY; FEES....................................................................-40-
SECTION 8.7. CORPORATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEES AND
ADMINISTRATORS............................................................................-41-
SECTION 8.8. CONFLICTING INTERESTS............................................................................-42-
SECTION 8.9. CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEE.................................................................-42-
SECTION 8.10. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR...............................................-43-
SECTION 8.11. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR..........................................................-44-
SECTION 8.12. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.....................................-45-
SECTION 8.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST DEPOSITOR OR ISSUER TRUST.............................-45-
SECTION 8.14. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM................................................................-45-
SECTION 8.15. REPORTS BY PROPERTY TRUSTEE.....................................................................-46-
SECTION 8.16. REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE.................................................................-46-
SECTION 8.17. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT................................................-47-
SECTION 8.18. NUMBER OF ISSUER TRUSTEES.......................................................................-47-
SECTION 8.19. DELEGATION OF POWER.............................................................................-47-
SECTION 8.20. APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS...................................................................-47-
ARTICLE IX DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER................................................................-48-
SECTION 9.1. DISSOLUTION UPON EXPIRATION DATE.................................................................-48-
SECTION 9.2. EARLY DISSOLUTION...............................................................................-48-
SECTION 9.3. TERMINATION......................................................................................-49-
SECTION 9.4. LIQUIDATION......................................................................................-49-
SECTION 9.5. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS
OF THE ISSUER TRUST.......................................................................-50-
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS............................................................................-51-
SECTION 10.1. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS OF HOLDERS.................................................................-51-
SECTION 10.2. AMENDMENT.......................................................................................-51-
SECTION 10.3. SEPARABILITY....................................................................................-53-
SECTION 10.4. GOVERNING LAW...................................................................................-53-
SECTION 10.5. PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAY................................................................-53-
SECTION 10.6. SUCCESSORS......................................................................................-54-
SECTION 10.7. HEADINGS........................................................................................-54-
SECTION 10.8. REPORTS, NOTICES AND DEMANDS....................................................................-54-
SECTION 10.9. AGREEMENT NOT TO PETITION.......................................................................-55-
SECTION 10.10. TRUST INDENTURE ACT; CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.........................................-55-
SECTION 10.11. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF TRUST AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE AND INDENTURE................................-56-
Exhibit A Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B [Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit C Form of Common Securities Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Capital Securities Certificate
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AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of June ___,
1998, is by and among (i) Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc., a Delaware
corporation (including any successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) Bankers
Trust Company, a New York banking corporation, as property trustee (in such
capacity, the "Property Trustee" and, in its separate corporate capacity and not
in its capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) Bankers Trust
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware
Trustee") (the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee are referred to
collectively herein as the "Issuer Trustees"), (iv) the Administrators, as
hereinafter defined, and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee have heretofore
duly declared and established a business trust pursuant to the Delaware Business
Trust Act by entering into a certain Trust Agreement, dated as of April 28 ,
1998 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the execution and filing by the
Delaware Trustee with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the
Certificate of Trust, filed on April 29, 1998 (the "Certificate of Trust"),
attached as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee desire to amend
and restate the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to
provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities by
the Issuer Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Capital
Securities by the Issuer Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the
acquisition by the Issuer Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title
and interest in the Junior Subordinated Debentures, (iv) the appointment of the
Administrators and (v) the addition of the Property Trustee as a party to this
Trust Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and
obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party, for the
benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of the Holders, hereby amends
and restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees, intending
to be legally bound, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS
For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) All other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(c) The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation";
(d) All accounting terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect at the time of computation;
(e) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be,
of this Trust Agreement;
(f) The words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words
of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(g) all references to the date the Capital Securities were
originally issued shall refer to the date the ____% Capital Securities were
originally issued.
"ACT" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS" means, with respect to Trust Securities of
a given Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional
Interest (as defined in the Indenture) paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of
Junior Subordinated Debentures for such period.
"ADDITIONAL SUMS" has the meaning specified in Section 10.6 of
the Indenture.
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"ADMINISTRATORS" means each Person appointed in accordance with
Section 8.20 solely in such Person's capacity as Administrator of the Issuer
Trust continued hereunder and not in such Person's individual capacity, or any
successor Administrator appointed as herein provided; with the initial
Administrators being Xxxxx X. Xxxx and Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"APPLICABLE PROCEDURES" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Capital Security or beneficial interest therein,
the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Capital Security, in each
case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to
time.
"BANK" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"BANKRUPTCY EVENT" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjudication or composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable
federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of
any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or
the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission
by it in
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writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its
willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by
such Person in furtherance of any such action.
"BANKRUPTCY LAWS" has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the
Depositor or the Executive Committee of the board of directors of the Depositor
(or any other committee of the board of directors of the Depositor performing
similar functions) or a committee designated by the board of directors of the
Depositor (or any such committee), comprised of two or more members of the board
of directors of the Depositor or officers of the Depositor, or both.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly adopted
by the Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of
Directors or officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of
the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on
the date of such certification, and delivered to the Issuer Trustees.
"BUSINESS DAY" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday,
(b) a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York, or
the City of Raleigh, North Carolina are authorized or required by law or
executive order to remain closed or (c) a day on which the Property Trustee's
Corporate Trust Office or the Delaware Trustee's corporate trust office or the
corporate trust office of the Debenture Trustee is closed for business.
"CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Capital Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
D.
"CAPITAL SECURITY" means a preferred undivided beneficial
interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of
$10.00 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement,
including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as
provided herein.
"CAPITAL TREATMENT EVENT" means, in respect of the Issuer Trust,
the reasonable determination by the Depositor that, as a result of the
occurrence of any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective
change) in, the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of the United
States or any political subdivision 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 such pronouncement, action or decision is
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announced on or after the date of the issuance of the Capital Securities of the
Issuer Trust, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Depositor will
not be entitled to treat an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of such
Capital Securities as "Tier 1 Capital" (or the then equivalent thereof) for
purposes of the risk-based capital adequacy guidelines of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, as then in effect and applicable to the
Depositor.
"CEDE" means Cede & Co.
"CERTIFICATE OF TRUST" has the meaning specified in the preamble
to this Trust Agreement.
"CLEARING AGENCY" means an organization registered as a
"clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The Depositary
shall be the initial Clearing Agency.
"CLEARING AGENCY PARTICIPANT" means a broker, dealer, bank,
other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a
Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited
with the Clearing Agency.
"CLOSING DATE" means the Closing Time, which date is also the
date of execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement.
"CLOSING TIME" has the meaning in the Underwriting Agreement.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, as amended, or,
if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"COMMON SECURITIES CERTIFICATE" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"COMMON SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT" means the Common
Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of June____, 1998 between the Issuer
Trust and the Depositor, as the same may be amended from time to time.
"COMMON SECURITY" means an undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $10.00 and having the
rights provided therefor in this Trust
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Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation
Distribution as provided herein.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the principal office of the
Property Trustee located in the City of New York which at the time of the
execution of this Trust Agreement is located at Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000; Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group - Corporate Market
Services.
"DEBENTURE EVENT OF DEFAULT" means an "Event of Default" as
defined in the Indenture.
"DEBENTURES PURCHASE AGREEMENT" means the Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures Purchase Agreement dated as of June ___, 1998
between the Depositor and the Issuer Trust, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
"DEBENTURE REDEMPTION DATE" means, with respect to any Junior
Subordinated Debentures to be redeemed under the Junior Subordinated Indenture,
the date fixed for redemption of such Debentures under the Indenture.
"DEBENTURE TRUSTEE" means Bankers Trust Company, a New York
banking corporation and any successor.
"DELAWARE BUSINESS TRUST ACT" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of
the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time
to time.
"DELAWARE TRUSTEE" means the corporation identified as the
"Delaware Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its
capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Issuer Trust continued hereunder and not in
its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"DEPOSITARY" means The Depository Trust Company or any successor
thereto.
"DEPOSITOR" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Trust Agreement.
"DISTRIBUTION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"DISTRIBUTIONS" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust
Securities as provided in Section 4.1.
"EARLY TERMINATION EVENT" has the meaning specified in Section
9.2.
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"EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
(b) default by the Issuer Trust in the payment of any
Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default
for a period of 30 days; or
(c) default by the Issuer Trust in the payment of any
Redemption Price of any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material
respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer Trustees in this Trust
Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of
which or the breach of which is dealt with in clause (b) or (c) above) and
continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer Trustees and the
Depositor by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Capital Securities, a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice
of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the occurrence of any Bankruptcy Event with respect to the
Property Trustee or all or substantially all of its property if a successor
Property Trustee has not been appointed within a period of 90 days thereof.
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as amended from time to time.
"EXPIRATION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE" means a Capital
Securities Certificate evidencing ownership of Global Capital Securities.
"GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY" means a Capital Security, the
ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.4.
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"GUARANTEE" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered
by the Depositor and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee, contemporaneously with
the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Capital Securities, as amended from time to time.
"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust
Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person shall be
deemed to be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business
Trust Act.
"INDENTURE" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
June____, 1998, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee (as amended or
supplemented from time to time) relating to the issuance of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures.
"INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
"INVESTMENT COMPANY EVENT" means the receipt by the Issuer Trust
of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters 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, which change or prospective change
becomes effective or would become effective, as the case may be, on or after the
date of the issuance of the Capital Securities.
"ISSUER TRUST" means Southern Capital Trust I.
"ISSUER TRUSTEES" means, collectively, the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee.
"JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES" means the aggregate principal
amount of the Depositor's ____% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures, due ______, 2028, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"LIEN" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage,
deed of trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security
interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"LIKE AMOUNT" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust
Securities, Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to that portion
of the principal amount of Junior
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Subordinated Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the
Indenture, allocated to the Common Securities and to the Capital Securities pro
rata based upon the relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes and (b) with
respect to a distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders of Trust
Securities in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the Issuer Trust,
Junior Subordinated Debentures having a principal amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Junior
Subordinated Debentures are distributed.
"LIQUIDATION AMOUNT" means the stated amount of $10.00 per Trust
Security.
"LIQUIDATION DATE" means the date on which Junior Subordinated
Debentures are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection
with a dissolution and liquidation of the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section 9.4.
"LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION" has the meaning specified in Section
9.4(d).
"MAJORITY IN LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES" or
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities" means, except as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act, Capital Securities or Common Securities, as
the case may be, representing more than 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of all then Outstanding Capital Securities or Common Securities, as the case may
be.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
President or an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President or Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, and delivered to the party provided
herein. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement by each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate that such officer has read the covenant or condition and the
definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by such officer in rendering the
Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer
to express an informed opinion as
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to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may
be counsel for or an employee of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the
Depositor.
"ORIGINAL TRUST AGREEMENT" has the meaning specified in the
preamble to this Trust Agreement.
"OUTSTANDING," with respect to Trust Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Property
Trustee or delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation; (1)
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or
any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Capital Securities, provided that if
such Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Trust Securities which have been paid, or in exchange for,
or in lieu of which, other Trust Securities have been executed and delivered
pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Capital
Securities owned by the Depositor, any Issuer Trustee, any Administrator or any
Affiliate of the Depositor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Issuer Trustee or any
Administrator shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Capital Securities
that such Issuer Trustee or such Administrator, as the case may be, knows to be
so owned shall be so disregarded and (b) the foregoing shall not apply at any
time when all of the Outstanding Capital Securities are owned by the Depositor,
one or more of the Issuer Trustees, one or more of the Administrators and/or any
such Affiliate. Capital Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Administrators the pledgee's right so to act with respect to
such
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Capital Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor or any Affiliate of
the Depositor.
"OWNER" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Global
Capital Securities as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a
Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in the records
of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or
indirectly), in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency.
"PAYING AGENT" means any paying agent or co-paying agent
appointed pursuant to Section 5.10 and shall initially be the Property Trustee.
"PAYMENT ACCOUNT" means a segregated non-interest-bearing
corporate trust account maintained with the Property Trustee in its trust
department for the benefit of the Holders in which all amounts paid in respect
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be held and from which the Property
Trustee, through the Paying Agent, shall make payments to the Holders in
accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
"PERSON" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other
entity of whatever nature.
"PROPERTY TRUSTEE" means the Person identified as the "Property
Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Property Trustee of the Issuer Trust continued hereunder and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor property trustee appointed as herein provided.
"REDEMPTION DATE" means, with respect to any Trust Security to
be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust
Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the stated maturity
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like
Amount of Trust Securities, including but not limited to any date of redemption
pursuant to the occurrence of any Special Event.
"REDEMPTION PRICE" means a price equal to the Liquidation
Amount, together with accumulated Distributions to but excluding the date fixed
for redemption.
"RELEVANT TRUSTEE" has the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
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"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" when used with respect to the Property
Trustee means any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any
managing director, vice president, principal, assistant vice president,
assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the Property
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of
the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of the Indenture, and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS" has the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
"SECURITIES REGISTER" and "SECURITIES REGISTRAR" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 5.5.
"SPECIAL EVENT" means any Tax Event, Capital Treatment Event or
Investment Company Event.
"SUCCESSOR CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE" of any particular
Capital Securities Certificate means every Capital Securities Certificate issued
after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same beneficial interest in the
Issuer Trust as that evidenced by, such particular Capital Securities
Certificate; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Capital Securities
Certificate executed and delivered under Section 5.6 in exchange for or in lieu
of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Capital Securities Certificate shall
be deemed to evidence the same beneficial interest in the Issuer Trust as the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Capital Securities Certificate.
"SUCCESSOR CAPITAL SECURITY" has the meaning specified in
Section 9.5.
"TAX EVENT" means the receipt by the Issuer Trust of an Opinion
of Counsel experienced in such matters 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
the date of issuance of the Capital Securities (including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing arising with respect to, or resulting from, any proposal,
proceeding or other action commencing on or before such date), there is more
than an insubstantial risk that (i) the
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Issuer Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the delivery of such Opinion of
Counsel, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income
received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, (ii) interest payable
by the Depositor on the Junior Subordinated Debentures is not, or within 90 days
of the delivery of such Opinion of Counsel will not be, deductible by the
Depositor, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes,
or (iii) the Issuer Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the delivery of such
Opinion of Counsel, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes,
duties or other governmental charges.
"TRUST AGREEMENT" means this Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance
with the applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits hereto, and
(ii) for all purposes of this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement any such
modification, amendment or supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement and any modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or
any successor statute, in each case as amended from time to time.
"TRUST PROPERTY" means (a) the Junior Subordinated Debentures,
(b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account, (c) all proceeds
and rights in respect of the foregoing and (d) any other property and assets for
the time being held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the
trusts of this Trust Agreement.
"TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATE" means any one of the Common
Securities Certificates or the Capital Securities Certificates.
"TRUST SECURITY" means any one of the Common Securities or the
Capital Securities.
"UNDERWRITER" has the meaning specified in the Underwriting
Agreement.
"UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated
as of June, 1998, among the Issuer Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriter,
as the same may be amended from time to time.
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ARTICLE II
CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST
SECTION 2.1. NAME
The Issuer Trust continued hereby shall be known as "Southern
Capital Trust I", as such name may be modified from time to time by the
Administrators following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and
the Issuer Trustees, in which name the Administrators and the Issuer Trustees
may engage in the transactions contemplated hereby, make and execute contracts
and other instruments on behalf of the Issuer Trust and xxx and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
BUSINESS
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is
Bankers Trust (Delaware), E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Xxxxxxxxxx
Building, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx, or such other address in the State of Delaware as the
Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders and the
Depositor. The principal executive office of the Issuer Trust is in care of
Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxx.
SECTION 2.3. INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF TRUST PROPERTY;
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES
The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the
Depositor in connection with this Trust Agreement of the sum of $10.00, which
constitutes the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay all
organizational expenses of the Issuer Trust as they arise or shall, upon request
of any Issuer Trustee, promptly reimburse such Issuer Trustee for any such
expenses paid by such Issuer Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the
Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.
SECTION 2.4. ISSUANCE OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES
The Depositor and the Issuer Trust executed and delivered the
Underwriting Agreement pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall manually execute in
accordance with Section 5.3 and the Property Trustee shall authenticate in
accordance with Section 5.3 and deliver to the Underwriter, Capital Securities
Certificates, registered in the names requested by the Underwriter, in an
aggregate amount of ______ Capital Securities having an aggregate Liquidation
Amount of $_________, against receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such
Capital Securities of $__________, by the Property Trustee.
If the Underwriter exercises its option to purchase all or any
portion of an additional 300,000 Capital Securities pursuant to the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement, then an Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust,
shall manually execute in accordance with Section 5.3 and the Property Trustee
shall authenticate in accordance with Section 5.3 and deliver to the
Underwriter, additional Capital Securities Certificates, registered in the names
requested by the
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Underwriter, in an aggregate amount of up to 300,000 additional Capital
Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of up to $3,000,000, against
receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such additional Capital Securities of
up to $3,000,000, by the Property Trustee.
SECTION 2.5. ISSUANCE OF THE COMMON SECURITIES; SUBSCRIPTION AND
PURCHASE OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement, an Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall execute or
cause to be executed in accordance with Section 5.3 and the Property Trustee
shall authenticate and shall deliver to the Depositor Common Securities
Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, in an aggregate amount of
______ Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $_________
against receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such Common Securities of
$________ by the Property Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, an
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall subscribe for and purchase
from the Depositor the Junior Subordinated Debentures, registered in the name of
the Issuer Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $_________,
and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall deliver
to the Depositor the sum of $_________ (being the sum of the amounts delivered
to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) the second sentence of Section 2.4, and
(ii) the first sentence of this Section 2.5) and receive on behalf of the Issuer
Trust the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
If the Underwriter exercises its option to purchase additional
Capital Securities pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, then an
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall execute or cause to be
executed in accordance with Section 5.3 and the Property Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Depositor additional Common Securities
Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, in an aggregate amount of
up to [____] additional Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount
of up to $[_____] against receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such
additional Common Securities of up to $[_____] by the Property Trustee.
Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust,
shall subscribe for and purchase from the Depositor the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, registered in the name of the Issuer Trust and having an aggregate
principal amount of up to $[_____] , and, in satisfaction of the purchase price
for such Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the
Issuer Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor an aggregate amount equal to the
sum of the amounts delivered to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) the third
sentence of Section 2.4, and (ii) the third sentence of this Section 2.5.
SECTION 2.6. DECLARATION OF TRUST
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Issuer Trust are to
(a) issue and sell Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to
acquire the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and (b) engage in only those other
activities necessary, convenient or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby
appoints the Issuer Trustees as trustees of the Issuer Trust, to have all the
rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Issuer
Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares
that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions
set forth herein for the benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders. The
Depositor hereby appoints the Administrators, with such Administrators having
all rights, powers and duties set forth
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herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer Trust, and the
Administrators hereby accept such appointment; provided, however, that it is the
intent of the parties hereto that such Administrators shall not be trustees or,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, fiduciaries with respect to the Issuer
Trust and this Trust Agreement shall be construed in a manner consistent with
such intent. The Property Trustee shall have the right and power to perform
those duties assigned to the Administrators. The Delaware Trustee shall not be
entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the
duties and responsibilities, of the Property Trustee or the Administrators set
forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the trustees of the Issuer
Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section
3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act and for taking such actions as are
required to be taken by a Delaware trustee under the Delaware Business Trust
Act.
SECTION 2.7. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
(a) The Issuer Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the
affairs of the Issuer Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust
Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section
and in accordance with the following provisions (i), (ii) and (iii), the Issuer
Trustees and the Administrators shall act as follows:
(i) each Administrator, acting jointly or singly, shall:
(A) comply with the Underwriting Agreement regarding the
issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
(B) assist in compliance with the Securities Act,
applicable state securities or blue sky laws, and the
Trust Indenture Act;
(C) assist in the listing of the Capital Securities upon
such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be
determined by the Depositor, with the registration of the
Capital Securities under the Exchange Act, if required,
and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other
reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;
(D) execute the Trust Securities on behalf of the Issuer
Trust in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(E) execute and deliver an application for a taxpayer
identification number for the Issuer Trust;
(F) assist in the filing with the Commission, at such
time as determined by the Depositor, any registration
statement under the Securities Act, including any
amendments thereto;
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(G) unless otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act,
execute on behalf of the Issuer Trust any documents that
the Administrators have the power to execute pursuant to
this Trust Agreement, including without limitation, the
Debentures Purchase Agreement and the Common Securities
Purchase Agreement; and
(H) take any action incidental to the foregoing as
necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of
this Trust Agreement.
(ii) The Property Trustee shall have the power and authority to act on
behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Junior Subordinated Debentures;
(C) the receipt and collection of interest, principal and
any other payments made in respect of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures in the Payment Account;
(D) the distribution of amounts owed to the Holders in
respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and
privileges of a holder of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other
information regarding the Trust Securities and the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to the Holders in accordance with
this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance
with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the
winding-up of the affairs of and liquidation of the
Issuer Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of
the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware; and
(I) after an Event of Default (other than under paragraph
(b), (c), (d), or (e) of the definition of such term if
such Event of Default is by or with
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respect to the Property Trustee), comply with the
provisions of this Trust Agreement and take any action to
give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement and
protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit
of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of
any such action on any particular Holder);
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.7(a)(ii) shall
require the Property Trustee to take any action that is not otherwise
required in this Trust Agreement.
(iii) The Property Trustee shall comply with the listing requirements
of the Capital Securities upon such securities exchange or exchanges as
shall be determined by the Depositor, the registration of the Capital
Securities under the Exchange Act, if required, and the preparation and
filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant
to the foregoing.
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Issuer
Trust (or the Issuer Trustees or Administrators acting on behalf of the Issuer
Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as
expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the
Issuer Trustees nor the Administrators shall (i) acquire any investments or
engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell,
assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of
any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Holders, except as
expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would cause the Issuer
Trust to become taxable other than as a grantor trust for United States Federal
income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any
other debt, or (v) take or consent to any action that would result in the
placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property. The Property Trustee shall
defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on
any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Issuer Trust or the
Holders in their capacity as Holders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities,
the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Issuer Trust
with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Issuer Trust, the following (and any
actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date
of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation, execution and filing with the Commission of a
registration statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act
with respect to the Capital Securities;
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(ii) the determination of the states in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital
Securities and the determination of any and all such acts, other than
actions that must be taken by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and the
advice to the Issuer Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of
the Issuer Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any
documents to be executed and filed by the Issuer Trust or on behalf of
the Issuer Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in
order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in
connection with the sale of the Capital Securities;
(iii) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery
of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Capital
Securities; and
(iv) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to carry
out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Administrators and the Property Trustee are authorized and directed to conduct
the affairs of the Issuer Trust and to operate the Issuer Trust so that the
Issuer Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be
registered under the Investment Company Act, and will not be taxable other than
as a grantor trust for the United States Federal income tax purposes and so that
the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the
Depositor for United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the
Property Trustee and the Holders of Common Securities are authorized to take any
action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this
Trust Agreement, that the Property Trustee and Holders of Common Securities
determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as
long as such action does not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of the holders of the Outstanding Capital Securities. In no event
shall the Administrators or the Issuer Trustees be liable to the Issuer Trust or
the Holders for any failure to comply with this Section that results from a
change in law or regulations or in the interpretation thereof.
SECTION 2.8. ASSETS OF TRUST
The assets of the Issuer Trust shall consist solely of the Trust
Property.
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SECTION 2.9. TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by
the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders in
accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1. PAYMENT ACCOUNT
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall
establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and its agents shall have
exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment
Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment
Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property
deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the
Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Holders
and for distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority
of payments provided for herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account,
promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any
other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property
Trustee pending distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1. DISTRIBUTIONS
(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in
the Trust Property, and Distributions (including of Additional Amounts) will be
made on the Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that payments of
interest (including of Additional Interest, as defined in the Indenture) are
made on the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative and will
accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Issuer Trust available
for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accumulate from
June ___,
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1998, and, except in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor
exercises its right to defer the payment of interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31
of each year, commencing on _______, 1998. If any date on which a
Distribution is otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a
Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on
the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any additional
Distributions or other payment in respect of any such delay), with the
same force and effect as if made on the date on which such payment was
originally payable (each date on which distributions are payable in
accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a "Distribution Date").
(ii) The Trust Securities shall be entitled to Distributions payable at
a rate of ____% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any period less
than a full Distribution period shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days
elapsed in a partial month in a period. Distributions payable for each
full Distribution period will be computed by dividing the rate per
annum by four. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall
include any Additional Amounts in respect of such period.
(iii) So long as no Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Depositor has the right under the Indenture to defer
the payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures at any
time and from time to time for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive
quarterly periods (an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension
Period may extend beyond ______, 2028. As a consequence of any such
deferral, quarterly Distributions on the Trust Securities by the Issuer
Trust will also be deferred (and the amount of Distributions to which
Holders of the Trust Securities are entitled will accumulate additional
Distributions thereon at a rate of ___% per annum, compounded quarterly
from the relevant payment date for such Distributions, 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 Distributions
payable for each full Distribution period will be computed by dividing
the rate per annum by four. The term "Distributions" as used in Section
4.1 shall include any such additional Distributions provided pursuant
to this Section 4.1(a)(iii).
(iv) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the
Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the
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Issuer Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment
Account for the payment of such Distributions.
(b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a
Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the
Securities Register for the Trust Securities at the close of business on the
relevant record date, which shall be at the close of business on the fifteenth
day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding the relevant Distribution
Date.
SECTION 4.2. REDEMPTION
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the stated maturity of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Issuer Trust will be required to redeem
a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed,
at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of
redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price, or if the Redemption Price cannot be
calculated prior to the time the notice is required to be sent, the
estimate of the Redemption Price provided pursuant to the Indenture
together with a statement that it is an estimate and that the actual
Redemption Price will be calculated on the third Business Day prior to
the Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice
shall be sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date, or as soon as
practicable thereafter, that notice of such actual Redemption Price is
received pursuant to the Indenture);
(iii) the CUSIP number or CUSIP numbers of the Capital Securities
affected;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the
particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;
(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that
Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on and after said date,
except as provided in Section 4.2(d) below; and
(vi) the place or places where Trust Securities are to be surrendered
for the payment of the Redemption Price.
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The Issuer Trust in issuing the Trust Securities may use "CUSIP" or
"private placement" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property
Trustee shall indicate the "CUSIP" or "private placement" numbers of the Trust
Securities in notices of redemption and related materials as a convenience to
Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made
as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Trust Securities
or as contained in any notice of redemption and related material.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the applicable proceeds from the
contemporaneous redemption of Junior Subordinated Debentures. Redemptions of the
Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price shall be payable on each
Redemption Date only to the extent that the Issuer Trust has funds then on hand
and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.
(d) If the Issuer Trust gives a notice of redemption in respect of any
Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption
Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, with respect to
Capital Securities held in global form, irrevocably deposit with the Clearing
Agency for such Capital Securities, to the extent available therefor, funds
sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give such Clearing
Agency irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the
Holders of the Capital Securities. With respect to Capital Securities that are
not held in global form, the Property Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will
irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent, to the extent available therefor,
funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give the Paying
Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the
Holder of the Capital Securities upon surrender of their Capital Securities
Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior
to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be
payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related
Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds
deposited as required, then, upon the date of such deposit, all rights of
Holders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the
right of such Holders to receive the Redemption Price and any Distribution
payable in respect of the Trust Securities on or prior to the Redemption Date,
but without interest, and such Trust Securities will cease to be Outstanding. In
the event that any date on which any applicable Redemption Price is payable is
not a Business Day, then payment of the applicable Redemption Price payable on
such date will be made on
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the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day
falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made
on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of
any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and
not paid either by the Issuer Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the
Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities will continue to accumulate,
as set forth in Section 4.1 and in accordance with the continued accrual of
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, from the Redemption Date
originally established by the Issuer Trust for such Trust Securities to the date
such applicable Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual
payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating
the applicable Redemption Price.
(e) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust
Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated
pro rata to the Common Securities and the Capital Securities based on the
relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes. The particular Capital Securities
to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata basis based on their respective
Liquidation Amounts not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the
Property Trustee from the Outstanding Capital Securities not previously called
for redemption, or if the Capital Securities are then held in the form of a
Global Capital Security in accordance with the customary procedures for the
Clearing Agency. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities
Registrar in writing of the Capital Securities selected for redemption and, in
the case of any Capital Securities selected for partial redemption, the
Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust
Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the
redemption of Capital Securities shall relate, in the case of any Capital
Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities that has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 4.3. SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, the Redemption Price of, and the Liquidation Distribution in
respect of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made, subject to
Section 4.2(e), pro rata among the Common Securities and the Capital Securities
based on the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Securities; provided, however,
that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date any Event of Default
resulting from a Debenture Event of Default in Section 5.1(1) or 5.1(2) of the
Indenture shall have occurred and
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be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including any Additional Amounts)
on, Redemption Price of, or Liquidation Distribution in respect of, any Common
Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or
other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in
cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including any Additional
Amounts) on all Outstanding Capital Securities for all Distribution periods
terminating on or prior thereto, or, in the case of payment of the Redemption
Price, the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Capital
Securities then called for redemption, or in the case of payment of the
Liquidation Distribution, the full amount of such Liquidation Distribution on
all Outstanding Capital Securities, shall have been made or provided for, and
all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied
to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including any Additional
Amounts) on, or the Redemption Price of, or Liquidation Distribution in respect
of, Capital Securities then due and payable. The existence of an Event of
Default does not entitle the Holders of Capital Securities to accelerate the
maturity thereof.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting
from any Debenture Event of Default, the Holders of the Common Securities shall
be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of
Default under this Trust Agreement until the effects of all such Events of
Default with respect to the Capital Securities have been cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated. Until all such Events of Default under this Trust
Agreement with respect to the Capital Securities have been so cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the
Holders of the Capital Securities and not on behalf of the Holder of the Common
Securities, and only the Holders of the Capital Securities will have the right
to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
SECTION 4.4. PAYMENT PROCEDURES
Payments of Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) in respect
of the Capital Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities Register
or, if the Capital Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions
shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds, which will
credit the relevant accounts on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in
respect of the Common Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be
mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common
Securities.
SECTION 4.5. TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS
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The Administrators shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the
Depositor's expense, and file all United States Federal, state and local tax and
information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the
Issuer Trust. In this regard, the Administrators shall (a) prepare and file (or
cause to be prepared and filed) all Internal Revenue Service forms required to
be filed in respect of the Issuer Trust in each taxable year of the Issuer Trust
and (b)prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each
Holder all Internal Revenue Service forms required to be provided by the Issuer
Trust. The Administrators shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee
with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly after such filing or
furnishing. The Issuer Trustees shall comply with United States Federal
withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting
requirements with respect to any payments to Holders under the Trust Securities.
On or before December 15 of each year during which any Capital
Securities are outstanding, the Administrators shall furnish to the Paying Agent
such information as may be reasonably requested by the Property Trustee in order
that the Property Trustee may prepare the information which it is required to
report for such year on Internal Revenue Service Forms 1096 and 1099 pursuant to
Section 6049 of the Code. Such information shall include the amount of original
issue discount includable in income for each outstanding Capital Security during
such year, if any.
SECTION 4.6. PAYMENT OF TAXES, DUTIES, ETC. OF THE ISSUER TRUST
Upon receipt under the Junior Subordinated Debentures of Additional
Sums, the Property Trustee shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental
charges of whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the
Issuer Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority.
SECTION 4.7. PAYMENTS UNDER INDENTURE OR PURSUANT TO DIRECT ACTIONS
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Capital Securities shall
be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder has directly
received pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 5.13 of this Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 4.8. LIABILITY OF THE HOLDER OF COMMON SECURITIES
The Holder of Common Securities shall be liable for the debts and
obligations of the Issuer Trust as set forth in Section 6.7 of the Indenture
regarding allocation of expenses.
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ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1. INITIAL OWNERSHIP
Upon the creation of the Issuer Trust and the contribution by the
Depositor pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust
Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are Outstanding,
the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Issuer Trust.
SECTION 5.2. THE TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
(a) The Capital Securities Certificates shall be issued in fully
registered form. The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf
of the Issuer Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one
Administrator except as provided in Section 5.3. Trust Securities Certificates
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time
when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of
the Issuer Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this
Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust
Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall
become a Holder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Holder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust
Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 5.5.
(b) Upon their original issuance, Capital Securities Certificates
shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Capital Securities
Certificates registered in the name of Cede as Depositary's nominee and
deposited with or on behalf of Depositary for credit by Depositary to the
respective accounts of the Owners thereof (or such other accounts as they may
direct). Except as set forth herein, record ownership of the Global Capital
Securities may be transferred, in whole or in part, only to another nominee of
Depositary or to a successor of Depository or its nominee.
(c) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate.
SECTION 5.3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
At the Closing Time, and on the date, if any, on which the Underwriter
exercises its option to purchase additional Capital Securities pursuant to the
terms of the Underwriting Agreement, as
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applicable, an Administrator shall cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an
aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5, to be executed
on behalf of the Issuer Trust and delivered to the Property Trustee and upon
such delivery the Property Trustee shall authenticate such Trust Securities
Certificates and deliver such Trust Securities Certificates upon the written
order of the Trust, executed by an Administrator thereof, without further
corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.
SECTION 5.4. GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITIES
(a) The Global Capital Securities issued under this Trust Agreement
shall be registered in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency and
delivered to the Property Trustee as custodian for the Clearing Agency.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, the
Global Capital Securities may not be exchanged in whole or in part for Capital
Securities registered, and no transfer of the Global Capital Securities in whole
or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Clearing
Agency for such Global Capital Security, Cede, or other nominee thereof unless
(i) such Clearing Agency advises the Depositor and the Property Trustee in
writing that such Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly
discharge its responsibilities as Clearing Agency with respect to such Global
Capital Security, and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor,
(ii) the Issuer Trust at its option advises the Depositary in writing that it
elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency, or (iii)
there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or any event
which after notice or lapse of time or both would be an Event of Default. In
addition, beneficial interests in a Global Capital Security may be exchanged for
a Capital Securities Certificate registered in the name of the owner of such
beneficial interest upon request but only upon at least twenty (20) days prior
written notice given to the Property Trustee by or on behalf of the Depositary
in accordance with the Applicable Procedures..
(c) Every Capital Security executed, authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Capital
Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article V or Article
IV or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall
be, a Global Capital Security, unless such Global Capital Security is registered
in the name of a Person other than the Clearing Agency for such Global Capital
Security or a nominee thereof.
(d) The Clearing Agency or its nominee, as the registered owner of the
Global Capital Security, shall be considered the
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Holder of the Capital Securities represented by the Global Capital Security for
all purposes under this Trust Agreement and the Capital Securities, and owners
of beneficial interests in the Global Capital Security shall hold such interests
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures and, except as otherwise provided herein,
shall not be entitled to have any of the individual Capital Securities
represented by the Global Security registered in their names, shall not receive
nor be entitled to receive physical delivery of any such Capital Securities in
definitive form and shall not be considered the Holders thereof under this Trust
Agreement. Accordingly, any such owner's beneficial interest in the Global
Capital Security shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall
be effected only through, records maintained by the Clearing Agency or its
nominee. Neither the Property Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall have
any liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Clearing Agency.
(e) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in the Global Capital
Security shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such owners and the
Clearing Agency.
SECTION 5.5. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE GENERALLY; CERTAIN
TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES; CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
(a) The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept at its
Corporate Trust Office a register or registers for the purpose of registering
Capital Securities Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Capital
Securities Certificates in which the registrar and transfer agent with respect
to the Capital Securities (the "Securities Registrar"), subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the registration
of Capital Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject
to Section 5.11 in the case of Common Securities Certificates) and registration
of transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates as herein
provided. Such register is herein sometimes referred to as the "Securities
Register." The Property Trustee is hereby appointed Securities Registrar for the
purpose of registering Capital Securities and transfers of Capital Securities as
herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Capital Security at
the offices or agencies of the Property Trustee designated for that purpose the
Administrators shall execute, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Capital Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends
as may be required by this Trust Agreement.
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At the option of the Holder, Capital Securities may be exchanged for
other Capital Securities of any authorized denominations, of like tenor and
aggregate Liquidation Amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be
required by this Trust Agreement, upon surrender of the Capital Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Capital Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Administrators shall execute and the Property
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Capital Securities that the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Capital Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Capital
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer Trust, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Trust Agreement, as the
Capital Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Every Capital Security presented or surrendered for transfer or
exchange shall (if so required by the Property Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Property Trustee and the Securities Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or
exchange of Capital Securities, but the Property Trustee may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Capital Securities.
Neither the Issuer Trust nor the Property Trustee shall be required,
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, (i) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange any Capital Security during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of selection for redemption of Capital
Securities pursuant to Article IV and ending at the close of business on the day
of mailing of the notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Capital Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except, in the case of any such Capital Security to be redeemed in part, any
portion thereof not to be redeemed.
(b) CERTAIN TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Trust Agreement, transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities
and beneficial interests in a Global Capital Security shall be made only in
accordance with this Section 5.5(b).
(i) NON-GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY TO NON-GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY. A Trust
Security that is not a Global Capital Security may be transferred, in
whole or in part, to a Person who takes delivery in the form of another
Trust Security that
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is not a Global Capital Security as provided in Section 5.5(a).
(ii) EXCHANGES BETWEEN GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY AND NON-GLOBAL TRUST
SECURITY. A beneficial interest in a Global Capital Security may be
exchanged for a Trust Security that is not a Global Capital Security as
provided in Section 5.4.
SECTION 5.6. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN TRUST SECURITIES
CERTIFICATES
If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered
to the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust
Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities
Registrar and the Administrators such security or indemnity as may be required
by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such
Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Administrators, or any one of them, on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall
execute and make available for delivery, and the Property Trustee shall
authenticate, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of
like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new
Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the Administrators or the
Securities Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall
constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets
of the Issuer Trust corresponding to that evidenced by the lost, stolen or
destroyed Trust Securities Certificate, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any
time.
SECTION 5.7. PERSONS DEEMED HOLDERS
The Issuer Trustees or the Securities Registrar shall treat the Person
in whose name any Trust Securities are issued as the owner of such Trust
Securities for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and none of the Issuer Trustees, the Administrators nor the
Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
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SECTION 5.8. ACCESS TO LIST OF HOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Each Holder and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold
the Depositor, the Property Trustee, or the Administrators accountable by reason
of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived.
SECTION 5.9. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY
The Property Trustee shall designate, with the consent of the
Administrators, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, an office or
offices or agency or agencies where Capital Securities Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Issuer Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities
Certificates may be served. The Property Trustee initially designates its
Corporate Trust Xxxxxx xx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust and Agency Group Corporate Market Services, as its corporate
trust office for such purposes. The Property Trustee shall give prompt written
notice to the Depositor, the Administrators and to the Holders of any change in
the location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency.
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SECTION 5.10. APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Holders from the Payment
Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Property
Trustee and the Administrators. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power
to withdraw funds from the Payment Account solely for the purpose of making the
Distributions referred to above. The Property Trustee may revoke such power and
remove any Paying Agent in its sole discretion. The Paying Agent shall initially
be the Property Trustee. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to
resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrators, and
the Property Trustee. In the event that the Property Trustee shall no longer be
the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to
act be revoked, the Property Trustee shall appoint a successor (which shall be a
bank or trust company) that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrators to
act as Paying Agent. Such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent
appointed by the Administrators shall execute and deliver to the Issuer Trustees
an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent
shall agree with the Issuer Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying
Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for
payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto
until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The Paying Agent shall return all
unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such
Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property
Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply to the
Bank also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Bank shall act as
Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed
hereunder. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Paying Agent shall
include any co-paying agent chosen by the Property Trustee unless the context
requires otherwise.
SECTION 5.11. OWNERSHIP OF COMMON SECURITIES BY DEPOSITOR
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At each Closing Time, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial
and record ownership of the Common Securities. Neither the Depositor nor any
successor Holder of the Common Securities may transfer less than all the Common
Securities, and the Depositor or any such successor Holder may transfer the
Common Securities only (i) in connection with a consolidation or merger of the
Depositor into another corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the
Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture, or (ii) to an Affiliate of the
Depositor in compliance with applicable law (including the Securities Act and
applicable state securities and blue sky laws); provided that any such transfer
shall be subject to the condition that the transferor shall have obtained (A)
either a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an unqualified written
opinion addressed to the Issuer Trust and delivered to the Issuer Trustees of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the
effect that such transfer will not (1) cause the Issuer Trust to be treated as
issuing a class of interests in the Issuer Trust differing from the class of
interests represented by the Common Securities originally issued to the
Depositor, (2) result in the Issuer Trust acquiring or disposing of, or being
deemed to have acquired or disposed of, an asset, or (3) result in or cause the
Issuer Trust to be treated as anything other than a grantor trust for United
States Federal income tax purposes and (B) an unqualified written opinion
addressed to the Issuer Trust and delivered to the Issuer Trustees of a
nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in such matters that such
transfer will not cause the Issuer Trust to be an "investment company" or
controlled by an "investment company" that is required to be registered under
the Investment Company Act. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any
attempted transfer of the Common Securities, other than as set forth in the
immediately preceding sentence, shall be void. The Administrators shall cause
each Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend
stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT TO THE DEPOSITOR OR AN
AFFILIATE OF THE DEPOSITOR IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.11 OF
THE TRUST AGREEMENT."
SECTION 5.12. NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Holders is
required under this Trust Agreement, with respect to Capital Securities
represented by Global Capital Securities Certificates, the Administrators and
the Issuer Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligations to the
Owners.
SECTION 5.13. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS
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(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and
the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other than the undivided
beneficial ownership interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust conferred by
their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of property, profits or rights of the Issuer Trust except as described
below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights
specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities
shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered to
Holders against payment of the purchase price therefor, as provided herein, will
be fully paid and nonassessable by the Issuer Trust. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 4.8, the Holders of the Trust Securities, in their
capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(b) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon
a Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Junior Subordinated
Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least 25% in
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then Outstanding shall have such
right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the Property Trustee,
the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
the Junior Subordinated Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree
for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as
provided in the Indenture, the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Capital Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor
and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debenture Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures,
(B) any accrued Additional Interest on all of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures,
(C) the principal of any Junior Subordinated Debentures which
have become due otherwise than by such
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declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional
Interest thereon at the rate borne by the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture Trustee under
the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Debenture Trustee and the
Property Trustee, their agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures which has become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 of
the Indenture.
If the Property Trustee fails to annul any such declaration and waive
such default, the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities shall also have the right to rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences by written notice to the Depositor, the
Property Trustee and the Debenture Trustee, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 5.13(b).
The Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive
any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of
principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient
to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in
respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior
Subordinated Debentures. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default
or impair any right consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such
an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the Capital
Securities all or part of which is represented by Global Capital Securities, a
record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Capital
Securities entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be at the
close of business on the day the Property Trustee receives such notice. The
Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided, that, unless such declaration
of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have
become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such
notice prior to the day which is 90 days
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after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in
this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving,
after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is
identical to a written notice which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to
the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.13(b).
(c) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, to the
fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement
and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(1)
or 5.1(2) of the Indenture, any Holder of Capital Securities shall have the
right to institute a proceeding directly against the Depositor, pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the
principal amount of or interest on Junior Subordinated Debentures having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action"). Except as set forth in
Sections 5.13(b) and 5.13(c), the Holders of Capital Securities shall have no
right to exercise directly any right or remedy available to the holders of, or
in respect of, the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1. LIMITATIONS ON HOLDER'S VOTING RIGHTS
(a) Except as provided in this Trust Agreement and in the Indenture
and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Capital Securities shall have any
right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation
and management of the Issuer Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor
shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Trust
Securities Certificates be construed so as to constitute the Holders from time
to time as members of an association.
(b) So long as any Junior Subordinated Debentures are held by the
Property Trustee on behalf of the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee shall not
(i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or execute any trust or power
conferred on the Property Trustee with respect to such Junior Subordinated
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that may be waived under Section 5.13 of
the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a
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declaration that the principal of all the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall
be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination
of the Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debentures, where such consent shall
be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders
of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities,
provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the
consent of each holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures affected thereby, no
such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written
consent of each Holder of Capital Securities. The Property Trustee shall not
revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of
Capital Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of Capital
Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital
Securities of any notice of default received with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the
Holders of the Capital Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions,
the Property Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion
of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such action will not
cause the Issuer Trust to be taxable other than as a grantor trust for United
States Federal income tax purposes.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or
the Issuer Trust otherwise proposes to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect in any material respect the interests, powers, preferences or
special rights of the Capital Securities, whether by way of amendment to the
Trust Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination
of the Issuer Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement,
then the Holders of Outstanding Trust Securities as a class will be entitled to
vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be
effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be
made if, as a result of such amendment, it would cause the Issuer Trust to be
taxable other than as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 6.2. NOTICE OF MEETINGS
Notice of all meetings of the Holders, stating the time, place and
purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to
Section 10.8 to each Holder of record, at his registered address, at least 15
days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any
business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated
in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned
without further notice.
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SECTION 6.3. MEETINGS OF HOLDERS
No annual meeting of Holders is required to be held. The Property
Trustee, however, shall call a meeting of Holders to vote on any matter upon the
written request of the Holders of record of 25% of the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities and the Administrators or the Property Trustee
may, at any time in their discretion, call a meeting of Holders of Capital
Securities to vote on any matters as to which Holders are entitled to vote.
Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum
at any meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders
of record present, in person or by proxy, holding Capital Securities
representing at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
held by the Holders present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall
constitute the action of the Holders of Capital Securities, unless this Trust
Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
SECTION 6.4. VOTING RIGHTS
Holders shall be entitled to one vote for each $10.00 of Liquidation
Amount represented by their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any
matter as to which such Holders are entitled to vote.
SECTION 6.5. PROXIES, ETC.
At any meeting of Holders, any Holder entitled to vote thereat may vote
by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall
have been placed on file with the Property Trustee, or with such other officer
or agent of the Issuer Trust as the Property Trustee may direct, for
verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant to a
resolution of the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the
Property Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee. Only Holders
of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by
several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy
in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be
present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their
proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be
received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed
by or on behalf of a Holder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior
to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the
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proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of execution.
SECTION 6.6. HOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
Any action which may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be taken
without a meeting if Holders holding at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount
of all Trust Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such
larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any other provision of this
Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing.
SECTION 6.7. RECORD DATE FOR VOTING AND OTHER PURPOSES
For the purposes of determining the Holders who are entitled to notice
of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in any
distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not
otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other
action, the Administrators or Property Trustee may from time to time fix a date,
not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Holders or the payment
of a distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the
determination of the identity of the Holders of record for such purposes.
SECTION 6.8. ACTS OF HOLDERS
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made
or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Property Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to
as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section
8.1) conclusive in favor of the Issuer Trustees, if made in the manner provided
in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
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capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which any Issuer Trustee or Administrator receiving the same
deems sufficient.
The ownership of Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Trust Security and the Holder of every Trust Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Issuer
Trustees, the Administrators or the Issuer Trust in reliance thereon, whether or
not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by
one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise among the Holders, the Administrators or the
Issuer Trustees with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of
any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of
such Holder or Issuer Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of
such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such
matter.
SECTION 6.9. INSPECTION OF RECORDS
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrators and the Property Trustee,
the records of the Issuer Trust shall be open to inspection by Holders during
normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Holder's
interest as a Holder.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND
THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE
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The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf
of and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Depositor and the Holders that:
(a) The Property Trustee is a banking corporation with trust powers,
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of New
York, with trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out
and perform its obligations under the terms of this Trust Agreement.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of
this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Property Trustee; and this Trust Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Property Trustee, and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Property Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court
(regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement by
the Property Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Property Trustee.
(d) At the Closing Time, the Property Trustee has not knowingly
created any Liens on the Trust Securities.
(e) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any New York State or federal banking authority is required for the
execution, delivery or performance by the Property Trustee, of this Trust
Agreement.
(f) The Delaware Trustee is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with trust power and
authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations
under the terms of, this Trust Agreement.
(g) The execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of
this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Delaware Trustee; and this Trust Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee, and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' right
generally and to general principles of
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equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of
such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). (1)
(h) The execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement by
the Delaware Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Delaware Trustee.
(i) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to any state or Federal banking authority is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee, of this Trust Agreement.
(j) The Delaware Trustee is an entity which has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware.
SECTION 7.2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITOR
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Holders that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued at the Closing Time on
behalf of the Issuer Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly and
validly executed, and, subject to payment therefor, issued and delivered by the
Issuer Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with
the requirements of, this Trust Agreement, and the Holders will be, as of each
such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by
the Issuer Trust (or the Issuer Trustees on behalf of the Issuer Trust) under
the laws of the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by either the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE ISSUER TRUSTEES; THE ADMINISTRATORS
SECTION 8.1. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Issuer Trustees and the
Administrators shall be as provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of
the Property Trustee, by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Issuer Trustees or the
Administrators to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of their duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Issuer
Trustees or the Administrators shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to release an
Administrator or an Issuer Trustee from liability for its own negligent action,
its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct. To the extent
that, at law or in equity, an Issuer Trustee or Administrator has duties and
liabilities relating to the Issuer Trust or to the Holders, such Issuer Trustee
or Administrator shall not be liable to the Issuer Trust or to any Holder for
such Issuer Trustee's or Administrator's good faith reliance on the provisions
of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent
that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Issuer Trustees and
Administrators otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the
Depositor and the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the
Issuer Trustees and Administrators.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in
respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds
from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient
revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or a
Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Holder,
by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the
revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for
distribution to it as herein provided and that neither the Issuer Trustees nor
the Administrators are personally liable to it for any amount distributable in
respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust
Security. This Section 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the Issuer
Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case
of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of
Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred,
shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in
this Trust Agreement (including pursuant to Section 10.10), and no implied
covenants shall be read
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into this Trust Agreement against the Property Trustee. If an Event of Default
has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 5.13 of the
Indenture), the Property Trustee shall enforce this Trust Agreement for the
benefit of the Holders and shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Trust Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its
exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Property Trustee
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Trust Agreement (including pursuant to Section 10.10), and
the Property Trustee shall not be liable except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement (including
pursuant to Section 10.10); and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Property Trustee, the Property Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Property Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Trust Agreement; but in the case of
any such certificates or opinions that by any provision
hereof or of the Trust Indenture Act are specifically
required to be furnished to the Property Trustee, the
Property Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Trust Agreement;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property Trustee,
unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities relating to the time, method and place
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proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under
this Trust Agreement;
(iv) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody, safe
keeping and physical preservation of the Junior Subordinated Debentures
and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such property in a
similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for
its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on
liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement
and the Trust Indenture Act;
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any
money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the
Depositor; and money held by the Property Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section
3.1 and except to the extent otherwise required by law;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the
compliance by the Administrators or the Depositor with their respective
duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be
liable for the default or misconduct of any other Issuer Trustee, the
Administrators or the Depositor; and
(vii) no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Property
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Property Trustee shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds
or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Trust Agreement or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) The Administrators shall not be responsible for monitoring the
compliance by the Issuer Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties
under this Trust Agreement, nor shall either Administrator be liable for the
default or misconduct of any other Administrator, the Issuer Trustees or the
Depositor.
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SECTION 8.2. CERTAIN NOTICES
(a) Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of
Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee, the
Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in
Section 10.8, notice of such Event of Default to the Holders and the
Administrators, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
(b) Within five Business Days after the receipt of notice of the
Depositor's exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of
such exercise to the Holders and the Administrators, unless such exercise shall
have been revoked.
SECTION 8.3. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution,
Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or
transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(b) any direction or act of the Depositor contemplated by this Trust
Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
(c) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording,
filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or
continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any
re-recording, refiling or reregistration thereof;
(d) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its own choosing
(which counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may
include any of its employees) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance
with such advice; the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any
court of competent jurisdiction;
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(e) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Property Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; provided that,
nothing contained in this Section 8.3(e) shall be taken to relieve the Property
Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to
exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement; (1)
(f) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond,
debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but the Property
Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit;
(g) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any of its duties hereunder either directly or by or
through its agents or attorneys, provided that the Property Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(h) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to
enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property
Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders (which instructions may
only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the
terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action), (ii)
may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action
until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be fully protected in
acting in accordance with such instructions; and
(i) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement,
the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that
is discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty
or obligation on any Issuer Trustee or Administrator to perform any act or acts
or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in
any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee
shall be
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unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any
such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No
permissive power or authority available to any Issuer Trustee or Administrator
shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 8.4. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trustees
and the Administrators do not assume any responsibility for their correctness.
The Issuer Trustees and the Administrators shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures.
SECTION 8.5. MAY HOLD SECURITIES
Except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in
Article I, the Administrators, any Issuer Trustee or any other agent of any
Issuer Trustee or the Issuer Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8 and
8.13, may otherwise deal with the Issuer Trust with the same rights it would
have if it were not an Administrator, Issuer Trustee or such other agent.
SECTION 8.6. COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY; FEES
The Depositor, as borrower, agrees:
(a) to pay to the Issuer Trustees from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder (which compensation
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(b) to reimburse the Issuer Trustees upon request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Issuer Trustees in
accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any
such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to their negligence
or willful misconduct; and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify
and hold harmless (i) each Issuer Trustee, (ii) each Administrator, (iii) any
Affiliate of any Issuer Trustee, (iv) any officer, director, shareholder,
employee, representative or agent of any Issuer Trustee, and (v) any employee or
agent of the Issuer Trust, (referred to herein as an "Indemnified Person") from
and against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim
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of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by such Indemnified Person arising out
of or in connection with the creation, operation or dissolution of the Issuer
Trust or any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in
good faith on behalf of the Issuer Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person
reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such
Indemnified Person by this Trust Agreement, except that no Indemnified Person
shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim
incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of negligence or willful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of
this Trust Agreement.
No Issuer Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property as a result
of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The Depositor, any Administrator and any Issuer Trustee may engage in
or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description,
independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the
Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trust and the Holders of Trust Securities shall
have no rights by virtue of this Trust Agreement in and to such independent
ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such
venture, even if competitive with the business of the Issuer Trust, shall not be
deemed wrongful or improper. Neither the Depositor, any Administrator, nor any
Issuer Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other
opportunity to the Issuer Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that,
if presented to the Issuer Trust, could be taken by the Issuer Trust, and the
Depositor, any Administrator or any Issuer Trustee shall have the right to take
for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend
to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Issuer
Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act as depository for,
trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities
or other obligations of the Depositor or its Affiliates.
SECTION 8.7. CORPORATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY OF
TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that is
a national or state chartered bank and eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
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supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article VIII. At the time of appointment, the
Property Trustee must have securities rated in one of the three highest rating
categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrators hereunder.
Each Administrator shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of
age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to
bind that entity. An employee, officer or Affiliate of the Depositor may serve
as an Administrator.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee. The Delaware
Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and
a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware and that otherwise meets the
requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act through one or more
persons authorized to bind such entity.
SECTION 8.8. CONFLICTING INTERESTS
(a) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee
shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner
provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this
Trust Agreement.
(b) The Guarantee and the Indenture shall be deemed to be sufficiently
described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.9. CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEE
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Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at
any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust
Property may at the time be located, the Property Trustee shall have power to
appoint, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor and
the Administrators shall for such purpose join with the Property Trustee in the
execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary
or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee
either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any
part of such Trust Property, or to the extent required by law to act as separate
trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided
in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the
capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or
desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. Any co-trustee or
separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section shall either be (i) a
natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the United
States or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the United
States that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such
entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any
co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such
co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and
all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered
by the Depositor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms,
namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed by one or more
Administrators, and the Trust Securities shall be authenticated and delivered
and all rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the
custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to
be deposited or pledged with, the Property Trustee specified hereunder, shall be
exercised, solely by the Property Trustee and not by such co-trustee or separate
trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such
appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the
Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be
provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee,
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act, in which event such
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rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such
co-trustee or separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing
executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the
resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this
Section, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of,
or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of
the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor
shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance
of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such
resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so
resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section 8.9.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee or any other
trustee hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a
co-trustee or separate trustee.
(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be
deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
SECTION 8.10. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR
No resignation or removal of any Issuer Trustee (the "Relevant
Trustee") and no appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to this Article
shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Relevant Trustee may
resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Holders. The Relevant
Trustee shall appoint a successor by requesting from at least three Persons
meeting the eligibility requirements its expenses and charges to serve as the
successor trustee on a form provided by the Administrators, and selecting the
Person who agrees to the lowest expenses and charges, subject to the prior
consent of the Depositor which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If
the instrument of acceptance by the successor trustee required by Section 8.11
shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 60 days after the
giving of such notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Issuer Trust, any court of the State of Delaware for the
appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
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The Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may be removed at any time
by Act of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual
capacity and on behalf of the Issuer Trust) (i) for cause (including upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default described in subparagraph (e) of the
definition thereof with respect to the Relevant Trustee), or (ii) if a Debenture
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at any time.
If any Issuer Trustee shall resign, it shall appoint its successor. If
a resigning Relevant Trustee shall fail to appoint a successor, or if a Relevant
Trustee shall be removed or become incapable of acting as Issuer Trustee, or if
any vacancy shall occur in the office of any Issuer Trustee for any cause, the
Holders of the Capital Securities, by Act of the Holders of record of not less
than 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then
Outstanding delivered to such Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a
successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Issuer Trustee shall
comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor trustee
shall have been so appointed by the Holders of the Capital Securities and
accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Holder, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, or any other Issuer
Trustee, may petition any court in the State of Delaware for the appointment of
a successor trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of a Relevant Trustee and each appointment of a successor trustee to all
Holders in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give notice to the
Depositor and to the Administrators. Each notice shall include the name of the
Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the
Property Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or
becomes, in the opinion of the Holders of the Common Securities, incompetent or
incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may
be filled by the Property Trustee following the procedures regarding expenses
and charges set forth above (with the successor in each case being a Person who
satisfies the eligibility requirement for the Delaware Trustee, as the case may
be, set forth in Section 8.7).
SECTION 8.11. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee,
the retiring Relevant Trustee and each such successor Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall
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execute, acknowledge and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor
Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and
the Issuer Trust, and (b) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Trust Agreement as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the Issuer Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such
Relevant Trustee a co-trustee and upon the execution and delivery of such
amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but,
on request of the Issuer Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring
Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such
retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the
Issuer Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Issuer Trust
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may
be.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at
the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified
and eligible under this Article VIII.
SECTION 8.12. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS
Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may
be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant
Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all
the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of
such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided that such Person shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under this Article VIII, without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
SECTION 8.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST DEPOSITOR OR
ISSUER TRUST
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If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Depositor (or any other obligor upon the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the
collection of claims against the Depositor (or any such other obligor) only if
this Trust Agreement is subject to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.14. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM
In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other similar judicial
proceeding relative to the Issuer Trust or any other obligor upon the Trust
Securities or the property of the Issuer Trust or of such other obligor, the
Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on the Trust
Securities shall then be due and payable and irrespective of whether the
Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer Trust for the payment
of any past due Distributions) shall be entitled and empowered, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any
Distributions owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have
the claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its
agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian,
receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such
payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the Property Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or compensation affecting
the Trust Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Property Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
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SECTION 8.15. REPORTS BY PROPERTY TRUSTEE
(a) Not later than January 31 of each year commencing with January 31,
1999, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Holders in accordance with
Section 10.8, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of the immediately
preceding December 31 with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof, if to the
best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said
Section, a written statement to such effect; and
(ii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as Property
Trustee since the date of its last report and any action taken by the
Property Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has
not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the
Trust Securities.
(b) In addition the Property Trustee shall transmit to Holders such
reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust
Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times
and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with the Depositor.
SECTION 8.16. REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE
The Depositor and the Administrators on behalf of the Issuer Trust
shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as
required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form,
in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture
Act. The Depositor and the Administrators shall annually file with the Property
Trustee a certificate specifying whether such Person is in compliance with all
the terms and covenants applicable to such Person hereunder.
SECTION 8.17. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Each of the Depositor and the Administrators on behalf of the Issuer
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement that relate
to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to
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Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 8.18. NUMBER OF ISSUER TRUSTEES
(a) The number of Issuer Trustees shall be two. The Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person, in which case, the number of
Issuer Trustees may be one.
(b) If an Issuer Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason, a
vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with an Issuer Trustee
appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of an Issuer Trustee shall not
operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Issuer Trust or terminate this Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 8.19. DELEGATION OF POWER
(a) Any Administrator may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or
her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
2.7(a) or making any governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrators shall have power to delegate from time to time
to such of their number the doing of such things and the execution of such
instruments either in the name of the Issuer Trust or the names of the
Administrators or otherwise as the Administrators may deem expedient, to the
extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the
provisions of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 8.20. APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS
(a) The Administrators shall be appointed by the Holders of a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities and may be removed by
the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities or may
resign at any time. Upon any resignation or removal, the Depositor shall appoint
a successor Administrator. Each Administrator shall execute this Trust Agreement
thereby agreeing to comply with, and be legally bound by, all of the terms,
conditions and provisions of this Trust Agreement. If at any time there is no
Administrator, the Property Trustee or any Holder who has been a Holder of Trust
Securities for at least six months may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of one or more Administrators.
(b) Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrators shall occur,
until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an
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Administrator in accordance with this Section 8.20, the Administrators
in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrators and
shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrators by this Trust
Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision of this
Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrator who is a natural person dies or
becomes, in the opinion of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Common Securities, incompetent, or incapacitated, the vacancy created by
such death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the remaining
Administrators, if there were at least two of them prior to such vacancy, and by
the Depositor, if there were not two such Administrators immediately prior to
such vacancy (with the successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the
eligibility requirement for Administrators, as the case may be, set forth in
Section 8.7).
Except as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement, or by applicable
law, any one Administrator may execute any document or otherwise take any action
which the Administrators are authorized to take under this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1. DISSOLUTION UPON EXPIRATION DATE
Unless earlier dissolved, the Issuer Trust shall automatically dissolve
on June __, 2029 (the "Expiration Date"), and thereafter the Trust Property
shall be distributed in accordance with Section 9.4.
SECTION 9.2. EARLY DISSOLUTION
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "EARLY
TERMINATION EVENT," upon the occurrence of which the Issuer Trust shall
dissolve:
(a) the occurrence of the appointment of a receiver or other similar
official in any liquidation, insolvency or similar proceeding with respect to
the Depositor or all or substantially all of its property, or a court or other
governmental agency shall enter a decree or order and such decree or order shall
remain unstayed and undischarged for a period of 60 days, unless the Depositor
shall transfer the Common Securities as provided by Section 5.11, in which case
this provision shall refer instead to any such successor Holder of the Common
Securities;
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(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the Holder of
the Common Securities at any time to dissolve the Issuer Trust and to distribute
the Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders in exchange for the Capital
Securities (which direction, subject to Section 9.4(a), is optional and wholly
within the discretion of the Holder of the Common Securities);
(c) the repayment of all of the Capital Securities in connection
with the redemption of all the Junior Subordinated Debentures; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Issuer Trust by a
court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.3. TERMINATION
As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to
in Section 9.1 or 9.2, and upon the completion of the winding-up and liquidation
of the Issuer Trust, the Administrators and the Issuer Trustees (each of whom is
hereby authorized to take such action) shall file a certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware terminating the Issuer
Trust and, upon such filing, the respective obligations and responsibilities of
the Issuer Trustees, the Administrators and the Issuer Trust created and
continued hereby shall terminate.
SECTION 9.4. LIQUIDATION
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d)
of Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Issuer Trust shall be
wound-up and liquidated by the Property Trustee as expeditiously as the Property
Trustee determines to be possible by distributing, after paying or making
reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Issuer Trust in
accordance with Section 3808(e) of the Delaware Business Trust Act, to each
Holder a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures, subject to Section
9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 15 nor more than 45
days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such
Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of
liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date;
(ii) state that, from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust
Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust
Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures; and
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(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which
Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Junior
Subordinated Debentures, or if Section 9.4(d) applies receive a
Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrators or the Property Trustee
shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect
the liquidation of the Issuer Trust and distribution of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures to Holders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record date for
such distribution (which shall be not more than 30 days prior to the Liquidation
Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of
a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it shall deem
appropriate to effect the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures in
exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the
Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding, (ii) the Clearing Agency for the Capital Securities or its nominee,
as the registered Holder of the Global Capital Securities Certificates, shall
receive a registered global certificate or certificates representing the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution with respect to
Capital Securities held by the Clearing Agency or its nominee, and, (iii) any
Trust Securities Certificates not held by the Clearing Agency for the Capital
Securities or its nominee as specified in clause (ii) above will be deemed to
represent Junior Subordinated Debentures having a principal amount equal to the
stated Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities represented thereby and
bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accumulated and
unpaid Distributions on such Trust Securities until such certificates are
presented to the Securities Registrar for transfer or reissuance.
(d) If, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.4,
whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent
jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures is
not practical, or if any Early Termination Event specified in clause (c) of
Section 9.2 occurs, the Issuer Trust shall be dissolved, and the Trust Property
shall be liquidated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property
Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution of the Issuer
Trust, Holders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Issuer Trust
available for distribution to Holders, after paying or making reasonable
provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Issuer Trust in accordance
with Section 3808(e) of the Delaware Business Trust Act, an amount equal to the
aggregate of Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions thereon to the
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date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any
such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because
the Issuer Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate
Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the
amounts payable by the Issuer Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a
pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holders of the Common
Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such
dissolution, pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Capital
Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities as provided in Section 4.3.
SECTION 9.5. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF
THE ISSUER TRUST
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The Issuer Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or
be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to, any entity, except pursuant to this Section 9.5
or Section 9.4. At the request of the Holders of the Common Securities, and with
the consent of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities, but without the consent of the Issuer Trustees, the Issuer
Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to a trust organized as such under the laws of any state; provided, however,
that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the
obligations of the Issuer Trust with respect to the Capital Securities or (b)
substitutes for the Capital Securities other securities having substantially the
same terms as the Capital Securities (the "Successor Capital Securities") so
long as the Successor Capital Securities have the same priority as the Capital
Securities with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation,
redemption and otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity possessing the
same powers and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Capital Securities
(including any Successor Capital Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, (iv) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Capital
Securities (including any Successor Capital Securities) in any material respect,
(v) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the
Issuer Trust, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Issuer Trustee has received an
Opinion of Counsel from independent counsel experienced in such matters to the
effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights preferences
and privileges of the holders of the Capital Securities (including any Successor
Capital Securities) in any material respect, and (b) following such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither
the Issuer Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an
"investment company" under the Investment Company Act and (vii) the Depositor or
any permitted transferee to whom it has transferred the Common Securities
hereunder owns all of the common securities of such successor entity and
guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Capital
Securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Issuer Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of
100% in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities, consolidate, amalgamate,
merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and
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assets substantially as an entirety to, any other entity or permit any
other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if
such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or
lease would cause the Issuer Trust or the successor entity to be taxable other
than as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS OF HOLDERS
Except as set forth in Section 9.2, the bankruptcy, dissolution,
termination, death or incapacity of any Person having an interest, beneficial or
otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust
Agreement, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such person or any
Holder for such person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any
proceeding in any court for a partition or winding-up of the arrangements
contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them. Any merger or similar
agreement shall be executed by the Administrators on behalf of the Issuer Trust.
SECTION 10.2. AMENDMENT
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Property Trustee and the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Common Securities, without the consent of any Holder of the Capital Securities
(i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein which may
be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement,
provided, however, that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holder or (ii) to modify, eliminate or add
to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary
to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be taxable other than as a grantor
trust for United States Federal income tax purposes at any time that any Trust
Securities are Outstanding or to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be
required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any provision of
this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Property Trustee and the Holders of a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities with (i) the consent of
Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
and (ii) receipt by the Issuer Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to
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the Issuer Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect
the Issuer Trust's being taxable as a grantor trust for United States Federal
income tax purposes or the Issuer Trust's exemption from status of an
"investment company" under the Investment Company Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Holder (such consent being
obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this Trust Agreement may
not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the
Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution
required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date or
(ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after such date.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no
Issuer Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust
Agreement which would cause the Issuer Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the
exemption from status as an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act or be taxable other than as a grantor trust for United States Federal income
tax purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the
contrary, without the consent of the Depositor and the Administrators, this
Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner which imposes any additional
obligation on the Depositor or the Administrators.
(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made,
the Administrators or the Property Trustee shall promptly provide to the
Depositor a copy of such amendment.
(g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Property
Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers'
Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance
with this Trust Agreement.
(h) Any amendments to this Trust Agreement made pursuant to Section
10.2(a) shall become effective when notice of such amendment is given to the
Holders of the Trust Securities.
SECTION 10.3. SEPARABILITY
In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities
Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
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the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10.4. GOVERNING LAW
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE
HOLDERS, THE ISSUER TRUST, THE DEPOSITOR, THE ISSUER TRUSTEES AND THE
ADMINISTRATORS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH
LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION THAT WOULD CALL FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE
LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE HOLDERS, THE ISSUER TRUST, THE
DEPOSITOR, THE ISSUER TRUSTEES, THE ADMINISTRATORS OR THIS TRUST AGREEMENT ANY
PROVISION OF THE LAWS (STATUTORY OR COMMON) OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE PERTAINING
TO TRUSTS OTHER THAN THE DELAWARE BUSINESS TRUST ACT THAT RELATE TO OR REGULATE,
IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS HEREOF (A) THE FILING WITH ANY COURT OR
GOVERNMENTAL BODY OR AGENCY OF TRUSTEE ACCOUNTS OR SCHEDULES OF TRUSTEE FEES AND
CHARGES, (B) AFFIRMATIVE REQUIREMENTS TO POST BONDS FOR TRUSTEES, OFFICERS,
AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF A TRUST, (C) THE NECESSITY FOR OBTAINING COURT OR OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL CONCERNING THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF REAL
OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, (D) FEES OR OTHER SUMS PAYABLE TO TRUSTEES, OFFICERS,
AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF A TRUST, (E) THE ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
TO INCOME OR PRINCIPAL, (F) RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON THE PERMISSIBLE
NATURE, AMOUNT OR CONCENTRATION OF TRUST INVESTMENTS OR REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO
THE TITLING, STORAGE OR OTHER MANNER OF HOLDING OR INVESTING TRUST ASSETS OR (G)
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIDUCIARY OR OTHER STANDARDS OF RESPONSIBILITY OR
LIMITATIONS ON THE ACTS OR POWERS OF TRUSTEES THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE
LIMITATIONS OR LIABILITIES OR AUTHORITIES AND POWERS OF THE ISSUER TRUSTEES OR
THE ADMINISTRATOR AS SET FORTH OR REFERENCED IN THIS TRUST AGREEMENT. SECTION
3540 OF TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE ISSUER TRUST.
SECTION 10.5. PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAY
If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day
that is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but
may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (except as
otherwise provided in Sections 4.2(d)), with the same force and effect as though
made on the date fixed for such payment, and no Distributions shall accumulate
on such unpaid amount for the period after such date.
SECTION 10.6. SUCCESSORS
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This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Issuer Trust, the Administrators
and any Issuer Trustee, including any successor by operation of law. Except in
connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is
permitted under Article VIII of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee
agrees in writing to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder, the
Depositor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10.7. HEADINGS
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.8. REPORTS, NOTICES AND DEMANDS
Any report, notice, demand or other communication that by any provision
of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or
upon any Holder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit
thereof, first class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery
or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of a Holder
of Capital Securities, to such Holder as such Holder's name and address may
appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of Common
Securities or the Depositor, to Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Facsimile
No. (000) 000-0000 or to such other address as may be specified in a written
notice by the Depositor to the Property Trustee. Such notice, demand or other
communication to or upon a Holder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently
given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or transmission.
Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Depositor shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the
writing by the Depositor.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this
Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the
Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrators, or
the Issuer Trust shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is
published by the Issuer Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property
Trustee to Bankers Trust Company, Four Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group-Corporate Market Services;
(b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee to Bankers Trust (Delaware), E.A. Delle
Donne Corporate Center, Xxxxxxxxxx Building , 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx; and (c) with respect
to the Administrators, to them at the address above for notices to the
Depositor, marked "Attention: Office of the Secretary". Such notice, demand or
other communication to or upon
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the Issuer Trust or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Issuer
Trust, the Property Trustee, or such Administrator.
SECTION 10.9. AGREEMENT NOT TO PETITION
Each of the Issuer Trustees, the Administrators and the Depositor agree
for the benefit of the Holders that, until at least one year and one day after
the Issuer Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article IX, they shall
not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Issuer Trust under
any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (including,
without limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively,
"Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding
against the Issuer Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the Depositor
takes action in violation of this Section 10.9, the Property Trustee agrees, for
the benefit of Holders, that at the expense of the Depositor, it shall file an
answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of
such petition by the Depositor against the Issuer Trust or the commencement of
such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has agreed in writing not
to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such
other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Issuer Trustee or the Issuer Trust
may assert. If any Issuer Trustee or Administrator takes action in violation of
this Section 10.9, the Depositor agrees, for the benefit of the Holders, that at
the expense of the Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court
or otherwise properly contest the filing of such petition by such Person against
the Depositor or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that such
Person has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and
precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Issuer
Trustee or the Issuer Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.9
shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.10. TRUST INDENTURE ACT; CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT
(a) TRUST INDENTURE ACT; APPLICATION. (i) This Trust Agreement is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be a
part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by
such provisions; (ii) if and to the extent that any provision of this Trust
Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310
to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control; (iii) for purposes of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee, to
the extent permitted by applicable law and/or the rules and regulations of the
Commission, shall be the only Issuer Trustee which is a trustee for the
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purposes of the Trust Indenture Act; and (iv) the application of the Trust
Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities as equity securities representing undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust.
(b) LISTS OF HOLDERS OF PREFERRED SECURITIES. (i) Each of the
Depositor and the Administrators on behalf of the Trust shall provide the
Property Trustee with such information as is required under Section 312(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in Section
312(a) and (ii) the Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 310(b), 311 and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) REPORTS BY THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE. Within 60 days after May 15 of
each year, the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Trust
Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture
Act, if any, in the form, in the manner and at the times provided by Section 313
of the Trust Indenture Act. The Property Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) PERIODIC REPORTS TO PROPERTY TRUSTEE. Each of the Depositor and
the Administrators on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall provide to the Property
Trustee, the Commission and the Holders of the Trust Securities, as applicable,
such documents, reports and information as required by Section 315(a)(1) - (3)
(if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance certificates required by
Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act (provided that any
certificate to be provided pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture
Act shall be provided within 120 days of the end of each fiscal year of the
Issuer Trust).
(e) EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. Each of the
Depositor and the Administrators on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall provide to
the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement which relate to any of the matters
set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or
opinion required to be given pursuant to Section 314(c) shall comply with
Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(f) DISCLOSURE INFORMATION. The disclosure of information as to the
names and addresses of the Holders of Trust Securities in accordance with
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a violation of any existing
law or any law hereafter enacted which does not specifically refer to Section
312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the Property Trustee be held
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accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 10.11. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF TRUST AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE AND
INDENTURE
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN
BY OR ON BEHALF OF A HOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR
FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE
BY THE HOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY
OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, THE GUARANTEE AND THE
INDENTURE, AND THE AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF
THE GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE
ISSUER TRUST, SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS
TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE ISSUER
TRUST AND SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
* * * *
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement
to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
SOUTHERN BANCSHARES (N.C.), INC.
as Depositor
By:____________________________________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
Title: President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee, and not in its
individual capacity
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
as Delaware Trustee, and not
in its individual capacity
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Agreed to and Accepted by,
________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Administrator
__________________________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
Title: Administrator
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
SOUTHERN CAPITAL TRUST I
THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of Southern Capital Trust I (the "Trust"),
dated April 29, 1998, is being duly executed and filed by Bankers Trust
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a business trust
under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Sec. 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is
"Southern Capital Trust I".
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and address of the trustee of the
Trust with a principal place of business in the State of
Delaware is:
Bankers Trust (Delaware)
E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center
Xxxxxxxxxx Building
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective
upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustee of the
Trust, has executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first written
above.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee
By: /s/ M. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: M. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
EXHIBIT B
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
EXHIBIT C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT TO THE
DEPOSITOR OR AN AFFILIATE OF THE DEPOSITOR
IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND
SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF COMMON SECURITIES
C-1 _____________
($ AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT)
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
SOUTHERN CAPITAL TRUST I
____% COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $10.00 PER COMMON SECURITY)
Southern Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies that
Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
______________________ (________ ) common securities of the Issuer Trust
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust
and designated as the Southern Capital Trust I ____% Common Securities
(liquidation amount $10.00 per Common Security) (the "Common Securities").
Except in accordance with Section 5.11 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below)
the Common Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof
other than in accordance therewith shall be void. The designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Common Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to
the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the
Issuer Trust, dated as of June __, 1998, as the same may be amended from time to
time (the "Trust Agreement") among Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc., as
Depositor, Bankers Trust Company, as Property Trustee, Bankers Trust (Delaware),
as Delaware Trustee, the Administrators named therein and the Holders of Trust
Securities, including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as
set forth therein. The Issuer Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement
to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Issuer Trust at its
principal place of business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Trust Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrators of the Issuer
Trust has executed this certificate this ____ day of June, 1998.
SOUTHERN CAPITAL TRUST I
By:_________________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Administrator
AUTHENTICATED:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee
By: ________________________
Authorized Signatory
EXHIBIT D
[IF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE IS TO BE A GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITIES
CERTIFICATE, INSERT:] This Capital Securities Certificate is a Global Capital
Securities Certificate within the meaning of the Trust Agreement hereinafter
referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a
Depositary. This Capital Securities Certificate is exchangeable for Capital
Securities Certificates registered in the name of a person other than the
Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the
Trust Agreement and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary
to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary, except in the limited
circumstances described in the Trust Agreement.
Unless this Capital Securities Certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York Corporation ("DTC"),
to Southern Capital Trust I or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange
or payment, and any Capital Securities Certificate issued is registered in the
name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other
entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO A PERSON IS WRONGFUL
inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN OR INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT
SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED (THE "CODE") (EACH, A "PLAN"), NO ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE
"PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF ANY PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A "PLAN ASSET
ENTITY"), AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD
THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASE
OR HOLDING IS COVERED BY THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF PROVIDED BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1
OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR
HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR ANY
INTEREST HEREIN THAT IS A PLAN OR A PLAN ASSET ENTITY OR IS PURCHASING SUCH
SECURITIES ON BEHALF OF OR WITH "PLAN ASSETS" WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED
BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING HEREOF THAT (A) THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE
CAPITAL SECURITIES IS COVERED BY THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF PROVIDED BY PTCE 96-23,
95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION, (B) THE COMPANY AND
THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE NOT "FIDUCIARIES" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(21) OF
ERISA AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PERSON'S INTEREST IN
THE CAPITAL SECURITIES OR THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES, AND (C) IN
PURCHASING THE CAPITAL SECURITIES SUCH PERSON APPROVES THE PURCHASE OF THE
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ISSUER TRUSTEES.
CERTIFICATE NUMBER AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT
D-_____ $____________
(______CAPITAL SECURITIES)
CUSIP NO.____________
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING CAPITAL SECURITIES
OF
SOUTHERN CAPITAL TRUST I
____% CAPITAL SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $10.00 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
Southern Capital Trust I, a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies that
______________________ (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
_______________________ Dollars ($____________) aggregate liquidation amount of
capital securities of the Issuer Trust representing a preferred undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust and designated as the
Southern Capital Trust I ____% Capital Securities (liquidation amount $10.00 per
Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"). The Capital Securities are
transferable on the books and records of the Issuer Trust, in person or by a
duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and
in proper form for transfer as provided in Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement
(as defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities are set
forth in, and this certificate and the Capital Securities represented hereby are
issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust, dated as of June __,
1998, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"),
among Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc., as Depositor, Bankers Trust Company, as
Property Trustee, Bankers Trust (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, the
Administrators named herein and the Holders of Trust Securities, including the
designation of the terms of the Capital Securities as set forth therein. The
Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by
Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc., as Guarantor, and Bankers Trust Company, as
Guarantee Trustee, dated as of June __, 1998 (the "Guarantee Agreement"), to the
extent provided therein. The Issuer Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust
Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written
request to the Issuer Trust by contacting the Issuer Trustees.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Trust Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrators of the Issuer Trust has
executed this certificate this ____ day of June, 1998.
SOUTHERN CAPITAL TRUST I
By:_________________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Administrator
AUTHENTICATED:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee
By: ________________________
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Capital Security
to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Capital Securities Certificate on the books of the Issuer
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:________________________
Signature:__________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of
this Capital Securities Certificate)
The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to
S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
