AGREEMENT OF RESIGNATION, APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE, dated as of January
31, 1992 by and among GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia and having its principal
office at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (the "Company"),
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a banking corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of New York and having its principal
corporate trust office at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the
"Resigning Trustee") and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking corporation the State
of New York principal corporate duly (the trust organized and existing under the
laws of "Successor Trustee") and having its office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the "Corporate Trust Office").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, there were(i) $250,000,000 9-1/2% Debentures due December 1, 2011,
(ii) $250,000,000 9-7/8% Xxxxxxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxx 0, 0000, (xxx) $250,000,000 10-
1/4% Debentures due September 15, 2018, (iv) $250,000,000 00-0/0% Xxxxxxxxxx xxx
Xxxxxx 0, 0000, (x) $300,000,000 10.10% Credit Sensitive Xxxxxxxxxx xxx Xxxx 00,
0000, (xx) originally authorized and issued $200,000,000 9-1/4% Notes due
October 1, 1993, and (vii) $300,000,000 10% Credit Sensitive Notes due June 15,
1997 under an Indenture dated as of March 1, 1983, by and between the Company
and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), a national banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America ("Chase"), as amended and supplemented by that certain First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 27, 1988, among the Company, Resigning
Trustee and Chase, whereby the parties thereto agreed, among other things, that
Resigning Trustee would act as Trustee under the Indenture for all series of
securities issued thereunder subsequent to July 27, 1988 (said Notes, Credit
Sensitive Debentures, Debentures, and Credit Sensitive Notes are hereinafter
collectively referred to as `Securities" and said Indenture, as amended, is
hereinafter referred to asthe "Indenture");
WHEREAS, Section 610(b) of the Indenture provides that the Trustee may at any
time resign by giving resignation to the Company. Section provides that such
resignation shall written notice of such 611(a) of the Indenture be effective
upon the acceptance by a successor Trustee of its appointment as a successor
Trustee;
WHEREAS, Section 610(e) of the Indenture provides that, if the Trustee
shall resign, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee;
WHEREAS, Section 611(a) of the Indenture provides that any successor
Trustee appointed in accordance with the Indenture shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment under the Indenture, and thereupon the resignation of
the predecessor Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed of conveyance, shall become vested with all
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, Resigning Trustee was appointed
Security Registrar and Paying Agent;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture, the Corporate Trust
Office of Resigning Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York was
designated as the Place of Payment with respect to principal and interest on the
Securities;
WHEREAS, the Company desires (i) to appoint Successor Trustee as
Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar to succeed Resigning Trustee under
the Indenture, and (ii) to designate the Corporate Trust Office of Successor
Trustee respect to the Securities;
WHEREAS, Successor Trustee is willing to accept such appointment as
Successor Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture and
such desigation of the Place of Payment; and
WHEREAS, Successor Trustee and Resigning Trustee have entered into a
Letter Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the "Letter Agreement"),
whereby the Resigning Trustee has agreed, among other things, to maintain
certain records with respect to the Indenture until notified by Successor
Trustee to discontinue such record maintenance;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee,
for and in consideration of the premises and of other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
hereby consent and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
THE RESIGNING TRUSTEE
SECTION 1.1. Pursuant to Section 610(b) of the Indenture, Resigning
Trustee hereby notifies the Company that Resigning Trustee is hereby resigning
as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture.
SECTION 1.2. Resigning Trustee hereby warrants to Successor Trustee
that:
(a) No covenant or condition contained in the Indenture has been waived by
Resigning Trustee or, to the best of the knowledge of the Responsible Officers
of Resigning Trustee's corporate trust department, by the Holders of the
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities required by the
Indenture to effect any such waiver.
(b) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the best of the
knowledge of the Responsible Officers assigned to Resigning Trustee's corporate
trust department, threatened against Resigning Trustee before any court or any
governmental authority arising out of any action or omission by Resigning
Trustee as Trustee under the Indenture.
(c) As of the effective date of this Agreement, Resigning Trustee will
hold no moneys or property under the Indenture other than money held to honor
checks issued by Resigning Trustee for payment of interest on or prior to
February 1, 1992. Pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 1003 of the
Indenture, Resigning Trustee shall pay to the Company, upon receipt of a Company
Request, any moneys held by Resigning Trustee that remain unclaimed three years
after the due date for principal or interest with respect to which such moneys
were paid to the Resigning Trustee.
(d) Pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture and subsequent to July 27,
1988, Resigning Trustee duly authenticated and delivered the Securities, all of
which are outstanding as of the effective date hereof.
(e) Each person who so authenticated the Securities was duly elected,
qualified and acting as an
officer of Resigning Trustee and empowered to authenticate the Securities at the
respective times of such authentication and the signature of such person or
persons appearing on such Securities is each such person's genuine signature.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on
behalf of Resigning Trustee and constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation.
(g) To the best of the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the
Resigning Trustee's corporate trust department, no event has occurred and is
continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of
Default under Section 501 of the Indenture.
SECTION 1.3. Resigning Trustee hereby assigns, transfers, delivers and
confirms to Successor Trustee all right, title and interest of Resigning Trustee
in and to the trust under the Indenture and all the rights, powers and trusts of
the Trustee under the Indenture. Resigning Trustee shall execute and deliver
such further instruments and shall do such other things as Successor Trustee may
reasonably require so as to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in
Successor Trustee all the rights, trusts and powers hereby assigned,
transferred, delivered and confirmed to Successor Trustee as Trustee and Paying
Agent and Security Registrar.
SECTION 1.4. Resigning Trustee shall deliver to Successor Trustee, as
of or promptly after the effective date hereof, all of the documents listed on
Exhibit A hereto.
SECTION 1.5. Notwithstanding the resignation of Resigning Trustee as
Paying Agent as provided in Section 2.2 hereof, the Resigning Trustee shall
serve as Paying Agent with respect to the interest payment due on February 1,
1992 on the $250,000,000 10-1/2% Debentures due August 1, 2018.
ARTICLE 2.
THE COMPANY
SECTION 2.1. The Company hereby accepts the resignation of Resigning
Trustee as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture.
SECTION 2.2. The Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company who is
attesting to the execution of this Agreement by the Company hereby certifies
that Exhibit B annexed hereto is a copy of the Board Resolutions which were duly
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, which are in full force and
effect on the date hereof, and which authorize certain officers of the Company
to (a) accept Resigning Trustee's resignation as Trustee, Paying Agent and
Security Registrar under the Indenture; (b) appoint Successor Trustee as
Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture; (c) execute
and deliver such agreements and other instruments as may be necessary or
desirable succession of Successor Trustee as Trustee, Security Registrar under
the Indenture.
SECTION 2.3. With respect to the Securities, the Company hereby appoints
Successor Trustee as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the
Indenture to succeed to, and hereby vests Successor Trustee with, all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of Resigning Trustee under the Indenture with
like effect as if originally named as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security
Registrar in the Indenture. The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust
Office of the Successor Trustee as the Place of Payment.
SECTION 2.4. The Company hereby directs the Resigning Trustee to send a
notice, promptly after the effective date of this Agreement, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C annexed hereto, and at the Company's expense, to each
Holder of the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 610(f) of
the Indenture.
SECTION 2.5. The Company hereby represents and warrants to Resigning
Trustee and Successor Trustee that:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly and validly organized and
existing pursuant to the laws of the State of Georgia.
(b) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
on behalf of Company and constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation.
(c) All conditions precedent relating to the appointment of The Bank
of New York as successor Trustee, Paying Agent and Security
Registrar under the Indenture have been complied with by the
Company.
ARTICLE 3.
THE SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1. Successor Trustee hereby represents and warrants to
Resigning Trustee and to the Company that:
(a) Successor Trustee is not disqualified under the provisions of
Section 608 and is eligible under the provisions of Section 609
of the Indenture to act as Trustee under the Indenture.
(b) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
on behalf of Successor Trustee and constitutes its legal, valid
and binding obligation.
SECTION 3.2. Successor Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as
successor Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture and
accepts the rights, powers, duties and obligations of Resigning Trustee as
Trustee, Security Registrar, under the conditions set forth therein, with named
as Trustee, Paying Agent Security Registrar under the Indenture
SECTION 3.3. References herein and in the Indenture to `Corporate Trust
Office' or other similar terms shall be deemed to refer to the Corporate Trust
Office of Successor Trustee at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or
any other office of
ARTICLE 4.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 4.1. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless
the context otherwise requires, all terms used herein which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 4.2. This Agreement and the resignation, appointment and
acceptance effected hereby shall be effective as of the opening of business on
February 1, 1992.
SECTION 4.3. The Company herewith confirms its obligations to pay the
Resigning Trustee its unpaid fees for services up to the effective date hereof,
and to continue to be responsible for any future services, if necessary, even if
such services are requested by the Successor Trustee. Resigning Trustee
acknowledges that it relinquishes any lien it may have upon all property or
funds held or collected by it to secure any amounts due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section 607 of the Indenture. The Company acknowledges its
obligation set forth in Section 607 of the Indenture to indemnify Resigning
Trustee for, and to hold Resigning Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability
and expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Resigning Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the administration of
the trust evidenced by the obligation shall survive the execution hereof).
SECTION 4.4. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction which govern the Indenture.
SECTION 4.5. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 4.6. The Company, Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee
hereby acknowledge receipt of an executed and acknowledged counterpart of this
Agreement and the effectiveness thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby have caused this Agreement of
Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance to be duly executed and acknowledged and
their respective seals to be affixed hereunto and duly attested all as of the
day and year first above written.
[SEAL] GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, the Company
By:
Name:
Title:
Attest:
[SEAL] XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as Resigning Trustee
By:
Attest:
Name:
Title:
[SEAL] THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Successor Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
