EXHIBIT 4.7
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SERIES B CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
Investors Financial Services Corp.
Dated as of _____________________, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation................................. 2
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application............................ 5
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.............................. 6
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee......... 6
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.... 6
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent............ 7
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver................................... 7
SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.................................... 7
SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests....................................... 8
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee.................................................. 8
SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee...... 10
SECTION 3.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee.............................. 13
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility........... 13
SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee....................................... 14
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee................................................... 15
SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand................................. 15
(i)
SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.................................... 15
SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders........................................... 16
SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment........................................ 17
SECTION 5.6 Subrogation................................................. 17
SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations..................................... 17
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions.................................. 17
SECTION 6.2 Ranking..................................................... 18
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1 Termination................................................. 19
ARTICLE VIII
SECTION 8.1 Compensation and Expenses of Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee............................................................. 19
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 9.1 Exculpation................................................. 20
SECTION 9.2 Indemnification............................................. 20
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 Successors and Assigns...................................... 21
SECTION 10.2 Amendments.................................................. 21
SECTION 10.3 Notices..................................................... 21
SECTION 10.4 Benefit..................................................... 22
SECTION 10.5 Governing Law............................................... 22
(ii)
SERIES B CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Series B Capital Securities Guarantee"),
dated as of ________________, 1997, is executed and delivered by Investors
Financial Services Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), and The Bank
of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from
time to time of the Series B Capital Securities (as defined herein) of Investors
Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the
"Declaration"), dated as of January 31, 1997, among the trustees of the Issuer,
the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the
date hereof ________________ capital securities, having an aggregate liquidation
amount of $_________________, such capital securities being designated the 9.77%
Series B Capital Securities (collectively the "Series B Capital Securities") in
connection with the consummation of the Exchange Offer (as defined in the
Declaration).
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to exchange the Series B Capital
Securities, for the Series B Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer the
Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set
forth in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, to pay to the Holders the
Guarantee Payments (as defined below). The Guarantor agrees to make certain
other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has executed and delivered a guarantee agreement
(the "Common Securities Guarantee"), for the benefit of the holders of the
Common Securities (as defined herein), the terms of which provide that if an
Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing,
the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments
under the Common Securities Guarantee are subordinated, to the extent and in the
manner set forth in the Common Securities Guarantee, to the rights of holders of
Series A Capital Securities and the Series B Capital Securities to receive
Guarantee Payments under the Series A Capital Securities Guarantee and this
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, as the case may be.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the exchange by each Holder, which
exchange the Guarantor hereby acknowledges shall benefit the Guarantor, the
Guarantor executes and delivers this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee for
the benefit of the Holders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation
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In this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee
but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.1;
(b) Terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of this
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used
in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined
in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee
has the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Series B Capital Securities Guarantee" or "this
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee" are to this Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to
time;
(e) all references in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee to
Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Series B
Capital Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when
used in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise
defined in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee or unless the
context otherwise requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 under
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the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on
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which banking institutions in The City of New York or Boston, Massachusetts are
authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
"Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" means The Bank of New York, a
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New York banking corporation, until a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the
terms of this Series B
(2)
Capital Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Common Securities" means the securities representing common undivided
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beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located
at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Series B Capital
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Securities.
"Debentures" means the series of subordinated debt securities of the
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Guarantor designated the 9.77% Series B Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures due February 1, 2027 held by the Property Trustee (as defined in the
Declaration) of the Issuer.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment
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or other obligations under this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without
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duplication, with respect to the Series B Capital Securities, to the extent not
paid or made by the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions (as
defined in the Declaration) that are required to be paid on such Series B
Capital Securities to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally available
therefor at such time, (ii) the redemption price, including all accumulated and
unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption (the "Redemption Price") to the
extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally available therefor at such time,
with respect to any Series B Capital Securities called for redemption by the
Issuer, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary termination and liquidation of
the Issuer (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the
Holders in exchange for Series B Capital Securities as provided in the
Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all
accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Series B Capital Securities to the
date of payment, to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally available
therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for
distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer. If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, no Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities
Guarantee with respect to the Common Securities or any guarantee payment under
any Other Common Securities Guarantees shall be made until the Holders shall be
paid in full the Guarantee Payments to which they are entitled under this Series
B Capital Securities Guarantee.
(3)
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of
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the Issuer, of any Series B Capital Securities; provided, however, that, in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Series B Capital
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder"
shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, any
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Affiliate of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, or any officers,
directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives,
nominees, custodians or agents of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of January 31, 1997, among the
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Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and The Bank of New York, as trustee,
pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued to the Property Trustee of the
Issuer.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Series B Capital Securities" means,
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except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Holder(s) of more than
50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would
be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of
all Series B Capital Securities.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any person, a certificate
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signed by the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, a Vice President, the Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Guarantor. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee (other than pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust
Indenture Act) shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate has
read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a statement that each 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
(c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Other Common Securities Guarantees" shall have the same meaning as "Other
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Guarantees" in the Common Securities Guarantee.
"Other Debentures" means all junior subordinated debentures issued by the
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Guarantor from time to time and sold to trusts to be established by the
Guarantor (if any), in each case similar to the Issuer.
(4)
"Other Guarantees" means all guarantees to be issued by the Guarantor
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with respect to capital securities (if any) similar to the Series B Capital
Securities issued by other trusts to be established by the Guarantor (if any),
in each case similar to the Issuer.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
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estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee, including any vice president, any assistant vice
president, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer,
any senior trust officer or other officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
"Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Capital
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Securities Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
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"Trust Securities" means the Common Securities, the Series A Capital
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Securities and Series B Capital Securities, collectively.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application
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(a) This Series B Capital Securities Guarantee is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part
of this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and
(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed by Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture
Act, such imposed duties shall control.
(5)
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities
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(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee (unless the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee is
otherwise the registrar of the Capital Securities) with a list, in
such form as the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders
("List of Holders") as of such date, (i) within one Business Day
after December 15 and June 15 of each year, and (ii) at any other
time within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written
request for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days
before such List of Holders is given to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee provided, that the Guarantor shall not be
obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of
Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given
to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of
Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its
obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 1997, the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports
as are required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the
form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the other
requirements of Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 (if any) and
the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in
the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act provided that such compliance certificate shall be delivered on or
before 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Guarantor. Delivery of
such reports, information and documents to the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Guarantor's compliance with any of its covenants
hereunder (as to which the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
(6)
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for
in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the matters
set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or
opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be
given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver
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The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Series B Capital
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all the Series B Capital
Securities , waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such
waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice
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(a) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days
after the occurrence of a default with respect to this Capital
Securities Guarantee, mail by first class postage prepaid, to all
Holders, notices of all defaults actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, unless such
defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice,
provided, that, except in the case of default in the payment of any
Guarantee Payment, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board
of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of
directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of
such notice is in the interests of the holders of the Series B
Capital Securities.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice
from the Guarantor or a Holder, or a Responsible Officer of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee charged with the
administration of the Declaration shall have obtained actual
knowledge, of such Event of Default.
(c) Within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of
Default actually known to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee,
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall transmit notice of
such Event of Default to the Holders of the Series B Capital
Securities, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived.
(7)
SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests
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The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Series
B Capital Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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(a) This Series B Capital Securities Guarantee shall be held by the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders, and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not
transfer this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee to any Person
except a Holder exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section
5.4(b) or to a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee on
acceptance by such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
of its appointment to act as Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and succession of
title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have
been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such
Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is
continuing, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall enforce
this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the
Holders.
(c) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of
any Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default
that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Series B Capital Securities
Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Series
B Capital Securities Guarantee against the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that
has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) and is
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Series
B Capital Securities Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and
skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his order own
affairs.
(8)
(d) No provision of this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee shall be
construed to relieve the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may
have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Series B Capital Securities
Guarantee, and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in
this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee against the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee; but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions that by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee,
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under
a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Series B
Capital Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the
Holders of a Majority
(9)
in liquidation amount of the Series B Capital Securities
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee under this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee;
and
(iv) no provision of this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee
shall require the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or
liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of
this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee or indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may conclusively
rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining
from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the
proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee may be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee, the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee (unless
other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in
the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon
receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the
Guarantor.
(10)
(iv) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty
to see to any recording, filing or registration of any
instrument (or any rerecording, refiling or registration
thereof).
(v) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may consult with
counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such
counsel with respect to legal matters 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 accordance with such advice or opinion. Such
counsel may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of its
Affiliates and may include any of its employees. The Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any
time to seek instructions concerning the administration of
this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee from any court of
competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee at the
request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall
have provided to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
such security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, against the costs,
expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses and the
expenses of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's
agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might
be incurred by it in complying with such request or
direction, including such reasonable advances as may be
requested by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee;
provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.2(a)(vi)
shall be taken to relieve the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its
obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by
this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee.
(vii) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound
to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it
may see fit.
(viii) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may execute any of
the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees,
custodians or attorneys,
(11)
and the Capital Securities Guarantee 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.
(ix) Any action taken by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
or its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders, and the
signature of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee or its
agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform
any such action. No third party shall be required to inquire
as to the authority of the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the
terms and provisions of this Series B Capital Securities
Guarantee, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's
taking such action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other
action hereunder, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
(i) may request instructions from the Holders of a Majority
in liquidation amount of the Series B Capital Securities,
(ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or
taking such other action until such instructions are
received, and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively
relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions.
(xi) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it
in good faith, without negligence, and reasonably believed
by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Series B Capital Securities
Guarantee.
(b) No provision of this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee shall be
deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right,
power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in
accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or
to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No
permissive power or authority available to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
(12)
SECTION 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Series B
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Capital Securities Guarantee
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The recitals contained in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee shall
be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
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(a) There shall at all times be a Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or any State or Territory
thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or
Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission
to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture
Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50
million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the supervising or
examining authority referred to above, then, for the
purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii), the combined capital
and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published.
(b) If at any time the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall cease
to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner
and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire
any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, subject to the
penultimate paragraph thereof.
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SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee
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(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the
Guarantor except during an Event of Default.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in
accordance with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor.
(c) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall hold office until a
Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need
for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing
executed by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered
to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a
Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed
by such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and
delivered to the Guarantor and there signing Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have
been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section
4.2 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of removal or
resignation, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee resigning or
being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
appointment of a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as
it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the
acts or omissions to act of any Successor Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee or
removal or resignation of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee all amounts due to the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee accrued to the date of such
termination, removal or resignation.
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ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee
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The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to
the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore
paid by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-
off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor's
obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the
required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay
such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand
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The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply,
presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other
notices and demands.
SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected
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The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under
this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the
performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied
agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Series B
Capital Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any
portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation
Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the
Series B Capital Securities or the extension of time for the
performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in
connection with, the Series B Capital Securities (other than an
extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price,
Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that results from the
extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures
permitted by the Indenture);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of
the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege,
power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of
the Series B Capital
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Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting
indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition
or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting,
the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Series B Capital
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or
hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being
the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the
Guarantor with respect to the Guarantee Payments shall be absolute
and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain
consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders
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(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Series B
Capital Securities have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Series B
Capital Securities Guarantee or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee under this
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee provided, however, that,
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subject to Section 3.1, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall determine that the
action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the holders not
taking part in such direction or if the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the
action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee in good faith by its board
of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee
of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall
determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee in personal liability.
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(b) If the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, any Holder may institute a
legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Series B
Capital Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal
proceeding against the Issuer, the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee or any other person or entity. The Guarantor waives any
right or remedy to require that any action be brought first against
the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding directly
against the Guarantor.
SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment
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This Series B Capital Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment
and not of collection.
SECTION 5.6 Subrogation
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The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders
against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders by the
Guarantor under this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee; provided, however,
that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory
provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may
acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other
agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due
and unpaid under this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall
be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor
agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount
to the Holders.
SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations
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The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent
of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Series B Capital
Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor
hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Series B
Capital Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event
referred to in subsections (a) through (h), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions
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So long as any Series B Capital Securities remain outstanding, the
Guarantor 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 Guarantor's capital stock (which
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includes common and preferred stock) or (ii)make any payment of principal,
interest or premium, if any, on or repay or repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Guarantor (including any Other Debentures) that rank pari
passu with or junior in right of payment to the Debentures or (iii) make any
guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor of any
securities of any subsidiary of the Guarantor (including Other Guarantees) if
such guarantee ranks pari passu or junior in right of payment to the Debentures
(other than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants,
rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, common stock of the Guarantor,
(b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a
stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the
future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c)
payments under this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, (d) as a direct
result of, and only to the extent required in order to avoid the issuance of
fractional shares of capital stock following, a reclassification of the
Guarantor's capital stock or the exchange or the conversion of one class or
series of the Guarantor's capital stock for another class or series of the
Guarantor's capital stock, (e) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of
the Guarantor's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions
of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, and
(f)purchases of common stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights
under any of the Guarantor's benefit plans for its directors, officers or
employees or any of the Guarantor's dividend reinvestment plans) if at such time
(i) an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) shall have occurred and be
continuing,(ii) there shall have occurred any event of which the Guarantor has
actual knowledge that (a) is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time,
or both, would be an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) and (b) in
respect of which the Guarantor shall not have taken reasonable steps to
cure,(iii) if such Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the Guarantor
shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under this
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee or (iv) the Guarantor shall have given
notice of its election of the exercise of its right to extend the interest
payment period pursuant to Section 16.01 of the Indenture and any such extension
shall be continuing.
SECTION 6.2 Ranking
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This Series B Capital Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured
obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of
payment to Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture), to the same extent
and in the same manner that the Debentures are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness pursuant to the Indenture, it being understood that the terms of
Article XV of the Indenture shall apply to the obligations of the Guarantor
under this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee as if (x) such Article XV were
set forth herein in full and (y) such obligations were substituted for the term
"Securities" appearing in such Article XV, (ii) pari passu with the Debentures,
the Other Debentures and with the most senior preferred or preference stock now
or hereafter issued by the Guarantor and with the Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee Agreement and any Other Guarantee (as defined herein) and any Other
Common Securities Guarantee and any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by
the Guarantor in
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respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of the Guarantor,
and (iii) senior to the Guarantor's common stock.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1 Termination
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This Series B Capital Securities Guarantee shall terminate (i) upon full
payment of the Redemption Price (as defined in the Declaration) of all Series B
Capital Securities, or (ii) upon liquidation of the Issuer, the full payment of
the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration or the distribution of
the Debentures to the Holders of all of the Series B Capital Securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee will
continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid under the Series B Capital
Securities or under this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.1 Compensation and Expenses of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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The Guarantor covenants and agrees to pay to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee from time to time, and the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing
between the Guarantor and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust), and the Guarantor will pay or reimburse the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Capital
Securities Guarantee (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its
employ)except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its
negligence or bad faith. The Guarantor also covenants to indemnify each of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and
employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the
income of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee) incurred without negligence
or bad faith on the part of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this guarantee,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of
liability in the premises. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Article
VIII to compensate and indemnify the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and to
pay or reimburse the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the
Series B Capital Securities upon all property and funds held or
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collected by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Series B Capital
Securities.
The provisions of this Article shall survive the termination of this
Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 9.1 Exculpation
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(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable
in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for
any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in
accordance with this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee and in a
manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be
within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified
Person by this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee or by law,
except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such
loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified
Person's negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts
or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any
Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are
within such other Person's professional or expert competence,
including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the
value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or
any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets
from which Distributions to Holders might properly be paid.
SECTION 9.2 Indemnification
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The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold
each Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage,
claim or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or
trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal
fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 9.2
shall survive the termination of this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 Successors and Assigns
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All guarantees and agreements contained in this Series B Capital Securities
Guarantee shall bind the successors, as signs, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
then outstanding.
SECTION 10.2 Amendments
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Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect
the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be required),
this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee may only be amended with the prior
approval of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Series B
Capital Securities (including the stated amount that would be paid on
redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to
the date upon which the voting percentages are determined). The provisions of
the Declaration with respect to consents to amendments thereof (whether at a
meeting or otherwise) shall apply to the giving of such approval.
SECTION 10.3 Notices
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All notices provided for in this Series B Capital Securities Guarantee
shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Issuer, in care of the Administrative Trustee at
the Issuer's mailing address set forth below (or such other address
as the Issuer may give notice of to the Holders and the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee):
Investors Capital Trust I c/o Investors Financial Services
Corp. 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx X.X. Xxx 0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(b) If given to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, at the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee may give notice of to the Holders and the Issuer):
The Bank of New York 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee
Administration Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
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(c) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set
forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice
of to the Holders of the Series B Capital Securities and the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee):
Investors Financial Services Corp. 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx X.X. Xxx
0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 Attention: General
Counsel
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(d) If given to any Holder of Series B Capital Securities, at the
address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or
cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given,
such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 10.4 Benefit
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This Series B Capital Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the
Holders and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not separately transferable from the
Series B Capital Securities.
SECTION 10.5 Governing Law
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THIS SERIES B CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
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THIS SERIES B CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and
year first above written.
INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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