Exhibit 4.1
TENNESSEE COMMERCE BANCORP, INC.,
as Issuer
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 20, 2008
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE
INTEREST DEBENTURES
DUE 2038
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.
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DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1.
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Definitions
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ARTICLE II.
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DEBENTURES
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Section 2.1.
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Authentication and Dating
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Section 2.2.
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Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication
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Section 2.3.
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Form and Denomination of Debentures
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Section 2.4.
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Execution of Debentures
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Section 2.5.
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Exchange and Registration of Transfer of
Debentures
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Section 2.6.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Debentures
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10
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Section 2.7.
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Temporary Debentures
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10
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Section 2.8.
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Payment of Interest and Additional
Interest
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Section 2.9.
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Cancellation of Debentures Paid, etc
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Section 2.10.
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Computation of Interest
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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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ARTICLE III.
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PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF
THE COMPANY
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Section 3.1.
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Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest;
Agreed Treatment of the Debentures
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Section 3.2.
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Offices for Notices and Payments,
etc
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Section 3.3.
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Appointments to Fill Vacancies in
Trustee’s Office
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Section 3.4.
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Provision as to Paying Agent
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Section 3.5.
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Certificate to Trustee
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Section 3.6.
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Additional Sums
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Section 3.7.
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Compliance with Consolidation
Provisions
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Section 3.8.
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Limitation on Dividends
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Section 3.9.
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Covenants as to the Trust
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Section 3.10.
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Additional Junior Indebtedness
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Section 3.11.
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Subsidiary; Insured Depository
Institution
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ARTICLE IV.
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SECURITYHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
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Section 4.1.
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Securityholders’ Lists
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Section 4.2.
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Preservation and Disclosure of Lists
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ARTICLE V.
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REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE
AND SECURITYHOLDERS UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
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Section 5.1.
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Events of Default
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Section 5.2.
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Payment of Debentures on Default; Suit
Therefor
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Section 5.3.
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Application of Moneys Collected by
Trustee
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Section 5.4.
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Proceedings by Securityholders
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Section 5.5.
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Proceedings by Trustee
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Section 5.6.
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Remedies Cumulative and Continuing; Delay or
Omission Not a Waiver
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Section 5.7.
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Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults
by Majority of Securityholders
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Section 5.8.
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Notice of Defaults
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Section 5.9.
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Undertaking to Pay Costs
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ARTICLE VI.
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CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE
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Section 6.1.
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Duties and Responsibilities of
Trustee
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Section 6.2.
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Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc
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Section 6.3.
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No
Responsibility for Recitals, etc
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Section 6.4.
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Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents,
Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own Debentures
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Section 6.5.
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Moneys to be Held in Trust
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Section 6.6.
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Compensation and Expenses of Trustee
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Section 6.7.
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Officers’ Certificate as
Evidence
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Section 6.8.
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Eligibility of Trustee
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Section 6.9.
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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.
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CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 7.1.
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Action by Securityholders
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Section 7.2.
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Proof of Execution by
Securityholders
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Section 7.3.
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Who
Are Deemed Absolute Owners
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Section 7.4.
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Debentures Owned by Company Deemed Not
Outstanding
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Section 7.5.
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Revocation of Consents; Future Holders
Bound
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ARTICLE
VIII.
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SECURITYHOLDERS’
MEETINGS
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Section 8.1.
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Purposes of Meetings
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Section 8.2.
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Call of Meetings by Trustee
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Section 8.3.
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Call of Meetings by Company or
Securityholders
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Section 8.4.
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Qualifications for Voting
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Section 8.5.
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Regulations
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Section 8.6.
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Voting
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Section 8.7.
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Quorum; Actions
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ARTICLE IX.
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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Section 9.1.
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Supplemental Indentures without Consent of
Securityholders
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Section 9.2.
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Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Securityholders
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Section 9.3.
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.4.
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Notation on Debentures
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Section 9.5.
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Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental
Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee
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ARTICLE X.
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REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 10.1.
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Optional Redemption
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Section 10.2.
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Special Event Redemption
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Section 10.3.
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Notice of Redemption; Selection of
Debentures
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Section 10.4.
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Payment of Debentures Called for
Redemption
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ARTICLE XI.
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER,
SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
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Section 11.1.
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Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain
Terms
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Section 11.2.
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Successor Entity to be Substituted
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Section 11.3.
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Opinion of Counsel to be Given to
Trustee
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ARTICLE XII.
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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Section 12.1.
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Discharge of Indenture
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Section 12.2.
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Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by
Trustee
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Section 12.3.
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Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held
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Section 12.4.
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Return of Unclaimed Moneys
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ARTICLE
XIII.
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IMMUNITY OF
INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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Section 13.1.
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Indenture and Debentures Solely Corporate
Obligations
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ARTICLE XIV.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section 14.1.
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Successors
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Section 14.2.
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Official Acts by Successor Entity
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Section 14.3.
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Surrender of Company Powers
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Section 14.4.
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Addresses for Notices, etc
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Section 14.5.
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Governing Law
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Section 14.6.
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Evidence of Compliance with Conditions
Precedent
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Section 14.7.
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Table of Contents, Headings, etc
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Section 14.8.
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Execution in Counterparts
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Section 14.9.
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Separability
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Section 14.10.
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Assignment
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Section 14.11.
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Acknowledgment of Rights
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ARTICLE XV.
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SUBORDINATION OF
DEBENTURES
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Section 15.1.
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Agreement to Subordinate
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Section 15.2.
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Default on Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.3.
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Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy
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Section 15.4.
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Subrogation
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Section 15.5.
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Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
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Section 15.6.
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Notice by the Company
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Section 15.7.
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Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior
Indebtedness
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Section 15.8.
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired
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Exhibit A
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Form of Floating Rate
Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture
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Exhibit B
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Form of Certificate to
Trustee
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of June 20, 2008,
between Tennessee Commerce Bancorp, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation (the “ Company ”), and Wilmington
Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as debenture trustee
(the “ Trustee ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the
Company has duly authorized the issuance of its Floating Rate
Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2038 (the
“ Debentures ”) under this Indenture to provide,
among other things, for the execution and authentication, delivery
and administration thereof, and the Company has duly authorized the
execution of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make
this Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, have been
done and performed;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises, and the purchase of the Debentures 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 Debentures as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1.
Definitions
. The terms defined in this
Section 1.1 (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 1.1. 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.
“ Acceleration Event of Default
” means an Event of Default under Section 5.1(a), (d),
(e) or (f), whatever the reason for such Acceleration Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body.
“ Additional Interest ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
“ Additional Junior Indebtedness
” means, without duplication and other than the Debentures,
any indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of the Company, or any
Subsidiary of the Company, under debt securities (or guarantees in
respect of debt securities) initially issued after the date of this
Indenture to any trust, or a trustee of a trust, partnership or
other entity affiliated with the Company that is, directly or
indirectly, a finance subsidiary (as such term is defined in
Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended) or other financing vehicle of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company in connection with the issuance by that
entity of preferred securities or other securities that are
eligible to qualify for Tier 1 capital treatment (or its then
equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the
Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the Company
(or, if the Company is not a bank holding company, such guidelines
applied to the Company as if the Company were subject to such
guidelines); provided , however , that the inability
of the Company to treat all or any portion of the Additional Junior
Indebtedness as Tier 1 capital shall not disqualify it as
Additional Junior Indebtedness if such inability results from the
Company having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in
consolidated subsidiaries, or any other class of security or
interest which the Federal Reserve now or may hereafter accord Tier
1 capital treatment (including the Debentures) in excess of the
amount which may qualify for treatment as Tier 1 capital under
applicable capital adequacy guidelines.
“ Additional Sums ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.6.
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“ Affiliate ” has the same
meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act or any successor rule thereunder.
“ Authenticating Agent ”
means any agent or agents of the Trustee which at the time shall be
appointed and acting pursuant to Section 6.12.
“ Bankruptcy Law ” means
Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the
relief of debtors.
“ 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.
“ Business Day ” means any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking
institutions in New York City or Wilmington, Delaware are permitted
or required by any applicable 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 upon the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration),
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 enters into
with Wilmington Trust Company, as guarantee trustee, 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 the occurrence of 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 as the result of 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
Debentures, 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 an amount equal to the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital”
(or its then equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy
guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable
to the Company (or if the Company is not a bank holding company or
otherwise is not subject to the Federal Reserve’s risk-based
capital adequacy guidelines, such guidelines applied to the Company
as if the Company were subject to such guidelines); provided
, however , that the inability of the Company to treat all
or any portion of the liquidation amount of the Capital Securities
as Tier l Capital shall not constitute the basis for a Capital
Treatment Event, if such inability results from the Company having
cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated
subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest which the
Federal Reserve may now or hereafter accord Tier 1 Capital
treatment in excess of the amount which may now or hereafter
qualify for treatment as Tier 1 Capital under applicable capital
adequacy guidelines; provided further , however ,
that the distribution of Debentures in connection with the
liquidation of the Trust 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.
“ 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.
“ Common Securities ” means
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust which
rank pari passu with Capital Securities issued by the Trust;
provided , however , that upon the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration),
the rights of holders of such Common Securities to payment
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respect of distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of holders of such Capital Securities.
“ Company ” means Tennessee
Commerce Bancorp, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, and, subject
to the provisions of Article XI, shall include its successors
and assigns.
“ Coupon Rate ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8.
“ Debenture ” or “
Debentures ” has the meaning stated in the first
recital of this Indenture.
“ Debenture Register ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.5.
“ Declaration ” means the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, 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 2.8.
“ Distribution Period ”
means (i) with respect to interest paid on the first Interest
Payment Date, the period beginning on (and including) the date of
original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Interest
Payment Date in September 2008 and (ii) thereafter, with
respect to interest paid on each successive Interest Payment Date,
the period beginning on (and including) the preceding Interest
Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) such current Interest
Payment Date.
“ Event of Default ” means
any event specified in Section 5.1, continued for the period
of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice, if any,
therein designated.
“ Extension Period ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
“ Federal Reserve ” means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or its
designated district bank, as applicable, and any successor federal
agency that is primarily responsible for regulating the activities
of bank holding companies.
“ Indenture ” means this
instrument 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 March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year during the term of this Indenture
commencing in September 2008, or if such day is not a Business
Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (it being understood
that interest accrues for any such non-Business Day),
unless such Business Day
is in the next succeeding calendar year, in which case the
immediately preceding Business Day.
“ Interest Rate ” means the
applicable Coupon Rate for each Distribution Period.
“ 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 the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or written
change (including any announced prospective 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 or would
become effective, as the case may be, on or after the date of the
issuance of the Debentures.
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“ Liquidation Amount ” means
the stated amount of $1,000.00 per Capital Security and $100.00 per
Common Security.
“ Maturity Date ” means
June 30, 2038.
“ Officers’ Certificate
” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman, the President, any
Managing Director or any Vice President, and by 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 14.6 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 14.6 if and to
the extent required by the provisions of such Section.
The
term “ outstanding ,” when used with reference
to Debentures, means, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.4, as of any particular time, all Debentures
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent under this Indenture, except:
(a)
Debentures theretofore
canceled by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(b)
Debentures, 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 ,
however , that, if such Debentures, or portions thereof, are
to be redeemed prior to maturity thereof, notice of such redemption
shall have been given as provided in Section 10.3 or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such
notice; and
(c)
Debentures paid pursuant
to Section 2.6 or in lieu of or in substitution for which
other Debentures shall have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.6 unless proof satisfactory
to the Company and the Trustee is presented that any such
Debentures are held by bona fide holders in due course.
“ Person ” means any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“ Predecessor Security ” of
any particular Debenture means every previous Debenture evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Debenture; and, for purposes of this definition, any
Debenture authenticated and delivered under Section 2.6 in
lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen
Debenture.
“ Principal Office of the Trustee,
” or other similar term, means the office of the Trustee, at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which at the time of the execution of
this Indenture shall be Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.
“ Redemption Date ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“ Redemption Price ” means
100% of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed, plus
accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on
such Debentures to the Redemption Date.
“ Responsible Officer ”
means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the
Principal Office of the Trustee, 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 Trust Office of the Trustee
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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 from time to time or any
successor legislation.
“ Securityholder, ” “
holder of Debentures, ” or other similar terms, means
any Person in whose name at the time a particular Debenture is
registered on the register kept by the Company or the Trustee for
that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof.
“ 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 all borrowed and purchased money 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; (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, any interest rate
swap, any other hedging arrangement, any obligation under options
or any similar credit or other transaction; (v) all
obligations of the Company associated with derivative products such
as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity
contracts, and similar arrangements; (vi) all obligations of
the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of
other Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible
or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise including, without
limitation, similar obligations arising from off-balance sheet
guarantees and direct credit substitutes; and (vii) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(vi) 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 incurred on or prior to the date
of this Indenture or thereafter incurred. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, “Senior Indebtedness” shall not include
(1) any Additional Junior Indebtedness, (2) Debentures
issued pursuant to this Indenture and guarantees in respect of such
Debentures, (3) trade accounts payable of the Company arising
in the ordinary course of business (such trade accounts payable
being pari passu in right of payment to the Debentures), or
(4) obligations with respect to which (a) in the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the
same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are
pari passu , junior or otherwise not superior in right of
payment to the Debentures and (b) the Company, prior to the
issuance thereof, has notified (and, if then required under the
applicable guidelines of the Federal Reserve, has received approval
from) the Federal Reserve. Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be
Senior Indebtedness and be entitled to the subordination provisions
irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term
of such Senior Indebtedness.
“ Special Event ” means any
of a Capital Treatment Event, an Investment Company Event or a Tax
Event.
“ Special Redemption Date ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.
“ Special
Redemption Price ” means the price set forth in the
following table for any Special Redemption Date that occurs on the
date indicated below (or if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day), expressed as the percentage of
the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed:
5
|
Month in which Special
Redemption Date Occurs
|
|
Special
Redemption Price
|
|
|
September 2008
|
|
104.625
|
%
|
|
December 2008
|
|
104.300
|
%
|
|
March 2009
|
|
104.000
|
%
|
|
June 2009
|
|
103.650
|
%
|
|
September 2009
|
|
103.350
|
%
|
|
December 2009
|
|
103.000
|
%
|
|
March 2010
|
|
102.700
|
%
|
|
June 2010
|
|
102.350
|
%
|
|
September 2010
|
|
102.050
|
%
|
|
December 2010
|
|
101.700
|
%
|
|
March 2011
|
|
101.400
|
%
|
|
June 2011
|
|
101.050
|
%
|
|
September 2011
|
|
100.750
|
%
|
|
December 2011
|
|
100.450
|
%
|
|
March 2012
|
|
100.200
|
%
|
|
June 2012 and thereafter
|
|
100.000
|
%
|
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest
(including any Additional Interest) on such Debentures to the
Special Redemption Date.
“ 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 by 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 by
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.
“ 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,
field service advice, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement,
including any notice or announcement of intent to adopt such
procedures or regulations) (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 Debentures, 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 Debentures;
(ii) interest payable by the Company on the Debentures 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 more than a
de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental
charges.
“ Trust ” shall mean
Tennessee Commerce Statutory Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust,
or any other similar trust created for the purpose of issuing
Capital Securities in connection with the issuance of Debentures
under this Indenture, of which the Company is the
sponsor.
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“ Trust Securities ” means
Common Securities and Capital Securities of the Trust.
“ Trustee ” means Wilmington
Trust Company, and, subject to the provisions of Article VI
hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee
hereunder.
ARTICLE II.
DEBENTURES
Section 2.1.
Authentication and
Dating . Upon the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Debentures in an
aggregate principal amount not in excess of $14,949,500.00 may be
executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written
authentication order from the Company, shall thereupon authenticate
and make available for delivery said Debentures to or upon the
written order of the Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board
of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, the
President, one of its Managing Directors or one of its Vice
Presidents without any further action by the Company hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the aforementioned
authentication order and written order in authenticating and
delivering said Debentures. In authenticating such Debentures, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in
relation to such Debentures, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected
in relying upon:
(a)
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 of the Company, as the case may be;
and
(b)
an Opinion of Counsel
prepared in accordance with Section 14.6 which shall also
state:
(1)
that such Debentures, when
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in each case in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to or limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
conservatorship, receivership, moratorium and other statutory or
decisional laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or
the reorganization of financial institutions (including, without
limitation, preference and fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws),
heretofore or hereafter enacted or in effect, affecting the rights
of creditors generally; and
(2)
that all laws and
requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the
Company of the Debentures have been complied with and that
authentication and delivery of the Debentures by the Trustee will
not violate the terms of this Indenture.
The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any Debentures under this Section if the Trustee, being
advised in writing 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 holders.
The
definitive Debentures 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
Debentures, as evidenced by their execution of such
Debentures.
Section 2.2.
Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication . The Trustee’s certificate of
authentication on all Debentures shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the
Debentures referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
Authorized
Signer
Section 2.3.
Form and Denomination of
Debentures . The Debentures shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The Debentures shall be
in registered, certificated form without coupons and in minimum
denominations of $100.00 and any multiple of $100.00 in excess
thereof. Any attempted transfer of the Debentures in a block having
an aggregate principal amount of less than $100.00 shall be deemed
to be void and of no legal effect whatsoever. Any such purported
transferee shall be deemed not to be a holder of such Debentures
for any purpose, including, but not limited to the receipt of
payments on such Debentures, and such purported transferee shall be
deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such Debentures. The
Debentures 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.
Section 2.4.
Execution of
Debentures . The Debentures 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, Chief
Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, President, one of its Managing
Directors or one of its Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice
Presidents or Vice Presidents. Only such Debentures 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 signature of an authorized
signer, 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 Debenture executed by
the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Debenture 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
Debentures shall cease to be such officer before the Debentures so
signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent, or disposed of by the Company, such
Debentures nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of as though the Person who signed such Debentures had not
ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Debenture may be
signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as, at the actual
date of the execution of such Debenture, 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 Debenture shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
Section 2.5.
Exchange and Registration of
Transfer of Debentures . 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 3.2, a
register (the “ Debenture Register ”) for the
Debentures issued hereunder in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration and transfer of all Debentures as in this
Article II provided. The Debenture Register shall be in
written form or in any other form capable of being converted into
written form within a reasonable time.
Debentures 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 3.2, 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 Debenture or Debentures which the Securityholder
making the exchange shall be entitled to receive. Upon due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture at the
Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose as provided in
Section 3.2, 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 a new Debenture for a like aggregate
principal amount. Registration or registration of transfer of any
Debenture by the Trustee or by any agent of the Company appointed
pursuant to Section 3.2, and delivery of such Debenture, shall
be deemed to complete the registration or registration of transfer
of such Debenture.
All
Debentures 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
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instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent duly executed by the holder or his attorney duly authorized
in writing.
No
service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of
transfer of Debentures, 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.
The
Company or the Trustee shall not be required to exchange or
register a transfer of any Debenture for a period of 15 days next
preceding the date of selection of Debentures for
redemption.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, Debentures may not be transferred except in compliance
with the restricted securities legend set forth below, unless
otherwise determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel
expert in securities law, in accordance with applicable
law:
THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR
DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR
FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION.
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT
FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER
OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY,
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A PERSON
WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO
LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A
IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS
APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO
AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN
CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES
ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE
COMPANY’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO
REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR
OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INDENTURE, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
COMPANY.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES,
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT,
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT
TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”)
(EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS
INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN
ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE SECURITIES
OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS
ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60,
91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS
PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH
RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE
SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED
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TO
HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER
(i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO WHICH
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER
PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY
OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE
WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406
OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO
APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.
THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE
TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
NOT LESS THAN $100.00 AND MULTIPLES OF $100.00 IN EXCESS THEREOF.
ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING AN
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO
BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
Section 2.6.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Debentures . In case any Debenture 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 Debenture bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of and in substitution for the
Debenture so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant
for a substituted Debenture 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 Debenture and of the ownership thereof.
The
Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Debenture and deliver
the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer
of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Debenture, 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
Debenture 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 Debenture, pay or authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
Debenture) 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
Debenture and of the ownership thereof.
Every substituted Debenture issued pursuant to
the provisions of this Section 2.6 by virtue of the fact that
any such Debenture is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture 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 Debentures duly issued
hereunder. All Debentures 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 Debentures 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 2.7.
Temporary
Debentures . Pending the preparation of definitive
Debentures, the Company may execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Debentures
that are typed, printed or lithographed. Temporary Debentures shall
be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in
the form of the definitive Debentures in lieu of which they are
issued but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Debentures, all as may be determined by
the Company. Every such temporary Debenture 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 Debentures. Without unreasonable delay
the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent definitive
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Debentures and thereupon any or all temporary
Debentures may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at the
principal corporate trust office of the Trustee or at any office or
agency maintained by the Company for such purpose as provided in
Section 3.2, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such
temporary Debentures a like aggregate principal amount of such
definitive Debentures. 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 Debentures shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Debentures authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 2.8.
Payment of Interest and
Additional Interest . Interest at the Interest Rate and any
Additional Interest on any Debenture that is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
for Debentures shall be paid to the Person in whose name said
Debenture (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 Additional Interest
payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to whom
principal is paid.
Each Debenture shall bear interest for each
Distribution Period at the floating rate per annum, reset quarterly
on the first Business Day of each Distribution Period, equal to the
prime rate of interest so published in the “Money
Rates” table in the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street
Journal on the first Business Day of such Distribution
Period (or if more
than one rate is so indicated in The Wall Street Journal ,
the prime rate shall equal the highest rate provided)
, plus 50 basis
points (but in no event shall such floating rate be greater than
8.0% or less than 5.75%) (the “ Coupon Rate ”),
applied to the principal amount thereof, until the principal
thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and
to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law (without duplication) on any overdue installment of
interest (including Additional Interest) at the Interest Rate in
effect for each applicable period compounded quarterly. Interest
shall be payable (subject to any relevant Extension Period)
quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with the first
installment of interest to be paid on the Interest Payment Date in
September 2008.
Any
interest on any Debenture, including Additional Interest, that is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date (herein called “ Defaulted
Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered 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 Debentures (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 at least 25 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debenture 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 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 in this clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15
nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and
not less than 10 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
its address as it appears in the Debenture Register, not less than
10 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 Debentures (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such
special record date and shall be no longer payable.
The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Debentures in any other lawful manner after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment method;
provided , however , the Trustee in its sole
discretion deems such payment method to be practical.
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Any
interest (including Additional 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
Debentures.
The
term “ regular record date ” as used in this
Section shall mean the close of business on the 15th Business
Day preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
Section, each Debenture delivered under this Indenture upon
registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any
other Debenture shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other
Debenture.
Section 2.9.
Cancellation of Debentures
Paid, etc . All Debentures 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 Debentures shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. All Debentures canceled by any Authenticating Agent
shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall destroy all
canceled Debentures unless the Company otherwise directs the
Trustee in writing. If the Company shall acquire any of the
Debentures, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such
Debentures unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee
for cancellation.
Section 2.10.
Computation of
Interest . The amount of interest payable for each
Distribution Period will be calculated by applying the Interest
Rate to the principal amount outstanding at the commencement of the
Distribution Period on the basis of the actual number of days in
the Distribution Period concerned divided by 360. All percentages
resulting from any calculations on the Debentures will be rounded,
if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded
upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655%
(or .0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from
such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half
cent being rounded upward)).
(a)
The Interest Rate for any
Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the maximum rate
then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by
United States law.
(b)
The Trustee shall notify
the Company, the Institutional Trustee and any securities exchange
or interdealer quotation system on which the Capital Securities are
listed, of the Coupon Rate and the Interest Payment Date for each
Distribution Period, in each case as soon as practicable after the
determination thereof but in no event later than the thirtieth
(30th) day of the relevant Distribution Period. Failure to notify
the Company, the Institutional Trustee or any securities exchange
or interdealer quotation system, or any defect in said notice,
shall not affect the obligation of the Company to make payment on
the Debentures at the applicable Coupon Rate. Any error in the
calculation of the Coupon Rate by the Trustee may be corrected at
any time by notice delivered as above provided. Upon the request of
a holder of a Debenture, the Trustee shall provide the Coupon Rate
then in effect and, if determined, the Coupon Rate for the next
Distribution Period.
(c)
All certificates,
communications, opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations
and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes
of the provisions relating to the payment and calculation of
interest on the Debentures and distributions on the Capital
Securities by the Trustee or the Institutional Trustee will (in the
absence of willful default, bad faith and manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding on the Trust, the Company and all of the
holders of the Debentures and the Capital Securities, and no
liability shall (in the absence of willful default, bad faith or
manifest error) attach to the Trustee or the Institutional Trustee
in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by either of them
or their respective powers, duties and discretion.
Section 2.11.
Extension of Interest Payment
Period . So long as no Acceleration Event of
Default 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 Debentures by extending the
interest payment period on the Debentures at any time and from time
to time during the term of the Debentures, for up to 20 consecutive
quarterly periods (each such extended interest payment period, an
“ Extension Period ”), during which
Extension Period no interest (including Additional Interest) shall
be due and payable (except any Additional Sums that may be due and
payable).
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No
Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment
Date. During an Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue
on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest will
accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate in effect for
such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such
interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension
Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest referred to
herein as “ Additional Interest ”). At the end
of any such Extension Period the Company shall pay all interest
then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional
Interest thereon); provided , however , that no
Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date; provided
further , however , that during any such Extension
Period, the Company shall not and shall not permit any Affiliate to
(i) 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 or such Affiliate’s
capital stock (other than payments of dividends or distributions to
the Company or payments of dividends from direct or indirect
Subsidiaries of the Company to their parent corporations, which
also shall be direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company) or
make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing or
(ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium,
if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of
the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari passu in all
respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than,
with respect to clauses (i) or (ii) above,
(a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares
of capital stock of the Company 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, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or
shareholder stock purchase plan or 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 applicable
Extension Period, (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
shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock
or other property under any shareholders’ rights plan, or the
redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (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 to such stock and any cash payments in lieu of fractional
shares issued in connection therewith, (f) payments of
principal or interest on debt securities or payments of cash
dividends or distributions on any capital stock issued by an
Affiliate that is not, in whole or in part, a Subsidiary of the
Company (or any redemptions, repurchases or liquidation payments on
such stock or securities) or (g) payments under the Capital
Securities Guarantee). Prior to the termination of any Extension
Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that
such period together with all such previous and further consecutive
extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly
periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination
of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and
unpaid interest and Additional Interest, the Company may commence a
new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No
interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an
Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment
of interest that would otherwise have been due and payable during
such Extension Period shall bear Additional Interest to the extent
permitted by applicable law. The Company must give the Trustee
notice of its election to begin or extend an Extension Period by
the close of business at least 15 Business Days prior to the
Interest Payment Date with respect to which interest on the
Debentures would have been payable except for the election to begin
or extend such Extension Period. The Trustee shall give notice of
the Company’s election to begin a new Extension Period to the
Securityholders.
Section 2.12.
CUSIP Numbers
. The Company in issuing the Debentures may
use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if
so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as
a convenience to Securityholders; provided, however, that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Debentures or
as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Debentures, 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
numbers.
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ARTICLE III.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
Section 3.1.
Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debentures
.
(a)
The Company covenants and
agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest and any Additional
Interest and other payments on the Debentures at the place, at the
respective times and in the manner provided in this Indenture and
the Debentures. Each installment of interest on the Debentures may
be paid (i) by mailing checks for such interest payable to the
order of the holders of Debentures entitled thereto as they appear
on the registry books of the Company if a request for a wire
transfer has not been received by the Company or (ii) by wire
transfer to any account with a banking institution located in the
United States designated in writing by such Person to the paying
agent no later than the related record date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as the holder of this Debenture is the
Institutional Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest
on this Debenture will be made in immediately available funds at
such place and to such account as may be designated by the
Institutional Trustee.
(b)
The Company will treat the
Debentures as indebtedness, and the amounts payable in respect of
the principal amount of such Debentures as interest, for all United
States federal income tax purposes. All payments in respect of such
Debentures will be made free and clear of United States withholding
tax to any beneficial owner thereof that has provided an Internal
Revenue Service Form W8 BEN (or any substitute or successor
form) establishing its non-United States status for United States
federal income tax purposes.
(c)
As of the date of this
Indenture, the Company has no present intention to exercise its
right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest on the
Debentures by commencing an Extension Period.
(d)
As of the date of this
Indenture, the Company believes that the likelihood that it would
exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of
interest on the Debentures by commencing an Extension Period at any
time during which the Debentures 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 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
Debentures.
Section 3.2.
Offices for Notices and
Payments, etc . So long as any of the Debentures remain
outstanding, the Company will maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an
office or agency where the Debentures may be presented for payment,
an office or agency where the Debentures may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture
provided and an office or agency where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Debentures 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 2.5, such office or agency for all of
the above purposes shall be the office or agency of the Trustee. In
case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or agency
in Wilmington, Delaware, 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, where the Debentures 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, for the purposes
above mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt
written notice of any such designation or rescission
thereof.
Section 3.3.
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 6.9, a Trustee, so that there shall
at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
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Section 3.4.
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 3.4,
(1)
that it will hold all sums
held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debentures (whether
such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other
obligor on the Debentures) in trust for the benefit of the holders
of the Debentures;
(2)
that it will give the
Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company (or by
any other obligor on the Debentures) to make any payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Debentures when the same shall be due and payable; and
(3)
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
principal of and premium, if any, or interest or other payments, if
any, on the Debentures, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for
the benefit of the holders of the Debentures a sum sufficient to
pay such principal, premium, interest or other 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 Debentures) to make any payment of the principal
of and premium, if any, or interest or other payments, if any, on
the Debentures when the same shall become due and
payable.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more
paying agents for the Debentures, it will, on or prior to each due
date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on the Debentures, deposit with a paying agent a sum sufficient to
pay the principal, premium, interest or other 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 3.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may,
at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge with respect to the Debentures, 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 trusts herein contained.
(d)
Anything in this
Section 3.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to
hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 3.4 is subject
to Sections 12.3 and 12.4.
Section 3.5.
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
Debentures are outstanding hereunder, a Certificate 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 during such fiscal year by the Company in the performance
of any covenants 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 and
status thereof. A form of this Certificate is attached hereto as
Exhibit B .
Section 3.6.
Additional Sums
. If and for so long as the Trust is the
holder of all Debentures and the Trust is required to pay 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 (“ Additional
Sums ”) on the Debentures as shall be required so that
the net amounts received and retained by the Trust after paying
taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other
governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the Trust would
have received if no such taxes, duties, assessments or other
governmental charges had been imposed. Whenever in this Indenture
or the Debentures there is a reference in any context to the
payment of
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principal of or interest on the Debentures,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of payments of the
Additional Sums provided for in this paragraph to the extent that,
in such context, Additional Sums are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph and
express mention of the payment of Additional Sums (if applicable)
in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Sums in those provisions hereof where such express
mention is not made; provided , however , that the
deferral of the payment of interest during an Extension Period
pursuant to Section 2.11 shall not defer the payment of any
Additional Sums that may be due and payable.
Section 3.7.
Compliance with Consolidation
Provisions . The Company will not, while any of the
Debentures remain outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or
merge into itself, or sell or convey all or substantially all of
its property to any other Person unless the provisions of
Article XI hereof are complied with.
Section 3.8.
Limitation on
Dividends . If Debentures are initially issued to the
Trust or a trustee of such Trust in connection with the issuance of
Trust Securities by the Trust (regardless of whether Debentures
continue to be held by such Trust) and (i) there shall have
occurred and be continuing 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 Debentures by extending the
interest payment period as provided herein and such period, or any
extension thereof, shall be continuing, then the Company shall not,
and shall not allow any Affiliate of the Company to,
(x) 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 or its
Affiliates’ capital stock (other than payments of dividends
or distributions to the Company or payments of dividends from
direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company to their parent
corporations, which also shall be direct or indirect Subsidiaries
of the Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the
foregoing or (y) make any payment of principal of or interest
or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari
passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the
Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (x) and
(y) above, (1) repurchases, redemptions or other
acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company 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, in connection with a
dividend reinvestment or shareholder stock purchase plan or 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 applicable Extension Period, if any, (2) 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, (3) 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, (4) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with any shareholders’ rights plan, or the
issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
shareholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of
rights pursuant thereto, (5) 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 to such stock
and any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in
connection therewith, (6) payments of principal or interest on
debt securities or payments of cash dividends or distributions on
any capital stock issued by an Affiliate that is not, in whole or
in part, a Subsidiary of the Company (or any redemptions,
repurchases or liquidation payments on such stock or securities),
or (7) payments under the Capital Securities
Guarantee).
Section 3.9.
Covenants as to the
Trust . For so long as the 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, except in
connection with a distribution of Debentures to the holders of
Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust, the redemption of all
of the Trust Securities or certain mergers, consolidations or
amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration, cause the
Trust (a) to remain a statutory trust, (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 Debentures.
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Section 3.10.
Additional Junior Indebtedness . The Company shall not,
and it shall not cause or permit any Subsidiary of the Company to,
incur, issue or be obligated on any Additional Junior Indebtedness,
either directly or indirectly, by way of guarantee, suretyship or
otherwise, other than Additional Junior Indebtedness (i) that,
by its terms, is expressly stated to be either junior and
subordinate or pari passu in all respects to the Debentures,
and (ii) of which the Company has notified (and, if then
required under the applicable guidelines of the Federal Reserve,
has received approval from) the Federal Reserve.
Section 3.11.
Subsidiary; Insured Depository Institution . So long as
any of the Debentures remain outstanding, at least one operating
Subsidiary of the Company shall be an insured depository
institution, as such term is defined in
Section 3(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as
amended.
ARTICLE IV.
SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND
REPORTS
BY THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE
Section 4.1.
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 the Debentures, a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Securityholders of the Debentures 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 4.1 so long as the Trustee is in possession
thereof by reason of its acting as Debenture registrar.
Section 4.2.
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 Debentures (1) contained in the most recent list
furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 or
(2) received by it in the capacity of Debentures registrar (if
so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to
it as provided in Section 4.1 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b)
In case three or more holders of Debentures (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 Debenture for a period of at least 6 months preceding
the date of such application, and such application states that the
applicants desire to communicate with other holders of Debentures
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such
Debentures 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 5 Business Days after the receipt of such
application, at its election, either:
(1)
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 4.2, or
(2)
inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of
Debentures 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 4.2, 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 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 4.2
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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
permitted or required by applicable law, together with a copy of
the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that,
in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to
the best interests of the holders of all Debentures, as the case
may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written
statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said
Commission, as permitted or required by applicable law, after
opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the
written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to
sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order
sustaining one or more of such objections, said Commission shall
find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the
objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so
declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all
such Securityholders with reasonable promptness after the entry of
such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee
shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants
respecting their application.
(c)
Each and every holder of Debentures, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as
to the names and addresses of the holders of Debentures in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this
Section 4.2, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request
made under said subsection (b).
ARTICLE V.
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS
UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 5.1.
Events of Default . “ Event of Default
,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether
it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(a)
the Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any
Debenture, including any Additional Interest in respect thereof,
following the nonpayment of any such interest for 20 or more
consecutive Distribution Periods; or
(b)
the Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debentures as and when
the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or
(c)
the Company defaults in the performance of, or breaches, any of its
covenants or agreements in this Indenture or in the terms of the
Debentures established as contemplated in this Indenture (other
than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or
whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt
with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60
days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail,
to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by
the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Debentures, a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice
is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
(d)
a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of the Company or for any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs
and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a
period of 90 consecutive days; or
(e)
the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order
for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall
consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver,
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liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or shall make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to
pay its debts as they become due; or
(f)
the Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated,
dissolved, wound-up its business or otherwise terminated its
existence except in connection with (i) the distribution of
the Debentures to holders of such Trust Securities in liquidation
of their interests in the Trust, (ii) the redemption of all of
the outstanding Trust Securities or (iii) certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the
Declaration.
If
an Acceleration Event of Default occurs and is continuing with
respect to the Debentures, then, and in each and every such case,
unless the principal of the Debentures shall have already become
due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then
outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire
principal of the Debentures and the interest accrued thereon, if
any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. If
an Event of Default under Section 5.1(b) or
(c) occurs and is continuing with respect to the Debentures,
then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of the
Debentures shall have already become due and payable, either the
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures then outstanding hereunder, by notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Securityholders), may proceed to remedy the default or breach
thereunder by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
or such holders shall deem most effectual to remedy the defaulted
covenant or enforce the provisions of this Indenture so breached,
either by suit in equity or by action at law, for damages or
otherwise.
The
foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that
if, at any time after the principal of the Debentures shall have
been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree
for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or
entered as hereinafter provided, (i) the Company shall pay or
shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Debentures and the principal
of and premium, if any, on the Debentures which shall have become
due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such
principal and premium, if any, and Additional Interest) and such
amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to
the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents,
attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.6, if any, and (ii) all Events of
Default under this Indenture, other than the non-payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, on Debentures which shall have
become due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or
otherwise remedied as provided herein — then and in every
such case the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Debentures then outstanding, by written notice to the
Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults and rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent
thereon.
In
case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under
this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or
abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other
reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then
and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the holders of
the Debentures shall be restored respectively to their several
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall
continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
Section 5.2.
Payment of Debentures on Default; Suit Therefor . The
Company covenants that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or (b) then, upon demand
of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the holders of
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