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EXHIBIT 4.1
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
Between
NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC.
and
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(as Trustee)
dated as of
May __, 1997
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NPB CAPITAL TRUST
Certain Sections of this Junior Subordinated Indenture relating
to Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture Junior Subordinated
Act Section Indenture Section
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Section 310(a)(1) ..................................... 6.9
(a)(2) ..................................... 6.9
(a)(3) ..................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4) ..................................... Not Applicable
(a)(5) ..................................... 6.9
(b) ........................................ 6.8, 6.10
Section 311(a) ........................................ 6.13
(b) ........................................ 6.13
(b)(2) ..................................... 7.3(a)
Section 312(a) ........................................ 7.1, 7.2(a)
(b) ........................................ 7.2(b)
(c) ........................................ 7.2(c)
Section 313(a) ........................................ 7.3(a)
(a)(4) ..................................... 7.3(a)
(b) ........................................ 7.3(b)
(c) ........................................ 7.3(a)
(d) ........................................ 7.3(c)
Section 314(a) ........................................ 7.4
(b) ........................................ 7.4
(c)(1) ..................................... 1.2
(c)(2) ..................................... 1.2
(c)(3) ..................................... Not Applicable
(e) ........................................ 1.2
Section 315(a) ........................................ 6.1(a)
(b) ........................................ 6.2, 7.3
(c) ........................................ 6.1(b)
(d) ........................................ 6.1(c)
(e) ........................................ 5.14
Section 316(a) ........................................ 5.12
(a)(1)(A) .................................. 5.12
(a)(1)(B) .................................. 5.13
(a)(2) ..................................... Not Applicable
(b) ........................................ 5.8
(c) ........................................ 1.4(f)
Section 317(a)(1) ..................................... 5.3
(a)(2) ..................................... 5.4
(b) ........................................ 10.3
Section 318(a) ........................................ 1.7
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION ............................... 2
SECTION 1.1. Definitions ....................................... 2
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate and Opinions ............... 13
SECTION 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee ........... 14
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders ................................... 14
SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company .............. 17
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver ......................... 17
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act ................. 18
SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .......... 18
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns ............................ 18
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause ............................... 18
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture ............................. 18
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law ..................................... 19
SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days ................................. 19
ARTICLE II. SECURITY FORMS .................................... 19
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally ................................... 19
SECTION 2.2. Form of Face of Security .......................... 20
SECTION 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security ....................... 25
SECTION 2.4. Additional Provisions Required in Global
Security .......................................... 29
SECTION 2.5. Form of Trustee's Certificate
of Authentication ................................. 29
ARTICLE III. THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. Title and Terms ................................... 29
SECTION 3.2. Denominations ..................................... 33
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating ........................................ 33
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities .............................. 35
SECTION 3.5. Global Securities ................................. 36
SECTION 3.6. Registration, Transfer and Exchange
Generally; Certain Transfers and
Exchanges; Securities Act Legends ................. 37
SECTION 3.7. Mutilated, Lost and Stolen Securities ............. 40
SECTION 3.8. Payment of Interest and Additional
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved ............... 41
SECTION 3.9. Persons Deemed Owners ............................. 43
SECTION 3.10. Cancellation ...................................... 43
SECTION 3.11. Computation of Interest ........................... 44
SECTION 3.12. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates ............... 44
SECTION 3.13. Right of Set-Off .................................. 46
SECTION 3.14. Agreed Tax Treatment .............................. 46
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SECTION 3.15. Shortening or Extension of Stated
Maturity .......................................... 46
SECTION 1.16. CUSIP Numbers ..................................... 46
ARTICLE IV. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE ........................ 47
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture ........... 47
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money ........................ 48
ARTICLE V. REMEDIES .......................................... 48
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default ................................. 48
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission
and Annulment ..................................... 49
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee ........................ 51
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .................. 52
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without
Possession of Securities .......................... 53
SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected .................... 53
SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits ............................... 54
SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest; Direct Action by Holders
of Preferred Securities ........................... 55
SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies ................ 55
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative .................... 55
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver ...................... 56
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders ................................ 56
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults ........................... 57
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs ............................. 57
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws ........... 58
ARTICLE VI. THE TRUSTEE ....................................... 58
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities ............... 58
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults ................................ 59
SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee ......................... 60
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities ............................ 61
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities ............................... 61
SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust ............................... 61
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursements ................... 61
SECTION 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests ......................................... 63
SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility ....................................... 63
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment
of Successor ...................................... 64
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor ......................................... 65
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business ............................ 67
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SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company ........................................... 67
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent ............... 67
ARTICLE VII. HOLDER'S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE,
PAYING AGENT AND COMPANY .......................... 69
SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders .............................. 69
SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information,
Communications to Holders ......................... 70
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee and Paying Agent ............... 70
SECTION 7.4. Reports by Company ................................ 71
ARTICLE VIII. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE ................................. 71
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only
on Certain Terms .................................. 71
SECTION 8.2. Successor Company Substituted ..................... 72
ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES ........................... 73
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent
of Holders ........................................ 73
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Holders ........................................... 74
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures .............. 76
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures ................. 76
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act ............... 76
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures ........................................ 76
ARTICLE X. COVENANTS ......................................... 77
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest ...................................... 77
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency ................... 77
SECTION 10.3. Money for Security Payments to be Held in
Trust ............................................. 77
SECTION 10.4. Statement as to Compliance ........................ 79
SECTION 10.5. Waiver of Certain Covenants ....................... 79
SECTION 10.6. Additional Sums ................................... 80
SECTION 10.7. Additional Covenants .............................. 81
SECTION 10.8. Original Issue Discount ........................... 82
ARTICLE XI. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES .......................... 82
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of This Article ..................... 82
SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice of Trustee ............. 82
SECTION 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed ............ 83
SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption .............................. 83
SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price ....................... 84
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SECTION 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for
Redemption ........................................ 85
SECTION 11.7. Right of Redemption of Securities
Initially Issued to an Issuer Trust ............... 85
ARTICLE XII. SINKING FUNDS ..................................... 86
ARTICLE XIII. SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES ....................... 86
SECTION 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior
Indebtedness ...................................... 86
SECTION 13.2. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness
in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds
Upon Dissolution, Etc. ............................ 86
SECTION 13.3. Payment Permitted if no Default ................... 88
SECTION 13.4. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of
Senior Indebtedness ............................... 89
SECTION 13.5. Provisions Solely to Define Relative
Rights ............................................ 89
SECTION 13.6. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination ............... 90
SECTION 13.7. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions ............. 90
SECTION 13.8. Notice to Trustee ................................. 91
SECTION 13.9. Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent .................. 91
SECTION 13.10. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Indebtedness ............................... 92
SECTION 13.11. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior
Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee's
Rights ............................................ 92
SECTION 13.12. Article Applicable to Paying Agents ............... 92
SECTION 13.13. Certain Conversions or Exchanges
Deemed Payment .................................... 93
ANNEX A FORM OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
THIS JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of May __, 1997,
between NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC., a Pennsylvania Corporation (the
"Company"), having its principal office at [ ], _______, Pennsylvania
[_____], and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee, having its principal
office at Four Albany Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10006 (the
"Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to
time of its unsecured junior subordinated debt securities in series
(hereinafter called the "Securities") of substantially the tenor
hereinafter provided, including Securities issued to evidence loans
made to the Company from the proceeds from the issuance from time to
time by one or more business trusts (each an "Issuer Trust") of
undivided preferred beneficial interests in the assets of such Issuer
Trusts (the "Preferred Securities") and common undivided interests in
the assets of such Issuer Trusts (the "Common Securities" and,
collectively with the Preferred Securities, the "Trust Securities"),
and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are
to be authenticated, issued and delivered; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders (as such term is defined in Section 1.1
hereof) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal
and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any
series thereof, and intending to be legally bound hereby, as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) 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;
(3) The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation";
(4) All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect at the time of computation;
(5) Whenever the context may require, any gender shall be deemed
to include the other;
(6) 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 Indenture; and
(7) The words "hereby", "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and
not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning
specified in Section 1.4.
"Additional Interest" means the interest, if any, that shall
accrue on any interest on the Securities of any series the payment of
which has not been made on the applicable Interest Payment Date and
which shall accrue at the rate per annum specified or determined as
specified in such Security.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 10.6.
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"Additional Taxes" means any additional taxes, duties and other
governmental charges to which an Issuer Trust has become subject from
time to time as a result of a Tax Event.
"Administrator" means, in respect of any Issuer Trust, each
Person appointed in accordance with the related Trust Agreement, solely
in such Person's capacity as Administrator of such Issuer Trust and not
in such Person's individual capacity, or any successor Administrator
appointed as therein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. 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.
"Agent Member" means any member of, or participant in, the
Depositary.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein,
the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security, in
each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect
from time to time.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company
or the Executive Committee of the board of directors of the Company (or
any other committee of the board of directors of the Company performing
similar functions) or, for purposes of this Indenture, a committee
designated by the board of directors of the Company (or such
committee), comprised of two or more members of the board of directors
of the Company or officers of the Company, or both.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of
Directors or officers of the Company 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 Trustee.
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"Business Day" means any day other than (i) a Saturday or
Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking institutions in the City of New
York or the City of _______ are authorized or required by law or
executive order to remain closed, or (iii) day on which the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, or, with respect to the Securities of a
series initially issued to an Issuer Trust, the "Corporate Trust
Office" (as defined in the related Trust Agreement) of the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee under the related Trust Agreement, is
closed for business.
"Capital Treatment Event" means, in respect of any Issuer Trust,
the reasonable determination by the Company 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 announced on or after the
date of the issuance of the Preferred Securities of such Issuer Trust,
there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Company will not be
entitled to treat an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount (as such
term is defined in the related Trust Agreement) of such Preferred
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 Company, provided, however, that it shall not be
deemed to be a Capital Treatment Event if the Company is not entitled
to treat the aggregate amount of the Liquidation Amount of such
Preferred Securities as "Tier 1 Capital" due to the restriction imposed
by the Federal Reserve that no more than 25% of Tier 1 Capital can
consist of perpetual preferred stock.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if
at any time after the execution of this 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 on such date.
"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in the first
recital of this Indenture.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $1.00 per
share, of the Company.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor entity shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
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Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor entity.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, the
written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any
Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, its President or a Vice President, and by its Chief
Financial Officer, its Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered.
"Creditor" has the meaning specified in Section 6.7.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.8.
"Delaware Trustee" means, with respect to any Issuer Trust, the
Person identified as the "Delaware Trustee" in the related Trust
Agreement, solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of such Issuer
Trust under such Trust Agreement and not in its individual capacity, or
its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Delaware
trustee appointed as therein provided.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to such series (or any successor
thereto).
"Discount Security" means any security that provides for an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable
upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2.
"Dollar" or "$" means the currency of the United States of
America that, as at the time of payment, is legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
The term "entity" includes a bank, corporation, association,
company, limited liability company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
"Event of Default," unless otherwise specified in the
supplemental indenture creating a series of Securities, has the meaning
specified in Article X.
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"Xxxxxxxx Xxx" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
"Extension Period" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12.
"Global Security" means a Security in the form prescribed in
Section 2.4 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, issued to
the Depositary or its nominee for such series, and registered in the
name of such Depositary or its nominee.
"Guarantee" means, with respect to any Issuer Trust, the
Guarantee Agreement executed by the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities issued by such Issuer Trust as
modified, amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Securities Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof and shall include the terms of each particular series
of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institutional
accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
"Interest Payment Date" means, as to each series of Securities,
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Securities.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from
time to time.
"Investment Company Event" means the receipt by an Issuer Trust
of an Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the relevant Trust Agreement)
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 such Issuer Trust is or will be considered an
"investment company" that is required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act,
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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 Preferred Securities of such Issuer Trust.
"Issuer Trust" has the meaning specified in the first recital of
this Indenture.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security means the date
on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as
therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind
specified in Section 5.1(3).
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice
President, and by the Chief Financial Officer, 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 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 Company or any Affiliate of the
Company.
"Original Issue Date" means the date of issuance specified as
such in each Security.
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"Outstanding" means, when used in reference to any Securities,
as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities; and
(iii) Securities in substitution for or in lieu of which
other Securities have been authenticated and delivered or that
have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6, unless proof
satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such
Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such Securities
are valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of
the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or
any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor (other than, for the avoidance of
doubt, the Issuer Trust to which Securities of the applicable
series were initially issued) shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Securities that the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be
so disregarded. Securities so owned that have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor
(other than, for the avoidance of doubt, such Issuer Trust).
Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing
and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Company to
be owned or held by or for the account of the Company, or any
other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or such obligor (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, such
Issuer Trust), and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1,
the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers'
Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts
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therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed
therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination.
"Paying Agent" means the Trustee or any Person authorized by the
Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or
other amounts in respect of any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency
or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of such series are payable pursuant
to Section 3.1.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security. For the purposes of this
definition, any security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.7
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security.
"Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in the first
recital of this Indenture.
"Proceeding" has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
"Property Trustee" means, with respect to any Issuer Trust, the
Person identified as the "Property Trustee" in the related Trust
Agreement, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of such Issuer
Trust under such Trust Agreement and not in its individual capacity, or
its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor property
trustee appointed as therein provided.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to
this Indenture or the terms of such Security.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to
this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date with respect to the Securities of a series means, unless
otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Securities
of such series, the close of business on
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March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15 next preceding such
Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).
"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, assistant vice
president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and having
direct responsibility for the administration of this 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.
"Restricted Security" means each Security required pursuant to
Section 3.6(c) to bear a Restricted Securities Legend.
"Restricted Securities Certificate" means a certificate
substantially in the form set forth in Annex A.
"Restricted Securities Legend" means a legend substantially in
the form of the legend required in the form of Security set forth in
Section 2.2 to be placed upon a Restricted Security.
"Rights Plan" means any plan of the Company providing for the
issuance by the Company to all holders of its Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share, of rights entitling the holders thereof to subscribe
for or purchase shares of any class or series of capital stock of the
Company which rights (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares
of such Common Stock, (ii) are not exercisable, and (iii) are also
issued in respect of future issuances of such Common Stock, in each
case until the occurrence of a specified event or events.
"Securities" or "Security" means any debt securities or debt
security, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as modified,
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.6.
"Senior Indebtedness" means, whether recourse is to all or a
portion of the assets of the Company and whether or not contingent, (i)
every obligation of the Company for money borrowed; (ii) every
obligation of the Company evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection
with the acquisition of
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property, assets or businesses; (iii) every reimbursement obligation of
the Company with respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or
similar facilities issued for the account of the Company; (iv) every
obligation of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase
price of property of services (but excluding trade accounts payable or
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business); (v)
every capital lease obligation of the Company; (vi) every obligation of
the Company for claims (as defined in Section 101(4) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended) in respect of derivative
products such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts,
commodity contracts and similar arrangements; and (vii) every
obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of
another person and all dividends of another person the payment of
which, in either case, the Company has guaranteed or is responsible or
liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise; provided that
"Senior Indebtedness" shall not include (i) any obligations which, by
their terms, are expressly stated to rank pari passu in right of
payment with, or to not be superior in right of payment to, the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (ii) any Senior Indebtedness of the Company
which when incurred and without respect to any election under Section
1111(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was
without recourse to the Company, (iii) any Senior Indebtedness of the
Company to any of its subsidiaries, (iv) Senior Indebtedness to any
executive officer or director of the Company, or (v) any indebtedness
in respect of debt securities issued to any trust, or a trustee of such
trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company that is
a financing entity of the Company in connection with the issuance of
such financing entity of securities that are similar to the Preferred
Securities.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date
specified pursuant to the terms of such Security as the fixed date on
which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal
or interest is due and payable, as such date may, in the case of such
principal, be shortened or extended as provided pursuant to the terms
of such Security and this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" means an entity more than 50% of the outstanding
voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company
or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition, "voting stock"
means stock that ordinarily has voting power for the election of
directors, whether
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at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such
voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Successor Security" of any particular Security means every
Security issued after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same debt
as that evidenced by, such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 3.7 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by an Issuer Trust of an Opinion
of Counsel (as defined in the relevant Trust Agreement) 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 or decision is
announced on or after the date of issuance of the Preferred Securities
of such Issuer Trust, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i)
such 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 corresponding series of
Securities issued by the Company to such Issuer Trust, (ii) interest
payable by the Company on such corresponding series of Securities is
not, or within 90 days of the delivery of such Opinion of Counsel will
not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United
States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) such 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, with respect to any Issuer Trust, the
trust agreement or other governing instrument of such Issuer Trust.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture, solely in its capacity as such and not in
its individual capacity, until a successor Trustee shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a
Trustee hereunder and, if at any time there is more than one such
Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series
shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
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"Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
modified, amended or supplemented from time to time, except as provided
in Section 9.5.
"Trust Securities" has the meaning specified in the first
recital of this Indenture.
"Vice President," when used with respect to the Company, means
any duly appointed vice president, whether or not designated by a
number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice
president."
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with which
constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and
an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
such conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with which
constitutes a condition precedent), if any, have been complied with,
except that in the case of any such application or request as to which
the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or
request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the
certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.4) shall include:
(1) a statement by each individual signing such certificate
or opinion that such individual has read such covenant or
condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or
opinions of such individual contained in such certificate or
opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he
or she has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied
with; and
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(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified
by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the
opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or
covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give
an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to matters upon which his or
her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate
or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with
respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company,
unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect
to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements,
opinions, or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need
not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given
to 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 herein
otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments is or are delivered to the Trustee, and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. 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
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sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section
6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) 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 the certificate of any notary public or other
officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying
that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to
him or her the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a Person
acting in other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her
authority.
(c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be provided in any other manner that the Trustee deems
sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee
may determine.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Securities Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall
bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Security.
(f) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose
of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series, provided that the Company may not set a
record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply
with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration,
request or direction referred to in the next succeeding paragraph. If
any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and
no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date,
provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken
on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date (as defined below) by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of
such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date
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for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant
to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no
effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render
ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date
such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of
such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.6.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default,
(ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, (iii)
any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.7(2), or
(iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with
respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of
such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date,
provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken
on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on
such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for
which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect) and nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action
taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date
to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities
of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as
the "Expiration Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration
Date to any earlier or later day, provided that no such change shall be
effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to
the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of
the relevant series in the manner
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set forth in Section 1.6 on or prior to the existing Expiration Date.
If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date
set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that set such record
date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after
such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject
to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be
later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
(g) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder
to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may
do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such
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
principal amount.
SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder, any holder of Preferred
Securities or the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of
Preferred Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose
(except as otherwise provided in Section 5.1) hereunder if in
writing and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified
in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such
Holder as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. If, by reason of the suspension of or
irregularities in regular mail services or for any other reason, it
shall be impossible or impracticable to
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mail notice of any event to Holders when said notice is required to be
given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or of the relevant
Securities, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving
of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice
so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to
be a part of and govern this Indenture, the provision of the Trust
Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may
be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case
may be.
SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause.
If any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and
their successors and assigns, the holders of Senior
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Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities and, to the extent
expressly provided in Sections 5.2, 5.8, 5.9, 5.11, 5.13, 9.1 and 9.2,
the holders of Preferred Securities, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days.
If any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity
of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or the Securities) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) or other amounts in respect
of such Security need not be made on such date, but may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue in respect
of the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity,
as the case may be, until such next succeeding Business Day) except
that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year,
such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day
(in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity).
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this
Article, or in such other form or forms as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other
marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with applicable tax laws or the rules of
any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined
by the officers executing such securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of
an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated
by Section 3.3 with respect to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
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The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be
substantially in the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods, if required
by any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, on a
steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in
any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on
which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
Securities distributed to holders of Global Preferred Securities
(as defined in the applicable Trust Agreement) upon the dissolution of
an Issuer Trust shall be distributed in the form of one or more Global
Securities registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, and
deposited with the Securities Registrar, as custodian for such
Depositary, or with such Depositary, for credit by the Depositary to
the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the Securities
represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct).
Securities distributed to holders of Preferred Securities other than
Global Preferred Securities upon the dissolution of an Issuer Trust
shall not be issued in the form of a Global Security or any other form
intended to facilitate book-entry trading in beneficial interests in
such Securities.
SECTION 2.2. Form of Face of Security.
NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC.
[Title of Security]
[If the Security is a Restricted Security, insert -- THE
SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT
BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) BY ANY
INITIAL INVESTOR THAT IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (I) TO A PERSON WHO THE
TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
144A, (II) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (III)
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (B) BY AN INITIAL
INVESTOR THAT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT
INVESTOR, AS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE AND, IN ADDITION, TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
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AND, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF
THE STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS. SECURITIES OWNED BY AN INITIAL INVESTOR THAT IS NOT A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER MAY NOT BE HELD IN GLOBAL FORM AND MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT CERTIFICATION THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES
WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS, AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED
TO BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE
EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALES OF THE SECURITIES.]
No. $
NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation
(hereinafter called the "Company", which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to ______________________, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of _________ Dollars on ________,
[if the Security is a Global Security, then insert, if applicable--, or
such other principal amount represented hereby as may be set forth in
the records of the Securities Registrar hereinafter referred to in
accordance with the Indenture,] [; provided that the Company may (i)
shorten the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security to a date
not earlier than ___________, and (ii) extend the Stated Maturity of
the principal of this Security at any time on one or more occasions,
subject to certain conditions specified in Section 3.15 of the
Indenture, but in no event to a date later than _________]. The Company
further promises to pay interest on said principal from ______________,
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]
[if applicable, insert--(subject to deferral as set forth herein)] in
arrears on [insert applicable Interest Payment Dates] of each year,
commencing ______________ at the rate of __% per annum, [if applicable
insert--together with Additional Sums, if any, as provided in Section
10.6 of the Indenture,] until the principal hereof is paid or duly
provided for or made available for payment [if applicable, insert--;
provided that any overdue principal, premium or Additional Sums and any
overdue installment of interest shall bear Additional Interest at the
rate of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable), compounded [monthly] [quarterly]
[semi-annually], from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable
on demand]. The amount of interest payable for any period less than a
full interest period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months and the actual days elapsed in a partial month
in such period. The amount of interest payable for any full interest
period shall be computed by dividing the applicable rate per annum by
[twelve/four/two]. The interest so
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payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest installment [if applicable, insert--, which shall be the
[__________ or ____________] (whether or not a Business Day), as the
case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date]. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may
either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be
fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture.
[If applicable, insert--So long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any
time during the term of this Security, from time to time to defer the
payment of interest on this Security for up to _________ consecutive
[monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annual] interest payment periods with
respect to each deferral period (each an "Extension Period") [if
applicable, insert--, during which Extension Periods the Company shall
have the right to make partial payments of interest on any Interest
Payment Date, and] at the end of which the Company shall pay all
interest then accrued and unpaid including Additional Interest, as
provided below; provided, however, that no Extension Period shall
extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security [If
Stated Maturity can be shortened or extended, insert--, as then in
effect,] and no such Extension Period may end on a date other than an
Interest Payment Date; and provided, further, however, that during any
such Extension Period, the Company shall not (i) declare or pay any
dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital
stock, or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium,
if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the
Company that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest
to this Security (other than (a) repurchases, redemptions or other
acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection
with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement
with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers,
directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or
stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of
capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or
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exercisable for such capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition
transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b)
as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of the
Company's capital stock (or any capital stock of a Subsidiary of the
Company) for any class or series of the Company's capital stock or of
any class or series of the Company's indebtedness for any class or
series of the Company's capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the
conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security
being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with any Rights Plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or
other property under any Rights Plan, or the redemption or repurchase
of rights pursuant thereto, or (e) any dividend in the form of stock,
warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock
issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the
same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari
passu with or junior to such stock). Prior to the termination of any
such Extension Period, the Company may further defer the payment of
interest, provided that no Extension Period shall exceed _______
consecutive [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annual] interest payment
periods, extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this
Security or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. Upon the
termination of any such Extension Period and upon the payment of all
accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Interest then due on any
Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension
Period, subject to the above conditions. No interest shall be due and
payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each
installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and payable
during such Extension Period shall bear Additional Interest (to the
extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable)
at the rate of __% per annum, compounded [monthly] [quarterly]
[semi-annually] and calculated as set forth in the first paragraph of
this Security, from the date on which such amounts would otherwise have
been due and payable until paid or made available for payment. The
Company shall give the Holder of this Security and the Trustee notice
of its election to begin any Extension Period at least one Business Day
prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date on which interest on
this Security would be payable but for such deferral [if applicable,
insert--or so long as such securities are held by [insert name of
applicable Issuer Trust], at least one Business Day prior to the
earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which Distributions on the
Preferred Securities of such Issuer Trust would be payable but for such
deferral, and (ii) the date on which the Property Trustee of such
Issuer Trust is required to give notice to holders of such Preferred
Securities of the record date or the date such Distributions are
payable, but in any event not less than one Business Day prior to such
record date.]
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Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in the United States, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable,
insert--; provided, however that at the option of the Company payment
of interest may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities
Register, or (ii) if to a Holder of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate
principal amount of this Security, by wire transfer in immediately
available funds upon written request to the Trustee not later than 15
calendar days prior to the date on which the interest is payable].
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payments
to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this
Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with
respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same,
(a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and
directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided,
and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and
all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof,
waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions
contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior
Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives
reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions
shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual
signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.
NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
----------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:
--------------------------------
Secretary or Assistant Secretary
SECTION 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of
the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued
in one or more series under the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as
of May __, 1997 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company
and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee",
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of
rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities,
and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert--, limited in
aggregate principal amount to $ _______].
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the
Indenture [if applicable, insert-- or in [insert name of trust
agreement], dated as of _________ (as modified, amended or supplemented
from time to time the "Trust Agreement"), relating to [insert name of
Issuer Trust] [the ("Issuer Trust") among the Company, as Depositor,
the Trustees named therein and the Holders from time to time of the
Trust Securities issued pursuant thereto] shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture [if applicable, insert--or the Trust
Agreement, as the case may be].
[If applicable, insert--The Company has the right to redeem this
Security (i) on or after _________, in whole at any time or in part
from time to time, or (ii) in whole (but not in part), at
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any time within 90 days following the occurrence and during the
continuation of a Tax Event, Investment Company Event, or Capital
Treatment Event, in each case at the Redemption Price described below,
and subject to possible regulatory approval. The Redemption Price shall
equal 100% of the principal amount hereof being redeemed, together with
accrued interest to but excluding the date fixed for redemption.]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind,
insert--In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof
will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
[If applicable, insert--The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time [of the entire indebtedness of this Security]
[or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect
to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance by the Company with
certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the Company and the Trustee at any time to enter into a
supplemental indenture or indentures for the purpose of modifying in
any manner the rights and obligations of the Company and of the Holders
of the Securities, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each
series to be affected by such supplemental indenture. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting Holders of specified percentages in
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series,
to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security.
[If the Security is not a Discount Security, insert--As provided
in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of this series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series may declare the
principal amount of all the Securities of this series to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders) [if applicable, insert--, provided that,
if upon an Event of
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Default, the Trustee or such Holders fail to declare the principal of
all the outstanding Securities of this series to be immediately due and
payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have the right to make
such declaration by a notice in writing to the Company and the
Trustee]; and upon any such declaration the principal amount of and the
accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the
Securities of this series shall become immediately due and payable,
provided that the payment of principal and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated to
the extent provided in Article XIII of the Indenture.]
[If the Security is a Discount Security, insert--As provided in
and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding
occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of this series may declare an amount of
principal of the Securities of this series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee
if given by Holders) [if applicable, insert--, provided that, if upon
an Event of Default, the Trustee or such Holders fail to declare such
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series to be
immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then outstanding shall
have the right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the
Company and the Trustee. The principal amount payable upon such
acceleration shall be equal to--insert formula for determining the
amount]. Upon any such declaration, such amount of the principal of and
the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the
Securities of this series shall become immediately due and payable,
provided that the payment of such principal and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on all the Securities of this series shall remain
subordinated to the extent provided in Article XIII of the Indenture.
Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in
each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of
the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on
this Security shall terminate.]
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest (including Additional Interest)
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the
Securities Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration
of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained under
Section 10.2 of the Indenture for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by, the Holder
hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of like tenor, of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount,
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $_________ and any integral
multiple of $________ in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of
this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered
as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a
beneficial interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that
acquires a beneficial interest in, this Security agrees that for United
States Federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that this
Security constitute indebtedness.
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THIS SECURITY IS A DIRECT AND UNSECURED OBLIGATION OF THE
COMPANY, DOES NOT EVIDENCE DEPOSITS AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER INSURER OR GOVERNMENT
AGENCY.
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SECTION 2.4. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, any
Global Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions
contained in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY
IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE 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 INDENTURE.
SECTION 2.5. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: _____________________ BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: _________________________
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. Title and Terms.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall
be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to
Section 3.3, set forth or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officers' Certificate, or established in one or
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more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of
Securities as a series:
(a) the title of the securities of such series, which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities;
(b) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of such series that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6
or 11.6 and except for any Securities that, pursuant to Section 3.3,
are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of
such series may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to
such effect;
(c) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(d) the Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of
the Securities of such series is payable or the method of determination
thereof, and any dates on which or circumstances under which, the
Company shall have the right to extend or shorten such Stated Maturity
or Maturities;
(e) the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such
series shall bear interest, if any, the rate or rates and extent to
which Additional Interest, if any, shall be payable with respect to any
Securities of such series, the date or dates from which any such
interest or Additional Interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment
Dates on which such interest shall be payable, the right, pursuant to
Section 3.12 or as otherwise set forth therein, of the Company to defer
or extend an Interest Payment Date, and the Regular Record Date for the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date or the method by which
any of the foregoing shall be determined;
(f) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest or Additional Interest on the Securities of such
series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of
such series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange,
any restrictions that may be applicable to any such transfer or
exchange in addition to or in lieu of those set forth herein and the
place or places where
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notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
of such series may be made;
(g) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which,
if any, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon
which the Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, and if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem
such Securities shall be evidenced;
(h) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to
redeem, repay or purchase the Securities of such series pursuant to any
sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions, or at the option of
a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or
units) in which and the other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(i) the denominations in which any Securities of such series
shall be issuable;
(j) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including
any currency unit or units) in which the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities of
the series shall be payable, or in which the Securities of the series
shall be denominated and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in Dollars for purposes of the definition of Outstanding;
(k) the additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in the
Events of Default or covenants of the Company set forth herein with
respect to the Securities of such series;
(l) if, other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of Securities of such series that shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof;
(m) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of
any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or
more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be
deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such
date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal
amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other
than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as
of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the
manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);
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(n) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole
or in any specified part, shall be defeasible and, if other than by a
Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to
defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(o) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series as shall be necessary to
permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in
bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with
or without interest coupons;
(p) any index or indices used to determine the amount of
payments of principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such
series or the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
(q) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such
Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends that shall be
borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set
forth in Section 2.4 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of
those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any such Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered,
in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(r) the appointment of any Paying Agent or agents for the
Securities of such series;
(s) the terms of any right to convert or exchange Securities of
such series into any other securities or property of the Company, and
the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or
exchange;
(t) if such Securities are to be issued to an Issuer Trust, the
form or forms of the Trust Agreement and Guarantee relating thereto;
(u) if, other than as set forth herein, the relative degree, if
any, to which the Securities or the series shall be senior to or be
subordinated to other series of Securities in right of payment, whether
such other series of Securities are Outstanding or not;
(v) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the series and any change in
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the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to
declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 5.2;
(w) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in
Article X which applies to Securities of the series; and
(x) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which
terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
except as permitted by Section 9.1(6)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided herein or in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in such Officers'
Certificate or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record
of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of
the series.
The securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article XIII.
SECTION 3.2. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be in registered form
without coupons and shall be issuable in denominations specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1(i).
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or
one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced or
impressed thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company
shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of
such Securities. At any time and from time to time after the execution
and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of
any series
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executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the
Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or
more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by
or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1,
that such form has been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1,
that such terms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel,
will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not
be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or
otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers'
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company
Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such
preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security
of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the
authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such
series to be issued.
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Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers, and such certificate upon
any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that
such security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 3.10, for all purposes of this
Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series,
the Company may execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced,
in any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities of such series in lieu of which they are issued and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the
temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities
upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of
the Company designated for that purpose without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive
securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations having
the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same
terms as such temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
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SECTION 3.5. Global Securities.
(a) Each Global Security issued under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated by the Company for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such
Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of
this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) such
Depositary advises the Trustee in writing that such Depositary is no
longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as
Depositary with respect to such Global Security, and the Company is
unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that the Company elects
to terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary, or (iii)
there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default.
(c) If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other
Securities or cancelled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on
behalf of the Depositary or its nominee to the Securities Registrar for
exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article III. If any Global
Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or cancelled in part,
or if another Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a
beneficial interest in any Global Security, then either (i) such Global
Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as
provided in this Article III or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall
be reduced, subject to Section 3.6(b)(v), or increased by an amount
equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or cancelled, or equal
to the principal amount of such other Security to be so exchanged for a
beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an
appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Securities Registrar,
whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures,
shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make
a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment of a Global Security by the Depositary, accompanied by
registration instructions, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 3.6(b)
and as otherwise provided in this Article III, authenticate and deliver
any Securities issuable in exchange for such Global Security (or any
portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of the Depositary.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of such
instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected
in relying on, such instructions.
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(d) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or
any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article III, Section 9.6
or 11.6 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered
in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof.
(e) The Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a
Global Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Security for all
purposes under this Indenture and the Securities, and owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Security shall hold such interests
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Accordingly, any such owner's
beneficial interest in a Global Security shall be shown only on, and
the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records
maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or agent. Neither the
Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in
respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary.
(f) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global
Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such owners
and the Depositary and/or its Agent Members.
SECTION 3.6. Registration, Transfer and Exchange Generally;
Certain Transfers and Exchanges; Securities Act
Legends.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee a register in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and transfers of Securities. Such register
is herein sometimes referred to as the "Securities Register." The
Trustee is hereby appointed "Securities Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at
the offices or agencies of the Company designated for that purpose, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new 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 Indenture.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for
other Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations, of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount and
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bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture,
as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange
shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company 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 Securities, but the Company 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 Securities.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required, pursuant
to the provisions of this Section, (i) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of selection for
redemption of Securities of that series pursuant to Article XI 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
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the
case of any such Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof
not to be redeemed.
(b) Certain Transfers and Exchanges. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture, transfers and exchanges of Securities and
beneficial interests in a Global Security shall be made only in
accordance with this Section 3.6(b).
(i) Restricted Non-Global Security to Global Security. If
the Holder of a Restricted Security (other than a Global Security)
wishes at any time to transfer all or any portion of such Security to a
Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Global Security, such transfer may be effected only in
accordance with the provisions of this clause (b)(i) and subject to the
Applicable Procedures. Upon receipt by the Securities Registrar of (A)
such Security as provided in Section 3.6(a) and instructions
satisfactory to the
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Securities Registrar directing that a beneficial interest in the Global Security
in a specified principal amount not greater than the principal amount of such
Security be credited to a specified Agent Member's account and (B) a Restricted
Securities Certificate duly executed by such Holder or such Holder's attorney
duly authorized in writing, then the Securities Registrar shall cancel such
Security (and issue a new Security in respect of any untransferred portion
thereof) as provided in Section 3.6(a) and increase the aggregate principal
amount of the Global Security by the specified principal amount as provided in
Section 3.5(c).
(ii) Non-Global Security to Non-Global Security. A Security
that is not a Global Security may be transferred, in whole or in part,
to a Person who takes delivery in the form of another Security that is
not a Global Security as provided in Section 3.6(a), provided that if
the Security to be transferred in whole or in part is a Restricted
Security, the Securities Registrar shall have received a Restricted
Securities Certificate duly executed by the transferor Holder or such
Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing.
(iii) Exchanges Between Global Security and Non- Global
Security. A beneficial interest in a Global Security may be exchanged
for a Security that is not a Global Security as provided in Section
3.5.
(iv) Certain Initial Transfers of Non-Global Securities. In
the case of Securities initially issued other than in global form, an
initial transfer or exchange of such Securities that does not involve
any change in beneficial ownership may be made to an Institutional
Accredited Investor or Investors as if such transfer or exchange were
not an initial transfer or exchange; provided that written
certification shall be provided by the transferee and transferor of
such Securities to the Securities Registrar that such transfer or
exchange does not involve a change in beneficial ownership.
(c) Restricted Securities Legend. Except as set forth below, all
Securities shall bear a Restricted Securities Legend:
(i) subject to the following clauses of this Section 3.6(c), a
Security or any portion thereof that is exchanged, upon transfer or
otherwise, for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall bear the
Restricted Securities Legend while represented thereby;
(ii) subject to the following clauses of this Section 3.6(c),
a new Security which is not a Global Security and is issued in exchange
for another Security
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(including a Global Security) or any portion thereof, upon transfer or
otherwise, shall, if such new Security is required pursuant to Section
3.6(b)(ii) or (iii) to be issued in the form of a Restricted Security,
bear a Restricted Securities Legend;
(iii) a new Security (other than a Global Security) that does
not bear a Restricted Securities Legend may be issued in exchange for
or in lieu of a Restricted Security or any portion thereof that bears
such a legend if, in the Company's judgment, placing such a legend upon
such new Security is not necessary to ensure compliance with the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the Trustee, at
the written direction of the Company in the form of an Officers'
Certificate, shall authenticate and deliver such a new Security as
provided in this Article III;
(iv) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.6(c), a Successor Security of a Security that does not bear a
Restricted Securities Legend shall not bear such form of legend unless
the Company has reasonable cause to believe that such Successor
Security is a "restricted security" within the meaning of Rule 144, in
which case the Trustee, at the written direction of the Company in the
form of an Officers' Certificate, shall authenticate and deliver a new
Security bearing a Restricted Securities Legend in exchange for such
Successor Security as provided in this Article III; and
(v) Securities distributed to a holder of Preferred Securities
upon dissolution of an Issuer Trust shall bear a Restricted Securities
Legend if the Preferred Securities so held bear a similar legend.
SECTION 3.7. Mutilated, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with
such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to
save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series,
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, bearing the same legends, and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company
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shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the
same series, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount and bearing the same
legends as such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or
is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.7, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of such series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 3.8. Payment of Interest and Additional Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved.
Interest and Additional Interest on any Security of any series that is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest in respect of Securities of such series, except
that, unless otherwise provided in the Securities of such series, interest
payable on the Stated Maturity of the principal of a Security shall be paid to
the Person to whom principal is paid. The initial payment of interest on any
Security of any series that is issued between a Regular Record Date and the
related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or
in the Board Resolution pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the related
series of Securities.
Any interest on any Security that is due and payable, but is not timely
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
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Date for Securities of such series (herein called "Defaulted Interest"), shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular
Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest
may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause
(1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series in
respect of which interest is in default (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be
paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment, and which
shall be fixed at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be
paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
clause provided. Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be not more
than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of
a Security of such series at the address of such Holder as it appears
in the Securities Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be published at least
once in a newspaper, customarily published in the English language on
each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a
condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered on such Special Record Date and
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shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of the series in respect of
which interest is in default may be listed and, upon such notice as may
be required by such exchange (or by the Trustee if the Securities are
not listed), if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause 2, such payment shall be
deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or
in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue interest, that were carried by such
other Security.
SECTION 3.9. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject
to Section 3.8) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its
behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between a Depositary and
such holders of beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as
Holder of any Security.
SECTION 3.10. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or
exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Securities surrendered
directly to the Trustee for
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any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be destroyed by the Trustee and
the Trustee shall deliver to the Company a certificate of such destruction.
SECTION 3.11. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series for any
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 any partial month in such period, and
interest on the Securities of each series for a full period shall be computed by
dividing the rate per annum by the number of interest periods that together
constitute a full twelve months.
SECTION 3.12. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates.
If specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1 with respect
to the Securities of a particular series, so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time during
the term of such series, from time to time to defer the payment of interest on
such Securities for such period or periods (each an "Extension Period") not to
exceed the number of consecutive quarterly, semi-annual or other periods that
equal five years with respect to each Extension Period, during which Extension
Periods the Company shall, if so specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, have
the right to make partial payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date. No
Extension Period shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. At the
end of any such Extension Period, the Company shall pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid on the Securities (together with Additional Interest thereon,
if any, at the rate specified for the Securities of such series to the extent
permitted by applicable law); provided, however, that no Extension Period shall
extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of such
series; and provided further, however, that, during any such Extension Period,
the Company shall not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or
redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of
the Company's capital stock, or (ii) make any payment of principal of or
interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Company that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in
interest to the Securities of such series (other than (a) repurchases,
redemptions
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or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection
with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or
for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or
consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock
purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Company
(or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock) as
consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable
Extension Period, (b) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or
series of the Company's capital stock (or any capital stock of a Subsidiary of
the Company) for any class or series of the Company's capital stock or of any
class or series of the Company's indebtedness for any class or series of the
Company's capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of
the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of
such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with any Rights Plan, or the issuance of
rights, stock or other property under any Rights Plan, or the redemption or
repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, or (e) any dividend in the form of stock,
warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable
upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as
that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to
such stock). Prior to that termination of any such Extension Period, the Company
may further defer the payment of interest, provided that no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and provided further, that no Extension Period shall
exceed the period or periods specified in such Securities, extend beyond the
Stated Maturity of the principal of such Securities or end on a date other than
an Interest Payment Date. Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and
upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Interest
then due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect to begin a new
Extension Period, subject to the above conditions. No interest or Additional
Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end
thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and
payable during such Extension Period shall bear Additional Interest as and to
the extent as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. The Company shall
give the Holders of the Securities of such series and the Trustee notice of its
election to begin any such Extension Period at least one Business Day prior to
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date on which interest on Securities of
such series would be payable but for such deferral or, with respect to any
Securities of a series issued to an Issuer Trust, so long as any such Securities
are held by such Issuer Trust, at least one Business Day prior to the earlier of
(i) the next succeeding date on which Distributions on the Preferred Securities
of such Issuer Trust would be payable but for such deferral, and (ii) the date
on which the Property Trustee of such Issuer Trust is required to
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give notice to holders of such Preferred Securities of the record date or the
date such Distributions are payable, but in any event not less than one Business
Day prior to such record date.
The Trustee shall promptly give notice of the Company's election to
begin any such Extension Period to the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of
such series.
SECTION 3.13. Right of Set-Off.
With respect to the Securities of a series initially issued to an
Issuer Trust, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall
have the right to set off any payment it is otherwise required to make in
respect of any such Security to the extent the Company has theretofore made, or
is concurrently on the date of such payment making, a payment under the
Guarantee relating to such Security or to a holder of Preferred Securities
pursuant to an action undertaken under Section 5.8 of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.14. Agreed Tax Treatment.
Each Security issued hereunder shall provide that the Company and, by
its acceptance of a Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder of,
and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, such Security agree that
for United States Federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that such
Security constitutes indebtedness.
SECTION 3.15. Shortening or Extension of Stated Maturity.
If specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1 with respect
to the Securities of a particular series, the Company shall have the right to
(i) shorten the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of such
series at any time to any date and (ii) extend the Stated Maturity of the
principal of the Securities of such series at any time at its election for one
or more periods, provided that, if the Company elects to exercise its right to
extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of such series
pursuant to clause (ii) above, at the time such election is made and at the time
of extension, such conditions as may be specified in such Securities shall have
been satisfied.
SECTION 3.16 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company, in issuing the Securities, may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notice of redemption and other similar or related materials as a convenience to
Holders; provided that any such notice or other materials may state that no
representation is
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made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities
or as contained in any notice of redemption or other materials and that reliance
may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further
effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for and as otherwise provided
in this Section 4.1) and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities that have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 3.7 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year of the date of deposit, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee
in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of subclause (B)(i), (ii) or (iii) above,
has deposited or caused to be deposited with
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the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the
currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are
payable sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any
Additional Interest) to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity
or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the
obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section
6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the
Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall
survive.
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust
and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities
and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if
any) and interest and Additional Interest for the payment of which such money or
obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to the Securities
of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether
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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):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security
of that series, including any Additional Interest in respect thereof,
when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days (subject to the deferral of any due date in the case
of an Extension Period); or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or
perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Company in the Securities of that series or in this Indenture for a
period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have been
given to the Company by the Trustee by registered or certified mail or
to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series; or
(4) the occurrence of the appointment of a receiver or other
similar official in any liquidation, insolvency or similar proceeding
with respect to the Company or all or substantially all of its
property; or a court or other governmental agency shall enter a decree
or order appointing a receiver or similar official and such decree or
order shall remain unstayed and undischarged for a period of 60 days;
or
(5) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series.
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(4)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs and is continuing, then, and in every such case, the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the
Securities of that series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all the Securities of
that series to be due and payable
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immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), provided that, in the case of the Securities of a series issued to
an Issuer Trust, if, upon an Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
fail to declare the principal of all the Outstanding Securities of such series
to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
Liquidation Amount (as defined in the related Trust Agreement) of the related
series of Preferred Securities issued by such Issuer Trust then outstanding
shall have the right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the
Company and the Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or
specified portion thereof) of and the accrued interest (including any Additional
Interest) on all the Securities of such series shall become immediately due and
payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(4) with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of
all the Securities of such series (or, if the Securities of such series are
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as
may be specified by the terms of that series) shall automatically, and without
any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become
immediately due and payable. Payment of principal and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent
provided in Article XIII notwithstanding that such amount shall become
immediately due and payable as herein provided.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay:
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all
Securities of such series;
(B) any accrued Additional Interest on all Securities
of such series;
(C) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Securities of such series that have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional Interest
thereon at the rate borne by the Securities; and
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(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of
that series that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
In the case of Securities of a series initially issued to an Issuer
Trust, if the Holders of such Securities fail to annul such declaration and
waive such default, the holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount
(as defined in the related Trust Agreement) of the related series of Preferred
Securities issued by such Issuer Trust then outstanding shall also have the
right to rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences by written
notice to the Company and the Trustee, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above of this section 5.2.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security of any
series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for
the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then
due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest (including any Additional Interest), and, in addition
thereto,all amounts owing the Trustee under Section 6.7.
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If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial or
administrative proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors,
(a) the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or
by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal (and
premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest)) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional
Interest) owing and unpaid in respect to the Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable and to
take any and all actions as are authorized under the Trust Indenture
Act in order to have the claims of the Holders and any predecessor to
the Trustee under Section 6.7 allowed in any such judicial or
administrative proceedings; and
(ii) in particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 5.6;
and
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(b) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator, conservator (or other similar official) in any such judicial or
administrative proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such
payments to the Trustee for distribution in accordance with Section 5.6, and in
the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 6.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or
other similar committee.
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of
Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, subject to
Article XIII and after provision for the payment of all the amounts owing the
Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7, its agents and counsel,
be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.6 Application of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with
respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article shall be applied in
the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such money or property on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest), upon presentation of
the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7;
SECOND: Subject to Article XIII, to the payment of the amounts then due
and unpaid upon Securities of such series for
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principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest)
in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on such series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest (including any Additional Interest), respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.7 Limitation on Suits.
Subject to Section 5.8, no Holder of any Securities of any series shall
have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect
to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of
such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing itself of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities, or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of
such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
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except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of
Preferred Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security of any series shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Sections 3.8 and 3.12) interest (including any Additional Interest)
on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security
(or in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder. In the case of Securities of a series issued
to an Issuer Trust, any registered holder of the series of Preferred Securities
issued by such Issuer Trust shall have the right, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default described in Section 5.1(1) or 5.1(2), to institute a suit
directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder of
principal of (premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 3.8 and 3.12) interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities having a principal amount
equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined in the related Trust
Agreement) of such Preferred Securities held by such holder.
SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of Preferred Securities issued
by any Issuer Trust has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee, such Holder or such
holder of Preferred Securities, then, and in every such case, the Company, the
Trustee, such Holders and such holder of Preferred Securities shall, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee, such Holder and such holder of Preferred Securities shall continue as
though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.7, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or the Holders
is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the
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extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee, any Holder of any Security with
respect to the Securities of the related series or any holder of any Capital
Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of the related series shall impair any such right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders and the right and remedy given to the holders of Preferred
Securities by Section 5.8 may be exercised from time to time, and as often as
may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Holders or the holders of Preferred
Securities, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee
shall have the right to decline to follow such direction if a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall, in good faith,
determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial
to the Holders not joining in any such direction or would involve the
Trustee in personal liability.
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SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series affected thereby and, in the case of
any Securities of a series initially issued to an Issuer Trust, the holders of a
majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined in the related Trust
Agreement) of the Preferred Securities issued by such Issuer Trust may waive any
past default hereunder and its consequences with respect to such series except a
default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security of such
series (unless such default has been cured and the Company has paid to
or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest (including Additional Interest) and all
principal of (and premium, if any, on) all Securities of that series
due otherwise than by acceleration), or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under
Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each
Holder of any Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Any such waiver shall be deemed to be on behalf of the Holders of all
the Securities of such series, or in the case of waiver by holders of Preferred
Securities issued by such Issuer Trust, by all holders of Preferred Securities
issued by such Issuer Trust.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by
his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in
its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may, in its
discretion, assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
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Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on any Security on or after the respective
Stated Maturities expressed in such Security.
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture, but in the case of any such certificates or opinions
that by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would
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exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own
affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct except that
(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect
of subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the 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 Holders pursuant to Section 5.12 relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of a
series.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee of the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Securities
Register, notice of such default, unless such default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive
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committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided further,
that, in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(3),
no such notice to Holders of Securities of such series shall be given until at
least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the
term "default" means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, Security 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 request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution
of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of 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;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice,
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request, direction, consent, order, bond, indenture, Security or other paper or
document, but the Trustee in its discretion may make such inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent
or attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the 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.
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Securities
Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement.
(a) The Company agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in such
amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree from time to time (which
compensation shall not be limited
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by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust).
(b) The Company agrees to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for
all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense disbursement or advance as may be attributable
to its negligence or bad faith.
(c) Since the Issuer Trust is being formed solely to facilitate an
investment in the Preferred Securities, the Company, as Holder of the Common
Securities, hereby covenants to pay all debts and obligations (other than with
respect to the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities) and all
reasonable costs and expenses of the Issuer Trust (including without limitation
all costs and expenses relating to the organization of the Issuer Trust, the
fees and expenses of the trustees and all reasonable costs and expenses relating
to the operation of the Issuer Trust) and to pay any and all taxes, duties,
assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding
taxes) imposed on the Issuer Trust by the United States, or any taxing
authority, so that the net amounts received and retained by the Issuer Trust and
the Property Trustee after paying such expenses will be equal to the amounts the
Issuer Trust and the Property Trustee would have received had no such costs or
expenses been incurred by or imposed on the Issuer Trust. The foregoing
obligations of the Company are for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by,
any person to whom any such debts, obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are
owed (each, a "Creditor") whether or not such Creditor has received notice
thereof. Any such Creditor may enforce such obligations directly against the
Company, and the Company irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that
any such Creditor take any action against the Issuer Trust or any other person
before proceeding against the Company. The Company shall execute such additional
agreements as may be necessary or desirable to give full effect to the
foregoing.
(d) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) incurred without
negligence or bad faith, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust or the performance of its duties hereunder,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder. This indemnification shall survive the termination
of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.1(4) occurs, the expenses and the compensation
for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 or any successor statute.
SECTION 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing
herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application
referred to in the second to last paragraph of said Section 310(b).
SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be:
(a) an entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America or of any state or territory thereof or of the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal, state, territorial or District
of Columbia authority, or
(b) an entity or other Person organized and doing business under the
laws of a foreign government that is permitted to act as Trustee pursuant to a
rule, regulation or order of the Commission, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by
authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof
substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United
States institutional trustees;
in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such
entity publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then, for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such entity
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 Trustee 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. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve
as Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder.
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SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities
of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to
the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a
Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities of all
series issued hereunder, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of
such Holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of
all series issued hereunder and the appointment of a successor Trustee or
Trustees.
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(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series. If, within one year after such resignation,
removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been
so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on
behalf of such Holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the
Securities Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate
Trust Office.
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
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(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees or co-trustees of
the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each removal of the retiring
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless, at the
time of such acceptance, such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
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SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any entity
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such entity
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated, and in case any Securities shall not
have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such
Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such
successor Trustee, and in all cases the certificate of authentication shall have
the full force which it is provided anywhere in the Securities or in this
Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to one or more series of Securities, which shall be authorized to act on behalf
of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original
issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof
or pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be an entity organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America, or of any state or territory thereof
or of the
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Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent,
having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject
to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent 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 an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any entity into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be
a party, or any entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the successor Authenticating
Agent hereunder, provided such entity shall be otherwise eligible under this
Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent, which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance hereunder shall become vested
with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like
effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor
Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provision of
this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.7.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may
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have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following
form:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned
Indenture.
Dated: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: _____________________________
As Authenticating Agent
Name:
Title:
By: _____________________________
Authorized Signatory
Name:
Title:
ARTICLE VII
HOLDER'S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE,
PAYING AGENT AND COMPANY
SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) quarterly, not more than 15 days after March 15, June 15, September
15, and December 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such dates,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Securities Registrar, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished, excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the
Trustee in its capacity as Securities Registrar.
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SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Securities
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the
Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of the Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee and Paying Agent.
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act, at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not
more than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than January 31 in each
calendar year, commencing with the first January 31 after the first issuance of
Securities under this Indenture.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which any
Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company will notify the
Trustee when any Securities are listed on any securities exchange.
(d) The Paying Agent shall comply with all withholding, backup
withholding, tax and information reporting requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder
with respect to payments on, or with respect to, the Securities.
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SECTION 7.4. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file or cause to be filed with the Trustee and with
the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other
reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in the Trust Indenture
Act. In the case of information, documents or reports required to be filed with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
the Company shall file or cause the filing of such information documents or
reports with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is required to be filed
with the Commission.
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into the
Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) If the Company shall consolidate with or merge into
another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the entity formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person that
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or that leases, the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be an entity
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America
or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to
the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities of every
series and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be
continuing; and
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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with and, in the case of a transaction subject to this Section
8.1 but not requiring a supplemental indenture under paragraph (1) of
this Section 8.1, an Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the surviving, resulting or successor entity is legally
bound by the Indenture and the Securities; and the Trustee, subject to
Section 6.1, may rely upon such Officers' Certificates and Opinions of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that such transaction complies with this
Section 8.1.
SECTION 8.2. Successor Company Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other
Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its properties
and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section
8.1, the successor entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person
had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance,
transfer or lease the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and
covenants under the Indenture and the Securities.
Such successor Person may cause to be executed, and may issue either in
its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities
issuable hereunder that theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations
in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver
any Securities that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such
provisions and any Securities that such successor Person thereafter shall cause
to be executed and delivered to the Trustee on its behalf for the purpose
pursuant to such provisions. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease,
such changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to
be issued as may be appropriate.
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may amend
or waive any provision of this Indenture or enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and
in the Securities contained; or
(2) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or
with the Trustee or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(3) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 or 3.1; or
(4) to facilitate the issuance of Securities of any series in
certificated or other definitive form; or
(5) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for
the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of the series specified) or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(6) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of
Defaults are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of the series specified); or
(7) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall (a) become effective only
when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such
provision or (b) not apply to any Outstanding Securities; or
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(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (8) shall not
adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of any series in any
material respect or, in the case of the Securities of a series issued to an
Issuer Trust and for so long as any of the corresponding series of Preferred
Securities issued by such Issuer Trust shall remain outstanding, the holders of
such Preferred Securities; or
(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and
to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
6.11(b); or
(10) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected
by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company
and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of each series affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of interest (including any Additional Interest) on, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or
reduce the amount of principal of a Discount Security that would be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the place of payment where, or the
coin or currency in which, any Security or interest thereon is payable,
or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
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payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13
or Section 10.5, except to increase any such percentage or to provide
that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected
thereby;
provided, further, that, in the case of the Securities of a series
issued to an Issuer Trust, so long as any of the corresponding series
of Preferred Securities issued by such Issuer Trust remains
outstanding, (i) no such amendment shall be made that adversely affects
the holders of such Preferred Securities in any material respect, and
no termination of this Indenture shall occur, and no waiver of any
Event of Default or compliance with any covenant under this Indenture
shall be effective, without the prior consent of the holders of at
least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined in the
related Trust Agreement) of such Preferred Securities then outstanding
unless and until the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the
Securities of such series and all accrued and (subject to Section 3.8)
unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) thereon have been
paid in full, and (ii) no amendment shall be made to Section 5.8 of
this Indenture that would impair the rights of the holders of Preferred
Securities issued by an Issuer Trust provided therein without the prior
consent of the holders of each such Preferred Security then outstanding
unless and until the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the
Securities of such series and all accrued and (subject to Section 3.8)
unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) thereon have been
paid in full.
A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture that has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities or any corresponding
series of Preferred Securities of an Issuer Trust that holds the Securities of
any series, or that modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series or holders of such Preferred Securities of such corresponding series with
respect to such covenant or other
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xxxxxxxxx, xxxxx xx deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the
Holders of Securities of any other series or holders of Preferred Securities of
any other such corresponding series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing or accepting the additional trusts created by any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such action have
been complied with. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
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executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities of
that series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company initially appoints the Trustee, acting through its
Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purposes. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such
office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office
or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any
or all of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each
Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation and any
change in the location of any such office or agency.
SECTION 10.3. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or
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before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
(including Additional Interest) on any of the Securities of such series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest (including
Additional Interest) so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify
the Trustee of its failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will,
prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest, including Additional Interest on any
Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest, including Additional Interest so becoming
due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, including Additional Interest,
and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of its failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities
of a series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon such Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (and
premium, if any) or interest (or Additional Interest) in respect of any Security
of any Series;
(3) at any time during the continuance of any default with respect to a
series of Securities, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to
the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent with respect to such
series; and
(4) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to
it as a Paying Agent.
The Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same
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trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest (including Additional Interest) on any Security and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
(including Additional Interest) has become due and payable shall (unless
otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or
unclaimed property law) be paid on Company Request to the Company, or (if then
held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of
applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be discharged from
such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 10.4. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate covering the preceding calendar year, stating whether or not to the
best knowledge of the signers thereof of the Company is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of or compliance with any of the terms,
provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture, and if the Company shall
be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge. For the purpose of this Section 10.4, compliance
shall be determined without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice
provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.5. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Securities specified in
Section 9.2, if any, the Company may omit in any particular instance to comply
with any covenant or condition
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provided pursuant to Section 3.1, 9.1(3) or 9.1(4) with respect to the
Securities of any series, if before or after the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Company in respect of any such covenant
or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10.6. Additional Sums.
In the case of the Securities of a series initially issued to an Issuer
Trust, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1, if (i) an
Issuer Trust is the Holder of all of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
and (ii) a Tax Event described in clause (i) or (iii) of the definition of "Tax
Event" in Section 1.1 hereof has occurred and is continuing in respect of such
Issuer Trust, the Company shall pay to such Issuer Trust (and its permitted
successors or assigns under the related Trust Agreement) for so long as such
Issuer Trust (or its permitted successor or assignee) is the registered holder
of the Outstanding Securities of such series, such additional sums as may be
necessary in order that the amount of Distributions (including any Additional
Amounts (as defined in such Trust Agreement)) then due and payable by such
Issuer Trust on the related Preferred Securities and Common Securities that at
any time remain outstanding in accordance with the terms thereof shall not be
reduced as a result of such Additional Taxes (the "Additional Sums"). Whenever
in this Indenture or the Securities there is a reference in any context to the
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, such mention shall be
deemed to include mention of the payments of the Additional Sums provided for in
this paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Sums are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph
and express mention of the payment of Additional Sums (if applicable) in any
provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Sums in those
provisions hereof where such express mention is not made; provided, however,
that the deferral of the payment of interest pursuant to Section 3.12 or the
Securities shall not defer the payment of any Additional Sums that may be due
and payable.
SECTION 10.7. Additional Covenants.
The Company covenants and agrees with each Holder of Securities of each
series that it shall not (x) declare or pay any
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dividends or distributions on, or redeem purchase, acquire or make a liquidation
payment with respect to, any shares of the Company's capital stock, or (y) make
any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company that rank pari passu in
all respects with or junior in interest to the Securities of such series (other
than (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital
stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or
other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees,
officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment
or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital
stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such
capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior
to the applicable Extension Period or other event referred to below, (b) as a
result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Company's
capital stock (or any capital stock of a Subsidiary of the Company) for any
class or series of the Company's capital stock or of any class or series of the
Company's indebtedness for any class or series of the Company's capital stock,
(c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital
stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with any Rights Plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other
property under any Rights Plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights
pursuant thereto, or (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or
other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of
such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the
dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock) if at
such time (i) there shall have occurred any event (A) of which the Company has
actual knowledge that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series, and (B) which the Company shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure,
(ii) if the Securities of such series are held by an Issuer Trust, the Company
shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under the
Guarantee relating to the Preferred Securities issued by such Issuer Trust, or
(iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election to begin an Extension
Period with respect to the Securities of such series as provided herein and
shall not have rescinded such notice, or such Extension Period, or any extension
thereof, shall be continuing.
The Company also covenants with each Holder of Securities of a series
issued to an Issuer Trust (i) to hold, directly or indirectly, 100% of the
Common Securities of such Issuer Trust, provided that any permitted successor of
the Company as provided under Section 8.2 may succeed to the Company's ownership
of such
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Common Securities, (ii) as holder of such Common Securities, not to voluntarily
terminate, windup or liquidate such Issuer Trust, other than (a) in connection
with a distribution of the Securities of such series to the holders of the
related Preferred Securities in liquidation of such Issuer Trust, or (b) in
connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by
the related Trust Agreement, and (iii) to use its reasonable efforts, consistent
with the terms and provisions of such Trust Agreement, to cause such Issuer
Trust to continue not to be taxable as a corporation for United States Federal
income tax purposes.
SECTION 10.8. Original Issue Discount.
On or before December 15 of each year during which any Securities are
outstanding, the Company shall furnish to each Paying Agent such information as
may be reasonably requested by each Paying Agent in order that each Paying Agent
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
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such information shall include the
amount of original issue discount includible in income for each authorized
minimum denomination of principal amount at Stated Maturity of outstanding
Securities during such year.
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of This Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series as permitted or required by any
form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance
with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that, if any
provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this
Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern.
SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election
of the Company, the Company shall, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee and, in the case of Securities of a series held by
an Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee under the related Trust Agreement, of such
date and of the principal amount of Securities of the applicable series to be
redeemed and provide the additional information required to be included in the
notice or notices contemplated by Section 11.4; provided that, in the case of
any
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series of Securities initially issued to an Issuer Trust, for so long as such
Securities are held by such Issuer Trust, such notice shall be given not less
than 45 nor more than 75 days prior to such Redemption Date (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Property Trustee under the related Trust
Agreement). In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration
of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities,
the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series,
provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security
shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for partial redemption and the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security that has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not later than the thirtieth day, and not earlier than the
sixtieth day, prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities
Register.
With respect to Securities of such series to be redeemed, each notice
of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) 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
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that the actual Redemption Price will be calculated on the third Business Day
prior to the Redemption Date (if such an estimate of the Redemption Price is
given, a subsequent notice shall be given as set forth above setting forth the
Redemption Price promptly following the calculation thereof);
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of such particular series
are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption,
the respective principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(d) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof, and that interest
thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price;
(f) such other provisions as may be required in respect of the terms of
a particular series of Securities; and
(g) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
The notice, if mailed in the manner provided above, shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such
notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the
notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in
part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any
other Security.
SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date
specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 11.4, the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company will segregate and
hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, and any accrued interest (including Additional
Interest) on, all the Securities (or portions thereof) that are to be redeemed
on that date.
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SECTION 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption.
If any notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 11.4,
the Securities or portion of Securities with respect to which such notice has
been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places
stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption Date. On
presentation and surrender of such Securities at a Place of Payment in said
notice specified, the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be
paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price, together
with accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption
Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1, installments of interest (including Additional Interest) whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as
such at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 3.8.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same
series, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the Security so presented and having the same Original
Issue Date, Stated Maturity and terms.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid under
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal of and premium, if any, on such
Security shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 11.7. Right of Redemption of Securities Initially Issued to an
Issuer Trust.
In the case of the Securities of a series initially issued to an Issuer
Trust, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, the
Company, at its option, may redeem such Securities (i) on or after the date
specified in such Security, in whole at any time or in part from time to time,
or (ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Tax Event, an
Investment Company Event or a Capital Treatment Event, at any time within 90
days following the occurrence and during the continuation of such Tax Event,
Investment Company Event or Capital Treatment Event, in whole (but not in part),
in each case at a Redemption Price specified in such Security, together with
accrued interest (including Additional Interest) to the Redemption Date.
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If less than all the Securities of any such series are to be redeemed,
the aggregate principal amount of such Securities remaining Outstanding after
giving effect to such redemption shall be sufficient to satisfy any provisions
of the Trust Agreement related to the Issuer Trust to which such Securities were
issued.
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
Except as may be provided in any supplemental or amended indenture, no
sinking fund shall be established or maintained for the retirement of Securities
of any series.
ARTICLE XIII
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by its
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on
each and all of the Securities of each and every series are hereby expressly
made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 13.2. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default; Payment
Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
If the Company shall default in the payment of any principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes
due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by
declaration of acceleration or otherwise, then, upon written notice of such
default to the Company by the holders of Senior Indebtedness or any trustee
therefor, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall
have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property,
securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made or agreed to be made on
account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including
Additional Interest) on any of the Securities, or in respect of any redemption,
repayment, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Securities.
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In the event of (i) any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar
proceeding relating to the Company, its creditors or its property, (ii) any
proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company,
voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy
proceedings, (iii) any assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors or
(iv) any other marshalling of the assets of the Company (each such event, if
any, herein sometimes referred to as a "Proceeding"), all Senior Indebtedness
(including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any such
proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any payment or distribution,
whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any Holder of
any of the Securities on account thereof. Any payment or distribution, whether
in cash, securities or other property (other than securities of the Company or
any other entity provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in these
subordination provisions with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the
Securities, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding
and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan of
reorganization or readjustment), which would otherwise (but for these
subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities
of any series shall be paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders
until all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the
commencement of any Proceeding) shall have been paid in full.
In the event of any Proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing
with respect to Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities, together
with the holders of any obligations of the Company ranking on a parity with the
Securities, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of the
Company the amounts at the time due and owing on account of unpaid principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities and such other obligations
before any payment or other distribution, whether in cash, property or
otherwise, shall be made on account of any capital stock or any obligations of
the Company ranking junior to the Securities, and such other obligations. If,
notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of any character or
any security, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than
securities of the Company or any other entity provided for by a plan of
reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to
the extent provided in these subordination provisions with respect to the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect
thereof under any plan of reorganization or readjustment), shall be received by
the Trustee or any Holder in
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contravention of any of the terms hereof and before all Senior Indebtedness
shall have been paid in full, such payment or distribution or security shall be
received in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered and
transferred to, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding
in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for
application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the
extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full. In the event of
the failure of the Trustee or any Holder to endorse or assign any such payment,
distribution or security, each holder of Senior Indebtedness is hereby
irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the same.
The Trustee and the Holders shall take such action (including, without
limitation, the delivery of this Indenture to an agent for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or consent to the filing of a financing statement with respect
hereto) as may, in the opinion of counsel designated by the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding,
be necessary or appropriate to assure the effectiveness of the subordination
effected by these provisions.
The provisions of this Section 13.2 shall not impair any rights,
interests, remedies or powers of any secured creditor of the Company in respect
of any security interest the creation of which is not prohibited by the
provisions of this Indenture.
The securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise ranking on a
parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities shall not be
deemed to prevent such obligations from constituting, respectively, obligations
ranking on a parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities.
SECTION 13.3. Payment Permitted If No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time, except during
the pendency of the conditions described in the first paragraph of Section 13.2
or of any Proceeding referred to in Section 13.2, from making payments at any
time of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest (including Additional
Interest) on the Securities, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any monies
deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the
Securities or the retention of such payment by the Holders, if, at the time of
such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that such payment
would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article.
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SECTION 13.4. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on
all Senior Indebtedness, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash
equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of
the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness
pursuant to the provisions of this Article (equally and ratably with the holders
of all indebtedness of the Company that by its express terms is subordinated to
Senior Indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as the
Securities are subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness and is entitled to like
rights of subrogation by reason of any payments or distributions made to holders
of such Senior Indebtedness) to the rights of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and
securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and
premium if any) and interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities
shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or
distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or
securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments over
pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Indebtedness
by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the
Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on
account of the Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 13.5. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities on the
one hand and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing
contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is
intended to or shall (a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the
Securities, the obligations of the Company, which are absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the
Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the
Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than their rights
in relation to the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the Trustee or
the Holder of any Security (or to the extent expressly provided herein, the
holder of any Capital Security) from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted
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applicable law upon default under this Indenture, including filing and voting
claims in any Proceeding, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of
the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, property and securities
otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
SECTION 13.6. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security by his or her acceptance thereof authorizes
and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination provided
in this Article and appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and
all such purposes.
SECTION 13.7. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to
enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or
be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the immediately preceding
paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to
time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities of any series, without incurring responsibility to such Holders of
the Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in
this Article or the obligations hereunder of such Holders of the Securities to
the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i)
change the manner, place or terms of payment or extent the time of payment of,
or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any
manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange,
release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise
securing Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for
the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
SECTION 13.8. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making
of any payment to or by the
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Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless
and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, agent or
representative therefor; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have
received the notice provided for in this Section at least two Business Days
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any monies may become payable
for any purpose (including, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any, on) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security), then,
anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
have full power and authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to
the purpose for which they were received and shall not be affected by any notice
to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to
such date.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled
to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing
himself or herself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or
attorney-in-fact therefor) to establish that such notice has been given by a
holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or attorney-in-fact therefor). In
the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is
required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior
Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness
held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of
such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 13.9. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, and the
Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding is
pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, conservator,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to
the Holders of
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Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and
other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article.
SECTION 13.10. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
The Trustee, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, shall not
be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and
shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay
over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other
Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 13.11. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness;
Preservation of Trustee's Rights.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness that
may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.
SECTION 13.12. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within
its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were
named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee.
SECTION 13.13. Certain Conversions or Exchanges Deemed Payment.
For purposes of this Article only, (a) the issuance and delivery of
junior securities upon conversion or exchange of Securities of any series shall
not be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on such Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition
of such Securities, and (b) the payment, issuance or delivery of cash, property
or securities (other than
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junior securities) upon conversion or exchange of a Security of any series shall
be deemed to constitute payment on account of the principal of such security.
For the purposes of this Section, the term "junior securities" means (i) shares
of any stock of any class of the Company, and (ii) securities of the Company
that are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness that may be
outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery of such securities to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities
are so subordinated as provided in this Article.
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* * * *
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 Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
Attest:_____________________ NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:_____________________ BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX A
FORM OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
(For transfers pursuant to Section 3.6(b) of
the Indenture referred to below)
[ ],
as Securities Registrar
[address]
Re: [Title of Securities] of National Penn Bancshares, Inc.
(the "Securities")
Reference is made to the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of May
__, 1997 (the "Indenture"), between National Penn Bancshares, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation, and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee. Terms used
herein and defined in the Indenture or in Regulation S, Rule 144A or Rule 144
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are used here as so
defined.
This certificate relates to $ aggregate principal amount of
Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the "Specified
Securities"):
CUSIP No(s).
CERTIFICATE No(s).
CURRENTLY IN GLOBAL FORM: Yes _____ No _____(check one)
The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned")
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners
of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such
beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the "Owner".
If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security, they are held
through a Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the Undersigned, as or on
behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not represented by a Global
Security, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of
the Owner.
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The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to
a person (the "Transferee") who will take delivery in the form of a Restricted
Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that,
unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in accordance with Rule
144A, Rule 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and all
applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other
jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies that
(1) Rule 144A Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in
accordance with Rule 144A:
(A) the Specified Securities are being transferred to
a person that the Owner and any person acting on its behalf reasonably
believe is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule
144A, acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer; and
(B) the Owner and any person acting on its behalf
have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the Transferee is aware that
the Owner may be relying on Rule 144A in connection with the transfer;
and
(2) Rule 904 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in
accordance with Rule 904:
(A) the Owner is not a distributor of the Securities,
an affiliate of the Company or any such distributor or a person acting
in behalf of any of the foregoing;
(B) the offer of the Specified Securities was not
made to a person in the United States;
(C) either;
(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the
Transferee was outside the United States or the Owner and any
person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the
Transferee was outside the United States, or
(ii) the transaction is being executed in, on or
through the facilities of the Eurobond market, as regulated by
the Association of International Bond Dealers, or another
designated offshore securities market and neither the Owner
nor any person acting on
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its behalf know that the transaction has been prearranged with
a buyer in the United States;
(D) no directed selling efforts within the meaning of
Rule 902 of Regulation S have been made in the United States
by or on behalf of the Owner or any affiliate thereof; and
(E) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme
to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(3) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant to
Rule 144:
(A) the transfer is occurring after a holding period of at
least two years (computed in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144)
has elapsed since the date the Specified Securities were acquired from
the Company or from an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144),
or such shorter period as Rule 144 may hereinafter require, of the
Company, whichever is later, and is being effected in accordance with
the applicable amount, manner of sale and notice requirements of
paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144;
(B) the transfer is occurring after a holding period by the
Owner of at least three years has elapsed since the date the Specified
Securities were acquired from the Company or from an affiliate (as such
term is defined in Rule 144) of the Company, whichever is later, and
the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not been,
an affiliate of the Company; or
(C) the Owner is a Qualified Institutional Buyer under Rule
144A or has acquired the Securities otherwise in accordance with
Sections (1), (2) or (3) hereof and is transferring the Securities to
an institutional accredited investor in a transaction exempt from the
requirements of the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made
for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial
Purchasers (as defined in the Trust Agreement relating to the Issuer
Trust to which the Securities were initially issued).
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(Print the name of the Undersigned, as
such term is defined in the second
paragraph of this certificate.)
Dated: ________________ By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
(If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership
or fiduciary, the title of the person
signing on behalf of the Undersigned
must be stated.)
