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EXHIBIT 4(j)
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AS DEPOSITOR,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE
FIRST CHICAGO DELAWARE, INC.,
AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE,
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
DATED AS OF , _____
CNA FINANCIAL CAPITAL III
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EXHIBIT 4(j)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Defined Terms............................................................................1
Section 1.1 Definitions..............................................................................1
ARTICLE II Establishment of the Trust...............................................................9
Section 2.1 Name.....................................................................................9
Section 2.2 Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.............................10
Section 2.3 Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.........................10
Section 2.4 Issuance of the Trust Securities........................................................11
Section 2.5 Subscription and Purchase of Debentures.................................................11
Section 2.6 Declaration of Trust....................................................................11
Section 2.7 Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions........................................12
Section 2.8 Assets of Trust.........................................................................16
Section 2.9 Title to Trust Property.................................................................16
ARTICLE III Payment Account.........................................................................16
Section 3.1 Payment Account.........................................................................16
ARTICLE IV Distributions; Redemption...............................................................16
Section 4.1 Distributions...........................................................................16
Section 4.2 Redemption..............................................................................18
Section 4.3 Subordination of Common Securities......................................................20
Section 4.4 Payment Procedures......................................................................20
Section 4.5 Tax Returns and Reports.................................................................21
Section 4.6 Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust.............................................21
Section 4.7 Reduction for Payments under Junior Indenture...........................................21
ARTICLE V Trust Securities Certificates...........................................................22
Section 5.1 Initial Ownership.......................................................................22
Section 5.2 The Trust Securities Certificates.......................................................22
Section 5.3 Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates. ...............................22
Section 5.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates..............22
Section 5.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates......................23
Section 5.6 Persons Deemed Securityholders..........................................................24
Section 5.7 Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses..................................24
Section 5.8 Maintenance of Office or Agency.........................................................24
Section 5.9 Appointment of Paying Agent.............................................................25
Section 5.10 Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor; No Transfer. ..............................26
Section 5.11 Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates; Common Securities Certificate.............26
Section 5.12 Notices to Clearing Agency..............................................................27
Section 5.13 Issuance of Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates................................27
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Section 5.14 Rights of Securityholders...............................................................28
ARTICLE VI Acts of Securityholders; Meetings; Voting...............................................30
Section 6.1 Limitations on Voting Rights............................................................30
Section 6.2 Notice of Meetings......................................................................31
Section 6.3 Meetings of Preferred Securityholders...................................................31
Section 6.4 Voting Rights...........................................................................32
Section 6.5 Proxies, etc............................................................................32
Section 6.6 Securityholder Action by Written Consent................................................32
Section 6.7 Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes...............................................32
Section 6.8 Acts of Securityholders.................................................................33
Section 6.9 Inspection of Records...................................................................34
ARTICLE VII Representations and Warranties..........................................................34
Section 7.1 Representations and Warranties of the Bank and the Bank (Delaware)......................34
Section 7.2 Representations and Warranties of Depositor.............................................36
ARTICLE VIII The Trustees............................................................................37
Section 8.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.....................................................37
Section 8.2 Notices of Defaults and Payment Deferrals...............................................39
Section 8.3 Certain Rights of Property Trustee......................................................39
Section 8.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities..................................41
Section 8.5 May Hold Securities.....................................................................41
Section 8.6 Compensation; Indemnity; Fees...........................................................41
Section 8.7 Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees............................42
Section 8.8 Conflicting Interests...................................................................43
Section 8.9 Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee........................................................43
Section 8.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.......................................45
Section 8.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..................................................46
Section 8.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.............................47
Section 8.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust............................47
Section 8.14 Reports by Property Trustee.............................................................48
Section 8.15 Reports to the Property Trustee.........................................................48
Section 8.16 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent........................................48
Section 8.17 Number of Trustees......................................................................48
Section 8.18 Delegation of Power.....................................................................49
Section 8.19 Voting..................................................................................49
ARTICLE IX Termination, Liquidation and Merger.....................................................49
Section 9.1 Termination Upon Expiration Date........................................................49
Section 9.2 Early Termination.......................................................................50
Section 9.3 Termination.............................................................................50
Section 9.4 Liquidation.............................................................................50
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Section 9.5 Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust.....................52
ARTICLE X Miscellaneous Provisions................................................................53
Section 10.1 Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.................................................53
Section 10.2 Amendment...............................................................................53
Section 10.3 Separability............................................................................55
Section 10.4 Governing Law...........................................................................55
Section 10.5 Payments Due on Non-Business Day........................................................55
Section 10.6 Successors..............................................................................55
Section 10.7 Headings................................................................................55
Section 10.8 Reports, Notices and Demands............................................................56
Section 10.9 Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act..................................56
Section 10.10 Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and Junior Indenture..................57
Exhibit Document
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A Certificate of Trust
B Certificate Depository Agreement
C Common Securities Certificate
D Expense Agreement
E Preferred Securities Certificate
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CNA FINANCIAL CAPITAL III
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318 OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE TRUST
ACT SECTION AGREEMENT SECTION
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Section 310 (a)(1)....................................................................................... 8.7
(a)(2)........................................................................................8.7
(a)(3)........................................................................................8.9
(a)(4).................................................................................2.7(a)(ii)
(b) ..........................................................................................8.8
Section 311 (a) .........................................................................................8.13
(b) .........................................................................................8.13
Section 312 (a)...........................................................................................5.7
(b)...........................................................................................5.7
(c)...........................................................................................5.7
Section 313 (a).......................................................................................8.14(a)
(a)(4)....................................................................................8.14(b)
(b).......................................................................................8.14(b)
(c)..........................................................................................10.8
(d).......................................................................................8.14(c)
Section 314 (a)..........................................................................................8.15
(b)................................................................................Not Applicable
(c)(1).......................................................................................8.16
(c)(2).......................................................................................8.16
(c)(3).............................................................................Not Applicable
(d)................................................................................Not Applicable
(e).....................................................................................1.1, 8.16
Section 315 (a)................................................................................8.1(a), 8.3(a)
(b).....................................................................................8.2, 10.8
(c)........................................................................................8.1(a)
(d)......................................................................................8.1, 8.3
(e)................................................................................Not Applicable
Section 316 (a)................................................................................Not Applicable
(a)(1)(A)..........................................................................Not Applicable
(a)(1)(B)..........................................................................Not Applicable
(a)(2).............................................................................Not Applicable
(b)................................................................................Not Applicable
(c)...........................................................................................6.7
Section 317 (a)(1).............................................................................Not Applicable
(a)(2).............................................................................Not Applicable
(b)...........................................................................................5.9
Section 318 (a)..........................................................................................10.9
Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of the Trust Agreement.
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of , , among (i) CNA
Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (including any successors or
assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association, as property trustee, (in such capacity, the "Property
Trustee," and in its separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as
Property Trustee, the "Bank" (iii) First Chicago Delaware Inc., as Delaware
trustee (in such capacity, "Delaware Trustee," and, in its separate corporate
capacity and not in its capacity as Delaware Trustee, the "Bank (Delaware)"),
(iv) Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, an individual, and Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx., an individual,
each of whose address is x/x XXX Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, XXX Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000 (each an "Administrative Trustee" and collectively the
"Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the
Administrative Trustees referred to collectively as the "Trustees") and (iv) the
several Holders, as hereinafter defined.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Depositor and certain of the Trustees have heretofore duly
declared and established a business trust pursuant to the Delaware Business
Trust Act by the entering into that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of
December 23, 1998 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the execution and
filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate
of Trust, filed on December 23, 1998, attached as Exhibit A hereto; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Trustees desire to amend and restate the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for,
among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities (as hereinafter
defined) by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the
Preferred Securities (as hereinafter defined) by the Trust pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement (as hereinafter defined), (iii) the acquisition by the
Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Junior
Debt Securities (as hereinafter defined) and (iv) the appointment of the
Administrative Trustees;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties
and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby amends and restates the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
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(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be,
of this Trust Agreement; and
(d) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest or
Additional Sums (as defined in the Junior Indenture), as applicable, paid by the
Depositor on a Like Amount of Junior Debt Securities for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 10.7 of the
Junior Indenture.
"Administrative Trustee" means a Person satisfying the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 8.7(b) and initially means of Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, and Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx., solely in such Person's capacity as
Administrative Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in
such Person's individual capacity, or such Administrative Trustee's successor in
interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein
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.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises adjudging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or
composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
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similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of such Person or of any substantial
part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs,
and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the
consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of
such Person, or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its willingness
to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the taking of corporate action by
such Person in furtherance of any such action.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly adopted
by the Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of
Directors or officers of the 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 Trustees.
"Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates" means certificates
representing beneficial interests in the Preferred Securities, ownership and
transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as
described in Section 5.11.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust,
the Depositor and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency,
dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Trust Securities Certificates,
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The Depository Trust Company will be the initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
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"Closing Date" means the Closing Time as defined in the Underwriting
Agreement, which date is also the date of execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets
of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $___ and having the rights provided
therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions
and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Property
Trustee located in Chicago, Illinois.
"Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates" means Preferred
Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as
provided in Section 5.13.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to
time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the corporation identified as the "Delaware
Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Delaware Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust
Securities as provided in Section 4.1.
"Event of Default" means the occurrence of a Junior Debt Related Event
of Default.
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"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit D, as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Period" has the meaning specified in Section 3.11 of the
Junior Indenture.
"Extension Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the
Depositor and The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee, contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the
holders of the Preferred Securities, as amended from time to time.
"Junior Debt Related Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as
defined in the Junior Indenture.
"Junior Debt Securities" means the aggregate principal amount of the
Depositor's Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Junior Debt Securities,
Series __, issued pursuant to the Junior Indenture.
"Junior Debt Security Investment Company Event" means an "Investment
Company Event" as defined in the Junior Indenture.
"Junior Debt Security Redemption Date" means, with respect to any
Junior Debt Securities to be redeemed under the Junior Indenture, the date fixed
for redemption under the Junior Indenture.
"Junior Debt Security Tax Event" means a "Tax Event" as defined in the
Junior Indenture.
"Junior Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
__, , between the Depositor and the Junior Indenture Trustee, as trustee, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Junior Indenture Trustee" means The First National Bank of Chicago, a
national banking association organized and any successor thereto.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest
or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust
Securities, Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to that portion
of the principal amount of
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Junior Debt Securities to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the
Junior Indenture, allocated to the Common Securities and to the Preferred
Securities based on their relative Liquidation Amounts and the proceeds of which
will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust Securities, and (b) with
respect to a distribution of Junior Debt Securities to Holders of Trust
Securities in connection with a dissolution and liquidation of the Trust, Junior
Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Junior Debt Securities are
distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $____ per Trust
Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Junior Debt Securities are
to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a
termination and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4.
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, President or any Senior Vice President or Group Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Associate Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, and
delivered to the appropriate Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers'
Certificate given pursuant to Section 8.16 shall be the principal executive,
financial or accounting officer of the Depositor. Any Officers' Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Trust Agreement 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 brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers' Certificate;
(c) 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
(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 the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Depositor, and who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee.
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"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Preferred Securities, means,
as of the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Securities theretofore cancelled by the Property Trustee or
delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any
Paying Agent for the Holders of such Trust Securities; provided that, if such
Preferred Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
(c) Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu
of which other Preferred Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to
Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.11 and 5.13; and
(d) as provided in Section 9.4(c).
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Preferred Securities owned by the Depositor, any Administrative Trustee or any
Affiliate of the Depositor or any Administrative Trustee shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Securities
that such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (b) the
foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Preferred
Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any
such Affiliate. Preferred Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act with
respect to such Preferred Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor
or any Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificate as reflected in the records of the Clearing
Agency or, if a Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected
in the records of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency
(directly or indirectly, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
pursuant to Section 5.9 and shall initially be the Bank.
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"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate
trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust
department for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in
respect of the Junior Debt Securities will be held and from which the Property
Trustee shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Article
Four.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, association, joint stock company, limited liability company or
corporation, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Preferred Security" means a preferred undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Trust, designated as "_____% ___________________" having a
Liquidation Amount of $___ and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust
Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation
Distribution as provided herein.
"Preferred Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of one or more Preferred Securities, substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit E.
"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company
identified as the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement
solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed and
continued hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in
interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee appointed as herein
provided.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust
Agreement; provided that each Junior Debt Security Redemption Date and the
stated maturity of the Junior Debt Securities shall be a Redemption Date for a
Like Amount of Trust Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date, [plus the related amount of the premium,
if any,] paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount
of Junior Debt Securities, allocated on a pro rata basis (based on Liquidation
Amounts) among the Trust Securities, subject to the provisions contained herein.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.4.
"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust
Security or Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person
shall be deemed to be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware
Business Trust Act.
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"Special Event" means "Special Event" as defined in the Junior
Indenture.
"Trust" means the Delaware business trust continued hereby and
identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as
the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the
applicable provisions hereof, including all exhibits hereto, including, for all
purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed, including the rules duly
adopted by the Commission thereunder; provided, however, that in the event the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act"
means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Junior Debt Securities, (b) the rights
under the Guarantee, (c) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment
Account and (d) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing and any
other property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by the
Property Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the
Preferred Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.
"Trustees" means, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware
Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Terms Agreement, dated as of __, ,
among the Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriters named therein incorporating
the Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions.
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
SECTION 2.1 NAME.
The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "CNA Financial Capital
III," as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative
Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the
other Trustees, in which name the Trustees
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may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
SECTION 2.2 OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is 000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, or such other address in the State of
Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the
Depositor. The principal executive office of the Trust is x/x XXX Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
SECTION 2.3 INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF TRUST PROPERTY; ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES.
(a) The Trustees acknowledge receipt from the Depositor in connection
with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which constituted the
initial Trust Property.
(b) The Depositor shall be responsible for and shall pay for all
obligations (other than with respect to the Trust Securities) and all costs and
expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and expenses
relating to the organization of the Trust, the issuance and sale of the
Preferred Securities, the fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees
and expenses) of the Trustees as provided in Section 8.7 the costs and expenses
of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for
printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, Paying Agent(s),
Securities Registrar, duplication, travel and telephone and other
telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses incurred in connection with
the disposition of Trust assets).
(c) The Depositor will pay any and all taxes of the Trust (other than
United States withholding taxes attributable to the Trust or its assets) and
all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such taxes.
(d) The Depositor's obligations under this Section 2.3 shall be for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the Property Trustee and any Person to
whom any such obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a "Creditor")
whether or not such Creditor has received notice hereof. The Property Trustee
and any such Creditor may enforce the Depositor's obligations under this Section
2.3 directly against the Depositor and the Depositor irrevocably waives any
right or remedy to require that the Property Trustee or any such Creditor take
any action against the Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the
Depositor. The Depositor agrees to execute such additional agreements as may be
necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the provisions of this
Section 2.3.
(e) The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the
payment of such expenses.
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SECTION 2.4 ISSUANCE OF THE TRUST SECURITIES.
On __, 1999, the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust and pursuant to the
Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an
Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with
Section 5.2 and deliver to the Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement
Preferred Securities Certificates, [registered in the name of the nominee of the
initial Clearing Agency,] in an aggregate amount of _________ Preferred
Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $____________, against
receipt of such aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities of
$_____________, which amount the Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver
to the Property Trustee. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall
execute in accordance with Section 5.2 and deliver to the Depositor a Common
Securities Certificate, registered in the name of the Depositor, in an aggregate
amount of _________ Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of
$______________ against payment by the Depositor of such amount, which amount
such Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property Trustee.
SECTION 2.5 SUBSCRIPTION AND PURCHASE OF DEBENTURES.
Contemporaneously with the execution of this Trust Agreement, an
Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall subscribe to and purchase
from the Depositor Junior Debt Securities, registered in the name of the Trust
and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $_____________, and, in
satisfaction of the purchase price for such Junior Debt Securities, the Property
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of
$_____________, such amount being the sum of the amounts delivered to the
Property Trustee pursuant to Section 2.4 and (ii) the first sentence of this
Section 2.5.
SECTION 2.6 DECLARATION OF TRUST.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and
sell Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Junior
Debt Securities, and (b) to engage in those activities necessary, convenient or
incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of
the Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth
herein, and the Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee
hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Property upon and subject to the
conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Securityholders. The
Administrative Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth
herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the
purposes of the Trust. The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise
any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and
responsibilities, of any of the Trustees set forth herein except as required by
the Delaware Business Trust Act. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the
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Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the
requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
SECTION 2.7 AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.
(a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance
with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in
paragraph (b) of this Section 2.7, and in accordance with the following
provisions (i) and (ii), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all
transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in
exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees
under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof,
including without limitation, the following:
(i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall have
the exclusive power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with
respect to the following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities, including
execution of any agreement, certificates evidencing Trust
Securities or other documents necessary or advisable with respect
to such issuance and sale;
(B) the purchase of the Junior Debt Securities
(C) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver
and perform on behalf of the Trust, the Expense Agreement and the
Certificate Depository Agreement and such other agreements as may
be necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes and
function of the Trust;
(D) assisting in the registration of the Preferred Securities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under state
securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Trust
Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(E) assisting in the listing of the Preferred Securities upon
such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the
Depositor and the registration of the Preferred Securities under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other
documents pursuant to the foregoing;
(F) the sending of notices (other than notices of default) and
other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures
to the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
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(G) registering transfers and exchanges of the Preferred
Securities in accordance with this Trust Agreement (but only if at
such time the Property Trustee shall not be the Securities
Registrar);
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding
up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the
preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(I) unless otherwise determined by the Depositor, the Property
Trustee or the Administrative Trustees, or as otherwise required by
the Delaware Business Trust Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to
execute on behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together
with any or all of the Administrative Trustees) any documents that
the Administrative Trustees have the power to execute pursuant to
this Trust Agreement; and
(J) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as
such Administrative Trustee may from time to time determine is
necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust
Agreement for the benefit of the Securityholders (without
consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular
Securityholder).
(ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have
the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with
respect to the following matters:
(A) the establishment and maintenance of the Payment Account
and the appointment, subject to Section 5.9, of Paying Agents;
(B) the receipt and registered ownership of the Junior Debt
Securities;
(C) the receipt of payments of the purchase price of the Trust
Securities and the collection of interest, principal and any other
payments made in respect of the Junior Debt Securities and deposit
into the Payment Account;
(D) making Distributions and other payments to the
Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of
a holder of the Junior Debt Securities, subject to the terms of the
Junior Indenture;
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(F) the sending of notices of default, redemption, Extension
Periods, Special Events, liquidation and other information
regarding the Trust Securities and the Junior Debt Securities to
the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding
up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust, including, the
distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of
this Trust Agreement and the preparation, execution and filing of
the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware;
(H) after an Event of Default, the taking of any action
incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time
to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the
terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust
Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without
consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular
Securityholder);
(I) so long as the Property Trustee is the Securities
Registrar, registering transfers and exchanges of the Preferred
Securities in accordance with this Trust Agreement; and
(J) except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.7(a)(ii) or
as required by the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall
have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of
the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 2.7(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust
(or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any
business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or
contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trustees shall not cause the Trust to
(i) acquire any assets or make any investments (other than the Junior Debt
Securities) or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement,
(ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise
dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to
Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that
would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for
United States Federal income tax purposes, (iv) make any loans (other than the
Junior Debt Securities) or incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue
any other debt, (v) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial
ownership of, or beneficial interests in the Trust other than the Trust
Securities or (vi) take or consent to any action that would result in the
placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property. The Administrative Trustees
shall defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien
on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the
Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.
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(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities,
the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with
respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions
taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this
Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Trust with the Commission and
the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement on the
appropriate form in relation to the Preferred Securities, including any
amendments thereto;
(ii) the determination of the States in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred
Securities and the doing of any and all such acts, other than actions
which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advising the
Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and the
preparation for execution and filing of any documents to be executed
and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor
deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable
laws of any such States;
(iii) the preparation for filing by the Trust and execution on
behalf of the Trust of an application to The New York Stock Exchange or
any other national stock exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market for
listing upon notice of issuance of any Preferred Securities;
(iv) the preparation for filing by the Trust with the Commission
and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement on
Form 8-A relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments
thereto;
(v) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery
of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred
Securities; and
(vi) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to
carry out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Administrative Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of
the Trust and to operate the Trust so, that (i) the Trust will not be deemed to
be an "investment company" required to be registered under the 1940 Act (ii) the
Trust will be classified as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes and (iii) the Junior Debt Securities will be treated as indebtedness of
the Depositor for United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection,
the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action,
not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust, as amended from
time to time, or this Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees determines in their discretion to be necessary or
desirable for such purposes, as long as such
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action does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
holders of the Preferred Securities.
SECTION 2.8 ASSETS OF TRUST.
The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.
SECTION 2.9 TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY.
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by
the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders in
accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1 PAYMENT ACCOUNT.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall
establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the
Property Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with
respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and
withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
provided that any Paying Agent shall have the right of withdrawal with respect
to the Payment Account solely for the purpose of making the payments
contemplated under Article Four. All monies and other property deposited or held
from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee
in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Securityholders and for
distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority of
payments provided for herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account,
promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any
other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Junior Debt Securities and any
amounts paid to the Property Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee. Amounts held in
the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending
distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1 DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in
the Trust Property, and Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) will
be made on the Trust
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Securities at the rate [(or manner of calculation of the rate)] and on the dates
that payments of interest (including any Additional Interest, as defined in the
Junior Indenture) are made on the Junior Debt Securities. Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and
will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available
for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accumulate from ,
, and, except in the event that the Depositor exercises its right to
defer the payment of interest on the Junior Debt Securities pursuant to
the Junior Indenture, shall be payable [quarterly] [monthly]
[semi-annually] [annually] in arrears on [Insert Dates] of each year,
commencing on _________, . If any date on which a Distribution is
otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then
the payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment
in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar year, payment of such Distribution shall
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with
the same force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which
distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a
"Distribution Date"). [insert alternative floating rate convention, if
applicable]
Within two Business Days after receipt by the Property Trustee of notice of an
Extension Period pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Junior Indenture, the Property
Trustee shall give notice thereof to the Securityholders by first class mail,
postage prepaid.
(ii) Assuming payments of interest on the Junior Debt Securities
are made when due (and before giving effect to Additional Amounts, if
applicable), Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be payable at
a rate of ____% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any full period
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. [insert alternative floating rate provisions, if applicable].
The amount of Distributions for any partial period shall be computed on
the basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall
include the Additional Amounts, if any.
(iii) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the
Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on
hand legally available in the Payment Account for the payment of such
Distributions.
(iv) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a
Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they
appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the
relevant record date, which shall be [one Business Day prior to such
Distribution Date; provided, however, that in the event that the
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Preferred Securities do not remain in book-entry-only form, the
relevant record date shall be the date] 15 days prior to the relevant
Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.2 REDEMPTION.
(a) Upon receipt by the Trust of a notice of redemption or other
acceleration of the maturity of the Junior Debt Securities, the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 4.3, will call for redemption a Like Amount of Trust
Securities on the Junior Debt Security Redemption Date and will call for
redemption all Outstanding Trust Securities on the stated maturity date of the
Junior Debt Securities, in each case at the applicable Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed,
at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of
redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) the CUSIP number;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the
particular Trust Securities to be redeemed; and (v) the place or places
where Trust Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price;
(vi) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become
due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that
Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on and after said date.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption or payment at maturity of Junior Debt Securities. Redemptions of the
Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price shall be payable on each
Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand legally
available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.
(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of
any Preferred Securities, then[, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, so long
as the Preferred Securities are in book-entry-only form, irrevocably deposit
with the Clearing Agency for the Preferred Securities funds sufficient to pay
the applicable Redemption Price for the Preferred Securities
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being redeemed on such date and will give such Clearing Agency irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders thereof.
If the Preferred Securities are not in book-entry-only form,] the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying
Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give the
Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price
to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred Securities
Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior
to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be
payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related
Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds
deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit, all rights of
Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease,
except the right of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price, but
without interest, and such Securities will cease to be Outstanding. In the event
that any date on which any Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day,
then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the
next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls
in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made
on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of
any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and
not paid either by the Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee,
Distributions on such Trust Securities will continue to accumulate, at the then
applicable rate, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust
for such Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in
which case the actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for
purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(e) Payment of accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Redemption
Date of the Trust Securities will be subject to the rights of Holders on the
close of business on the relevant record date in respect of a Distribution Date
occurring on or prior to such Redemption Date.
(j) If less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust
Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated on a pro rata basis (based on
Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities.
The particular Preferred Securities to be redeemed shall be selected) not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the
Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called for redemption, by such
method (including, without limitation, by lot) as the Property Trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption
of portions (equal to $25 or an integral multiple of $25 in excess thereof) of
the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities of a denomination larger than
$25. If fewer than all of the Trust Securities represented by a Trust
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Securities Certificate are redeemed, an Administrative Trustee shall execute for
the Holder a new Trust Securities Certificate representing the unredeemed Trust
Securities. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Security Registrar in
writing of the Preferred Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of
any Preferred Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount
thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the
context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of
Preferred Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Securities
redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation
Amount of Preferred Securities that has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 4.3 SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, and the Redemption Price and/or Liquidation Distribution of, the
Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made, subject to Section 4.2(j), pro
rata among the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities based on the
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any
Distribution Date, Redemption Date or Liquidation Date any Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including
Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price and/or Liquidation
Distribution of, any Common Security, and no other payment on account of the
redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made
unless payment shall have been made or been provided for in full in cash of (i)
all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on all Outstanding Preferred Securities for all Distribution periods
terminating on or prior thereto, such Redemption Price on all Outstanding
Preferred Securities then being redeemed, as applicable, shall have been made or
provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall
first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including
Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or the Redemption Price and/or
Liquidation Distribution of, Preferred Securities then due and payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Holder
of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect
to any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of such
Event of Default has been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated with respect to
the Preferred Securities. Until any such Event of Default under this Trust
Agreement has been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated with respect to the
Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities and not the Holder of the Common Securities,
and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct
the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
SECTION 4.4 PAYMENT PROCEDURES.
If the Preferred Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, payment of
Distributions and any Redemption Price or Liquidation Distribution shall be made
to the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds, which shall credit the
relevant Persons' accounts at such Clearing Agency on the applicable
Distribution Dates. Payments of the Redemption Price or
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Liquidation Distribution in respect of Definitive Preferred Securities held in
certificated form shall be made to the Holder thereof in immediately available
funds upon surrender of the Preferred Securities Certificate representing such
Definitive Preferred Securities at the Corporate Office of the Trustee. Payments
of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) in respect of
Definitive Preferred Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities
Register. Payments in respect of Common Securities shall be made in such manner
as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Common
Securityholder.
SECTION 4.5 TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS.
The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at
the Depositor's expense, and file all United States Federal, state and local tax
and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the
Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file
(or cause to be prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue Service
Form required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the
Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to
each Securityholder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be
provided on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor
and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly
after such filing or furnishing. The Administrative Trustees shall comply with
United States Federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and
information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to
Securityholders under the Trust Securities.
SECTION 4.6 PAYMENT OF TAXES, DUTIES, ETC. OF THE TRUST.
Upon receipt under the Junior Debt Securities of Additional Sums and
directions as to the payments of such Additional Sums, the Property Trustee
shall promptly pay, solely out of monies on deposit pursuant to this Trust
Agreement, any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever nature (other
than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States or any other
taxing authority.
SECTION 4.7 REDUCTION FOR PAYMENTS UNDER JUNIOR INDENTURE.
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities (and
any Owner with respect thereto) shall be reduced by the amount of any
corresponding payment such Holder (and Owner) has directly received pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Junior Indenture, Section 5.14 of this Trust Agreement or the
Guarantee.
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ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1 INITIAL OWNERSHIP.
Upon the formation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor
pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at
any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall
be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.
SECTION 5.2 THE TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.
The Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $___ Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $___ in
excess thereof, and the Common Securities Certificate shall be issued in an
aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to $_________. Trust Securities Certificates
representing fractional interests shall not be issued. The Trust Securities
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual signature of at
least one Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the
manual signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures
shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be
validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did
not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities
Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall become a
Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust
Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.11
and 5.13.
SECTION 5.3 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.
On the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Preferred
Securities Certificates and the Common Securities Certificates, in the
respective aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5, to
be executed on behalf of the Trust as provided in Section 5.2 and delivered to
or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board,
its president, any executive vice president or any vice president, treasurer or
assistant treasurer or controller without further corporate action by the
Depositor.
SECTION 5.4 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
CERTIFICATES.
The Depositor shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, a register or registers for the purpose of
registering Trust Securities Certificates and transfers and exchanges of
Preferred Securities Certificates (the "Securities
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Register") in which, the registrar designated by the Depositor (the "Securities
Registrar"), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall
provide for the registration of Preferred Securities Certificates and the Common
Securities Certificate (subject to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common
Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of
Preferred Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Bank shall be the
initial Securities Registrar; any successor Securities Registrar shall be
appointed by the Administrative Trustees.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate
Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee or
Trustees.
The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer
of any Preferred Securities that have been called for redemption. At the option
of a Holder, Preferred Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other
Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Securities
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section V.8.
Every Preferred Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to Securities Registrar duly
executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each
Preferred Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Securities
Registrar in accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates, but the Securities Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred
Securities Certificates (other than any exchange not involving a transfer).
SECTION 5.5 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.
If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered
to the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive
evidence to its reasonable satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Trust Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities
Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be
reasonably required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence
of notice that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf
of the Trust shall
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execute and make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust
Securities Certificate of like tenor and denomination. In connection with the
issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the
Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided
beneficial interest in the Trust Property, as if originally issued, whether or
not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at
any time.
SECTION 5.6 PERSONS DEEMED SECURITYHOLDERS.
The Trustees, the Paying Agent or the Securities Registrar shall treat
the Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in
the Securities Register as the owner and Holder of such Trust Securities
Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other
purposes whatsoever, and none of the Trustees, the Paying Agent or the
Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.7 ACCESS TO LIST OF SECURITYHOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
(a) The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or under
the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Trustee shall be as
provided in the Trust Indenture Act. Each Securityholder, by receiving and
holding a Trust Securities Certificate, and each Owner shall be deemed to have
agreed not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee the Delaware Trustee, or
the Administrative Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name
and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
In the event that the Property Trustee is no longer the Securities
Registrar, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or cause
to be furnished a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of the most recent
record date and (a) the Property Trustee, quarterly not later than 10 days prior
to a Distribution Date and (b) to the Property Trustee, promptly after receipt
by the Administrative Trustees, promptly after receipt by the Administrative
Trustees or the Depositor of a request therefor from the Property Trustee in
order to enable the Paying Agent to pay Distributions in accordance with Section
4.1 hereof, in each case to the extent such information is in the possession or
control of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor and is not identical to
a previously supplied list or has not otherwise been received by the Property
Trustee.
SECTION 5.8 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Property Trustee shall maintain in New York, New York and Chicago,
Illinois, an office or offices or agency or agencies where Preferred Securities
Certificates may be
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surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities Certificates
may be served, initially located at __________. The Property Trustees shall
give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to the Securityholders of any
change in the location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 5.9 APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT.
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the
Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the
Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have
the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose
of making the Distributions. The Administrative Trustees may revoke such power
and remove the Paying Agent if such Trustees determine in their sole discretion
that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this
Trust Agreement in any material respect; provided that such revocation and
removal with respect to the sole Paying Agent shall not become effective until
the appointment of a successor. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Bank,
and any co-paying agent chosen by the Bank, and acceptable to the Administrative
Trustees and the Depositor. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted
to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrative
Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor. In the event that the Bank
shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or
its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a
successor that is acceptable to the Property Trustee (in the case of a Paying
Agent other than the Bank) and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall
be a bank or trust company meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in
Section 6.9 of the Junior Indenture); provided that such resignation with
respect to the sole Paying Agent shall not become effective until the
appointment of a successor. The Administrative Trustees shall cause such
successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the
Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in
which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with
the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional
Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the
Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled thereto
until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall
return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying
Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the
Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply
to the Bank also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Bank shall act
as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent
appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall
include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
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SECTION 5.10 OWNERSHIP OF COMMON SECURITIES BY DEPOSITOR; NO TRANSFER.
On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial
and record ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted
by law, other than in connection with a consolidation or merger of the Depositor
into another corporation, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Depositor
of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person,
pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Junior Indenture, any attempted transfer of the
Common Securities shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause the
Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend
stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE".
SECTION 5.11 BOOK-ENTRY PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATES; COMMON SECURITIES
CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Preferred Securities Certificates, upon original issuance, will
be issued in the form of a Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates
representing [Definitive Preferred Securities or] Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificates, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the
initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust. Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificate or Certificates shall initially be registered on the
Securities Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial
Clearing Agency, and no Owner will receive a Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificate representing such Owner's interest in such Preferred Securities,
except as provided in Section 5.13. Unless and until Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section 5.13:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall be in full force
and effect;
(ii) the Securities Registrar and the Trustees shall be entitled to
deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Trust Agreement
relating to the Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates (including
the payment of the Redemption Price Amount of and Distributions on the
Book-Entry Preferred Securities and the giving of instructions or
directions to Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities) as the sole
Holder of Book-Entry Preferred Securities and shall have no obligations
to the Owners thereof;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 5.11
conflict with any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, the
provisions of this Section 5.11 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificates shall be exercised only through the Clearing
Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between such Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants; provided, that solely for the
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purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities have voted on any matter
provided for in this Trust Agreement, so long as Definitive Preferred
Security Certificates have not been issued, the Trustees may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, any written
instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the Trustees by the
Clearing Agency setting forth the Owners' votes or assigning the right
to vote on any matter to any other Persons either in whole or in part.
Pursuant to the Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates are issued pursuant to
Section 5.13, the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry
transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments on the Preferred Securities to such Clearing Agency
Participants.
(b) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate.
SECTION 5.12 NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY.
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Owners is
required under this Trust Agreement, unless and until Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates shall have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section
5.13, the Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
obligations to the Owners.
SECTION 5.13 ISSUANCE OF DEFINITIVE PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.
If (a) the Depositor advises the Property Trustee in writing that the
Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificates or that the Clearing Agency is no longer registered or in good
standing under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable
statute or regulation, and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified
successor within 90 days, (b) the Depositor at its option advises the Property
Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Owners of
Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates representing beneficial interests
aggregating at least a majority of the Liquidation Amount advise the Property
Trustee in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interest of the Owners of Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificates, then the Property Trustee shall instruct the
Clearing Agency to notify all Owners of Preferred Securities Certificates and
the other Trustees of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability
of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates to Owners requesting the
same. Upon surrender to the Property Trustees of the Preferred Securities
Certificate or Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute the
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations in
accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither the Securities
Registrar nor the Trustees shall be liable for any
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delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall
be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates, the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of
the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as Securityholders. The
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them.
SECTION 5.14 RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and
the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than the
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their
Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below.
The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights
specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities
shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered to
Securityholders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully
paid and nonassessable by the Trust. The Holders of the Trust Securities, in
their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(b) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, if,
upon a Junior Debt Related Event of Default, the Junior Indenture Trustee fails
or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Junior Debt Securities fail to declare the principal of all of the Junior Debt
Securities to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least 25% in
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall have such
right by a notice in writing to the Depositor and the Junior Indenture Trustee;
and upon any such declaration such principal amount of and the accrued interest
on all of the Junior Debt Securities shall become immediately due and payable,
provided that the payment of principal and interest on such Junior Debt
Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in the Junior
Indenture.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
the Junior Debt Securities has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Junior Indenture Trustee as in
the Junior Indenture provided, the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount
of the Preferred Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the
Depositor and the Junior Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debenture Trustee
a sum sufficient to pay
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(A) all overdue installments of interest (including any
Additional Interest (as defined in the Junior Indenture)) on all of
the Junior Debt Securities,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Junior Debt
Securities which have become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate then borne by the
Junior Debt Securities, and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Junior Indenture Trustee
under the Junior Indenture and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Junior Indenture
Trustee and the Property Trustee, their agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal
or premium, if any, of the Junior Debt Securities which has become due solely
by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 of
the Junior Indenture.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such
an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the
Preferred Securities, a record date shall be established for determining Holders
of Outstanding Preferred Securities entitled to join in such notice, which
record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee
receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated
proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided,
that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as
the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite
percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after
such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without further action by
any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall
prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such
90-day period, a new
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written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment
thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has
been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event
a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 5.14(b).
The holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities may, on behalf of the holders of the Junior Debt
Securities and the Holders of the related Preferred Securities, waive any past
default under the Junior Indenture, except a default in they payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest (unless such default has been cured and
a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest, premium, if any,
and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the
Junior Indenture Trustee) or a default in respect of a covenant or provision
which under the Junior Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior Debt Security. No such
recission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
(c) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, upon an
Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) of the Junior Indenture,
any Holder of Preferred Securities shall have the right to institute a
proceeding directly against the Depositor pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Junior
Indenture for enforcement of payment to such Holders of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on the Junior Debt Securities having a principal
amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such
Holder (a "Direct Action").
Except as set forth in this Section 5.14(c) and Section 5.14(b) and
Sections 5.12, 9.2 and 10.5 of the Junior Indenture, the Holders of Preferred
Securities shall have no right to exercise directly any right or remedy
available to the holders of, or in respect of, the Junior Debt Securities.
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1 LIMITATIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, in Sections 5.14, 8.10 and 10.2
and in the Junior Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of
Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the
obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or
contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as
to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an
association.
(b) So long as any Junior Debt Securities are held by the Property
Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Junior Indenture
Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on the Junior Indenture
Trustee with respect to the Junior Debt Securities, (ii) waive any past default
which is waivable under Section 5.13 of the Junior Indenture, (iii) exercise any
right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Junior
Debt Securities shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Junior Indenture or the Junior Debt
Securities, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case,
obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount
of all Outstanding Preferred Securities, provided, however, that where a consent
under the Junior Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Junior
Debt Securities affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property
Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred
Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action
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previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of Preferred
Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of Preferred Securities.
The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Securities of any
notice of default received from the Junior Indenture Trustee with respect to the
Junior Debt Securities. In addition to obtaining the foregoing consents of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing
actions, the Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion
of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust will
continue to qualify as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes after taking into account such action.
(c) Subject to Section 10.2(c) hereof, if any proposed amendment to the
Trust Agreement provides for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i)
any action that would adversely affect in any material respect the powers,
preferences or special rights of the Preferred Securities, whether by way of
amendment to the Trust Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution,
winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this
Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities will be
entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal
shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities. No amendment to this
Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, the Trust would
fail to qualify as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 6.2 NOTICE OF MEETINGS.
Notice of all meetings of the Preferred Securityholders, stating the
time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee
pursuant to Section 10.8 to each Preferred Securityholder of record, at its
registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the
meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so
considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned
meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 6.3 MEETINGS OF PREFERRED SECURITYHOLDERS.
No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The
Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to
vote on any matter upon the written request of the Preferred Securityholders of
10% of the Outstanding Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation
Amount) and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time
in their discretion, call a meeting of Preferred Securityholders to vote on any
matters as to which Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Preferred Securityholders of 50% of the Outstanding Preferred
Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.
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If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the
Preferred Securityholders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding a
majority of the Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) held
by the Preferred Securityholders present, either in person or by proxy, at such
meeting shall constitute the action of the Securityholders, unless this Trust
Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
SECTION 6.4 VOTING RIGHTS.
Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote for each $___ of
Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities in respect of any
matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.
SECTION 6.5 PROXIES, ETC.
At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote
thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting
unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or
with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may
direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken.
Pursuant to a resolution of the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in
the name of the Property Trustee or one or more officers of the Property
Trustee. Only Securityholders shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities
are held jointly by several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in
person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if one of them shall
be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their
proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be
received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed
by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at
or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the
challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of
execution.
SECTION 6.6 SECURITYHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT.
Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be
taken without a meeting if Securityholders holding a majority of all Preferred
Trust Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) entitled to vote in
respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be required
by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in
writing.
SECTION 6.7 RECORD DATE FOR VOTING AND OTHER PURPOSES.
For the purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to
notice of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in
any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is
not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any
other action, the Administrative Trustees may from
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time to time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting
of Securityholders or the payment of a Distribution or other action, as the case
may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the
Securityholders of record for such purposes.
SECTION 6.8 ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made
or taken by Securityholders or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or
more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders
or Owners in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders or
Owners signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1) conclusive in favor
of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 6.8, unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to this Trust Agreement, a Securityholder, including a
Clearing Agency, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed
in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other act provided in or pursuant to this Trust Agreement to be made,
given or taken by Securityholders, and a Clearing Agency that is a
Securityholder may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of
interest the Trust Securities owned by such Clearing Agency through such
Clearing Agency's standing instructions and customary practices.
The Administrative Trustees shall fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any Trust
Securities held by a Clearing House entitled under the procedures of such
Clearing House to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in
writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other act provided in or pursuant to this Trust Agreement to be made, given
or taken by Securityholders. If such a record date is fixed, the Securityholders
on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, whether or not
such Securityholders remain Securityholders after such record date. No such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act
shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such
record date.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary
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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 signer acting
in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority. The
fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which any Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Preferred Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future
Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to
be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so
with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security
or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise between the Securityholders and the
Administrative Trustees or among such Securityholders or Trustees with respect
to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand,
authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Securityholder or
Trustee under this Article 6, then the determination of such matter by the
Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
SECTION 6.9 INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property
Trustee, the records of the Trust shall be open to inspection by Securityholders
during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such
Securityholder's interest as a Securityholder.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BANK AND THE BANK
(DELAWARE).
The Bank and the Bank (Delaware), each severally on behalf of and as to
itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the
Securityholders that:
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(a) the Bank is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States; The Bank
(Delaware) is a Delaware banking corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and The Bank
(Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, fulfills for the trust the statutory
requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act;
(b) each of the Bank and the Bank (Delaware) has full corporate power,
authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Bank and the Bank (Delaware) and constitutes the valid and
legally binding agreement of the Bank and the Bank (Delaware) enforceable
against it in accordance with its 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;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by each of the Bank and the
Bank (Delaware) of this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other action on the part of the Bank and the Bank
(Delaware), respectively, and do not require any approval of stockholders of the
Bank or the Bank (Delaware) and such execution, delivery and performance will
not (i) violate the Bank's or the Bank's (Delaware) Charter or By-laws, (ii)
violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of
time, a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of, any Lien on
any properties included in the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of, any
indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument
to which the Bank or the Bank (Delaware) Trustee, as the case may be, is a party
or by which it is bound, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or
regulation of the United States or the State of Delaware, as the case may be,
governing the corporate, banking or trust powers of the Bank or the Bank
(Delaware) (as appropriate in context) or any order, judgment or decree
applicable to the Bank or the Bank (Delaware);
(e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Bank or the
Bank (Delaware) of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
transactions by the Bank or the Bank (Delaware) (as the case may be)
contemplated herein requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice
to, the registration with or the taking of any other action with respect to any
governmental authority or agency under any existing Federal law governing the
corporate, banking or trust powers of the Bank or the Bank (Delaware), as
appropriate in context, under the laws of the United States or the State of
Delaware;
(j) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of each of the
Bank's and the Bank's (Delaware) knowledge, threatened against or affecting the
Bank or the Bank (Delaware) in any court or before any governmental authority,
agency or arbitration board or
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tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely
affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the Bank or
the Bank (Delaware), as the case may be, to enter into or perform its
obligations as one of the Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 7.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITOR.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Securityholders that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued on behalf of the Trust
have been duly authorized and have been, duly and validly executed, issued and
delivered by the Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in
accordance with the requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the
Securityholders will be entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by
the Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of the State
of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.1 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as
provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee by the
Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust
Agreement shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust
Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties
(including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to
the Securityholders, such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the
Trust or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to
the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Administrative
Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are
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agreed by the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and
liabilities of the Administrative Trustees.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) each of the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the
Administrative Trustees undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement against any of the
Property Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Property Trustee,
the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees may conclusively rely, as
to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to such Person and conforming
to the requirements of this ; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to any such Person, such Person shall be under a duty to examine the
same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Trust
Agreement.
(c) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Trust Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of his own affairs.
(d) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in
respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds
from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient
revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or a
Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each
Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look
solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally
available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are
not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust
Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This
Section 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth
elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in
the Trust Indenture Act.
(e) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
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(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount
of the Trust Securities relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property
Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody,
safe keeping and physical preservation of the Junior Debt Securities
and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such property in a
similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for
its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on
liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement
and the Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on
any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the
Depositor; and money held by the Property Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section
3.1 and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring
the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with
their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the
Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the
Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.
SECTION 8.2 NOTICES OF DEFAULTS AND PAYMENT DEFERRALS.
Within ninety calendar days after the occurrence of any Event of
Default or Junior Debt Security Tax Event actually known to the Property
Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent
provided in Section 10.8, notice of such Event of Default to the
Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
Within five Business Days after the receipt of notice of the
Depositor's exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Junior
Debt Securities pursuant to the Junior Indenture, the Administrative Trustee
shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice
of such exercise to the Securityholders and the Property Trustee, unless such
exercise shall have been revoked.
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SECTION 8.3 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section VIII.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel,
certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of
auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) if, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default, (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement, the Property
Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action or (ii) in
construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee
finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained
herein or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any
provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the
Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor
requesting written instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action to
be taken and the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking
such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take, or
to refrain from taking, by the Depositor and the Property Trustee shall be fully
protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; provided, however,
that if the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Depositor
within ten Business Days after it has delivered such notice, or such reasonably
shorter period of time set forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable
shall not be less than two Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty
to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust
Agreement as it shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the
Securityholders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability
except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
(c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative
Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by
an Officers' Certificate;
(d) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established before
undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee
(unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officers' Certificate which,
upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or
the Administrative Trustees;
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(e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording,
filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or
continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any
rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;
(j) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may be
counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its
employees) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with
such advice; the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any
court of competent jurisdiction;
(g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless
such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(h) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond,
debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Securityholders, but the
Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit;
(i) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its
agents or attorneys, provided that the Property Trustee shall be responsible for
its own negligence or recklessness with respect to selection of any agent or
attorney appointed by it hereunder;
(j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property
Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to
enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property
Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust Securities
which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such
remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or
taking such other action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall
be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; and
(k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is
discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
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No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty
or obligation on the Property 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 Property 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 Property Trustee shall be
construed to be a duty.
SECTION 8.4 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor, and the Trustees do not
assume any responsibility for their correctness (except to the extent they are
incorporated into the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 provided by the
Property Trustee to Depositor in connection herewith). The Trustees shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the
Junior Debt Securities.
SECTION 8.5 MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
Except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in
Article I, any Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust
Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8 and 8.13, may otherwise deal with the
Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such other
agent.
SECTION 8.6 COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY; FEES.
The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by them hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust
Agreement (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, bad faith or wilful
misconduct; and
(c) to indemnify each of the Trustees or any predecessor Trustee for,
and to hold the Trustees harmless against, any loss, damage, claims, liability,
penalty or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Trust
Agreement, including the costs and expenses of
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defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any Trust Property as a
result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of
this Trust Agreement or the resignation or removal of any Trustee.
SECTION 8.7 CORPORATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEES.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder. The
Property Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees
hereunder. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural person who is
at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more
persons authorized to bind that entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee. The Delaware
Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and
a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware and that otherwise meets the
requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act through one or more
persons authorized to bind such entity.
SECTION 8.8 CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Trust
Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, the Depositor and any Trustee may engage in
or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description,
independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the
Trust, and the Trust and the Holders shall have no rights by virtue of this
Trust Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits
derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with
the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Neither the
Depositor nor any Trustee shall be obligated to present
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any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such
opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by
the Trust, and the Depositor or any Trustee shall have the right to take for its
own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to
others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Trustee may
engage in any financial or other transaction with the Depositor or any Affiliate
of the Depositor, or may act as depository for, trustee or agent for, or act on
any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the
Depositor or its Affiliates.
SECTION 8.9 CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEE.
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at
any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust
Property may at the time be located, the Depositor and the Administrative
Trustees, by agreed action of the majority of such Trustees, shall have power to
appoint, and upon the written request of the Administrative Trustees, the
Depositor shall for such purpose join with the Administrative Trustees in the
execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary
or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee
either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any
part of such Trust Property, or to the extent required by law to act as separate
trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided
in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the
capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or
desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Depositor
does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a
request so to do, or in case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment. Any
co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section shall either
be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the
United States or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the
United States that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such
entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any co-
trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-
trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and all
such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by
the Depositor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms,
namely:
(a) the Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered, and all
rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of
securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be
deposited or pledged with, the Trustees specified hereunder shall be exercised,
solely by such Trustees and not by such co-trustee or separate trustee;
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(b) the rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such
appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the
Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate
trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such
co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Property
Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by
such co-trustee or separate trustee;
(c) the Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing
executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the
resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this
Section, and, in case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any
such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Depositor;
upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor shall join with
the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all
instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or
removal; and a successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or
removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section;
(d) no co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee or any other
trustee hereunder;
(e) the Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a
co-trustee or separate trustee; and
(j) any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be
deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
SECTION 8.10 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and
no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Relevant Trustee
may resign at any time with respect to the Trust Securities by giving written
notice thereof to the Securityholders. If the instrument of acceptance by the
successor Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to the
Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation,
the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the
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Depositor, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities.
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any
Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common Securityholder. If an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at such time by Act of the
Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred
Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and on
behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be removed by the Common
Securityholder at any time.
If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting
as Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any
cause, at a time when no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Common Securityholder, by Act of the Common Securityholder delivered to the
retiring Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and the retiring Trustee shall
comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case
may be, at a time when an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Preferred Securityholders, by Act of the Securityholders of a
majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding
delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor
Relevant Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust,
and such successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11.
If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee, regardless of whether an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Common Securityholder by Act
of the Common Securityholder delivered to the Administrative Trustee shall
promptly appoint a successor Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees
with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and such successor
Administrative Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements
of Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities shall have been so appointed by the Common Securityholder or the
Preferred Securityholders and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has been a Securityholder of Trust
Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give notice to
the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant
Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property
Trustee.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is
a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent
or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity
may be filled by (a) the unanimous act of remaining Administrative Trustees if
there are at least two of them or (b) otherwise by the Depositor (with the
successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement
for Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 8.7).
SECTION 8.11 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee such
successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Trust 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 Depositor 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 if the Property Trustee is the
resigning Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to the successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Property Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee
with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, the retiring Relevant
Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities
shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and
the Trust and (b) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Trust
Agreement as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Relevant Trustee, it being understood
that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such Relevant Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Relevant Trustee shall be
trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Relevant Trustee and upon the
execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the
retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein
and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and the
Trust; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such
retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money
held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust
Securities and the Trust.
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Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Trust shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at
the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified
and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 8.12 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
Any corporation into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall
be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation
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.
SECTION 8.13 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST DEPOSITOR OR TRUST.
If and when the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be or
become a creditor (whether directly or indirectly Secured or Unsecured) of the
Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the Junior Debt Securities or
the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case
may be, shall be subject to and shall take all actions necessary in order to
comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of claims against the Depositor or Trust (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 8.14 REPORTS BY PROPERTY TRUSTEE.
The Property Trustee shall transmit to Preferred Securityholders such
reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust
Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times
and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall, within 60 days after each
_________ following the date of the Trust Agreement deliver to Holders a brief
report, dated as of ____________, which complies with the provisions of such
Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each stock exchange upon which
any Preferred Securities are then listed, with the Commission and with the
Trust. The Trust will promptly notify the Property Trustee when any Preferred
Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
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SECTION 8.15 REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE.
The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust
shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as
required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form,
in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 8.16 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement that relate
to any of the matters set forth in Section 314 (c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to
Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 8.17 NUMBER OF TRUSTEES.
(a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Holder of
all of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease the
number of Administrative Trustees; provided, however, that there shall at all
times be at least one Administrative Trustee. The Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee may be the same Person if the Property Trustee meets the
applicable requirements.
(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.17(a), or if the
number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall
occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with
Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate
to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees
shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an
Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 8.10, the Administrative
Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the
Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the
Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 8.18 DELEGATION OF POWER.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent
with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his
or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
2.7(a), including any
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registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making
any other governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time
to time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names
of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may
deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable
law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
SECTION 8.19 VOTING.
Except as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement, the consent or
approval of the Administrative Trustees shall require consent or approval by not
less than a majority of the Administrative Trustees, unless there are only two,
in which case both must consent.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1 TERMINATION UPON EXPIRATION DATE.
Unless earlier terminated, the Trust shall automatically terminate on
____________, _____ (the "Expiration Date"), following the distribution of the
Trust Property in accordance with Section 9.4.
SECTION 9.2 EARLY TERMINATION.
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early
Termination Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of, the Depositor;
(b) the direction to the Property Trustee from the Depositor at any
time (which direction is optional and wholly within the discretion of the
Depositor) to terminate the Trust and distribute a Like Amount of Junior Debt
Securities to Securityholders of Trust Securities.
(c) the redemption of all of the Trust Securities; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Trust by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
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The direction of the Depositor pursuant to Section 9.2(b) shall be made
in writing by the Depositor and specify the date of distribution of the Junior
Debt Securities, which shall not be less than less than 30 days after the date
of the delivery of such direction.
The election of the Depositor pursuant to Section 9.2(b) shall be made
by the Depositor giving written notice to the Trustees not less than 30 days
prior to the date of distribution of the Junior Debt Securities. Such notice
shall specify the date of distribution of the Junior Debt Securities and shall
be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel that such event will not be a taxable
event to the Holders of the Preferred Securities for Federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 9.3 TERMINATION.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the
Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of
the following: (a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders
upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the
redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2, of all
amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust
Securities; (b) the payment of any expenses owed by the Trust; and (c) the
discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including
the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or
the Securityholders.
SECTION 9.4 LIQUIDATION.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d)
of Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated
by the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be possible by
distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of Junior Debt
Securities, subject to clause (d) below. Notice of liquidation shall be given by
the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid mailed not later than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust
Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. All
notices of liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date;
(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date the Trust
Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust
Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Junior Debt Securities; and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by
which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Junior
Debt Securities or, if
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clause (d) below applies, receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the
Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.
(b) In order to effect the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of
the Junior Debt Securities to Securityholders, the Property Trustee shall
establish a record date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45
days prior to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent
or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such
procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Junior
Debt Securities in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or clause (d) below applies, after the
Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Junior Debt
Securities will be issued to holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon
surrender of such certificates to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for
exchange, (iii) the Depositor shall use its commercially practicable efforts to
have the Junior Debt Securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on such
other exchange, interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization as
the Preferred Securities are then listed, if any, (iv) any Trust Securities
Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like
Amount of Junior Debt Securities, accruing interest at the rate provided for in
the Junior Debt Securities from the last Distribution Date on which a
Distribution was made on such Trust Securities Certificates until such
certificates are so surrendered (and until such certificates are so surrendered,
no payments of interest or principal will be made to Holders of Trust Securities
Certificates with respect to such Junior Debt Securities) and (v) all rights of
Securityholders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right of such
Securityholders to receive Junior Debt Securities upon surrender of Trust
Securities Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Section 9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Junior Debt Securities
in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be
practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be
dissolved, wound-up or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the
Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution,
winding-up or other termination of the Trust, Securityholders will be entitled
to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to
Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust
Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such
dissolution, winding up or termination, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid
only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full
the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding
sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid
on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The holder of the Common
Securities will be entitled to receive the Liquidation Distribution upon any
such dissolution, winding-up or termination pro
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rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred Securities, except
that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities, and no Liquidation
Distribution shall be paid to the Holders of the Common Securities unless and
until receipt by all Holders of the Preferred Securities of the entire
Liquidation Distribution payable in respect thereof.
SECTION 9.5 MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF THE
TRUST.
The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other body,
except pursuant to this Section IX.5. At the request of the Depositor, with the
consent of only the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, the Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the
laws of any State; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly
assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred
Securities or (b) substitutes for the Preferred Securities other securities
having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Securities (the "Successor
Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Preferred
Securities rank in priority with respect to Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) the Depositor expressly appoints a
trustee of such successor entity possessing the same powers and duties as the
Property Trustee as the holder of the Junior Debt Securities, (iii) the
Successor Securities are listed or traded, or any Successor Securities will be
listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or
other organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed or traded,
if any, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Securities (including any
Successor Securities) to be downgraded or placed under surveillance or review by
any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (v) such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material
respect, (vi) such successor entity has a purpose identical to that of the
Trust, (vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences
and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any
Successor Securities) in any material respect, (b) following such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither
the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an
investment company under the 1940 Act and (c) following such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the
Trust (or any successor entity) will continue to be classified as a grantor
trust for United States Federal income tax purposes and (viii) the Depositor
owns all of the Common Securities of such successor entity and guarantees the
obligations of such successor entity under the
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Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of
Holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease
its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any
other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with
or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to
be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1 LIMITATION OF RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
The death or incapacity of any person having an interest, beneficial or
otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust
Agreement, nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such person or any
Securityholder for such person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring
any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the arrangements
contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
SECTION 10.2 AMENDMENT.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Trustees and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) to
cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which
shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, or
(ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to
such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified
for United States Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times
that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not
be required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act; provided,
however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Securityholder, and any amendments of this Trust Agreement
shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 6.1 and 10.2(c) hereof, any provision
of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees and the Depositor with
(i) the consent of Trust Securityholders representing a majority (based upon
Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then Outstanding and (ii) receipt
by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or
the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such
amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for
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United States Federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status
of an investment company under the 1940 Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such
consent being obtained in accordance with Article Six hereof), this Trust
Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of
any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a
specified date, (ii) change the redemption provisions of the Trust Securities,
(iii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment contemplated in (i) or (ii) above on or after
such date, (iv) modify the first sentence of Section 2.6 hereof, (v) authorize
or issue any beneficial interest in the Trust other than as contemplated by this
Trust Agreement, (vi) change the conditions precedent for the Depositor to elect
to dissolve the Trust and distribute the Debentures to Holders of the Trust
Securities as set forth in Section 9.2, or (vii) affect the limited liability of
any Holder of Preferred Securities; and notwithstanding any other provision
herein, without the unanimous consent of the Securityholders (such consent being
obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this paragraph (c) of
this Section 10.2 may not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no
Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement
which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from
status of an investment company under the 1940 Act or fail or cease to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary,
without the consent of the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee (as the case may be), this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a
manner which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor, the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, respectively.
(j) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made,
the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of
such amendment.
(g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Property
Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers'
Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance
with this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.3 SEPARABILITY.
In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust
Securities Certificates 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.
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SECTION 10.4 GOVERNING LAW.
This Trust Agreement and the rights and obligations of each of the
Securityholders, the Trust and the Trustees with respect to this Trust Agreement
and the Trust Securities shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflict of laws principles.
SECTION 10.5 PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAY.
If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day
that is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but
may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (except as
otherwise provided in Sections 4.1(a) and 4.2(d)), with the same force and
effect as though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no interest shall
accrue thereon for the period after such date [insert alternative floating rate
conversion, if applicable].
SECTION 10.6 SUCCESSORS.
This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustee,
including any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a
consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under
Article Eight of the Junior Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees
in writing to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall
not assign its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10.7 HEADINGS.
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.8 REPORTS, NOTICES AND DEMANDS.
Any report, notice, demand or other communication which by any
provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served
to or upon any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing
by deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand
delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of
a Preferred Securityholder, to such Preferred Securityholder as such
Securityholder's name and address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b)
in the case of the Common Securityholder or the Depositor, to CNA Financial
Corporation, XXX Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: ________, facsimile
no.: (312) ______________. Any notice to Preferred Securityholders shall also be
given to such owners as have, within two years preceding the giving of such
notice, filed their names and addresses with the Property Trustee for that
purpose. Such notice, demand or other
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communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or
transmission.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of
this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon
the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in
writing addressed (until another address is published by the Trust) as follows:
(a) with respect to the Property Trustee to The First National Bank of Chicago,
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 Attention:
Corporate Trust Department; (b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to First
Chicago Delaware Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000; and (c) with
respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for notices
to the Depositor, marked "Attention Administrative Trustees of CNA Financial
Capital I." Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust or
the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made
only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust or the Property Trustee.
SECTION 10.9 TRUST INDENTURE ACT; CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to
the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee
for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in this Trust Agreement by any
of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall
control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement as so modified
or excluded, as the case may be.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement
shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 10.10 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF TRUST AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE AND JUNIOR
INDENTURE.
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN
BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY
SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A
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BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER
TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND THE JUNIOR INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE
AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS
BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
CNA Financial Corporation,
as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
The First National Bank of Chicago,
as Property Trustee
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: First Vice President
First Chicago Delaware Inc.,
as Delaware Trustee
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: First Vice President
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
as Administrative Trustee
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
as Administrative Trustee
Other Admin. Trustee
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