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Exhibit 4.1
AMERICANWEST
BANCORPORATION
as Issuer
INDENTURE
Dated as of
, 2008
WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY
as Trustee
FIXED RATE JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES DUE 2038
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01
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Definitions |
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ARTICLE II DEBT SECURITIES
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Section 2.01
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Authentication and Dating |
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Section 2.02
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication |
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Section 2.03
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Form and
Denomination of Debt Securities |
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Section 2.04
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Execution
of Debt Securities |
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Section 2.05
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Exchange
and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities |
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Section 2.06
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt
Securities |
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Section 2.07
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Temporary
Debt Securities |
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Section 2.08
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Payment
of Interest |
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Section 2.09
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Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc |
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Section 2.10
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Intentionally Left Blank |
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Section 2.11
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Extension
of Interest Payment Period |
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Section 2.12
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CUSIP
Numbers |
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Section 2.13
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Global
Debentures |
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ARTICLE III PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
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Section 3.01
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Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debt
Securities |
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Section 3.02
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Offices
for Notices and Payments, etc |
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Section 3.03
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Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s
Office |
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Section 3.04
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Provision
as to Paying Agent |
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Section 3.05
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Certificate to Trustee |
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Section 3.06
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Additional Amounts |
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Section 3.07
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Compliance with Consolidation Provisions |
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Section 3.08
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Limitation on Dividends |
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Section 3.09
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Covenants
as to the Trust |
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ARTICLE IV LISTS
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Section 4.01
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Securityholders’ Lists |
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Section 4.02
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Preservation and Disclosure of Lists |
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Section 4.03
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Financial
and Other Information |
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 5.01
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Events of
Default |
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Section 5.02
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Payment
of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor |
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Section 5.03
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Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee |
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Section 5.04
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Proceedings by Securityholders |
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Section 5.05
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Proceedings by Trustee |
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Section 5.06
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Remedies
Cumulative and Continuing |
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Section 5.07
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Direction
of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
Securityholders |
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Section 5.08
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Notice of
Defaults |
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Section 5.09
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Undertaking to Pay Costs |
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ARTICLE VI CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE
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Section 6.01
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Duties
and Responsibilities of Trustee |
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Section 6.02
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Reliance
on Documents, Opinions, etc |
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Section 6.03
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No
Responsibility for Recitals, etc |
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Section 6.04
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Trustee,
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar
May Own Debt Securities |
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Section 6.05
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Moneys to
be Held in Trust |
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Section 6.06
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Compensation and Expenses of Trustee |
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Section 6.07
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Officers’ Certificate as Evidence |
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Section 6.08
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Eligibility of Trustee |
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Section 6.09
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Resignation or Removal of Trustee |
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Section 6.10
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Acceptance by Successor Trustee |
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Section 6.11
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Succession by Merger, etc |
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Section 6.12
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Authenticating Agents |
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ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 7.01
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Action by
Securityholders |
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Section 7.02
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Proof of
Execution by Securityholders |
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Section 7.03
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Who Are
Deemed Absolute Owners |
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Section 7.04
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Debt
Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding |
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Section 7.05
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Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound |
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ARTICLE VIII SECURITYHOLDERS’
MEETINGS
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Section 8.01
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Purposes
of Meetings |
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Section 8.02
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Call of
Meetings by Trustee |
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Section 8.03
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Call of
Meetings by Company or Securityholders |
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Section 8.04
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Qualifications for Voting |
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Section 8.05
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Regulations |
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Section 8.06
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Voting |
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Section 8.07
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Quorum;
Actions |
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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Section 9.01
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Supplemental Indentures without Consent of
Securityholders |
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Section 9.02
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Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Securityholders |
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Section 9.03
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.04
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Notation
on Debt Securities |
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Section 9.05
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Evidence
of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to
Trustee |
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ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 10.01
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Optional
Redemption |
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Section 10.02
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Special
Event Redemption |
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Section 10.03
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Notice of
Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities |
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Section 10.04
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Payment
of Debt Securities Called for Redemption |
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ARTICLE XI CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE,
CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
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Section 11.01
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Company
May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms |
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Section 11.02
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Successor
Entity to be Substituted |
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Section 11.03
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Opinion
of Counsel to be Given to Trustee |
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ARTICLE XII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE
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Section 12.01
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Discharge
of Indenture |
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Section 12.02
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Deposited
Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee |
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Section 12.03
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Paying
Agent to Repay Moneys Held |
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Section 12.04
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Return of
Unclaimed Moneys |
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ARTICLE XIII IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS,
STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS
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AND DIRECTORS
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Section 13.01
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Indenture
and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations |
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ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section 14.01
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Successors |
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Section 14.02
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Official
Acts by Successor Entity |
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Section 14.03
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Surrender
of Company Powers |
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Section 14.04
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Addresses
for Notices, etc |
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Section 14.05
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Governing
Law |
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Section 14.06
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Evidence
of Compliance with Conditions Precedent |
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Section 14.07
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Business
Day Convention |
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Section 14.08
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Table of
Contents, Headings, etc |
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Section 14.09
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Execution
in Counterparts |
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Section 14.10
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Separability |
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Section 14.11
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Assignment |
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Section 14.12
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Acknowledgment of Rights |
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ARTICLE XV SUBORDINATION OF DEBT
SECURITIES
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Section 15.01
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Agreement
to Subordinate |
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Section 15.02
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Default
on Senior Indebtedness |
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Section 15.03
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Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy |
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Section 15.04
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Subrogation |
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Section 15.05
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Trustee
to Effectuate Subordination |
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Section 15.06
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Notice by
the Company |
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Section 15.07
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Rights of
the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness |
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Section 15.08
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired |
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Debt
Security
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificate
of Officer of the Company
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of
, 2008, between AmericanWest Bancorporation, a bank holding company
incorporated in Washington (hereinafter sometimes called the
“Company”), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware
banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter sometimes called the
“Trustee”).
WITNESSETH :
WHEREAS, for its lawful
corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of
its Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due 2038 (the
“Debt Securities”) under this Indenture and to provide,
among other things, for the execution and authentication, delivery
and administration thereof, the Company has duly authorized the
execution of this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises, and the purchase of the Debt
Securities by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees
with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective holders from time to time of the Debt Securities as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions .
The terms defined in this
Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this
Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the
respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All
accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and the term “generally
accepted accounting principles” means such accounting
principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the
time of any computation. The words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
“Additional
Amounts” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.06.
“Additional
Provisions” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.01.
“Administrative
Action” has the meaning specified within the definition of
“Tax Event” in this Section 1.01.
“Applicable Depositary
Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Book-Entry Capital Security or a Debt
Security represented by a Global Debenture, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary for such Book-Entry Capital Security
or Debt Security represented by a Global Debenture, in each case to
the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from
time to time.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any agent or agents of the Trustee which at the
time shall be appointed and acting pursuant to
Section 6.12.
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“Bankruptcy Law”
means Title 11 of the United States Code, or any successor statute
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Board of
Directors” means the board of directors or the executive
committee or any other duly authorized designated officers of the
Company.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Book-Entry Capital
Security” means a Capital Security the ownership and
transfers of which shall be reflected and made, as applicable,
through book entries by the Depositary.
“Business Day”
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on
which banking institutions in Wilmington, Delaware, The City of New
York or Spokane, Washington are permitted or required by law or
executive order to close.
“Capital
Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with Common
Securities issued by the Trust; provided , however ,
that if an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration) has
occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of such Common
Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of holders of such Capital Securities.
“Capital Securities
Guarantee” means the guarantee agreement that the Company
will enter into with Wilmington Trust Company or other Persons that
operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of
Capital Securities of the Trust.
“Capital Treatment
Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that,
as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change (including any
announced prospective change) in, the laws, rules or regulations of
the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein,
or any rules, guidelines or policies of an applicable regulatory
authority for the Company or (b) any official or
administrative pronouncement or action or 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 original issuance of the Debt
Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the
Company will not, within 90 days of the date of such opinion, be
entitled to treat Capital Securities as “Tier 1
Capital” or “Tier II Capital” (or the then
equivalents) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the
Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with
jurisdiction over bank holding companies), or any capital adequacy
guidelines as then in effect and applicable to the Company;
provided , however , that the inability of the
Company to treat all or any portion of the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” or
“Tier II Capital” shall not constitute the basis for a
Capital Treatment Event if such inability results from the Company
having preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated
subsidiaries and any other class of security or interest which the
Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with
jurisdiction over bank holding
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companies) may now or hereafter accord
“Tier 1 Capital” or “Tier II Capital”
treatment that, in the aggregate, exceed the amount which may now
or hereafter qualify for treatment as “Tier 1 Capital”
or “Tier II Capital” under applicable capital adequacy
guidelines the Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory
authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies), applied
as if the Company (or its successor) were a bank holding company
for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal
Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction
over bank holding companies); provided , further ,
that the distribution of the Debt Securities in connection with the
liquidation of the Trust by the Company shall not in and of itself
constitute a Capital Treatment Event unless such liquidation shall
have occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an Investment
Company Event. For the avoidance of doubt, the inability of the
Company to treat all or any portion of the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” as
a result of the changes effected by the final rule adopted by the
Federal Reserve on March 1, 2005 shall not constitute the
basis for a Capital Treatment Event.
“Certificate”
means a certificate signed by any one of the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal
accounting officer of the Company.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Common
Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust which are designated as “Common
Securities” and rank pari passu with Capital
Securities issued by the Trust; provided , however ,
that if an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration) has
occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of such Common
Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of holders of such Capital Securities.
“Company” means
AmericanWest Bancorporation, a bank holding company incorporated in
Washington, and, subject to the provisions of Article XI, shall
include its successors and assigns.
“Debt Security”
or “Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the
first recital of this Indenture.
“Debt Security
Register” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05.
“Declaration”
means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust,
dated as of
, 2008, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Default” means
any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.08.
“Deferred
Interest” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11.
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“Depositary”
means an organization registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act that is designated as Depositary by the Company. DTC
will be the initial Depositary.
“Depositary
Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time the
Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
“DTC” means The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
“Event of
Default” means any event specified in Section 5.01,
which has continued for the period of time, if any, and after the
giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.
“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Extension
Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11.
“Federal Reserve”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
“Global
Debenture” means a global certificate that evidences all or
part of the Debt Securities the ownership and transfers of which
shall be reflected and made, as applicable, through book entries by
the Depositary and the Depositary Participants.
“Indenture” means
this Indenture as originally executed or, if amended or
supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented, or
both.
“Institutional
Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the
Declaration.
“Interest Payment
Date” means
,
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and
of each year, commencing on
, 2008, subject to Section 14.07.
“Interest Rate”
means a per annum rate of interest equal to
%.
“Investment Company
Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that,
as a result of a change in law or regulation (including any
announced prospective change) or written change in interpretation
or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court,
governmental agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Trust is or, within 90 days of the date
of such opinion will be, considered an “investment
company” that is required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which change or
prospective change becomes effective, as the case may be, on or
after the date of the original issuance of the Debt
Securities.
“Liquidation
Amount” means the liquidation amount of $10.00 per Trust
Security.
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“Major Depository
Institution Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company
that (i) is a depository institution and (ii) meets the
definition of “significant subsidiary” within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Maturity Date”
means
, 2038, subject to Section 14.07.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Vice Chairman, the President or any Vice President,
and by the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Comptroller, an Assistant Comptroller, the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the statements
provided for in Section 14.06 if and to the extent required by
the provisions of such Section.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel,
who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or may be other
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion
shall include the statements provided for in Section 14.06 if
and to the extent required by the provisions of such
Section.
The term
“outstanding,” when used with reference to Debt
Securities, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, means,
as of any particular time, all Debt Securities authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent under this
Indenture, except:
(a) Debt Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Debt Securities, or
portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys in
the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall
have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent); provided , that,
if such Debt Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed
prior to maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have
been given as provided in Articles X and XIV or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such
notice; and
(c) Debt Securities paid
pursuant to Section 2.06 or in lieu of or in substitution for
which other Debt Securities shall have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless proof
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is presented that any
such Debt Securities are held by bona fide holders in due
course.
“Optional Redemption
Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.01.
“Optional Redemption
Price” means an amount in cash equal to [100]% of the
principal amount of the Debt Securities being redeemed plus unpaid
interest accrued on such Debt Securities to the related Optional
Redemption Date.
“Paying Agent”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(e).
“Person” means a
legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any
other entity of whatever nature.
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“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Debt Security means every
previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt
as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the
purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as
the lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.
“Principal Office of
the Trustee” means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which at all times shall be located within the United
States and at the time of the execution of this Indenture shall be
Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE
19890-0001.
“Responsible
Officer” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer
within the Principal Office of the Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of the Indenture, including
any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any secretary,
any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer,
any trust officer or other officer of the Principal Office of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securityholder,”
“holder of Debt Securities” or other similar terms,
means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Debt
Security is registered on the Debt Security Register.
“Senior
Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company,
(i) the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of
(A) indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed, as well as
similar obligations arising from off-balance sheet guarantees and
direct credit substitutes and (B) indebtedness evidenced by
securities, debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments
issued by the Company, (ii) all capital lease obligations of
the Company, (iii) all obligations of the Company issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional
sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company
under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts
payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business), (iv) all obligations of the Company for
the reimbursement of any letter of credit, any banker’s
acceptance, any security purchase facility, any repurchase
agreement or similar arrangement, all obligations associated with
derivative products such as interest rate and foreign exchange
contracts and commodity contracts, any interest rate swap, any
other hedging arrangement, any obligation under options or any
similar credit or other transaction, (v) all obligations of
the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above of
other Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible
or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise and (vi) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(v) above of other Persons secured by any lien on any property
or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed
by the Company), whether the obligations of the type referred to in
clauses
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(i) through (vi) above were
incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred, unless, with the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if
not otherwise generally approved, it is provided in the instrument
creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is
outstanding that such obligations are not superior or are pari
passu in right of payment to the Debt Securities;
provided , however , that Senior Indebtedness shall
not include (A) any debt securities issued to any trust other
than the Trust (or a trustee of such trust) that is a financing
vehicle of the Company (a “financing entity”), in
connection with the issuance by such financing entity of equity or
other securities in transactions substantially similar in structure
to the transactions contemplated hereunder and in the Declaration
or (B) any guarantees of the Company in respect of the equity
or other securities of any financing entity referred to in clause
(A) above.
“Special Event”
means any of a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or a Capital
Treatment Event.
“Special Redemption
Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.02.
“Special Redemption
Price” means, with respect to the redemption of any Debt
Security following a Special Event, an amount in cash equal to
% of the principal amount of Debt
Securities to be redeemed prior to
, 2009 and thereafter equal to the percentage of the principal
amount of the Debt Securities that is specified below for the
Special Redemption Date plus, in each case, unpaid interest accrued
thereon to the Special Redemption Date:
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“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, at
least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of its
Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity,
at least a majority of the outstanding partnership or similar
interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or one
or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of
its Subsidiaries, and (iii) any limited partnership of which
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. For
the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the
equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary
voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or
the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents having such power only by
reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
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“Tax Event” means
the receipt by the Company and 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
(including any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum,
regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (an
“Administrative Action”)) or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, regardless of
whether such Administrative Action or judicial decision is issued
to or in connection with a proceeding involving the Company or the
Trust and whether or not subject to review or appeal, which
amendment, clarification, change, Administrative Action or decision
is enacted, promulgated or announced, in each case on or after the
date of original issuance of the Debt Securities, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust is, or will be
within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United
States federal income tax with respect to income received or
accrued on the Debt Securities; (ii) interest payable by the
Company on the Debt Securities is not, or within 90 days of the
date of such opinion, 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 within 90 days of the date of
such opinion, subject to or otherwise required to pay, or required
to withhold from distributions to holders of Trust Securities, more
than a de minimis amount of other taxes (including withholding
taxes), duties, assessments or other governmental
charges.
“Trust” means
AmericanWest Capital Trust IV, the Delaware statutory trust, or any
other similar trust created for the purpose of issuing Capital
Securities in connection with the issuance of Debt Securities under
this Indenture, of which the Company is the sponsor.
“Trust Indenture
Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from
time to time, or any successor legislation.
“Trust
Securities” means Common Securities and Capital Securities of
the Trust.
“Trustee” means
the Person identified as “Trustee” in the first
paragraph hereof, and, subject to the provisions of Article VI
hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee
hereunder.
“United States”
means the United States of America and the District of
Columbia.
“U.S. Person” has
the meaning given to United States Person as set forth in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
ARTICLE II
DEBT SECURITIES
Section 2.01
Authentication and Dating .
Upon the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Debt
Securities in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $
may
be
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executed and delivered by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and make available for delivery said Debt Securities
to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by its Chairman
of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, President or Chief
Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, without any
further action by the Company hereunder. In authenticating such
Debt Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon a copy
of any Board Resolution or Board Resolutions relating thereto and,
if applicable, an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant
to such resolution, in each case certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary or other officers with appropriate delegated
authority of the Company as the case may be.
The Trustee shall have the
right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debt Securities
under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith shall determine
that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to
existing Securityholders.
The definitive Debt
Securities shall be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities.
Section 2.02 Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .
The Trustee’s
certificate of authentication on all Debt Securities shall be in
substantially the following form:
This certificate represents
Debt Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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Section 2.03 Form and
Denomination of Debt Securities .
The Debt Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Debt
Securities shall be in registered form without coupons and in
minimum denominations of $100,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof. The Debt Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or
otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such
plans as the officers executing the same may determine with the
approval of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof.
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Section 2.04
Execution of Debt Securities .
The Debt Securities shall be
signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or
facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice
Chairman, President or Chief Financial Officer or one of its
Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal (if legally required) which
may be affixed thereto or printed, engraved or otherwise reproduced
thereon, by facsimile or otherwise, and which need not be attested.
Only such Debt Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form herein before recited,
executed by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent by the manual
or facsimile signature of an authorized officer, shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent upon any Debt Security executed by the Company shall be
conclusive evidence that the Debt Security so authenticated has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder
is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case any officer of the
Company who shall have signed any of the Debt Securities shall
cease to be such officer before the Debt Securities so signed shall
have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent, or disposed of by the Company, such Debt
Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of as though the Person who signed such Debt Securities
had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Debt
Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as,
at the actual date of the execution of such Debt Security, shall be
the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the
execution of this Indenture any such person was not such an
officer.
Every Debt Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication.
Section 2.05 Exchange
and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities .
The Company shall cause to be
kept, at the office or agency maintained for the purpose of
registration of transfer and for exchange as provided in
Section 3.02, a register (the “Debt Security
Register”) for the Debt Securities issued hereunder in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall provide for the registration and transfer of all Debt
Securities as provided in this Article II. Such register shall be
in written form or in any other form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonable time.
Debt Securities to be
exchanged may be surrendered at the Principal Office of the Trustee
or at any office or agency to be maintained by the Company for such
purpose as provided in Section 3.02, and the Company shall
execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available
for delivery in exchange therefor, the Debt Security or Debt
Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange shall be
entitled to receive. Upon due presentment for registration of
transfer of any Debt Security at the Principal Office of the
Trustee or at any office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose as provided in Section 3.02, the Company shall
execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available
for delivery in the name of the transferee or transferees,
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new Debt Security for a like aggregate
principal amount. Registration or registration of transfer of any
Debt Security by the Trustee or by any agent of the Company
appointed pursuant to Section 3.02, and delivery of such Debt
Security, shall be deemed to complete the registration or
registration of transfer of such Debt Security.
All Debt Securities presented
for registration of transfer or for exchange or payment shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by, a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and either the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent duly
executed by, the holder or such holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be
made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debt
Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection therewith other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.07, Section 9.04 or
Section 10.04 not involving any transfer.
The Company or the Trustee
shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of any
Debt Security for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the
date of selection of Debt Securities for redemption.
Section 2.06
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities
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In case any Debt Security
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company
shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, a new Debt Security bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Debt Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the
Debt Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the
applicant for a substituted Debt Security shall furnish to the
Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case
of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to
the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Debt Security and of the
ownership thereof.
The Trustee may authenticate
any such substituted Debt Security and deliver the same upon the
written request or authorization of any officer of the Company.
Upon the issuance of any substituted Debt Security, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses connected therewith. In case any Debt Security which
has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption
in full shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Debt Security, pay or
authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except
in the case of a mutilated Debt Security) if the applicant for such
payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence
satisfactory to the Company and to the Trustee of the destruction,
loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership
thereof.
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Every substituted Debt
Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any such Debt Security
is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be found at any time,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities duly
issued hereunder. All Debt Securities shall be held and owned upon
the express condition that, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt
Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their
surrender.
Section 2.07
Temporary Debt Securities .
Pending the preparation of
definitive Debt Securities, the Company may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Debt
Securities that are typed, printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced in any authorized denomination,
substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities but
with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Debt Securities, all as may be determined
by the Company. Every such temporary Debt Security shall be
executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon
the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with
the same effect, as the definitive Debt Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company will execute and deliver to the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent definitive Debt Securities and
thereupon any or all temporary Debt Securities may be surrendered
in exchange therefor, at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at
any office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose as
provided in Section 3.02, and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for
delivery in exchange for such temporary Debt Securities a like
aggregate principal amount of such definitive Debt Securities. Such
exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and
without any charge therefor except that in case of any such
exchange involving a registration of transfer the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. Until
so exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Debt Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.08 Payment
of Interest .
Each Debt Security will bear
interest at the Interest Rate on the principal thereof, on any
overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest
is enforceable under applicable law) on Deferred Interest and on
any overdue installment of interest (including Defaulted Interest),
payable (subject to the provisions of Article XV) on each Interest
Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date
or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be. Interest and
any Deferred Interest on any Debt Security that is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for by the Company, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
such Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for
such interest installment, except that interest and any Deferred
Interest payable on the Maturity Date, any Optional
Redemption
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Date or the Special Redemption Date, as
the case may be, other than any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person to whom principal is paid. In case (i) the
Maturity Date of any Debt Security or (ii) any Debt Security
or portion thereof is called for redemption and the related
Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the
case may be, is subsequent to the regular record date with respect
to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment
Date, interest on such Debt Security will be paid upon presentation
and surrender of such Debt Security.
Any interest on any Debt
Security, other than Deferred Interest, that is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for by the Company, on any
Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the holder
on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such
holder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company to
the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt Security and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this
paragraph. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall not be more
than fifteen nor less than ten days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than ten days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and,
in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special
record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to
each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Debt
Security Register, not less than ten days prior to such special
record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered on such special record date and
thereafter the Company shall have no further payment obligation in
respect of the Defaulted Interest.
Payments of interest on the
Debt Securities shall include interest accrued to but excluding the
respective Interest Payment Dates. The amount of interest payable
for any interest period shall be computed and paid on the basis of
a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Any interest
scheduled to become payable on an Interest Payment Date occurring
during an Extension Period shall not be Defaulted Interest and
shall be payable on such other date as may be specified in the
terms of such Debt Securities.
The term “regular
record date”, as used in this Section, shall mean the
fifteenth day prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date,
whether or not such day is a Business Day.
Subject to the foregoing
provisions of this Section, each Debt Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in
lieu of any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other
Debt Security.
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Section 2.09
Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc .
All Debt Securities
surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or
registration of transfer, shall, if surrendered to the Company or
any Paying Agent, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly
canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Debt
Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. All Debt
Securities canceled by any Authenticating Agent shall be delivered
to the Trustee. The Trustee shall destroy all canceled Debt
Securities unless the Company otherwise directs the Trustee in
writing, in which case the Trustee shall dispose of such Debt
Securities as directed by the Company. If the Company shall acquire
any of the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Debt Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.10
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Section 2.11
Extension of Interest Payment Period .
So long as no Event of
Default pursuant to Sections 5.01(b), (e), (f), (g), (h) or
(i) of this Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the
Company shall have the right, from time to time and without causing
an Event of Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debt
Securities by extending the interest payment period on the Debt
Securities for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each such
extended interest payment period, together with all previous and
further consecutive extensions thereof, is referred to herein as an
“Extension Period”). No Extension Period may end on a
date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the
Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special
Redemption Date, as the case may be. During any Extension Period,
interest will continue to accrue on the Debt Securities, and
interest on such accrued interest (such accrued interest and
interest thereon referred to herein as “Deferred
Interest”) will accrue at an annual rate equal to the
Interest Rate, compounded quarterly from the date such Deferred
Interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension
Period, to the extent permitted by applicable law. No interest or
Deferred Interest (except any Additional Amounts that may be due
and payable) shall be due and payable during an Extension Period,
except at the end thereof. At the end of any Extension Period, the
Company shall pay all Deferred Interest then accrued and unpaid on
the Debt Securities; provided , however , that during
any Extension Period, the Company shall be subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 3.08. Prior to the
termination of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend
such Extension Period, provided , that no Extension Period
(including all previous and further consecutive extensions that are
part of such Extension Period) shall exceed 20 consecutive
quarterly periods. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and
upon the payment of all Deferred Interest, the Company may commence
a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. The
Company must give the Trustee notice of its election to begin or
extend an Extension Period no later than the close of business on
the fifteenth Business Day prior to the applicable Interest Payment
Date. The Trustee shall give notice of the Company’s election
to begin or extend an Extension Period to the Securityholders,
promptly after receipt of notice from the Company of its election
to begin or extend an Extension Period.
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Section 2.12 CUSIP
Numbers .
The Company in issuing the
Debt Securities may use a “CUSIP” number (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use a
“CUSIP” number in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Securityholders; provided , that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such number either as printed on the Debt Securities
or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Debt Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by
any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will
promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP
number.
Section 2.13 Global
Debentures .
(a) Upon the election of an
owner of beneficial interests in outstanding Debt Securities, the
Debt Securities owned by such beneficial owner shall be issued in
the form of one or more Global Debentures. Each Global Debenture
issued under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary designated by the Company for such Global Debenture or a
nominee of such Depositary and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global
Debenture shall constitute a single Debt Security for all purposes
of this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Indenture, no Global Debenture may be exchanged
in whole or in part for Debt Securities registered, and no transfer
of a Global Debenture in whole or in part may be registered in the
name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global
Debenture or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary
advises the Trustee and the Company in writing that such Depositary
is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global
Debenture, and no qualified successor is appointed by the Company
within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company of such
notice, (ii) such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act and no successor is appointed by
the Company within ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge
of such event or (iii) an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing. Upon obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of
any event specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
the Trustee shall notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary
to notify all owners of beneficial interests in such Global
Debenture of the occurrence of such event and of the availability
of Debt Securities to such beneficial owners requesting the same.
Upon the issuance of such Debt Securities and the registration in
the Debt Security Register of such Debt Securities in the names of
the holders thereof, the Trustee shall recognize such holders as
holders of Debt Securities for all purposes of this Indenture and
the Debt Securities.
(c) If any Global Debenture
is to be exchanged for other Debt Securities or canceled in part,
or if another Debt Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part
for a beneficial interest in any Global Debenture, then either
(i) such Global Debenture shall be so surrendered for exchange
or cancellation as provided herein or (ii) the principal
amount thereof shall be reduced or increased, subject to
Section 2.03, by an amount equal to the portion
thereof
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to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal
to the principal amount of such Debt Security to be so exchanged
for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of
an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Debt Security
registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable
Depositary Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its
authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its
records. Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global
Debenture by the Depositary, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver Debt Securities issuable in exchange for
such Global Debenture (or any portion thereof) in accordance with
the instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee may conclusively
rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such
instructions.
(d) Every Debt Security
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Debenture or any portion
thereof shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Debenture, unless such Debt Security is
registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof.
(e) Debt Securities
distributed to holders of Book-Entry Capital Securities (as defined
in the Declaration) upon the dissolution of the Trust shall be
distributed in the form of one or more Global Debentures registered
in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, and deposited with
the Debt Securities registrar, as custodian for such Depositary, or
with such Depositary, for credit by the Depositary to the owners of
beneficial interests in such Book-Entry Capital Securities. Debt
Securities distributed to holders of Capital Securities other than
Book-Entry Capital Securities upon the dissolution of the Trust
shall not be issued in the form of a Global Debenture or any other
form intended to facilitate book-entry trading in beneficial
interests in such Debt Securities.
(f) The Depositary or its
nominee, as the registered owner of a Global Debenture, shall be
the holder of such Global Debenture for all purposes under this
Indenture and the Debt Securities, and owners of beneficial
interests in a Global Debenture shall hold such interests pursuant
to the Applicable Depositary Procedures. Accordingly, any such
owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Debenture shall be
shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected
only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee
or its Depositary Participants. The Debt Securities registrar and
the Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all
purposes of this Indenture relating to a Global Debenture as the
sole holder of the Debt Security and shall have no obligation to
any beneficial owner of a Global Debenture. Neither the Trustee nor
the Debt Securities registrar shall have any liability in respect
of any transfers affected by the Depositary or its Depositary
Participants.
(g) The rights of owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Debenture shall be exercised only
through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by
law and agreements between such owners and the Depositary and/or
its Depositary Participants.
(h) No owner of any
beneficial interest in any Global Debenture shall have any rights
under this Indenture with respect to such Global Debenture, and the
Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent
of the Company or the Trustee as the owner and holder of such
Global Debenture for all purposes under the Indenture. None of
the
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Company, the Trustee nor any agent of
the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or
liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments
made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global
Debenture or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary
and such beneficial owners, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary or its
nominee as holder of any Debt Security.
(i) Global Debentures shall
bear the following legend on the face thereof:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
DEBENTURE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
(“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON
OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER
THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF
DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE
REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE COMPANY OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
ARTICLE III
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
Section 3.01 Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debt
Securities .
(a) The Company covenants and
agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid all
payments due in respect of the Debt Securities at the place, at the
respective times and in the manner provided in this Indenture and
the Debt Securities. Payment of the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on the Debt Securities due on the Maturity Date,
any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the
case may be, will be made by the Company in immediately available
funds against presentation and surrender of such
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Debt Securities. At the option of the
Company, each installment of interest on the Debt Securities due on
an Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date, any Optional
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be,
may be paid (i) by mailing checks for such interest payable to
the order of the holders of Debt Securities entitled thereto as
they appear on the Debt Security Register or (ii) by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to any account with a
banking institution located in the United States designated by such
holders to the Paying Agent no later than the related record date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture or any Debt Security, if the Trust or the trustee of the
Trust is the holder of any Debt Security, then all payments in
respect of such Debt Security shall be made by the Company in
immediately available funds when due.
(b) The Company will treat
the Debt Securities as indebtedness, and the interest payable in
respect of such Debt Securities (including any Additional Amounts)
as interest, for all U.S. federal income tax purposes. All payments
in respect of such Debt Securities will be made free and clear of
U.S. withholding tax provided, that (i) any beneficial owner
thereof that is a “United States person” within the
meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (A) has
provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any substitute or
successor form) in the manner required establishing its status as a
“United States person” for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, and (B) the Internal Revenue Service has neither
notified the Issuer that the taxpayer identification number
furnished by such beneficial owner is incorrect nor notified the
Issuer that there is underreporting by such beneficial owner, and
(ii) any beneficial owner thereof that is not a “United
States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN,
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, or Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8EXP, as applicable (or any substitute or successor form) in
the manner required establishing its non-U.S. status for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
(c) As of the date of this
Indenture, the Company represents that it has no intention to
exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of
interest on the Debt Securities by commencing an Extension
Period.
(d) As of the date of this
Indenture, the Company represents that the likelihood that it would
exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of
interest on the Debt Securities by commencing an Extension Period
at any time during which the Debt Securities are outstanding is
remote because of the restrictions that would be imposed on the
Company’s ability to declare or pay dividends or
distributions on, or to redeem, purchase or make a liquidation
payment with respect to, any of its outstanding equity and on the
Company’s ability to make any payments of principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on, or repurchase or redeem, any of
its debt securities that rank pari passu in all respects
with or junior in interest to the Debt Securities.
Section 3.02 Offices
for Notices and Payments, etc .
So long as any of the Debt
Securities remain outstanding, the Company will maintain in
Wilmington, Delaware or in Spokane, Washington an office or agency
where the Debt Securities may be presented for payment, an office
or agency where the Debt Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange as provided in this
Indenture and an office or agency where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Debt
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Securities or of this Indenture may be
served. The Company will give to the Trustee written notice of the
location of any such office or agency and of any change of location
thereof. Until otherwise designated from time to time by the
Company in a notice to the Trustee, or specified as contemplated by
Section 2.05, such office or agency for all of the above
purposes shall be the Principal Office of the Trustee. In case the
Company shall fail to maintain any such office or agency in
Wilmington, Delaware or in Spokane, Washington, or shall fail to
give such notice of the location or of any change in the location
thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be
served at the Principal Office of the Trustee.
In addition to any such
office or agency, the Company may from time to time designate one
or more offices or agencies outside Wilmington, Delaware or
Spokane, Washington where the Debt Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in
this Indenture, and the Company may from time to time rescind such
designation, as the Company may deem desirable or expedient;
provided , however , that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain any such office or agency in Wilmington,
Delaware or in Spokane, Washington for the purposes above
mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt written
notice of any such designation or rescission thereof.
Section 3.03
Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
.
The Company, whenever
necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will
appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.09, a Trustee, so
that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 3.04
Provision as to Paying Agent .
(a) If the Company shall
appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, it will cause such
Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provision of this Section 3.04,
(i) that it will hold all
sums held by it as such agent for the payment of all payments due
on the Debt Securities (whether such sums have been paid to it by
the Company or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities) in
trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debt
Securities;
(ii) that it will give the
Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company (or by
any other obligor on the Debt Securities) to make any payment on
the Debt Securities when the same shall be due and payable;
and
(iii) that it will, at any
time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
(b) If the Company shall act
as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the
payments due on the Debt Securities, set aside, segregate and hold
in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities a
sum sufficient to make such payments so becoming due and will
notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action
and of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor under
the Debt Securities) to make any payment on the Debt Securities
when the same shall become due and payable.
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Whenever the Company shall
have one or more Paying Agents for the Debt Securities, it will, on
or prior to each due date of the payments on the Debt Securities,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay all payments so
becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing
of its action or failure to act.
(c) Anything in this
Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may,
at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge with respect to the Debt Securities, or for any other
reason, pay, or direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all
sums held in trust by the Company or any such Paying Agent, such
sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions
herein contained.
(d) Anything in this
Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to
hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 3.04 is subject
to Sections 12.03 and 12.04.
(e) The Company hereby
initially appoints the Trustee to act as paying agent for the Debt
Securities (the “Paying Agent”).
Section 3.05
Certificate to Trustee .
The Company will deliver to
the Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year, so long as Debt Securities are outstanding hereunder, a
Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto, stating that in the course of the performance by the
signers of their duties as officers of the Company they would
normally have knowledge of any default by the Company in the
performance of any covenants of the Company contained herein,
stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and,
if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have
knowledge and the nature thereof.
Section 3.06
Additional Amounts .
If and for so long as the
Trust is the holder of all Debt Securities and is subject to or
otherwise required to pay (or is required to withhold from
distributions to holders of Trust Securities) any additional taxes
(including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other
governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event, the Company will
pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”)
on the Debt Securities or the Trust Securities, as the case may be,
as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained
by the holders of Debt Securities or Trust Securities, as the case
may be, after payment of all taxes (including withholding taxes),
duties, assessments or other governmental charges, will be equal to
the amounts that such holders would have received and retained had
no such taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or
other governmental charges been imposed.
Whenever in this Indenture or
the Debt Securities there is a reference in any context to the
payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debt
Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of
payments of the Additional Amounts provided
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for in this Section to the extent that,
in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable
in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and
express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if
applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as
excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made, provided , however ,
that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture or any Debt Security, the deferral of the payment of
interest during an Extension Period pursuant to Section 2.11
shall not defer the payment of any Additional Amounts that may be
due and payable.
Section 3.07
Compliance with Consolidation Provisions .
The Company will not, while
any of the Debt Securities remain outstanding, consolidate with, or
merge into, any other Person, or merge into itself, or sell,
convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all
of its property or capital stock to any other Person unless the
provisions of Article XI hereof are complied with.
Section 3.08
Limitation on Dividends .
If (i) there shall have
occurred and be continuing a Default or an Event of Default,
(ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its
payment of any obligations under the Capital Securities Guarantee
or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election
to defer payments of interest on the Debt Securities by extending
the interest payment period as provided herein and such period, or
any extension thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing, then
the Company may not (A) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s
capital stock, (B) make any payment of principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities of the Company that rank pari passu in all
respects with or junior in interest to the Debt Securities or
(C) make any payment under any guarantees of the Company that
rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest
to the Capital Securities Guarantee (other than
(a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares
of capital stock of the Company (I) in connection with any
employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with
or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or
consultants, (II) in connection with a dividend reinvestment or
stockholder stock purchase plan or (III) in connection with the
issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible
into or exercisable for such capital stock) as consideration in an
acquisition transaction entered into prior to the occurrence of
(i), (ii) or (iii) above, (b) as a result of any
exchange or conversion of any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary
of the Company) for any class or series of the Company’s
capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s
indebtedness for any class or series of the Company’s capital
stock, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of
the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being
converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with any stockholder’s rights plan, or the
issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
stockholder’s rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of
rights pursuant thereto or (e) any dividend in the form of
stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock
or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or
other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is
being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to
such stock).
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Section 3.09
Covenants as to the Trust .
For so long as such Trust
Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall maintain 100%
ownership of the Common Securities; provided ,
however , that any permitted successor of the Company under
this Indenture may succeed to the Company’s ownership of such
Common Securities. The Company, as owner of the Common Securities,
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trust
(a) to remain a statutory trust, except in connection with a
distribution of Debt Securities to the holders of Trust Securities
in liquidation of the Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust
Securities or mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as
permitted by the Declaration, (b) to otherwise continue to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes and (c) to cause each holder of Trust Securities to
be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Debt
Securities.
ARTICLE IV
LISTS
Section 4.01
Securityholders’ Lists .
The Company covenants and
agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee:
(a) on each regular record
date for an Interest Payment Date, a list, in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Securityholders of the Debt Securities as of such record date;
and
(b) at such other times as
the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form
and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time
such list is furnished; except that no such lists need be furnished
under this Section 4.01 so long as the Trustee is in
possession thereof by reason of its acting as Debt Security
registrar.
Section 4.02
Preservation and Disclosure of Lists .
(a) The Trustee shall
preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Debt
Securities (1) contained in the most recent list furnished to
it as provided in Section 4.01 or (2) received by it in
the capacity of Debt Securities registrar (if so acting) hereunder.
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) [The rights of Holders
to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as
provided in the Trust Indenture Act.] OR [In case three or more
holders of Debt Securities (hereinafter referred to as
“applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee and
furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant
has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months
preceding the date of such application, and such application states
that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders of
Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture
or under such Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the
form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose
to transmit, then the Trustee shall within five Business Days after
the receipt of such application, at its election,
either:
(i) afford such applicants
access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section 4.02, or
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(ii) inform such applicants
as to the approximate number of holders of Debt Securities whose
names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time
by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection
(a) of this Section 4.02, and as to the approximate cost
of mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy or other
communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect
not to afford such applicants access to such information, the
Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to
each Securityholder of Debt Securities whose name and address
appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section 4.02 a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication which is specified in such request with reasonable
promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be
mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such
tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, if permi
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