Exhibit 4.6
STANDARD TRUST TERMS
with respect to
PRINCIPAL LIFE INCOME FUNDINGS TRUSTS
Dated as of •
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01.
Definitions
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Section 1.02.
Usage of Terms
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Section 1.03.
Section References
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ARTICLE 2
CREATION OF TRUST
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Section 2.01.
Name of the Trust
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Section 2.02.
Office of the Trustee; Principal Place of Business
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Section 2.03.
Appointment of Trustee
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Section 2.04.
Trust Beneficial Interest
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Section 2.05.
Issuance of the Notes
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Section 2.06.
Acquisition of Funding Agreement and Guarantee
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Section 2.07.
Security Interest in the Collateral
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Section 2.08.
Purposes of the Trust
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Section 2.09.
Title to Collateral
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Section 2.10.
Allocation of Trust Expenses
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Section 2.11.
Liability
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Section 2.12.
Income Tax Treatment; Tax Returns and Reports
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Section 2.13.
Situs of Trust
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ARTICLE 3
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
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Section 3.01.
Payment Account
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ARTICLE 4
TRUST SECURITIES
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Section 4.01.
Initial Ownership
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Section 4.02.
Notes
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Section 4.03.
Registration of Transfer of Trust Beneficial Interest
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Section 4.04.
Persons Deemed Holders of Trust Securities
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Section 4.05.
Maintenance of Office
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Section 4.06.
Ownership of the Trust Beneficial Interest
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ARTICLE 5
Representations and Warranties
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Section 5.01.
Trustee
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Section 5.02.
Trust Beneficial Owner
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ARTICLE 6
TRUSTEE
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Section 6.01.
General Authority
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Section 6.02.
General Duties
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Section 6.03.
Specific Duties
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Section 6.04.
Acceptance of Trust and Duties; Limitation on Liability
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Section 6.05.
Reliance; Advice of Counsel
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Section 6.06.
Delegation of Authorities and Duties
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Section 6.07.
Acknowledgement of the Trustee
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ARTICLE 7
LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION
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Section 7.01.
Termination Upon the Trust Expiration Date
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Section 7.02.
Termination of Agreement
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Section 7.03.
Liquidation
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ARTICLE 8
SUCCESSOR AND ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES
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Section 8.01.
Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee
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Section 8.02.
Resignation or Removal of the Trustee
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Section 8.03.
Successor Trustee
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Section 8.04.
Merger or Consolidation of Trustee
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Section 8.05.
Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee
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Section 8.06.
Trustee May Own Notes
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ARTICLE 9
VOTING; ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS
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Section 9.01.
Limitations on Voting Rights
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Section 9.02.
Meetings of the Trust Beneficial Owner
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ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 10.01. Limitation on Rights of Securityholders
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Section 10.02. Amendment
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Section 10.03. Notice
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Section 10.04. No Recourse
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Section 10.05. No Petition
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Section 10.06. Governing Law
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Section 10.07. Severability
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Section 10.08. Trust Securities Nonassessable and Fully
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Section 10.09. Third-Party Beneficiaries
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STANDARD TRUST TERMS
This document constitutes the
Standard Trust Terms, dated as of •, which will be
incorporated by reference in the Trust Agreement (specified in
Section A of the Omnibus Instrument, as defined in the
Indenture (as defined below)) between U.S. Bank Trust National
Association, a national banking association, as trustee, (the
“ Trustee ”), and GSS Holdings II, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, as trust beneficial owner (the “
Trust Beneficial Owner ”).
These Standard Trust Terms shall be
of no force and effect unless and until incorporated by reference
in, and then only to the extent not modified by, such Trust
Agreement.
The following terms and provisions
shall govern the activities of the Trust (as defined in the
Indenture) subject to contrary terms and provisions expressly
adopted in such Trust Agreement, which contrary terms shall be
controlling.
W I T N E S S
E T H :
WHEREAS, the Trustee and the Trust
Beneficial Owner desire to establish a trust for the purpose of
issuing Notes (as defined in the Indenture) to investors which will
be secured, and payments with respect to which will be funded,
solely by the assets held in the Trust, and the proceeds of which
will be used to purchase the Funding Agreement (as defined in the
Indenture), issued by Principal Life (as defined in the Indenture),
the payment obligations of which will be fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by the Guarantee (as defined in the Indenture).
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the
intention of the parties hereto that the Trust Agreement (as
defined below) constitutes the governing instrument of the Trust,
the Trustee and the Trust Beneficial Owner agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions
. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein will have the
meanings set forth in the Indenture. The following terms have the
meanings set forth below:
“ Corporate Trust Office
” means the office of the Trustee located at 100 Wall Street,
16 th
Floor, New York, New York 10005.
“ Funding Agreement Event of
Default ” means an “ Event of Default
” as defined in the Funding Agreement.
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“ Indenture ”
means that certain Indenture dated as of the date specified in the
Omnibus Instrument, by and among the Trust and the Indenture
Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent, Paying Agent and Calculation
Agent, as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
“ Payment Account
” means each segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust
account for the Trust maintained by the Trustee in its trust
department in which all amounts paid to the Trustee in respect of
the Collateral will be held and from which the Trustee shall make
payments pursuant to Section 3.01(b) and
Article 7 , to the extent such amounts are paid to the
Trustee and deposited in the Payment Account.
“ Registrar ” has
the meaning specified in Section 4.03 .
“ Securities Register
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03
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“ Securityholder ”
means each Person in whose name any Trust Security is registered in
the Securities Register or Register.
“ Standard Trust Terms
” means these Standard Trust Terms, dated as of •.
“ Standing Order ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d) .
“ Trust Agreement
” means that certain Trust Agreement dated as of the date
specified in the Omnibus Instrument, by and between the Trustee and
the Trust Beneficial Owner, as may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, which incorporates by reference
these Standard Trust Terms.
“ Trust Beneficial
Interest ” means the undivided beneficial interest in the
assets held in the Trust, having such rights as are provided for in
the Trust Agreement.
“ Trust Beneficial Owner
” means the Person identified as the “Trust Beneficial
Owner” in the preamble to the Trust Agreement, in its
capacity as the sole beneficial owner of the Trust, and any
successor in such capacity.
“ Trust Expenses ”
means any liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred,
contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the
Trust.
“ Trust Expiration Date
” means the Stated Maturity Date specified in the Pricing
Supplement or such earlier date as all of the outstanding Notes are
redeemed or repaid in full by the Trust.
“ Trust Security ”
means a Note or the Trust Beneficial Interest.
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“ Trustee ” means
the party named as such in the preamble to the Trust Agreement and
shall also include its permitted successors and assigns, or any
successor Trustee appointed, acting not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee under the Trust Agreement. If there shall be
at any time more than one Trustee hereunder, “Trustee”
shall mean each such Trustee.
Section 1.02. Usage of
Terms . With respect to all terms used in these Standard Trust
Terms, the singular includes the plural and the plural the
singular; words importing any gender include the other genders;
references to “writing” include printing, typing,
lithography, facsimile, electronic transmissions and other means of
reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and
other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments
hereto or changes herein entered into in accordance with their
respective terms and not prohibited by the Trust Agreement;
references to Persons include their permitted successors and
assigns; and the terms “include” or
“including” mean “include without
limitation” or “including without
limitation.”
Section 1.03.
Section References . All references to Articles,
Sections, paragraphs, subsections, exhibits and schedules shall be
to such portions of these Standard Trust Terms unless otherwise
expressly provided.
ARTICLE 2
CREATION OF TRUST
Section 2.01. Name of the
Trust . The Trust created under the Trust Agreement shall have
the name specified in the Omnibus Instrument. The Trust’s
activities shall be conducted under the name of the Trust.
Section 2.02. Office of the
Trustee; Principal Place of Business . The principal office of
the Trust shall be in care of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust
Office, or such other address in the State of New York as the
Trustee may designate by written notice to the Trust Beneficial
Owner, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies.
Section 2.03. Appointment of
Trustee . The parties to the Trust Agreement hereby appoint the
Trustee as trustee of the Trust, to have all rights, powers and
duties set forth in the Trust Agreement and in accordance with the
applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the
Trust.
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Section 2.04. Trust
Beneficial Interest . Contemporaneously with the execution and
delivery of the Trust Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust, shall cause the Trust Beneficial Owner to be recorded as the
registered owner of the Trust Beneficial Interest on the Securities
Register, against payment of $15 (or in the case of Notes that are
discount notes, the product of $15 and the issue price (expressed
as a percentage of the original principal amount of the Notes)) by
the Trust Beneficial Owner to, or to an account at the direction
of, the Trustee.
Section 2.05. Issuance of the
Notes . Promptly following the execution and delivery of the
Trust Agreement, the Trust shall, in accordance with the Indenture,
issue and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes specified in the Pricing Supplement
or supplement to the Indenture against payment therefor. The
Holders of the Notes shall only have a right to receive payments
from the Collateral as described in the Indenture and shall have no
right to receive payments under the assets held in any other trust
organized under the Program.
Section 2.06. Acquisition of
Funding Agreement and Guarantee . Contemporaneously with the
issuance and delivery of the Notes, the Trust shall acquire the
Funding Agreement and the Guarantee.
Section 2.07. Security
Interest in the Collateral . Contemporaneously with the
issuance and delivery of the Notes, pursuant to the Indenture, the
Trust shall collaterally assign the Funding Agreement and Guarantee
to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, and grant to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes, a first priority perfected security interest
in and to the Collateral, including, without limitation, the
Funding Agreement purchased by the Trust and the Guarantee.
Section 2.08. Purposes of the
Trust . The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (
a ) to issue and sell the Notes and the Trust
Beneficial Interest, ( b ) to use the proceeds of the
sale of the Notes and the Trust Beneficial Interest to acquire the
Funding Agreement, ( c ) to collaterally assign and grant a
security interest in the Funding Agreement in favor of the
Indenture Trustee, ( d ) to acquire the Guarantee and to
collaterally assign and grant a security interest in the Guarantee
in favor of the Indenture Trustee, ( e ) to pay amounts
due in respect of the Notes and the Trust Beneficial Interest, (
f ) to enter into the agreements and to take such
actions as the Trustee has the power and authority to take pursuant
to Section 6.01 , as applicable, and ( g
) to engage in those activities necessary, advisable or
incidental thereto (such as registering the transfer of the Trust
Securities).
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Section 2.09. Title to
Collateral . Legal title to the Collateral shall be vested at
all times in the Trust as a separate and distinct legal entity and
shall be held and administered by the Trustee for the benefit of
the Trust and each Securityholder, except that with respect to the
Funding Agreement and the Guarantee collaterally assigned to the
Indenture Trustee, legal title to the Funding Agreement and the
Guarantee shall be recorded at all times in the books and records
of Principal Life and PFG, respectively, in the name of the
Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders.
Section 2.10. Allocation of
Trust Expenses . Any costs and expenses of the Trust shall be
paid by Principal Life pursuant to the applicable Expense and
Indemnity Agreement to the extent provided therein.
Section 2.11. Liability .
None of the Trustee or the Securityholders shall have any personal
liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust.
Section 2.12. Income Tax
Treatment; Tax Returns and Reports .
(a) The Trust and the Trust
Beneficial Owner agree, and by acceptance of a beneficial interest
in a Note each holder of a beneficial interest in a Note agrees,
for U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise tax
purposes, to ( i ) disregard the Trust and ( ii
) treat such Note as debt of Principal Life. The Trust
covenants that it shall take no action inconsistent with such
treatment (including under Treasury Regulations
Section 01.7701-2 or 301.7701-3). To the extent the Trust
cannot be disregarded for United States federal, state and local
income or franchise tax purposes, the Trust and the Trust
Beneficial Owner agree, and by acceptance of a beneficial interest
in a Note each holder of a beneficial interest in a Note agrees, to
treat (i) the Trust as a “grantor trust” under
Subpart E of Part I of Subchapter J of the Code (or the state
or local equivalent), owned by the holders of beneficial interests
in the Notes and the Trust Beneficial Owner and (ii) the
Funding Agreement as debt of Principal Life.
(b) The Trustee shall prepare,
file and sign or cause to be prepared, filed and signed, consistent
with the treatment of the Trust as disregarded, all federal, state
and local income tax and information returns and reports required
to be filed with respect to the Trust and the Notes under any
applicable federal, state or local tax statute or any rule or
regulation under any of them. The Trustee shall keep copies or
cause copies to be kept of any such tax and information returns and
reports required to be filed.
Section 2.13. Situs of
Trust . The Trust shall be located in the jurisdiction set
forth in the Trust Agreement. All bank accounts maintained by the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be located in such
jurisdiction except that those accounts established under the
Indenture shall be maintained with the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with the Indenture. The Trust shall not have any
employees in any jurisdiction other than in such jurisdiction.
Except as otherwise set forth in the Program Documents, payments
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by the Trust only in such jurisdiction and payments will be made by
the Trust only from such jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE 3
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.01. Payment
Account .
(a) On the Original Issue Date,
the Trustee shall establish a Payment Account. The Trustee and any
agent of the Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of
withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of
making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment Account in
accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Indenture. Subject to
the Indenture, all monies or other property received by the Trustee
on behalf of the Trust in respect of the Collateral will be
deposited in the Payment Account. All monies and other property
deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be
held by the Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive
benefit of the Trust Beneficial Owner, subject to the security
interest in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Holders of the Notes, and for distribution by the
Trustee as provided in the Trust Agreement, including (and subject
to) any priority of payments provided for in the Trust
Agreement.
(b) Except for payments made on
the Trust Expiration Date or otherwise pursuant to
Section 7.03 and subject to
Section 3.01(a), all monies and other property
deposited into the Payment Account shall be distributed by the
Trust as follows:
first , to the Indenture
Trustee for the payment of all amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Notes, if any, in accordance with the Indenture; and
second , to the Trust
Beneficial Owner all of the amounts that would be payable under the
first clause of Section 5.02 of the Standard Indenture Terms
to the Trust Beneficial Owner (as if the Trust Beneficial Owner
held a Note with an original principal amount of $15 (multiplied by
the issue price of the Notes in the case of Notes that are discount
notes)).
Any remaining monies and other
property deposited into the Payment Account shall be distributed
ratably in proportion to their original principal amounts to the
Holders last noted in the Register as the Holders of the Notes and
the Trust Beneficial Owner (as if the Trust Beneficial Owner held a
Note with an original principal amount of $15 (multiplied by the
issue price of the Notes in the case of Notes that are discount
notes)).
(c) The Trustee shall deposit in
the Payment Account, promptly upon receipt, any payments received
with respect to the Collateral. Amounts held in the Payment Account
shall not be invested by the Trustee pending the distribution of
such amounts to cover the Trust’s obligations on the Notes or
the Trust Beneficial Interest.
(d) Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall
issue a standing order (the “ Standing Order ”)
to the Indenture Trustee
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pursuant
to which the Indenture Trustee shall distribute all amounts due and
unpaid under Section 3.01(b); provided , however
, that all payments to be made by the Trust to the Trust Beneficial
Owner on the Trust Expiration Date or otherwise pursuant to
Section 7.03 shall be made by the Trustee on behalf of and at
the direction of the Trust (such direction to be evidenced by a
certificate of the Trust). For so long as (i) the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, has not rescinded the Standing Order and
(ii) the Indenture Trustee is able to, and does, comply with
the Standing Order, the Trustee will not be required to establish a
Payment Account in accordance with Section 3.01.
ARTICLE 4
TRUST SECURITIES
Section 4.01. Initial
Ownership . Upon the creation of the Trust, the Trust
Beneficial Owner shall be the sole beneficial owner of such
Trust.
Section 4.02. Notes
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The Notes will be issued pursuant to
and be governed by the Indenture.
Section 4.03. Registration of
Transfer of Trust Beneficial Interest.
(a) The Trustee or its agent (in
this capacity, the “ Registrar ”) shall maintain
a register or registers for the Trust for the purpose, subject to
Section 4.06 , of registering the transfer of the Trust
Beneficial Interest and Notes (a “ Securities
Register ”).
(b) The Registrar shall not be
required to register the transfer of the Trust Beneficial Interest
in any manner inconsistent with the terms of the Trust Agreement or
the Indenture.
Section 4.04. Persons Deemed
Holders of Trust Securities . The Trustee and the Registrar
shall treat the Person in whose name any Trust Beneficial Interest
is registered as the owner of such Trust Beneficial Interest for
all purposes whatsoever, and none of the Trustee and the Registrar
shall be bound by any notice to the contrary. The Trustee shall
treat the Person determined in accordance with Section 2.11 of
the Standard Indenture Terms as the owner of the applicable Note(s)
for all purposes whatsoever, and the Trustee shall not be bound by
any notice to the contrary.
Section 4.05. Maintenance of
Office . Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Trustee shall maintain an office or offices where notices and
demands to or upon the Trustee in respect of the Trust Securities
may be served. The Trustee initially designates its Corporate Trust
Office as the office for such purposes. The Trustee shall give
prompt written notice to the Trust Beneficial Owner and the
Indenture Trustee of any change in the location of the register or
any office or agency.
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Section 4.06. Ownership of
the Trust Beneficial Interest . On the Original Issue Date, the
Trust Beneficial Owner shall acquire and, thereafter, retain
beneficial and record ownership of the Trust Beneficial Interest.
The Trust Beneficial Interest shall not be certificated, but it
shall be evidenced by recordation on the books and records of the
Trustee. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted
transfer of the Trust Beneficial Interest shall be void.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.01. Trustee .
The Trustee represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Securityholders as follows:
(a) it is a national banking
association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the United States and it is a “bank”
within the meaning of Section 581 of the Code;
(b) it is a “United States
person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code;
(c) it has full corporate or
other power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of the Trust Agreement;
(d) the Trust Agreement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes the
valid and legally binding agreement of it 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 principles of equity;
(e) neither the execution or
delivery by it of the Trust Agreement, nor the performance by it of
its obligations under the Trust Agreement, will ( i
) violate its organizational documents, ( 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 or assets held in the
Trust pursuant to the provisions of, any indenture, mortgage,
credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it is bound which would materially and
adversely affect the Trust, or ( iii ) violate any law,
governmental rule or regulation of the United States governing the
banking, trust or general powers of it or any order, judgment or
decree applicable to it;
(f) the authorization, execution
or delivery by it of the Trust Agreement and the consummation of
any of the transactions by it contemplated by the Trust Agreement
do not require 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; and
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(g) there are no proceedings
pending or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened against or
affecting it 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 it to enter into
or perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement.
Section 5.02. Trust
Beneficial Owner . The Trust Beneficial Owner hereby represents
and warrants that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, it has
irrevocably waived any right or interest it may have under the
Trust Agreement, by operation of law or equity, to direct or
otherwise require the Trustee to initiate or consent to any
bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings, it being
expressly understood that any such action by the Trustee shall be
undertaken or refrained from, in the Trustee’s sole and
absolute discretion, without regard to any rights or interests of
the Trust Beneficial Owner.
ARTICLE 6
TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. General
Authority .
(a) The Trustee shall conduct
the affairs of the Trust in accordance with the terms of the Trust
Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 6.01(b) , the Trustee shall have the power and
authority to act on behalf of the Trust, with respect to the
following matters:
(i) to execute and deliver the Notes
and the Trust Beneficial Interest in accordance with the Trust
Agreement and the Indenture;
(ii) to cause the Trust to perform
the Trust Agreement and to enter into, and to execute, deliver and
perform on behalf of itself, the Program Documents to which it is
or may become a party and such other certificates, amendments,
other documents or agreements as may be necessary, contemplated by
or desirable in connection with the purposes and function of the
Trust or any of such Program Documents;
(iii) subject to the Indenture, to
purchase, receive and maintain custody of the Funding Agreement and
to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of an owner or
policyholder of the Funding Agreement;
(iv) subject to the Indenture and the
Guarantee, to receive and maintain custody of the Guarantee and to
exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a beneficiary
under the Guarantee;
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(v) to grant to the Indenture Trustee
a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral and
to collaterally assign the rights, title and interest of the Trust
in such Collateral to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders and to seek release of such security interest upon payment
in full of all amounts required to be paid with respect to the
Notes pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Notes or the
Indenture;
(vi) to establish the Payment Account
and issue the Standing Order;
(vii) subject to
Section 4.06 , to cause any transfer of the Trust
Beneficial Interest to be registered in accordance with the Trust
Agreement;
(viii) to send notices regarding the
Trust Securities, the Funding Agreement and the Guarantee to
Principal Life, PFG, the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies,
the Trust Beneficial Owner and the relevant Agents in accordance
with the Funding Agreement, the Guarantee, the Distribution
Agreement and the Trust Agreement;
(ix) to take all actions necessary or
appropriate to enable the Trust to comply with
Section 2.12 regarding income tax treatment, tax
returns and information reporting;
(x) after the occurrence of a Funding
Agreement Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, subject to the Indenture, to take any action as it
may from time to time determine (based solely upon the advice of
counsel) is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of
the Trust Agreement and to protect and conserve the Collateral for
the benefit of each Securityholder (without consideration of the
effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder) and,
within five Business Days after the occurrence of a Funding
Agreement Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, to give notice thereof to the Trust Beneficial
Owner and the Indenture Trustee;
(xi) to cause to be paid, on behalf
of the Trust generally or with respect to any Trust Securities, any
amounts due and owing by the Trust under any of the Program
Documents or any other documents or instruments to which the Trust
is a party, in all cases in accordance with the Program Documents;
provided, that such amounts shall be paid by the Trustee only to
the extent the Trustee has access to sufficient assets of the Trust
to make such payments;
(xii) to the extent permitted by the
Trust Agreement, to participate in the winding up of the affairs of
and liquidation of the Trust;
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(xiii) subject to the Indenture, to
take any action and to execute any documents on behalf of the
Trust, incidental to the foregoing as the Trustee may from time to
time determine (based on the advice of counsel) is necessary or
advisable to give effect to the terms of the Trust Agreement for
the benefit of each Securityholder (without consideration of the
effect of any such action on any particular Securityholder);
(xiv) to do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the
Trust’s existence, rights and franchises; and
(xv) to enter into agreements with
accountants so that such accountants, subject to the receipt of all
necessary information, will provide all clerical, bookkeeping and
other administrative services necessary and appropriate for the
administration of the Trust, including, without limitation,
maintenance of all books and records of the Trust relating to the
fees, costs and expenses of the Trust, which books and records
shall be maintained separately from books and records of the
Trustee, maintenance of records of cash payments and disbursements
(excluding principal and interest on any Funding Agreement) of the
Trust in accordance with accounting principals generally accepted
in the United States, preparation for audit of such periodic
financial statements as may be necessary or appropriate and taking
such other administrative or ministerial actions as may be
incidental or reasonably necessary to the accomplishment of the
actions of the Trustee authorized in this Trust Agreement or to the
accomplishment of the purposes, duties and responsibilities of the
Trust under any of the Program Documents and any other document or
instrument to which the Trust is a party to the extent not
otherwise the responsibility of the Indenture Trustee, the Paying
Agent or the Registrar.
It is expressly understood and agreed
that the Trustee shall be entitled to engage outside counsel,
independent accountants and other experts appointed with due care
to assist the Trustee in connection with the performance of its
duties and powers set forth in this Section 6.01(a) ,
including, withou
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