Exhibit 4.3
SOUTHWEST BANCORP, INC.
as
Issuer
INDENTURE
Dated
as of
, 2008
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Trustee
JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2038
Certain Sections of this Indenture
relating to Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939:
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| TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION |
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INDENTURE SECTION |
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§310(a)(1),
(2) and (5)
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6.08 |
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(a)(3)
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Not Applicable |
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable |
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(b)
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6.08, 6.09 |
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(c)
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Not Applicable |
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§311(a)
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6.13 |
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(b)
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6.13 |
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(c)
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Not Applicable |
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§312(a)
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4.01, 4.02(a) |
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(b)
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4.02(b) |
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(c)
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4.02(c) |
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§313(a)
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4.032(a), 4.03(b) |
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(b)
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4.03(b) |
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(c)
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4.03(a), 4.03(b) |
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(d)
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4.03(c) |
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§314(a)(1),
(2) and (3)
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4.04 |
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(a)(4)
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3.05 |
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(b)
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Not Applicable |
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(c)(1)
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14.06 |
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(c)(2)
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14.06 |
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(c)(3)
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Not Applicable |
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(d)
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Not Applicable |
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(e)
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14.06 |
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(f)
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Not Applicable |
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§315(a)
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6.01 |
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(b)
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5.08 |
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(c)
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6.01 |
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(d)
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6.01 |
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(e)
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5.09 |
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§316(a)
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.07 |
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.07 |
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable |
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(b)
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5.04 |
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(c)
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2.08 |
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§317(a)(1)
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5.02 |
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(a)(2)
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5.02 |
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(b)
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12.02 |
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§318(a)
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14.13 |
Note:
This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01
Definitions
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ARTICLE II
DEBENTURES
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Section 2.01
Authentication and Dating
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Section 2.02
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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Section 2.03
Form and Denomination of Debentures
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Section 2.04
Execution of Debentures
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Section 2.05
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debentures
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Section 2.06
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures
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Section 2.07
Temporary Debentures
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Section 2.08
Payment of Interest
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Section 2.09
Cancellation of Debentures Paid, etc
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Section 2.10
Intentionally Left Blank
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Section 2.11
Extension of Interest Payment Period
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Section 2.12
CUSIP Numbers
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Section 2.13
Global Debentures
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ARTICLE III
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
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Section 3.01
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the
Debentures
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Section 3.02
Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.
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Section 3.03
Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
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Section 3.04
Provision as to Paying Agent
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Section 3.05
Certificate to Trustee
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Section 3.06
Additional Amounts
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Section 3.07
Compliance with Consolidation Provisions
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Section 3.08
Limitation on Dividends
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Section 3.09
Covenants as to the Trust
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Section 3.10
Additional Junior Indebtedness
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Section 3.11
Subsidiary; Insured Depositary Institution
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ARTICLE IV
LISTS
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Section 4.01
Securityholders’ Lists
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Section 4.02
Preservation and Disclosure of Lists
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Section 4.03
Reports by Trustee
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Section 4.04
Reports by Company
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES
OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 5.01
Events of Default
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Section 5.02
Payment of Debentures on Default; Suit Therefor
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Section 5.03
Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee
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Section 5.04
Proceedings by Securityholders
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Section 5.05
Proceedings by Trustee
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Section 5.06
Remedies Cumulative and Continuing
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Section 5.07
Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
Securityholders
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Section 5.08
Notice of Defaults
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Section 5.09
Undertaking to Pay Costs
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ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.01
Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
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Section 6.02
Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.
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Section 6.03
No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.
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Section 6.04
Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or
Registrar May Own Debentures
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Section 6.05
Moneys to be Held in Trust
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Section 6.06
Compensation and Expenses of Trustee
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Section 6.07
Officers’ Certificate as Evidence
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Section 6.08
Eligibility of Trustee
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Section 6.09
Resignation or Removal of Trustee
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Section 6.10
Acceptance by Successor Trustee
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Section 6.11
Succession by Merger, etc.
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Section 6.12
Authenticating Agents
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Section 6.13
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
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ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 7.01
Action by Securityholders
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Section 7.02
Proof of Execution by Securityholders
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Section 7.03
Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners
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Section 7.04
Debentures Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding
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Section 7.05
Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound
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ARTICLE VIII
SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
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Section 8.01
Purposes of Meetings
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Section 8.02
Call of Meetings by Trustee
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Section 8.03
Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders
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Section 8.04
Qualifications for Voting
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Section 8.05
Regulations
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Section 8.06
Voting
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Section 8.07
Quorum; Actions
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01
Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders
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Section 9.02
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders
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Section 9.03
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.04
Notation on Debentures
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Section 9.05
Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to
Trustee
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ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 10.01
Optional Redemption
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Section 10.02
Special Event Redemption
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Section 10.03
Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debentures
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Section 10.04
Payment of Debentures Called for Redemption
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ARTICLE XI
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
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Section 11.01
Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
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Section 11.02
Successor Entity to be Substituted
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Section 11.03
Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee
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ARTICLE XII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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Section 12.01
Discharge of Indenture
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Section 12.02
Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee
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Section 12.03
Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held
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Section 12.04
Return of Unclaimed Moneys
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ARTICLE XIII
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
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Section 13.01
Indenture and Debentures Solely Corporate Obligations
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 14.01
Successors
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Section 14.02
Official Acts by Successor Entity
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Section 14.03
Surrender of Company Powers
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Section 14.04
Addresses for Notices, etc.
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Section 14.05
Governing Law
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Section 14.06
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
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Section 14.07
Business Day Convention
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Section 14.08
Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
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Section 14.09
Execution in Counterparts
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Section 14.10
Separability
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Section 14.11
Assignment
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Section 14.12
Acknowledgment of Rights
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Section 14.13
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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ARTICLE XV
SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
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Section 15.01
Agreement to Subordinate
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Section 15.02
Default on Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.03
Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy
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Section 15.04
Subrogation
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Section 15.05
Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
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Section 15.06
Notice by the Company
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Section 15.07
Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.08
Subordination May Not Be Impaired
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ANNEX
A Form
of Debenture
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THIS
INDENTURE, dated as of ___, 2008, between Southwest Bancorp, Inc.,
an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank
National Association, a national banking association, as trustee
(the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized
the issuance of its Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2038 (the
“Debentures”) under this Indenture and to provide,
among other things, for the execution and authentication, delivery
and administration thereof, the Company has duly authorized the
execution of this Indenture.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and the purchase of
the 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 1.01
Definitions .
The
terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for
all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental
hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Section 1.01. All accounting terms used herein and not
expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the
term “generally accepted accounting principles” means
such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United
States at the time of any computation. The words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
“Acceleration
Event of Default” means an Event of Default under
Section 5.01(a), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h), 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
Amounts” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.06.
“Additional
Interest” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11.
“Administrative
Action” has the meaning specified within the definition of
“Tax Event” in this Section 1.01.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control,” when used with respect to any
specified Person, means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Applicable
Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Book-Entry Preferred Security or a
Debenture represented by a Global Debenture, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary for such Book-Entry Preferred Security
or Debenture represented by a Global Debenture, in each case to the
extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to
time.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any agent or agents of the Trustee which at the
time shall be appointed and acting pursuant to
Section 6.12.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code, or any
successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
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“Board
of Directors” means the board of directors or the executive
committee or any other duly authorized designated officers of the
Company.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Book-Entry
Preferred Security” means a Preferred Security the ownership
and transfers of which shall be reflected and made, as applicable,
through book entries by the Depositary.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other
day on which banking institutions in Wilmington, Delaware, The City
of New York or Stillwater, Oklahoma are permitted or required by
law or executive order to close.
“Capital
Treatment Event” means the receipt by the Company and the
Trust of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the
effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change
(including any announced prospective change) in, the laws, rules or
regulations of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof or therein, or any rules, guidelines or policies of an
applicable regulatory authority for the Company or (b) any
official or administrative pronouncement or action or decision
interpreting or applying such laws, rules or regulations, which
amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement, action or
decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of
the 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 the Preferred Securities as “Tier 1
Capital” (or the then equivalent) for purposes of the capital
adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve (or any successor
regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding
companies), or any capital adequacy guidelines as then in effect
and applicable to the Company; provided , however ,
that the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion of
the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities as
“Tier 1 Capital” shall not constitute the basis for a
Capital Treatment Event if such inability results from the Company
having preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated
subsidiaries and any other class of security or interest which the
Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with
jurisdiction over bank holding companies) may now or hereafter
accord “Tier 1 Capital” treatment that, in the
aggregate, exceeds the amount which may now or hereafter qualify
for treatment as “Tier 1 Capital” under applicable
capital adequacy guidelines the Federal Reserve (or any successor
regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding
companies), applied as if the Company (or its successor) were a
bank holding company for purposes of the capital adequacy
guidelines of the Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory
authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies);
provided , further , that the distribution of the
Debentures in connection with the liquidation of the Trust by the
Company shall not in and of itself constitute a Capital Treatment
Event unless such liquidation shall have occurred in connection
with a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event. For the avoidance
of doubt, the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion
of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities as
“Tier 1 Capital” as a result of the changes effected by
the final rule adopted by the Federal Reserve on March 1, 2005
shall not constitute the basis for a Capital Treatment Event.
“Certificate”
means a certificate signed by any one of the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal
accounting officer of the Company.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Common
Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust which are designated as “Common
Securities” and rank pari passu with Preferred
Securities issued by the Trust; provided , however ,
that if an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration) has
occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of such Common
Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of holders of such Preferred Securities.
“Company”
means Southwest Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company incorporated
in the State of Oklahoma, and, subject to the provisions of
Article XI, shall include its successors and assigns.
“Debenture”
or “Debentures” has the meaning stated in the first
recital of this Indenture.
“Debenture
Register” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05.
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“Declaration”
means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust,
dated as of the date hereof, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
“Default”
means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.08.
“Depositary”
means an organization registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act that is designated as Depositary by the Company. DTC
will be the initial Depositary.
“Depositary
Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time the
Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
“DTC”
means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
“Event
of Default” means any event specified in Section 5.01,
which has continued for the period of time, if any, and after the
giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Extension
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
“Federal
Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
“Global
Debenture” means a global certificate that evidences all or
part of the Debentures the ownership and transfers of which shall
be reflected and made, as applicable, through book entries by the
Depositary and the Depositary Participants.
“Indenture”
means this Indenture as originally executed or, if amended or
supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented, or
both.
“Insured
Depository Institution” has the same meaning as given to that
term in Section 3(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
or any successor statute or rule.
“Interest
Payment Date” means the fifteenth (15 th ) day of March,
June, September and December of each year, commencing on
September 15, 2008, subject to Section 14.07.
“Interest
Rate” means a per annum rate of interest equal to
%.
“Investment
Company Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust
of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect
that, as a result of a change in law or regulation (including any
announced prospective change) or written change in interpretation
or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court,
governmental agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Trust is or, within 90 days of the
date of such opinion will be, considered an “investment
company” that is required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which change or
prospective change becomes effective, as the case may be, on or
after the date of the original issuance of the Debentures.
“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) whether current or
future (i) initially issued 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) or
other financing vehicle of the Company or any predecessor or
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 Junior
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Indebtedness as Tier 1 capital shall not disqualify it as 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; or (ii) with respect to which in
the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which
the same is outstanding, it is provided that (a) such
obligations are pari passu, junior or otherwise not superior in
right of payment to the Debentures and (b) such obligations
are subject to the obligor’s right to defer payments of
interest for a consecutive period no less than five years.
“Liquidation
Amount” means the liquidation amount of $25.00 per Trust
Security.
“Major
Bank Subsidiary” means any Insured Depository Institution
subsidiary of the Company which, together with any subsidiaries of
such Insured Depository Institution subsidiary, has total assets
that exceed 50 percent (or such lesser or greater amount set
forth in the then current interpretation by the Federal Reserve of
“major bank subsidiary” as such term is used in the
Adopting Release accompanying the Final Rule on Risk-Based Capital
Standards: Trust Preferred Securities and the Definition of
Capital, adopted on March 1, 2005, by the Federal Reserve) of
the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries consolidated
as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the
Company. For purposes of this definition, an Insured Depository
Institution will be deemed to be a subsidiary of the Company if the
Company has “control” over the Insured Depository
Institution as defined in 12 U.S.C. 1841(a)(2) or any successor
statute or rule.
“Maturity
Date” means September 15, 2038, subject to
Section 14.07.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Vice Chairman, the President or any Vice President,
and by the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Comptroller, an Assistant Comptroller, the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the statements
provided for in Section 14.06 if and to the extent required by
the provisions of such Section.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel, who may be counsel to the Company or may be other counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall
include the statements provided for in Section 14.06 if and to
the extent required by the provisions of such Section.
“Outstanding,”
when used with reference to Debentures, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.04, means, 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 , 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 Articles X and XIV or provision satisfactory
to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice;
and
(c) Debentures
paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or in lieu of or in substitution
for which other Debentures shall have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless proof
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is presented that any
such Debentures are held by bona fide holders in due course.
“Optional
Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.01.
“Optional
Redemption Price” means an amount in cash equal to 100% of
the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed plus unpaid
interest accrued on such Debentures to the related Optional
Redemption Date.
“Paying
Agent” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.04(e).
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“Person”
means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
association, or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
“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 the purposes of
this definition, any Debenture authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.06 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Debenture.
“Preferred
Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with Common
Securities issued by the Trust; provided , however ,
that if an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration) has
occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of such Common
Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of holders of such Preferred Securities.
“Preferred
Securities Guarantee” means the guarantee agreement that the
Company will enter into with U.S. Bank National Association or
other Persons that operates directly or indirectly for the benefit
of holders of Preferred Securities of the Trust.
“Principal
Office of the Trustee” means the office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which at all times shall be located
within the United States and at the time of the execution of this
Indenture shall be 1 Federal Street, 3 rd Floor, Boston,
Massachusetts, 02110, Attention: Corporate Trust.
“Property
Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration.
“Responsible
Officer” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer of
the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of
the Indenture, including any vice-president, any assistant
vice-president, any secretary, any assistant secretary, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securityholder,”
“holder of Debentures” or other similar terms, means
any Person in whose name at the time a particular Debenture is
registered on the Debenture Register.
“Senior
Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company,
(i) the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of
(A) indebtedness of the Company for 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 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
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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 regulating entity, 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.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Senior
Indebtedness shall not include: (i) the Company’s
Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
due 2033 issued to OKSB Statutory Trust I pursuant to an Indenture
dated as of June 26, 2003 by and between the Company and U.S.
Bank National Association; (ii) the related guarantee of the
Company with respect to the securities of OKSB Statutory Trust I,
issued pursuant to that certain Guarantee Agreement, dated as of
June 26, 2003 by and between the Company and U.S. Bank
National Association; (iii) the Company’s Floating Rate
Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2033 issued
to SBI Capital Trust II pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
October 14, 2003 by and between the Company and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association; and (iv) the related guarantee of
the Company with respect to the securities of SBI Capital Trust II,
issued pursuant to that certain Guarantee Agreement, dated as of
October 14, 2003 by and between the Company and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association.
“Special
Event” means any of a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event
or a Capital Treatment Event.
“Special
Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.02.
“Special
Redemption Price” means, with respect to the redemption of
any Debenture following a Special Event, an amount in cash equal to
100% of the principal amount of Debentures to be redeemed plus
unpaid interest accrued thereon 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 one or more of its
Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity,
at least a majority of the outstanding partnership or similar
interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or one
or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of
its Subsidiaries, and (iii) any limited partnership of which
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. For
the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the
equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary
voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or
the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents having such power only by
reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
“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 advise, 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 or otherwise required to pay, or
required to withhold from distributions to holders of Trust
Securities, more than a de minimis amount of other taxes (including
withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other governmental
charges.
“Trust”
means Southwest Capital Trust II, the Delaware statutory trust, or
any other similar trust created for the purpose of issuing
Preferred Securities in connection with the issuance of Debentures
under this Indenture, of which the Company is the sponsor.
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“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed;
provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act”
means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trust
Securities” means Common Securities and Preferred Securities
of the Trust.
“Trustee”
means the Person identified as “Trustee” in the first
paragraph hereof, and, subject to the provisions of Article VI
hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee
hereunder.
“United
States” means the United States of America and the District
of Columbia.
“U.S.
Person” has the meaning given to United States Person as set
forth in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
ARTICLE II
DEBENTURES
Section 2.01
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 $51,550,000.00 be executed and delivered by the Company
to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee 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, Vice Chairman, President or Chief Financial
Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, without any further action
by the Company hereunder. 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 6.01) 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 or other officers with
appropriate delegated authority of the Company as the case may
be
(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 by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or
if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith shall
determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal
liability to existing Securityholders.
The
definitive 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.
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Section 2.02
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Debentures
shall be in substantially the following form:
This
certificate represents Debentures referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 2.03
Form and Denomination of Debentures .
The
Debentures shall be substantially in the form of Annex A
hereto. The Debentures shall be in registered form without coupons
and in minimum denominations of $25 and any multiple of $25 in
excess thereof. 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 2.04
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, Vice Chairman, President or Chief Financial Officer
or one of its Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or
Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal (if legally required)
which may be affixed thereto or printed, engraved or otherwise
reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise, and which need not
be attested. Only such 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 or facsimile signature of an authorized officer,
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent upon any 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 2.05
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 3.02, 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 provided in this Article II. Such register shall
be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonable time.
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 3.02, and the Company
shall execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make
available for delivery in exchange therefor, the 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
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Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose as provided in
Section 3.02, the Company shall execute, the Company or the
Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of
the transferee or transferees, 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 3.02, 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 instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and either the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent duly executed by, the Securityholder or such
Securityholder’s 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
other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.07,
Section 9.04 or Section 10.04 not involving any
transfer.
The
Company or the Trustee shall not be required to exchange or
register a transfer of any Debenture for a period of 15 days
immediately preceding the date of selection of Debentures for
redemption.
Section 2.06
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 2.06 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 2.07
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, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced in any authorized
denomination, substantially in the form of the definitive
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Debentures 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 Debentures and thereupon any or all
temporary Debentures may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at
the Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency
maintained by the Company for such purpose as provided in
Section 3.02, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for
such temporary 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 2.08
Payment of Interest .
Each
Debenture will bear interest at the Interest Rate on the principal
thereof, on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment
of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on Additional
Interest and on any overdue installment of interest (including
Defaulted Interest), payable (subject to the provisions of
Article XV) on each Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity
Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date,
as the case may be. Interest and any Additional Interest on any
Debenture that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for by the Company, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to
the Person in whose name such 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, any Optional
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be,
other than any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person to
whom principal is paid. In case (i) the Maturity Date of any
Debenture or (ii) any Debenture or portion thereof is called
for redemption and the related Optional Redemption Date or the
Special Redemption Date, as the case may be, is subsequent to the
regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and
prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Debenture
will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such
Debenture.
Any
interest on any Debenture, including Additional Interest, that is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for by the
Company, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue
of having been such holder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be
paid by the Company to the Persons in whose names such 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 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 reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this
paragraph. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall not be more
than fifteen nor less than ten days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than ten days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and,
in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special
record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to
each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the
Debenture Register, not less than ten days prior to such special
record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names such Debentures (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered on such special record date and
thereafter the Company shall have no further payment obligation in
respect of the Defaulted Interest.
Payments
of interest on the Debentures shall include interest accrued to but
excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. The amount of
interest payable for any interest period shall be computed and paid
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Any interest scheduled to become payable on an
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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 fifteenth day prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each 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 2.09
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, in
which case the Trustee shall dispose of such Debentures as directed
by the Company. 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
Intentionally Left Blank .
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 for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each such
extended interest payment period, together with all previous and
further consecutive extensions thereof, is referred to herein as an
“Extension Period”). No Extension Period may end on a
date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the
Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption Date or the Special
Redemption Date, as the case may be. During any Extension Period,
interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on
such accrued interest (such accrued interest and interest thereon
referred to herein as “Additional Interest”) will
accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate, compounded
quarterly from the date such Additional Interest would have been
payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent
permitted by applicable law. No interest or Additional Interest
(except any Additional Amounts that may be due and payable) shall
be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end
thereof. At the end of any Extension Period, the Company shall pay
all Additional Interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures;
provided , however , that during any Extension
Period, the Company shall be subject to the restrictions set forth
in Section 3.08. Prior to the termination of any Extension
Period, the Company may further extend such Extension Period,
provided , that no Extension Period (including all previous
and further consecutive extensions that are part of such Extension
Period) shall exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods. Upon the
termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all
Additional Interest, the Company may commence a new Extension
Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. The Company must
give the Trustee notice of its election to begin or extend an
Extension Period no later than the close of business on the
fifteenth Business Day prior to the applicable Interest Payment
Date. The Trustee shall give notice of the Company’s election
to begin or extend an Extension Period to the Securityholders,
promptly after receipt of notice from the Company of its election
to begin or extend an Extension Period.
Section 2.12
CUSIP Numbers .
The
Company in issuing the Debentures may use a “CUSIP”
number (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall
use a “CUSIP” number in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Securityholders; provided , that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such number either as printed on the 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
number.
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Section 2.13
Global Debentures .
(a) Upon
the election of an owner of beneficial interests in outstanding
Debentures, the Debentures owned by such beneficial owner shall be
issued in the form of one or more Global Debentures. Each Global
Debenture issued under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary designated by the Company for such Global
Debenture or a nominee of such Depositary and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each
such Global Debenture shall constitute a single Debenture for all
purposes of this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Debenture may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Debentures registered, and no
transfer of a Global Debenture in whole or in part may be
registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof unless (i) such
Depositary advises the Trustee and the Company in writing that such
Depositary is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global
Debenture, and no qualified successor is appointed by the Company
within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company of such
notice, (ii) such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act and no successor is appointed by
the Company within ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge
of such event or (iii) an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing. Upon obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of
any event specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
the Trustee shall notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary
to notify all owners of beneficial interests in such Global
Debenture of the occurrence of such event and of the availability
of Debentures to such beneficial owners requesting the same. Upon
the issuance of such Debentures and the registration in the
Debenture Register of such Debentures in the names of the holders
thereof, the Trustee shall recognize such holders as holders of
Debentures for all purposes of this Indenture and the
Debentures.
(c) If
any Global Debenture is to be exchanged for other Debentures or
canceled in part, or if another Debenture is to be exchanged in
whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Debenture,
then either (i) such Global Debenture shall be so surrendered
for exchange or cancellation as provided herein or (ii) the
principal amount thereof shall be reduced or increased, subject to
Section 2.03, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be
so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount of such
Debenture to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as
the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the
records of the Debenture registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in
accordance with the Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall
instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a
corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment of a Global Debenture by the Depositary, accompanied by
registration instructions, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Debentures issuable in
exchange for such Global Debenture (or any portion thereof) in
accordance with the instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee may
conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on,
such instructions.
(d) Every
Debenture authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Debenture or any
portion thereof shall be authenticated and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Debenture, unless such Debenture is
registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof.
(e) Debentures
distributed to holders of Book-Entry Preferred Securities (as
defined in the Declaration) upon the dissolution of the Trust shall
be distributed in the form of one or more Global Debentures
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, and
deposited with the Debentures registrar, as custodian for such
Depositary, or with such Depositary, for credit by the Depositary
to the owners of beneficial interests in such Book-Entry Preferred
Securities. Debentures distributed to holders of Preferred
Securities other than Book-Entry Preferred Securities upon the
dissolution of the Trust shall not be issued in the form of a
Global Debenture or any other form intended to facilitate
book-entry trading in beneficial interests in such
Debentures.
(f) The
Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global
Debenture, shall be the holder of such Global Debenture for all
purposes under this Indenture and the Debentures, and owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Debenture shall hold such
interests pursuant to the Applicable Depositary Procedures.
Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global
Debenture shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest
shall be effected only through, records maintained by the
Depositary or its nominee or its Depositary Participants. The
Debentures registrar and the Trustee shall be entitled to deal with
the Depositary for all purposes of this Indenture
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relating
to a Global Debenture as the sole holder of the Debenture and shall
have no obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Debenture.
Neither the Trustee nor the Debentures registrar shall have any
liability in respect of any transfers affected by the Depositary or
its Depositary Participants.
(g) The
rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Debenture
shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited
to those established by law and agreements between such owners and
the Depositary and/or its Depositary Participants.
(h) No
owner of any beneficial interest in any Global Debenture shall have
any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global
Debenture, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner
and holder of such Global Debenture for all purposes under the
Indenture. None of the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Debenture or
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent
of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the
Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and such beneficial
owners, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise
of the rights of the Depositary or its nominee as holder of any
Debenture.
(i) Global
Debentures shall bear the following legend on the face
thereof:
THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL DEBENTURE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF DTC.
THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC
TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS
SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
& CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR
TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
ARTICLE III
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 3.01
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of
the Debentures .
(a) The
Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay
or cause to be paid all payments due in respect of the Debentures
at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided in
this Indenture and the Debentures. Payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) on
the Debentures due on the Maturity Date, any Optional Redemption
Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be, will be
made by the Company in immediately available funds against
presentation and surrender of such Debentures. At the option of the
Company, each installment of interest on the Debentures due on an
Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date, any Optional
Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as the case may be,
may be paid (i) by mailing checks for such interest payable to
the order of the holders of Debentures entitled thereto as they
appear on the Debenture Register or (ii) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to any account with a banking
institution located in the United States designated by such holders
to the Paying Agent no later than the related record date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Indenture or any
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Debenture, if the Trust or the trustee of the Trust is the holder
of any Debenture, then all payments in respect of such Debenture
shall be made by the Company in immediately available funds when
due 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 such Debentures (including any Additional
Amounts) as interest, for all U.S. federal income tax purposes. All
payments in respect of such Debentures will be made free and clear
of U.S. withholding tax, provided, that (i) any beneficial
owner thereof that is a “United States person” within
the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (A) has
provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any substitute or
successor form) in the manner required establishing its status as a
“United States person” for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, and (B) the Internal Revenue Service has neither
notified the Issuer that the taxpayer identification number
furnished by such beneficial owner is incorrect nor notified the
Issuer that there is underreporting by such beneficial owner, and
(ii) any beneficial owner thereof that is not a “United
States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN,
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, or Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8EXP, as applicable (or any substitute or successor form) in
the manner required establishing its non-U.S. status for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
(c) As
of the date of this Indenture, the Company represents that it has
no intention to exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer
payments of interest on the Debentures by commencing an Extension
Period.
(d) As
of the date of this Indenture, the Company represents that the
likelihood that it would exercise its right under Section 2.11
to defer payments of interest on the 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
premium, if any, or interest on, or repurchase or redeem, any of
its Debentures that rank pari passu in all respects with or
junior in interest to the Debentures.
Section 3.02
Offices for Notices and Payments, etc .
So long
as any of the Debentures remain outstanding, the Company will
maintain in Wilmington, Delaware or in Stillwater, Oklahoma, 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 provided in this
Indenture 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 2.05, such office or agency for all of
the above purposes shall be the Principal Office of the Trustee. In
case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or agency
in Wilmington, Delaware or in Stillwater, Oklahoma, or shall fail
to give such notice of the location or of any change in the
location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices
may be served at the Principal Office of the Trustee.
In
addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time to
time designate one or more offices or agencies outside Wilmington,
Delaware or Stillwater, Oklahoma 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 or in Stillwater, Oklahoma for the purposes
above mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt
written notice of any such designation or rescission thereof.
Section 3.03
Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
.
The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in
Section 6.09, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder.
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Section 3.04
Provision as to Paying Agent .
(a) If
the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, it
will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee,
subject to the provision of this Section 3.04,
(i)
that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment
of all payments due on the 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;
(ii)
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 on the Debentures when the same shall be due and
payable; and
(iii)
that it will, at any time during the continuance of any Event of
Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to
the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
(b) If
the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or
before each due date of the payments due on the Debentures, set
aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders
of the Debentures a sum sufficient to make such payments so
becoming due and will notify the Trustee in writing of any failure
to take such action and of any failure by the Company (or by any
other obligor under the Debentures) to make any payment 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 payments
on the Debentures, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to
pay all payments so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee
in writing of its action or failure to act.
(c) Anything
in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a
satisfaction and discharge with respect to the 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 same terms and
conditions herein contained.
(d) Anything
in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this
Section 3.04 is subject to Sections 12.03 and
12.04.
(e) The
Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee to act as paying
agent for the Debentures (the “Paying Agent”).
Section 3.05
Certificate to Trustee .
The
Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year, so long as 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 by the
Company in the performance of any covenants of the Company
contained herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any
such default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the
signers have knowledge and the nature thereof.
Section 3.06
Additional Amounts .
If and
for so long as the Trust is the holder of all Debentures and is
subject to or otherwise required to pay (or is required to withhold
from distributions to holders of Trust Securities) any additional
taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other
governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event, the Company will
pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”)
on the Debentures as shall be required so that the net amounts
received and retained by the holders of Trust Securities, after
payment of all taxes (including withholding taxes), duties,
assessments or other governmental charges, will be equal to the
amounts that such holders would have received and retained had no
such taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or
other governmental charges been imposed.
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Whenever
in this Indenture or the Debentures there is a reference in any
context to the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on the Debentures, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of payments of the Additional Amounts provided for in this
Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts
are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the
provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall
not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those
provisions hereof where such express mention is not made,
provided , however , that, notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Indenture or any Debenture, the
deferral of the payment of interest during an Extension Period
pursuant to Section 2.11 shall not defer the payment of any
Additional Amounts that may be due and payable.
Section 3.07
Compliance with Consolidation Provisions .
The
Company will not, while any of the Debentures remain outstanding,
consolidate with, or merge into, any other Person, or merge into
itself, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its property or capital stock to any other
Person unless the provisions of Article XI hereof are complied
with.
Section 3.08
Limitation on Dividends .
If
(i) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or
an Event of Default, (ii) the Company shall be in default with
respect to its payment of any obligations under the Preferred
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 have
commenced and be continuing, then the Company may not and shall not
permit any Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary’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 Junior
Indebtedness (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 stockholder 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, Default or Event of Default,
(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 stockholders’ rights
plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
stockholders’ 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) a dividend or distribution on, a redemption,
purchase or acquisition of, or a liquidation payment with respect
to equity securities of an Insured Depository Institution
subsidiary, or (g) payments under the Preferred Securities
Guarantee).
Section 3.09
Covenants as to the Trust .
For so
long as such Trust Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall
maintain 100% ownership of the Common Securities; provided ,
however , that any permitted successor of the Company under
this Indenture may succeed to the Company’s ownership of such
Common Securities. The Company, as owner of the Common Securities,
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trust
(a) to remain a statutory trust, except in connection with a
distribution of Debentures to the holders of Trust Securities in
liquidation of the Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust
Securities or mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as
permitted by the Declaration; (b) to otherwise continue to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes; (c) to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be
treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the
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Debentures; and (d) the Company, and any successor to the
Company, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the
eligibility of the Preferred Securities for quotation or listing on
any national securities exchange or other organization on which the
Preferred Securities are then quoted or listed (including, if
applicable, the Nasdaq Global Select Market) and shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Preferred Securities so
quoted or listed for so long as the Preferred Securities remain
outstanding. In connection with the distribution of the Debentures
to the holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust upon
a dissolution of the Trust due to a Special Event, the Company
shall use its best efforts to list such Debentures on the Nasdaq
Global Select Market or on such other exchange as the Preferred
Securities are then listed.
For so
long as the Debentures shall remain Outstanding, the Company shall
fulfill all reporting and filing obligations under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as applicable to companies having
a class of securities registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g)
thereunder.
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 regulating entity,
has received approval from) the Federal Reserve, if the Company is
a bank or financial holding company, or the OTS, if the Company is
a savings and loan holding company.
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.
ARTICLE IV
LISTS
Section 4.01
Securityholders’ Lists .
The
Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Trustee:
(a) on
each regular record date for an Interest Payment Date, a list, in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Securityholders of the 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 4.01 so
long as the Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its
acting as Debenture registrar.
Section 4.02
Preservation and Disclosure of Lists .
(a) The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of Debentures (1) contained in the most recent list
furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 or
(2) received by it in the capacity of Debentures registrar (if
so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to
it as provided in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) 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 six 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 five Business Days after the receipt of
such application, at its election, either:
(i)
afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection
(a) of this Section 4.02, or
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(ii)
inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of
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 4.02, and as
to the approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders the form
of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such
application.
If the
Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each Securityholder of Debentures whose name
and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of
this Section 4.02 a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication which is specified in such request with reasonable
promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be
mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such
tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, if 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 none of the Company,
the Trustee or 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 4.02,
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).
Section 4.03
Reports by Trustee.
(a) The
Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, including, without limitation,
Section 313(b) thereof, at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant thereto. The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act in transmitting such reports.
(b) Reports
so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than
12 months shall be transmitted no later than thirty days after
September 15 in each calendar year, commencing with the first
September 15 after the first issuance of Securities under this
Indenture.
(c) A
copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon
which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the
Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities
are listed on any securities exchange.
Section 4.04
Reports by Company.
The
Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, copies of such information, documents and
other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner
provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that
any such information, documents or reports required to be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within
15 days after the same are filed with the Commission.
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 5.01
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 twenty or more consecutive
quarterly interest payment periods, and the continuation of such
default for a period of thirty days following the end of the
Extension Period; 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,
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) a
court or administrative or governmental agency or body shall enter
a decree or order for the appointment of a receiver of a Major Bank
Subsidiary or all or substantially all of its property in any
liquidation, insolvency or similar proceeding with respect to such
Major Bank Subsidiary or all or substantially all of its property;
or
(g) a
Major Bank Subsidiary shall consent to the appointment of a
receiver for it or all or substantially all of its property in any
liquidation, insolvency or similar proceeding with respect to it or
all or substantially all of its property; or
(h) 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
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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
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