Exhibit 4.11
GUARANTEE
AGREEMENT
by and between
POPULAR, INC.,
as
Guarantor
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON,
as Guarantee
Trustee
relating to
POPULAR CAPITAL TRUST
I
(Formerly known as New Popular
Capital Trust I)
Dated as of August 31,
2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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D EFINITIONS
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Section 1.1
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE II
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T RUST I NDENTURE A CT
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Section 2.1
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Trust Indenture Act; Application
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Section 2.2
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List of Holders
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Section 2.3
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Reports by the Guarantee Trustee
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Section 2.4
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Periodic Reports to the Guarantee
Trustee
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Section 2.5
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Evidence of Compliance with Conditions
Precedent
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Section 2.6
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Events of Default; Waiver
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Section 2.7
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Event of Default; Notice
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Section 2.8
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Conflicting Interests
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ARTICLE III
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P OWERS ,
D UTIES AND R IGHTS OF THE G UARANTEE T RUSTEE
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Section 3.1
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Powers and Duties of the Guarantee
Trustee
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Section 3.2
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Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee
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Section 3.3
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Compensation; Indemnity; Fees
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ARTICLE IV
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G UARANTEE T RUSTEE
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Section 4.1
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Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
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Section 4.2
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Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the
Guarantee Trustee
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ARTICLE V
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G UARANTEE
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Section 5.1
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Guarantee
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Section 5.2
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Waiver of Notice and Demand
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Section 5.3
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Obligations Not Affected
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Section 5.4
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Rights of Holders
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Section 5.5
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Guarantee of Payment
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Section 5.6
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Subrogation
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Section 5.7
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Independent Obligations
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ARTICLE VI
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C OVENANTS AND S UBORDINATION
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Section 6.1
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Subordination
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Section 6.2
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Pari Passu Guarantees
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ARTICLE VII
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T ERMINATION
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Section 7.1
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Termination
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ARTICLE VIII
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M ISCELLANEOUS
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Section 8.1
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Successors and Assigns
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Section 8.2
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Amendments
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Section 8.3
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Notices
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Section 8.4
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Benefit
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Section 8.5
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Governing Law
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14
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Section 8.6
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Counterparts
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, dated as of
August 31, 2009, between POPULAR, INC., a Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico corporation (the “ Guarantor ”),
having its principal office at 209 Muñoz Rivera Avenue,
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as trustee (the “ Guarantee Trustee ”), for the
benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the
Capital Securities (as defined herein) of POPULAR CAPITAL TRUST I,
a Delaware statutory trust formerly known as New Popular Capital
Trust I (the “ Issuer Trust ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, of even date
herewith (the “ Trust Agreement ”), among
Popular, Inc., as Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware
Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees (each as named therein)
and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests
in the assets of the Issuer Trust, and an Agreement of Merger,
dated as of August 31, 2009 (the “ Agreement of
Merger ”) between the Issuer Trust and the Predecessor
Issuer Trust, the Issuer Trust is issuing $300,000,000.00 aggregate
Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of its 6.70%
Capital Securities (liquidation amount $25 per capital security)
(the “ Capital Securities ”), representing
preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Issuer Trust and having the terms set forth in the Trust
Agreement;
W HEREAS ,
pursuant to the Agreement of Merger the Debentures (as defined in
the Trust Agreement) of the Guarantor became property of the Issuer
Trust and were deposited with The Bank of New York Mellon, as
Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement, as trust assets;
and
WHEREAS, the Guarantor desires
irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth
herein, to pay to the Holders of the Capital Securities the
Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other
payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee
Agreement for the benefit of the Holders from time to
time.
ARTICLE I
D EFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1
Definitions
For all purposes of this Guarantee
Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) The terms defined in this
Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) All other terms used herein that
are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by
reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(c) The words “include,”
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed
to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation;”
(d) All accounting terms used but
not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting
principles;
(e) 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 Guarantee Agreement; and
(f) The words “hereby,”
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Guarantee Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
“ 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.
“ Board of Directors
” means the board of directors of the Guarantor or any
committee of the board of directors of the Guarantor, comprised of
one or more members of the board of directors of the Guarantor or
officers of the Guarantor, or both.
“ Capital Securities
” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Guarantee
Agreement.
“ Common Securities
” means the securities representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust.
“ Debentures ”
shall have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“ Distributions ”
shall have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“ Event of Default
” means (i) a default by the Guarantor in any of its
payment obligations under this Guarantee Agreement or (ii) a
default by the Guarantor in any other obligation hereunder that
remains unremedied for 30 days.
“ Guarantee Agreement
” means this Guarantee Agreement, as modified, amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“ Guarantee Payments
” means the following payments or distributions, without
duplication, with respect to the Capital Securities, to the extent
not paid or made by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust: (i) any
accumulated and unpaid Distributions required to be paid on the
Capital Securities, to the extent the Issuer Trust shall have funds
on hand available therefor at such time; (ii) the Redemption
Price with respect to any Capital Securities called for redemption
by the Issuer Trust, to the extent the Issuer Trust shall have
funds on hand available therefor at such time; and (iii) upon
a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or liquidation
of the Issuer Trust, unless Debentures are distributed to the
Holders, the lesser of (a) the Liquidation Distribution with
respect to the Capital Securities, to the extent that the Issuer
Trust shall have funds on hand available therefor at such time, and
(b) the amount of assets of the Issuer Trust remaining
available for distribution to Holders on liquidation of the
Issuer.
“ Guarantee Trustee
” means The Bank of New York Mellon, solely in its capacity
as Guarantee Trustee and not in its individual capacity, until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted
such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement,
and thereafter means each such Successor Guarantee
Trustee.
“ Guarantor ” has
the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Guarantee
Agreement.
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“ Holder ” means
any Holder (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of any Capital
Securities; provided , however , that in determining
whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Capital
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, “Holder” shall not include the Guarantor,
the Guarantee Trustee, or any Affiliate of the Guarantor or the
Guarantee Trustee.
“ Indenture ”
means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
October 31, 2003, between Popular, Inc. and The Bank of New
York Mellon (as successor to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.), as
trustee, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented from
time to time.
“ Issuer Trust ”
has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Guarantee
Agreement.
“ Liquidation
Distribution ” shall have the meaning specified in the
Trust Agreement.
“ List of Holders
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.2(a).
“ Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities ” means, except as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act, Capital Securities
representing more than 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount (as
defined in the Trust Agreement) of all Capital Securities then
Outstanding (as defined in the Trust Agreement).
“ Officers’
Certificate ” means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman or a Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors of such Person or the President or a Vice President of
such Person, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person. Any
Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant provided for in this Guarantee
Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement by each officer
signing the Officers’ Certificate that such officer has read
the covenant or condition and the definitions relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature
and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by such
officer in rendering the Officers’ Certificate;
(c) a statement that such officer
has made such examination or investigation as, in such
officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in
the opinion of such officer, such condition or covenant has been
complied with.
“ Person ” means
a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
company, limited liability company, trust, business trust,
unincorporated association, or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
“ Predecessor Issuer
Trust ” means Popular Capital Trust I, a Delaware
statutory trust created under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act
pursuant to the filing of a Certificate of Trust in the office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “
Secretary of State ”) on September 5, 2003, which
was amended by the filing of a Certificate of Amendment with the
Secretary of State on July 17, 2009, and by the entering into
that certain Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, dated as of
September 3, 2003, which was amended and restated in its
entirety by the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust
Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2003.
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“ Redemption Price
” shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust
Agreement.
“ Responsible Officer
” means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any Senior
Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President,
the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer
or any other officer of the Corporate Trust Department of the
Guarantee Trustee and also means, with respect to a particular
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because
of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“ Successor Guarantee
Trustee ” means a successor Guarantee Trustee possessing
the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under
Section 4.1.
“ Trust Agreement
” means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and
Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust referred to in the recitals to
this Guarantee Agreement, as modified, amended or supplemented from
time to time.
“ Trust Indenture Act
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the
date as of which this Guarantee 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.
“ Vice President
,” when used with respect to the Guarantor, means any duly
appointed vice president, whether or not designated by a number or
a word or words added before or after the title “vice
president.”
ARTICLE II
T RUST I NDENTURE A CT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture
Act; Application .
(a) This Guarantee Agreement is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, if and to the extent that any provision of this
Guarantee Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture
Act, such imposed duties shall control.
(c) The application of the Trust
Indenture Act to this Guarantee Agreement shall not affect the
nature of the Capital Securities as equity securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer
Trust.
SECTION 2.2 List of
Holders .
(a) The Guarantor shall furnish or
cause to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee
(a) semiannually, on or before January 31 and
July 31 of each year, a list, in such form as the Guarantee
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders (a “List of Holders”) as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at
such other times as the Guarantee
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Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Guarantor of any such
request, a List of Holders as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is furnished, in each case to the
extent such information is in the possession or control of the
Guarantor and has not otherwise been received by the Guarantee
Trustee in its capacity as such. The Guarantee Trustee may destroy
any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List
of Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall
comply with the requirements of Section 311(a),
Section 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the
Guarantee Trustee .
Not later than February 28 of
each year, commencing in 2010, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide
to the Holders such reports as are required by Section 313 of
the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner
provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. If this
Guarantee Agreement shall have been qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, the Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports
to the Guarantee Trustee .
The Guarantor shall provide to the
Guarantee Trustee and the Holders such documents, reports and
information, if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, in the form, in the
manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act, provided that such documents, reports and
information shall be required to be provided to the Securities and
Exchange Commission only if this Guarantee Agreement shall have
been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of
Compliance with Con