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Exhibit
4.19
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
between
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
CORPORATION
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.
Dated as of
October 5, 2007
Supplement to Junior
Subordinated Indenture,
dated as of
October 5, 2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section
1.1 |
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Definitions |
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| ARTICLE II GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED NOTES |
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Section
2.1 |
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Designation, Principal Amount and Authorized
Denomination |
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Section
2.2 |
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Repayment |
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Section
2.3 |
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Form |
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Section
2.4 |
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Rate of
Interest; Interest Payment Dates |
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Section
2.5 |
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Interest
Deferral |
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Section
2.6 |
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Dividend
and Other Payment Stoppages |
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Section
2.7 |
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Alternative Payment Mechanism |
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Section
2.8 |
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Redemption of the Junior Subordinated Notes |
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Section
2.9 |
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Events of
Default |
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Section 2.10 |
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Securities Registrar; Paying Agent |
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Section
2.11 |
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Limitation on Claims in the Event of Bankruptcy, Insolvency or
Receivership |
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Section
2.12 |
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of Trust Preferred
Securities |
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Section
2.13 |
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Covenants |
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| ARTICLE III REPAYMENT OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES |
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Section
3.1 |
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Repayments |
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Section
3.2 |
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Selection
of the Junior Subordinated Notes to be Repaid |
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Section
3.3 |
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Notice of
Repayment |
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Section
3.4 |
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Deposit
of Repayment Amount |
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Section
3.5 |
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Repayment
of Junior Subordinated Notes |
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| ARTICLE IV CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR
LEASE |
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Section
4.1 |
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Successor
Corporation Substituted. |
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| ARTICLE V FORM OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES |
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Section
5.1 |
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Form of
Junior Subordinated Notes |
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| ARTICLE VI ORIGINAL ISSUE OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
NOTES |
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Section
6.1 |
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Original
Issue of Junior Subordinated Notes |
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Section
6.2 |
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Calculation of Original Issue Discount |
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| ARTICLE VII SUBORDINATION |
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Section
7.1 |
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Senior
Debt |
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Section
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Compliance with Federal Reserve Rules |
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| ARTICLE VIII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 8.1 |
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 8.2 |
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Supplemental
Indentures With Consent of Holders |
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Section 8.3 |
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Modifications |
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| ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 9.1 |
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Effectiveness |
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Section 9.2 |
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Successors
and Assigns |
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Section 9.3 |
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Further
Assurances |
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Section 9.4 |
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Effect of
Recitals |
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Section 9.5 |
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Ratification
of Indenture |
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Section 9.6 |
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Governing
Law |
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Section 9.7 |
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Force
Majeure |
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE,
dated as of October 5, 2007, between THE CHARLES SCHWAB
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), having its principal office at 120 Kearny Street, San
Francisco, California 94108, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee
(hereinafter called the “ Trustee ”).
RECITALS OF THE
COMPANY
The Company and the Trustee
entered into the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
October 5, 2007 (the “ Indenture
”).
Schwab Capital Trust I, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “ Trust ”), has
offered to the public its trust preferred securities known as Fixed
to Floating Rate Trust Preferred Securities (the “ Trust
Preferred Securities ”), which are beneficial interests
in the Trust, and proposes to invest the proceeds from such
offering, together with the proceeds of the issuance and sale by
the Trust to the Company of its Fixed to Floating Rate Trust Common
Securities (the “ Trust Common Securities ” and,
together with the Trust Preferred Securities, the “ Trust
Securities ”), in the Junior Subordinated Notes (as
defined herein).
Section 9.1 of the
Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may, without
the consent of any Holder, enter into a supplemental indenture to
establish the form or terms of securities of any series as
permitted by Section 2.1 or 3.1 thereof.
Pursuant to Sections 2.1 and
3.1 of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the
establishment of a new series of Securities under the Indenture,
the form and substance of such Securities and the terms, provisions
and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture
and this Supplemental Indenture.
The Company has delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’
Certificate pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Indenture to effect
the execution of this Supplemental Indenture is authorized or
permitted by the Indenture.
The Company has requested
that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture
and satisfy all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental
Indenture a valid and legally binding instrument in accordance with
its terms, and to make the Junior Subordinated Notes, when executed
by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and all acts
and things necessary have been done and performed to make this
Supplemental Indenture enforceable in accordance with its terms,
and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has
been duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Junior Subordinated Notes by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Junior
Subordinated Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions . For all purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) Terms defined in the
Indenture or the Trust Agreement (as defined herein) have the same
meaning when used in this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise
specified herein.
(b) The terms defined in this
Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and
include the plural as well as the singular.
(c) The words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision, and any reference to an
Article, Section or other subdivision refers to an Article, Section
or other subdivision of this Supplemental Indenture.
(d) Any reference herein to
“interest” includes any Additional Interest.
“ Applicable
Spread ” means (i) 0.50% in the case of a redemption
of all Outstanding Junior Subordinated Notes prior to
November 15, 2017 within 90 days after the occurrence of a Tax
Event or Rating Agency Event; (ii) 0.50% in the case of any
other redemption prior to November 15, 2017; and
(iii) 0.15% in the case of a redemption after
November 15, 2017 and prior to November 15,
2037.
“ Business
Combination ” means a merger, consolidation, amalgamation
or conveyance, transfer or lease of assets substantially as an
entirety by one Person to any other Person.
“ Business Day
” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any other day
on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York, New
York are permitted or required by any applicable law to close, or
on or after November 15, 2017, a day that is not a London
Banking Day.
“ Capital Treatment
Event ” means the Company’s reasonable
determination that, as a result of the occurrence of any amendment
to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the
laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of the United States
or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or as a result of
any official or administrative pronouncement or action or judicial
decision interpreting or applying such laws, rules or regulations,
which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement,
action or decision is announced on or after the date of issuance of
the Trust Preferred Securities, there is more than an insubstantial
risk that the Company will not be entitled to treat an amount equal
to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred
Securities as “ Tier 1 Capital ” (or the then
equivalent thereof) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines
of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the
Company. A Capital Treatment Event can only occur so long as the
Company is subject to the supervision and regulation of the Federal
Reserve.
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“ Calculation
Agent ” means The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
or any other firm appointed by the Company, acting as calculation
agent.
“ Commercially
Reasonable Efforts ” means (i) with respect to
Section 2.2(a), commercially reasonable efforts to complete
the offer and sale of Qualifying Capital Securities in public
offerings or private placements to Persons other than Subsidiaries.
The Company will not be considered to have made Commercially
Reasonable Efforts to effect a sale of Qualifying Capital
Securities if it determines not to pursue or complete such sale due
solely to pricing, coupon, dividend rate or dilution considerations
and (ii) with respect to Section 2.7, commercially
reasonable efforts to complete the offer and sale of Qualifying APM
Securities in public offerings or private placements to Persons
other than Subsidiaries. The Company will not be considered to have
used Commercially Reasonable Efforts to effect a sale of Qualifying
APM Securities if it determines not to pursue or complete such sale
due solely to pricing, coupon, dividend rate or dilution
considerations.
“ Common Stock
” means the common stock of the Company.
“ Common Equity
Issuance Cap ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.7(a)(i).
“ Company
” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this
Supplemental Indenture.
“ Current Stock
Market Price ” means, with respect to Common Stock on any
date, (i) the closing sale price per share (or if no closing
sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or,
if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and
the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite
transactions by the Nasdaq Global Select Market or if Common Stock
is not then listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, as reported
by the principal U.S. securities exchange on which Common Stock is
traded or quoted on the relevant date, (ii) if Common Stock is
not listed on any U.S. securities exchange on the relevant date,
the last quoted bid price for Common Stock in the over-the-counter
market on the relevant date as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or
similar organization, or (iii) if Common Stock is not so
quoted, the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices
for Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three
nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected
by the Company for this purpose.
“ Deferral
Period ” means the period commencing on an Interest
Payment Date with respect to which the Company elects to defer
interest pursuant to Section 2.5 and ending on the earlier of
(i) the tenth anniversary of such Interest Payment Date and
(ii) the next Interest Payment Date on which the Company has
paid the deferred amount, all deferred amounts with respect to any
subsequent period and all other accrued and unpaid interest on the
Junior Subordinated Notes.
“ Eligible
Proceeds ” means, for each relevant Interest Payment
Date, the net proceeds (after deducting underwriters’ or
placement agents’ fees, commissions or discounts and other
expenses relating to the issuance or sale) the Company has received
during the 180-day period prior to such Interest Payment Date from
the issuance or sale of Qualifying APM Securities (excluding sales
of Common Stock in excess of the Common Equity Issuance Cap and
sales of
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Qualifying Preferred Stock in excess of
the Preferred Stock Issuance Cap) to Persons other than
Subsidiaries.
“ Federal
Reserve ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, together with any other federal regulatory agency
having primary jurisdiction over the Company other than the Office
of Thrift Supervision.
“ Final Repayment
Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.2(b).
“ Guarantee
Agreement ” means the Guarantee Agreement between the
Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., as guarantee trustee, dated as of October 5,
2007.
“ Indenture
” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“ Intent-Based
Replacement Disclosure ” has the meaning specified in the
Replacement Capital Covenant.
“ Interest Payment
Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.4(b).
“ Interest
Period ” means the period from, and including, any
Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Interest
Period, October 5, 2007) to but excluding the next Interest
Payment Date.
“ Investment Company
Event ” means the receipt by 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 Trust Preferred Securities, there is more than
an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be considered an
“investment company” that is required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“ Junior
Subordinated Note ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1.
“ LIBOR ”
means, with respect to any monthly or quarterly Interest Period,
the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S.
dollars for a one- or three-month period, as applicable, commencing
on the first day of that monthly or quarterly Interest Period that
appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the LIBOR Determination Date for that monthly or quarterly
Interest Period, as the case may be. If such rate does not appear
on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page, one- or three-month LIBOR will be
determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S.
dollars for a one- or three-month period commencing on the first
day of that monthly or quarterly Interest Period, as applicable,
and in a principal amount of not less than $1 million are offered
to prime banks in the London interbank market by four major banks
in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent
(after consultation with the Company), at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the LIBOR Determination Date for that monthly or
quarterly Interest Period. The
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Calculation Agent will request the
principal London office of each of such banks to provide a
quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are
provided, one- or three-month LIBOR with respect to that monthly or
quarterly Interest Period, as applicable, will be the arithmetic
mean (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of
0.00001%) of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are
provided, one- or three-month LIBOR with respect to that monthly or
quarterly Interest Period, as applicable, will be the arithmetic
mean (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of
0.00001%) of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City
selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the
Company), at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
first day of that monthly or quarterly Interest Period, as
applicable, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for
a one- or three-month period, as applicable, commencing on the
first day of that monthly or quarterly Interest Period and in a
principal amount of not less than $1 million. However, if fewer
than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent to provide
quotations are quoting as described above, LIBOR for that monthly
or quarterly Interest Period will be the same as LIBOR as
determined for the previous Interest Period or, in the case of the
quarterly Interest Period beginning on November 15, 2017,
5.240%. The establishment of LIBOR for each monthly or quarterly
Interest Period, as applicable, by the Calculation Agent shall (in
the absence of manifest error) be final and binding.
“ LIBOR
Determination Date ” means the second London Banking Day
immediately proceeding the first day of the relevant monthly or
quarterly Interest Period.
“ London Banking
Day ” means any day on which commercial banks are open
for general business (including dealings in deposits in United
States dollars) in London, England.
“ Major Subsidiary
Depository Institution ” means a major subsidiary
depository institution of the Company within the meaning of the
Federal Reserve’s risk-based capital guidelines applicable to
bank holding companies. As of the date of this Supplemental
Indenture, Schwab Bank is the Company’s only Major Subsidiary
Depository Institution.
“ Make-Whole
Redemption Price ” is equal to the greater of:
(x) 100% of the principal
amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes being redeemed, plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, or
(y) (A) in the case of a
redemption prior to November 15, 2017, the sum of the present
values of the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes and
each interest payment on the Junior Subordinated Notes that would
have been payable from the Redemption Date to and including
November 15, 2017 (not including any portion of such payments
of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date), discounted from
November 15, 2017 or the applicable Interest Payment Date to
the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a discount rate equal to the
Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Spread and, (B) in the case
of a redemption after November 15, 2017 and prior to but not
including November 15, 2037, the sum of the present values of
the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes and each
interest payment on the Junior Subordinated Notes that would have
been payable from the Redemption Date to and including
November 15, 2037, assuming that
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the Junior Subordinated Notes
accrue interest at a rate equal to the interest rate applicable to
the immediately preceding Interest Period (not including any
portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption
Date), discounted from November 15, 2037 or the applicable
Interest Payment Date to the Redemption Date on a quarterly basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a
discount rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate applicable to the
immediately preceding Interest Period, as calculated by the Premium
Calculation Agent, minus the Applicable Spread, in each case of
clauses (A) and (B) above plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the Redemption Date.
“ Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock ” means Preferred Stock with
(a) no prepayment obligation of the liquidation preference on
the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election of the
holders or otherwise, and (b) a requirement that the Preferred
Stock converts into Common Stock within three years from the date
of its issuance at a conversion ratio within a range established at
the time of the issuance of the Preferred Stock, subject to
customary anti-dilution adjustments.
“ Market Disruption
Event ” means, with respect to the issuance or sale of
Qualifying Capital Securities pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or
Qualifying APM Securities pursuant to Section 2.7, the
occurrence or existence of any of the following events or sets of
circumstances:
(i) Trading in securities
generally (or in the Common Stock or Preferred Stock specifically)
on the any other national securities exchange, or in the
over-the-counter market, on which the Common Stock and/or Preferred
Stock is then listed or traded shall have been suspended or the
settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially
disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such
exchange or market by the relevant exchange or by any other
regulatory body or governmental agency having jurisdiction, and the
establishment of such minimum prices materially disrupts or
otherwise has a material adverse effect on trading in, or the
issuance and sale of, Qualifying APM Securities or Qualifying
Capital Securities, as the case may be;
(ii) The Company would be
required to obtain the consent or approval of its stockholders or a
regulatory body (including, without limitation, any securities
exchange) or governmental authority to issue or sell Qualifying
Capital Securities or Qualifying APM Securities, as the case may
be, and such consent or approval has not yet been obtained
notwithstanding the Company’s commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain such consent or approval;
(iii) A banking moratorium
shall have been declared by the federal or state authorities of the
United States and such moratorium materially disrupts or otherwise
has a material adverse effect on trading in, or the issuance and
sale of, the Qualifying APM Securities or Qualifying Capital
Securities, as the case may be;
(iv) A material disruption
shall have occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement
or clearance services in the United States and such disruption
materially disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse effect on
trading in, or the
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issuance and sale of, the
Qualifying APM Securities or Qualifying Capital Securities, as the
case may be;
(v) The United States shall
have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an
escalation in hostilities involving the United States, there shall
have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the
United States or there shall have occurred any other national or
international calamity or crisis and such event materially disrupts
or otherwise has a material adverse effect on trading in, or the
issuance and sale of, the Qualifying APM Securities or Qualifying
Capital Securities, as the case may be;
(vi) There shall have
occurred such a material adverse change in general domestic or
international economic, political or financial conditions,
including as a result of terrorist activities, and such change
materially disrupts or otherwise has a material adverse effect on
trading in, or the issuance and sale of, the Qualifying APM
Securities or Qualifying Capital Securities, as the case may
be;
(vii) An event occurs and is
continuing as a result of which the offering document for such
offer and sale of Qualifying APM Securities or Qualifying Capital
Securities, as the case may be, would, in the reasonable judgment
of the Company, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and either
(a) the disclosure of that event at such time, in the
reasonable judgment of the Company, is not otherwise required by
law and would have a material adverse effect on the business of the
Company or (b) the disclosure relates to a previously
undisclosed proposed or pending material business transaction, the
disclosure of which would, in the reasonable judgment of the
Company, impede the ability of the Company to consummate such
transaction, provided that no single suspension period
contemplated by this paragraph (vii) shall exceed 90
consecutive days and multiple suspension periods contemplated by
this paragraph (vii) shall not exceed an aggregate of 180 days
in any 360-day period; or
(viii) The Company reasonably
believes that the offering document for such offer and sale of
Qualifying APM Securities or Qualifying Capital Securities, as the
case may be, would not be in compliance with a rule or regulation
of the Commission (for reasons other than those referred to in
paragraph (vii) above) and the Company is unable to comply
with such rule or regulation or such compliance is unduly
burdensome, provided that no single suspension period
contemplated by this paragraph (viii) shall exceed 90
consecutive days and multiple suspension periods contemplated by
this paragraph (viii) shall not exceed an aggregate of 180
days in any 360-day period.
“ Parity
Securities ” means debt securities or guarantees of the
Company that rank in right of payment and upon liquidation of the
Company pari passu with the Junior Subordinated Notes, and
includes the Junior Subordinated Notes and the Guarantee under the
Guarantee Agreement.
“ Paying Agent
” means, with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes, The
Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. or any other Person, including
an affiliate of the Company, authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or interest on the Junior Subordinated Notes on behalf
of the Company.
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“ Permitted
Remedies ” has the meaning specified in the Replacement
Capital Covenant.
“ Paying Agent
Office ” means the office of the applicable Paying Agent
at which at any particular time its corporate agency business will
principally be administered in a Place of Payment, which office at
the date hereof in the case of The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., in its capacity as Paying Agent with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Notes under the Indenture, is located at The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A., 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500,
Los Angeles, California 90017.
“ Preferred
Stock ” means the preferred stock of the
Company.
“ Preferred Stock
Issuance Cap ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.7(a)(ii).
“ Premium
Calculation Agent ” means an investment banking
institution of national standing appointed by the
Company.
“ Prospectus
Supplement ” means the prospectus supplement dated
October 2, 2007 to the prospectus dated May 5, 2004,
pursuant to which the Trust Preferred Securities and the Junior
Subordinated Notes were offered to investors.
“ Qualifying APM
Securities ” means Common Stock, Qualifying Preferred
Stock, Qualifying Warrants and Mandatorily Convertible Preferred
Stock; provided, however , that such definition is subject
to modification pursuant to Section 8.3(a).
“ Qualifying Capital
Securities ” has the meaning specified in the Replacement
Capital Covenant.
“ Qualifying
Preferred Stock ” means non-cumulative perpetual
preferred stock of the Company (a) as to which the transaction
documents provide for no remedies as a consequence of non-payment
of distributions other than Permitted Remedies and (b) that
(i) is either subject to Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure
and has a provision that prohibits the Company from making any
distributions thereon upon its failure to satisfy one or more
financial tests set forth therein or (ii) is subject to a
Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant.
“ Qualifying
Replacement Capital Covenant ” has the meaning specified
in the Replacement Capital Covenant.
“ Qualifying
Warrants ” means net share settled warrants to purchase
Common Stock that (a) have an exercise price greater than the
Current Stock Market Price as of the issuance date of such
warrants; (b) the Company is not entitled to redeem for cash;
and (c) the holders of which are not entitled to require the
Company to repurchase for cash in any circumstances.
“Rating Agency
Event ” means an amendment, clarification or change has
occurred with respect to securities such as the Junior Subordinated
Notes in the equity criteria of any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization within the meaning of
Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act that then publishes a
rating for the Company (in this definition, a “rating
agency”), which amendment, clarification or change results in
a lower equity credit for the Junior Subordinated
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Notes than the then respective equity
credit assigned by such rating agency or its predecessor on the
date hereof.
“ Repayment Date
” means the Scheduled Maturity Date and each Interest Payment
Date thereafter until the Company shall have repaid or redeemed all
of the Junior Subordinated Notes.
“ Replacement
Capital Covenant ” means the Replacement Capital
Covenant, dated as of October 5, 2007, by the Company, as the
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the provisions thereof and
Section 2.2(a)(vii).
“ Responsible
Officer ” means, with respect to The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A. in its capacity as Paying Agent, any officer
within the Corporate Trust Department (or any successor department,
unit or division of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.)
assigned to the Paying Agent Office of The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A., in its capacity as Paying Agent, including any vice
president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant
treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A who customarily performs functions similar
to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such
officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is
referred because of such person’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject and who has direct
responsibility for the administration of the Paying Agent or other
functions of the Indenture.
“ Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page ” means the display designated on the
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or such other page as may replace the
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page on the service or such other service as
may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association for the
purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for United
States dollar deposits).
“ Scheduled Maturity
Date ” means November 15, 2037 (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the following Business Day).
“ Securities
Registrar ” means, with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Notes, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., or
any other firm appointed by the Company, acting as securities
registrar for the Junior Subordinated Notes.
“ Securities
Registrar Office ” means the office of the applicable
Securities Registrar at which at any particular time its corporate
agency business will principally be administered, which office at
the date hereof in the case of The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., in its capacity as Securities Registrar under the Indenture,
is located at The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., 700 South
Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90017.
“ Share Cap
Amount ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.7(a)(iii).
A “ Supervisory
Event ” shall commence upon the date on which, after the
Company has notified the Federal Reserve of its intention and
affirmatively requested Federal Reserve approval both to issue and
sell Qualifying APM Securities and to apply the net proceeds of
such sale to pay deferred interest on the Junior Subordinated
Notes, the Company has been notified that the Federal Reserve
disapproves of either of these actions, and shall cease on the
Business Day following the earlier to occur of (i) the tenth
anniversary of the commencement of any Deferral Period (unless such
Deferral Period has terminated earlier) and (ii) the day on
which the
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Federal Reserve notifies the Company in
writing that it no longer disapproves of the Company’s
intention to both issue and sell Qualifying APM Securities and
apply the net proceeds from such sale to pay deferred interest on
the Junior Subordinated Notes. A Supervisory Event can only occur
so long as the Company is subject to the supervision and regulation
of the Federal Reserve.
“ Supplemental
Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed
or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or
more agreements supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof.
“ Tax Event
” means that the Company has requested and received an
opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that,
as a result of any:
(i) amendment to or change
(including any announced prospective change) in the laws or
regulations of the United States or any political subdivision or
taxing authority of or in the United States that is enacted or
becomes effective after the initial issuance of the Trust Preferred
Securities;
(ii) proposed change in those
laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of
the Trust Preferred Securities;
(iii) official administrative
decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other
official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or
regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of the
Trust Preferred Securities; or
(iv) threatened challenge
asserted in writing in connection with an audit of the Trust, the
Company or its Subsidiaries, or a threatened challenge asserted in
writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through
the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the
Junior Subordinated Notes or the Trust Preferred
Securities;
there is more than an insubstantial
increase in risk that:
(i) the Trust is or will be
subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income
received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Notes;
(ii) interest payable by the
Company on the Junior Subordinated Notes is not, or will not be,
deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States
federal income tax purposes; or
(iii) the Trust is or will be
subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes,
duties or other governmental charges.
“ Trading Day
” means a day on which Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq
Global Select Market, or if not then listed on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market, a day on which Common Stock is traded or quoted on
the principal U.S. securities exchange on which it is listed or
quoted, or if not then listed or quoted on a U.S. securities
exchange, a day on which Common Stock is quoted in the
over-the-counter market.
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“ Treasury
Dealer ” means UBS Securities LLC (or its successor) or,
if UBS Securities LLC (or its successor) refuses to act as treasury
dealer for this purpose or ceases to be a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer, another nationally recognized investment banking
firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer specified
by the Company for these purposes.
“ Treasury Price
” means the bid-side price for the Treasury Security as of
the third Trading Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth
in the daily statistical release (or any successor release)
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on that Trading
Day and designated “ Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for
U.S. Government Securities ”, except that: (i) if
that release (or any successor release) is not published or does
not contain that price information on that Trading Day; or
(ii) if the Treasury Dealer determines that the price
information is not reasonably reflective of the actual bid-side
price of the Treasury Security prevailing at 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on that Trading Day, then Treasury Price will instead
mean the bid-side price for the Treasury Security at or around 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on that Trading Day (expressed on a next
trading day settlement basis) as determined by the Treasury Dealer
through such alternative means as the Treasury Dealer considers to
be appropriate under the circumstances.
“ Treasury Rate
” means the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Treasury Security that corresponds to the Treasury Price
(calculated in accordance with standard market practice and
computed as of the second Trading Day preceding the Redemption
Date).
“ Treasury
Security ” means the United States Treasury security that
the Treasury Dealer determines would be appropriate to use, at the
time of determination and in accordance with standard market
practice, in pricing the Junior Subordinated Notes being redeemed
in a tender offer based on a spread to United States Treasury
yields.
“ Trust ”
has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“ Trust
Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2007, among the Company, as
Sponsor, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as the Property
Trustee, The Bank of New York (Delaware) as the Delaware Trustee,
and the Administrative Trustees.
“ Trust Common
Securities ” has the meaning specified in the
Recitals.
“ Trustee
” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this
Supplemental Indenture.
“ Trust Preferred
Securities ” has the meaning specified in the
Recitals.
“ Trust
Securities ” has the meaning specified in the
Recitals.
“ Underwriting
Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
October 2, 2007, among the Trust, the Company and the
underwriters named therein.
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ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES
Section 2.1 Designation,
Principal Amount and Authorized Denomination . There is hereby
authorized a series of Securities designated the Fixed to Floating
Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2067 (the “ Junior
Subordinated Notes ”), the amount of which to be issued
will be as set forth in any Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of Junior Subordinated Notes pursuant to the
Indenture. The denominations in which Junior Subordinated Notes
will be issuable are $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples
thereof. The maximum aggregate principal amount of Junior
Subordinated Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Supplemental Indenture is $300,010,000 (except for Junior
Subordinated Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or exchange for, or in lieu of, other Junior
Subordinated Notes pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or
11.6 of the Indenture or Section 3.5 of this Supplemental
Indenture).
Section 2.2
Repayment
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(i) The principal amount of,
and all accrued and unpaid interest on, the Junior Subordinated
Notes will be payable in full on the Scheduled Maturity Date;
provided, however, that in the event the Company has
delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee pursuant to
clause (v) of this Section 2.2(a) in connection with the
Scheduled Maturity Date, (x) the principal amount of Junior
Subordinated Notes payable on the Scheduled Maturity Date, if any,
will be the principal amount set forth in the notice of repayment,
if any, accompanying such Officers’ Certificate,
(y) such principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes will be
repaid on the Scheduled Maturity Date pursuant to Article III, and
(z) subject to clause (iii) of this Section 2.2(a),
the remaining Junior Subordinated Notes will remain outstanding and
will be payable on the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date
or such earlier date on which they are redeemed pursuant to
Section 2.8 or become due and payable pursuant to
Section 5.2 of the Indenture, as amended by
Section 2.9(b) hereof. The entire principal amount of the
Junior Subordinated Notes outstanding will be due and payable on
the Scheduled Maturity Date in the event the Company does not
deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee during the
period from and including the 30th Business Day immediately
preceding the Scheduled Maturity Date to and including the 10th
Business Day immediately preceding the Scheduled Maturity
Date.
(ii) In the event the Company
has delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee
pursuant to clause (v) of this Section 2.2(a) in
connection with any Interest Payment Date after the Scheduled
Maturity Date, the principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes
repayable on such Interest Payment Date will be the principal
amount set forth in the notice of repayment, if any, accompanying
such Officers’ Certificate, and will be repaid on such
Interest Payment Date pursuant to Article III, and the remaining
Junior Subordinated Notes will remain outstanding
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and will be payable on the
immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date or such earlier date
on which they are redeemed pursuant to Section 2.8 or become
due and payable pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture, as
amended by Section 2.9(b) hereof. The entire principal amount
of the Junior Subordinated Notes outstanding will be due and
payable on any Interest Payment Date after the Scheduled Maturity
Date in the event the Company does not deliver an Officers’
Certificate to the Trustee during the period from and including the
30th Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date
to and including the 5th Business Day immediately preceding such
Interest Payment Date.
(iii) The obligation of the
Company to repay the Junior Subordinated Notes pursuant to this
Section 2.2(a) on any date before the Final Repayment Date
will be subject to (x) its obligations under Article XIII of
the Indenture to the holders of Senior Debt and (y) its
obligations under Section 2.5 with respect to the payment of
deferred interest on the Junior Subordinated Notes.
(iv) Until the Junior
Subordinated Notes are paid in full, the Company will use
Commercially Reasonable Efforts, subject to a Market Disruption
Event:
(A) to raise sufficient net
proceeds from the issuance of Qualifying Capital Securities during
a 180-day period ending on the date, not more than 30 Business Days
and not less than 10 Business Days before the Scheduled Maturity
Date, on which the Company delivers the notice required by clause
(v) of this Section 2.2(a) and Section 3.1, to
permit repayment of the Junior Subordinated Notes in full on the
Scheduled Maturity Date pursuant to clause (i) of this
Section 2.2(a); and
(B) if the Company is unable
for any reason to raise sufficient proceeds from the issuance of
Qualifying Capital Securities to permit repayment in full of the
Junior Subordinated Notes on the Scheduled Maturity Date (as
required by clause (A) above) or any subsequent Interest
Payment Date, to raise sufficient net proceeds from the issuance of
Qualifying Capital Securities during a 30-day period ending on the
date, not more than 30 and not less than 10 Business Days before
the following Interest Payment Date, on which the Company delivers
the notice required by clause (v) of this Section 2.2(a)
and Section 3.1, to permit repayment of the Junior
Subordinated Notes in full on such following Interest Payment Date
pursuant to clause (i)(z) of this Section 2.2(a).
(v) The Company shall, if it
has not raised sufficient net proceeds from the issuance of
Qualifying Capital Securities pursuant to clause (iv) above in
connection with any Repayment Date, deliver an Officers’
Certificate to the Trustee (which the Trustee shall promptly
forward upon receipt to the Property Trustee) no more than 15 and
no less than 10 Business Days in advance of such Repayment Date
stating the amount of net proceeds, if any, raised pursuant to
clause (iv) above in connection with such Repayment Date and
the corresponding principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes
represented thereby. The
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Company shall be excused from
its obligation to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to sell
Qualifying Capital Securities pursuant to clause (iv) above if
such Officers’ Certificate further certifies that: (A) a
Market Disruption Event was existing during the 180-day period
preceding the date of such Officers’ Certificate or, in the
case of any Repayment Date after the Scheduled Maturity Date, the
30-day period preceding the date of such Officers’
Certificate; and (B) either (1) the Market Disruption
Event continued for the entire 180- or 30-day period, as the case
may be, or (2) the Market Disruption Event continued for only
part of the period, but the Company was unable after Commercially
Reasonable Efforts to raise sufficient net proceeds during the rest
of that period to permit repayment of the Junior Subordinated Notes
in full pursuant to clause (iv) above. Each Officers’
Certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (v), unless no
principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes is to be repaid on
the applicable Repayment Date, will be accompanied by a notice of
repayment pursuant to Section 3.1 setting forth the principal
amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes to be repaid on such
Repayment Date, if any, which amount will be determined after
giving effect to clause (vi) of this
Section 2.2(a).
(vi) Payments in respect of
the Junior Subordinated Notes on any Repayment Date will be
applied, first, to deferred interest to the extent of Eligible
Proceeds raised pursuant to Section 2.7, second, to pay
current interest to the extent not paid from other sources and,
third, to the principal of the Junior Subordinated Notes;
provided that if the Company is obligated to sell Qualifying
Capital Securities and make payments of principal on any
outstanding Parity Securities in addition to the Junior
Subordinated Notes in respect thereof, then on any date and for any
period the amount of net proceeds received by the Company from
those sales and available for such payments shall be applied first
to Parity Securities having an earlier scheduled maturity date than
the Junior Subordinated Notes, and then to the Junior Subordinated
Notes and those other Parity Securities having the same scheduled
maturity date as the Junior Subordinated Notes pro rata in
accordance with their respective outstanding principal amounts and
no such payments will be made to any other Parity Securities having
a later scheduled maturity date until the principal of the Junior
Subordinated Notes has been paid in full, except to the extent
permitted by Section 2.6(a) and 2.7(c). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Company raises less than $5 million of net
proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Capital Securities during the
relevant 180- or 30-day period, the Company will not be required to
repay any Junior Subordinated Notes on the applicable Repayment
Date. On the next Interest Payment Date as of which the Company has
raised at least $5 million of net proceeds during the 180-day
period preceding the applicable notice date (or, if shorter, the
period since the Company last repaid any principal amount of Junior
Subordinated Notes), the Company shall be required to repay
interest and a principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes
equal to the entire net proceeds from the sale of Qualifying
Capital Securities during such 180-day or shorter
period.
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(vii) The Company shall not
amend the Replacement Capital Covenant to impose additional
restrictions on the type or amount of Qualifying Capital Securities
that the Company may include for purposes of determining whether
and to what extent repayment, redemption or purchase of the Junior
Subordinated Notes or the Trust Preferred Securities is permitted,
except with the consent of holders of a majority by liquidation
amount of the Trust Preferred Securities or, if the Junior
Subordinated Notes have been distributed by the Trust to the
holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, a majority by principal
amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes. Except as aforesaid, the
Company may amend or supplement the Replacement Capital Covenant in
accordance with its terms and without the consent of the holders of
the Trust Preferred Securities or the Junior Subordinated
Notes.
(b) Final Repayment
Date . The principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest
on, all outstanding Junior Subordinated Notes will be due and
payable on November 15, 2067 or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the following Business Day (the “ Final Repayment
Date ”), regardless of the amount of Qualifying Capital
Securities or Qualifying APM Securities the Company may have issued
and sold by that time.
Section 2.3 Form . The
Junior Subordinated Notes will be issued in fully registered
definitive form without interest coupons. Principal of and interest
on the Junior Subordinated Notes issued in definitive form will be
payable, the transfer of such Junior Subordinated Notes will be
registrable and such Junior Subordinated Notes will be exchangeable
for Junior Subordinated Notes bearing identical terms and
provisions and notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Junior Subordinated Notes and the Indenture may be
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company appoints the Trustee as its agent for the foregoing
purposes, provided that payment of interest may be made at
the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such
address as will appear in the Securities Register or by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the bank account number
of the Holder specified in writing by the Holder not less than 10
days before the relevant Interest Payment Date and entered in the
Securities Register by the Securities Registrar, provided,
further , that if the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
is the sole Holder of the Junior Subordinated Notes then payment of
interest will be made by wire transfer in immediately available
funds to a bank account number specified by the Property Trustee.
The Junior Subordinated Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or exchange at the Securities Registrar Office.
Section 2.4 Rate of
Interest; Interest Payment Dates
(a) Rate of Interest .
The Junior Subordinated Notes will bear interest at the rate of
(i) 7.500% per annum, from and including October 5,
2007 to but excluding November 15, 2017, (ii) an annual
rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 2.375%, from and including
November 15, 2017 to but excluding November 15, 2037, and
(iii) to the extent the Junior Subordinated Notes are not
repaid on or after the Scheduled Maturity Date, an annual rate
equal to one-month LIBOR plus 3.375% to but excluding the date on
which the Junior Subordinated Notes are repaid in full. The
interest will accrue from October 5, 2007 or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, as the case may be, until the principal thereof
is paid or made
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available for payment.
Interest will be computed on the basis of (i) a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months with respect to any Interest
Period ending on or prior to November 15, 2017 and (ii) a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed with respect to
any other Interest Period. Accrued interest that is not paid on the
applicable Interest Payment Date (after giving effect to the
adjustments described in the last sentence of Section 2.4(b)),
including interest deferred pursuant to Section 2.5, will bear
Additional Interest, to the extent permitted by law, at the
then-applicable rate described in this paragraph from the relevant
Interest Payment Date, compounded on each subsequent Interest
Payment Date.
(b) Interest Payment
Dates . Subject to the other provisions hereof, interest on the
Junior Subordinated Notes will be payable (i) semi-annually in
arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning
on November 15, 2007, (ii) quarterly in arrears on
February 15, May 15, August 15, and
November 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2018;
and (iii) to the extent the Juni
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