Exhibit 4.2
LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION
MEMBER PAYMENT DEPENDENT NOTES
INDENTURE
DATED
AS OF [ , 2008]
[____________________________],
AS TRUSTEE
CROSS
REFERENCE TABLE 1
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INDENTURE |
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SECTION |
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SECTION |
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310
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(a)(1) |
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7.8; 7.10 |
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(a)(2) |
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7.10 |
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(a)(3) |
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N.A. |
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(a)(4) |
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N.A. |
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(a)(5) |
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7.10 |
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(b) |
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7.8; 7.10 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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311
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7.11 |
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(b) |
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7.11 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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312
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2.7 |
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(b) |
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12.3 |
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(c) |
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12.3 |
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313
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7.6 |
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(b) |
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7.6 |
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(c) |
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7.6; 12.2 |
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(d) |
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7.6 |
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314
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4.2; 12.2 |
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(b) |
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N.A. |
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(c)(1) |
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12.4 |
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(c)(2) |
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12.4 |
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(c)(3) |
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N.A. |
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(d) |
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N.A. |
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(e) |
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12.6 |
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(f) |
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4.3 |
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315
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(a) |
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7.1 |
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(b) |
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7.5; 12.2 |
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(c) |
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7.1 |
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(d) |
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7.1 |
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(e) |
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6.11 |
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316
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(a)(1)(A) |
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6.5 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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6.4 |
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(a)(2) |
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N.A. |
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(b) |
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6.7 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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317
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6.8 |
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(a)(2) |
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6.9 |
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(b) |
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2.6 |
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318
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12.1 |
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N.A.
means not applicable.
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Note: This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be part of the Indenture. |
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS 2
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DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.1 |
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DEFINITIONS. |
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Section 1.2 |
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OTHER DEFINITIONS. |
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Section 1.3 |
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST
INDENTURE ACT |
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Section 1.4 |
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RULES OF CONSTRUCTION |
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| ARTICLE II |
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THE SECURITIES |
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Section 2.1 |
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FORMS GENERALLY |
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Section 2.2 |
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[RESERVED]. |
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Section 2.3 |
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TITLE, TERMS AND DENOMINATIONS. |
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Section 2.4 |
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EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY
AND DATING |
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Section 2.5 |
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REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT |
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Section 2.6 |
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PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY AND
SECURITIES IN TRUST |
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Section 2.7 |
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SECURITYHOLDER LISTS |
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Section 2.8 |
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TRANSFER |
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Section 2.9 |
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[RESERVED]. |
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Section 2.10 |
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OUTSTANDING SECURITIES;
DETERMINATIONS OF HOLDERS’ ACTION |
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Section 2.11 |
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[RESERVED]. |
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Section 2.12 |
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CANCELLATION |
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Section 2.13 |
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PAYMENTS |
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Section 2.14 |
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PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS |
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| ARTICLE III |
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[RESERVED] |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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COVENANTS |
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Section 4.1 |
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PAYMENT OF SECURITIES |
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Section 4.2 |
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SEC REPORTS |
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Section 4.3 |
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
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Section 4.4 |
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FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS |
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Section 4.5 |
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MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY |
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Section 4.6 |
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MEMBER LOAN SERVICING. |
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| ARTICLE V |
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SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION |
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Section 5.1 |
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WHEN COMPANY MAY MERGE OR TRANSFER
ASSETS |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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DEFAULTS AND
REMEDIES |
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Section 6.1 |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 6.2 |
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ACCELERATION |
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Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be part of the Indenture. |
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Section 6.3 |
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OTHER REMEDIES |
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Section 6.4 |
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WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS |
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Section 6.5 |
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CONTROL BY MAJORITY |
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Section 6.6 |
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LIMITATION ON SUITS |
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Section 6.7 |
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RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE
PAYMENT |
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Section 6.8 |
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COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE |
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Section 6.9 |
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TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM |
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Section 6.10 |
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PRIORITIES |
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Section 6.11 |
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UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS |
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Section 6.12 |
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WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY
LAWS |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.1 |
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DUTIES OF TRUSTEE. |
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Section 7.2 |
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RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. |
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Section 7.3 |
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INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE,
ETC |
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Section 7.4 |
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TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER |
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Section 7.5 |
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NOTICE OF DEFAULTS |
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Section 7.6 |
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REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS |
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Section 7.7 |
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COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY |
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Section 7.8 |
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REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.9 |
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SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER |
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Section 7.10 |
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ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION |
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Section 7.11 |
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PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS
AGAINST COMPANY |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE |
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Section 8.1 |
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DISCHARGE OF LIABILITY ON
SECURITIES |
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Section 8.2 |
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REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY |
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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 HOLDERS |
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Section 9.2 |
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT
OF HOLDERS |
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Section 9.3 |
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COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE
ACT |
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Section 9.4 |
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REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS,
WAIVERS AND ACTIONS |
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Section 9.5 |
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NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES |
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Section 9.6 |
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TRUSTEE TO SIGN SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES |
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Section 9.7 |
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EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES |
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| ARTICLE X |
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[RESERVED] |
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| ARTICLE XI |
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[RESERVED] |
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| ARTICLE XII |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 12.1 |
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS |
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Section 12.2 |
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NOTICES |
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Section 12.3 |
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COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER
HOLDERS |
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Section 12.4 |
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CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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Section 12.5 |
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FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO
TRUSTEE |
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Section 12.6 |
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STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR
OPINION |
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Section 12.7 |
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SEPARABILITY CLAUSE |
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Section 12.8 |
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RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT AND
REGISTRAR |
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Section 12.9 |
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LEGAL HOLIDAYS |
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Section 12.10 |
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GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
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Section 12.11 |
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NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS |
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Section 12.12 |
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SUCCESSORS |
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Section 12.13 |
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EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF
CONTENTS |
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Section 12.14 |
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BENEFITS OF INDENTURE |
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Section 12.15 |
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MULTIPLE ORIGINALS |
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EXHIBIT A –
FORM OF SECURITY
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INDENTURE dated as of [_____], 2008,
by and between LendingClub Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(“ Company ”), and [________], a national
banking association incorporated and existing under the laws of the
United States of America, as trustee (“ Trustee
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance from time to time of special limited obligations of the
Company referred to as Member Payment Linked Notes (herein called
the “ Securities ”) to be issued in series as in
this Indenture provided.
For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Securities or each series thereof as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1
DEFINITIONS.
“ ACH System ”
means the Automated Clearing House system of the U.S. Federal
Reserve Board or a successor system providing electronic funds
transfers between banks.
“ Affiliate ” of
any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this
definition, “Control” when used with respect to any
specified person means the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of such person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “Controlling” and
“Controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Authorized Newspaper
” means a newspaper, in the English language customarily
published on each Business Day, whether or not published on
Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in the
place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial
community of such place.
“ Board of Directors
” means the board of directors of the Company or any
committee of such board authorized with respect to any matter to
exercise the powers of the Board of Directors 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, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.3(c), with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture
or in
the Securities, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday that is (1) not a day on which the ACH System is closed
and (2) not a day on which banking institutions in that Place
of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
“ Capital Stock ”
for any corporation means any and all shares, interests, rights to
purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of
or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that
corporation.
“ Company ” means
the party named as the “Company” in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean
such successor.
“ Company Request
” or “ Company Order ” means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, a Vice Chairman, its Chief Executive Officer, its
President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee or, with respect to Sections 2.1, 2.3(c), 2.4,
and 7.2, any other employee of the Company named in an
Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
“ Default ” means
any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both
would be, an Event of Default.
“ Dollar ” or
“ $ ” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in
such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Holder ” or
“ Securityholder ,” when used with respect to
any Security, means, the person in whose name a Security is
registered on the Registrar’s books.
“ Indenture ”
means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with the terms hereof and shall include the terms of
a particular series of Securities established as contemplated in
Section 2.3(c).
“ Unsuccessful Payment
Fees ” means any fee imposed by the Company in respect of
a Member Loan when the Company’s payment request is denied
for any reason, including but not limited to insufficient funds in
the borrower member’s bank account or the closing of such
bank account.
“ Interest Payment Date
,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“ Maturity ,” when
used with respect to any Security, means the date on which an
installment of Principal thereof or interest thereon becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, or otherwise.
“ Member Loan ”
means a loan to an individual borrower member loan originated
through the Company’s platform on its website
www.lendingclub.com or any successor website, but only
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to the
extent such Member Loan has been financed by the Company with the
proceeds of the Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, the term
“Member Loans” does not include any portion of an
individual borrower member loan originated through the
Company’s platform that has been financed by the Company from
other sources of funding.
“ Member Loan Net
Payments ,” with respect to a Member Loan, means all
Member Loan Payments net of all applicable Service Charges.
“ Member Loan Payments
,” with respect to a Member Loan, means all amounts received
by the Company, and not reversed through the ACH System within four
Business Days, in connection with the repayment of such Member
Loan, including without limitation, all payments or prepayments of
principal and interest, any late fees and any amounts received by
the Company upon collection efforts; PROVIDED, that Member Loan
Payments shall not include any Unsuccessful Payment Fees received
by the Company in respect of such Member Loan or any collection
fees imposed in connection with collection efforts on a delinquent
Member Loan by the Company or by a third-party collection
agency.
“ Officer ” means
the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the
Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of
the Company.
“ Officers’
Certificate ” means a written certificate containing the
information specified in Sections 12.4 and 12.6, signed in the
name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman,
its Chief Executive Officer, its President or a Vice President, and
by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“ Opinion of Counsel
” means a written opinion containing the information
specified in Sections 12.4 and 12.6, from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of, or
counsel to, the Company or the Trustee.
“ Payment Date ”
means any Principal Payment Date or Interest Payment Date.
“ Person ” means
any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“ Place of Payment
,” when used with respect to the Securities of any series,
means the place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 4.5, the Principal of and any interest on the
Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated
by Section 2.3(c).
“ Principal ” or
“ Principal Amount ” of a Security, except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, means the
outstanding principal of the Security.
“ Principal Payment Date
,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of Principal on such Security.
“ Record Date ”
for the amounts payable on any Payment Date on the Securities of
any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 2.3(c).
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“ SEC ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities ” has
the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Securityholder ”
or “ Holder ,” when used with respect to any
Security, means a person in whose name a Security is registered on
the Registrar’s books.
“ Service Charge ”
means, with respect to any Member Loan, 1.00% of all Member Loan
Payments received by the Company.
“ Stated Maturity
,” when used with respect to any installment of Principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which an amount equal to such
installment of Principal thereof or interest thereon is due and
payable.
“ Subsidiary ”
means, with respect to any person, a corporation of which a
majority of the Capital Stock having voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors of such
corporation is owned by (i) such person, (ii) such person
and one or more Subsidiaries or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries
of such person.
“ TIA ” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of this
Indenture, except as provided in Section 9.3.
“ Trust Officer ”
means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to
administer its corporate trust matters.
“ Trustee ” means
the party named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean
such successor.
“ United States ”
means the United States of America, its territories, its
possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico), and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction.
Section 1.2 OTHER
DEFINITIONS.
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Bankruptcy Law ”
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6.1 |
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Custodian ”
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6.1 |
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“ Defaulted
Payment ”
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2.13 |
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“ Event of
Default ”
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6.1 |
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“ Legal
Holiday ”
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12.9 |
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“ Notice of
Default ”
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6.1 |
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“
Outstanding ”
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2.10 |
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“ Paying
Agent ”
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2.5 |
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Section 1.3 INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Whenever this Indenture refers
to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA
terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
“ Commission ”
means the SEC.
“ Indenture Securities
” means the Securities.
“ Indenture Security
Holder ” means a Holder or Securityholder.
“ Indenture to be
Qualified ” means this Indenture.
“ Indenture Trustee
” or “ Institutional Trustee ” means the
Trustee.
“ Obligor ” on the
indenture securities means the Company.
All other TIA terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to
another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned
to them by such definitions.
Section 1.4 RULES
OF CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) a
term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States as in effect from time to time;
(iii) “OR”
is not exclusive;
(iv) “INCLUDING”
means including, without limitation; and
(v) words
in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include
the singular.
ARTICLE II
THE
SECURITIES
Section 2.1 FORMS
GENERALLY. The Securities of each series and the certificate of
authentication in respect thereof shall be in substantially the
form set forth on Exhibit A as shall be established by
delivery to the Trustee of a Company Order, in each case with
such
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appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers
executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. The Securities shall be in fully registered form only
and shall be printed, lithographed, engraved, word processed or
evidenced in electronic form or produced by any combination of
these methods or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the Officers executing such Securities as evidenced
by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.2 [RESERVED].
Section 2.3 TITLE,
TERMS AND DENOMINATIONS.
(a) The aggregate Principal
Amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture shall be unlimited.
(b) To the extent provided in,
and except as otherwise permitted by, this Indenture, (1) the
Securities shall be special limited obligations of the Company and
(2) no payments of Principal and interest on the Securities of
any series shall be payable unless the Company has received Member
Loan Payments in respect of the Member Loan corresponding to such
series, and then shall be payable equally and ratably on the
Securities of such series only to the extent of the Member Loan Net
Payments related to the Member Loan corresponding to such series.
No Holder of a Security shall have any recourse against the Company
unless and then only to the extent that the Company (1) has
failed to pay such Holder the Member Loan Net Payments in respect
of the Member Loan corresponding to such Holder’s Security or
(2) has otherwise breached a covenant in this Indenture.
(c) For each series of
Securities there shall be established and, subject to
Section 2.4, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in a Company Order:
(1) the
title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) the
limit upon the aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of Securities of the series pursuant to
Sections 2.8 or 9.5);
(3) the
Member Loan that corresponds to Securities of the series;
(4) the
Stated Maturity and Payment Dates of the Securities of the series
and the Record Date for any amounts payable on any Payment
Date;
(5) the
stated rate at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest;
(6) the
place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 4.5, the Principal of and or interest on Securities of
the series shall be payable, any Securities of the
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series
may be surrendered for registration of transfer and notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the
series and this Indenture may be served;
(7) any
restrictions on the transfer or transferability of Securities of
the series;
(8) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem Securities of the
series at the option of a Holder thereof, the conditions, if any,
giving rise to such obligation, and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series shall be purchased, in whole or
in part;
(9) the
denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be
issuable, if other than denominations of $25 and any integral
multiple thereof;
(10) any
addition to or change in the Events of Default which apply to any
Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee
or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 6.2;
(11) any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article IV
which apply to Securities of the series; and
(12) any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 9.1(7)).
All Securities of a series shall be
substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to a Company Order pursuant to
this Section 2.3(c) or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
(d) Prior to the issuance of the
initial series of Securities under this Indenture, a copy of the
Board Resolution authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Indenture, shall be certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the general terms of the Securities. Such
Board Resolution and Officers’ Certificate shall provide
general terms for Securities and provide either that the specific
terms of each series shall be specified in a Company Order or that
such terms shall be determined by the Company, or one or more of
the Company’s agents designated in an Officers’
Certificate, in accordance with the Company Order as contemplated
by Section 2.4.
(e) Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 2.3(c) with respect to any series of
Securities, any Securities of a series shall be issuable in
denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 2.4 EXECUTION,
AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING. The Securities shall be
executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one
of its Vice Chairmen, its President or one of its Vice Presidents,
or the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. The signature of any
of these officers on the Securities may be electronic, manual or
facsimile.
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Securities bearing the electronic,
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time
the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
At any time and from time to time
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture (and subject to
delivery of the Board Resolution and Officers’ Certificate as
set forth in Section 2.3 prior to the issuance of the initial
series of Securities), the Company may authenticate and deliver
Securities of any series and upon such authentication and delivery
shall promptly provide a record of all such Securities executed and
authenticated by the Company to the Trustee, together with a copy
of the Company Order authorizing the authentication and delivery of
such Securities;
In addition, prior to the issuance of
the initial series of Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel stating:
(a) that the forms of such
Securities have been, and the terms of such Securities (when
established in accordance with such procedures as may be specified
from time to time in a Company Order, all as contemplated by and in
accordance with a Board Resolution pursuant to Section 2.3(d),
as the case may be) will have been, duly authorized by the Company
and established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(b) that such Securities, when
(1) executed by the Company, (2) completed, authenticated
and delivered by the Company in accordance with this Indenture, and
(3) issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
in accordance with their terms, subject to customary
exceptions.
The Trustee may conclusively rely, as
to the authorization by the Company of any series of Securities,
the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and
other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.3(c) and
2.3(d) and this Section, as applicable, at or prior to the time of
the first authentication of Securities of the initial series of
Securities unless and until it has received written notification
that such opinion or other documents have been superseded or
revoked. In connection with the authentication and delivery of
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to assume, unless it has
received written notice to the contrary or any of its Trust
Officers has actual knowledge to the contrary, that the
Company’s authentication and delivery such Securities do not
violate any rules, regulations or orders of any governmental agency
or commission having jurisdiction over the Company.
Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication.
The Company may appoint an
authenticating agent acceptable to the Trustee to authenticate
Securities. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an
authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Company may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Company includes authentication by such
agent.
No Security shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of
authentication substantially
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in the
form provided for herein duly executed by the Company by electronic
or manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. The Company’s certificate of
authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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Section 2.5 REGISTRAR AND PAYING
AGENT. The Company shall maintain, with respect to each series of
Securities, an office or agency where such Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“
Registrar ”) and an office or agency where such
Securities may be presented for purchase or payment (“
Paying Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a register
of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company
may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying
agent.
The Company shall enter into an
appropriate agency agreement with respect to each series of
Securities with any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar (if not
the Trustee). The agreement shall implement the provisions of this
Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the
Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company
fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent for a particular
series of Securities, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be
entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to
Section 7.7. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of
either of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar.
The Company initially will serve as
the Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with such
Securities.
Section 2.6 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD
MONEY AND SECURITIES IN TRUST. Except as otherwise provided herein,
prior to or on each due date of payments in respect of any series
of Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent with
respect to such Securities a sum of money sufficient to make such
payments when so becoming due. The Company shall require each
Paying Agent (other than the Trustee or the Company) to agree in
writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit
of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for
the making of payments in respect of the Securities of such series
and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the
Company in making any such payment. At any time during the
continuance of any such default, a Paying Agent shall, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
money so held in trust with respect to such Securities. If the
Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them acts as
Paying Agent for a series of Securities, it shall segregate the
money held by it as Paying Agent with respect to such Securities
and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any
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time may
require a Paying Agent for a series of Securities to pay all money
held by it with respect to such Securities to the Trustee and to
account for any money disbursed by it. Upon doing so, such Paying
Agent shall have no further liability for the money.
Section 2.7 SECURITYHOLDER
LISTS. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of Holders of each series of Securities. If the
Trustee is not the Registrar for any series of Securities, the
Company shall cause to be furnished to the Trustee at least monthly
on the first business day of each month a listing of Holders of
each series of Securities dated within 15 days of the date on
which the list is furnished and at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as
the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of
Securityholders of each series of Securities.
Section 2.8 TRANSFER. Subject to
any limitations on transferability set forth in a Security, upon
surrender for registration of transfer of such Security at the
office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to
Section 4.5 for such purpose in a Place of Payment, the
Company shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate
Principal Amount and tenor. The Company may (1) impose a
reasonable service charge for any registration of transfer or
exchange, which service charge shall be described on the
Company’s website www.lendingclub.com and may be changed or
waived from time to time and (2) the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with the
transfer of the Securities from the Securityholder requesting such
transfer.
All Securities issued upon any
registration of transfer of Securities shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer.
Every Security presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
and the Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly electronically or in writing.
Section 2.9 [RESERVED].
Section 2.10 OUTSTANDING
SECURITIES; DETERMINATIONS OF HOLDERS’ ACTION. Securities of
any series “Outstanding” at any time are, as of the
date of determination, all the Securities of such series
theretofore authenticated by the Trustee for such series except for
those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and
those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding. A
Security does not cease to be “Outstanding” because the
Company or an Affiliate thereof is the Holder of the Security;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite Principal Amount of Outstanding Securities have given or
concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so
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owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate
of the Company. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities
outstanding at the time of such determination shall be considered
in any such determination.
If the Paying Agent (other than the
Company) holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on the final
Stated Maturity, money sufficient to pay Securities payable on that
date in full, then on and after that date such Securities shall
cease to be Outstanding.
Section 2.11 [RESERVED].
Section 2.12 CANCELLATION. All
Securities surrendered for payment, or registration of transfer,
shall, if surrendered to any person other than the Company, be
delivered to the Company and all Securities so delivered shall be
promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time cancel any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which
the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever and may
cancel any Securities previously authenticated hereunder that the
Company has not issued and sold. The Company may not reissue, or
issue new Securities to replace, Securities it has cancelled.
No Securities shall be authenticated
in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted in the form of
Securities for any particular series or as permitted by this
Indenture.
Section 2.13 PAYMENTS. Payment
of Principal and interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Payment Date shall be
paid to the person in whose name that Security is registered at the
close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date.
Any payments on any Security of any
series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Payment Date (herein called “
Defaulted Payment ”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Record Date, and such
Defaulted Payment may be paid by the Company to the Holder of the
Security on a record date chosen by the Company and in any lawful
manner, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions
of this Section and Section 2.8, each Security delivered under
this Indenture upon registration of transfer of any other Security
shall carry the rights to payments, which were carried by such
other Security.
Section 2.14 PERSONS DEEMED
OWNERS. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee may treat the person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of Principal of and interest on such Security and
for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
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ARTICLE III
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 PAYMENT OF
SECURITIES. The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect
of each series of Securities in lawful money of the United States
on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities but
solely from the sources provided pursuant to Section 2.3(b)
and, to the extent not otherwise so provided, pursuant to this
Indenture. The Company shall have no liability or obligation with
respect to the payment of the purchase price of any Securities
except to the extent of the Member Loan Net Payments in respect of
the Member Loan corresponding to such series. At the
Company’s option, payments of Principal or interest may be
made by check or by transfer to an account maintained by the
payee.
Section 4.2 SEC REPORTS. The
Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it
files such annual and quarterly reports, information, documents and
other reports with the SEC, copies of its annual report and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with
the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a).
Section 4.3 COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within
120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the
fiscal year ending on March 31, 2009) an Officers’
Certificate stating whether or not the signers know of any Default
that occurred during such period. If they do, such Officers’
Certificate shall describe the Default and its status.
Section 4.4 FURTHER INSTRUMENTS
AND ACTS. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be
reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the
purposes of this Indenture.
Section 4.5 MAINTENANCE OF
OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Company will maintain in each Place of
Payment for such series an office or agency where Securities of
that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served. The office of the Trustee at [___] New
York, NY [___], Attention: Corporate Trust Department, shall be
such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes unless the
Company shall maintain some other office or agency for such
purposes and shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such other office or
agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency in respect of any series of Securities or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations and surrenders of Securities of that series may be
made and notices and demands may be made or served at the address
of the Trustee set forth in Section 12.2 and
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the
Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such
respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to
time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the
Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the
requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in
the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 4.6 MEMBER LOAN
SERVICING.
(a) With respect to each series
of Securities, the Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to service and collect the Member Loan corresponding to
such series, in good faith, accurately and in accordance with
industry standards customary for servicing loans such as the Member
Loans. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing,
(1) referral of a delinquent Member Loan to a collection
agency on the 31 st day of its
delinquency shall be deemed to constitute commercially reasonable
servicing and collection efforts; and (2) the Company shall
have the right, at any time and from time to time, to amend or
waive any term of such Member Loan, or in the case of a Member Loan
that is more than 120 days delinquent, to cancel such Member
Loan without the consent of any Holder of any Securities of the
series corresponding to such Member Loan.
(b) With respect to each series
of Securities, the Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to maintain backup servicing arrangements providing for the
Member Loan corresponding to such series to be serviced and
collected in good faith, accurately and in accordance with industry
standards customary for servicing loans such as the Member
Loans.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.1 WHEN COMPANY MAY
MERGE OR TRANSFER ASSETS. The Company shall not consolidate with or
merge with or into any other person or convey, transfer or lease
its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
person, unless:
(a) either (1) the Company
shall be the continuing corporation or (2) the person (if
other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance,
transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety (i) shall be a corporation,
limited liability company, partnership or trust organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) shall expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered
to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the
obligations of the Company under the Securities and this
Indenture;
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(b) immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and
(c) the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is
required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture, comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been satisfied.
The successor person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the successor
person to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right
and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect
as if such successor had been named as the Company herein; and
thereafter, except in the case of a lease of its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety, the Company shall be
discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture,
and the Securities.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.3(c)
with respect to any series of securities, an “ Event of
Default ” occurs, with respect to each series of the
Securities individually, if:
(1) the Company defaults,
subject in each case, to the limitations set forth in Sections
2.3(b) and 4.1 and in the Securities in the payment of any
Principal of, or interest upon, any Security of such series when
the same becomes due and payable and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company fails to comply
with any of its agreements in the Securities or this Indenture
(other than those referred to in clause (1) above and other
than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose
breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or
which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the
benefit of a series of Securities other than such series) and such
failure continues for 90 days after receipt by the Company of
a Notice of Default PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company shall
proceed to take curative action which, if begun and prosecuted with
due diligence, cannot be completed within a period of 90 days
then such period shall be increased to such extent as shall be
necessary to enable the Company diligently to complete such
curative action;
(3) there shall have been the
entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of (a) a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or (b) a
decree or order adjudging the Company bankrupt or insolvent, or
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of
or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state
law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or
of any
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substantial part of its property, or ordering the wind up or
liquidation of its affairs, and any such decree or order for relief
shall continue to be in effect, or any such other decree or order
shall be unstayed and in effe
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