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Exhibit 4.4(a)
The Chase Manhattan Corporation,
to
Chemical Bank,
Trustee
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AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE
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Dated as of September 1, 1993
(Including the Third Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of September 1, 1993)
Providing for the Issuance of Subordinated Debt Securities
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Parties ..................................................................... 1
Recitals .................................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions .................................................... 2
Act ....................................................... 2
Additional Amounts ........................................ 2
Affiliate; control ........................................ 2
Applicable Percentage ..................................... 3
Authenticating Agent ...................................... 3
Authorized Newspaper ...................................... 3
Authorized Officer ........................................ 3
Available Funds ........................................... 3
Bank ...................................................... 3
Bearer Security ........................................... 3
Board of Directors ........................................ 3
Board Resolution .......................................... 3
Business Day .............................................. 3
Capital Securities ........................................ 4
Capital Security Election Form ............................ 4
Capital Stock of the Bank ................................. 4
Cash Election Holders ..................................... 4
Commission ................................................ 4
Common Depositary ......................................... 4
Common Stock .............................................. 4
Company ................................................... 4
Company Request or Company Order .......................... 4
Corporate Trust Office .................................... 4
Coupon .................................................... 5
Currency or Money ......................................... 5
Currency Indexed Note ..................................... 5
Default ................................................... 5
Defaulted Interest ........................................ 5
Dollars or $ .............................................. 5
Event of Default .......................................... 5
Event Relating to Federal Income Taxes .................... 5
Exchange Agent ............................................ 5
Exchange Date ............................................. 5
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Exchange Price ...................................... 5
Global Exchange Date ................................ 6
Holder .............................................. 6
Indenture ........................................... 6
Independent Public Accountants ...................... 6
Indexed Security .................................... 6
interest ............................................ 6
Interest Payment Date ............................... 6
Legal Holiday ....................................... 6
Market Value ........................................ 7
Maturity ............................................ 7
Office or Agency .................................... 7
Officers' Certificate ............................... 7
Opinion of Counsel .................................. 7
Optional Available Funds ............................ 7
Original Issue Discount Security .................... 7
Outstanding ......................................... 7
Paying Agent ........................................ 9
Perpetual Preferred Stock ........................... 9
Person .............................................. 9
Place of Payment .................................... 9
Predecessor Security ................................ 9
Primary Federal Regulator ........................... 9
ranking on a parity with the Securities ............. 9
ranking junior to the Securities .................... 10
Redemption Date ..................................... 10
Redemption Price .................................... 10
Registered Security ................................. 10
Regular Record Date ................................. 10
Responsible Officer ................................. 10
Secondary Offering .................................. 11
Securities .......................................... 11
Security Register and Security Registrar ............ 11
Senior Indebtedness of the Company .................. 11
Special Record Date ................................. 11
Stated Maturity ..................................... 11
Subsidiary or subsidiary ............................ 11
Trustee ............................................. 11
Trust Indenture Act ................................. 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx ....................................... 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Alien ................................. 12
U.S. Depository ..................................... 12
Vice President ...................................... 12
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions ................ 12
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Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .............. 13
Section 104. Acts of Holders ..................................... 14
Section 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company ................ 16
Section l06. Notice to Holders; Waiver ........................... 16
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act ................... 17
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents ............ 18
Section 109. Successors and Assigns .............................. 18
Section 110. Separability Clause ................................. 18
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture ............................... 18
Section 1l2. Governing Law ....................................... 18
Section 113. Legal Holidays ...................................... 18
Section 114. Language of Notices ................................. 19
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally ..................................... 19
Section 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication ..... 20
Section 203. Securities in Global Form ........................... 20
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series ................ 21
Section 302. Denominations ....................................... 24
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating ...... 25
Section 304. Temporary Securities ................................ 27
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer
and Exchange ...................................... 29
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .... 33
Section 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional
Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain
Additional Amounts Preserved ...................... 34
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners ............................... 35
Section 309. Cancellation ........................................ 36
Section 310. Computation of Interest ............................. 37
Section 311. Form of Certification by a Person Entitled
to Receive a Bearer Security ...................... 37
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture ............. 42
Section 402. Application of Trust Money and Capital Securities ... 44
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 50l. Events of Default ................................... 44
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment ......................................... 45
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee ............................ 46
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .................... 48
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities or Coupons .......................... 49
Section 506. Application of Money and Capital Securities
Collected ......................................... 49
Section 507. Limitations on Suits ................................ 50
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium, Interest and
Additional Amounts ................................ 50
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies .................. 51
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative ...................... 51
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver ........................ 51
Section 512. Control by Holders .................................. 52
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults ............................. 52
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs ............................... 52
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws .................... 53
Section 516. Certain Outstanding Securities ...................... 53
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities ................. 53
Section 602. Notice of Defaults .................................. 55
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee ........................... 55
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities ........................................ 56
Section 605. May Hold Securities ................................. 57
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Section 606. Money Held in Trust ................................. 57
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement ...................... 57
Section 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility;
Conflict of Interest .............................. 58
Section 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor ......................................... 58
Section 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .............. 60
Section 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business ....................................... 61
Section 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent ................. 61
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders .............................. 63
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders ........................................... 64
Section 703. Reports by Trustee .................................. 64
Section 704. Reports by Company .................................. 64
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., only on Certain
Terms ............................................. 65
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted ................... 66
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders ........................................... 66
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Holders ........................................... 68
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures ................ 69
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures ................... 69
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act ................. 70
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures ........................................ 70
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, Interest
and Additional Amounts ............................. 70
Section l002. Maintenance of Office or Agency ...................... 71
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in
Trust .............................................. 72
Section 1004. Corporate Existence .................................. 73
Section 1005. Restrictions on Disposition of Capital Stock
of Bank ............................................ 74
Section 1006. Statement as to Compliance ........................... 74
Section 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants .......................... 74
Section 1008. Additional Amounts ................................... 75
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article ............................. 76
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Bank and Trustee ....... 76
Section 1103. Selection by Bank of Securities to be
Redeemed ........................................... 76
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption ................................. 77
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price .......................... 78
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date ................ 78
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part .......................... 79
Section 1108. Special Cash Redemption .............................. 80
ARTICLE TWELVE
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1201. Agreement to Subordinate ............................. 81
Section 1202. Obligation of the Company Unconditional .............. 83
Section 1203. Limitations on Duties to Holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company ........................ 83
Section 1204. Notice to Trustee and Exchange Agent of Facts
Prohibiting Payments and Deliveries ................ 84
Section 1205. Application by Trustee or Agent of Money or
Capital Securities ................................. 85
Section 1206. Subrogation .......................................... 85
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Section 1207. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or
Omissions of Company or Holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company ........................ 85
Section 1208. Authorization of Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination of Securities ........................ 86
Section 1209. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness
of the Company ..................................... 86
Section 1210. Article Twelve Not to Prevent Events of
Default or Defaults ................................ 86
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
EXCHANGE OF CAPITAL SECURITIES FOR SECURITIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article ............................. 87
Section 1302. Exchange of Capital Securities ....................... 87
Section 1303. Notices of Exchange .................................. 90
Section 1304. Rights and Duties of Holders of Securities
for which Capital Securities are to Be Exchanged ... 92
Section 1305. Deposit of Exchange Price ............................ 95
Section 1306. Securities Due on Exchange Date; Securities
Exchanged in Part .................................. 96
Section 1307. Form of Capital Security Election Form ............... 97
Section 1308. Covenants of the Company ............................. 98
Section 1309. Revocation of Obligation to Exchange Capital
Securities for Securities .......................... 99
Section 1310. Optional Available Funds ............................ 100
Section 1311. Provision in Case of Consolidation, Merger,
Conveyance or Transfer ............................ 101
Section 1312. Responsibility of Trustee ........................... 101
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
AVAILABLE FUNDS
Section 140l. Available Funds ..................................... 102
Section 1402. Covenant of Company to Obtain Available Funds ....... 102
Section 1403. Release of Available Funds upon
Redemption or Payment ............................. 103
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
REPAYMENT OPTION
Section 1501. Applicability of Article ........................... 103
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1601. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called ........... 104
Section 1602. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings .................. 104
Section 1603. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings ................ 104
Section 1604. Quorum; Action ...................................... 105
Section 1605. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings ........................... 106
Section 1606. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings ..... 106
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1701. Securities in Foreign Currencies ................... 107
Testimonium ................................................................ 108
Signatures and Seals ....................................................... 108
Acknowledgements ........................................................... 109
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INDENTURE, dated as of September 1, 1993 (the "Indenture"), among THE
CHASE MANHATTAN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company"), having its principal office located at 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, and CHEMICAL BANK, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (hereinafter called the
"Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated debt
securities consisting of debentures, notes or other unsecured evidences of
indebtedness (hereinafter called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more
series as provided in the Indenture.
The Company has heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture between the
Company and the Trustee dated as of May 1, 1987 (the "Original Indenture") and
supplements to the Original Indenture in the form of a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1991 and a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as
of October 1, 1992 (such First and Second Supplemental Indentures, together with
the Original Indenture, being referred to as the "Supplemented Indenture").
Section 901(3) of the Original Indenture provides that a supplemental
indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
of any Holders of Securities to add to or to change any of the provisions of the
Original Indenture to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer
form.
Section 901(9) of the Original Indenture provides, inter alia that a
supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee
without consent of any Holders of Securities to make provision with respect to
matters or question arising under the Original Indenture, provided such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any
series in any material respect.
The Company deems it advisable to amend the Original Indenture pursuant to
a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1993, the provisions of
which shall be applicable only to Securities issued on or after September 1,
1993 (other than the provisions that reflect the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act). Also as of September 1, 1993, the Company restates this
Indenture pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Indenture as supplemented
by such First, Second and Third Supplemental Indentures, each difference between
the Supplemented Indenture and the Indenture as restated herein being pursuant
to the terms and provisions of said Third Supplemental Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series
thereof or Coupons (as herein defined) appertaining to the Securities of any
series, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles; and
(4) the words "herein", "hereof, "hereto" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six are defined in that
Article.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required
hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to
be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified
therein and which are owing to such Holders.
"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
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indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have the meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Percentage" has the meaning specified in Section 301(15).
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act
on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the
place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each
day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not published
on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of general
circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the
financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are
required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be
made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the
foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the
place of publication.
"Authorized Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice Chairman of the Board or any Vice President, or the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Associate Secretary or Assistant
Secretary, of the Company.
"Available Funds" has the meaning specified in Section 1401.
"Bank" means The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), a national
banking association incorporated under the laws of the United States and any
successor thereto.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or
any duly authorized committee of that board, and shall include, in connection
with any action or matter arising hereunder, any one or more officers of the
Company duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company or any such
committee to act thereon.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution or document, certified by
the Secretary, an Associate Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
to have been duly adopted, approved or authorized by the Board of Directors and
to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"Business Day" with respect to any Place of Payment means, except as
otherwise specified in the terms of Securities of any series established as
provided in Section 301, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are open for business.
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"Capital Securities" means any securities issued by the Company which
consist of any one of the following: (i) Common Stock, (ii) Perpetual Preferred
Stock, or (iii) other securities which at the date of issuance constitute
primary capital of the Company under regulations of or as determined by the
Primary Federal Regulator, provided that if any securities under (iii) are (x)
issued in exchange for Securities under this Indenture and (y) debt obligations
for which Capital Securities are exchangeable, the Company shall have received
the approval of the Primary Federal Regulator for such issuance. Capital
Securities may have such terms, rights and preferences as may be determined by
the Company.
"Capital Security Election Form" means a form substantially in the form
included in Section 1307.
"Capital Stock of the Bank" means the capital stock, par value $15.00 per
share, of the Bank as such capital stock exists on May 1, 1987 and such other
shares of stock of the Bank as shall have ordinary power to vote for election of
directors of the Bank and shall not have any preference as to distribution of
assets upon any dissolution or winding up of the Bank.
"Cash Election Holders" means Holders who do not elect in accordance with
the procedures described in this Indenture to receive Capital Securities and who
are deemed to have elected to receive cash instead of such Capital Securities.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company which has no
preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall
mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" mean a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President,
any Vice Chairman of the Board or any Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, an Associate Secretary, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business
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shall be administered, which office, at the date of execution of this
instrument, is located at 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency" or "Money", with respect to any payment, deposit or other
transfer in respect of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, means the unit or units of
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts (or any composite
thereof) in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made
by or pursuant to the terms hereof and, with respect to any other payment,
deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof, means
Dollars.
"Currency Indexed Note" means any Security with the amount of principal
payments determined by reference to an index Currency.
"Default" has the meaning specified in Section 503.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender
for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America except as
may otherwise be provided in any Security.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Event Relating to Federal Income Taxes" has the meaning specified in
Section 1302.
"Exchange Agent" means the Person or Persons appointed by the Company to
give notices and to exchange Capital Securities for Securities of any series as
specified in Article Thirteen.
"Exchange Date", when used with respect to Securities of any series, means
the date on which Capital Securities are to be exchanged for Securities of such
series in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the terms of the
Securities of such series and shall be (i) the Stated Maturity of Securities of
such series, or (ii) any earlier date resulting from an acceleration of the date
of any such exchange by the Company pursuant to the second paragraph of Section
1302, or (iii) the date of any such exchange established as provided in the
third paragraph of Section 1302.
"Exchange Price", when used with respect to a Security of any series for
which Capital Securities are to be exchanged, means the amount of Capital
Securities to be exchanged for such Security pursuant to this Indenture or the
aggregate sale price of such Capital Securities in the Secondary Offering for
the account of the Holder of such Security, as the case may be.
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"Global Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, a Person in whose
name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of any
Bearer Security or any Coupon, the bearer thereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, shall
include the terms of particular series of Securities established as provided in
Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is
acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean, with respect to
any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this
instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the
particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as
contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms
which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive
of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures
supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such
Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of
accountants that, with respect to the Company and any other obligor under the
Securities or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public
accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be other independent
public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any
Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to the
Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity and, with respect to any Security which provides for the payment
of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1008, includes such Additional
Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security.
"Legal Holiday", except as may be provided herein or in any Security with
respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a Saturday, a Sunday or
a day on which banking
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institutions or trust companies in such Place of Payment or other location are
not authorized or obligated to be open.
"Market Value" of any Capital Securities issued on any Exchange Date for
Securities of any series shall be the sale price of such Capital Securities as
are sold in the Secondary Offering for the account of the Holders of the
Securities of such series. In the event no such Secondary Offering takes place,
the Market Value of such Capital Securities shall be the fair value of such
Capital Securities on such Exchange Date as determined by three independent
nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Office or Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office or
agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such
Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or agency of the Company
maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or, to the
extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office or agency,
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, any Vice Chairman of the Board, or any Vice President, and
by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, an Associate Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, that complies with the requirements of
Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable, and is delivered to
the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may (except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) be counsel for the Company or
other counsel acceptable to the Trustee, that complies with the requirements of
Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable.
"Optional Available Funds" has the meaning specified in Section 1310.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
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(ii) Securities for whose payment, redemption or exchange of Capital
Securities therefor, Money and Capital Securities, in each case in
the necessary amount, have been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or any Exchange
Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent or Exchange Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed or Capital Securities are to be exchanged therefor,
notice of such redemption or exchange has been duly given pursuant
to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee
has been made;
(iii) Securities held by the Exchange Agent after Capital Securities have
been exchanged therefor; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than
any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such
Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder, or
are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes and for
purposes of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security
that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof
pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination or calculation, and
(ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making
such determination and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall
be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original
issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii)
the principal amount of any Security denominated other than in Dollars that may
be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined
by the Company as of the date such Security is originally issued by the Company,
of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security,
the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount
determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, and (iv)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor, other than Securities issued
after May 1, 1991 purchased in connection with the distribution or trading
thereof, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other
action, or upon any such determination as to the
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presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts
with respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Perpetual Preferred Stock" means any stock of any class of the Company
which has a preference over Common Stock in respect of dividends or of amounts
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company and which is not mandatorily redeemable or repayable,
or redeemable or repayable at the option of the Holder, otherwise than in shares
of Common Stock or Perpetual Preferred Stock of another class or series or with
the proceeds of the sale of Common Stock or Perpetual Preferred Stock.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of, (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the
Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section
301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or any Security to which a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
"Primary Federal Regulator" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States or any successor United States governmental
agency or instrumentality performing substantially the same regulatory function
with respect to the Company and the adequacy of its capital as said Board of
Governors performs on the date hereof.
"ranking on a parity with the Securities", when used with respect to any
obligation of the Company, shall mean the Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due
1995, the Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 1997, the Floating Rate
Subordinated Notes Due 2000, the Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2009, the
7 1/2% Subordinated Notes Due 1997, the 10%
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Subordinated Notes Due 1999, the 8% Subordinated Notes Due 1999, the 7 3/4%
Subordinated Notes due 1999, the Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2000, the
9 3/8% Subordinated Notes Due 2001, the 9 3/4% Subordinated Notes Due 2001, the
7.50% Subordinated Notes Due 2003, the Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due
2003, the 6.50% Subordinated Notes Due 2005, the Floating Rate Subordinated
Notes Due August 1, 2003 and the 6.75% Subordinated Notes Due 2008, issued by
the Company and any other obligation of the Company which (a) ranks equally with
and not prior to the Securities in right of payment upon the happening of any
event of the kind specified in the first sentence of the first paragraph of
Section 1201, and (b) is specifically designated as ranking on a parity with the
Securities by express provision in the instrument creating or evidencing such
obligation.
"ranking junior to the Securities", when used with respect to any
obligation of the Company, shall mean any obligation of the Company which (a)
ranks junior to and not equally with or prior to the Securities (and any other
obligations of the Company ranking on a parity with the Securities) in right of
payment upon the happening of any event of the kind specified in the first
sentence of the first paragraph of Section 1201, and (b) is specifically
designated as ranking junior to the Securities by express provision in the
instrument creating or evidencing such obligation.
The securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise ranking on a
parity with or junior to the Securities, shall not be deemed to prevent such
obligations from constituting obligations ranking on a parity with or junior to
the Securities.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security or portion
thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant
to this Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security or portion
thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant
to this Indenture or such Security.
"Registered Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant
to Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register.
"Regular Record Date", for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on Registered Securities of any series, means the date specified for that
purpose in the terms of the Securities of such series established as provided in
Section 301.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or the vice chairman of the
executive committee of the board of directors, the president, any vice chairman,
the chairman of the trust committee, any executive vice president, any senior
vice president, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the secretary,
any assistant secretary, the cashier, any trust officer, any assistant trust
officer, or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions
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similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such
officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Secondary Offering", when used with respect to Capital Securities
exchanged for Securities of any series, means the offering and sale by the
Company of such Capital Securities for the account of Cash Election Holders.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one
Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any
such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such
Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness of the Company" shall mean the obligations of the
Company to its creditors other than the Holders of the Securities, whether
outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter incurred,
except obligations ranking on a parity with the Securities or ranking junior to
the Securities.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon or any Additional Amounts
with respect thereto, means the date specified in such Security or a Coupon
representing such instalment of interest, as the date on which the principal of
such Security or such instalment of principal or interest is or such Additional
Amounts are due and payable.
"Subsidiary" or "subsidiary" means any corporation at least a majority of
whose outstanding voting stock shall at the time be owned by the Company or by
one or more Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries. For
this purpose "voting stock" of any corporation means stock of any class or
classes (however designated), including any and all shares, interests,
participations and other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock,
having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors of
such corporation, other than stock having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect
to the Securities of one or more series pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who
is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is
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more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision
thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or
replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or
regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of
such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"United States", except as otherwise provided herein or in any Security,
means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the
District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject
to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax purposes,
is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien
fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of
the members of which is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a
foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien
fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. Depository" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global
Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depository by the Company pursuant to
Section 301, which must be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if so provided pursuant to Section 301
with respect to the Securities of any series, any successor to such Person. If
at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depository" shall mean,
with respect to any series of Securities, the qualifying entity which has been
appointed with respect to the Securities of that series.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before
or after the title "vice president".
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
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Section 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may
be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing,
or by any Person duly authorized by means of any written certification or other
authorization furnished by a U.S. Depository. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of any
series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders
of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by
proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of
such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article
Sixteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders of
Securities signing such instrument or instruments or, in the case of the U.S.
Depository, furnishing the written certification or other authorization pursuant
to which such instrument or instruments are signed, or so voting at any such
meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument, any writing appointing any
such agent, or authorizing any such Person or any such written certification, or
of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this Indenture and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the manner
provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1606.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or set forth or determined in
an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, pursuant to Section 301, a Holder, including a U.S. Depository that is a
Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies, duly
appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be
made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depository that is a Holder of a
global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of
interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depository's standing
instructions and customary practices.
The Trustee shall fix a record date for the purpose of determining the
Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security
held by a U.S. Depository entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depository
to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders 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,
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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid
or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument, writing or certification may be proved by the affidavit of a witness
of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument, writing or certification acknowledged to him
the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity
other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution
of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such
Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any bank,
banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Company, wherever
situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company and the Trustee to
be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on
deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the
Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is
deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume
that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another
certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same
Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the
Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding. The fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing,
the authority of the Person executing the same and the principal amount and
serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such
instrument or writing and the date of commencement and the date of termination
of holding the same may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with
respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by
Board Resolutions, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act. If such a record date is fixed,
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such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date
shall be deemed to be Holders of Registered Securities for the purpose of
determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that
purpose the Outstanding Registered Securities shall be computed as of such
record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the
Holders of Registered Securities on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture
not later than six months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of
the same Security and the Holder of every 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 Trustee, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to
or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate
Trustee Administration Department or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture or the Securities provide for notice to Holders of
any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered
Securities or to the Holders of Bearer Securities who have filed their names and
addresses with the Trustee within two years preceding the giving of such notice
(unless otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Securities) if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Registered Security
or to
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each such Holder of such Bearer Security affected by such event, at his address
as it appears in the Security Register or in such filing, as the case may be,
not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date,
prescribed for the giving of such notice. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, if published in an
Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if such Securities are then
listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an Authorized
Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock
exchange so requires or if not practicable, elsewhere in Europe, on a Business
Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the
earliest date and not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of
such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein.
Where this Indenture or the Securities provide for notice in any manner,
such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such
notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be
filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to
the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible or
impracticable to make publication of any notice in an Authorized Newspaper or
Authorized Newspapers when said notice is required to be published pursuant to
any provision of this Indenture or of the Securities, then any manner of
publication or notification as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be
deemed to be a sufficient publication of such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible or impracticable
to mail notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities when said notice
is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is deemed to be incorporated in this Indenture by any of
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such incorporated provision shall
control.
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Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Except as otherwise provided in Article Twelve, nothing in this Indenture,
any Security or any Coupon, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company and the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities and any Coupons shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Exchange
Date or Stated Maturity of any Securities of any series shall not be a Business
Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture, any Security or any Coupon other than a provision in any Security or
Coupon that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this
Section) payment of interest on or any Additional Amounts or principal of (and
premium, if any, on) Securities or exchange of Capital Securities or cash for
such Securities need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on such
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Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Exchange Date or at such Stated
Maturity, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Exchange Date or Stated Maturity, as the
case may be.
Section 114. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election
or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice may be in
an official language of the country of publication.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
Each Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary global
Security shall be substantially in such form as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary, an Associate Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Securities
shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons and Securities in bearer
form shall have interest Coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and definitive Coupons shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced by any
combination of these methods or in any other manner, all as determined by the
officers executing such Securities or Coupons, as evidenced by their execution
of such Securities or Coupons.
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Section 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be
substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
By________________________
Authorized Officer
Section 203. Securities in Global Form.
If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any such
Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent
the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such
lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed
thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect
exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the amount,
or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders,
of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and
by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order
to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to
the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has
been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with
respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be
accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the second to last sentence of Section 303 shall apply
to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was
never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the
Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not
comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the second to last
sentence of Section 303.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium and
interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or
Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in
the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the
case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such
permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent
global Security in bearer form, the Person or Persons specified pursuant to
Section 301.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner or method provided in an Officers'
Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto prior to the
issuance of Securities of each series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or
1306);
(3) whether such Securities of the series are to be issuable as
Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer
Securities and Registered Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities
are to be issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer
Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be
exchanged for Registered Securities; provided that if such Board
Resolution shall fail to specify whether such Securities are to be
issuable as Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively
as Bearer Securities and Registered Securities, such Securities shall be
issued as Registered Securities.
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(4) whether any of such Securities of the series are to be issuable
initially in global form, when any of such Securities are to be issuable
in global form and, if so, (i) whether beneficial owners of interests in
any such global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of
such series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination
and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, If other
than in the manner specified in Section 305, (ii) the name of the
depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, with respect to any
global Security and (iii) the manner in which interest payable on a global
Security will be paid;
(5) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer
Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of
original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(6) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary
Bearer Security in global form (representing all of the Outstanding Bearer
Securities of the series) payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date
therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer Security
for definitive Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing
organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security
held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions
(including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest
payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the
Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(7) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of
the series is payable;
(8) the rate or rates, or the method to be used in ascertaining the
rate or rates, at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest,
if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on Registered
Securities on each Interest Payment Date, and whether and under what
circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of them shall
be payable and, if so, whether the Company has the option to redeem the
affected Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts;
(9) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(10) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
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(11) the period or periods within which and the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which Securities of the series may be converted
into other securities;
(12) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which Capital Securities
shall be exchangeable for Securities of the series, including the place or
places at which and the period or periods within which such Capital
Securities shall be exchangeable for Securities of the series;
(13) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company may
designate Optional Available Funds for Securities of the series;
(14) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall
designate Available Funds for Securities of the series, including any
covenant or option of the Company with respect thereto;
(15) if other than the principal amount thereof, the percentage, or
the method to be used in calculating the percentage, of the principal
amount of the Securities of the series to be applicable at any particular
time for purposes of determining the amount of Capital Securities which
shall be exchangeable for Securities of the series or the amount of cash
which the Holders of Securities of the series shall be entitled to receive
on account of principal (such percentage being herein referred to as the
"Applicable Percentage");
(16) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Registered Securities of the series
shall be issuable and the denominations in which Securities of the series
that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if other than the
denomination of $5,000;
(17) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion, or the
method to be used in calculating the portion, of the principal amount of
the Securities of the series at any particular time which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502;
(18) the Currency or Currencies, including any composite of
Currencies, in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities
of the series shall or may be payable (if other than Currency of the
United States of America), in which case any references in this Indenture
to "cash", "funds", "Money" or "sum" shall mean any such Currency or
Currencies, including any composite of Currencies, as the context
requires;
(19) if the principal of, any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise
in a Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to be
payable, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and
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conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner
of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the Currency in
which such Securities or any of them are to be so payable;
(20) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(21) any Event of Default with respect to Securities of the series,
if not set forth herein;
(22) any other terms of the Securities of the series that permit
Securities of the series to qualify as primary capital of the Company
under regulations of or as determined by the Primary Federal Regulator,
(23) whether there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the
Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar,
Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities; and
(24) any other terms of the Securities of the series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and all Coupons, if any, pertaining to
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to
Currency of payment due thereunder, denomination and the rate or rates of
interest, if any, and Stated Maturity, the date from which interest, if any,
shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such
Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the
manner or method provided, in such Officers' Certificate or in any such
supplemental indenture hereto. All Securities of any one series issued after May
1, 1991 need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a
series issued after May 1, 1991 may be reopened for issuances of additional
Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of
Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary, an Associate Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Officers' Certificate.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Registered Securities of each series, if any, shall be issuable in
registered form without Coupons in such denominations as shall be specified in
the terms of the Registered
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Securities of such series established as provided in Section 301. In the absence
of any such provisions with respect to the Registered Securities of any series,
the Registered Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The Bearer Securities of each series,
if any, shall be issued in such denominations as shall be specified in the terms
of the Bearer Securities of such series established as provided in Section 301.
In the absence of any such provision with respect to the Bearer Securities of
any series, the Bearer Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $5,000.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any two of its
Chairman of the Board, its President, any Vice Chairman of the Board, or any
Vice President, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. The signature of
any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Coupons
shall bear the facsimile signature of the Chairman of the Board or the President
of the Company.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company and Coupons bearing the
facsimile signatures of such individuals shall bind the Company, notwithstanding
that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to
the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices
at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any
Coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that, in
connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States, and provided, further,
that a definitive Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with its
original issuance only if the Trustee or its Authenticating Agent shall have
received from the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security a certificate
in the form required by Section 311(a). In authenticating such Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a), (b) and (d) of the Trust
Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(1) a copy of any Board Resolution or Board Resolutions relating thereto
and, if applicable, an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant to any
such Board Resolution;
(2) an executed supplemental indenture, if any; and
(3) an Opinion of Counsel stating that
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(A) the forms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or by an indenture
supplemental hereto as permitted by Section 201 in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(B) the terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or by an indenture
supplemental hereto as permitted by Section 301 in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; and
(C) such Securities and Coupons, if any, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture, except to the extent that enforcement thereof
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally, and except that enforcement thereof
may be limited under general principles of equity, provided that such
Opinion of Counsel need not express any opinion concerning the
enforceability of the provisions of Article Thirteen (other than any
obligation of the Company thereunder, to the extent applicable, to pay to
the Holders of such Securities on the Exchange Date cash in an amount
equal to the principal amount (or the Applicable Percentage thereof) of
such Securities (and premium, if any, thereon) and interest, if any,
accrued and unpaid thereon to the Exchange Date) or of the provisions of
Article Fourteen or as to whether a court in the United States of America
would render a money judgment in a Currency other than that of the United
States of America.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and the preceding paragraph,
if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise required
pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise
required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the time of authentication upon original issuance of the first
Security of such series.
With respect to Securities of a series not to be originally issued at one
time, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any such
Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and other
documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such
series unless and until such opinion or other documents have been superseded or
revoked.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, each Bearer Security
and any temporary Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of the date
of the original issuance of such Security.
No Security or Coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless
there appears on such Security a
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certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, if any Security shall have been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never sold by the Company and the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent a written
statement (which need not comply with Section 102) signed by an Authorized
Officer, specifically identifying such Security by series and number, and
stating that such Security has never been sold by the Company, for all purposes
of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder, shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be disposed of by the Trustee as contemplated by the last
paragraph of Section 309. Except as permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons
appertaining thereto then matured have been detached and cancelled.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute and, upon Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued in registered form, or, if authorized, in bearer from with one or
more Coupons or without Coupons and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be
exchanged in accordance with the provisions below, if temporary Securities of
any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that
series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series
shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of
the temporary Securities of such series at the Office or Agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002, without charge to the
Holder thereof. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons appertaining
thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of
the same series of authorized denominations and containing identical terms and
provisions; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security, except as
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall be delivered in exchange for a
temporary Registered Security; and provided. further, that a definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a
temporary global Security,
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until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities
of such series.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued outside the United States
in global form, any such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise
provided in such temporary global Security, be delivered to the London office of
a depositary or common depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit of
the operator of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear") and CEDEL S.A., for credit to
the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such
other accounts as they may direct). Upon receipt of written instructions (which
need not comply with Section 102) from an Authorized Officer acting pursuant to
a Board Resolution, the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent, as the case may be,
shall endorse such temporary global Security to reflect the initial principal
amount, or an increase in the principal amount, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby. Until such initial endorsement, such temporary global
Security shall not evidence any obligation of the Company. Such temporary global
Security shall at any time represent the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities theretofore endorsed thereon as provided above, subject
to reduction to reflect exchanges as described below.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, and subject
to the second proviso in the immediately following paragraph, the interest of a
beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global Security shall
be exchanged for definitive Securities of such series and of like tenor
following the Global Exchange Date (as defined below) when the account holder
instructs Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, to request such exchange
on his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, a
certificate in the form required by Section 311(a), dated no earlier than 15
days prior to the Global Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be
available from the offices of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., the Trustee, and any
Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying
Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such
exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary
Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the
cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such
person does not take delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the
offices of Euroclear or CEDEL S.A.
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global
Security (the "Global Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
or any Authenticating Agent, as shall be specified in, or determined pursuant to
the terms of, such temporary global Security, definitive Securities in aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the temporary global Security,
executed by the Company. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301, such definitive Securities shall be in the form of Bearer Securities, and
if so specified as contemplated by Section 301, such definitive Securities shall
be in the form of Registered Securities or shall be in the form of any
combination of Bearer Securities and Registered Securities. On or after the
Global Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent, as the Company's
agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part,
for
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definitive Securities without charge and the Trustee or such Authenticating
Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such
temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive
Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as
the portion of such temporary global Security to be exchanged, which, except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of
Bearer Securities; provided, however, that unless otherwise specified in such
temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such
temporary global Security is accompanied by a certificate dated the Global
Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of
such temporary global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a
certificate dated the Global Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by
CEDEL S.A., as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for Its
account then to be exchanged, each in the form required by Section 311(b); and
provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with
the conditions set forth in Section 303.
Upon any exchange of a portion of any such temporary global Security, such
temporary global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee or Authenticating
Agent, as the case may be, to reflect the reduction of the principal amount
evidenced thereby, whereupon its remaining principal amount shall be reduced for
all purposes by the amount to be exchanged. Until so exchanged in full, such
temporary global Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series authenticated and
delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, interest payable on such temporary global Security on an Interest
Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable
Global Exchange Date for Securities of such series shall be payable, without
interest, to each of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., on such Interest Payment Date
upon delivery by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., to the Trustee or Authenticating
Agent, as the case may be, of a certificate or certificates in the form required
by Section 311(c), for credit on or after such Interest Payment Date to the
respective accounts of the persons who are the beneficial owners of such
temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each
delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL, S.A., as the case may be, a certificate in the
form required by Section 311(d).
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, the Company
shall cause to be kept at an Office or Agency to be maintained by the Company in
accordance with Section 1002 a register (herein sometimes referred to as the
"Security Register" with respect to the Registered Securities of such series) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration of such Registered Securities and of
transfers of such Registered Securities. Unless otherwise provided in a Board
Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto with respect to the Registered
Securities of any particular series, the Bank is hereby appointed "Security
Registrar" for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of
Registered Securities as herein provided.
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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of
any series at the Office or Agency of the Company, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Registered Securities to be exchanged at such Office or Agency. Whenever any
Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
At the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender
of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such
series, with all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto
appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such
unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such
exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in
funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee in an amount equal to the face
amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing
Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer
Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect
of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to
receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency located
outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer
Security of any series is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such
series in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor
after the close of business at such Office or Agency on (i) any Regular Record
Date and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the relevant
Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date
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and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related date
for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered
without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of
payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such
Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the
Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall
not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as
the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for
such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon
when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by
the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1306 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of
or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of
exchange of Capital Securities for Securities of that series selected for
exchange of Capital Securities therefor under Section 1303(c) and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (iii) unless otherwise
specified in the terms of the Securities of any series established as provided
in Section 301, to register the transfer of or exchange any Security of such
series so selected for redemption or for exchange of Capital Securities therefor
in whole or in part, or (iv) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for
redemption except that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered
Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered
Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written
instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any global Security registered in the name of a
U.S. Depositary or its nominee shall be exchangeable only if (i) the U.S.
Depository is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depository and
a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 60 days of the
receipt by the Company of notice to such effect from the U.S. Depository, (ii)
the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect
that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the beneficial
owners of interests in such global Security are entitled to
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exchange such interests for Securities of such series with the same terms and
provisions and of like principal amount of any authorized form and denomination,
as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then without unnecessary delay, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent definitive
Securities of that series with the same terms and provisions in aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed
by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so
exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the
U.S. Depository or such other depository as shall be specified in the Company
Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the
Trustee or any Authenticating Agent and the U.S. Depository or such other
depository, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need
not comply with Section 102 or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as
shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, to the Trustee, or
any Authenticating Agent as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities of the same series
without charge. The Trustee or such Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered
global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities in
the form in which the Securities are issuable, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer
Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities
exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which
the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall
be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination
thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided,
however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of that series to
be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further,
that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer
Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall be
mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly
following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent to such depository or the U.S.
Depository, as the case may be, or such other depository or U.S. Depository
referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to
above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a
global Security after the close of business at the Office or Agency where such
exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii)
any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such Office or
Agency on the related proposed date for payment of interest or Defaulted
Interest, as the case may be, interest will not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of
such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom
interest in respect of such portion of such global Security is payable in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. None of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Securities Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a global Security
or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests.
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Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If (i) any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security or Coupon, and (ii) there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security or Coupon has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and, upon the Company's request the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to
which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains (with all
appurtenant Coupons not mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of
the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons corresponding to the Coupons, if
any, appertaining to such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to
the Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon
appertains.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or Coupon
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or Coupon; provided,
however, that payment of principal of, any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an Office or Agency for
such Securities located outside the United States.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series, with any Coupons appertaining thereto,
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen
Coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security
and Coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits
of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities
of that series and any Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons.
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Section 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to
Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered
Security which are payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. In case a Bearer Security
of any series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security after the
close of business at an Office or Agency for such Security on any Regular Record
Date therefor and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and
interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be
payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
Any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered
Security of any series which are payable, but are not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election
in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Person in whose name the Registered Securities of such series (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such Money when so deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.
Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than
10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to
each Holder of such Registered Securities of such series at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose name the
Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered
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at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer
be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). In case a Bearer Security
is surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in exchange for a
Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency
on any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such
Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon
relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest shall not
be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable
only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may
be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if,
after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
If any instalment of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date for any Securities called for redemption pursuant to Article
Eleven is not paid or duly provided for on or prior to the Redemption Date in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section, such interest shall be
payable as part of the Redemption Price of such Securities.
Except as otherwise specified in the terms of the Securities of any series
established as provided in Section 301, if any instalment of interest whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Exchange Date for Securities of such
series for which a notice of exchange of Capital Securities therefor has been
given pursuant to Article Thirteen is not paid or duly provided for on or prior
to the Exchange Date in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
Section, such interest shall be payable concurrently with the payment of the
Exchange Price of such Securities to the Persons to whom such Exchange Price
shall be payable.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Title to any Bearer Security, any Coupons appertaining thereto and any
temporary global Bearer Security shall pass by delivery.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in
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whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such
Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and
premium, if any), and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the
absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and
neither the Company, nor the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its
behalf by a depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such global Security, and such depository may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any
Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial ownership interests of a global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and
Coupons, as well as Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee
or the Security Registrar for any such purpose, shall be promptly cancelled by
the Trustee or the Security Registrar, as the case may be. The Company may at
any time deliver to the Trustee or the Security Registrar for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered
shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee or the Security Registrar, as the
case may be. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and Coupons held by the
Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary
procedures, unless by a Company Order the Company directs their return to it.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of all cancelled securities.
Each Security, together with Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, which,
pursuant to Section 303, is deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall be delivered to the Trustee and disposed of by the
Trustee; and the Trustee shall promptly notify
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the Security Registrar that, pursuant to Section 303, such Security is deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall instruct the
Security Registrar to make or cause to be made the necessary notations in the
Security Register to reflect the foregoing.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified in the terms of the Securities of any series
established as provided in Section 301, interest on the Securities of each
series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 311. Form of Certification by a Person Entitled to Receive a
Bearer Security.
(a) Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the forms of Security
contemplate that certification be given by a Person entitled to receive a Bearer
Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of the
following certificate, with only such changes as shall be approved by the
Company:
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY]
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that none of the above-captioned Securities are being
acquired by or on behalf of a United States person, or for offer to resell or
for resale to a United States person or to a person within the United States,
or, if a beneficial interest in any such Security is being acquired by or on
behalf of a United States person, that such person is a financial institution or
is acquiring through a financial institution and that such Security is held by a
financial institution that has agreed in writing to comply with the requirements
of Section 165 (j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. If this
certificate is being provided by a clearing organization, it is based on
statements provided to it by its member organizations. If the undersigned is a
dealer, the undersigned agrees to obtain a similar certificate from each person
entitled to delivery of any of the above-captioned Securities in bearer form
purchased from it; provided, however, that, if the undersigned has actual
knowledge that the information contained in such a certificate is false, the
undersigned will not deliver any Security in temporary or definitive bearer form
to the person who signed such certificate notwithstanding the delivery of such
certificate to the undersigned.
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As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of
the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, or any estate or trust the
income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless
of its source, and "United States" means the United States of America (including
the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and
other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to
beneficial ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the
above-captioned Securities in bearer form as to all of such Securities.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are
commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be
relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy
hereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
[Name of Person Entitled to Receive
Bearer Security]
Dated: ______, 19__
__________________________________
(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
(b) Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the forms of Security
contemplate that certification be given by Euroclear or CEDEL S.A. in connection
with the exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security, such
certification shall be provided substantially in the form of the following
certificate, with only such changes as shall be approved by the Company:
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
EUROCLEAR OR CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH EXCHANGE OF A
PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be exchanged]
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This is to certify with respect to $ ____ principal amount of the
above-captioned Securities (i) that we have received from each of the persons
appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of such principal
amount (our "Qualified Account Holders") a certificate with respect to such
portion substantially in the form attached hereto, and (ii) that we are not
submitting herewith for exchange any portion of the temporary global Security
representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in such certificates.
We further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received any
notification from any of our Qualified Account Holders to the effect that the
statements made by such Qualified Account Holders with respect to any portion of
the part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be relied
upon as of the date hereof.
Dated: ________, 19___
[To be dated no earlier than
the Global Exchange Date]
[XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, Brussels Office, as Operator
of the Euroclear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By __________________________
(c) Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the forms of Security
contemplate that certification be given by Euroclear of CEDEL S.A. in connection
with payment of interest on a temporary global Security prior to the related
Global Exchange Date, such certification shall be provided substantially in the
form of the following certificate, with only such changes as shall be approved
by the Company:
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
EUROCLEAR OR CEDEL S.A. TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PRIOR TO A GLOBAL EXCHANGE DATE]
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities]
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This is to certify that, as of the Interest Payment Date on [insert date],
the undersigned, which is a holder of an interest in the temporary global
Security representing the above Securities, is not a United States person.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of
the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, or any estate or trust the
income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless
of its source, and "United States" means the United States of America (including
the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and
other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We confirm that the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be
paid to each of the persons appearing in our records as being entitled to
interest to be paid on the above date from whom we have received a written
certification dated not earlier than 15 days prior to such Interest Payment Date
to the effect that the beneficial owner of such portion with respect to which
interest is to be paid on such date either is not a United States person or is a
United States person which is a financial institution which has provided an
United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or is an exempt recipient as
defined in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-4(c)(l)(ii) under
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. We undertake to
retain certificates received from our member organizations in connection
herewith for four years from the end of the calendar year in which such
certificates are received.
The foregoing reflects any advice received subsequent to the date of any
certificates stating that the statements contained in such certificate are no
longer correct.
Dated: ______________, 19__
[To be dated on or after the
relevant Interest Payment
Date]
[XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, Brussels Office, as
Operator of the Euroclear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By ______________________
(d) Whenever any provision of the Indenture or the forms of Security
contemplate that certification be given by a beneficial owner of a portion of a
temporary global Security in
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connection with payment of interest on a temporary global Security prior to the
related Global Exchange Date, such certification shall be provided substantially
in the form of the following certificate with only such changes as shall be
approved by the Company:
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
BENEFICIAL OWNERS TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PRIOR TO A GLOBAL EXCHANGE DATE]
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof, no portion of the temporary
global Security representing the above-captioned Securities and held by you for
our account is beneficially owned by a United States person or, if any portion
thereof held by you for our account is beneficially owned by a United States
person, such United States person is a financial institution within the meaning
of Section 1.165-12T(c)(l)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations which
hereby agrees to comply with Section 165(j)(3)(A),(B) or (C) of the United
States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, and certifies that either it has provided an Internal
Revenue Service Form W-9 or is an exempt recipient as defined in United States
Treasury Regulations Section 1.6049-4(c)(l)(ii) under the United States Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of
the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, or any estate or trust the
income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless
of its source, and "United States" means the United States of America (including
the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and
other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to
beneficial ownership is not correct on the Interest Payment Date on [Insert
date] as to any such portion of such temporary global Security.
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We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
securities and tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: ________, 19__
[To be dated on or after the 15th
day before the relevant Interest
Payment Date]
[Name of Account Holder]
__________________________
(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights to receive Capital Securities which are exchanged for
Securities of any series or rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for and any right to receive Additional
Amounts), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered and all
Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities and
maturing after such exchange whose surrender is not required or has been
waived as provided in Xxxxxxx 000, (xx) Securities and Coupons which have
been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) Coupons appertaining to Securities called
for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date whose
surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities
and Coupons for whose payment Money and Capital Securities as required
have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust
by the
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Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such
trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any
Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
purpose an amount of Money (or in the case of (i) above, an amount of
Money with the Trustee and Capital Securities and/or Money as required
with the Exchange Agent) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of
(premium, if any) and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect
to, such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of
such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable)
or to the Redemption Date, Exchange Date or Stated Maturity Date, as the
case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have
been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Sections 607 and 1308 and to any
Holder of a Security pursuant to Section 508 and Section 1308, the rights and
remedies of the Trustee under Articles Five and Six with respect to the
enforcement of Section 1308, the obligations of the Trustee to any
Authenticating Agent under Section 612 and, if Money or Capital Securities shall
have been deposited with the Trustee or the Exchange Agent pursuant to subclause
(B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee and the
Exchange Agent under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall
survive.
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Section 402. Application of Trust Money and Capital Securities.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all Money
or Capital Securities deposited with the Trustee or the Exchange Agent pursuant
to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee or the Exchange
Agent, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities,
the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, directly, or in the case of
Money, through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal (and premium, if any), interest and Additional Amounts for whose
payment such Money has or Capital Securities have been deposited with the
Trustee or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be.
All Moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 (and held by
it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities for which Capital
Securities subsequently are exchanged shall be returned to the Company upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Company Request.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) for Securities originally issued prior to October 1, 1992, the
entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
in respect of the Company under the Federal Bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of
the Company 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; and for Securities originally issued on or after October 1, 1992,
the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in rest of the Company under the Federal Bankruptcy laws, as now
or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of
the Company or substantially all of its property (other than the
appointment of a conservator with respect to the Bank or any other
depository institution Subsidiary of the Company insured by the
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor agency), 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
(2) for Securities originally issued prior to October 1, 1992, the
commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the Federal
Bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the
consent by it to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Company to pay its debts
generally as they become due; and for Securities originally issued on or
after October 1, 1992, the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case
under the Federal Bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any
other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law, or the consent by it to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company
or substantially all of its property (other than the appointment of a
conservator with respect to the Bank or any other depository institution
Subsidiary of the Company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any successor agency), or the making by it of an assignment
for the benefit of creditors; or
(3) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the
Securities of that Series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all
the Securities of that series, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in
the Securities of such series, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon
any such declaration such principal or such lesser amount (or specified amount)
shall become immediately due and payable in cash.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the Money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
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(A) all overdue instalments of interest on and Additional
Amounts with respect to all Securities of that series and any Coupon
appertaining thereto,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities
of that series which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and interest thereon and any Additional
Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest or Additional
Amounts is lawful, interest upon overdue interest and Additional
Amounts at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
Each of the following shall be a "Default" with respect to the Securities
of any particular series:
(1) default in the payment of any instalment of interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of such series or
any Coupon appertaining thereto when such interest or Additional Amounts
becomes due and payable and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days, or
(2) default in the payment (including any obligation to exchange
Capital Securities for Securities of such series pursuant to Article
Thirteen) of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the
Securities of such series at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform
any of the other covenants or agreements on its part in this Indenture or
in the terms of the Securities of such series (other than a covenant or
agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with or a covenant or agreement which has
been expressly included in this Indenture or in the Securities of any one
or more other
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series solely for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such other
series) and continuance of such failure for a period of 90 days after the
date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to
remedy the same and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder, shall have been given by registered mail to the Company by the
Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25%
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series.
The Company covenants that if a Default shall occur with respect to the
Securities of any particular series, the Company will, upon demand of the
Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount then due and payable on
Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any (including the delivery of any Capital Securities then required to be
delivered) and any Additional Amounts, if any, and, to the extent that payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal
(and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest or any Additional Amounts, at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in Securities of such series, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. If Capital
Securities are to be exchanged for Securities of any series and the Company
shall fail to elect the type of Capital Securities to be exchanged for
Securities of such series on or prior to the relevant Exchange Date or shall
fail to issue or deliver such Capital Securities on or prior to such Exchange
Date, the Company shall be liable to the Holders of any Securities of such
series for which such Capital Securities were to be exchanged for the payment of
the principal amount (or the Applicable Percentage thereof) of such Securities
for which Capital Securities were to be exchanged in cash on the earlier of the
relevant proposed Exchange Date or the Stated Maturity of Securities of such
series.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts (including the delivery of any
Capital Securities then required to be delivered) forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid (including
an action to enforce the delivery of any Capital Securities then required to be
delivered and not so delivered or an action for Moneys equal to the principal
amount (or the Applicable Percentage thereof) then due in respect of Securities
of such series), and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree
and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto and collect the
Moneys (including Moneys equal to the principal amount (or the Applicable
Percentage thereof) of any Securities of such series for which such Capital
Securities were to be exchanged) adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default or Default with respect to Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect
and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series and any Coupons appertaining thereto by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce
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any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities of any series or the property of the Company or such other obligor or
their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or
by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Company for the payment of any overdue principal, (or
premium, if any) interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the
principal (and premium, if any) interest and Additional Amounts owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities of any series and any Coupons
appertaining thereto and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents or counsel) and of
the Holders of Securities or any Coupons allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any Moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or (other similar
official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of
Securities or any Coupons to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event
that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders of Securities or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or any Coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or Coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or any Coupon in any such proceeding.
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Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery or judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of a Security or Coupon
in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money and Capitol Securities Collected.
Subject to the provisions of Article Twelve, any Money and Capital
Securities collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the
Securities of any series shall be applied in the following order, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such Money and
Capital Securities on account of principal (or premium, if any), interest or
Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or Coupons, or both, as
the case may be, in respect of which such Money and Capital Securities have been
collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such
series shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest
and Additional Amounts on the Securities of such series and any Coupons,
in the order of the maturity of the instalments of such interest and
Additional Amounts, with interest and Additional Amounts (to the extent
that such interest and Additional Amounts have been collected by the
Trustee) upon the overdue instalments of interest and Additional Amounts
at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Securities of such series,
such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such
series shall have become due by declaration or otherwise, to the payment
of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Securities of such
series and any Coupons for principal (and premium, if any), interest and
Additional Amounts, with interest on the overdue principal (and premium,
if any) and Additional Amounts and (to the extent that such interest has
been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue instalments of interest at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Securities of such series, and in
case such Money and Capital Securities shall be insufficient to pay in
full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such
Series and any Coupons, then to the payment of such principal (and
premium, if any),
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interest and Additional Amounts without preference or priority of any
kind, ratably according to the aggregate of such principal (and premium,
if any), accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts.
Section 507. Limitations on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining
thereto shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default or Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default or Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to
the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of the Securities
of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture
to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such
Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium,
Interest and Additional Amounts.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security or Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts with
respect to, such Security or payment of such Coupon, as the case may be, on the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or Coupon (or, in the
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case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the
option of such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date
such repayment is due), and, if applicable, to have delivered the Capital
Securities to be exchanged for such Security pursuant to Article Thirteen and to
have such Capital Securities sold in a Secondary Offering as provided in such
Security and in Article Thirteen and to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment, delivery or sale, and such rights shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or a Coupon has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee
and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and
the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons in the last paragraph
of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be exclusive
of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
Coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default or
Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such
Event of Default or Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy
given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of a Security
or a Coupon may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
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Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Indenture and shall not involve the Trustee in personal liability, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto waive any past
default hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series and its
consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment (including any obligation to exchange Capital
Securities for Securities of such series pursuant to Article Thirteen) of
the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on, or any
Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or any
Coupons appertaining thereto, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected thereby.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default or Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security or
any Coupon appertaining thereto by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and
that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the
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claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit
instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more
than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to
any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment (including
any obligation to exchange Capital Securities for Securities of such series
pursuant to Article Thirteen) of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security on or
after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security or on the
Exchange Date, as the case may be (or, in the case of redemption, on or after
the Redemption Date).
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 516. Certain Outstanding Securities.
Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, if a Default or
an Event of Default has occurred with respect to certain Securities of a series
that were originally issued prior to October 1, 1992 but has not occurred with
respect to other Securities of such series that were originally issued on or
after October 1, 1992 as a result of those provisions of Section 501 which
relate only to Securities issued prior to October 1, 1992 or the provisions of
Section 1005, which is applicable only to Securities issued prior to October 1,
1992, then solely for the purposes of Articles Five and Six of the Indenture or
any other provisions of the Indenture relating to Defaults or Events of Default,
those Securities of such series with respect to which such Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing shall constitute a separate series of
Securities under the Indenture.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) With respect to the Securities of any particular series, except during
the continuance of an Event of Default or Default with respect to the Securities
of such series,
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(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished
to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but
in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default or Default has occurred with respect to
the Securities of any particular series and is continuing, the Trustee shall,
with respect to the Securities of such series, exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any
of its rights or powers, if it 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.
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(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders of Securities of such series, entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 703(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless
such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in
the case of a default in the payment (including any obligation to exchange
Capital Securities for any Security of such series pursuant to Article Thirteen)
of the principal of (or premium, if any), or interest, if any, on, or Additional
Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such
notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such
series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(3) or Section 503(3) with respect to Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after
the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default"
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default or Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as provided in Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, Coupon or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order (in each
case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons
appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery
pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided
therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action
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hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence shall be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an
Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons
appertaining thereto pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, note, debenture, other evidence of indebtedness, Coupon or other
paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see
fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
by it in good faith or believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and any Coupons and in
any documents relating to any Secondary Offering, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company
and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Coupons or any Capital
Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
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Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar, any Exchange Agent or any other agent of the Company, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(a)(5), 310(b) and 311 of the Trust
Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, Exchange Agent or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any Money received by it hereunder except as otherwise
agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to the Trustee's negligence
or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold them harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on
its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on or
any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities or any Coupons
appertaining thereto.
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Section 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. Conflict of
Interest.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined capital and
surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture
Act) of at least $5,000,000. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not
be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any
series by virtue of being Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
particular series of Securities other than that series or by virtue of being
trustee under the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1983, under which the
Company's Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 1995 are outstanding.
Section 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 610.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 610 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed
upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to
Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or
by any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security of such series for at lent six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 608 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder, or
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(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the
Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 610. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 610, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 610, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series 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 Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of
Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, if Securities of such series are issued as
Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized
Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States, and if any
Holders of Bearer Securities have filed their names and addresses with the
Trustee within two years preceding the giving of such notice, by mailing written
notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all such Holders
as their names and addresses appear in such tiling. Each notice shall include
the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
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Section 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the
Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of
its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and Money
held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if
any, provided for in Section 607.
(b) In the case of the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees as co-trustees of
the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each 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 with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and Money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates, subject nevertheless to the lien, if any, of the
retiring Trustee provided for in Section 607.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all
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such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
Section 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the 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 the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the 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. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may (and, if provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to
Securities of any series, shall) appoint an Authenticating Agent or
Authenticating Agents with respect to Securities of a series which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption or upon exchange of Capital Securities for a portion of any Security,
or pursuant to Section 306, and, if the Trustee is required to appoint one or
more Authenticating Agents with respect to Securities of any series, to
authenticate Securities of such series upon original issue and to take such
other actions as are specified in Sections 303, 304, 309, 1107 and 1306, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent,
having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject
to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then,
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of
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such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent 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 Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice
of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such
Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer
Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its
principal office if such office is located outside the United States, and (iii)
if any Holders of Bearer Securities of such series have filed their names and
addresses with the Trustee within two years preceding the giving of such notice,
mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all such Holders of such series, as their names and addresses appear in such
filing. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
The provisions of Sections 308, 604 and 605 shall be applicable to each
Authenticating Agent.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to Securities of any series as
contemplated by Section 301, the Bank is hereby initially appointed
Authenticating Agent for the purpose of authenticating each series of Securities
issued under this Indenture as herein provided, and the Trustee shall incur no
liability for such appointment or for any misconduct or negligence of such
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Authenticating Agent, including without limitation, its authentication of
Securities upon original issuance or pursuant to Section 306. In the event that
the Trustee does incur liability for any such misconduct or negligence of such
Authenticating Agent, the Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and hold
it harmless against, any such liability, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any liability in connection with such misconduct or
negligence of such Authenticating Agent.
If an appointment with respect to the Securities of one or more series is
made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
By ________________________
Authenticating Agent
By ________________________
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) not more than 15 days after each September 1 and March 1, a
list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all
the information in the possession or control of the Company, or any of its
Paying Agents, other than the Trustee, as to the names and addresses of
the Holders of Securities as of the preceding September 1 or March 1, as
the case may be, and
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(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior
to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list, if the Trustee shall then be Security Registrar,
names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information: Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Trustee,
any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason
of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the
Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant
to a request made pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, commencing with the year
1988, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee
shall transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief
report dated as of such May 15 with respect to any of the events specified in
said Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the immediately preceding May
15.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted in the manner
and to the Persons required by Sections 3 13(c) and 3 13(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of
such portions of any of the foregoing as the
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Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which
the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if
the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee
and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and
periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant
to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be
prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance
by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may
be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in Section
313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, within 30 days after the filing thereof
with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be tiled by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (I) and (2) of
this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation
or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, unless:
(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer
the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety
shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America or any State or the District of Columbia, and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the
performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company
to be performed or observed;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default or Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or
both, would become an Event of Default or Default, shall have happened and
be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any conveyance or transfer of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance
with Section 801, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
corporation had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such
conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the
Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any
successor corporation which shall theretofore have become such in the manner
prescribed in this Article) shall be discharged from all liability under this
Indenture and in respect of the Securities and Coupons and may be dissolved and
liquidated.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or Coupons, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from
time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
herein and in the Securities contained; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants,
restrictions or conditions for the protection of the Holders of all or any
series of the Securities as the Board of Directors and the Trustee shall
consider to be for the protection of the Holders of all the Securities or
any such series of the Securities, as the case may be (and if such
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covenants are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of Holders of Securities of one or more particular
series), or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company in
this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of
Securities, or to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance,
of a default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions or
conditions an Event of Default or Default permitting the enforcement of
all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein
set forth; provided, however, that in respect of any such additional
covenant, restriction or condition such supplemental indenture may provide
for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be
shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may
provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the
remedies available to the Trustee upon such default; or
(3) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to
change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of, any
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
Securities, to permit Registered Securities to be exchanged for Bearer
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer
Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any
material respect; or
(4) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
when there is no Outstanding Security of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit
of such provision; or
(5) to secure the Securities; or
(6) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and
any Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
to the requirements of Section 610(b); or
(8) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
issuance of Securities convertible into or exchangeable for other
securities; or
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(9) to cure any ambiguity, to 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 Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons
appertaining thereto in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
instalment of principal of or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or change
the rate or rates of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto (except as provided herein or in such Security), as the
case may be, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change
the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 1008 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by
Section 901(1)), or reduce the portion of the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
502, or change any place where, or the coin or Currency in which, the
principal amount of any Security or any premium or interest thereon or any
Additional Amount with respect thereto, is payable, or impair any right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any right to receive payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to 307) interest and/or
Additional Amounts, if any, on such Security on the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on
the Redemption Date) or, if applicable, to have delivered Capital
Securities to be exchanged for such Security pursuant to Article Thirteen
and to have such Capita] Securities sold in a Secondary Offering as
provided in such Security and in Article Thirteen, or modify the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the
Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences)
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provided for in this Indenture or reduce the requirements of Section 1604
for quorums or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1007, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section, or
the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of
Sections 610(b) and 901(7), or
(4) impair the right of any Holder of Securities of any series,
subject to the provisions of this Indenture and of Securities of such
series, to receive on any Exchange Date for Securities of such series,
Capital Securities with a Market Value equal to the amount established
with respect to the Securities of such series held by such Holder.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected
in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture
which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of a Security theretofore or thereafter
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authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any Coupon appertaining thereto
shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such Securities, any
Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any
interest due on any Bearer Security on or before the Maturity thereof, and any
Additional Amounts payable with respect to such interest, shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto as they
severally mature. For all purposes of this Indenture, the exchange for
Securities of any series of Capital Securities with the Market Value established
for the Securities of such series shall constitute full payment of the entire
principal amount of the Securities of such series for which Capital Securities
are so exchanged on any Exchange Date therefor, without prejudice to any
Holder's rights pursuant to Sections 502, 503, 1304 and 1308.
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Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York and in each Place of Payment for each series of Securities an Office or
Agency where Securities of such series (but not Bearer Securities, except as
otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the
United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment (including exchange
of Capital Securities therefor), where Securities of such series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company and any Capital Security Election Forms in
respect of the Securities of such series and this Indenture may be served. If
Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall
maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or
Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United
States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may
be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional
Amounts payable on Securities of such series pursuant to Section 1008);
provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The Stock
Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and
such stock exchange shall so require, the Company shall maintain a Paying Agent
in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United
States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed
on such exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the location, and any change in the location, of any such Office or Agency. If
at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Office or
Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices, demands and Capital Security Election Forms
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, except that Bearer
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented
and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional Amounts payable
on Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1008) at the place specified
for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to
receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices, demands and Capital
Security Election Forms.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment
of principal, premium, interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer
Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if
amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars,
payment of principal of, any premium or interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of
such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices
or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series or any Capital Security
Election Forms applicable thereto may be presented, surrendered or served for
any or all such purposes and may constitute and appoint one or more Paying
Agents for the payment of the Securities of any series and may from time to time
rescind such designations and appointments; provided, however, that no such
designation, appointment or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company
of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency in each Place of Payment for
Securities of any series or, with respect to Registered Securities, in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation, appointment
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other Office or
Agency. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Registered
Securities the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially
appoints the principal office of the Bank in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business is
administered as its Office or Agency for such purposes set forth in the first
sentence of this Section. Pursuant to Section 301(9) of this Indenture, the
Company may subsequently appoint one or more other place or places in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where such Securities may be
payable. The Company may subsequently appoint one or more other place or places
where Capital Security Election Forms with respect to Securities of one or more
series may be presented or served.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of, (and premium, if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts with
respect to any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts so becoming
due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so
to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities
of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts so becoming
due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
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(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
Money.
Any Money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of any
series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium,
if any) or interest or any such Additional Amounts has become due and payable
shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or
any Coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, with respect to such trust Money and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an
Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment with respect to such Security,
notice that such Money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any unclaimed balance of such Money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.
Section 1004. Corporate Existence.
So long as any of the Securities shall be Outstanding, the Company will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence and will comply with all laws applicable to it;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent (i) any
consolidation, merger or conveyance or transfer of the properties of the
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Company substantially as an entirety as permitted by Article Eight, or (ii) the
dissolution and liquidation of the Company after any such conveyance or
transfer.
Section 1005. Restrictions on Disposition of Capital Stock of Bank.
So long as any of the Securities shall be Outstanding, the Company will
not create any security interest in more than 20% of the shares of Capital Stock
of the Bank, or permit more than 20% of such shares (exclusive of directors'
qualifying shares) to be held directly or indirectly by any Person other than
the Company or a corporation which is wholly-owned (except for directors'
qualifying shares) by the Company. This Section applies only to Securities
originally issued prior to October 1, 1992.
Section 1006. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year, a written statement signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Vice Chairman of the Board or any Vice President, and by the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, an Associate Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company (at least one of which foregoing officers
shall be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the
principal accounting officer of the Company), stating, as to each signer
thereof, that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and
of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his
supervision, and
(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, the Company
has fulfilled all its obligations and has complied with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been
a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, condition or
covenant, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and
status thereof.
For purposes of this Section 1006, compliance shall be determined without
regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture.
Section 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
covenant or condition set forth in Section 1004 or Section 1005 with respect to
the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders
of at least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waived compliance with such covenant or condition, but no
such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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Section 1008. Additional Amounts.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any
Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided therein. Whenever in
this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any
series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any
Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the
payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established
hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional
Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms,
and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any
provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those
provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to such series of
Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall not bear interest prior to
Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal is made), and at least
10 days prior to each date of payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in
the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the
Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent
or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities
of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens
without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge described in the Securities of such series. If any such
withholding shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by
country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such
Holders of Securities or Coupons, and the Company agrees to pay to the Trustee
or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such
Securities or this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and
any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part
arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in
reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise
specified in the terms of the Securities of any series established as provided
in Section 301) in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Bank and Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
(a) less than all the Securities of any series or (b) all of the Securities of
any series with the same terms and provisions, the Company shall, at least 75
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (or, in the case of a
redemption pursuant to Section 1108 of Securities of any series for which
Capital Securities are exchangeable, at least 105 days prior to the Redemption
Date) (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the
Trustee and the Bank in writing of such Redemption Date. In the case of any
redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Bank of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company shall
select the series to be redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series
with the same terms and provisions are to be redeemed, the particular Securities
of such series to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to
the Redemption Date by the Bank, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as it shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or
any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Registered Securities
of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of that series; provided, that in the case of a redemption
pursuant to Section 1108 of Securities of any series for which Capital
Securities are exchangeable, (1) the particular Securities of such series to be
so redeemed shall be so selected not less than 105 days nor more than 120 days
prior to the Redemption Date, or (ii) if particular Securities of such series
have been selected in accordance with Section 1303(c) for exchange of Capital
Securities therefor pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 1302 (and the
Securities so selected for purposes of such exchange constitute less than all of
the Securities of such
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series), the particular Securities of such series to be so redeemed shall be all
of the Securities of such series not so selected for exchange of Capital
Securities therefor.
The Bank shall promptly notify the Company and the Trustee in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106
to the Holder of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date (or, in the case of a redemption pursuant to
Section 1108 of Securities of any series for which Capital Securities are
exchangeable, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the
Redemption Date), unless a different period is specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to
be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption,
the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that, on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become
due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case
of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price and any accrued interest and Additional Amounts
pertaining thereto,
(6) if Bearer Securities are to be redeemed, that, unless otherwise
specified in such notice, Bearer Securities surrendered for redemption
must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed
for redemption or the amount of any
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such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and
any Paying Agent is furnished, and
(7) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such
Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject
to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise,
the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may
be made.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to
be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after the Redemption Date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest and the Coupons for such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that instalments
of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons
for such interest (at an Office or Agency located outside the United States
except as otherwise provided in Section 1002), and provided, further, that
instalments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing
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Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity
as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any
Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have
been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive
the amount so deducted; provided, however, that any interest or Additional
Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such Security located
outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in such
Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security (including any global Security) which is to be
redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with,
if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge,
a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder and of like tenor, as requested by such
Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository or other
depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company
Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new
Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so
surrendered; provided that in the case of such surrender of any Security which
is to be redeemed only in part pursuant to Section 1108, the Company shall
execute, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and there
shall be delivered (or, if not delivered, there shall be deemed to be
delivered), on behalf of the Holder of such Security (without service charge),
to the Exchange Agent for purposes of exchange of Capital Securities therefor
pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 1302, a new Security or Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denomination selected by the Bank, in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered, and such new Security or
Securities when so delivered (or deemed to be delivered) shall be deemed to be
surrendered on the Exchange Date in accordance with Section 1304(e) for exchange
of Capital Securities therefor pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 1302.
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Section 1108. Special Cash Redemption.
If so specified in the terms of the Securities of any series established
as provided in Section 301, in case an Event Relating to Federal Income Taxes
shall occur, the Securities of such series shall be subject to redemption at any
time, at the option of the Company, in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) Securities of any series for which Capital Securities are exchangeable will
be subject to redemption from Optional Available Funds or from other sources
approved for such purpose by the Primary Federal Regulator; provided that less
than all of the Securities of such series may be so redeemed only if notice
shall have been given in accordance with Section 1302 that Capital Securities
are to be exchanged as provided in the third paragraph of Section 1302 for all
of the Securities of such series which are not to be so redeemed and (ii)
Securities of any series for which Capital Securities are not exchangeable will
be subject to redemption, as a whole but not in part, from Available Funds or
from other sources approved for such purpose by the Primary Federal Regulator.
Any such redemption shall be made only upon written notice given in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the Holders of the Securities to be so redeemed not
less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date in the case
of any redemption referred to in clause (i) above and not less than 30 days nor
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date in the case of any redemption
referred to in clause (ii) above.
Unless otherwise specified in the terms of the Securities of any series
established as provided in Section 301, Securities of such series which are
redeemed for cash in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall be redeemed
at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or the
Applicable Percentage thereof), together with accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to the Redemption Date (subject to Sections 307 and 1106).
Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption as provided in this
Section, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of an officer of
the Company (which need not comply with Section 102) to the effect that the
Company has complied with the provisions of this Section relating to such
redemption and that the Company has received an opinion of independent counsel
to the effect that the Company's determination that an Event Relating to Federal
Income Taxes has occurred is proper.
In the event that the Company shall give notice as provided above to
Holders of Securities of any series that are to be redeemed, the Company will
redeem the Securities of such series for cash from Optional Available Funds or
Available Funds, as the case may be, or from other sources approved for such
purpose by the Primary Federal Regulator. The Securities of such series may be
redeemed for cash pursuant to this Section 1108 only if, at the time that notice
of such redemption is given to the Holders of the Securities of such series, (a)
there shall be sufficient Optional Available Funds or Available Funds, as the
case may be, to redeem all of the Securities of such series to be redeemed or
(b) such other sources for redemption shall have been approved by the Primary
Federal Regulator.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1201. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees,
and each Holder of a Security likewise covenants and agrees by his acceptance
thereof, that the obligation of the Company to make any payment on account of
the principal of (and premium, if any), interest on and Additional Amounts with
respect to each and all of the Securities shall be subordinate and junior in
right of payment to the Company's obligations to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, in that in the case of any insolvency,
receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, readjustment of debt, marshalling
of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings or any liquidation or
winding-up of or relating to the Company as a whole, whether voluntary or
involuntary, all obligations of the Company to holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company shall be entitled to be paid in full before any payment shall be
made on account of the principal of (or premium, if any), interest on or
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities. In the event of any such
proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect to Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, the Holders of the Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto, together with the holders of any obligations of the
Company ranking on a parity with the Securities, shall be entitled to be paid
from the remaining assets of the Company the amounts at the time due and owing
on account of unpaid principal of (and premium, if any), interest on and
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities before any payment or other
distribution, whether in cash, property or otherwise, shall be made on account
of any capital stock or any obligations of the Company ranking junior to the
Securities. In addition, in the event of any such proceeding, if any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, including any such payment or distribution which may be
payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the
Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities, shall be received
by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities or Coupons before all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, such payment or distribution shall
be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness of the Company or their representative or
representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which
any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company may
have been issued, ratably, for application to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness
of the Company shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of
the Company. The obligations of the Company in respect of the Securities of each
series shall rank on a parity with the Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due
1995, the Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 1997, the Floating Rate
Subordinated Notes Due 2000, the Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2009, the
7 1/2% Subordinated Notes Due 1997, the 10% Subordinated Notes Due 1999, the 8%
Subordinated Notes Due 1999, the 7 3/4% Subordinated Notes due 1999, the
Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2000, the 9 3/8% Subordinated Notes Due
2001, the 9 3/4% Subordinated Notes Due
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2001, the 7.50% Subordinated Notes Due 2003, the Floating Rate Subordinated
Notes Due 2003, the 6.50% Subordinated Notes Due 2005, the Floating Rate
Subordinated Notes Due August 1, 2003 and the 6.75% Subordinated Notes Due 2008
issued by the Company, the Securities of each other series and any other
obligations of the Company ranking on a parity with the Securities.
The subordination provisions of the foregoing paragraph shall not be
applicable to amounts at the time due and owing on the Securities on account of
the unpaid principal of (or premium, if any), interest on or Additional Amounts
with respect to the Securities for the payment of which funds have been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or Capital Securities
and/or funds as required have been deposited with the Exchange Agent, or funds
and/or Capital Securities have been set aside by the Company in trust in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; nor shall such provisions
impair any rights, interests, remedies or powers of any secured creditor of the
Company in respect of any security the creation of which is not prohibited by
the provisions of this Indenture.
The securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise ranking on a
parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities, shall not be
deemed to prevent such obligations from constituting obligations ranking on a
parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
insolvency, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings or any liquidation
or winding-up of or relating to the Company as a whole, whether voluntary or
involuntary. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be
entitled to assume that, and may act as if, no such event has occurred unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Trustee's Corporate Trustee
Administration Department has received at the Corporate Trust Office from the
Company or any one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any
trustee therefor (who shall have been certified or otherwise established to the
satisfaction of the Trustee to be such a holder or trustee) written notice
thereof. Upon any distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this
Article, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and Coupons shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction
in which proceedings relating to any event specified in the first sentence of
this paragraph are pending for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of
the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid
or distributed thereon, and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article, and the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Six, and the
Holders of the Securities and Coupons shall be entitled to rely upon a
certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any
distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities or Coupons for
the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the amount
thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon
and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article. In the absence of any
such liquidating trustee, agent or other Person, the Trustee shall be entitled
to rely upon a written
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notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such holder) as
evidence that such Person is a holder of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company
(or is such a trustee or representative). In the event that the Trustee
determines, in good faith, that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any Person, as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Section, the Trustee
may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company held by
such Person, as to the extent to which such Person is entitled to participation
in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to the rights
of such Person under this Section, and if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1202. Obligation of the Company Unconditional.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture is
intended to or shall impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the
Securities and Coupons, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities and Coupons the principal
of (and premium, if any), interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect
to, the Securities when, where and as the same shall become due and payable, all
in accordance with the terms of the Securities and Coupons, or is intended to or
shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and Coupons
and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness
of the Company, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the
Holder of any Security or Coupon, from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the
rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company in respect of cash, property, or securities of the Company received upon
the exercise of any such remedy.
Section 1203. Limitations on Duties to Holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the
Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article, and no implied
covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee
shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, except with respect to Moneys held in trust
pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 1201.
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Section 1204. Notice to Trustee and Exchange Agent of Facts Prohibiting
Payments and Deliveries.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not at any time be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any
payment of Moneys to or by the Trustee unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee assigned to its Corporate Trustee Administration Department shall
have received at the Corporate Trust Office written notice thereof from the
Company or from one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or
from any trustee therefor who shall have been certified by the Company or
otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such a
holder or trustee; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled in all
respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that, if prior
to the fifth Business Day preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any
such Moneys may become payable for any purpose, or in the event of the execution
of an instrument pursuant to Section 401 acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, then if prior to the second Business Day preceding
the date of such execution, the Trustee shall not have received with respect to
such Moneys the notice provided for in this Section, then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority to receive such Moneys and/or apply the same to the purpose for which
they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
which may be received by it on or after such date; provided, however, that no
such application shall affect the obligations under this Article of the Persons
receiving such Moneys from the Trustee.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article or any other
provision of this Indenture, no Exchange Agent which shall have made the
designation referred to below in the instrument referred to in Section 1305
shall at any time be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which
would prohibit the making of any delivery or payment of Capital Securities or
Moneys, as the case may be, to or by such Exchange Agent unless and until one or
more officers as may be designated by such Exchange Agent in the instrument
referred to in Section 1305 shall have received, at such office as may be
designated by such Exchange Agent in such instrument, written notice thereof
from the Company or from one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company or from any trustee therefor who shall have been certified by the
Company or otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of such Exchange
Agent to be such a holder or trustee; and, prior to the receipt of any such
written notice, such Exchange Agent shall be entitled in all respects to assume
that no such facts exist; provided, however, that, if prior to the fifth
Business Day preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any such Capital
Securities or Moneys may become deliverable or payable, as the case may be, for
any purpose, or in the event of the execution of an instrument pursuant to
Section 401 acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, then if
prior to the second Business Day preceding the date of such execution, such
Exchange Agent shall not have received with respect to such Capital Securities
or Moneys the notice provided for in this Section, then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, such Exchange Agent shall have full
power and authority to receive such Capital Securities or Moneys and/or apply
the same to the
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purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to
the contrary which may be received by it on or after such date; provided,
however, that no such application shall affect the obligations under this
Article of the Persons receiving such Capital Securities or Moneys from such
Exchange Agent.
Section 1205. Application by Trustee or Agent of Money or Capital
Securities.
Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any deposit of
Moneys or Capital Securities by the Company with the Trustee or any agent
(whether or not in trust) for any payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any), interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities shall,
except as provided in Section 1204, be subject to the provisions of Section
1201.
Section 1206. Subrogation.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
the Holders of the Securities and Coupons shall be subrogated to the rights of
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company to receive payments or
distributions of assets of the Company applicable to such Senior Indebtedness of
the Company until all of the Securities shall be paid in full and none of the
payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the
Company to which the Holders of all of the Securities and Coupons or the Trustee
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article or of payments over,
pursuant to the provisions of this Article, to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness of the Company by the Holders of the Securities and Coupons or the
Trustee shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the Holders of the Securities and
Coupons, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such
Senior Indebtedness of the Company; it being understood that the provisions of
this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and Coupons, on the one hand,
and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company, on the other hand.
Section 1207. Subordination Rights Not impaired by Acts or Omissions of
Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company.
No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Indebtedness of
the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any
way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the
Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or
by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of
this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may
have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company may, at any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion,
change the
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manner, place or terms of payment, change or extend the time of payment of, or
renew or alter, any such Senior Indebtedness of the Company, or amend or
supplement any instrument pursuant to which any such Senior Indebtedness of the
Company is issued or by which it may be secured, or release any security
therefor, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their rights under
the Senior Indebtedness of the Company including, without limitation, the waiver
of any default thereunder, all without notice to or assent from the Holders of
the Securities or Coupons or the Trustee and without affecting the obligations
of the Company, the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities or Coupons under
this Article.
Section 1208. Authorization of Trustee to Effectuate Subordination of
Securities.
Each Holder of a Security or Coupon, by his acceptance thereof, authorizes
and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate, as between the Holders of Securities and
Coupons and the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the subordination
provided in this Article. If, in the event of any proceeding or other action
relating to the Company referred to in the first sentence of Section 1201, a
proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in such proceeding or action
is not filed by or on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of any series or
Coupons appertaining thereto prior to 15 days before the expiration of the time
to file such claim or claims, then the holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company shall have the right to file and are hereby authorized to file an
appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of such
series or Coupons appertaining thereto.
Section 1209. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness of the Company.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this
Article in respect of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company at any time held by
it in its individual capacity to the same extent as any other holder of such
Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and nothing in this Indenture shall be
construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
Section 1210. Article Twelve Not to Prevent Events of Default or Defaults.
The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Securities by reason of any
provision in this Article shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of
an Event of Default or a Default.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
EXCHANGE OF CAPITAL SECURITIES FOR SECURITIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article.
If the terms of the Securities of any series established as provided in
Section 301 shall provide that Capital Securities are exchangeable for the
Securities of such series, the Company shall exchange Capital Securities for the
Securities of such series in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified in the terms of the Securities of such series established as
provided in Section 301) in accordance with this Article on a date not later
than the Stated Maturity of the Securities of such series.
Section 1302. Exchange of Capital Securities.
The amount of Capital Securities which shall be exchangeable for each
Security of any series for which Capital Securities are exchangeable shall be
Capital Securities with a Market Value equal to the principal amount of such
Security or the Applicable Percentage of such principal amount, as established
in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto as
provided in Section 301 or, if not so established, shall be Capital Securities
with a Market Value equal to the principal amount of such Security.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 1302, unless the Company's
obligation to exchange Capital Securities for Securities of any series for which
Capital Securities are exchangeable has been revoked as provided in Section 1309
or the Securities of such series are redeemed as provided in Article Eleven, on
the Exchange Date for the Securities of such series, the Company shall (i)
exchange for all or part of the Securities of such series Capital Securities
with the Market Value established for the Securities of such series as provided
in Section 301, or (ii) if so specified in the terms of the Securities of such
series established as provided in Section 301, at the Company's option, pay the
principal amount (or the Applicable Percentage thereof) of all or part of the
Securities of such series from Optional Available Funds (or funds from any other
source to the extent approved by the Primary Federal Regulator), and, in either
case, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid on the Exchange Date to the
Persons entitled thereto accrued and unpaid interest to the Exchange Date. The
notice prescribed in Section 1303(a) shall be given in the manner provided in
Section 1303(a) not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the
Exchange Date for the Securities of any series for which Capital Securities are
exchangeable. At the Company's option, the Exchange Date may be accelerated to a
date not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities of
such series by a notice given by the Company in the manner provided in Section
1303(b) not less than three Business Days prior to the accelerated Exchange
Date.
If so specified in the terms of the Securities of any series for which
Capital Securities are exchangeable established as provided in Section 301 and
except as otherwise provided in this Section 1302, unless the Company's
obligation to exchange Capital Securities for Securities of
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such series has been revoked as provided in Section 1309 or the Securities of
such series are redeemed as provided in Article Eleven, the Company may, at any
time at the Company's option, exchange for all or part of the Securities of such
series Capital Securities with the Market Value established for the Securities
of such series as provided in Section 301, upon not less than 90 days' nor more
than 120 days' written notice mailed to the Holders thereof, if the Company
shall determine that it is not, or that there is a substantial probability that
it will not be, allowed to deduct under Section 163(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 or any similar successor provision, payments of interest to Holders
of the Securities of such series as a result of (a) any change in, or amendment
to, or officially proposed change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any
regulations, revenue rulings or revenue procedures promulgated thereunder) of
the United States or any change in, or officially proposed change in, operation
or official interpretation of such laws, rulings or regulations, or (b) any
action taken by a taxing authority of the United States on or after the original
issue date of the Securities of such series, which action is generally applied
or which is taken with respect to the Company, or (c) a decision rendered by a
court of competent jurisdiction in the United States on or after the original
issue date of the Securities of such series, whether or not such decision was
rendered with respect to the Company, or (d) a technical advice memorandum or
ruling issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service on substantially the
same facts as those affecting the Company (each of the foregoing an "Event
Relating to Federal Income Taxes"). In the case of any such exchange of Capital
Securities for Securities of any such series, the Company shall pay or cause to
be paid on the Exchange Date to the Persons entitled thereto accrued and unpaid
interest on such Securities to the Exchange Date. Prior to the mailing of any
notice of such exchange, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate
of an officer of the Company (which need not comply with Section 102) to the
effect that the Company has complied with the provisions of this Section
relating to such exchange and that the Company has received an opinion of
independent counsel to the effect that the Company's determination that an Event
Relating to Federal Income Taxes has occurred is proper. If Capital Securities
are to be exchanged for the Securities of any series pursuant to this paragraph,
prior to the time notice of the Company's election to effect such exchange is
given to the Holders thereof, the Company shall have appointed an Exchange Agent
and deposited with the Exchange Agent in trust or, if the Company shall be the
Exchange Agent, segregated and held in trust, for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto, certificates for the Capital Securities issuable upon such
exchange and an amount in cash which together are sufficient to pay the Exchange
Price of and (subject to Section 307) accrued and unpaid interest to the
Exchange Date on all of the Securities of such series or portions thereof for
which Capital Securities are to be exchanged on the Exchange Date, plus an
amount in cash in lieu of any fractional Capital Securities. Upon the deposit of
such certificates and cash with the Exchange Agent, the Exchange Agent shall
notify the Trustee in writing of such deposit, and the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on such notice, subject to Section 601, for all purposes of
this Indenture, including, but not limited to, Section 401. Capital Securities
may be so exchanged for less than all of the Securities of any series only if
all of the Securities of such series for which Capital Securities are not so
exchanged are to be redeemed as provided in Section 1108 and, prior to the time
notice of such exchange is given, the Company shall have given irrevocable
instructions to the Trustee to give on behalf of the Company notice of such
redemption to Holders of the Securities to be so redeemed as provided
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in Sections 1104 and 1108, and the Company shall have irrevocably given to the
Bank and the Trustee the notice provided in Section 1102 with respect to such
redemption. The notice of exchange given to Holders of Securities of any series
as provided in this paragraph shall (x) be given in the manner provided in
Section 1303(a), (y) set forth the Exchange Date and state that each Holder of
Securities of such series for which Capital Securities are being exchanged will
receive on such Exchange Date accrued and unpaid interest to such Exchange Date
in cash (subject to Section 307) and (z) except as otherwise specified in the
terms of the Securities of such series established as provided in Section 301,
include statements to the effect set forth in Sections 1303(a) (2), (4), (7) and
(11). Except as otherwise specified in the terms of the Securities of any series
established as provided in Section 301, (i) the following provisions of this
Article Thirteen shall apply to the exchange of Capital Securities for
Securities of such series pursuant to this paragraph (unless the context of any
such provision otherwise requires): Section 1301; the first, third, fourth and
fifth paragraphs of this Section 1302; Section 1303(b) (to the extent applicable
to any notice given pursuant to Section 1309); Sections 1303(c) and 1304(e) and
(f); the second paragraph (including clauses (1), (2) and (3)) of Section 1305;
the third paragraph of Section 1305; and Sections 1306, 1308(a), 1309, 1310,
1311 and 1312; and (ii) the remaining provisions of this Article Thirteen shall
not apply to such exchange. Subject to Sections 502 and 503, no Holder of a
Security for which Capital Securities are exchanged pursuant to this paragraph
shall be entitled to receive any cash from the Company on the Exchange Date
established pursuant to this paragraph or at the Stated Maturity of the
Securities of such series, except: (A) as provided herein, in lieu of any
fractional Capital Securities and (subject to Section 307) for accrued and
unpaid interest, and (B) as otherwise specified in the terms of the Securities
of such series established as provided in Section 301. Any additional terms and
conditions which may apply to such an exchange of Capital Securities for the
Securities of any series upon an Event Relating to Federal Income Taxes shall be
specified in the terms of the Securities of such series established as provided
in Section 301.
No fractional Capital Securities shall be issued upon any exchange of
Capital Securities for Securities of any series. If more than one Security of
any series shall be surrendered for purposes of such exchange at one time by the
same Holder, the amount of all Capital Securities which shall be issuable upon
such exchange shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount
of such Securities so surrendered. In lieu of issuing any fractional Capital
Security, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in
an amount equal to the same fraction of the Market Value of the Capital
Security.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver Capital Securities to any
Holder of a Security of any series to the extent that the Company elects to
apply Optional Available Funds (or funds from any other source to the extent
approved by the Primary Federal Regulator) to pay such Security in cash. The
Company shall not be obligated to apply Available Funds or Optional Available
Funds to the payment of any Securities of any series.
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Section 1303. Notices of Exchange.
(a) Each notice in accordance with this Section 1303(a) shall be given to
the Holders of Securities of any series for which Capital Securities are to be
exchanged by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to their addresses as they shall
appear in the Security Register (a copy of which shall promptly be delivered to
the Trustee and the Exchange Agent) and shall:
(1) state the Exchange Date and that it is subject to acceleration
in the manner provided in the second paragraph of Section 1302;
(2) state the type of Capital Securities to be exchanged for the
Securities of such series on such Exchange Date;
(3) contain or be accompanied by a Capital Security Election Form;
(4) if Capital Securities are to be exchanged for less than all of
the Outstanding Securities of such series on such Exchange Date, state the
identification (and, in the case of exchange of Capital Securities for
less than the whole principal amounts of Securities of such series, the
principal amounts) of the particular Securities for which Capital
Securities are to be exchanged;
(5) state that each Holder of Securities of such series for which
Capital Securities are being exchanged will receive on such Exchange Date
accrued and unpaid interest to such Exchange Date in cash (subject to
Section 307) and may elect to receive Capital Securities with a Market
Value equal to the principal amount (or the Applicable Percentage thereof)
of such Securities registered in the name of such Holder by returning such
Capital Security Election Form on or before the date set forth therein
(which shall be the date 30 days subsequent to the giving of the notice
prescribed in this Section 1303(a) and shall not be less than 60 days
prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities of such series);
(6) state that, in the absence of the election specified in (5)
above, such Holder shall be deemed to have received Capital Securities on
the Exchange Date and to have elected to have such Capital Securities sold
by the Company in the related Secondary Offering and the proceeds thereof,
together with accrued and unpaid interest (subject to Section 307),
delivered to such Holder on the Exchange Date; provided, however, that in
the event that the Company does not effect the Secondary Offering and the
Company has not elected to apply Optional Available Funds (or funds from
any other source to the extent approved by the Primary Federal Regulator)
to the payment of the Securities of such series, such Holder will receive
on or after the Exchange Date the Capital Securities described in the
notice and not cash (other than cash in lieu of fractional Capital
Securities and for accrued and unpaid interest (subject to Section 307));
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(7) state that on such Exchange Date the Exchange Price will become
due and payable, whether in cash or Capital Securities, with respect to
each such Security of such series for which Capital Securities are to be
exchanged and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after such
Exchange Date;
(8) state that if there is a Secondary Offering, the Market Value of
any Capital Securities issued on the Exchange Date will be equal to the
sale price of such Capital Securities as are sold in the Secondary
Offering and that because such sale price will be determined prior to the
Exchange Date, Holders of Securities who elect to receive Capital
Securities on the Exchange Date will bear the market risk with respect to
the value of the Capital Securities to be received from the date such sale
price is determined to the Exchange Date;
(9) state that each Holder for whom Capital Securities are being
offered in the Secondary Offering shall be deemed to have appointed the
Company such Holder's attorney-in-fact to execute any and all documents
and agreements which the Company deems necessary or appropriate to effect
such Secondary Offering on the terms set forth in the notice;
(10) state that (i) unless, within 30 days following the giving of
the notice prescribed in this Section 1303(a), the Company shall be
advised to the contrary in writing by the Holder, the Company will be
entitled to assume for purposes of such Secondary Offering that the
Capital Securities are to be offered for the account of such Holder, that
such Holder has not held any position, office or other material
relationship with the Company within three years preceding the Secondary
Offering, that the Holder owns no such Capital Securities which are held
other than in the name of the Holder and that after completion of the
Secondary Offering the Holder will own less than 1% of the class of such
Capital Securities, (ii) if any of these assumptions is not correct, the
Holder shall promptly, but in any event within such 30-day period, so
advise the Company, and (iii) a failure on the part of such Holder to
advise the Company promptly, but in any event within such 30-day period,
of the incorrectness of any of such assumptions will expose such Holder to
liability to the Company, the Trustee, the Exchange Agent, other Holders
of Securities of such series and underwriters, agents and other similar
Persons to the extent set forth in Section 1304(d) and exonerate the
Company from liability to such Holder to the extent set forth in Section
1308(c); and
(11) state the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for exchange of Capital Securities therefor.
(b) Each notice in accordance with this Section 1303(b) shall be given to
the Holders of Securities of any series for which Capital Securities are to be
exchanged by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to their addresses as they shall
appear in the Security Register and shall be published in an Authorized
Newspaper. The Company shall promptly deliver a copy of each such notice to the
Trustee and the Exchange Agent. In the event that there has been a Secondary
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Offering, notice shall be given not less than three Business Days prior to the
Exchange Date of the amount of Capital Securities to be exchanged for each
$1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
this Section 1303(b).
(c) If Capital Securities are to be exchanged for less than all of the
Securities of any series on any Exchange Date, the Company shall, at least 15
days prior to the giving of the notice prescribed in Section 1303(a) (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Bank), notify the Bank and the
Trustee of the Exchange Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such
series for which Capital Securities are to be exchanged, and the particular
Securities of such series for which Capital Securities are to be exchanged shall
be selected, not less than 105 days prior to the Exchange Date, by the Bank,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series, by such method as the Bank shall
deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for such
purpose of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities
of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of
Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series; provided that in the case of an
exchange of Capital Securities for the Securities of any series pursuant to the
third paragraph of Section 1302, if particular Securities of such series have
been selected in accordance with Section 1103 for redemption pursuant to Section
1108 (and the Securities so selected for such redemption constitute less than
all of the Securities of such series), the particular Securities of such series
for which Capital Securities are to be so exchanged shall be all of the
Securities of such series not so selected for redemption. The Bank shall
promptly notify the Company, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent in writing of
the Securities selected for such purpose and, in the case of any Securities so
selected in part, the principal amount thereof for which Capital Securities are
to be exchanged.
Section 1304. Rights and Duties of Holders of Securities for which Capital
Securities are to Be Exchanged.
(a) Each Holder of Securities of any series for which Capital Securities
are to be exchanged will receive on the Exchange Date accrued and unpaid
interest to such Exchange Date in cash (subject to Section 307) and may elect to
receive Capital Securities with a Market Value equal to the principal amount (or
the Applicable Percentage thereof) of such Securities registered in the name of
such Holder by returning the Capital Security Election Form specified in Section
1307 not later than the date set forth therein (which shall be the date 30 days
subsequent to the giving of the notice prescribed in Section 1303(a) and shall
not be less than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities of such
series). All Capital Security Election Forms may be delivered to the office of
the Exchange Agent at the address specified in such form or to any Office or
Agency maintained for such purpose as provided in Section 1002 or, if the
Company shall fail to maintain such Office or Agency, to the Corporate Trust
Office. If any such Holder shall fail to make the election specified in the
first sentence of this Section 1304(a) on or before the last day provided
therein for making such election, such Holder shall be deemed to have received
Capital Securities on the Exchange Date and to have elected to have such Capital
Securities sold by the Company in the related Secondary Offering and the
proceeds thereof,
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together with accrued and unpaid interest (subject to Section 307), delivered to
such Holder on the Exchange Date (such Holder being thereby deemed to be a Cash
Election Holder).
Subject to Sections 502 and 503, and without prejudice to the rights
pursuant to Section 1308 of Holders of Securities of any series for which
Capital Securities are exchangeable, no Holder of a Security of any series for
which Capital Securities are exchanged in accordance with the provisions of this
Article and the terms of the Securities of such series shall be entitled to
receive any cash from the Company on the Exchange Date for, or at the Stated
Maturity of, the Securities of such series, except: (i) from the proceeds of the
sale of Capital Securities in the related Secondary Offering or from Optional
Available Funds (or funds from any other source to the extent approved by the
Primary Federal Regulator) which the Company has elected to apply to the payment
of Securities of such series, and (ii) as provided herein, in lieu of any
fractional Capital Securities and (subject to Section 307) for accrued and
unpaid interest.
Cash Election Holders of Securities of any series will receive any
Optional Available Funds (or funds from any other source to the extent approved
by the Primary Federal Regulator) which the Company elects to apply to the
payment of Securities of such series up to the principal amount (or the
Applicable Percentage thereof) of such Holders' Securities of such series.
If the Company does not sell in a Secondary Offering with respect to the
Securities of any series a sufficient amount of Capital Securities so that the
sale proceeds thereof, when added to any Optional Available Funds (or funds from
any other source to the extent approved by the Primary Federal Regulator) which
the Company elects to apply to the payment of the Securities of such series, are
sufficient to satisfy the cash elections of the Cash Election Holders of the
Securities of such series, the Exchange Agent will allocate Capital Securities,
the proceeds of such Secondary Offering and such Optional Available Funds (or
funds from any other source to the extent approved by the Primary Federal
Regulator) among such Cash Election Holders pro rata based upon the respective
principal amounts of the Securities of such series held by such Cash Election
Holders to the extent practicable or by such other means as the Exchange Agent
deems fair and appropriate and, in any event, in such manner as may be required
by applicable law. To the extent that such Cash Election Holders do not receive
cash, they will receive whole Capital Securities for the balance and cash in
lieu of any fractional Capital Securities. In the event that such Cash Election
Holders receive Capital Securities in accordance with the foregoing sentence,
the delivery of such Capital Securities together with the proceeds of such
Secondary Offering and such Optional Available Funds (or funds from any other
source to the extent approved by the Primary Federal Regulator) shall constitute
payment in full of the principal of such Cash Election Holders' Securities, and
the Company shall have no further obligation to effect such Secondary Offering,
without prejudice to such Cash Election Holders' rights pursuant to Section
1308.
In the event that the Company does not effect a Secondary Offering to
provide cash to the Cash Election Holders of the Securities of any series on the
Exchange Date and the Company has not elected to apply any Optional Available
Funds (or funds from any other source to the extent approved by the Primary
Federal Regulator) to the payment of the Securities of such
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series, such Holders shall receive on or after the Exchange Date the Capital
Securities described in the notice prescribed in Section 1303(a), with the
Market Value determined pursuant to the terms of the Securities of such series,
and not cash (other than cash in lieu of fractional Capital Securities and for
accrued and unpaid interest (subject to Section 307)), and the Company shall
have no further obligation to effect such Secondary Offering, without prejudice
to such Cash Election Holders' rights pursuant to Section 1308.
(b) Each Holder for whom Capital Securities are offered in a Secondary
Offering shall be deemed to have appointed the Company such Holder's
attorney-in-fact to execute any and all documents and agreements which the
Company deems necessary or appropriate to effect such Secondary Offering on the
terms set forth in the notice prescribed in Section 1303(a).
(c) Unless, within 30 days following the giving of the notice prescribed
in Section 1303(a), the Company shall be advised to the contrary in writing by
any Holder for whom Capital Securities are offered in a Secondary Offering, the
Company shall be entitled to assume for purposes of such Secondary Offering that
the Capital Securities are to be offered for the account of such Holder, that
such Holder has not held any position, office or other material relationship
with the Company within three years preceding the Secondary Offering, that such
Holder owns no such Capital Securities which are held other than in the name of
the Holder and that after completion of the Secondary Offering such Holder will
own less than 1% of the class of such Capital Securities.
(d) Each Holder for whom Capital Securities are offered in the Secondary
Offering agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Trustee, the
Exchange Agent, any other Holder and any underwriter, agent or other similar
Person from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities
resulting from or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
any material fact contained in any notice of exchange, any offering memorandum
or selling document or registration statement relating to the Secondary
Offering, any preliminary prospectus or prospectus contained therein, or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or resulting from or based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, which
untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission is made
therein (i) in reliance upon and in conformity with any written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for use in
connection with the preparation thereof or (ii) because of such Holder's failure
to advise the Company in writing that any of the assumptions described in the
Company's notice pursuant to Section 1303(a)(10) is incorrect.
(e) In order to receive the Exchange Price of any Security for which
Capital Securities are to be exchanged, together with accrued and unpaid
interest thereon plus an amount in cash in lieu of any fractional Capital
Securities, the Holder of such Security shall surrender such Security (with, if
the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly
executed by,
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the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) to the Exchange
Agent at the place or places specified in the notice prescribed in Section
1303(a).
(f) Capital Securities shall be deemed to be exchanged for Securities of
any series for which Capital Securities are to be exchanged, effective on the
Exchange Date therefor, in accordance with the provisions of this Article and
the terms of the Securities of such series, and at such time the rights of the
Holders of such Securities as such Holders shall cease (subject to any
additional terms of the Securities of any series established as provided in
Section 301) and the Person or Persons entitled to receive Capital Securities
issuable upon such exchange shall be treated for all purposes as the record
holder or holders of such Capital Securities at such time. The Company shall
cause the Exchange Agent to deliver, on and after the Exchange Date upon
surrender of any Security for purposes of exchange in accordance with Section
1304(e), a certificate or certificates for the Capital Securities issuable upon
such exchange, together with an amount in cash in lieu of any fractional Capital
Securities and (subject to Section 307) accrued and unpaid interest.
Section 1305. Deposit of Exchange Price.
At least 90 days prior to the Exchange Date for the Securities of any
series for which Capital Securities are to be exchanged, the Company shall
appoint an Exchange Agent and, on or prior to the Exchange Date for the
Securities of such series, the Company shall deposit with the Exchange Agent in
trust or, if the Company shall be the Exchange Agent, segregate and hold in
trust, for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, certificates for the
Capital Securities issuable upon such exchange and an amount in cash which
together are sufficient to pay the Exchange Price of and (subject to Section
307) accrued and unpaid interest to the Exchange Date on all of the Securities
of such series or portions thereof for which Capital Securities are to be
exchanged on the Exchange Date, plus an amount in cash in lieu of any fractional
Capital Securities. Upon the deposit of such certificates and cash with the
Exchange Agent, the Exchange Agent shall notify the Trustee in writing of such
deposit, and the Trustee shall be protected in relying on such notice, subject
to Section 601, for all purposes of this Indenture, including, but not limited
to, Section 401.
The Company will cause the Exchange Agent to execute and deliver to the
Trustee an instrument in which such Exchange Agent shall agree with the Trustee,
or if the Trustee shall be the Exchange Agent, the Trustee hereby agrees that,
subject to the provisions of this Section, such Exchange Agent will:
(1) hold all certificates for Capital Securities and all amounts of
cash held by it for delivery and payment pursuant to this Article in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such certificates
shall be delivered and such cash shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any
such deposit; and
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(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith deliver to the Trustee all
certificates for Capital Securities and pay to the Trustee all amounts of
cash so held pursuant to this Article in trust by such Exchange Agent.
Such instrument may also designate one or more officers of the Exchange Agent to
receive notices pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 1204 and the office
of the Exchange Agent at which such notices shall be received.
Any certificates for Capital Securities or amounts of cash deposited with
the Exchange Agent pursuant to this Article in trust as hereinabove provided
which (i) shall not be delivered and paid to the Holders of any Security because
the Company shall not be obligated to make or cause to be made the delivery or
payment thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or if such Security
shall be delivered or repaid, as the case may be, to the Company on Company
Request or (ii) shall remain unclaimed by the Holder of any Security for two
years after the same shall have been so deposited with the Exchange Agent shall
be delivered or repaid, as the case may be, to the Company on Company Request,
or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security who was entitled thereto shall thereafter look only to
the Company for delivery or payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
the Exchange Agent (other than the Company) with respect to such certificates or
cash, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or the Exchange Agent, before being
required to make any such delivery or repayment, may at the expense of the
Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such
certificates or cash remain unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein,
which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such certificates or cash then remaining will be delivered
or repaid, as the case may be, to the Company.
Section 1306. Securities Due on Exchange Date; Securities Exchanged in
Part.
The Securities of any series for which Capital Securities are to be
exchanged shall, on the Exchange Date for the Securities of such series, become
due and payable at the Exchange Price therein specified, and from and after the
Exchange Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Exchange
Price and accrued and unpaid interest) such Securities or portions thereof for
which Capital Securities are to be exchanged shall cease to bear interest. Upon
surrender of any such Security for purposes of such exchange, such Security
shall be paid by the Company, or Capital Securities shall be exchanged therefor,
at the Exchange Price, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the Exchange
Date (subject to Section 307), plus an amount in cash in lieu of any fractional
Capital Securities.
If any Security of any series for which the notice prescribed in Section
1303(a) is duly given shall not be so paid, or if Capital Securities shall not
be exchanged therefor, upon surrender thereof for purposes of such exchange, the
principal shall, until paid, or until Capital
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Securities shall be exchanged for such principal, bear interest from the
Exchange Date at the rate prescribed therefor in such Security.
Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 1304(e) of
any Security for which Capital Securities are to be exchanged only in part, the
Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and there shall be
delivered to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security
or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by
such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered for which Capital
Securities have not been exchanged; provided that in the case of such surrender
of any Security for which Capital Securities are to be exchanged only in part
pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 1302, the Company shall execute, the
Trustee shall authenticate and there shall be delivered (or, if not delivered,
there shall be deemed to be delivered), on behalf of the Holder of such Security
(without service charge), to a place where Securities of such series may be
surrendered for redemption pursuant to Section 1108, a new Security or
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination selected by the
Bank, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of
the principal of the Security so surrendered for which Capital Securities have
not been exchanged, and such new Security or Securities when so delivered (or
deemed to be delivered) shall be deemed to be surrendered on the Redemption Date
in accordance with Section 1106 or 1107 for redemption pursuant to Section 1108.
Section 1307. Form of Capital Security Election Form.
The form of Capital Security Election Form shall be substantially as
follows, with such additions, deletions or changes thereto as may be approved by
the Company.
CAPITAL SECURITY ELECTION FORM
To: [Insert Name and Address of Exchange Agent]
The undersigned Holder of [Insert title of Securities]
("Securities") of The Chase Manhattan Corporation hereby elects to receive
on the Exchange Date determined pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Indenture dated as of September 1, 1993 ("Indenture") between The Chase
Manhattan Corporation and Chemical Bank, Trustee, and referred to in the
notice of exchange delivered to the undersigned with this Capital Security
Election Form, Capital Securities (as defined in the Indenture),
registered in the name of the undersigned Holder, in exchange for all, or
the portion of the principal stated below, of such Securities. As stated
in the notice of exchange delivered to the undersigned Holder, (i) Capital
Securities are to be exchanged for [Company to insert appropriate portion
of principal amount if partial exchange] of the principal amount of the
Securities held by the undersigned Holder and (ii) the undersigned Holder
shall receive Capital Securities with a Market Value (as defined in the
Indenture) equal to [Company to insert 100% of the principal amount or the
Applicable Percentage thereof] of the Securities for which Capital
Securities are being exchanged. Unless this Capital
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Security Election Form is received by the Exchange Agent named above at
the address shown above (or at any Office or Agency maintained for such
purpose as provided in Section 1002 of the Indenture or, if the Company
shall fail to maintain such office or agency, at the Corporate Trust
Office) on or prior to , 19 [the date 30 days subsequent to the giving of
the notice prescribed in Section 1303(a)], the undersigned Holder will be
deemed to have elected to participate in the sale of the Holder's Capital
Securities in the Secondary Offering and, as provided in the
above-mentioned notice of exchange, will receive cash on the Exchange Date
in an amount equal to [Company to insert 100% of the principal amount or
the Applicable Percentage thereof] of all Securities for which Capital
Securities are being exchanged owned by the Holder. All terms used herein
and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the
Indenture.
Dated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Name of Holder
Section 1308. Covenants of the Company.
(a) The Company agrees that all Capital Securities issued in exchange for
Securities will upon issuance be duly and validly issued and, if applicable,
fully paid and nonassessable. If any Capital Securities to be exchanged for
Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental
authority under any Federal or State law, or listing on any national securities
exchange, before such Capital Securities may be issued, the Company shall use
its best efforts to cause such Capital Securities to be duly registered or
approved or listed, as the case may be. The Company will pay any and all
transfer, stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or
delivery of Capital Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant hereto to the
same Holder.
(b) The Company unconditionally undertakes to sell, or cause to be sold,
in a Secondary Offering all Capital Securities to be exchanged for Securities of
any series held by Cash Election Holders of Securities of such series (and to
bear all expenses of such Secondary Offering, including underwriting discounts
and commissions and transfer, stamp and similar taxes) at the times and in the
manner required by this Indenture unless all Holders of the Securities of such
series have elected to receive Capital Securities on the related Exchange Date
or the amount of Optional Available Funds (and funds from any other source to
the extent approved by the Primary Federal Regulator) which the Company has
elected to apply to the payment of Securities of such series is sufficient to
pay the principal of all of the Securities of such series held by all Cash
Election Holders of the Securities of such series. The Company will effect each
Secondary Offering such that the closing of such Secondary Offering will occur
on or before the relevant Exchange Date.
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(c) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Holder for the
account of whom Capital Securities are being offered and sold in connection with
any Secondary Offering and the Trustee, the Exchange Agent and any underwriter,
agent or other similar Person from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities resulting from or based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any notice of
exchange, any offering memorandum or selling document or registration statement
relating to the Secondary Offering, any preliminary prospectus or prospectus
contained therein, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or resulting
from or based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or resulting from the Company's failure to comply with Section
1308(a); provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case
to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon any such untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or
alleged omission made therein (i) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder
specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof or (ii) because
of such Holder's failure to advise the Company in writing that any assumption
described in the Company's notice pursuant to Section 1303(a)(10) is incorrect.
In connection with any Secondary Offering, the Company agrees to obtain usual
and appropriate indemnification of any Holder for the account of whom Capital
Securities are being offered and sold in any Secondary Offering from any
underwriter, agent or other similar Person.
Section 1309. Revocation of Obligation to Exchange Capital Securities for
Securities.
The Company's obligation to exchange Capital Securities for Securities of
any series as provided in Section 1301 is absolute and unconditional; provided,
however, that such obligation may be revoked at the option of the Company at any
time on not less than 60 days' prior notice given in the manner provided in
Section 1303(b) to the Holders of Securities of such series, the Trustee and the
Exchange Agent, if the Company shall determine that the Securities of such
series do not constitute primary capital of the Company under applicable
regulations of the Primary Federal Regulator or if the Securities of such series
shall cease being treated as primary capital of the Company by the Primary
Federal Regulator or if approval of the Primary Federal Regulator is obtained
for such revocation and, in any such case, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee a certificate of an officer of the Company (which need not comply with
Section 102) to the effect that the Company has received an opinion of
independent counsel to such effect.
In the event that such obligation is revoked,
(a) the Company will pay the Securities of such series in cash from
any source at the principal amount thereof at the Stated Maturity thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of payment (subject to
Section 307), and
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(b) the Company may, at any time when pursuant to their terms the
Securities of such series are redeemable, on not less than 30 days' nor
more than 60 days' prior notice, redeem the Securities of such series, in
whole or in part, in accordance with Article Eleven and the terms of the
Securities of such series, for cash from any source at the Redemption
Price for the Securities of such series, plus accrued and unpaid interest
to the Redemption Date (subject to Sections 307 and 1106).
Section 1310. Optional Available Funds.
(a) With respect to the Securities of any series for which Capital
Securities are exchangeable, the Company may elect to create and establish an
identifiable fund on its books and records for certain funds of the same
character referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 1401 ("Optional
Available Funds") which at any time may be designated by the Company and used,
as provided in this Indenture or in the terms of the Securities of such series
established as provided in Section 301, to pay the principal of the Securities
of such series. The Company shall have no obligation (A) to create and establish
such a fund or (B) to designate the proceeds of the issuance of any Capital
Securities as Optional Available Funds or (C) to issue any Capital Securities
for such purpose or (D) to apply any Optional Available Funds to the payment of
any Securities. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this
Indenture or in the Securities of any series, neither funds designated as
Optional Available Funds nor any other property from time to time held as
Optional Available Funds shall be deemed to be for any purpose property of the
Holders of any Securities or trust funds and Optional Available Funds shall not
constitute security for the payment of any Securities.
(b) In lieu of, or in addition to, any exchange of Capital Securities for
Securities of any series, or any other payment of the principal of the
Securities of any series from Optional Available Funds (or funds from any other
source to the extent approved by the Primary Federal Regulator), which may be
made in accordance with the provisions of this Article, the Company may, at any
time when pursuant to their terms the Securities of such series are redeemable,
redeem the Securities of such series, in whole or in part, in accordance with
Article Eleven and the terms of the Securities of such series, for cash from
funds designated as Optional Available Funds for the Securities of such series
(or with funds from any other source to the extent approved by the Primary
Federal Regulator) at the Redemption Price for the Securities of such series,
plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to Sections 307
and 1106).
(c) Any Optional Available Funds remaining after redemption of all of the
Securities of the series for which such Optional Available Funds have been
designated or after payment (including the delivery of any Capital Securities
exchanged for the Securities of such series) in full of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of such series (or
provision for the payment thereof as provided in Article Four) shall be released
from such designation.
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Section 1311. Provision in Case of Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or
Transfer.
In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation), or in case of any conveyance or transfer
of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in
accordance with Section 801, the corporation formed by such consolidation or the
corporation into which the Company shall have been merged or the corporation
which shall have acquired by conveyance or transfer the property and assets of
the Company substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee an indenture supplemental hereto providing that the
Holder of each Security of any series for which Capital Securities are
exchangeable then Outstanding shall have the right thereafter to receive, in
accordance with the provisions of this Article Thirteen and the terms of the
Securities of such series, Capital Securities of such corporation on the
Exchange Date for such Security with a Market Value equal to the principal
amount (or the Applicable Percentage thereof) of such Security, together with
such amounts in cash as are provided in this Article Thirteen and the terms of
the Securities of such series. The above provisions of this Section shall
similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, conveyances or transfers.
Section 1312. Responsibility of Trustee.
The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to
any Holder of Securities of any series for which Capital Securities are to be
exchanged to determine the Market Value of any Capital Securities delivered in
exchange for Securities of such series and may rely on and shall be entitled to
receive prior to any Exchange Date for Securities of such series an Officers'
Certificate of the Company as to the Market Value of the Capital Securities
being exchanged for the Securities of such series and the amount of Capital
Securities being exchanged for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of
such series and stating that such Capital Securities qualify as Capital
Securities under the definition thereof contained in this Indenture. The Trustee
shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or
amount) of any Capital Securities which may at any time be issued or delivered
in exchange for any Security; and the Trustee does not make any representation
with respect thereto. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any failure of
the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any Capital Securities or Capital
Security certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any
Security for the purpose of exchange or to comply with any of the covenants of
the Company contained in this Article.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
AVAILABLE FUNDS
Section 1401. Available Funds.
"Available Funds" will consist of amounts equal to (i) the net proceeds
from the sale for cash from time to time of Capital Securities, (ii) the market
value, as determined by the Company, of Capital Securities issued from time to
time in exchange for other property, less the expenses to effect any such
exchanges and (iii) other funds which the regulations or other criteria of the
Primary Federal Regulator then permit in determining primary capital of the
Company, provided that (x) the Company has designated such amounts as Available
Funds on its books and records in the manner required by the Primary Federal
Regulator, and (y) there shall be deducted from Available Funds an amount equal
to the amount of any funds used to redeem or repay the Securities for which
Available Funds are required to be designated. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series,
neither funds designated as Available Funds nor any other property from time to
time held as Available Funds shall be deemed to be for any purpose property of
the Holders of any Securities or trust funds and Available Funds shall not
constitute security for the payment of any Securities.
Section 1402. Covenant of Company to Obtain Available Funds.
The Company hereby covenants and agrees with regard to the Securities of
any series for which Available Funds are required to be designated that (i) by
the Interest Payment Date which occurs on or next preceding the date when
one-third of the period from the original issue date of the Securities of such
series to their Stated Maturity has elapsed, it will have obtained Available
Funds in an amount that will equal at least one-third of the original aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series which, at such date, may be
treated for United States bank regulatory purposes as primary capital of the
Company (or such lesser amount as the Primary Federal Regulator may permit from
time to time), and will have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
to the foregoing effect, (ii) by the Interest Payment Date which occurs on or
next preceding the date when two-thirds of the Period from the original issue
date of the Securities of such series to their Stated Maturity has elapsed, it
will have obtained Available Funds in an amount that will equal at least
two-thirds of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such
series which, at such date, may be treated for United States bank regulatory
purposes as primary capital of the Company (or such lesser amount as the Primary
Federal Regulator may permit from time to time), and will have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect, and (iii) by 60 days
prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities of such series, it will have
obtained Available Funds in an amount that will equal not less than the original
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which, at such date,
may be treated for United States bank regulatory purposes as primary capital of
the Company (or such lesser amount as the Primary Federal Regulator may permit
from time to time), and will have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate to the foregoing effect; provided, however, that such covenant and
agreement shall be cancelled, and any amounts
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theretofore designated as Available Funds with regard to the Securities of such
series shall be released from such designation, in the event and to the extent
that the Primary Federal Regulator shall determine that any portion of the
indebtedness represented by the Securities of such series previously treated as
primary capital of the Company for United States bank regulatory purposes may
not thereafter be so treated or in the event and to the extent that the Company
shall have redeemed Securities of such series pursuant to the terms of
Securities of such series from a source other than amounts designated as
Available Funds.
Section 1403. Release of Available Funds upon Redemption or Payment.
Any Available Funds remaining after redemption of all of the Securities of
the series for which such Available Funds have been designated or after payment
in full of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all of the
Securities of such series (or provision for the payment thereof as provided in
Article Four) shall be released from such designation.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
REPAYMENT OPTION
Section 1501. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders
thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the
terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of
Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of
Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not
operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented
by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or
surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be
cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article
Fifteen, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange
for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment
bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders
of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an
amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of
such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of
such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is
so paid by such purchasers.
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1601. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time
and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series.
Section 1602. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series for any purpose specified in Section 1601, to be held at such time
and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in
London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series,
setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the
action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner
provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company (by a Board Resolution) or the Holders
of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities
of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1601, by written request
setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the
meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice
of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not
thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the
Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London for such meeting and
may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in
subsection (a) of this Section.
Section 1603. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
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Section 1604. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is
to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than 66
2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons
entitled to vote 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if
convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved.
In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of
such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 1602(a), except that such notice need be given only
once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled
to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
provided, however, that any resolution with respect to any consent or waiver
which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less
than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may
be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly convened and at which a
quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66
2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; and
provided, further, that any resolution with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned
meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons
appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at
the meeting.
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Section 1605. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the
appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of
proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other
matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.
Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding
of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104
or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or
guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to
certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed
valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1602(b), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A
permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, each Holder of
a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000
principal amount of Securities of such series held or represented by him;
provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in
respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman
of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no
right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1602 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 1606. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
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permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1602 and, if
applicable, Section 1604. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1701. Securities in Foreign Currencies.
Whenever this Indenture provides for any distribution to Holders of
Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of
Security of any particular series, any amount in respect of any Security
denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for the purpose of
any such distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such
amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with
respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such distribution
(or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably
proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution)
as the Company may specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence
of such written notice, as the Trustee may determine.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and
provided upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1993, and restatement of the Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] The Chase Manhattan Corporation
Attest:
/s/ [Illegible] By /s/ Arjun X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Arjun X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
and Treasurer
[SEAL] Chemical Bank,
as Trustee
Attest:
/s/ [Illegible] By /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: X.X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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STATE OF NEW YORK)
: SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK)
On the 31st day of August, 1993, before me personally came Arjun X.
Xxxxxxxx to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
a Executive Vice President and Treasurer of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
State of Delaware corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the
seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's seal; that it was so
affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said Corporation; and that he
signed his name thereto by like authority.
/s/ May Derzie
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
MAY DERZIE
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 4973471
Qualified in Nassau County
Certificate Filed in New York County
Commission Expires Oct. [Illegible]
STATE OF NEW YORK)
: SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK)
On the 31st day of August, 1993, before me personally came X.X. Xxxxxxxx
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a Vice
President of Chemical Bank, a banking corporation organized and existing under
the laws of State of New York, one of the persons described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the
seal affixed to said instrument is such corporation's seal; that it was so
affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he
signed his name thereto by like authority.
/s/ Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxx
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[NOTARIAL SEAL] Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01DE5013759
Qualified in Kings County
Certificate Filed in New York County
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