Contract
Exhibit
99.1
REPLACEMENT
CAPITAL COVENANT, dated as of April 26, 2007 (this “Replacement
Capital Covenant”),
by
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”),
in
favor of, and for the benefit of, each Covered Debtholder (as defined
below).
RECITALS
A. On
the
date hereof, the Issuer is issuing $825,010,000 aggregate principal amount
of
its 6.45% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due April 15,
2067
(the “Notes”)
to
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Trust VIII, a Delaware statutory trust (“Trust
VIII”).
B. On
the
date hereof, Trust VIII is issuing $825,000,000 aggregate liquidation amount
of
its 6.45% Trust Preferred Securities (the “Capital
Securities”
and,
together with the Notes, the “Securities”).
C. This
Replacement Capital Covenant is the “Replacement
Capital Covenant”
referred
to in the Prospectus Supplement, dated April 19, 2007, relating to the
Securities.
D. The
Issuer
is entering into this Replacement Capital Covenant and disclosing the content
of
this Replacement Capital Covenant in the manner provided below with the intent
that the covenants provided for in this Replacement Capital Covenant be
enforceable by each Covered Debtholder and that the Issuer be estopped from
disregarding the covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, in each case
to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
E. The
Issuer
acknowledges that reliance by each Covered Debtholder upon the covenants in
this
Replacement Capital Covenant is reasonable and foreseeable by the Issuer and
that, were the Issuer to disregard its covenants in this Replacement Capital
Covenant, each Covered Debtholder would have sustained an injury as a result
of
its reliance on such covenants.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Issuer hereby covenants and agrees as follows in favor of and
for
the benefit of each Covered Debtholder.
Section
1.
Definitions. Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Replacement Capital Covenant
(including the Recitals) have the meanings set forth in Schedule I
hereto.
Section
2.
Limitation on Redemption, Repurchase, Defeasance or Purchase of Notes.
The
Issuer, together with its successors and assigns, hereby promises and covenants
to, and for the benefit of, each Covered Debtholder that the Issuer shall not,
and shall cause Trust VIII not to, redeem, repurchase, defease or discharge,
and
shall cause its Subsidiaries not to purchase, all or any part of
the
Securities
on or after the Scheduled Redemption Date and prior to the Final Maturity Date
except to the extent that
(a) the
Issuer
has obtained any prior concurrence or approval of any then Applicable
Governmental Authority if such concurrence or approval is then required under
any applicable capital rules and
(b)
the total
redemption, repurchase, defeasance or purchase price therefor does not exceed
the sum of the following amounts:
(i)
400%
of (A) the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Issuer or its
Subsidiaries from the sale of Common Stock and Rights to Acquire Common Stock,
(B) the Market Value of any Common Stock and Rights to Acquire Common Stock
that
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries have delivered as consideration for property
or
assets in an arms-length transaction, (C) the aggregate amount of the net cash
proceeds the Issuer and its Subsidiaries have received from the sale of
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock and (D) the Market Value of any Common
Stock that has been issued in connection with the conversion into or exchange
for Common Stock of any convertible or exchangeable securities, other than,
in
the case of (D), securities for which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries
has
received equity credit from any NRSRO; and
(ii)
100%
of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries
from the sale of Replacement Capital Securities (other than the proceeds
described in clause (i) above);
in
each
case, to Persons other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries within the
applicable Measurement Period (without double counting proceeds received in
any
prior Measurement Period); provided,
however
that the
provisions of this Section
2
shall not
apply to purchases or repurchases of the Securities or any portion thereof
by
any broker-dealer Affiliate of the Issuer in connection with market-making
or
other secondary-market activities. For the avoidance of doubt, persons covered
by the Issuer’s dividend reinvestment plan and employee benefit plans shall be
deemed not to be Affiliates of the Issuer for purposes of this Section
2.
Section
3.
Covered Debt. (a)
The
Issuer represents and warrants that the Initial Covered Debt is Eligible
Debt.
(b)
(i)
During
the 30-day period immediately preceding any Redesignation Date with respect
to
the Covered Debt then in effect, the Issuer shall identify the series of
Eligible Debt that will become the Covered Debt on the related Redesignation
Date in accordance with the following procedures:
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(A) the
Issuer
shall identify each series of its then-outstanding long-term indebtedness for
borrowed money that is Eligible Debt;
(B) if
only
one series of the Issuer’s then-outstanding long-term indebtedness for borrowed
money will be Eligible Debt as of the related Redesignation Date, such series
shall become the Covered Debt on such Redesignation Date;
(C) if
the
Issuer has more than one outstanding series of long-term indebtedness for
borrowed money that will be Eligible Debt as of the related Redesignation Date,
then the series that has the latest occurring final maturity date as of the
related Redesignation Date shall become the Covered Debt on such Redesignation
Date;
(D) the
series
of outstanding long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is determined
to
be Covered Debt pursuant to clause (B) or (C) above shall be the Covered Debt
for purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant for the period commencing
on
the related Redesignation Date and continuing to, but not including, the
Redesignation Date as of which a new series of outstanding long-term
indebtedness is next determined to be the Covered Debt pursuant to the
procedures set forth in this Section
3(b);
and
(E) in
connection with such identification of a new series of Covered Debt, the Issuer
shall give the notice provided for in Section
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and file
with the Commission a current report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act
including as an exhibit or incorporating by reference this Replacement Capital
Covenant within the time frame provided for in such section.
(c) If
at any
time the Covered Debt is held by a Trust, a holder of the capital securities
of
such Trust may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Issuer for
the
enforcement of this Replacement Capital Covenant, and such capital securities
shall be deemed to be “Covered Debt” so long as the Covered Debt held by the
Trust remains Covered Debt.
Section
4.
Notice. In
order
to give effect to the intent of the Issuer described in Recital D, the Issuer
covenants that:
(a) simultaneously
with the execution of this Replacement Capital Covenant or as soon as
practicable after the date hereof, the Issuer shall (x) give notice to the
Holders of the Initial Covered Debt, in the manner provided in the
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indenture
relating to the Initial Covered Debt, of this Replacement Capital Covenant
and
the rights granted to such Holders hereunder and (y) file a copy of this
Replacement Capital Covenant with the Commission as an exhibit to a Form
8-K
under the Exchange Act;
(b) so
long as
the Issuer is a reporting company under the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall
include in each annual report filed with the Commission on Form 10-K under
the
Exchange Act a description of the covenant set forth in Section
2
and
identify the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is
Covered
Debt as of the date such Form 10-K is filed with the Commission;
(c) within
30
days after a series of the Issuer’s long-term indebtedness for borrowed money
(1) becomes Covered Debt or (2) ceases to be Covered Debt, the Issuer will
give
notice of such occurrence to the holders of such long-term indebtedness for
borrowed money in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal agency
agreement or other contract or instrument under which such long-term
indebtedness for borrowed money was issued and report such change in a Form
8-K
filed with the Commission and the Issuer’s next quarterly report on Form 10-Q or
annual report on Form 10-K, as applicable (or any successor to such forms);
(d) if,
and
only if, the Issuer ceases to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act,
the
Issuer shall, rather than include the relevant information in Exchange Act
filings pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 4, cause a notice
of the
information required by clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 4 to be posted
on
(1) the Issuer’s website and (2) the Bloomberg screen for each series of Covered
Debt (or any successor thereto) (each, an “Investor
Screen”)
and
cause a hyperlink to the execution copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant
to
be included on the appropriate Investor Screen; and
(e) promptly
upon request by any Holder of Covered Debt, the Issuer shall provide such
Holder
with a conformed copy of the executed version of this Replacement Capital
Covenant.
Section
5.
Termination, Amendment and Waiver. (a)
The
obligations of the Issuer pursuant to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall
remain in full force and effect until the earliest date (the “Termination
Date”)
to
occur of (1)
the date,
if any, on which the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of
the Covered Debt then in effect consent or agree to the elimination of such
obligations as covenants in favor of such Holders, (2)
the date
on which the Issuer has no outstanding Eligible Debt (without giving effect
to
the rating requirement in clause (ii) of the definition of Eligible Senior
Debt
and Eligible Subordinated Debt), (3)
the Final
Maturity Date, or if earlier, the date on which the Notes are otherwise redeemed
in full and
(4) the
date, if any, on which an Event of Default occurs with respect to the Notes,
resulting in the acceleration
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thereof.
From
and
after the Termination Date, the obligations of the Issuer pursuant to this
Replacement Capital Covenant shall be of no further force and effect with
respect to the Covered Debtholders, or otherwise.
(b) This
Replacement Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to
time by
a written instrument signed by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders
of a
majority in principal amount of the Covered Debt then in effect; provided
that this
Replacement Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to
time by
a written instrument signed only by the Issuer (and without the consent of
any
Holders of Covered Debt) if any of the following apply (it being understood
that
any such amendment or supplement may fall into one or more of the following):
(i) such amendment or supplement eliminates Common Stock, Rights to Acquire
Common Stock, Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock and/or Debt Exchangeable
for Common Equity as a type of security or securities qualifying as Replacement
Capital Securities and the Issuer has been advised in writing by a nationally
recognized independent accounting firm that there is more than an insubstantial
risk that the failure to do so would result in a reduction in the Issuer’s
earnings per share as calculated for financial reporting purposes or (ii)
such
amendment or supplement imposes additional restrictions on the types of
securities qualifying as Replacement Capital Securities or is not adverse
to the
Holders of the Covered Debt then in effect, and, in either case described
in
this clause (ii), an officer of the Issuer has delivered to the Holders of
such
Covered Debt in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal agency
agreement or other instrument with respect to such Covered Debt a written
certificate stating that, in his or her determination, such amendment or
supplement is not adverse to the Holders of such Covered Debt.
Section
6.
Miscellaneous. (a)
THIS
REPLACEMENT CAPITAL COVENANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) This
Replacement Capital Covenant shall be binding upon the Issuer and its successors
and assigns, shall inure to the benefit of the Covered Debtholders as they
exist
from time to time and shall confer on such Covered Debtholders the right
to xxx
the Issuer in any court of competent jurisdiction for any breach by the Issuer
of the terms hereof (it being understood and agreed by the Issuer that any
Person who is a Covered Debtholder at the time such Person owns Covered Debt
shall retain its status as a Covered Debtholder for so long as
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the
series
of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money owned by such Person is Covered
Debt and, if such Person initiates a claim or proceeding to enforce its rights
under this Replacement Capital Covenant after the Issuer has violated its
covenants in Section
2
and
before the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money held by such
Person is no longer Covered Debt, such Person’s rights under this Replacement
Capital Covenant shall not terminate by reason of such series of long-term
indebtedness for borrowed money no longer being Covered Debt). Except as
specifically provided herein, this Replacement Capital Covenant shall have
no
other beneficiaries and no other Persons are entitled to rely on this
Replacement Capital Covenant.
(c) All
demands, notices, requests and other communications to the Issuer under this
Replacement Capital Covenant shall be deemed to have been duly given and
made if
in writing and (i) if served by personal delivery upon the Issuer, on the
day so
delivered (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day), (ii) if delivered by registered post or certified mail, return receipt
requested, or sent by a national or international courier service, on the
date
of receipt (or, if such date of receipt is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day), or (iii) if sent by telecopier, on the day telecopied,
or if not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day; provided
that the
telecopy is promptly confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, in each
case
to the Issuer at the address set forth below, or at such other address as
the
Issuer may thereafter notify to Covered Debtholders or post on the Issuer’s
website as the address for notices under this Replacement Capital
Covenant:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Treasurer
Any
demand, notice, request or other communication to Holders under this Replacement
Capital Covenant may be given by the Issuer in any manner contemplated by
the
indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other instrument governing the Covered
Debt. For all purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant, the Issuer may
deem
and treat the registered Holder of any Covered Debt as the absolute owner
of
such Covered Debt, and the Issuer shall not be affected by any notice to
the
contrary. The rights of beneficial owners in any Covered Debt shall be exercised
only through the registered Holder of such Covered Debt, and the Issuer may
rely
and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by such
registered Holder. Any demand, notice, request, consent, waiver or other
action
of a Holder shall bind every future Holder of the same Covered Debt and the
Holder of every instrument evidencing Covered Debt issued upon the registration
of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor.
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(d) In
the
event of an assumption of the Issuer’s obligations under the indenture, fiscal
agency agreement or other instrument governing the Covered Debt by a successor,
provided such assumption does not constitute an event of default under such
indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other instrument, the Issuer may assign
its rights and obligations under this Replacement Capital Covenant to such
successor, and upon such assignment to and the assumption of this Replacement
Capital Covenant by such successor, such successor shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Issuer, hereunder with the same effect as if it had been
named herein and the Issuer shall be relieved of any further obligation
hereunder.
(e) No
Covered
Debtholder shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Replacement Capital Covenant, or for any
other
remedy with respect to this Replacement Capital Covenant, unless the Issuer
shall have failed to comply with its obligations under this Replacement Capital
Covenant and such failure is continuing.
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IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Replacement Capital Covenant to be executed
by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year first above
written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX | |||||
By:
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/s/
Xxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
Assistant
Treasurer
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DEFINITIONS
“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.
“Alternative
Payment Mechanism”
means,
with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities, provisions in the related
transaction documents that require the issuer, in its discretion, to issue
(or
use commercially reasonable efforts to issue) one or more types of APM
Qualifying Securities raising eligible proceeds at least equal to the deferred
Distributions on such Qualifying Capital Securities and apply the proceeds
to
pay unpaid Distributions on such Qualifying Capital Securities, commencing
on
the earlier of (x) the first Distribution Date after commencement of a deferral
period on which the issuer pays current Distributions on such Qualifying
Capital
Securities and (y) the fifth anniversary of the commencement of such deferral
period, and that:
(a) define
“eligible
proceeds”
to
mean,
for purposes of such Alternative Payment Mechanism, the net proceeds (after
underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, commissions or discounts and other
expenses relating to the issuance or sale) that the issuer has received during
the 180 days prior to the related Distribution Date from the issuance of
APM
Qualifying Securities to Persons other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,
up
to the Preferred Cap (as defined in (f) below) in the case of APM Qualifying
Securities that are Qualifying Preferred Stock or Mandatorily Convertible
Preferred Stock;
(b) permit
the
issuer to pay current Distributions on any Distribution Date out of any source
of funds but (x) require the issuer to pay deferred Distributions only out
of
eligible proceeds and (y) prohibit the issuer from paying deferred Distributions
out of any source of funds other than eligible proceeds (other than following
an
acceleration of such securities or the occurrence of the final maturity
thereof), unless (if the issuer elects to so provide in the terms of such
securities) an Applicable Governmental Authority directs otherwise;
(c) if
deferral of Distributions continues for more than one year, require the Issuer
not to redeem or repurchase any securities that rank pari
passu
with or
junior to any APM Qualifying Securities that the issuer has issued to settle
deferred Distributions in respect to that deferral period until at least
one
year after all deferred Distributions have been paid (a “Repurchase
Restriction”);
(d) notwithstanding
the foregoing provision, if an Applicable Governmental Authority disapproves
the
sale of APM Qualifying Securities, may (if the issuer elects to so provide
in
the terms of such securities) permit the issuer to pay deferred Distributions
from any source without a breach of its obligations under the related
transaction documents;
(e) if
an
Applicable Governmental Authority does not disapprove the issuance and sale
of
APM Qualifying Securities but disapproves the use of the proceeds thereof
to pay
deferred Distributions, may (if the issuer elects to so provide in the terms
of
such securities) permit the issuer to use such proceeds for other purposes
and
to continue to defer Distributions without a breach of its obligations under
the
related transaction documents; and
(f) limit
the
obligation of the issuer to issue (or use commercially reasonable efforts
to
issue) APM Qualifying Securities to:
(A) in
the
case of APM Qualifying Securities that are Common Stock or Qualifying Warrants,
an amount from the issuance thereof pursuant to the Alternative Payment
Mechanism (including at any point in time from all prior issuances thereof
during such deferral period pursuant to the Alternative Payment Mechanism)
with
respect to deferred Distributions attributable to the first five years of
any
deferral period equal to 2% of the total number of issued and outstanding
shares
of Common Stock as of the date of the Issuer’s then most recent publicly
available consolidated financial statements (the “Common
Cap”);
provided
(and it
being understood) that the Common Cap shall cease to apply to such deferral
period by a date (as specified in the related transaction documents) which
shall
be not later than the ninth anniversary of the commencement of such deferral
period; and
(B) in
the
case of APM Qualifying Securities that are Qualifying Preferred Stock or
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount from the issuance thereof
pursuant to the related Alternative Payment Mechanism (including at any point
in
time from all prior issuances of Qualifying Preferred Stock and unconverted
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to such Alternative Payment
Mechanism) equal to 25% of the liquidation preference or principal amount
of the
Qualifying Capital Securities that are the subject of the related Alternative
Payment Mechanism (the “Preferred
Cap”);
(g) in
the
case of Qualifying Capital Securities other than Qualifying Preferred Stock,
include a Bankruptcy Claim Limitation Provision; and
(h) permit
the
Issuer, at its option, to provide that if it is involved in a merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, binding share exchange or conveyance,
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transfer
or lease of assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person or a
similar
transaction (a “business
combination”)
where
immediately after the consummation of the business combination more than
50% of
the surviving or resulting entity’s voting stock is owned by the shareholders of
the other party to the business combination, then clauses (a), (b) and (c)
above
will not apply to any deferral period that is terminated on the next
Distribution Date following the date of consummation of the business
combination;
provided
(and it
being understood) that:
(a) the
Alternative Payment Mechanism may at the discretion of the Issuer include
a
share cap limiting the issuance of APM Qualifying Securities consisting of
Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants in each case to a maximum issuance cap
to
be set at the discretion of the Issuer; provided
that such
maximum issuance cap will be subject to the Issuer’s agreement to use
commercially reasonable efforts (i) to increase the maximum issuance cap
when
reached, if the Issuer can do so and still satisfy its future fixed or
contingent obligations under the securities and derivative instruments that
provide for settlement or payment in shares of common stock, and (ii) if
the
Issuer cannot increase the maximum issuance cap as contemplated in the preceding
clause, to request its board of directors to adopt a resolution for shareholder
vote at the next occurring annual shareholders meeting to increase the number
of
shares of the Issuer’s authorized common stock for purposes of satisfying its
obligations to pay deferred distributions;
(b) the
issuer
shall not be obligated to issue (or use commercially reasonable efforts to
issue) APM Qualifying Securities for so long as a Market Disruption Event
has
occurred and is continuing;
(c) if,
due to
a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the Issuer is able to raise and apply
some, but not all, of the eligible proceeds necessary to pay all deferred
Distributions on any Distribution Date, the Issuer will apply any available
eligible proceeds to pay accrued and unpaid Distributions on the applicable
Distribution Date in chronological order subject to the Common Cap, the
Preferred Cap, and any maximum issuance cap referred to above, as applicable;
and
(d) if
the
Issuer has outstanding more than one class or series of securities under
which
it is obligated to sell a type of APM Qualifying Securities and apply some
part
of the proceeds to the payment of deferred Distributions, then on any date
and
for any period the amount of net proceeds received by the Issuer from those
sales and available for payment of deferred Distributions on such securities
shall be applied to such securities on a pro rata basis up to the Common
Cap,
the Preferred Cap and any maximum issuance cap referred to above,
as
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applicable,
in proportion to the total amounts that are due on such securities, or on
such
other basis as an Applicable Governmental Authority may approve.
“APM
Qualifying Securities”
means,
with respect to an Alternative Payment Mechanism, any Debt Exchangeable for
Preferred Equity or any Mandatory Trigger Provision, one or more of the
following (as designated in the transaction documents for any Qualifying
Capital
Securities that include an Alternative Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger
Provision or for any Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity):
(a) Common
Stock;
(b) Qualifying
Warrants;
(c) Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock; and
(d) Qualifying
Preferred Stock;
provided
that if
the APM Qualifying Securities for any Alternative Payment Mechanism, any
Debt
Exchangeable for Preferred Equity or any Mandatory Trigger Provision include
both Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants, such Alternative Payment Mechanism,
Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity or Mandatory Trigger Provision may
permit, but need not require, the issuer to issue Qualifying Warrants
or
Qualifying Preferred Stock; provided
further that if such Alternative Payment Mechanism, Mandatory Trigger Provision
or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity includes all of the securities
included in (a) through (d) above, it may allow for an amendment of the
terms of such security to eliminate Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants
as APM
Qualifying Securities if
the
Issuer has been advised in writing by a nationally recognized independent
accounting firm that there is more than an insubstantial risk that the failure
to do so would result in a reduction in the Issuer’s earnings per share as
calculated for financial reporting purposes.
“Applicable
Government Authority”
means
the Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller
of the
Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision or any other federal or state
authority with regulatory oversight over the Issuer’s
capitalization.
“Bankruptcy
Claim Limitation Provision”
means,
with respect to any Qualifying Capital Securities that have an Alternative
Payment Mechanism or a Mandatory Trigger Provision, provisions that, upon
any
liquidation, dissolution, winding up or reorganization or in connection with
any
insolvency, receivership or proceeding under any bankruptcy law with respect
to
the issuer, limit the claim of the holders of such Qualifying Capital Securities
to Distributions that accumulate during (a) any deferral period, in the case
of
Qualifying Capital
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Securities
that have an Alternative Payment Mechanism or (b) any period in which the
issuer
fails to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth in the terms of such
securities or related transaction documents, in the case of Qualifying Capital
Securities having a Mandatory Trigger Provision, to:
(i) in
the
case of Qualifying Capital Securities having an Alternative Payment Mechanism
or
Mandatory Trigger Provision with respect to which the APM Qualifying Securities
do not include Qualifying Preferred Stock, 25% of the stated or principal
amount
of such securities then outstanding; and
(ii) in
the
case of any other Qualifying Capital Securities, an amount not in excess
of the
sum of (x) the amount of accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including
compounded amounts) that relate to the earliest two years of the portion
of the
deferral period for which Distributions have not been paid and (y) an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the Preferred Cap over the aggregate amount
of
net proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Preferred Stock and unconverted
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock that the issuer has applied to pay
such
Distributions pursuant to the Alternative Payment Mechanism or the Mandatory
Trigger Provision, provided
that the
holders of such securities are deemed to agree that, to the extent the remaining
claim exceeds the amount set forth in subclause (x), the amount they receive
in
respect of such excess shall not exceed the amount they would have received
had
the claim for such excess ranked pari
passu
with the
interests of the holders, if any, of Qualifying Preferred Stock.
“Business
Day”
means
any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not day on which banking
institutions generally in The City of New York are authorized or obligated
by
law or executive order to be closed.
“Commission”
means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Cap”
has
the
meaning specified in the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Common
Stock”
means
any equity securities of the Issuer (including equity securities held as
treasury shares and equity securities sold pursuant to the Issuer’s dividend
reinvestment plan and employee benefit plans) that have no preference in
the
payment of dividends or amounts payable upon the liquidation, dissolution
or
winding up of the Issuer (including a security that tracks the performance
of,
or relates to the results of, a business, unit or division of the Issuer),
and
any securities that have no preference in the payment of dividends or amounts
payable upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer
and
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are
issued
in exchange therefor in connection with a merger, consolidation, binding
share
exchange, business combination, recapitalization or other similar
event.
“Covered
Debt”
means
(i) at the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant and continuing to, but
not
including, the first Redesignation Date, the Initial Covered Debt and (ii)
thereafter, commencing with each Redesignation Date and continuing to but
not
including the next succeeding Redesignation Date, the Eligible Debt identified
pursuant to Section
3(b)
as the
Covered Debt for such period.
“Covered
Debtholder”
means
each Person (whether a Holder or a beneficial owner holding through a
participant in a clearing agency) that holds long-term indebtedness for borrowed
money of the Issuer during the period that such long-term indebtedness for
borrowed money is Covered Debt.
“Debt
Exchangeable for Equity”
means
Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity or Debt Exchangeable for Preferred
Equity.
“Debt
Exchangeable for Common Equity”
means
a
security or combination of securities (together in this definition,
“such
securities”)
that:
(a) gives
the
holder a beneficial interest in (i) a fractional interest in a stock purchase
contract for a share of Common Stock of the Issuer that will be settled in
three
years or less, with the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant
to
such stock purchase contract to be within a range established at the time
of
issuance of such debt securities, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments
and (ii) debt securities of the Issuer that are not redeemable at the option
of
the issuer or the holder thereof prior to the settlement of the stock purchase
contracts;
(b) provides
that the investors directly or indirectly grant to the Issuer a security
interest in such debt securities and their proceeds (including any substitute
collateral permitted under the transaction documents) to secure the investors’
direct or indirect obligation to purchase Common Stock of the Issuer pursuant
to
such stock purchase contracts;
(c) includes
a
remarketing feature pursuant to which the debt securities of the Issuer are
remarketed to new investors commencing not later than 30 days prior to the
settlement date of the purchase contract; and
(d) provides
for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Common
Stock
of the Issuer under the stock purchase contracts and, if there has not been
a
successful remarketing by the settlement date of the purchase contract, provides
that the stock purchase contracts will be settled by the Issuer
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acquiring
the debt securities or other collateral directly or indirectly pledged by
investors in the Debt Exchangeable for Common Equity.
“Debt
Exchangeable for Preferred Equity”
means
a
security or combination of securities (together in this definition,
“such
securities”)
that:
(a) gives
the
holder a beneficial interest in (i) subordinated debt securities of the Issuer
that include a provision requiring the Issuer to issue (or use commercially
reasonable efforts to issue) one or more types of APM Qualifying Securities
raising proceeds at least equal to the deferred Distributions on such
subordinated debt securities commencing not later than the second anniversary
of
the commencement of such deferral period and that are the most junior
subordinated debt of the Issuer (or rank pari
passu
with the
most junior subordinated debt of the Issuer) (in this definition, “subordinated
debt”)
and
(ii) a fractional interest in a stock purchase contract for a share of
Qualifying Preferred Stock of the Issuer that ranks pari
passu
with or
junior to all other preferred stock of the Issuer (in this definition,
“preferred
stock”);
(b) provides
that the investors directly or indirectly grant to the Issuer a security
interest in such subordinated debt securities and their proceeds (including
any
substitute collateral permitted under the transaction documents) to secure
the
investors’ direct or indirect obligation to purchase preferred stock of the
Issuer pursuant to such stock purchase contracts;
(c) includes
a
remarketing feature pursuant to which the subordinated debt of the Issuer
is
remarketed to new investors commencing not later than the first Distribution
Date that is at least five years after the date of issuance of securities
or
earlier in the event of an early settlement event based on: (i) the dissolution
of the issuer of such debt exchangeable for preferred equity or (ii) one
or more
financial tests set forth in the terms of the instrument governing such debt
exchangeable for preferred equity;
(d) provides
for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Qualifying
Preferred Stock of the Issuer under the stock purchase contracts and, if
there
has not been a successful remarketing by the first Distribution Date that
is six
years after the date of issuance of such securities, provides that the stock
purchase contracts will be settled by the Issuer acquiring the subordinated
debt
securities or other collateral directly or indirectly pledged by investors
in
the Debt Exchangeable for Preferred Equity;
(e) is
subject
to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant that will apply to such securities
and preferred stock of the Issuer, and will not include Debt Exchangeable
for
Equity as a Replacement Capital Security; and
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(f) after
the
issuance of such preferred stock of the Issuer provides the holders of such
securities with a beneficial interest in such preferred stock.
“Distribution
Date”
means,
as to any securities or combination of securities, the dates on which periodic
Distributions on such securities are scheduled to be made.
“Distribution
Period”
means,
as to any securities or combination of securities, each period from and
including a Distribution Date for such securities to but not including the
next
succeeding Distribution Date for such securities.
“Distributions”
means,
as to a security or combination of securities, dividends, interest payments
or
other income distributions to the holders thereof that are not Subsidiaries
of
the Issuer.
“Eligible
Debt”
means,
at any time, Eligible Subordinated Debt or, if no Eligible Subordinated Debt
is
then outstanding, Eligible Senior Debt.
“Eligible
Senior Debt”
means,
at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of outstanding long-term,
unsecured indebtedness for borrowed money of such issuer that:
(i) upon
a
bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks most
senior among the issuer’s then outstanding classes of indebtedness for borrowed
money;
(ii) is
then
assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause shall apply
on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding senior
long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that satisfies the requirements
of
clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) that is then assigned a rating by at least one
NRSRO);
(iii) has
an
outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000; and
(iv) was
issued
through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm
or
firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution
agents.
For
purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number,
each
issuance of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that has (or, if such
indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established
directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate
entity
have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s
long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is separate from each other
series of such indebtedness.
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“Eligible
Subordinated Debt”
means,
at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of the issuer’s
then-outstanding long-term, unsecured indebtedness for borrowed money
that:
(i) upon
a
bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks
subordinate to the issuer’s then-outstanding most senior series of indebtedness
for borrowed money;
(ii) is
then
assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (ii) shall
apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding
subordinated long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that satisfies the
requirements in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) that is then assigned a rating
by at
least one NRSRO);
(iii) has
an
outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000; and
(iv) was
issued
through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm
or
firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution
agents.
For
purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number,
each
issuance of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that has (or, if such
indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established
directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate
entity
have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s
long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is separate from each other
series of such indebtedness.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any statute successor thereto, in
each
case as amended from time to time.
“Final
Maturity Date”
means
April 15, 2067.
“Holder”
means,
as to the Covered Debt then in effect, each holder of such Covered Debt as
reflected on the securities register maintained by or on behalf of the Issuer
with respect to such Covered Debt and each beneficial owner holding through
a
participant in a clearing agency.
“Indenture”
means
the Junior Subordinated Indenture dated October 12, 2006 between the Issuer
and
The Bank of New York, as trustee thereunder, governing the Notes.
“Initial
Covered Debt”
means
the Issuer’s junior subordinated debt securities underlying the 6.60% Capital
Securities issued by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Capital
Trust VI (CUSIP: 617446 YW 3) and, pursuant to Section 3(c), the capital
securities issued by such Trust.
“Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure”
means,
as to any security or combination of securities, that the issuer has publicly
stated its intention, either in the prospectus or other offering document
under
which such securities were initially offered for sale or in filings with
the
Commission made by the issuer under the Exchange Act prior to or
contemporaneously with the issuance of such securities, that the issuer will
redeem or purchase such securities only with the proceeds of replacement
capital
securities that have terms and provisions at the time of redemption or purchase
that receive as much or more equity-like credit than the securities then
being
redeemed or purchased, raised within 180 days of the applicable redemption
or
purchase date.
“Issuer”
means
the Person named as the “Issuer”
in
the
first paragraph of this Replacement Capital Covenant, until a successor
corporation shall have become such, and thereafter “Issuer”
shall
mean such successor corporation.
“Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock”
means
cumulative preferred stock with (a) no prepayment obligation on the part
of the
issuer thereof, whether at the election of the holders or otherwise, and
(b) a
requirement that the preferred stock convert into Common Stock within three
years from the date of its issuance at a conversion ratio within a range
established at the time of issuance of the preferred stock, subject to customary
anti-dilution adjustments.
“Mandatory
Trigger Provision”
means,
as to any Qualifying Capital Securities, provisions in the terms thereof
or of
the related transaction documents that:
(a) require,
or at its option in the case of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock
permit,
the issuer of such Qualifying Capital Securities to make payment of
Distributions on such securities only pursuant to the issue and sale of APM
Qualifying Securities, within two years of a failure of the issuer to satisfy
one or more financial tests set forth in the terms of such Qualifying Capital
Securities or related transaction agreements, in an amount such that the
net
proceeds of such sale are at least equal to the amount of unpaid Distributions
on such Qualifying Capital Securities (including without limitation all deferred
and accumulated amounts), and in either case require the application of the
net
proceeds of such sale to pay such unpaid Distributions, provided
that (i)
such Mandatory Trigger Provision shall limit the issuance and sale of Common
Stock and Qualifying Warrants the proceeds of which may be applied to pay
such
Distributions pursuant to such provision to the Common Cap, unless the Mandatory
Trigger Provision requires such issuance and sale within one year of such
failure, and (ii) the amount of Qualifying Preferred Stock the net proceeds
of
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which
the
issuer may apply to pay such Distributions pursuant to such provision may
not
exceed the Preferred Cap;
(b) other
than
in the case of non-cumulative preferred stock, if the provisions described
in
clause (a) do not require such issuance and sale within one year of such
failure, prohibit the issuer from repurchasing any securities that are
pari
passu
with or
junior to its APM Qualifying Securities, the proceeds of which were used
to pay
deferred Distributions since such failure before the date six months after
the
issuer applies the net proceeds of the sales described in clause (a) to pay
such
unpaid Distributions in full; and
(c) other
than
in the case of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, include a Bankruptcy
Claim Limitation Provision;
provided
(and it
being understood) that:
(a) the
issuer
will not be obligated to issue (or use commercially reasonably efforts to
issue)
any such APM Qualifying Securities for so long as a Market Disruption Event
has
occurred and is continuing;
(b) if,
due to
a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the issuer is able to raise and apply
some, but not all, of the eligible proceeds necessary to pay all deferred
Distributions on any Distribution Date, the issuer will apply any available
eligible proceeds to pay accrued and unpaid Distributions on the applicable
Distribution Date in chronological order subject to the Common Cap, the
Preferred Cap and any maximum issuance cap, as applicable; and
(c) if
the
issuer has outstanding more than one class or series of securities under
which
it is obligated to sell a type of any such APM Qualifying Securities and
applies
some part of the proceeds to the payment of deferred Distributions, then
on any
date and for any period the amount of net proceeds received by the issuer
from
those sales and available for payment of deferred Distributions on such
securities shall be applied to such securities on a pro
rata
basis up
to the Common Cap, the Preferred Cap, and any maximum issuance cap, as
applicable, in proportion to the total amounts that are due on such
securities.
No
remedy
other than Permitted Remedies will arise by the terms of such securities
or
related transaction agreements in favor of the holders of such securities
as a
result of the issuer’s failure to pay Distributions because of the Mandatory
Trigger Provision until Distributions have been deferred for one or more
Distribution Periods that total together at least ten years.
“Market
Disruption Events”
means
the occurrence or existence of any of the following events or sets of
circumstances:
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(a) the
Issuer
would be required to obtain the consent or approval of its shareholders or
a
regulatory body (including, without limitation, any securities exchange)
or
governmental authority to issue or sell APM Qualifying Securities and such
consent or approval has not yet been obtained notwithstanding the Issuer’s
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent or approval or an
Applicable Governmental Authority instructs the Issuer not to sell or offer
for
sale APM Qualifying Securities at such time;
(b) trading
in
securities generally (or in the Common Stock or the Issuer’s preferred stock
specifically) on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities
exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Common Stock and/or the
Issuer’s preferred stock is then listed or traded shall have been suspended or
the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted
or
minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or market
by the
Commission, by the relevant exchange or by any other regulatory body or
governmental body having jurisdiction, and the establishment of such minimum
prices materially disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse effect on
trading
in, or the issuance and sale of, Common Stock and/or such preferred
stock;
(c) a
banking
moratorium shall have been declared by the federal or state authorities of
the
United States and such moratorium materially disrupts or otherwise has a
material adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and sale of, the APM
Qualifying Securities;
(d) a
material
disruption shall have occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement
or
clearance services in the United States and such disruption materially disrupts
or otherwise has a material adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance
and
sale of, the APM Qualifying Securities;
(e) the
United
States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an
escalation in hostilities involving the United States, there shall have been
a
declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or there
shall
have occurred any other national or international calamity or crisis and
such
event materially disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse effect on trading
in, or the issuance and sale of, the APM Qualifying Securities;
(f) there
shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general domestic or
international economic, political or financial conditions, including without
limitation as a result of terrorist activities, and such change materially
disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse effect on trading in, or the
issuance and sale of, the APM Qualifying Securities;
(g) an
event
occurs and is continuing as a result of which the offering document for such
offer and sale of APM Qualifying Securities would, in the
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reasonable
judgment of the Issuer contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the
statements therein not misleading and either (a) the disclosure of that event
at
such time, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer, is not otherwise required
by law and would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Issuer
or
(b) the disclosure relates to a previously undisclosed proposed or pending
material business transaction, the disclosure of which would impede the ability
of the Issuer to consummate such transaction, provided
that no
single suspension period contemplated by this paragraph (g) shall exceed
90
consecutive days and multiple suspension periods contemplated by this paragraph
(g) shall not exceed an aggregate of 180 days in any 360-day period;
or
(h) the
Issuer
reasonably believes, for reasons other than those referred to in paragraph
(g)
above, that the offering document for such offer and sale of APM Qualifying
Securities would not be in compliance with a rule or regulation of the
Commission and the Issuer is unable to comply with such rule or regulation
or
such compliance is unduly burdensome, provided
that no
single suspension period contemplated by this paragraph (h) shall exceed
90
consecutive days and multiple suspension periods contemplated by this paragraph
(h) shall not exceed an aggregate of 180 days in any 360-day
period.
The
definition of “Market
Disruption Event”
as
used
in the Qualifying Capital Securities may include less than all of the paragraphs
outlined above, as determined by the Issuer at the time of issuance of such
securities, and in the case of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), as applicable
to a
circumstance where the Issuer would otherwise endeavor to issue preferred
stock,
shall be limited to circumstances affecting markets where the preferred stock
of
the Issuer trades or where a listing for its trading is being
sought.
“Market
Value”
means,
on any date, (i) in the case of Common Stock, the closing sale price per
shall
of Common Stock (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of
the bid
and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average
bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite
transactions by the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not
then
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported by the principal U.S.
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded or quoted; if the
Common
Stock is not either listed or quoted on any U.S. securities exchange on the
relevant date, the market price will be the average of the mid-point of the
bid
and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date submitted by at
least
three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected
by the
Issuer for this purpose and (ii) in the case of Rights to Acquire Common
Stock,
a value determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking
firm selected by the Issuer’s board of directors (or a duly authorized committee
thereof) for this purpose.
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“Measurement
Date” means
with
respect to any redemption, repurchase, defeasance or purchase of Securities
(i)
on or prior to the Scheduled Redemption Date, the date 180 days prior to
delivery of notice of such repayment, defeasance or redemption or the date
of
such purchase and (ii) after the Scheduled Redemption Date, the date 90 days
prior to the date of such repayment, redemption, defeasance or purchase,
except
that, if during the 90 days (or any shorter period) preceding the date that
is
90 days prior to the date of such repayment, redemption, defeasance or purchase,
net cash proceeds described above were received but no repayment, redemption,
defeasance or purchase was made in connection therewith, the Measurement
Date
shall be the date upon which such 90-day (or shorter) period prior to the
90-day
period prior to the date such repayment, redemption, defeasance or purchase
began.
“Measurement
Period”
means
the period from a Measurement Date to the related notice date or purchase
or
repurchase date. Measurement Periods cannot run concurrently.
“Non-Cumulative”
means,
with respect to any securities, that the issuer thereof may elect not to
make
any number of periodic Distributions without any remedy arising under the
terms
of the securities or related agreements in favor of the holders, other than
one
or more Permitted Remedies. Qualifying Preferred Stock and Securities that
include an Alternative Payment Mechanism shall be deemed to be Non-Cumulative
for all purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant.
“NRSRO”
means
a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning
of Rule
15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act.
“Optional
Deferral Provision”
means,
as to any security or combination of securities, a provision in the terms
thereof or of the related transaction agreements to the effect that
either:
(a) (i)
the
issuer of such securities may, in its sole discretion, defer in whole or
in part
payment of Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive
Distribution Periods of up to five years or, if a Market Disruption Event
is
continuing, ten years, without any remedy other than Permitted Remedies and
(ii)
such securities are subject to an Alternative Payment Mechanism (provided
that such
Alternative Payment Mechanism need not apply during the first five years
of any
deferral period and need not include a Common Cap, Preferred Cap, Bankruptcy
Claim Limitation Provision or Repurchase Restriction); or
(b) the
issuer
of such securities may, in its sole discretion, defer in whole or in part
payment of Distributions on such securities for one or more
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consecutive
Distribution Periods up to at least ten years, without any remedy other than
Permitted Remedies.
“Permitted
Remedies”
means,
with respect to any securities, one or more of the following
remedies:
(a) rights
in
favor of the holders of such securities permitting such holders to elect
one or
more directors of the Issuer (including any such rights required by the listing
requirements of any stock or securities exchange on which such securities
may be
listed or traded), or
(b) complete
or partial prohibitions on the issuer paying Distributions on or repurchasing
common stock or other securities that rank pari
passu
with or
junior as to Distributions to such securities for so long as Distributions
on
such securities, including unpaid Distributions, remain unpaid.
“Person”
means
any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited
liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or government
or
any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Preferred
Cap”
has
the
meaning specified in the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Qualifying
Capital Securities”
means
securities (other than Common Stock, Rights to Acquire Common Stock and
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) that in the
determination of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, reasonably construing
the
definitions and other terms of the Replacement Capital Covenant, meet one
of the
following criteria:
(A) securities
issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari
passu
with or
junior to the Notes upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Issuer, (2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (3) (a)
are
Non-Cumulative and are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant
or
(b) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision
and
are subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
(B) securities
issued by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari
passu
with or
junior to the Notes upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Issuer, (2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 40 years,
(3) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant and
(4) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision;
(C) Qualifying
Preferred Stock;
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(D) non-cumulative
preferred stock issued by the Issuer that ranks junior to the Notes upon
a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer, and (1) (a) has
no maturity or a final maturity of at least 60 years and (b) is subject to
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure; or (2) (a) has no maturity or a final
maturity of at least 40 years and is subject to a Qualifying Replacement
Covenant or (b) is subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure and has
a
Mandatory Trigger Provision; or (3) (a) has no maturity or a final maturity
of
at least 25 years, (b) is subject to a Qualifying Replacement Covenant and
(c) has a Mandatory Trigger Provision;
(E) preferred
stock issued by the Issuer that ranks junior to the Notes upon a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Issuer, and (1) has no prepayment obligation
on
the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election of the holders or
otherwise, and (2)(a) has no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years
and (b)
is subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant;
(F) securities
issued by the Issuer or Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari
passu
with or
junior to the Notes upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Issuer,
(2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and an Optional Deferral
Provision, and (3) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement
Covenant;
(G) securities
issued by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari
passu with
or
junior to the Notes upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Issuer,
(2) are Non-Cumulative, (3) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 40
years
and (4) either (a) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant
or
(b) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision
and
are subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure;
(H) securities
issued by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank junior to all of the
senior and subordinated debt of the Issuer other than the Notes and securities
ranking pari
passu with
the
Notes, (2) have an Optional Deferral Provision and a Mandatory Trigger Provision
and (3) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and are subject
to a
Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant;
(I) other
securities issued by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank upon a
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Issuer pari
passu
with or
junior to the Notes, (2) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 25
years and (3) are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant and
have
a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision;
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(J) cumulative
preferred stock issued by the Issuer that (1) has no maturity or a maturity
of
at least 60 years and (2) is subject to Intent-Based Replacement
Disclosure;
(K) Non-Cumulative
preferred stock issued by the Issuer that (1) has no maturity or a maturity
of
at least 60 years and (2) is subject to Intent-Based Replacement
Disclosure;
(L) securities
issued by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank pari
passu
with or
junior to the Notes upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Issuer,
(2) either (a) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure or (b) have no maturity or a maturity
of at
least 30 years and are subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant
and
(3) have an Optional Deferral Provision; or
(M) securities
issued by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries that (1) rank junior to all of the
senior and subordinated debt of the Issuer other than the Notes and securities
ranking pari
passu
with the
Notes, (2) have a Mandatory Trigger Provision and an Optional Deferral Provision
and (3) have no maturity or a maturity of at least 30 years and are subject
to
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure.
“Qualifying
Preferred Stock”
means
non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock issued by the Issuer that (a) ranks
pari
passu with
or
junior to all other preferred stock of the Issuer, and contains no remedies
other than Permitted Remedies and (b) either (i) is subject to Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure and has a provision that prohibits the issuer from
paying
any dividends thereon upon its failure to satisfy one or more financial tests
set forth therein or (ii) is subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital
Covenant.
“Qualifying
Replacement Capital Covenant”
means
(i) a replacement capital covenant substantially similar to this Replacement
Capital Covenant or (ii) a replacement capital covenant, as identified by
the Board of Directors of the Issuer, acting in good faith and in its reasonable
discretion and reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this
Replacement Capital Covenant, (a) entered into by an issuer that at the time
it
enters into such replacement capital covenant is a reporting company under
the
Exchange Act and (b) that restricts the issuer from redeeming or purchasing
identified securities except to the extent of the applicable percentage of
the
net proceeds of specified Replacement Capital Securities that have terms
and
provisions at the time of redemption, repurchase, defeasance or purchase
that
receive as much or more equity-like credit than the securities then being
redeemed, repurchased or purchased, raised within the six-month period prior
to
the applicable redemption, repurchase, defeasance or purchase date.
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“Qualifying
Warrants”
means
net share settled warrants to purchase Common Stock that have an exercise
price
greater than the current stock market price of the Issuer’s Common Stock as of
their date of issuance, that do not entitle the Issuer to redeem for cash
and
the holders of such warrants are not entitled to require the Issuer to
repurchase for cash in any circumstance.
“Redesignation
Date”
means,
as to the then-effective Covered Debt, the earliest of (i) the date that
is two
years prior to the final maturity date of such Covered Debt, (ii) if the
Issuer
elects to redeem, or the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer elects to
repurchase, such Covered Debt either in whole or in part with the consequence
that after giving effect to such redemption or repurchase the outstanding
principal amount of such Covered Debt is less than $100,000,000, the applicable
redemption or repurchase date and (iii) if the then-effective Covered Debt
is
not Eligible Subordinated Debt, the date on which the Issuer issues long-term
indebtedness for borrowed money that is Eligible Subordinated Debt.
“Replacement
Capital Covenant”
has
the
meaning specified in the introduction to this instrument.
“Replacement
Capital Securities”
means
(a) Common
Stock and Rights to Acquire Common Stock;
(b) Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock;
(c) Debt
Exchangeable for Equity; and
(d) Qualifying
Capital Securities.
“Repurchase
Restriction”
has
the
meaning specified in the definition of Alternative Payment
Mechanism.
“Rights
to Acquire Common Stock”
includes
any right to acquire Common Stock, including any right to acquire Common
Stock
pursuant to a stock purchase plan or employee benefit plan.
“Scheduled
Redemption Date”
means
January 15, 2046.
“Securities”
has
the
meaning specified in Recital B.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933 or any successor statute thereto, in each case
as
amended from time to time.
“Subsidiary”
of
the
Issuer means, at any time, any Person the shares of stock or other ownership
interests of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
board
of directors or other managers of such Person are at the
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time
owned, or the management or policies of which are otherwise at the time
controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries (including
other Subsidiaries) or both, by the Issuer.
“Termination
Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
4(a).
“Trust”
means a
trust, the common securities of which are held directly or indirectly by
the
Issuer.
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