AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT among WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION, as Sponsor THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Property Trustee THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), as Delaware Trustee and THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN Dated as of June 20, 2007...
Exhibit 4.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
among
XXXXXXX FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor
as Sponsor
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Property Trustee
as Property Trustee
and
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
Dated as of June 20, 2007
XXXXXXX CAPITAL TRUST IV
Certain Sections of this Trust Agreement relating to Sections 310 through 318
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust | ||||
Trust Indenture | Agreement | |||
Act Section | Section | |||
(§)310 |
(a)(1) | 8.7 | ||
(a)(2) | 8.7 | |||
(a)(3) | 8.9 | |||
(a)(4) | 2.7(a)(ii) | |||
(b) | 8.8 | |||
(§)311 |
(a) | 8.13 | ||
(b) | 8.13 | |||
(§)312 |
(a) | 5.8 | ||
(b) | 5.8 | |||
(c) | 5.8 | |||
(§)313 |
(a) | 8.15(a) | ||
(a)(4) | 8.15(b) | |||
(b) | 8.15(b) | |||
(c) | 10.7 | |||
(d) | 8.15(c) | |||
(§)314 |
(a) | 8.16 | ||
(b) | Not Applicable | |||
(c)(1) | 8.17 | |||
(c)(2) | 8.17 | |||
(c)(3) | Not Applicable | |||
(d) | Not Applicable | |||
(e) | 1.1, 8.17 | |||
(§)315 |
(a) | 8.1(a), 8.3(a) | ||
(b) | 8.2, 10.8 | |||
(c) | 8.1(d) | |||
(d) | 8.1, 8.3 | |||
(e) | 10.1 | |||
(§)316 |
(a)(1)(A) | 8.1(e)(iv) | ||
(a)(1)(B) | 5.13(b) | |||
(a)(2) | Not Applicable | |||
(b) | 5.13 | |||
(c) | 6.7 | |||
(§)317 |
(a)(1) | Not Applicable | ||
(a)(2) | Not Applicable | |||
(b) | 5.10 | |||
(§)318 |
(a) | 10.9 |
Note: | This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Trust Agreement. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS | ||||||||||
Section 1.1 | Definitions | 1 | ||||||||
ARTICLE II. CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST | ||||||||||
Section 2.1 | Name | 10 | ||||||||
Section 2.2 | Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business | 11 | ||||||||
Section 2.3 | Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses | 11 | ||||||||
Section 2.4 | Issuance of the Preferred Securities | 11 | ||||||||
Section 2.5 | Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Notes | 11 | ||||||||
Section 2.6 | Continuation of Trust | 12 | ||||||||
Section 2.7 | Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions | 12 | ||||||||
Section 2.8 | Assets of Trust | 16 | ||||||||
Section 2.9 | Title to Trust Property | 16 | ||||||||
ARTICLE III. PAYMENT ACCOUNT | ||||||||||
Section 3.1 | Payment Account | 16 | ||||||||
ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION | ||||||||||
Section 4.1 | Distributions | 17 | ||||||||
Section 4.2 | Redemption | 18 | ||||||||
Section 4.3 | Subordination of Common Securities | 20 | ||||||||
Section 4.4 | Payment Procedures | 21 | ||||||||
Section 4.5 | Tax Returns and Reports | 21 | ||||||||
Section 4.6 | Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust | 21 | ||||||||
Section 4.7 | Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions | 21 | ||||||||
Section 4.8 | Liability of the Holder of Common Securities | 22 |
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ARTICLE V. TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES | ||||||||||
Section 5.1 | Initial Ownership | 22 | ||||||||
Section 5.2 | The Trust Securities Certificates | 22 | ||||||||
Section 5.3 | Execution, Delivery and Authentication of Trust Securities Certificates | 23 | ||||||||
Section 5.4 | Book-Entry Preferred Securities | 24 | ||||||||
Section 5.5 | Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates | 25 | ||||||||
Section 5.6 | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates | 26 | ||||||||
Section 5.7 | Persons Deemed Holders | 27 | ||||||||
Section 5.8 | Access to List of Holders’ Names and Addresses | 27 | ||||||||
Section 5.9 | Maintenance of Office or Agency | 28 | ||||||||
Section 5.10 | Appointment of Paying Agent | 28 | ||||||||
Section 5.11 | Ownership of Common Securities by Sponsor | 28 | ||||||||
Section 5.12 | Notices to Clearing Agency | 29 | ||||||||
Section 5.13 | Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults | 29 | ||||||||
ARTICLE VI. ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING | ||||||||||
Section 6.1 | Limitations on Voting Rights | 31 | ||||||||
Section 6.2 | Notice of Meetings | 32 | ||||||||
Section 6.3 | Meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities | 32 | ||||||||
Section 6.4 | Voting Rights | 32 | ||||||||
Section 6.5 | Proxies, etc | 32 | ||||||||
Section 6.6 | Holder Action by Written Consent | 33 | ||||||||
Section 6.7 | Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes | 33 | ||||||||
Section 6.8 | Acts of Holders | 33 | ||||||||
Section 6.9 | Inspection of Records | 34 | ||||||||
ARTICLE VII. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||||||||
Section 7.1 | Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee | 34 | ||||||||
Section 7.2 | Representations and Warranties of Sponsor | 35 | ||||||||
ARTICLE VIII. THE ISSUER TRUSTEES | ||||||||||
Section 8.1 | Certain Duties and Responsibilities | 36 | ||||||||
Section 8.2 | Certain Notices | 38 | ||||||||
Section 8.3 | Certain Rights of Property Trustee | 39 |
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Section 8.4 | Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities | 41 | ||||||||
Section 8.5 | May Hold Securities | 41 | ||||||||
Section 8.6 | Compensation; Indemnity; Fees | 42 | ||||||||
Section 8.7 | Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Issuer Trustees | 43 | ||||||||
Section 8.8 | Conflicting Interests | 43 | ||||||||
Section 8.9 | Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee | 43 | ||||||||
Section 8.10 | Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 45 | ||||||||
Section 8.11 | Acceptance of Appointment by Successor | 46 | ||||||||
Section 8.12 | Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business | 47 | ||||||||
Section 8.13 | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Sponsor or Issuer Trust | 47 | ||||||||
Section 8.14 | Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 47 | ||||||||
Section 8.15 | Reports by Property Trustee | 48 | ||||||||
Section 8.16 | Reports to the Property Trustee | 48 | ||||||||
Section 8.17 | Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent | 49 | ||||||||
Section 8.18 | Number of Issuer Trustees | 49 | ||||||||
Section 8.19 | Delegation of Power | 49 | ||||||||
ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER | ||||||||||
Section 9.1 | Termination | 49 | ||||||||
Section 9.2 | Termination Events | 50 | ||||||||
Section 9.3 | Termination of Obligations | 50 | ||||||||
Section 9.4 | Liquidation | 50 | ||||||||
Section 9.5 | Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Issuer Trust | 52 | ||||||||
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||||||||||
Section 10.1 | Limitation of Rights of Holders | 53 | ||||||||
Section 10.2 | Amendment | 53 | ||||||||
Section 10.3 | Separability | 55 | ||||||||
Section 10.4 | Governing Law | 55 | ||||||||
Section 10.5 | Successors | 55 | ||||||||
Section 10.6 | Headings | 55 | ||||||||
Section 10.7 | Reports, Notices and Demands | 55 | ||||||||
Section 10.8 | Agreement Not to Petition | 56 | ||||||||
Section 10.9 | Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 56 | ||||||||
Section 10.10 | Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee Agreement and Indenture | 57 | ||||||||
Section 10.11 | Force Majeure | 57 | ||||||||
Section 10.12 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 57 | ||||||||
Exhibit A | Certificate of Trust | |||||||||
Exhibit B | Form of Common Securities Certificate |
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Exhibit C | Form of Preferred Securities Certificate |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of June 20, 2007 among XXXXXXX FINANCIAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (including any successors or assigns, the “Sponsor”), THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, as property trustee (in such capacity, the “Property Trustee”), THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(DELAWARE), as Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the “Delaware Trustee”), Xxxxxx X. Plush, an
individual, R. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, an individual, and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, an individual, each of whose
address is c/o Webster Financial Corporation, Xxxxxxx Plaza, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (each an “Administrative Trustee” and collectively the “Administrative Trustees”)
(the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees being referred to
collectively as the “Issuer Trustees”), and the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, a statutory trust under the name “Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV” was established pursuant
to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and the Trust Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2004 (the
"Original Trust Agreement”), and by the execution and filing by the Delaware Trustee with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, filed on February 6, 2004,
attached as Exhibit A;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement in its
entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance and sale of the
Common Securities by the Issuer Trust to the Sponsor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Preferred
Securities by the Issuer Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (iii) the acquisition by
the Issuer Trust from the Sponsor of all of the right, title and interest in the Notes;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of the Holders,
hereby amends and restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) All other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly
or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) The words “include”, “includes” and “including” are deemed to be followed by the phrase
“without limitation”;
(d) All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term “generally accepted
accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean
such accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States at the date or time of
such computation; provided that when two or more principles are so generally accepted, it shall
mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by the Sponsor;
(e) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article”, a “Section” or an
“Exhibit” refers to an Article, a Section or an Exhibit, as the case may be, of or to this Trust
Agreement; and
(f) The words “hereby”, “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
“Act” has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
“Additional Amount” means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation Amount
and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture) paid by the
Sponsor on a Like Amount of Notes for such period.
“Additional Sums” has the meaning specified in Section 10.6 of the Indenture.
“Administrative Trustee” means each of the individuals identified as an “Administrative
Trustee” in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in such individual’s capacity as
Administrative Trustee of the Issuer Trust and not in such individual’s individual capacity, or
such Administrative Trustee’s successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee
appointed as herein provided.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a
Book-Entry Preferred Security, the rules and procedures of the Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry
Preferred Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from
time to time.
“Authorized Officer” of any Person means any officer of such Person or any Person authorized
by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises judging such
Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
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reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in respect of such Person under
any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of
such Person or of any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of
its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent,
or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the
consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of
its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission
by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its willingness
to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in furtherance of
any such action.
“Bankruptcy Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 10.8.
“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Sponsor or any committee of
that board duly authorized to act hereunder.
“Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate” means a Preferred Securities Certificate
evidencing ownership of Book-Entry Preferred Securities.
“Book-Entry Preferred Security” means a Preferred Security, the ownership and transfers of
which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.4.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any other day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York, Waterbury, Connecticut, or Wilmington, Delaware are authorized
or required by any applicable law or executive order to remain closed; provided that, with respect
to the Floating Rate Period, such day is also a London Business Day.
“Certificate Depository Agreement” means the Issuer Letter of Representations between the
Issuer Trust and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency, dated as of the Closing Date.
“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section
17A of the Exchange Act. DTC will be the initial Clearing Agency.
“Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or
other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges
of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
“Closing Date” means the Time of Delivery, which date is also the date of execution and
delivery of this Trust Agreement.
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“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Common Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Common Securities,
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.
“Common Securities Subscription Agreement” means the subscription agreement executed and
delivered by the Sponsor and the Issuer Trust contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor will agree to buy and the Issuer Trust will
agree to sell the Common Securities.
“Common Security” means a common undivided beneficial interest in assets of the Issuer Trust,
having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust
Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution to the
extent provided herein.
“Corporate Trust Office” means (i) when used with respect to the Property Trustee, the office
of the Property Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at The Bank of New York, 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration, and
(ii) when used with respect to the Note Trustee, the principal office of the Note Trustee located
at The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 10286, Attn:
Corporate Trust Administration.
“Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates” means either or both (as the context requires)
of (i) Preferred Securities Certificates issued as Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates as
provided in Section 5.2 or 5.4, and (ii) Preferred Securities Certificates issued in certificated,
fully registered form as provided in Section 5.2, 5.4 or 5.5.
“Delaware Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12
Del. Code § 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
“Delaware Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Delaware Trustee” in the preamble to
this Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Delaware
Trustee appointed as herein provided.
“Distribution Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
“Distributions” means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in
Section 4.1.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“Event of Default” means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such event
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
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pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Note Event of Default; or
(b) default by the Issuer Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes due and
payable, and continuation of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(c) default by the Issuer Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any Trust Security
when it becomes due and payable; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or
warranty of the Issuer Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than those specified in
clause (b) or (c) above) and continuation of such default or breach for a period of 90 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer Trustees and to
the Sponsor by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
or
(e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Property Trustee if a successor
Property Trustee has not been appointed within 90 days thereof.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any successor statute thereto, in
each case as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as from
time to time constituted, or if at any time after the execution of this Trust Agreement the Federal
Reserve is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it, then the bodies performing
such duties at such time, or the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, or any successor Federal reserve
bank having primary jurisdiction over the Sponsor.
“Final Repayment Date” has the meaning specified in the Indenture (as such date may be
extended pursuant to the terms of the Indenture).
“Fixed Rate Period” means the period from and including June 20, 2007 to but excluding June
15, 2017.
“Floating Rate Period” means the period from and including June 15, 2017 to but excluding the
date on which the Notes are repaid.
“Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Sponsor and
The Bank of New York, as guarantee trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the holders of the Preferred Securities, as amended from
time to time.
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“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust Securities are registered in
the Securities Register; any such Person shall be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
“Indenture” means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of June 20, 2007, as
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of June 20, 2007, between the
Sponsor and the Note Trustee, as trustee, as further amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any successor statute
thereto, in each case as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Issuer Trust” means the Delaware statutory trust known as “Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV” which
was formed on February 6, 2004 under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act pursuant to the Original
Trust Agreement and the filing of the Certificate of Trust, and continued pursuant to this Trust
Agreement.
“Issuer Trustees” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
“Junior Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement” means the note purchase agreement executed and
delivered by the Sponsor and the Issuer Trust contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor will agree to issue and the Issuer Trust will
agree to purchase the Notes.
“Lien” means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, adverse ownership
interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest or preference, priority or other security
agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.
“Like Amount” means (a) with respect to a redemption of any Trust Securities, Trust Securities
having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of Notes to be contemporaneously redeemed
or repaid in accordance with the Indenture, the proceeds of which will be used to pay the
Redemption Price of such Trust Securities, (b) with respect to a distribution of Notes to Holders
of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the Issuer Trust, Notes
having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to
whom such Notes are distributed, and (c) with respect to any distribution of Additional Amounts to
Holders of Trust Securities, Notes having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities in respect of which such distribution is made.
“Liquidation Amount” means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust Security.
“Liquidation Date” means the date of the dissolution of the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section
9.4.
“Liquidation Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
“London Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks are open for general business
(including dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars) in London.
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“Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities” or “Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Common Securities” means, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, Preferred
Securities or Common Securities, as the case may be, representing more than 50% of the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of all then Outstanding Preferred Securities or then Outstanding Common
Securities, as the case may be.
“Note Event of Default” has the meaning given to the term “Event of Default” in the Indenture.
“Note Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Notes to be redeemed under the Indenture,
the date fixed for redemption of such Notes under the Indenture.
“Note Repayment Date” means a Repayment Date as defined in the Indenture.
“Note Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Trustee” in the Indenture, solely in its
capacity as Trustee pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual capacity, or its successor
in interest in such capacity, or any successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Indenture.
“Notes” means the Sponsor’s 7.65% Fixed to Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, issued
pursuant to the Indenture.
“Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any person, a certificate signed by any two
Authorized Officers of such Person. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement by each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate that such officer has read
the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken
by such officer in rendering the Officers’ Certificate;
(c) a statement that such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such
officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such officer, such condition or covenant
has been complied with.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for or an employee
of the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Property Trustee.
“Original Trust Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Trust Agreement.
“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Trust Securities, means, as of any date of
determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed, authenticated and delivered under this
Trust Agreement, except:
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(a) Trust Securities theretofore cancelled by the Property Trustee or delivered to the
Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent; provided that, if such
Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant
to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Trust Securities that have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Trust
Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.11;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of
the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred Securities owned by the Sponsor, any Issuer Trustee
or any Affiliate of the Sponsor or of any Issuer Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Issuer Trustee shall be protected in
relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Preferred Securities that such Issuer Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded, and (b)
the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the outstanding Preferred Securities are
owned by the Sponsor, one or more of the Issuer Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred
Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee’s right so to
act with respect to such Preferred Securities and that the pledgee is not the Sponsor or any
Affiliate of the Sponsor. Upon the written request of the Property Trustee or the Note Trustee not
more frequently than once in any calendar quarter, the Sponsor shall furnish to such trustee
promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Preferred Securities, if any, known
by the Sponsor to be owned by, held by, or for the account of the Sponsor, any Issuer Trustee or
any Affiliate of the Sponsor or of any Issuer Trustee, and subject to the provisions of Section
8.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of
the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding
for the purpose of any such determination.
“Owner” means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry Preferred Securities as
reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a Clearing Agency Participant is not the
Owner, then as reflected in the records of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing
Agency (directly or indirectly, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
“Paying Agent” means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.10
and shall initially be The Bank of New York.
“Payment Account” means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust account maintained
by or on behalf of the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders in which all amounts paid in
respect of the Notes will be held and from which the Property Trustee, through the Paying Agent,
shall make payments to the Holders in accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
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“Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint stock company, company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any
other entity of whatever nature.
“Preferred Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred
Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
“Preferred Security” means a preferred undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the
Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the rights provided therefor in this
Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution to the
extent provided herein.
“Property Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Property Trustee” in the preamble to
this Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, or any initial or subsequent successor in interest in such capacity appointed
as herein provided.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus, dated June 13, 2007, of the Sponsor and the Issuer Trust
relating to the offering of the Preferred Securities.
“Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for
such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided that each Note Redemption Date and
Note Repurchase Date and the Final Repayment Date on which Notes shall be repaid by the Sponsor in
any aggregate principal amount shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.
“Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Trust Security, the Liquidation Amount of such
Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related
amount of the premium, if any, paid by the Sponsor upon the concurrent redemption or other
repayment of a Like Amount of Notes.
“Relevant Trustee” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Property Trustee, any officer
within the corporate trust department of the Property Trustee, including any vice president,
assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other
officer of the Property Trustee who customarily performs functions 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 such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement.
“Scheduled Maturity Date” has the meaning specified in the Indenture (as such date may be
extended pursuant to the terms of the Indenture).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, and any successor statute thereto, in each
case as amended and in effect from time to time.
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“Securities Register” and “Securities Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 5.5.
“Sponsor” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
“Termination Event” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
“Time of Delivery” has the meaning specified in the Underwriting Agreement.
“Trust Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as the same may be
modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, including
(i) all exhibits, and (ii) for all purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification,
amendment or supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the
date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trust Property” means (a) the Notes, (b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment
Account, and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing and any other property and
assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to this Trust
Agreement.
“Trust Securities Certificate” means any one of the Common Securities Certificates or the
Preferred Securities Certificates.
“Trust Security” means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred Securities.
“Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated June 13, 2007, among the
Issuer Trust, the Sponsor and the Underwriters named therein.
“Underwriters” means the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement.
ARTICLE II.
CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST
Section 2.1. Name.
The trust established under the Original Trust Agreement and continued hereby shall be known
as “Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV”, as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative
Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Issuer Trustees,
in which name the Issuer Trustees may conduct the business of the Issuer Trust, make and execute
contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Issuer Trust and xxx and be sued.
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Section 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division, or such other address in the
State of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders, the
Sponsor, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. The principal executive office of
the Issuer Trust is c/o Webster Financial Corporation, Xxxxxxx Plaza, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000.
Section 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses.
The Sponsor deposited the sum of $10 in connection with the Original Trust Agreement, which
constituted the initial Trust Property. The Sponsor shall pay the organizational expenses of the
Issuer Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Issuer Trustee, promptly reimburse such
Issuer Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Issuer Trustee. The Sponsor shall make no claim
upon the Trust Property for the payment of such expenses.
Section 2.4. Issuance of the Preferred Securities.
On June 13, 2007, the Sponsor, both on its own behalf and on behalf of the Issuer Trust
pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement, which
action is hereby authorized, approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects. Contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Issuer Trust, shall execute in accordance with Sections 5.2 and 5.3 and deliver to the Property
Trustee for authentication, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver to the
Underwriters, a Preferred Securities Certificate, registered in the name of the nominee of the
initial Clearing Agency as set forth in Section 5.2(b), evidencing an aggregate of 200,000
Preferred Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $200,000,000, against receipt of the
aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $199,344,000, by the Property Trustee. On
any one or more dates after the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement additional Preferred
Securities Certificates representing Preferred Securities may be issued in accordance with Section
5.3, registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, against receipt by the
Property Trustee of the purchase price that is determined by the Sponsor.
Section 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Notes.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an Administrative
Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall execute in accordance with Sections 5.2 and 5.3 and
the Property Trustee shall deliver to the Sponsor, Common Securities Certificates, registered in
the name of the Sponsor, evidencing an aggregate of 10 Common Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of $10,000, against receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such Common
Securities of $10,000 by the Property Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative
Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall subscribe for and purchase from the Sponsor the
Notes, registered in the name of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Issuer Trust and having an
aggregate principal amount equal to $200,010,000 and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for
such Notes, the Property Trustee, on
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behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall deliver to the Sponsor the sum of $199,354,000.00 (being the
sum of the amounts delivered to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) the second sentence of Section
2.4, and (ii) the first sentence of this Section 2.5). In connection with any subsequent issuance
of Preferred Securities as set forth in the last sentence of Section 2.4, an Administrative
Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall contemporaneously with any such additional issuance,
subscribe to and purchase from the Sponsor Notes, registered in the name of the Issuer Trust,
having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Preferred
Securities being issued by the Issuer Trust pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.4 against
payment of a purchase price equal to the aggregate purchase prices of the Preferred Securities
being so issued.
Section 2.6. Continuation of Trust.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Issuer Trust are (a) to issue and sell Trust
Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Notes, and (b) to engage in those
activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Sponsor hereby reaffirms the appointment of the
Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees as trustees of the Issuer
Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the respective
Issuer Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it will
hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the
benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders. The Administrative Trustees shall have all rights,
powers and duties set forth herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to
accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer Trust. The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to
exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of
the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be
one of the trustees of the Issuer Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the
requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and for taking such actions as are
required to be taken by a Delaware trustee under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
Section 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Issuer Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust in accordance with the
terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this
Section, and in accordance with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Issuer Trustees shall
have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Issuer Trustees
to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Issuer
Trustees, as the case may be, under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance
thereof, including, without limitation, the following:
(i) As among the Issuer Trustees, each Administrative Trustee, acting singly or
collectively, shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Issuer Trust with
respect to the following matters:
(A) the preparation and filing by the Issuer Trust with the Commission and the
execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of a registration statement on the
appropriate form in relation to the Preferred Securities, including any
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amendments thereto and the taking of any action necessary or desirable to sell
the Preferred Securities in a transaction or a series of transactions pursuant
thereto;
(B) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
(C) causing the Issuer Trust to perform the transactions contemplated by and
its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement and causing the Issuer Trust to
enter into, and to execute, deliver and perform the Common Securities Subscription
Agreement, the Junior Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement and the Certificate
Depository Agreement and such other agreements as may be necessary or desirable in
connection with the purposes and function of the Issuer Trust;
(D) assisting in the registration of the Preferred Securities under the
Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws and the
qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(E) assisting in the listing of the Preferred Securities upon such securities
exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the Sponsor, with the registration
of the Preferred Securities under the Exchange Act and with the preparation and
filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the
foregoing, as applicable;
(F) assisting in the sending of notices (other than notices of default) and
other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Notes to the Holders in
accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the consent to the appointment of a Paying Agent, authenticating agent and
Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld);
(H) the execution of the Trust Securities on behalf of the Issuer Trust in
accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(I) the execution and delivery of closing certificates, if any, pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement and application for a taxpayer identification number for the
Issuer Trust;
(J) unless otherwise required by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act or the Trust
Indenture Act, executing on behalf of the Issuer Trust (either acting alone or
together with the other Administrative Trustee) any documents that the
Administrative Trustees have the power to execute pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
and
(K) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Issuer Trustees
may from time to time determine to be necessary or advisable to give effect to the
terms of this Trust Agreement.
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(ii) As among the Issuer Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and
authority to act on behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Notes;
(C) the collection of interest, principal and any other payments made in
respect of the Notes and the holding of such amounts in the Payment Account;
(D) the distribution through the Paying Agent of amounts distributable to the
Holders in respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the
Notes;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust
Securities and the Notes to the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this
Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the
affairs of and liquidation of the Issuer Trust and the preparation, execution and
filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware;
(I) performing the duties of the Property Trustee set forth in this Trust
Agreement, including the taking of all actions on behalf of the Issuer Trust with
respect to the redemption of Trust Securities in accordance with the terms hereof;
and
(J) after an Event of Default (other than under paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e)
of the definition of such term if such Event of Default is by or with respect to the
Property Trustee) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the
Property Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give
effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust
Property for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of any
such action on any particular Holder).
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.7(a)(ii), the Property Trustee shall have none
of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in
Section 2.7(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Issuer Trust (or the Issuer
Trustees acting on behalf of the Issuer Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or
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transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the
Issuer Trustees (acting on behalf of the Issuer Trust) shall not (i) acquire any investments or
engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer,
exchange, mortgage, pledge, set off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests
therein, including to Holders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that
would cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as other than one or more grantor trusts or agency
arrangements or to be classified as an association or partnership for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt, (v) take or
consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property,
(vi) apply any of the Trust Property or its proceeds other than as provided herein, (vii) acquire
any assets other than the Trust Property, (viii) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way
as to vary the Trust Property, except as expressly provided herein, (ix) possess any power or
otherwise act in such a way as to vary the terms of the Trust Securities in any way whatsoever
(except to the extent expressly authorized in this Trust Agreement or by the terms of the Trust
Securities) or (x) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or
beneficial interest in, the Issuer Trust other than the Trust Securities. The Administrative
Trustees shall defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of
the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Issuer Trust or the Holders in their capacity as
Holders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Sponsor shall have
the right and responsibility to assist the Issuer Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the
Issuer Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Sponsor in furtherance of the following
prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Issuer Trust with the Commission and the
execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of a registration statement on the appropriate form
in relation to the Preferred Securities, including any amendments thereto and the taking of
any action necessary or desirable to sell the Preferred Securities in a transaction or a
series of transactions pursuant thereto;
(ii) the determination of the states in which to take appropriate action to qualify or
register for sale all or part of the Preferred Securities and the taking of any and all such
acts, other than actions that must be taken by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and advice
to the Issuer Trust of actions that must be taken by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and
the preparation for execution and filing of any documents to be executed and filed by the
Issuer Trust or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable
in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale
of the Preferred Securities;
(iii) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery of, the
Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred Securities; and
(iv) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the
foregoing activities.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are
authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust and to operate the Issuer Trust
so that the Issuer Trust will not be deemed to be an “investment company” required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act, and will not be classified as other than one or more grantor
trusts or agency arrangements or classified as an association or partnership for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. In this connection, the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized
to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust
Agreement, that they determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes,
as long as such action does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of the Outstanding Preferred Securities. In no event shall the Sponsor or the Issuer
Trustees be liable to the Issuer Trust or the Holders for any failure to comply with this Section
that results from a change in law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof.
Section 2.8. Assets of Trust.
The assets of the Issuer Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.
Section 2.9. Title to Trust Property.
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its
capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.1. Payment Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish the Payment Account
with the Paying Agent. The Property Trustee and its agents shall have exclusive control and sole
right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and
withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other
property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property
Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Holders and for distribution as
herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) in the Payment Account,
promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other payments or
proceeds with respect to, the Notes. Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by
the Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.
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ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
Section 4.1. Distributions.
(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the Trust Property, and
Distributions (including of Additional Amounts) will be made on the Trust Securities at the rate
and on the dates that payments of interest (including of Additional Interest, as defined in the
Indenture) are made on the Notes. Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and will accumulate
whether or not there are funds of the Issuer Trust available for the payment of
Distributions. Distributions shall accumulate from and including June 20, 2007 and, except
in the event (and to the extent) that the Sponsor exercises its right to defer the payment
of interest on the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable, in respect of interest
accruing on the Notes during the Fixed Rate Period, semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and
December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2007 through and including June 15, 2017
and, in respect of interest accruing on the Notes during the Floating Rate Period, shall be
payable quarterly in arrears on each March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15,
commencing September 15, 2017 through and including the Scheduled Maturity Date for the
Notes and in respect of any Trust Securities that remain Outstanding following the Scheduled
Maturity Date, monthly in arrears on the 15th day of each month, commencing the July 15 next
following the Scheduled Maturity Date through and including the date on which the Notes are
repaid. If any date on which a Distribution is otherwise payable on the Trust Securities in
respect of interest accruing on the Notes during the Fixed Rate Period is not a Business
Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding day that is
a Business Day, without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay, with the
same force and effect as if made on the date on which such payment was originally payable.
If any date on which a Distribution is otherwise payable on the Trust Securities in respect
of interest accruing on the Notes during the Floating Rate Period is not a Business Day
(other than any such date that is also a Redemption Date for the Trust Securities), then the
related Distribution Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, (each date
on which distributions are payable, whether during the Fixed Rate Period or Floating Rate
Period, in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a “Distribution Date”).
(ii) In the event (and to the extent) that the Sponsor exercises its right under the
Indenture to defer the payment of interest on the Notes, Distributions on the Trust
Securities shall be deferred but shall continue to accumulate. Distributions on the Trust
Securities shall be payable on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities at the rate
per annum equal to the then applicable rate of interest on the Notes. The amount of
Distributions payable for any period during the Fixed Rate Period shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of Distributions payable for
any period during the Floating Rate Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
and the actual number of days elapsed. The amount of Distributions payable for any period
shall include any Additional Amounts in respect of such period.
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(iii) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Paying Agent on behalf
of the Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each Distribution
Date only to the extent that the Issuer Trust has funds then on hand and available in the
Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.
(b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution Date shall be payable
to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities at the
close of business on the relevant record date, which shall be the first day of the month in which
the relevant Distribution Date falls, whether or not a Business Day. Distributions payable on any
Trust Securities that are not punctually paid on an applicable Distribution Date will cease to be
payable to the Person in whose name such Trust Securities are registered on the relevant record
date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such
Trust Securities are registered on the special record date or other specified date for determining
Holders entitled to such defaulted Distributions.
Section 4.2. Redemption.
(a) On each Note Redemption Date and Note Repayment Date and on the Final Repayment Date on
which Notes shall be repaid by the Sponsor in an aggregate principal amount, the Issuer Trust will
be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at a redemption price per Trust Security
equal to the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (or, in the
case of a Note Repayment Date, not less than 10 nor more than 15 Business Days prior to the
Redemption Date) to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder’s address
appearing in the Security Register. The Property Trustee shall be given written notice of a
redemption at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which the Property Trustee shall
give notice of redemption. All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price, or if the Redemption Price cannot be calculated prior to the
time the notice is required to be sent, the method by which the Redemption Price shall be
calculated together with a statement that the actual Redemption Price will be calculated by
the Sponsor no later than the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date;
(iii) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification and the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be
redeemed;
(iv) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that Distributions thereon will cease to
accumulate on and after said date, except as provided in Section 4.2(d) below; and
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(v) if the Preferred Securities are not then Book-Entry Preferred Securities, the place
or places where the applicable Preferred Securities Certificates are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price.
The Issuer Trust in issuing the Trust Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in
use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall indicate the “CUSIP” numbers of the Trust Securities
in notices of redemption and related materials as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Trust Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and related materials.
(c) Each Trust Security redeemed on any Redemption Date shall be redeemed at a redemption
price equal to the Redemption Price. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the
Redemption Price shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Issuer Trust
has cash in an amount equal to the Redemption Price then on hand and available in the Payment
Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.
(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Preferred
Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date, subject to Section
4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, with respect to Book-Entry Preferred Securities, irrevocably
deposit with the Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Preferred Securities, to the extent available
therefor, the applicable Redemption Price and will give such Clearing Agency irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
With respect to Preferred Securities that are not Book-Entry Preferred Securities, the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent, to the extent
available therefor, the applicable Redemption Price and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities
upon surrender of their Preferred Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Distributions payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for
redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the
Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related
Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and the Redemption Price
deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit, all rights of Holders holding Trust
Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive the
Redemption Price and any Distribution payable in respect of the Trust Securities on or prior to the
Redemption Date, but without interest, and such Trust Securities will cease to be outstanding. In
the event that any date on which any Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day, then
payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that
is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), with the
same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price in
respect of any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not
paid either by the Issuer Trust or by the Sponsor pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement,
Distributions on such Trust Securities will continue to accumulate, as set forth in Section 4.1,
from the Redemption Date originally established by the Issuer Trust for such Trust Securities to
the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be the
date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
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(e) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be
redeemed shall be allocated pro rata to the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities based
upon the relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes, except in the case of a payment default, as
set forth in Section 4.3. The particular Preferred Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a
pro rata basis based upon their respective Liquidation Amounts not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously
called for redemption by any method the Property Trustee deems fair and appropriate, provided that
so long as the Preferred Securities are in book-entry-only form, such selection shall be made in
accordance with the customary procedures for the Clearing Agency for the Preferred Securities. The
Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of the Preferred
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Securities selected for
partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust
Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of
Preferred Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Securities redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities
that has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) on, the Redemption Price of,
and the Liquidation Distribution in respect of the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made,
subject to Section 4.2(e), pro rata among the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities based
on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution
Date, Redemption Date or Liquidation Date any Event of Default resulting from a Note Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including any
Additional Amounts) on, Redemption Price of, or Liquidation Distribution in respect of any Common
Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of
Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid
Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) on all Outstanding Preferred Securities for all
Distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption
Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Preferred Securities then called
for redemption, or in the case of payment of the Liquidation Distribution the full amount of such
Liquidation Distribution on all Outstanding Preferred Securities, shall have been made or provided
for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the
payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) on, or the
Redemption Price of, the Preferred Securities then due and payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from any Note Event of
Default, the Holders of the Common Securities shall have no right to act with respect to any such
Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of Default with
respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until all such
Events of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred Securities have been so
cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities and not on behalf of the Holders of the
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Common Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the right to
direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
Section 4.4. Payment Procedures.
Payments of Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) in respect of the Preferred
Securities, subject to the next succeeding sentence, shall be made by check mailed to the address
of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the
Preferred Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions shall be made to the
Clearing Agency in immediately available funds. A Holder of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities may receive payments of cash Distributions (including
any Additional Amounts) by wire transfer of immediately available funds upon written request to the
Property Trustee not later than the 15th calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, before the
relevant Distribution Date. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be made in such
manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Holders of the Common
Securities.
Section 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports.
The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Sponsor’s expense,
and file all United States Federal, state and local tax and information returns and reports
required to be filed by or in respect of the Issuer Trust. In this regard, the Administrative
Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) all Internal Revenue
Service forms required to be filed in respect of the Issuer Trust in each taxable year of the
Issuer Trust, and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each Holder
all Internal Revenue Service forms required to be provided by the Issuer Trust. The Administrative
Trustees shall provide the Sponsor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns and
reports promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Issuer Trustees shall comply with United
States Federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements
with respect to any payments to Holders under the Trust Securities. Such withholding or backup
withholding (if any) shall be deducted from any payment and shall be considered as duly paid under
the terms of this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and the Trust Securities.
Section 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust.
Upon receipt under the Notes of Additional Sums, the Property Trustee shall promptly upon
receipt of written instructions from the Sponsor, pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of
whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Issuer Trust by the United States
or any other taxing authority, which were included in such Additional Sums.
Section 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities (or any Owner with respect
thereto) shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder (or Owner) has
directly received pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 5.13 of this Trust Agreement.
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Section 4.8. Liability of the Holder of Common Securities.
As permitted under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, the Sponsor hereby covenants to pay all
debts and obligations (other than with respect to the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities) and all costs and expenses of the Issuer Trust, including, but not limited to, all
costs and expenses relating to the organization of the Issuer Trust (without duplication of amounts
paid pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof), the indemnities, fees and expenses (including reasonable
counsel fees and expenses) of the Issuer Trustees (to the extent the same are provided for herein)
and all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and issuance of the Trust Securities and
the operation, maintenance and dissolution of the Issuer Trust (including, without limitation,
costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for
printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, paying agent(s), registrar(s),
transfer agent(s), duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing, and disposition of Trust
assets and the enforcement by the Property Trustee of the rights of the holders of the Notes) and
to pay any and all taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (other
than withholding taxes) imposed on the Issuer Trust by the United States, or any other taxing
authority, with respect to the aforesaid debts, obligations, costs and expenses. The Sponsor’s
obligations under this Section 4.8 shall be for the benefit of, and shall, to the extent permitted
by applicable law, be enforceable by, any Person to whom such debts, obligations and costs are owed
(a “Creditor”) whether or not such Creditor has received notice hereof. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, any such Creditor may enforce the Sponsor’s obligations under this Section 4.8
directly against the Sponsor and the Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that
any such Creditor take any action against the Issuer Trust or any other Person before proceeding
against the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees to execute such additional agreements as may be necessary
in order to give full effect to the provisions of this Section 4.8.
ARTICLE V.
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
Section 5.1. Initial Ownership.
Upon the formation of the Issuer Trust and the contribution by the Sponsor pursuant to Section
2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no Trust
Securities are outstanding, the Sponsor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Issuer Trust.
Section 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates.
(a) The Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $1,000
Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, and the Common Securities
Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $1,000 Liquidation Amount and integral
multiples thereof. The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer
Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities
Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when
such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall be
validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust
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Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices
at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities
Certificate shall become a Holder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Holder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in
such transferee’s name pursuant to Section 5.5.
(b) Upon their original issuance, Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in the
form of one or more Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates registered in the name of DTC, as
Clearing Agency, or its nominee and deposited with DTC or the Securities Registrar as custodian for
DTC for credit by DTC to the respective accounts of the Owners thereof (or such other accounts as
they may direct).
(c) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common Securities shall be issued
to the Sponsor in the form of a definitive Common Securities Certificate.
Section 5.3. Execution, Delivery and Authentication of Trust Securities Certificates.
At the Time of Delivery, one or more of the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust
Securities Certificates, in the aggregate Liquidation Amounts as provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5
with respect to Preferred Securities and Common Securities, respectively, to be executed (either
manually or by facsimile) on behalf of the Issuer Trust upon the written order of the Sponsor,
executed by one Authorized Officer thereof, and shall cause the Preferred Securities Certificates
to be delivered to the Property Trustee and upon such delivery the Property Trustee shall
authenticate such Preferred Securities Certificates, in each case without further corporate action
by the Sponsor, in authorized denominations. After the Time of Delivery, the Administrative
Trustees may cause additional Preferred Securities to be executed on behalf of the Issuer Trust and
delivered to or upon the written order of the Sponsor, such written order executed by one
authorized officer thereof, without further corporate action by the Sponsor, in authorized
denominations; provided however that no such additional Preferred Securities shall be issued unless
the Administrative Trustees shall have received an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters
to the effect that such issuance will not cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as other than one
or more grantor trusts or agency arrangements or to be classified as an association or partnership
for U.S. federal income tax purposes or affect the Issuer Trust’s exemption from status as an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act.
Each Preferred Securities Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Preferred Securities Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Trust
Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Preferred
Securities Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for in
the form attached as Exhibit C executed by the Property Trustee by the manual signature of one of
its Authorized Officers, and such certificate upon any Preferred Securities Certificate shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Preferred Securities Certificate has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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Section 5.4. Book-Entry Preferred Securities.
(a) Each Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate issued under this Trust Agreement shall
be registered in the name of the Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificate shall constitute a single Preferred Securities Certificate for all purposes
of this Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, no Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificate may be exchanged in whole or in part for Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificates registered, and no transfer of a Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate in whole
or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Clearing Agency for such
Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Clearing Agency
(i) has notified the Issuer Trust that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Clearing Agency for
such Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate and no successor Clearing Agency has been
appointed within 90 days of this notice or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act at a time when the Clearing Agency is required to be so registered to act as
clearing agent and no successor Clearing Agency has been appointed within 90 days after the Issuer
Trust has learned that the Clearing Agency has ceased to be so registered, (B) there shall have
occurred and be continuing a Note Event of Default, or (C) the Sponsor in its sole discretion
determines that such Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate will be so exchangeable or
transferable. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause (A), (B) or (C) above, the
Property Trustee shall notify the Clearing Agency and instruct the Clearing Agency to notify all
Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities and the Administrative Trustees of the occurrence of such
event and of the availability of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates to Owners of such
class or classes, as applicable, requesting the same.
(c) If any Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate is to be exchanged for other Preferred
Securities Certificates or cancelled in part, or if any other Preferred Securities Certificate is
to be exchanged in whole or in part for Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented by a Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificate, then either (i) such Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate
shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article V or (ii) the
aggregate Liquidation Amount represented by such Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate shall
be reduced or increased by an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by that portion of
the Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate to be so exchanged or cancelled, or equal to the
Liquidation Amount represented by such other Preferred Securities Certificates to be so exchanged
for Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented thereby, as the case may be, by means of an
appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Securities Registrar, whereupon the Property
Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Clearing Agency or its
authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon surrender to the
Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar of the Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificate or Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the
Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Securities
Registrar, the Issuer Trustees or the Administrative Trustees shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on,
such instructions. Upon the issuance of
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Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates, the Issuer Trustees shall recognize the Holders
of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as Holders. The Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as
is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by
the Administrative Trustees or any one of them.
(d) Every Preferred Securities Certificate executed and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article V or Article IV or otherwise, shall be executed
and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate, unless
such Preferred Securities Certificate is registered in the name of a Person other than the Clearing
Agency for such Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate or a nominee thereof.
(e) The Clearing Agency or its nominee, as registered owner of a Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificate, shall be the Holder of such Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate for
all purposes under this Agreement and the Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate, and Owners
with respect to a Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate shall hold such interests pursuant to
the Applicable Procedures. The Securities Registrar and the Issuer Trustees shall be entitled to
deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Trust Agreement relating to the Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificates (including the payment of the Liquidation Amount of and
Distributions on the Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented thereby and the giving of
instructions or directions by Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented thereby) as the
sole Holder of the Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented thereby and shall have no
obligations to the Owners thereof. None of the Issuer Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall
have any liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Clearing Agency.
The rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Preferred Securities shall be exercised only
through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law, the Applicable
Procedures and agreements between such Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants. Pursuant to the Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.4(b), the initial Clearing
Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments on the Preferred Securities to such Clearing Agency Participants, and none of the
Sponsor or the Issuer Trustees shall have any responsibility or obligation with respect thereto.
Section 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.
The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 5.9, a register or registers for the purpose of registering Trust Securities
Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Trust Securities Certificates (the “Securities
Register”) in which the registrar and transfer agent with respect to the Trust Securities (the
"Securities Registrar”), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide
for the registration of Preferred Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates
(subject to Section 5.11 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of
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transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Person
acting as the Property Trustee shall at all times also be the Securities Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities Certificate at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.9, the Administrative Trustees or any one of them
shall execute and deliver to the Property Trustee, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount dated
the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee or Trustees.
The Securities Registrar shall not be required, (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Preferred Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of selection for redemption of such Preferred Securities pursuant to Article IV and ending
at the close of business on the day of mailing of the notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Preferred Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except, in the case of any such Preferred Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof not
to be redeemed.
Every Preferred Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to an
Administrative Trustee and the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or its attorney
duly authorized in writing. Each Preferred Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Property Trustee in
accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred
Securities Certificates, but the Securities Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.
A Preferred Securities Certificate that is not a Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate
may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a Person who takes delivery in the form of another
Preferred Securities Certificate that is not a Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate as
provided in this Section 5.5.
Section 5.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Securities
Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities Certificate, and (b) there shall be delivered to
the Securities Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust
Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Administrative
Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall execute and make available for
delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust
Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination.
In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section 5.6, the
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Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall
constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer
Trust corresponding to that evidenced by the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities
Certificate, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities
Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 5.7. Persons Deemed Holders.
The Issuer Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall each treat the Person in whose name any
Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the owner of such
Trust Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and none of the Issuer Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any
notice to the contrary.
Section 5.8. Access to List of Holders’ Names and Addresses.
Each of the Sponsor and any one of the Administrative Trustees will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Property Trustee:
(i) on or before June 30 and December 31 of each year, a list, in such form as the
Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Trust
Securities as of such date, and
(ii) at such other times as the Property Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days
after the receipt by the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees of any such request, a list
of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Property Trustee at any time that
is acting as Securities Registrar.
The Property Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the
names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Property Trustee
as provided in this Section 5.8 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Property
Trustee at any time that is acting as Securities Registrar. The Property Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.8 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Trust Agreement or under the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of
the Property Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act.
Each Holder and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold the Sponsor, the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar
accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from
which such information was derived.
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Section 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Property Trustee shall designate, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, an office or offices or agency or agencies where
Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities
Certificates may be served. The Administrative Trustees initially designate the Property Trustee’s
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, as its office and agency for
such purposes. The Property Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Sponsor, the
Administrative Trustees and to the Holders of any change in the location of the Securities Register
or any such office or agency.
Section 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Holders from the Payment Account and shall report
the amounts of such Distributions to the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any
Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account solely for
the purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees may revoke
such power and remove the Paying Agent in their sole discretion. The Paying Agent shall initially
be The Bank of New York. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying
Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. If The
Bank of New York shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or
its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor (which shall
be a bank or trust company) to act as Paying Agent. Such successor Paying Agent or any additional
Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees shall execute and deliver to the Issuer
Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree
with the Issuer Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying
Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of
the Holders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The Paying Agent shall
return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying
Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 8.1 (other than (c), (d), (e)(ii), (e)(iv) and (e)(viii) thereof), 8.3 (except (g) and (j)
thereof) and 8.6 herein shall apply to The Bank of New York also in its role as Paying Agent, for
so long as The Bank of New York shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any
other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Paying Agent
shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Section 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Sponsor.
At the Time of Delivery, the Sponsor shall acquire, and thereafter shall retain, beneficial
and record ownership of the Common Securities. The Sponsor may not transfer the Common Securities
except (i) in connection with a consolidation or merger of the Sponsor into another Person, or any
conveyance, transfer or lease by the Sponsor of its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, pursuant to Article VIII of the Indenture, or (ii) to an Affiliate of the
Sponsor in compliance with applicable law (including the Securities Act and applicable state
securities and blue sky laws). To the fullest extent permitted by law, any
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attempted transfer of the Common Securities other than as set forth in the immediately
preceding sentence shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities
Certificate issued to the Sponsor to contain a legend substantially to the following effect:
“THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION
5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT.”
Section 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Holders is required under this Trust
Agreement, for so long as Preferred Securities are represented by a Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificate, the Issuer Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to
be given to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligations to the Owners.
Section 5.13. Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the Property Trustee (in
its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and the Holders shall not have any right or
title therein other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust
conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of property, profits or rights of the Issuer Trust except as described below. The Trust
Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in
this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when
issued and delivered to Holders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully paid
and nonassessable by the Issuer Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.8, the Holders of the
Trust Securities, in their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(b) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon the occurrence of a
Note Event of Default, the Note Trustee fails or the holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes fail to declare the principal of all of the Notes to be immediately
due and payable, the Property Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall have the right to make such declaration by a notice in
writing to the Sponsor, the Note Trustee and the Property Trustee, in the case of notice by the
Holders of the Trust Securities, or to the Sponsor, the Note Trustee and the Holders of the Trust
Securities, in the case of notice by the Property Trustee.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes has been made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Note Trustee as
provided in the Indenture, the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Sponsor and the Note Trustee,
may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Sponsor has paid or deposited with the Note Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
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(A) all overdue installments of interest (including any Additional Interest) on
all of the Notes,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Notes that have become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest (including any
Additional Interest) thereon at the rate borne by the Notes, and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Note Trustee under the Indenture and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Note Trustee,
its agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Notes, other than the non-payment of the
principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 5.13 of the Indenture.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such an acceleration, or
rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of any part of the Preferred Securities a record date
shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities entitled to join
in such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee
receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only
such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage
having joined in such notice prior to the day that is 90 days after such record date, such notice
of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall
automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.
Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after
expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice that
has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.13(b).
(c) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, to the fullest extent
permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement and the Indenture, upon the
failure of the Sponsor, as issuer of the Notes, to pay any amounts owing upon the Notes on the due
date thereof in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, any Holder of Preferred
Securities shall have the right to institute a proceeding directly against the Sponsor, pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of any amounts payable in
respect of Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities of such Holder (a “Direct Action”). Except as set forth in Section 5.13(b)
and this Section 5.13(c), the Holders of Preferred Securities shall have no right to exercise
directly any right or remedy available to the holders of, or in respect of, the Notes.
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(d) Except as otherwise provided in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.13, the Holders of
at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities may, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Preferred Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default or any past default
under the Indenture (and, in each case, the consequences of such default or Event of Default),
except a default under the Indenture in the payment of principal or interest (unless such default
has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due
otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Note Trustee) or a default under the
Indenture in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note. Upon such waiver, any such
default or Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any default or Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
ARTICLE VI.
ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
Section 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights.
(a) Except as expressly provided in this Trust Agreement and in the Indenture and as otherwise
required by law, no Holder of Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner
otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Issuer Trust or the
obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms
of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Holders from time to
time as partners or members of an association.
(b) So long as any Notes are held by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Issuer Trust, the
other Issuer Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Note Trustee, or execute any trust or power conferred on the
Property Trustee with respect to the Notes, (ii) waive any past default that may be waived under
Section 5.13 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the
principal of all the Notes shall be due and payable, or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification
or termination of the Indenture or the Notes, where such consent shall be required, without, in
each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount
of the Preferred Securities, provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would
require the consent of each Holder of Notes affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the
Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred Securities. The
Issuer Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Securities of any notice
of default received with respect to the Notes. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of
the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Issuer
Trustees shall, at the expense of the Sponsor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that such action shall not cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as other
than one or more grantor trusts or agency arrangements or to be classified as an association or
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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Section 6.2. Notice of Meetings.
Notice of all meetings of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, stating the time, place and
purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Administrative Trustees or, at the written request of
the Administrative Trustees, by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.7 to each Holder of
Preferred Securities, at such Holder’s registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90
days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so
considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as
adjourned without further notice.
Section 6.3. Meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities.
No annual meeting of Holders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees, however,
shall call a meeting of the Holders of the Preferred Securities to vote on any matter upon the
written request of the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding
Preferred Securities and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in
their discretion, call a meeting of the Holders of the Preferred Securities to vote on any matters
as to which such Holders are entitled to vote.
The Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, present
in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders present, in person or
by proxy, holding Preferred Securities representing at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities held by the Holders present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting
shall constitute the action of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, unless this Trust Agreement
requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
Section 6.4. Voting Rights.
Holders shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 of Liquidation Amount represented by
their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any matter as to which such Holders are entitled
to vote.
Section 6.5. Proxies, etc.
At any meeting of Holders, any Holder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided
that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the
Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the Issuer Trust as the
Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be
taken. Pursuant to a resolution of the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of
the Property Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee. Only Holders of record shall
be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several persons, any one of them may
vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one
of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their
proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect
of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of
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a Holder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden
of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years
after its date of execution.
Section 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent.
Any action that may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting and
without prior notice if Holders holding at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of all Preferred
Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall
be required by any other provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing.
Section 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
For the purposes of determining the Holders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any
meeting or by written consent, or to participate in any distribution on the Trust Securities in
respect of which a record date is not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the
purpose of any other action, the Administrative Trustees or Property Trustee may from time to time
fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Holders or the payment of a
distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the
identity of the Holders of record for such purposes.
Section 6.8. Acts of Holders.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied
in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders
in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to an
Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1)
conclusive in favor of the Issuer Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing or the
authority of the Person executing the same may 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 or writing
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 that any
Issuer Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Trust Security and the
Holder of every Trust Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Issuer Trustees or the Issuer Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is
made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation
Amount of such Trust Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise among the Holders or the Issuer Trustees with respect to the
authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent,
waiver or other Act of such Holder or Issuer Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination
of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
Section 6.9. Inspection of Records.
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of
the Issuer Trust shall be open to inspection by Holders during normal business hours for any
purpose reasonably related to such Holder’s interest as a Holder.
ARTICLE VII.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.
The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of and as to itself,
hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Sponsor and the Holders that:
(a) the Property Trustee is a New York banking corporation, duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization;
(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action
to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) the Delaware Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation, duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization;
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(d) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action
to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(e) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of each of
the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee enforceable against each of them in accordance with
its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles;
(f) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee and do not require any approval of stockholders of the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee and such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Articles of
Association or By-laws of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, (ii) violate any provision
of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of, any Lien on any properties included in the Trust Property pursuant to
the provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or
instrument to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by which it is
bound, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States of America
governing the banking, trust or general powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as
appropriate in context) or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee;
(g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) contemplated herein requires the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any other
action with respect to any governmental authority or agency under any existing law of the United
States of America governing the banking, trust or general powers of the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be; and
(h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of each of the Property Trustee’s and the
Delaware Trustee’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal
that, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the Issuer Trust or
would question the right, power and authority of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as
the case may be, to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the Issuer Trustees under this
Trust Agreement.
Section 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Sponsor.
The Sponsor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Holders that the Trust
Securities Certificates issued at the Time of Delivery on behalf of the Issuer Trust have been duly
authorized and, upon their execution, authentication, delivery and issuance in accordance
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with the terms hereof and of the Underwriting Agreement and the Common Securities Subscription
Agreement (as applicable), will have been duly and validly executed, issued and delivered by the
Issuer Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements
of, this Trust Agreement and the Holders will be, as of each such date, entitled to the benefits of
this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII.
THE ISSUER TRUSTEES
Section 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Issuer Trustees shall be as provided by this Trust
Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, but subject to Section 8.1(c), no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require any of
the Issuer Trustees 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 or they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting
the liability of or affording protection to the Issuer Trustees shall be subject to the provisions
of this Section 8.1. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to release an
Administrative Trustee from liability for his or her own negligent action, his or her own negligent
failure to act, or his or her own willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an
Issuer Trustee has duties and liabilities relating to the Issuer Trust or to the Holders, such
Issuer Trustee shall not be liable to the Issuer Trust or to any Holder for such Issuer Trustee’s
good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust
Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Issuer Trustees
otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Sponsor and the Holders to replace such
other duties and liabilities of the Issuer Trustees.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the Trust
Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the
extent that there shall be sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the
Property Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each
Holder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the revenue and
proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for distribution to it as herein
provided and that the Issuer Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable
in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This
Section 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the Issuer Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in
this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall enforce
this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Holders.
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(d) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing
of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement (including pursuant to Section 10.9), and no implied
covenants shall be read into this Trust Agreement against the Property Trustee. If an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 5.14), the Property
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement, and use
the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(e) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act,
or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of
this Section;
(ii) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of
all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Property Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Trust Agreement (including pursuant to
Section 10.9), and the Property Trustee shall not be liable except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Trust Agreement (including pursuant to Section 10.9); and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Property Trustee, the
Property Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Property Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Trust
Agreement; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any
provision hereof or of the Trust Indenture Act are specifically required to be
furnished to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the
requirements of this Trust Agreement, but need not confirm the truth of any such
statements or the correctness of any such opinions;
(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by an Authorized Officer of the Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the
Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of
at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this
Trust Agreement;
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(v) the Property Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and
physical preservation of the Notes and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such
property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own
account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Property
Trustee under this Trust Agreement and the Trust Indenture Act;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by
it except as it may otherwise agree with the Sponsor; and money held by the Property Trustee
need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account
maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 and except to the extent
otherwise required by law;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by
the Administrative Trustees, the Sponsor or any other Person with their respective duties
under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for the default or
misconduct of any other Issuer Trustee, or the Sponsor or any other Person; and
(viii) subject to Section 8.1(c), no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require
the Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers, if the Property Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the
repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Trust Agreement or adequate indemnity reasonably acceptable to it against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(f) The Administrative Trustees shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the
other Issuer Trustees or the Sponsor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor
shall any Administrative Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other
Administrative Trustee, the other Issuer Trustees or the Sponsor.
Section 8.2. Certain Notices.
Within 30 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the
extent provided in Section 10.7, notice of such Event of Default to the Holders, the Administrative
Trustees and the Sponsor, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
Within five Business Days after the receipt of written notice of the Sponsor’s exercise of its
right to defer the payment of interest on the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee
shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.7, notice of such exercise
to the Holders, unless such exercise shall have been revoked.
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Section 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a
Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond, Note, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee is
required to decide between alternative courses of action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions
of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any
other provisions contained herein, or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of
any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Holders of the
Preferred Securities are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property
Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Sponsor requesting the Sponsor’s opinion as to the course of
action to be taken, and the Property Trustee shall be fully protected in taking such action, or
refraining from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take,
or to refrain from taking, by the Sponsor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not
receive such instructions of the Sponsor within ten Business Days after it has delivered such
notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice (which to the extent
practicable shall not be less than two Business Days), it may take or refrain from taking such
action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem advisable and in the best
interests of the Holders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for
its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
(c) any direction or act of the Sponsor contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;
(d) any request or direction of an Administrative Trustee contemplated by this Trust Agreement
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a certificate executed by such Administrative Trustee and
setting forth such request or direction;
(e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of
any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or
securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or re-registration thereof;
(f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor
or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees) and the advice or opinion of such
counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with
such advice; the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning
the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;
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(g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or direction of any of the Holders or the
Sponsor pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Holders or Sponsor shall have offered to the
Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity reasonably acceptable to it against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
provided that nothing contained in this Section 8.3(g) shall be taken to relieve the Property
Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of its obligation to exercise the rights and
powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement;
(h) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, approval, bond, Note, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but the Property
Trustee may in its discretion make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit;
(i) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents or attorneys and shall not be liable
for any act or omission of such agent or attorney selected with due care;
(j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it
desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other
action hereunder, the Property Trustee (i) in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an
Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both, (ii) may request instructions from the
Holders (which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the terms
of the Trust Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action), (iii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received,
and (iv) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions;
(k) subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, the Property Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow such direction if a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Property
Trustee shall, in good faith, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly
prejudicial to the Holders not joining in any such direction or would involve the Property Trustee
in personal liability;
(l) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and will be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon, whether in its original or facsimile form, any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document believed by it in good
faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(m) the Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written
notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Property Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, and such notice references the Preferred Securities
and this Trust Agreement;
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(n) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any action, taken, suffered, or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion
or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Trust Agreement;
(o) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to each Issuer Trustee,
including, without limitation, its, his or her right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall
be enforceable by, such Issuer Trustee in each of its, his or her capacities hereunder;
(p) the Property Trustee may request that the Sponsor deliver a certificate setting forth the
names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions
pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(q) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall
not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this
Trust Agreement.
No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on any
Issuer Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation
conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which such
Person shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such
act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or
authority available to any Issuer Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Property Trustee shall
extend to each of the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Delaware Trustee and shall be
subject to the provisions of this Article VIII.
Section 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Issuer Trust and the Sponsor, and the Issuer Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Issuer Trustees make no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or the Preferred Securities or the Notes. The
Issuer Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Sponsor of the proceeds
of the Notes.
The Property Trustee may conclusively assume that any funds held by it hereunder are legally
available unless an officer of the Property Trustee assigned to its institutional trust services
department shall have received written notice from the Sponsor, any Holder or any other Issuer
Trustee that such funds are not legally available.
Section 8.5. May Hold Securities.
Any Issuer Trustee or any other agent of any Issuer Trustee or the Issuer Trust, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject
to Sections 8.8 and 8.13, and except as provided in the definition of the term
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“Outstanding” in Article I, may otherwise deal with the Issuer Trust with the same rights it
would have if it were not an Issuer Trustee or such other agent.
Section 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.
The Sponsor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Issuer Trustees from time to time such reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by them hereunder as may be agreed by the Sponsor and the Issuer Trustees from
time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Issuer Trustees upon
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Issuer
Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to their own negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct; and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each
Issuer Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of any Issuer Trustee, any officer, director, shareholder,
employee, representative or agent of any Issuer Trustee, and (iv) any employee or agent of the
Issuer Trust (referred to herein as an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any loss, damage,
liability, action, suit, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred
by such Indemnified Person by reason of the creation, operation or termination of the Issuer Trust
or any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person on behalf of the Issuer
Trust, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any
loss, damage, action, suit or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement and
the removal or resignation of any Issuer Trustee.
No Issuer Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property as a result of any amount due
pursuant to this Section 8.6.
Notwithstanding any provision of law or equity, the Sponsor and any Issuer Trustee may engage
in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or
with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trust and
the Holders of Trust Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Trust Agreement in and to
such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such
venture, even if competitive with the business of the Issuer Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or
improper. Notwithstanding any provision of law or equity, neither the Sponsor nor any Issuer
Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Issuer
Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Issuer Trust, could be
taken by the Issuer Trust, and the Sponsor and any Issuer Trustee shall have the right to take for
its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such
particular investment or other opportunity. Notwithstanding any
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provision of law or equity, any Issuer Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or
other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for,
trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other
obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
Section 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Issuer Trustees.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust
Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that is a national or state chartered bank and
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and that has a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section 8.7 and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Property
Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8.7, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article VIII. At the time of appointment, the Property Trustee must
have securities rated in one of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect to
the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural person who is at least
21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind
that entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities. The
Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a
resident of the State of Delaware, or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in
the State of Delaware and that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law and that
shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
Section 8.8. Conflicting Interests.
(a) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of
the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to
the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act
and this Trust Agreement.
(b) The Guarantee Agreement and the Indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described in
this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.
Unless and until a Note Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time or
times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located, the Holder of
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Common Securities and the Administrative Trustees shall have the power to appoint one or more
Persons either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such
Trust Property, or to the extent required by law to act as separate trustee of any such property,
in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in
such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed
necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. Any co-trustee or separate
trustee appointed pursuant to this Section shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21
years of age and a resident of the United States, or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place
of business in the United States that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such
entity. In case a Note Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee
alone shall have the power to make such appointment and, upon the written request of the Property
Trustee, the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees shall for such purpose join with the Property
Trustee in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or
proper to appoint, such co-trustee or separate trustee.
Should any written instrument from the Sponsor be required by any co-trustee or separate
trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such co-trustee or separate trustee such
property, title, right, or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed,
acknowledged and delivered by the Sponsor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent
only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:
(a) The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed by one or more Administrative
Trustees, and the Trust Securities Certificates shall be delivered by the Property Trustee, and all
rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and
other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Property Trustee
specified hereunder shall be exercised solely by the Property Trustee and not by such co-trustee or
separate trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Property
Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon
and exercised or performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee
or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or
separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and
performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the
written concurrence of the Sponsor, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or
separate trustee appointed under this Section, and, in case a Note Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove,
any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Sponsor. Upon the written
request of the Property Trustee, the Sponsor shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution,
delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to
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effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so
resigning or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any
act or omission of the Property Trustee or any other trustee hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a co-trustee or separate
trustee.
(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been
delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
Section 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of any Issuer Trustee (the “Relevant Trustee”) and no appointment of
a successor Issuer Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Issuer Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Relevant Trustee may resign at any time by
giving written notice thereof to the Holders and by appointing a successor Relevant Trustee. The
Relevant Trustee shall appoint a successor by requesting from at least three Persons meeting the
eligibility requirements its expenses and charges to serve as the Relevant Trustee on a form
provided by the Administrative Trustees, and selecting the Person who agrees to the lowest expenses
and charges. If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Issuer Trustee required by Section
8.11 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Sponsor, in the
case of the Property Trustee, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Relevant Trustee.
The Administrative Trustees, or any of them, may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders
of Common Securities delivered to the Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed by Act of the
Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, delivered to the
Relevant Trustee (in its individual capacity and, in the case of the Property Trustee, on behalf of
the Issuer Trust) (i) for cause (including upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in
subparagraph (c) of the definition thereof with respect to the Relevant Trustee), or (ii) at any
time if a Note Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Unless and until a Note
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of the Common
Securities.
If a resigning Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall fail to appoint a successor, or if
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be removed or become incapable of acting as
Issuer Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee for any cause, the Holders of the Common Securities by Act of such Holders delivered to the
Relevant Trustee or, if a Note Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
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Holders of the Preferred Securities, by Act of the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding delivered to such Relevant Trustee,
may appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Issuer Trustees, and such successor Issuer Trustee
shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant Trustee
shall have been so appointed by the Holders of the Common Securities or Preferred Securities, as
the case may be, and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Holder, on
behalf of such Holder and all others similarly situated, or any other Issuer Trustee, may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of an Issuer
Trustee and each appointment of a successor Issuer Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in
Section 10.7 and shall give notice to the Sponsor and to the Administrative Trustees. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office if it is the Property Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, if any Delaware
Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Holders of the Common
Securities, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or
incapacity may be filled by the Property Trustee following the procedures regarding expenses and
charges set forth above (with the successor being a Person who satisfies the eligibility
requirement for the Delaware Trustee set forth in Section 8.7).
Section 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee, the retiring Relevant
Trustee (if requested by the Sponsor) and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee
shall accept such appointment and which (a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities and the Issuer Trust, and (b) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Trust
Agreement as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Issuer Trust
by more than one Relevant Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment
shall constitute such Relevant Trustees co-trustees and upon the execution and delivery of such
amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the
extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Relevant Trustee, other than the filing of an amendment to the Certificate of Trust to the extent
required under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act; but, on request of the Issuer Trust or any
successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
to such successor Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such
retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Issuer Trust.
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Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Issuer Trust shall execute any and
all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Relevant
Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the preceding paragraph.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VIII.
Section 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Person into which the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any Administrative Trustee
that is not a natural Person may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or
any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant Trustee
shall be a party, or any Person, succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder,
provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VIII,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, other than the filing of an amendment to the Certificate of Trust to the extent required
under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
Section 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Sponsor or Issuer Trust.
If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Sponsor or the Issuer
Trust (or any other obligor upon the Preferred Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Sponsor
or the Issuer Trust (or any such other obligor).
Section 8.14. Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, composition or other similar judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer Trust or any
other obligor upon the Trust Securities or the property of the Issuer Trust or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on the
Trust Securities shall then be due and payable and irrespective of whether the Property Trustee
shall have made any demand on the Issuer Trust for the payment of any past due Distributions) shall
be entitled and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any Distributions owing and unpaid in
respect of the Trust Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents
and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Property Trustee and, in the event the Property Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement
adjustment or compensation affecting the Trust Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Property Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
Section 8.15. Reports by Property Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after September 30 of each year commencing with September 30, 2007, the
Property Trustee shall transmit to all Holders in accordance with Section 10.7, and to the Sponsor,
a brief report dated as of September 30 of such year with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof, if to the best of its
knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said Section, a written statement to such
effect;
(ii) a statement that the Property Trustee has complied with all of its obligations
under this Trust Agreement during the twelve-month period (or, in the case of the initial
report, the period since the Closing Date) ending with such September 30 or, if the Property
Trustee has not complied in any material respect with such obligations, a description of
such noncompliance; and
(iii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as Property Trustee since
the date of its last report and any action taken by the Property Trustee in the performance
of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported.
(b) In addition, the Property Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by
the Property Trustee with each national stock exchange or interdealer quotation system or
self-regulatory organization upon which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed or quoted, if
any, and with the Commission, the Sponsor and the relevant stock exchange or self-regulatory
organization.
Section 8.16. Reports to the Property Trustee.
Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees shall provide to the Property Trustee such
documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any)
and the compliance certificate required by Section 314(a) of the Trust
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Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act. The Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees shall annually file with the Property
Trustee a certificate specifying whether such Person is in compliance with all of the terms and
covenants applicable to such Person hereunder.
Section 8.17. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees shall provide to the Property Trustee such
evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement
that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the
Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate.
Section 8.18. Number of Issuer Trustees.
(a) The number of Issuer Trustees shall be five, unless the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee are the same Person, in which case the number of Issuer Trustees shall be four.
(b) If an Issuer Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason, a vacancy shall occur. The
vacancy shall be filled with an Issuer Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to
perform the duties of an Issuer Trustee shall not operate to annul, dissolve or terminate the
Issuer Trust.
Section 8.19. Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law,
delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of
executing any documents contemplated in Section 2.7(a), including any registration statement or
amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of
their number or to the Sponsor the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments
either in the name of the Issuer Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as
the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by
applicable law or contrary to the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
Section 9.1. Termination.
The Issuer Trust shall automatically dissolve upon the occurrence of a Termination Event.
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Section 9.2. Termination Events.
The first to occur of any of the following events is a “Termination Event”, upon the
occurrence of which the Issuer Trust shall dissolve:
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of,
the Sponsor, in its capacity as the Holder of the Common Securities, unless the Common Securities
shall be transferred as provided by Section 5.11, in which case this provision shall refer instead
to any such successor Holder of the Common Securities;
(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from all of the Holders of the Common
Securities at any time to dissolve the Issuer Trust and to distribute the Notes to Holders in
exchange for the Preferred Securities (which direction is optional and wholly within the discretion
of the Holders of the Common Securities);
(c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in accordance with the provisions of
this Trust Agreement; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Issuer Trust by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
If a Termination Event shall occur, the provisions of Section 9.4 shall apply.
Section 9.3. Termination of Obligations.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Issuer Trustees and the Issuer Trust
created and continued hereby shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the
distribution by the Property Trustee to Holders of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder
upon the liquidation of the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of all of
the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2; (b) the payment of any expenses owed by the Issuer
Trust; and (c) the discharge of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including
the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Issuer Trust or the Holders.
Section 9.4. Liquidation.
(a) If a Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of Section 9.2 occurs, the
Issuer Trust shall be liquidated by the Issuer Trustees as expeditiously as the Issuer Trustees
determine to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the
Issuer Trust as provided by applicable law, to each Holder a Like Amount of Notes, subject to
Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail,
postage prepaid mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each
Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder’s address appearing in the Securities Register. All such
notices of liquidation shall:
(i) state the CUSIP Number of the Trust Securities;
(ii) state the Liquidation Date;
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(iii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust Securities will no
longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for
exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Notes, or if Section 9.4(d) applies, a
right to receive a Liquidation Distribution; and
(iv) provide such information with respect to the procedures by which Holders may
exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Notes, or if Section 9.4(d) applies receive a
Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.4(d) or Section 9.4(e) applies, in order to effect the liquidation
of the Issuer Trust and distribution of the Notes to Holders, the Property Trustee, either itself
acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish a
record date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 30 days prior to the Liquidation
Date) and, establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of
Notes in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.4(d) or Section 9.4(e) applies, after the Liquidation Date, (i) the
Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like
Amount of Notes will be issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such
certificates to the exchange agent for exchange, (iii) any Trust Securities Certificates not so
surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Notes bearing accrued and
unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Trust
Securities Certificates until such certificates are so surrendered (and until such certificates are
so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will be made to Holders of Trust Securities
Certificates with respect to such Notes) and (iv) all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities
will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive Notes upon surrender of Trust Securities
Certificates.
(d) If, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.4, whether because of an order
for dissolution entered by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the
Notes in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees not to be possible the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Issuer Trust’s affairs
shall be wound up by the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees in such manner as the
Administrative Trustees determine. In such event, upon the winding-up of the Issuer Trust, except
with respect to a Termination Event specified in clause (b) of Section 9.2, Holders will be
entitled to receive out of the assets of the Issuer Trust available for distribution to Holders,
after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer Trust as provided by applicable law,
an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the “Liquidation Distribution”).
If, upon any such winding up, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the
Issuer Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation
Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable by the Issuer
Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts).
The Holders of the Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any
such dissolution pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred Securities, except
that the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities under the
circumstances provided in Section 4.3.
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(e) If a Termination Event specified in clause (c) of Section 9.2 occurs, the Trust Property
(if any) shall be liquidated and the Issuer Trust’s affairs shall be wound up by the Property
Trustee and the Administrative Trustees in such manner as the Administrative Trustees direct in
writing.
Section 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Issuer Trust.
The Issuer Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation
or other body, except pursuant to this Section 9.5 or Section 9.4. At the request of the Holders of
the Common Securities, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees, the Issuer Trust may merge
with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of
any state; provided that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the
obligations of the Issuer Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities, or (b) substitutes for
the Preferred Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred
Securities (the “Successor Securities”) so long as the Successor Securities have the same priority
as the Preferred Securities with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption
and otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity possessing the same powers and duties as the
Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Notes, (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Securities (including any
Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization
which assigns ratings to the Preferred Securities, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and
privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any
material respect, (v) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the
Issuer Trust, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, the Sponsor and the Property Trustee have received an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or
lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b)
following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease,
neither the Issuer Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an “investment
company” under the Investment Company Act, and (vii) the Sponsor or its permitted successor or
assignee owns all of the common securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations
of such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the
Guarantee Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer Trust shall not, except with the
consent of Holders of all of the Preferred Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into,
or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or
into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer
or lease would cause the Issuer Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other than one or
more grantor trusts or agency arrangements or to be classified as an association or partnership for
U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders.
Except as set forth in Section 9.2, the death, termination, dissolution, bankruptcy or
incapacity of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not
operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor dissolve, terminate or annul the Issuer Trust, nor
entitle the legal representatives, successors or heirs of such Person or any Holder for such
person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
All parties to this Trust Agreement agree, and each Holder of any Trust Securities by his or
her acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion
require, in any suit against any Issuer Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Issuer
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply to any suit instituted by any Issuer Trustee or to any suit instituted by any
Holder or group of Holders of more than 10% in aggregate number of the outstanding Trust
Securities.
Section 10.2. Amendment.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Administrative Trustees and
the Holders of all of the Common Securities, without the consent of any Holder of the Trust
Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (i) to cure any ambiguity,
correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Trust Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement,
(ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall
be necessary to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be classified as other than one or more
grantor trusts or agency arrangements or be classified as an association or partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes at all times that any Trust Securities are outstanding, to ensure that
the Issuer Trust will not be required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment
Company Act or to ensure the treatment of the Preferred Securities as Tier 1 regulatory capital
under the prevailing Federal Reserve Board rules and regulations, (iii) to require that Holders
that are not U.S. persons for U.S. federal income tax purposes irrevocably appoint a U.S. person to
exercise any voting rights to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be treated as a foreign trust
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or (iv) to conform the terms of this Trust Agreement to the
description of this Trust Agreement and the Trust Securities in the Prospectus; provided, however,
that in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), such action shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holder, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee. Any
such amendment shall become effective when notice is given to the Property Trustee and the Holders
of the Preferred Securities.
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(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c), any provision of this Trust Agreement may be
amended by the Administrative Trustees and the Holders of all of the Common Securities and with (i)
the consent of Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities, and
(ii) receipt by the Issuer Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the
effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Issuer Trustees or
Administrative Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not cause the Issuer Trust to be
classified as other than one or more grantor trusts or agency arrangements or to be classified as
an association or partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes or affect the Issuer Trust’s
exemption from status as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, without
the consent of each affected Holder, this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the
amount or timing of any Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the
amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified
date, or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such date; and notwithstanding any other provision herein, without the
unanimous consent of the Holders, this Section 10.2(c) may not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no Issuer Trustee shall
enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement that would cause the Issuer Trust to
fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from status as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act or that would cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as other than one or
more grantor trusts or agency arrangements or to be classified as an association or partnership for
U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, without the consent of
the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner
that imposes any additional obligation on the Sponsor or the Administrative Trustees.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, without the consent of
the Property Trustee, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner that imposes any
additional obligation on the Property Trustee or that adversely affects the Property Trustee.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, without the consent of
the Delaware Trustee, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner that imposes any
additional obligation on the Delaware Trustee or that adversely affects the Delaware Trustee.
(h) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, without the consent of
the Securities Registrar and the Paying Agent, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner
that imposes any additional obligation on the Securities Registrar or the Paying Agent or that
adversely affects the Securities Registrar or the Paying Agent.
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(i) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the Administrative
Trustees shall promptly provide to the Sponsor, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee a
copy of such amendment.
(j) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be required to enter into any
amendment to this Trust Agreement that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this
Trust Agreement. The Property Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an
Officers’ Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance with this
Trust Agreement.
Section 10.3. Separability.
In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 10.4. Governing Law.
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE HOLDERS, THE ISSUER TRUST,
THE SPONSOR AND THE ISSUER TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES
SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS.
Section 10.5. Successors.
This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to
the Sponsor, the Issuer Trust and any Issuer Trustee, including any successor by operation of law.
Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Sponsor that is permitted
under Article VIII of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform
the Sponsor’s obligations hereunder, the Sponsor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.
Section 10.6. Headings.
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction of this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.7. Reports, Notices and Demands.
Any report, notice, demand or other communication that by any provision of this Trust
Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any Holder, the Sponsor or the
Administrative Trustees may be given or served in writing by deposit thereof, first-class, postage
prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case,
addressed, (a) in the case of a Holder of Preferred Securities, to such Holder as such Holder’s
name and address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of the
Common Securities or the Sponsor, to Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation, Xxxxxxx Plaza, 000 Xxxx
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary, or to such other address as may be specified in a written notice by the Sponsor to
the Property Trustee. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Holder shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or
transmission. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Sponsor or the Holder of
the Common Securities shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual
receipt of the writing by the Sponsor or the Holder of the Common Securities, as the case may be.
Any notice, demand or other communication that by any provision of this Trust Agreement is
required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee, the
Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees or the Issuer Trust shall be given in writing
addressed to such Person as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee, to The Bank of New
York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 8 West, New York, New York, 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration; (b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to The Bank of New York (Delaware), Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division; (c)
with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for notices to the
Sponsor, marked “Attention: Administrative Trustees of Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV”; and (d) with
respect to the Issuer Trust, to its principal office specified in Section 2.2, with a copy to the
Property Trustee. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Issuer Trust, the
Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or
made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee or such
Administrative Trustee.
Section 10.8. Agreement Not to Petition.
Each of the Issuer Trustees and the Sponsor agree for the benefit of the Holders that, until
at least one year and one day after the Issuer Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article
IX, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Issuer Trust under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (including the United States Bankruptcy
Code) (collectively, “Bankruptcy Laws”) or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding
against the Issuer Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. If the Sponsor takes action in violation of this
Section 10.8, the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Holders, that at the expense of the
Sponsor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing
of such petition by the Sponsor against the Issuer Trust or the commencement of such action and
raise the defense that the Sponsor has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be
estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Issuer
Trustees or the Issuer Trust may assert.
Section 10.9. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by
such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Issuer Trustee that is a trustee for the purposes
of the Trust Indenture Act.
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(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections
310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such
imposed duties shall control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision
shall be deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may
be.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall not affect the
nature of the Trust Securities as equity securities representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Issuer Trust.
Section 10.10. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee Agreement and Indenture.
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A
HOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL
CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE HOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, THE GUARANTEE
AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE AND THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION
PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE
AGREEMENT OF THE ISSUER TRUST, SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS
TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE ISSUER TRUST AND SUCH
HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
Section 10.11. Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Issuer Trustees be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of their obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond their control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents,
acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts
of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software
and hardware) services; it being understood that the Issuer Trustees shall use reasonable efforts
which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon
as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 10.12. Waiver of Jury Trial
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE ISSUER TRUSTEES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, THE PREFERRED SECURITIES, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement.
XXXXXXX FINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||||
as Sponsor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Plush | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Plush | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
THE BANK OF NEW YORK | ||||
as Property Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Treasurer | |||
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE) | ||||
as Delaware Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Vice President | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Plush | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Plush | |||
as Administrative Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ R. Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | R. Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
as Administrative Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
as Administrative Trustee |
Exhibit A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
XXXXXXX CAPITAL TRUST IV
OF
XXXXXXX CAPITAL TRUST IV
[Insert Certificate of Trust]
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Exhibit B
[FORM OF COMMON SECURITIES CERTIFICATE]
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.11 OF
THE TRUST AGREEMENT
Certificate Number | Number of Common Securities 10 |
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Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV
7.65% Fixed to Floating Rate Common Securities
(liquidation amount $1,000 per Common Security)
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the “Issuer Trust”), hereby certifies that Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation (the “Holder”) is the
registered owner of 10 common securities of the Issuer Trust representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust and designated the 7.65% Fixed to Floating
Rate Common Securities (liquidation amount $1,000 per Common Security) (the “Common Securities”).
Except in accordance with Section 5.11 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below), the Common
Securities are not transferable and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer
hereof other than in accordance therewith shall be void. The designations, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set forth in,
and this certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all
respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the
Issuer Trust, dated as of June 20, 2007, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust
Agreement”), among Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation, as Sponsor, The Bank of New York, as Property
Trustee, The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees named
therein, and the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Issuer Trust including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth therein.
The Issuer Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement to the Holder without charge upon
written request to the Issuer Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
UPON RECEIPT OF THIS CERTIFICATE, THE HOLDER IS BOUND BY THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND IS ENTITLED
TO THE BENEFITS THEREUNDER.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Issuer Trust has executed this
certificate on behalf of the Issuer Trust this 20th day of June, 2007.
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Administrative Trustee | ||||
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Exhibit C
[FORM OF PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE]
THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE IS A BOOK-ENTRY PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
CLEARING AGENCY OR A NOMINEE OF A CLEARING AGENCY. THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN
THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST
AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE CLEARING AGENCY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
CLEARING AGENCY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY TO THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF
THE CLEARING AGENCY, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT.
UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO XXXXXXX CAPITAL TRUST IV OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO A PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
NO PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT TO A
TRANSFEREE THAT IS DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT EITHER THAT (A) IT IS NOT (AND FOR SO LONG AS IT
HOLDS SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL NOT BE) AND IT IS NOT
ACTING ON BEHALF OF (AND FOR SO LONG AS IT HOLDS SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN WILL NOT BE ACTING ON BEHALF OF) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I, PART
4 OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A PLAN
OR ACCOUNT TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”) APPLIES, AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF
INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY OR A FOREIGN, CHURCH OR GOVERNMENTAL PLAN WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ANY
APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE
(“SIMILAR LAW”), OR (B) ITS ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH PREFERRED
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR, IN THE CASE OF A
FOREIGN, CHURCH OR GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, A VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW).
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Certificate Number: R-1 | Number of Preferred Securities: 200,000 | |
CUSIP NO.: 94769Y AA7 |
Certificate Evidencing Trust Preferred Securities
of
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV
7.65% Fixed to Floating Rate Trust Preferred Securities
(liquidation amount $1,000 per Trust Preferred Security)
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the “Issuer Trust”), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. (the “Holder”) is the
registered owner of 200,000 Preferred Securities of the Issuer Trust representing an undivided
preferred beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust and designated the Xxxxxxx Capital
Trust IV 7.65% Fixed to Floating Rate Trust Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $1,000 per
Trust Preferred Security) (the “Preferred Securities”). The Preferred Securities are
transferable on the books and records of the Issuer Trust, in person or by a duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as
provided in Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities
are set forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued
and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement of the Issuer Trust, dated as of June 20, 2007 as the same may be amended from time to
time (the “Trust Agreement”), among Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation, as Sponsor, The Bank of
New York, as Property Trustee, The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, the
Administrative Trustees named therein, and the holders, from time to time of undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust including the designation of the terms of the Preferred
Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement
entered into by Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation., a Delaware corporation, and The Bank of New York,
as guarantee trustee, dated as of June 20, 2007, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
“Guarantee Agreement”), to the extent provided therein. The Issuer Trust will furnish a
copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written
request to the Issuer Trust at its principal place of business or registered office. Capitalized
terms used herein shall, unless otherwise specified, have the respective meanings ascribed thereto
in the Trust Agreement.
UPON RECEIPT OF THIS CERTIFICATE, THE HOLDER IS BOUND BY THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND IS ENTITLED
TO THE BENEFITS THEREUNDER.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Issuer Trust has executed this
certificate on behalf of the Issuer Trust this 20th day of June, 2007.
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | Administrative Trustee | |||
Property Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.
The Bank of New York, as Property Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | Authorized Officer | |||
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred Security to:
(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints |
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agent to transfer this Preferred Securities Certificate on the books of the Issuer Trust. The
agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Securities Certificate)
The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers,
savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee
medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
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