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EXHIBIT 4.5
VBC CAPITAL I
AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
VECTRA BANKING CORPORATION, AS DEPOSITOR
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
DATED AS OF ____________, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. 1
DEFINED TERMS 1
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS 1
ARTICLE II.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST 8
SECTION 201. NAME 8
SECTION 202. OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS 8
SECTION 203. INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF TRUST PROPERTY; ORGANIZATIONAL
EXPENSES 8
SECTION 204. ISSUANCE OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES 8
SECTION 205. ISSUANCE OF THE COMMON SECURITIES; SUBSCRIPTION AND
PURCHASE OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES 9
SECTION 206. DECLARATION OF TRUST 9
SECTION 207. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS 9
SECTION 208. ASSETS OF TRUST 12
SECTION 209. TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY 12
ARTICLE III.
PAYMENT ACCOUNT 12
SECTION 301. PAYMENT ACCOUNT 12
ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION 12
SECTION 401. DISTRIBUTIONS 12
SECTION 402. REDEMPTION 13
SECTION 403. SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES 15
SECTION 404. PAYMENT PROCEDURES 15
SECTION 405. TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS 15
SECTION 406. PAYMENT OF TAXES, DUTIES, ETC. OF THE TRUST 15
SECTION 407. PAYMENTS UNDER INDENTURE 15
ARTICLE V.
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES 16
SECTION 501. INITIAL OWNERSHIP 16
SECTION 502. THE TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES 16
SECTION 503. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES 16
SECTION 504. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CAPITAL
SECURITIES CERTIFICATES 16
SECTION 505. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN TRUST SECURITIES
CERTIFICATES 17
SECTION 506. PERSONS DEEMED SECURITYHOLDERS 17
SECTION 507. ACCESS TO LIST OF SECURITYHOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES 17
SECTION 508. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY 17
SECTION 509. APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT 18
SECTION 510. OWNERSHIP OF COMMON SECURITIES BY DEPOSITOR 18
SECTION 511. BOOK-ENTRY CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATES; COMMON
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE 18
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SECTION 512. NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY 19
SECTION 513. DEFINITIVE CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATES 19
SECTION 514. RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS 19
ARTICLE VI.
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING 20
SECTION 601. LIMITATIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS 20
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF MEETINGS 21
SECTION 603. MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF CAPITAL SECURITIES 21
SECTION 604. VOTING RIGHTS 21
SECTION 605. PROXIES, ETC. 21
SECTION 606. SECURITYHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT 22
SECTION 607. RECORD DATE FOR VOTING AND OTHER PURPOSES 22
SECTION 608. ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS 22
SECTION 609. INSPECTION OF RECORDS 23
ARTICLE VII.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 23
SECTION 701. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BANK AND THE
PROPERTY TRUSTEE 23
SECTION 702. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DELAWARE BANK
AND THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE 24
SECTION 703. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITOR 24
ARTICLE VIII.
THE TRUSTEES 25
SECTION 801. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 25
SECTION 802. CERTAIN NOTICES 26
SECTION 803. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE 26
SECTION 804. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES 28
SECTION 805. MAY HOLD SECURITIES 28
SECTION 806. COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY; FEES 28
SECTION 807. CORPORATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEES 28
SECTION 808. CONFLICTING INTERESTS 29
SECTION 809. CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEE 29
SECTION 810. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR 30
SECTION 811. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR 31
SECTION 812. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS 31
SECTION 813. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST DEPOSITOR OR TRUST 32
SECTION 814. REPORTS BY PROPERTY TRUSTEE 32
SECTION 815. REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE 32
SECTION 816. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 32
SECTION 817. NUMBER OF TRUSTEES 32
SECTION 818. DELEGATION OF POWER 33
SECTION 819. VOTING 33
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER 33
SECTION 901. TERMINATION UPON EXPIRATION DATE 33
SECTION 902. EARLY TERMINATION 33
SECTION 903. TERMINATION 33
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SECTION 904. LIQUIDATION 34
SECTION 905. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS
OF THE TRUST 35
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 36
SECTION 1001. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS 36
SECTION 1002. AMENDMENT 36
SECTION 1003. SEPARABILITY 37
SECTION 1004. GOVERNING LAW 37
SECTION 1005. PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAY 37
SECTION 1006. SUCCESSORS 37
SECTION 1007. HEADINGS 37
SECTION 1008. REPORTS, NOTICES AND DEMANDS 37
SECTION 1009. AGREEMENT NOT TO PETITION 38
SECTION 1010. TRUST INDENTURE ACT; CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT 38
SECTION 1011. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF TRUST AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE
AND INDENTURE 38
Exhibit A Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B Form of Certificate Depository Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Common Securities Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Expense Agreement
Exhibit E Form of Capital Securities Certificate
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of ______, 1997, among
(i) Vectra Banking Corporation, a Colorado corporation (including any
successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) Wilmington Trust Company, a
Delaware banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, as property trustee (the "Property Trustee" and, in its
separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the
"Bank"), (iii) Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as Delaware
trustee (the "Delaware Trustee," and, in its separate corporate capacity and
not in its capacity as Delaware Trustee, the "Delaware Bank"), (iv) Xxxx X.
Xxxx, an individual, and Xxx X. Xxxx, an individual, and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, an
individual, each of whose address is c/o Vectra Banking Corporation (each an
"Administrative Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees referred
to collectively as the "Trustees") and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter
defined.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee have heretofore duly
declared and established a business trust pursuant to the Delaware Business
Trust Act by the entering into of that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of
April 4, 1997 (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 April 4, 1997, the form of which
is attached as EXHIBIT A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee desire to amend and
restate the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to
provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities by
the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Capital
Securities by the Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the
acquisition by the Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title and
interest in the Junior Subordinated Debentures, (iv) the appointment of the
Property Trustee, and (v) the appointment of the Administrative Trustees;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties
and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby amends and restates the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 101. 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) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be,
of this Trust Agreement; and
(d) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words
of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
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"Accelerated Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2
of the Indenture.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 608.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of additional interest
accrued on interest in arrears and paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of
Junior Subordinated Debentures for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 of the
Indenture.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of Xxxx X. Xxxx, Xxx X. Xxxx, and
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, solely in such person's capacity as Administrative Trustee of
the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in such person's individual
capacity, or such Administrative Trustee's successor in interest in such
capacity, or any successor Administrative Trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction
in the premises adjudging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking liquidation or reorganization of or in
respect of such Person under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other similar
applicable Federal or State law, and the continuance of any such decree or
order unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the commencement of an
involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code in respect of such Person,
which shall continue undismissed for a period of 90 days or entry of an order
for relief in such case; or the entry of a decree or order of a court having
jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment on the ground of insolvency or
bankruptcy of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, trustee or assignee in
bankruptcy or insolvency of such Person or of its property, or for the winding
up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall have remained
in force unvacated and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be
adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or the consent by such Person to the filing
of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or the filing by such Person of a
petition or answer or consent seeking liquidation or reorganization under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code or other similar applicable Federal or State law, or
the consent by such Person to the filing of any such petition or to the
appointment on the ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a receiver or
custodian or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of
such Person or of its property, or such Person shall make a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 1009.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly adopted
by the Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of
Directors or officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of
the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification, and delivered to the appropriate Trustee.
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"Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates" means certificates
representing Capital Securities issued in global, fully registered form to the
Clearing Agency as described in Section 511.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a
day on which banking institutions in the State of Colorado are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed, or (c) a day on which the
Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Corporate Trust Office of the
Debenture Trustee is closed for business.
"Capital Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust, designated "____% Cumulative Capital Securities," having a
Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided therefor in this Trust
Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a Liquidation
Distribution as provided herein.
"Capital Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Capital Securities, substantially in the form attached as EXHIBIT
E.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the
Trust, the Depositor and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing
Agency, dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Trust Securities
Certificates, substantially in the form attached as EXHIBIT B, as the same may
be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Certificate of Trust" means the certificate of trust filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Trust, as
amended or restated from time to time.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The Depositary Trust Company will be the initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this Trust Agreement such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Security" means a common undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights
provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as EXHIBIT
C.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of
the Property Trustee located at Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 00000-0000, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
the Indenture.
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"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Junior
Subordinated Debentures to be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for
redemption under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and any successor
thereto, as trustee under the Indenture.
"Definitive Capital Securities Certificates" means either or both (as
the context requires) of (a) Capital Securities Certificates issued as
Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates as provided in Section 511(a), and
(b) Capital Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered
form as provided in Section 513.
"Delaware Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Trust Agreement.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Delaware Code Sections 3801 et. seq. as it may be amended
from time to time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company
identified as the "Delaware Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement
solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust formed and continued
hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in
such capacity, or any successor Delaware Trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 401(a).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust
Securities as provided in Section 401.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events that shall
have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order,
rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
(b) default by the 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 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 Property Trustee in this Trust
Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty, a default in the performance of
which or the breach of which is dealt with in clause (b) or (c), above) and
continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the defaulting Property Trustee
by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Capital 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 and the failure by the Depositor to appoint a successor
Property Trustee within 60 days thereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as
EXHIBIT D, as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 901.
"Extension Period" means the "Extended Interest Payment Period" as
defined in the Indenture.
"Global Subordinated Debenture" has the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
"Guarantee" means the Capital Securities Guarantee Agreement executed
and delivered by the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company as trustee,
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for
the benefit of the holders of the Capital Securities, as amended from time to
time.
"Holder" means a Securityholder.
"Indenture" means the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of __________,
1997, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended
or supplemented from time to time.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
"Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Depositor and the
Trust of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that,
as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body,
court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in Investment
Company Act Law"), the Trust is or will be considered an "investment company"
that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, which
Change in Investment Company Act Law becomes effective on or after the date of
original issuance of the Capital Securities under this Trust Agreement.
"Junior Subordinated Debentures" means the $18,041,250 aggregate
principal amount of the Depositor's ____% Junior Subordinated Debentures due
2027, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest
or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust
Securities, Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal
amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in
accordance with the Indenture and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the
Redemption Price of such Trust Securities and (b) with respect to a
distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders of Trust Securities
in connection with a termination or liquidation of the Trust, Junior
Subordinated Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Junior Subordinated
Debentures are distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust
Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Junior Subordinated
Debentures are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection
with a termination and liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 904(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section
904(d).
"Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of the
Indenture.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the President or
a Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer or the Controller or an
Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the
Depositor, and delivered to the appropriate Trustee. One of the officers
signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 816 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Depositor. Any
Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers'
Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination
or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such
officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the
Depositor, but not an employee of any thereof, 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 Capital Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Capital Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Capital Securities theretofore canceled by the Property
Trustee or delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Capital Securities for whose payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee
or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Capital Securities; provided that,
if such Capital Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Capital Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Capital Securities have been executed and delivered
pursuant to Sections 504, 505, 511 and 513; provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Capital Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Capital Securities owned by the
Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor or any Trustee shall
be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (i) in determining
whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Capital
Securities that such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and
(ii) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the Outstanding
Capital Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the Trustees
and/or any such Affiliate. Capital Securities so owned which have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right as to such
Capital Securities so owned.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificate as reflected in the records of the Clearing
Agency or, if a Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected
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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 509 and shall initially be the Bank.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate
trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust
department for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in
respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be held and from which the
Property Trustee shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with
Sections 401 and 402.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company
identified as the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement
solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed and
continued hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in
interest in such capacity, or any successor Property Trustee appointed as
herein provided.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust
Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the Maturity Date
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like
Amount of Trust Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and
unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date allocated on a pro rata basis
(based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Trust Securities to be redeemed.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 810.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 504.
"Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or
Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person is a
beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Depositor or the Trust of an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result
of any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in,
the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any
official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or
applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or
which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date of issuance
of the Capital Securities under this Trust Agreement, or the Junior
Subordinated Debentures under the Indenture, as the case may be, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days
after the date of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to United States federal
income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the Depositor on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures is not, or within 90 days after the date of such
Opinion of Counsel will not be, deductible by the Depositor, in whole or in
part, for United States federal income tax purposes or (iii) the Trust is, or
will be within 90 days after the date of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to
more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties, assessments or other
governmental charges.
"Trust" means the Delaware business trust created and continued hereby
and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
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"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as
the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the
applicable provisions hereof, including all exhibits hereto, including, for all
purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this Trust Agreement 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 Junior Subordinated Debentures, (b) the
rights of the Property Trustee under the Guarantee, (c) any cash on deposit in,
or owing to, the Payment Account and (d) all proceeds and rights in respect of
the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or
deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust
Agreement.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Capital
Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Capital Securities Certificates.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means, individually or collectively, any of
the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
_________, 1997, among the Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriters named
therein.
ARTICLE II.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
SECTION 201. NAME. The Trust created and continued hereby shall be
known as "VBC Capital I," as such name may be modified from time to time by the
Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust
Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may engage in the
transactions contemplated hereby, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
SECTION 202. OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
BUSINESS. The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is c/o
Wilmington Trust Company, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address in the State
of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the
Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the Trust
is c/o Vectra Banking Corporation, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
SECTION 203. INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF TRUST PROPERTY; ORGANIZATIONAL
EXPENSES. The Trustees acknowledge receipt in trust from the Depositor in
connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which
constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational
expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee,
promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee.
The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of
such expenses.
SECTION 204. ISSUANCE OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES. On ____________,
1997, the Depositor and an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and
pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the
Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement,
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an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance
with Section 502 and deliver, in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement,
Capital Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the nominee of the
initial Clearing Agency, in an aggregate amount of Capital Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of $17,500,000 against receipt of the aggregate
purchase price of such Capital Securities of $17,500,000, which amount such
Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property Trustee.
SECTION 205. ISSUANCE OF THE COMMON SECURITIES; SUBSCRIPTION AND
PURCHASE OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES. Contemporaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 502 and deliver
to the Depositor Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the
Depositor, in an aggregate amount of Common Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of $541,250 against payment by the Depositor of such
amount. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, shall subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor Junior
Subordinated Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee on
behalf of the Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to
$541,250, and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Junior
Subordinated Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall
deliver to the Depositor the sum of $541,250.
SECTION 206. DECLARATION OF TRUST. The exclusive purposes and
functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell Trust Securities and use the
proceeds from such sale to acquire the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and (b)
to engage in those activities necessary, convenient or incidental thereto. The
Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all
the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Trustees
hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it
will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set
forth herein for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Administrative
Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in
accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of
the Trust. The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers,
nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of
the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The
Delaware Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and
limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware
Business Trust Act.
SECTION 207. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.
(a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations
set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section and Article VIII, and in accordance
with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Administrative Trustees shall
have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by
the Administrative Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority,
express or implied, otherwise granted to the Administrative Trustees under this
Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including
without limitation, the following:
(i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee,
acting singly or jointly, shall have the power and authority to act on
behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust
Securities;
(B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to
execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, the
Expense Agreement and the Certificate Depository Agreement and
such other agreements or documents as may be necessary or
desirable in connection with the purposes and function of the
Trust;
(C) assisting in the registration of the Capital
Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
under state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification
of this Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act;
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(D) assisting in the listing of the Capital
Securities upon the Nasdaq National Market or such securities
exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the Depositor
and, if required, the registration of the Capital Securities
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and
other documents pursuant to the foregoing;
(E) the sending of notices (other than notices of
default) and other information regarding the Trust Securities
and the Junior Subordinated Debentures to the Securityholders
in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(F) the appointment of a Paying Agent,
authenticating agent and Securities Registrar in accordance
with this Trust Agreement;
(G) to the extent provided in this Trust
Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of
the Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware;
(H) to take all action that may be necessary or
appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the
Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as
a statutory business trust under the laws of the State of
Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such
existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the
Holders of the Capital Securities or to enable the Trust to
effect the purposes for which the Trust was created; and
(I) the taking of any action incidental to the
foregoing as the Administrative Trustees may from time to time
determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the
terms of this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the
Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any
such action on any particular Securityholder).
(ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall
have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with
respect to the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures;
(C) the collection of interest, principal and any
other payments made in respect of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures in the Payment Account;
(D) the distribution of amounts owed to the
Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and
privileges of a holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other
information regarding the Trust Securities and the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance
with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
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(H) to the extent provided in this Trust
Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of
the Trust;
(I) after an Event of Default the taking of any
action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may
from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give
effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and
conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the
Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any
such action on any particular Securityholder);
(J) so long as the Property Trustee is the
Securities Registrar, registering transfers of the Trust
Securities in accordance with this Trust Agreement; and
(K) except as otherwise provided in this Section
207(a)(ii), the Property Trustee shall have none of the
duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the
Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 207(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust
(or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any
business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or
contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trustees shall not (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
Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action
that would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for
United States federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for
borrowed money or issue any other debt or (v) take or consent to any action
that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property. The
Administrative Trustees shall defend all claims and demands of all Persons at
any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest
of the Trust or the Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital
Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the
Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any
actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the
date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Trust with the
Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration
statement on the appropriate form in relation to the Capital
Securities and the Junior Subordinated Debentures, including any
amendments thereto;
(ii) the determination of the states in which to take
appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the
Capital Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions
which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and advise the
Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust, and prepare
for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the
Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or
advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such
states;
(iii) the preparation for filing by the Trust and execution
on behalf of the Trust of an application to the Nasdaq National Market
or a national stock exchange or other organizations for listing upon
notice of issuance of any Capital Securities and to file or cause an
Administrative Trustee to file thereafter with such exchange or
organization such notifications and documents as may be necessary from
time to time;
(iv) if required, the preparation for filing by the Trust
with the Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a
registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the
Capital Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
including any amendments thereto;
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(v) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution
and delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of
the Capital Securities; and
(vi) the taking of any other actions necessary or
desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Administrative Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of
the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be
an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act, will be classified as a "grantor trust" and not as an association taxable
as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes and so that the
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor
for United States federal income tax purposes. In this connection, subject to
Section 1002, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to
take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law or this Trust Agreement,
that each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees determines in their
discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes.
SECTION 208. ASSETS OF TRUST. The assets of the Trust shall consist
of the Trust Property.
SECTION 209. TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY. Legal title to all Trust
Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its capacity
as such) and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the
benefit of the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 301. PAYMENT ACCOUNT.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall
establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the
Property Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with
respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits 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 Securityholders and for distribution as herein
provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for
herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account,
promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any
other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property
Trustee pending distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 401. DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and
will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the
payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accumulate from __________,
1997, and, except during any Extension Period with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day
of April, July, October, and January in each year, commencing July 15, 1997.
The amount of each Distribution due with respect to the Trust Securities will
include amounts accrued through the date the Distribution payment is due. If
any date on which a Distribution is otherwise payable on the Trust Securities
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is not a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on
the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day
is in the next succeeding calendar year, payment of such Distribution shall be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which Distributions are
payable in accordance with this Section 401(a) a "Distribution Date").
(b) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests
in the Trust Property, and, as a practical matter, the Distributions on the
Trust Securities shall be payable at a rate of ___% per annum of the
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions
payable for any full period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. The amount of Distributions for any partial period shall
be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. During any Extension Period with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, Distributions on the Capital Securities will be
deferred for a period equal to the Extension Period. The amount of
Distributions payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if
any.
(c) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the
Property Trustee solely from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand and
immediately available in the Payment Account for the payment of such
Distributions.
(d) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a
Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the
Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which
shall be one Business Day prior to such Distribution Date; provided, however,
that in the event that the Capital Securities do not remain in book-entry-only
form, the relevant record date shall be the 1st day of the month in which the
relevant Distribution Date occurs.
SECTION 402. REDEMPTION.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the Maturity Date of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Trust will be required to redeem a Like
Amount of Trust Securities at 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 to each Holder of Trust Securities to be
redeemed, at such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. The
Property Trustee shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any CUSIP
number contained in such notice. All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) the CUSIP number;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are
to be redeemed, the identification and the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed; and
(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed
and that Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on and after
said date.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption of Junior Subordinated Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust
Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price shall be payable on each
Redemption Date only to the extent
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that the Trust has immediately available funds 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 Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, Denver time, on the
Redemption Date, subject to Section 402(c), the Property Trustee will, so long
as the Capital Securities are in book-entry-only form, deposit with the
Clearing Agency for the Capital Securities funds sufficient to pay the
applicable Redemption Price and will give such Clearing Agency irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders thereof.
If the Capital Securities are no longer in book-entry-only form, the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 402(c), will deposit with the Paying Agent funds
sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give the Paying
Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the
Holders thereof upon surrender of their Capital Securities Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior to the
Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be payable
to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related
Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds
deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit, all rights of
Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease,
except the right of such Securityholders to receive the Redemption Price, but
without interest on such Redemption Price, and such Securities will cease to be
Outstanding. In the event that any date on which any Redemption Price is
payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and
without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except
that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same
force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the
Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities called for redemption is
improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the
Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities
will continue to accumulate, at the then applicable rate, from the Redemption
Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to the date
such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date
will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the
Redemption Price.
(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall
be made to the record Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register
for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one
Business Day prior to the relevant Redemption Date; provided, however, that in
the event that the Capital Securities do not remain in book-entry-only form,
the relevant record date shall be the date fifteen days prior to the relevant
Redemption Date.
(f) Subject to Section 403(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 on a
pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and
the Capital Securities. The particular Capital Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property
Trustee from the outstanding Capital Securities not previously called for
redemption, by such method (including, without limitation, by lot) as the
Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions (equal to $25 or an integral multiple of
$25 in excess thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities of a
denomination larger than $25. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the
Securities Registrar in writing of the Capital Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Capital 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 Capital Securities shall relate, in the case of
any Capital Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
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SECTION 403. SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as
applicable, shall be made, subject to Section 402(f), pro rata among the Common
Securities and the Capital Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or
Redemption Date any Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution
(including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price 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 Additional
Amounts, if applicable) on all Outstanding Capital 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 Capital Securities then called for redemption, shall have been made
or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee
shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions
(including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or the Redemption Price of,
Capital Securities then due and payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default
resulting from a Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Securities
will be deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event
of Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of
Default with respect to the Capital Securities shall have been cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated. Until any such Event of Default under this Trust
Agreement with respect to the Capital Securities shall have been so cured,
waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf
of the Holders of the Capital Securities and not the Holder of the Common
Securities, and only the Holders of the Capital Securities will have the right
to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
SECTION 404. PAYMENT PROCEDURES. Payments of Distributions
(including Additional Amounts, if applicable) in respect of the Capital
Securities 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
Capital Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions shall be
made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds, which shall credit
the relevant Persons' accounts at such Clearing Agency on the applicable
Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be made
in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the
Holder of the Common Securities.
SECTION 405. TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS. The Administrative Trustees
shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Depositor's expense, and file
all United States federal, state and local tax and information returns and
reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. In this regard,
the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared
and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Form required to be filed
in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and (b) prepare and
furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each Securityholder the
appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be furnished to such
Securityholder or the information required to be provided on such form. The
Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor with a copy of all such
returns and reports promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Property
Trustee shall comply with United States federal withholding and backup
withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect to any
payments to Securityholders under the Trust Securities.
SECTION 406. PAYMENT OF TAXES, DUTIES, ETC. OF THE TRUST. Upon
receipt under the Junior Subordinated Debentures of Additional Sums, the
Property Trustee, at the direction of an Administrative Trustee or the
Depositor, shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of
whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the
United States or any other taxing authority.
SECTION 407. PAYMENTS UNDER INDENTURE. Any amount payable hereunder
to any Holder of Capital Securities shall be reduced by the amount of any
corresponding payment such Holder has directly received under the Indenture
pursuant to Section 514(b) or (c) hereof.
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ARTICLE V.
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 501. INITIAL OWNERSHIP. Upon the creation of the Trust and
the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 203 and until the
issuance of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no Trust
Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of
the Trust.
SECTION 502. THE TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES. The Capital
Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $25
Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof, and the
Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $25
Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof. The Trust
Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual
signature of at least one Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities
Certificates bearing the manual signatures of individuals who were, at the time
when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of
the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust
Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust
Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall
become a Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust
Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Sections 504, 511
and 513.
SECTION 503. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.
On the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust Securities
Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 204
and 205, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by at least one of the
Administrative Trustees and delivered to or upon the written order of the
Depositor, signed by its President, any Vice President or the Chief Financial
Officer without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized
denominations.
SECTION 504. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
CERTIFICATES. The Depositor shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 508, a register or registers for the
purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and transfers and
exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates (herein referred to as the
"Securities Register") in which the registrar designated by the Depositor (the
"Securities Registrar"), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, shall provide for the registration of Capital Securities
Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section 510 in the
case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and
exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Property
Trustee shall be the initial Securities Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Capital Securities
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 508, the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Capital
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate
Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee
or Trustees. The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of any Capital Securities that have been called for redemption. At
the option of a Holder, Capital Securities Certificates may be exchanged for
other Capital Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same
class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Capital
Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 508.
Every Capital Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Property Trustee and the
Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing. Each Capital Securities Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently
disposed of by
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the Property Trustee in accordance with its customary practice. The Trust shall
not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Capital
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar
days before the date of mailing of a notice of redemption of any Capital
Securities called for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day
of such mailing or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Capital
Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any such Capital Securities being redeemed in part.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Capital 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 Capital
Securities Certificates.
SECTION 505. 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 bona fide
purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the
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, the Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive
evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust
Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 506. PERSONS DEEMED SECURITYHOLDERS. The Trustees, the
Paying Agent and the Securities Registrar shall 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 neither the Trustees
nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 507. ACCESS TO LIST OF SECURITYHOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
At any time when the Property Trustee is not also acting as the Securities
Registrar, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or cause
to be furnished to the Property Trustee (a) semi-annually on or before January
15 and July 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of the
most recent regular record date (as provided in Section 401(d)) and (b) promptly
after receipt by any Administrative Trustee or the Depositor of a request
therefor from the Property Trustee, such other information as the Property
Trustee may reasonably require in order to enable the Property Trustee to
discharge its obligations under this Trust Agreement, in each case to the
extent such information is in the possession or control of the Administrative
Trustees or the Depositor and is not identical to a previously supplied list or
has not otherwise been received by the Property Trustee in its capacity as
Securities Registrar. The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or
under the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Trustee shall
be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act. Each Holder, by receiving and
holding a Trust Securities Certificate, and each Owner shall be deemed to have
agreed not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
SECTION 508. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Administrative
Trustees shall maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where
Capital Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustees in respect of
the Trust Securities
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Certificates may be served. The Administrative Trustees initially designate
the principal corporate trust office of the Property Trustee, Xxxxxx Square
North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attn:
Corporate Trust Administration, as the principal corporate trust office for such
purposes. The Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the
Depositor and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the
Securities Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 509. APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT. The Paying Agent shall
make Distributions to Securityholders from the Payment Account and shall report
the amounts of such Distributions to the Property Trustee and the
Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to
withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of making the
Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees may revoke such
power and remove the Paying Agent if such Trustees determine in their sole
discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations
under this Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall
initially be the Property Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by the
Property Trustee, and acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the
Depositor. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as
Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the
Property Trustee and the Depositor. In the event that the Property Trustee
shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or
its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a
successor that is acceptable to the Property Trustee and the Depositor to act
as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). The Administrative
Trustees shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent
appointed by the Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees
an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent
or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment
to the Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying
Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal
of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its
possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 801, 803 and
806 shall apply to the Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for
so long as the Property Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent
applicable, to any other Paying Agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in
this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the
context requires otherwise.
SECTION 510. OWNERSHIP OF COMMON SECURITIES BY DEPOSITOR. On the
Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and record
ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
any attempted transfer of the Common Securities (other than a transfer in
connection with a merger or consolidation of the Depositor into another
corporation pursuant to Section 12.1 of the Indenture) shall be void. The
Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued
to the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE".
SECTION 511. BOOK-ENTRY CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATES; COMMON
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Capital Securities Certificates, upon original issuance,
will be issued in the form of a typewritten Capital Securities Certificate or
Certificates representing Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates, to be
delivered to or held on behalf of The Depository Trust Company, the initial
Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust. Such Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificate or Certificates shall initially be registered on the
Securities Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial
Clearing Agency, and no beneficial owner will receive a Definitive Capital
Securities Certificate representing such beneficial owner's interest in such
Capital Securities, except as provided in Section 513. Unless and until
Definitive Capital Securities Certificates have been issued to beneficial
owners pursuant to Section 513:
(i) the provisions of this Section 511(a) shall be in
full force and effect;
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(ii) the Securities Registrar, the Paying Agent and the
Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all
purposes of this Trust Agreement relating to the Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificates (including the payment of the Liquidation
Amount of and Distributions on the Book-Entry Capital Securities) as
the sole Holder of Book-Entry Capital Securities and shall have no
obligations to the Owners thereof;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 511
conflict with any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, the
provisions of this Section 511 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificates shall be exercised only through the Clearing
Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between such Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants. Pursuant to the Certificate Depository Agreement,
unless and until Definitive Capital Securities Certificates are issued
pursuant to Section 513, the initial Clearing Agency will make
book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and will
receive and transmit payments on the Capital Securities to such
Clearing Agency Participants. Any Clearing Agency designated pursuant
hereto will not be deemed an agent of the Trustees for any purpose.
(b) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate.
SECTION 512. NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY. To the extent that a notice
or other communication to the Owners is required under this Trust Agreement,
unless and until Definitive Capital Securities Certificates shall have been
issued to Owners pursuant to Section 513, the Trustees shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given to Owners to the
Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligations to the Owners.
SECTION 513. DEFINITIVE CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATES. If (a) the
Depositor advises the Trustees in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Capital Securities Certificates, and the Depositor is unable to locate a
qualified successor, (b) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustees in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing
Agency, or (c) after the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default, Owners of
Capital Securities Certificates representing beneficial interests aggregating
at least a majority of the Liquidation Amount advise the Property Trustee in
writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing
Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Owners of Capital Securities
Certificates, then the Property Trustee shall notify the Clearing Agency, and
the Clearing Agency shall notify all Owners of Capital Securities Certificates,
of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of the Definitive
Capital Securities Certificates to Owners of such class or classes, as
applicable, requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Property Trustee of the
typewritten Capital Securities Certificate or Certificates representing the
Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied
by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them,
shall execute the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates in accordance with
the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither the Securities Registrar nor
the 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 Definitive Capital Securities Certificates,
the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates as Securityholders. The Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in
any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as
evidenced by the execution thereof by the Administrative Trustees or any one of
them.
SECTION 514. RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in
the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 209,
and the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than
the
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undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their
Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below.
The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights
specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust
Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights. When issued and
delivered to Holders of the Capital Securities against payment of the purchase
price therefor, the Capital Securities will be fully paid and nonassessable
interests in the Trust. The Holders of the Capital 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 Capital Securities remain Outstanding, if,
upon a Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders
of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Junior Subordinated
Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least 25% in
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then Outstanding shall have such
right by a notice in writing to the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee; and
upon any such declaration such principal amount of and the accrued interest on
all of the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall become immediately due and
payable, provided that the payment of principal and interest on such Junior
Subordinated Debentures shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in the
Indenture. If, as a result of a Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Junior Subordinated Debentures have declared the Junior
Subordinated Debentures due and payable and if such default has been cured and
a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments due (otherwise than by
acceleration) under the Junior Subordinated Debentures has been deposited with
the Debenture Trustee, then (if the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures have
not annulled such declaration and waived such default) the Holders of a
majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities may annul
such declaration and waive such default.
(c) For so long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, upon
a Debenture Event of Default arising from the failure to pay interest or
principal on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Holders of any Capital
Securities then Outstanding shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have
the right to directly institute proceedings for enforcement of payment to such
Holders of principal of or interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures
having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities of such Holders.
ARTICLE VI.
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 601. LIMITATIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, in Sections 514, 810 and
1002 and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of
Capital Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the
obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or
contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as
to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of
an association.
(b) So long as any Junior Subordinated Debentures are held by the
Property Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee,
or executing any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect
to such Junior Subordinated Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is
waivable under Article Seven of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to
rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Junior
Subordinated Debentures shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, 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 all Outstanding Capital Securities; provided, however,
that where a
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consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of
outstanding Junior Subordinated Debentures affected thereby, no such consent
shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of
each Holder of Capital Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action
previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Outstanding
Capital Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the
Outstanding Capital Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify each Holder
of the Outstanding Capital Securities of any notice of default received from
the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures. In
addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Capital
Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Trustees shall,
at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in
such matters to the effect that the Trust will continue to be classified as a
grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation for United
States federal income tax purposes on account of such action.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for,
or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special
rights of the Capital Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust
Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of
the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the
Holders of Outstanding Capital Securities as a class will be entitled to vote
on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be
effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities. No amendment to this
Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, the Trust would
cease to be classified as a grantor trust or would be classified as an
association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of all meetings of the
Holders of Capital Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the
meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 1008 to
each Holder of Capital Securities of record, at such Securityholder'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 603. MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF CAPITAL SECURITIES. No annual
meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative
Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any
matter upon the written request of the Holders of 25% of the Outstanding
Capital Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) and the
Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their
discretion, call a meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities to vote on any
matters as to which the Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to vote.
Holders of record of 50% of the Outstanding Capital Securities (based
upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting of such Securityholders.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the
Holders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a majority
of the Capital Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) held
by the Holders of Capital Securities of record present, either in person or by
proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Holders of the
Capital Securities, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of
affirmative votes.
SECTION 604. VOTING RIGHTS. Securityholders shall be entitled to one
vote for each $25 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities
in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.
SECTION 605. PROXIES, ETC. At any meeting of Securityholders, any
Securityholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no
proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file
with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the
Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the
time at which such vote shall be taken. When Trust Securities are held jointly
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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 a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless
challenged at or prior to its exercise, and, the burden of proving invalidity
shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years
after its date of execution.
SECTION 606. SECURITYHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action
which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a
meeting if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all Outstanding
Trust Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) entitled to
vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be
required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the
action in writing (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount).
SECTION 607. RECORD DATE FOR VOTING AND OTHER PURPOSES. For the
purposes of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to notice of and
to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in any
distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not
otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other
action, the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not more
than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment
of any distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for
the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such
purposes.
SECTION 608. ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by Securityholders
or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders or Owners in person
or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders or Owners signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 801) conclusive in favor of the
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 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 or her the execution thereof.
Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such
signer's individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of such signer's authority. The fact and date of
the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which any Trustee
receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Capital Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every
future Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of
every Trust Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered to be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do
so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust
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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.
A Holder of Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under
the Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
Guarantee Trustee (as defined in the Guarantee), the Trust or any Person.
SECTION 609. INSPECTION OF RECORDS. Upon reasonable notice to the
Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of the Trust
shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during normal business hours for
any purpose reasonably related to such Securityholder's interest as a
Securityholder.
ARTICLE VII.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 701. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BANK AND THE PROPERTY
TRUSTEE. The Bank, in its separate corporate capacity and as Property Trustee,
as of the date hereof, and each successor Property Trustee at the time of the
successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Property Trustee
hereunder (the term "Bank" being used hereafter in this Article VII to refer to
such successor Property Trustee in its separate corporate capacity and as
Property Trustee), hereby represents and warrants (as applicable) for the
benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:
(a) the Bank is a Delaware banking corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(b) the Bank has full corporate power, authority and legal right
to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and
has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Bank and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement
of the Bank enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of this
Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
action on the part of the Bank and does not require any approval of the
stockholders of the Bank and such execution, delivery and performance will not
(i) violate the Bank's charter or by-laws, (ii) violate any provision of, or
constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result
in the creation or imposition of, any Lien on any properties included in the
Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, credit
agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank is a
party or by which it is bound, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or
regulation of the United States or the State of Delaware, as the case may be,
governing the banking or trust powers of the Bank, or any order, judgment or
decree applicable to the Bank;
(e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Bank
of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the
Bank contemplated herein or therein 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 State of Delaware governing the banking or trust powers of the Bank; and
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(f) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Bank's
knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Bank in any court or before any
governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal which,
individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the
Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the Bank to enter
into or perform its obligations as one of the Trustees under this Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 702. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DELAWARE BANK AND
THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The Delaware Bank in its corporate capacity and as
Delaware Trustee, as of the date hereof, and each successor Delaware Trustee at
the time of the successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as
Delaware Trustee hereunder (the term "Delaware Bank" being used hereafter in
this Article VIII to refer to such successor Delaware Trustee in its separate
corporate capacity and as Delaware Trustee), hereby represents and warrants (as
applicable) for the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:
(a) the Delaware Bank is a Delaware banking corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware;
(b) the Delaware Bank has full corporate power, authority and
legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust
Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Delaware Bank and constitutes the valid and legally binding
agreement of the Delaware Bank enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
(d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Bank
of this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
other action on the part of the Delaware Bank and does not require any approval
of the stockholders of the Delaware Bank and such execution, delivery and
performance will not (i) violate the Delaware Bank's charter or by-laws, (ii)
violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of
time, a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of, any Lien on
any properties included in the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of,
any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or
instrument to which the Delaware Bank is a party or by which it is bound, or
(iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or
the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking or trust
powers of the Delaware Bank, or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the
Delaware Bank;
(e) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the
Delaware Bank of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
transactions by the Delaware Bank contemplated herein or therein 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 State of Delaware governing the banking or
trust powers of the Delaware Bank; and
(f) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the
Delaware Bank's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Delaware Bank in
any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or
tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of
the Delaware Bank to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the
Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 703. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITOR. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Securityholders
that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing Date
on behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly and
validly executed, issued and delivered by the Administrative Trustees
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pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the
requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the Securityholders will be, as of
such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable
by the Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of the
State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, the Property Trustee, the
Delaware Bank or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust
Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII.
THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 801. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as
provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Trust Agreement shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it. No Administrative Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be liable for
such Trustee's acts or omissions hereunder except as a result of such Trustee's
own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Property Trustee's liability
shall be determined under the Trust Indenture Act. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. To the extent that, at law
or in equity, the Delaware Trustee or an Administrative Trustee has duties
(including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or
to the Securityholders, the Delaware Trustee or such Administrative Trustee
shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's
good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions
of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and
liabilities of the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees otherwise
existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the
Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Delaware
Trustee and the Administrative 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 Securityholder, by such Securityholder's acceptance of a Trust Security,
agrees that such Securityholder will look solely to the revenue and proceeds
from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for distribution to
such Securityholder as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally
liable to such Securityholder for any amount distributable in respect of any
Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security.
This Section 801(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set
forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property
Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to
relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of the
Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a
majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities relating to the
time, method and place of conducting any
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proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee
under this Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the
custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and the Payment Account shall be to deal with
such Property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with
similar property for its own account, subject to the protections and
limitations on liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this
Trust Agreement and the Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree
with the Depositor and money held by the Property Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section
301 and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for
monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the
Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor
shall the Property Trustee be liable for the negligence, default or
misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.
SECTION 802. CERTAIN NOTICES.
(a) Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of
Default actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1008, notice of
such Event of Default to the Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees and
the Depositor, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
For purposes of this Section the term "Event of Default" means any event that
is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall transmit, to the
Securityholders in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1008,
notice of the Depositor's election to begin or further extend an Extension
Period on the Junior Subordinated Debentures (unless such election shall have
been revoked) within the time specified for transmitting such notice to the
holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures pursuant to the Indenture as
originally executed.
(c) In the event the Depositor elects to accelerate the Maturity
Date in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Indenture, the Property Trustee
shall give notice to each Holder of Trust Securities of the acceleration of the
Maturity Date and the Accelerated Maturity Date not later than five Business
Days after the Property Trustee receives the notice provided in Section 2.2(c)
of the Indenture.
SECTION 803. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE. Subject to the
provisions of Section 801:
(a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion of
Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action or
(ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the Property
Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with other provisions
contained herein or (iii) the Property Trustee
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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 Capital Securities are
entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee
shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of the
Depositor as to the course of action to be taken and the Property Trustee shall
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee
shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the
Depositor; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive
such instructions of the Depositor within 10 Business Days after it has
delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in
such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two
Business Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem
advisable and in the best interests of the Securityholders, in which event the
Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith,
negligence or willful misconduct;
(c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative
Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced
by an Officers' Certificate;
(d) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established before
undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee
(unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence
of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officer's
Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by
the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees;
(e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or
continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any
rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;
(f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice
and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice (such
counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may
include any of its employees); the Property Trustee shall have the right at any
time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement
from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request
or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Trust Agreement,
unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(h) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more
Securityholders, but the Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(i) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its
agents or attorneys, provided that the Property Trustee shall be responsible
for its own negligence or recklessness with respect to selection of any agent
or attorney appointed by it hereunder;
(j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect
to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the
Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust
Securities which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same
proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled
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to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in
respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such
remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are
received, and (iii) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such
instructions; and
(k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any
action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement. No
provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or
obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any
right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 804. 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 Trust, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures.
SECTION 805. MAY HOLD SECURITIES. Any Trustee or any other agent of
any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 808 and 813
and except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article
I, may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it
were not a Trustee or such other agent.
SECTION 806. COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY; FEES. The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder (which compensation
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of
this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to such Trustee's negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct (or, in the case of the Administrative Trustees
or the Delaware Trustee, any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its, his or her gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct); and
(c) to indemnify each of the Trustees or any predecessor Trustee
for, and to hold the Trustees harmless against, any loss, damage, claim,
liability, penalty or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this Trust Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance
of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except any such cost or expense as
may be attributable to such Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct (or, in the case of the Administrative Trustees or the Delaware
Trustee, any such cost or expense as may be attributable to its, his or her
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct).
No Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property as a result of any
amount due pursuant to this Section 806.
SECTION 807. CORPORATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY OF
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 eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a
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combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative
Trustees hereunder 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
that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
SECTION 808. CONFLICTING INTERESTS. If the Property Trustee has or
shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture
Act, the Property Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to
the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the
Trust Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 809. CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEE. Unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time or times, for the
purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be
located, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall have power to
appoint, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor
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, one or more Persons approved by the
Property Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property
Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to the extent required
by law to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with
such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in
such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or
power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this
Section. If the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees do not join in such
appointment within 15 days after the receipt by them of a request so to do, or
in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment. Any
co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section shall either
be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the
United States or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in
the United States that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind
such entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any
co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such
co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and
all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged, and
delivered by the Depositor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms,
namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all
rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of
securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be
deposited or pledged with, the Trustees specified hereunder, shall be
exercised, solely by such Trustees and not by such co-trustee or separate
trustee.
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(b) The rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such
appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by
the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate
trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such
co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Property
Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by
such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing
executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the
resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under
this Section, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of,
or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of
the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor
shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance
of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such
resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so
resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section
809.
(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 810. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR. No
resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 811.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Relevant Trustee
may resign at any time with respect to the Trust Securities by giving written
notice thereof to the Securityholders. If the instrument of acceptance by the
successor Trustee required by Section 811 shall not have been delivered to the
Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation,
the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Depositor, any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities.
Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holder of the
Common Securities. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may
be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities, delivered to such Relevant Trustee (in its
individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may
be removed by the Holder of the Common Securities at any time. In no event
will the Holders of the Capital Securities have the right to vote to appoint,
remove or replace the Administrative Trustees.
If the Relevant Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable
of acting as Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of such Relevant
Trustee for any cause, at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities, by Act of the
Holder of the Common Securities delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Trust Securities and the Trust, and the successor Trustee shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 811. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time
when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and
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is continuing, the Holders of the Capital Securities by Act of the Holders of a
majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then Outstanding
delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and such
successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 811.
If an Administrative Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting as Administrative Trustee, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities, by
Act of the Holder of the Common Securities delivered to an Administrative
Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative Trustee or
Administrative Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and
such successor Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees shall comply
with the applicable requirements of Section 811. If no successor Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall have been so appointed by the Holder of
the Common Securities or the Holders of the Capital Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 811, any Securityholder who has
been a Securityholder of for at least six months may, on behalf of such
Securityholder and all others similarly situated, petition a court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of a Relevant Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 1008 and shall give notice to
the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and
the address of its Corporate Trust office if it is the Property Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is
a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent
or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity
may be filled by (a) the unanimous act of remaining Administrative Trustees if
there are at least two of them or (b) otherwise by the Depositor (with the
successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement
for Administrative Trustees or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set
forth in Section 807).
SECTION 811. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR. In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities and the Trust, the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor
Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an
instrument hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities and the Trust, and upon the execution and delivery of such
instrument, the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect
to the Trust Securities and the Trust; but, on request of the Trust or any
successor Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and
money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust
Securities and the Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Trust shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 812. 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,
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conversion or consolidation to which such Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of such Trustee, shall be the successor of such Trustee hereunder, provided such
Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto.
SECTION 813. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST DEPOSITOR OR
TRUST. If and when the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be or
become a creditor of the Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the
Junior Subordinated Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be subject to and shall take
all actions necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or Trust
(or any such other obligor).
SECTION 814. REPORTS BY PROPERTY TRUSTEE.
(a) Not later than ________ of each year commencing with
_____________, 1997, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders
in accordance with Section 1008, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as
of the preceding _________ with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 807 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; and
(ii) 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 and which in its
opinion materially affects the Trust Securities.
(b) In addition the Property Trustee shall transmit to
Securityholders such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions
under this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(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
securities exchange or other organization upon which the Trust Securities may
be listed, with the Commission and with the Depositor.
SECTION 815. REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE. The Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property
Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of
the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the
times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 816. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. Each
of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with the 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 817. NUMBER OF TRUSTEES.
(a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Holder
of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease the
number of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee may be the same Person.
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(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the
number of Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 817(a), or
if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 817(a), a vacancy
shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in
accordance with Section 810.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate
to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative
Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an
Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 810, the Administrative
Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the
Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the
Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 818. 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 207(a)(i); and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from
time to time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such
things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or
the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative
Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by
applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
SECTION 819. VOTING. Except as otherwise provided in this Trust
Agreement, the consent or approval of the Administrative Trustees shall require
consent or approval by not less than a majority of the Administrative Trustees,
unless there are only two, in which case both must consent.
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 901. TERMINATION UPON EXPIRATION DATE. Unless earlier
dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on _____________, 2028 (the
"Expiration Date") subject to distribution of the Trust Property in accordance
with Section 904.
SECTION 902. EARLY TERMINATION. The first to occur of any of the
following events is an "Early Termination Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the
dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;
(b) delivery of written direction to the Property Trustee by the
Depositor at any time (which direction is wholly optional and within the
discretion of the Depositor) to dissolve the Trust and distribute the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to Securityholders in exchange for the Capital
Securities in accordance with Section 904;
(c) the redemption of all of the Capital Securities in connection
with the redemption of all of the Junior Subordinated Debentures; and
(d) an order for dissolution of the Trust shall have been entered
by a court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 903. TERMINATION. The respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust created and continued hereby
shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution
by
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the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of the Trust
pursuant to Section 904, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities
pursuant to Section 402, of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder
upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (b) the payment of any expenses
owed by the Trust; (c) the discharge of all administrative duties of the
Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting
obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders, and (d) the
filing of a certificate of cancellation by the Administrative Trustee under the
Delaware Business Trust Act.
SECTION 904. LIQUIDATION.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b), or
(d) of Section 902 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be
liquidated by the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be
possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the
Trust as provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of
Junior Subordinated Debentures, subject to Section 904(d). Notice of
liquidation shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not later than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's address
appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date;
(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the
Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any
Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be
deemed to represent a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures;
and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the
mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities certificates
for Junior Subordinated Debentures, or if Section 904(d) applies
receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or
the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 902(c) or 904(d) applies, in order to
effect the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures to Securityholders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record
date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the
Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the
appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it
shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Junior Subordinated
Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 902(c) or 904(d) applies, after the
Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding, (ii) certificates (or, at the election of the Depositor a Global
Subordinated Debenture, subject to the provisions of the Indenture)
representing a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures will be issued to
Holders of Trust Securities Certificates upon surrender of such certificates to
the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange, (iii) the Depositor
shall use its reasonable efforts to have the Junior Subordinated Debentures
listed on the Nasdaq National Market or on such other securities exchange or
other organization as the Capital Securities may then be listed or traded,
(iv) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be
deemed to represent a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures, accruing
interest at the rate provided for in the Junior Subordinated Debentures from
the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution was made on such Trust
Securities Certificates until such certificates are so surrendered (and until
such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will
be made to holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such Junior
Subordinated Debentures) and (v) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust
Securities will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive
Junior Subordinated Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of
this Section 904, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a
court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Junior
Subordinated
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Debentures in the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee
not to be practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust
shall be dissolved, wound-up or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such
manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the
dissolution, winding-up or other termination of the Trust, Securityholders will
be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for
distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors
of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation
Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to
the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If,
upon any such dissolution, winding-up or termination, the Liquidation
Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets
available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject
to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust
Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts).
The Holder of the Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation
Distributions upon any such dissolution, winding-up or termination pro rata
(determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Capital Securities, except that, if a
Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Capital
Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities.
SECTION 905. MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS
OF THE TRUST. The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate,
or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except
pursuant to this Section 905. At the request of the Depositor, with the
consent of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders
of the Capital Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the
Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, 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 Trust with respect to the Capital Securities or (b)
substitutes for the Capital Securities other securities having substantially
the same terms as the Capital Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long
as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Capital Securities rank in
priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation,
redemption and otherwise, (ii) the Depositor expressly appoints a trustee of
such successor entity possessing substantially the same powers and duties as
the Property Trustee as the holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, (iii)
such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or
lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the
Holders of the Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any
material respect, (iv) such successor entity has a purpose identical to that of
the Trust, (v) the Successor Securities will be listed or traded on any
national securities exchange or other organization on which the Capital
Securities may then be listed, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has
received an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters 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 Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) in
any material respect, and (b) following such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor
such successor entity will be required to register as an "investment company"
under the Investment Company Act and (vii) the Depositor 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except
with the consent of holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
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 Person or permit any other Person to consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it, if such consolidation,
amalgamation, merger or replacement would cause the Trust or the successor
entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes.
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ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 1001. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS. The death or
incapacity of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust
Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor entitle the
legal representatives or heirs of such Person, to claim an accounting, take any
action or bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding-up of
the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
SECTION 1002. AMENDMENT.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Trustees and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) as
provided in Section 811 with respect to acceptance of appointment by a
successor Trustee, (ii) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any
provision herein or therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein or therein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Trust Agreement, that shall not be inconsistent
with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, or (iii) to modify,
eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as
shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United
States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any
Trust Securities are Outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be
required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act; provided, however, that in the case of clause (ii), such action shall not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder,
and any amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice
thereof is given to the Securityholders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 601(c) or Section 1002(c)
hereof, any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees
and the Depositor (i) with the consent of Securityholders representing not less
than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then
Outstanding and (ii) upon receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the
Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status
as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or the Trust's
exemption from status of 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 Securityholder (such
consent being obtained in accordance with Section 603 or 606 hereof), this
Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount
of any distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as
of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date;
notwithstanding any other provision herein, without the unanimous consent of
the Securityholders (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 603
or 606 hereof), this paragraph (c) of this Section 1002 may not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement,
no Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement
which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from
status of an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act or to fail
or cease to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income
tax purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the
contrary, without the consent of the Depositor, this Trust Agreement may not be
amended in a manner which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor.
(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is
made, the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a
copy of such amendment.
(g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Property
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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 1003. 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 1004. GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST AND THE TRUSTEES WITH
RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES).
SECTION 1005. PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAY. If the date fixed
for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day that is not a Business
Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but may be made on the
next succeeding day which is a Business Day (except as otherwise provided in
Sections 401(a) and 402(d)), with the same force and effect as though made on
the date fixed for such payment, and no Distribution shall accumulate thereon
for the period after such date.
SECTION 1006. SUCCESSORS. This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or
the Relevant Trustee(s), including any successor by operation of law. Except
in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that
is permitted under Article Twelve of the Indenture and pursuant to which the
assignee agrees in writing to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder,
the Depositor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 1007. HEADINGS. The Article and Section headings are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 1008. REPORTS, NOTICES AND DEMANDS. Any report, notice,
demand or other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is
required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any Securityholder or
the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit thereof, first-class
postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery or facsimile
transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of a Holder of Capital
Securities, to such Securityholder as such Securityholder's name and address
may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of the
Common Securities or the Depositor, to Vectra Banking Corporation, 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000; Attention: Chief
Financial Officer; Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000. Any notice to the Holders of
the Capital Securities shall also be given to such Owners as have, within two
years preceding the giving of such notice, filed their names and addresses with
the Property Trustee for that purpose. Such notice, demand or other
communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or
transmission.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of
this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon
the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given
in writing addressed (until another address is published by the Trust) as
follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to Wilmington Trust Company,
Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; (b) with respect to the Delaware
Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration; and (c) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at
the address above for notices to the Depositor, marked "Attention:
Administrative Trustees of VBC Capital I Trust." Such notice, demand or other
communication to or upon the Trust or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to
have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by
the Trust or the Property Trustee.
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SECTION 1009. AGREEMENT NOT TO PETITION. Each of the Trustees and
the Depositor agree for the benefit of the Securityholders that, until at least
one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with
Article IX, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against
the Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
(including, without limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code)
(collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in the commencement of any
proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the
Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 1009, the Property Trustee
agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the expense of the
Depositor (which expense shall be paid prior to the filing), it shall file an
answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of
such petition by the Depositor against the Trust or the commencement of such
action and raise the defense that the Depositor has agreed in writing not to
take such action and should be stopped and precluded therefrom. The provisions
of this Section 1009 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 1010. TRUST INDENTURE ACT; CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall,
to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a
trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Trust
Agreement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required
provision shall control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or
excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or
excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement
as so modified or 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
Trust.
SECTION 1011. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF TRUST AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE AND
INDENTURE.
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THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN
BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY
SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE
UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER
TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF
THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE
TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
VECTRA BANKING CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By
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Xxxx X. Xxxx, President and Chief
Executive Officer
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Delaware Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Xxxx X. Xxxx, As Administrative Trustee
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Xxx X. Xxxx, As Administrative Trustee
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, As Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF SECURITIES
21,650
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
VBC CAPITAL I
___% Common Securities
(liquidation amount $25 per Common Security)
VBC CAPITAL I, a statutory business trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Vectra Banking
Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of Twenty One Thousand Six
Hundred Fifty (21,650) securities of the Trust representing undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the ____ %
Common Securities (liquidation amount $25 per Common Security) (the "Common
Securities"). In accordance with Section 510 of the Trust Agreement (as
defined below), the Common Securities are not transferable and any attempted
transfer hereof 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 Trust dated
as of ________, 1997, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust
Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of Common Securities as set
forth therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement to the
Holder without charge upon written request to the 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust
has executed this certificate this ____ day of __________, 1997.
VBC CAPITAL I
By:
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Name:
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Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
AGREEMENT dated as of __________, 1997, between Vectra Banking
Corporation, a Colorado corporation (the "Company"), and VBC Capital I, a
Delaware business trust (the "Trust").
WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the "Common
Securities") to, and receive ___% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2027 (the
"Junior Subordinated Debentures") from, the Company and to issue and sell __%
Cumulative Capital Securities (the "Capital Securities") with such powers,
preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth in the Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of __________, 1997, as the
same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Company will directly or indirectly own all of the Common
Securities of the Trust and will issue the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the
Capital Securities, which purchase the Company hereby agrees shall benefit the
Company and which purchase the Company acknowledges will be made in reliance
upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, including in
its capacity as holder of the Common Securities, and the Trust hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.1. GUARANTEE BY THE COMPANY. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Company, including in its capacity as holder of the
Common Securities, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each
person or entity to whom the Trust is now or hereafter becomes indebted or
liable (the "Beneficiaries") the full payment, when and as due, of any and all
Obligations (as hereinafter defined) to such Beneficiaries. As used herein,
"Obligations" means any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust other than
obligations of the Trust to pay to holders of any Capital Securities or other
similar interests in the Trust the amounts due such holders pursuant to the
terms of the Capital Securities or such other similar interests, as the case
may be. This Agreement is intended to be for the benefit of, and to be
enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or not such Beneficiaries have
received notice hereof.
SECTION 1.2. TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall terminate and be
of no further force and effect upon the later of (a) the date on which full
payment has been made of all amounts payable to all holders of all the Capital
Securities (whether upon redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise) and
(b) the date on which there are no Beneficiaries remaining; provided, however,
that this Agreement shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as
the case may be, if at any time any holder of Capital Securities or any
Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid under the Capital Securities,
under any Obligation, under the Capital Securities Guarantee Agreement dated
the date hereof by the Company and Wilmington Trust Company as guarantee trustee
or under this Agreement, for any reason whatsoever. This Agreement is
continuing, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
SECTION 1.3. WAIVER OF NOTICE. The Company hereby waives notice of
acceptance of this Agreement and of any Obligation to which it applies or may
apply, and the Company hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other
notices and demands.
SECTION 1.4. NO IMPAIRMENT. The obligations, covenants, agreements
and duties of the Company under this Agreement shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
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(a) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or
any portion of the Obligations or for the performance of any other obligation
under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Obligations;
(b) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part
of the Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power
or remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect to the Obligations or any
action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind;
or
(c) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of
any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment
of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Trust or any of the
assets of the Trust.
The Beneficiaries shall not be obligated to give notice to, or obtain
the consent of, the Company with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 1.5. ENFORCEMENT. A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement
directly against the Company, and the Company waives any right or remedy to
require that any action be brought against the Trust or any other person or
entity before proceeding against the Company.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.1. BINDING EFFECT. All guarantees and agreements contained
in this Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the
Beneficiaries.
SECTION 2.2. AMENDMENT. So long as there remains any Beneficiary or
any Capital Securities are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified or
amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to the holders of the
Capital Securities.
SECTION 2.3. NOTICES. Any notice, request or other communication
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing by
delivering the same by facsimile transmission (confirmed by mail), telex, or by
registered or certified mail, addressed as follows (and if so given, shall be
deemed given when mailed or upon receipt of an answer back, if sent by telex):
VBC Capital I
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Vectra Banking Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
SECTION 2.4. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado
(without regard to conflict of laws principles).
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THIS AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.
VECTRA BANKING CORPORATION,
By ------------------------------------------
Xxxx X. Xxxx, President and Chief
Executive Officer
VBC CAPITAL I
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT E
This Capital Security is a Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate
within the meaning of the Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to and is
registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation
(the "Depositary" or the "Depository Trust Company") or a nominee of the
Depositary. This Capital Security is exchangeable for Capital Securities
registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee
only in the limited circumstances described in the Trust Agreement (as defined
below) and no transfer of this Capital Security (other than a transfer of this
Capital Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary) may be registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Capital Security is presented by an authorized
representative of the Depositary to VBC Capital I or its agent for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Capital Security issued is registered
in the name of Cede & Co., or such other name as requested by an authorized
representative of the Depositary (and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co.
or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the
Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co. has an interest herein.
Certificate Number Number of Capital Securities
700,000
CUSIP NO.
Certificate Evidencing Capital Securities
of
VBC Capital I
___% Cumulative Capital Securities
(liquidation amount $25 per Capital Security)
VBC CAPITAL I, a statutory business trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. (the
"Holder") is the registered owner of Seven Hundred Thousand (700,000) preferred
securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust and designated the ____ % Cumulative Capital Securities
(liquidation amount $25 per Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"). The
Capital Securities are transferable on the books and records of the 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 504 of the
Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences, and other terms and provisions of the Capital
Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Capital 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 Trust dated
as of __________, 1997, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of Capital
Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Agreement entered into by Vectra Banking
Corporation, a Colorado corporation, and Wilmington Trust Company, as guarantee
trustee, dated as of __________, 1997 (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided
therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the
Guarantee to the Holder without charge upon written request to the 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust
has executed this certificate this ____ day of ____________, 1997.
VBC CAPITAL I
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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