HUDSON VALLEY HOLDING
CORP.,
Junior Subordinated
Debentures
Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture
Act”)
and Indenture
Reconciliation and
tie between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (including
cross-references to provisions of Sections 310 to and
including 317 which, pursuant to Section 318(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Reform Act of 1990,
are a part of and govern the Indenture whether or not physically
contained therein) and the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as
of
, 20
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Trust
Indenture Act Section
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Indenture Section
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(a)(1),
(2) and (5)
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Not
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(a)(3)
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Not
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(a)(4)
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Not
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(b)
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608
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610
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(c)
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(a)
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613
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(b)
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613
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(b)(2)
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703
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703
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(a)
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701
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702
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(b)
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702
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(c)
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702
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(a)
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703
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(b)
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703
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(c)
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703
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(d)
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703
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(a)(1),
(2) and (3)
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704
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(a)(4)
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1007
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(b)
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(c)(1)
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102
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(c)(2)
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102
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(c)(3)
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(d)
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(e)
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102
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(f)
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(a)
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601
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(b)
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602
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703
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(c)
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601
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(d)
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601
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(d)(1)
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601
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(d)(2)
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601
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(d)(3)
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601
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(e)
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514
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(a)
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101
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(a)(1)(A)
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512
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(a)(1)(B)
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513
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(a)(2)
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(b)
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508
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(c)
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104
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(a)(1)
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503
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(a)(2)
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504
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(b)
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1003
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(a)
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108
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NOTE:
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This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Junior Subordinated Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated
as of
, 20
(the “Indenture”), between Hudson Valley Holding Corp.,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New York (hereinafter called the “Company”),
having its principal executive office located at 21 Scarsdale Road,
Yonkers, New York 10707, and [Name of Trustee], a banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of
[ ] (hereinafter called the
“Trustee”).
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured junior
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
in series (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of
substantially the tenor hereinafter provided, including, without
limitation, Securities issued to evidence loans made to the Company
of the proceeds from the issuance from time to time by one or more
business trusts (each a “Trust,” and collectively, the
“Trusts”) of preferred trust interests in such Trusts
(the “Capital Securities”) and common interests in such
Trusts (“Common Securities,” and collectively with the
Capital Securities, the “Trust Securities”) and to
provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to
be authenticated, issued and delivered.
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. All
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange
Commission
promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this
Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such
provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in
consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by
the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted
and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders
of the Securities or of any series thereof as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
Section 101.
Definitions.
Except as
otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or
unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this
Indenture:
(1) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other
terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned
to them therein;
(3) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(4) the words
“herein”, “hereof”, “hereto”
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;
(5) the word
“or” is always used inclusively (for example, the
phrase “A or B” means “A or B or both”, not
“either A or B but not both”);
(6) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions;
(7) the term
“merger” includes a statutory share exchange and the
terms “merge” and “merged” have correlative
meanings;
(8) the
masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;
and
(9) references
to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments
and supplements thereto.
Certain terms used
principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those
Articles.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holders, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
“Additional
Interest” means the interest, if any, that shall accrue on
any interest on the Securities of any series the payment of which
has not been made on the applicable Interest Payment Date and which
shall accrue at the rate per annum specified or determined as
specified in such Security.
“Additional
Taxes” means the sum of any additional taxes, duties and
other governmental charges to which a Trust has become subject from
time to time as a result of a Tax Event.
“Additional
Tax Sums” has the meaning specified in
Section 1004.
“Administrative
Trustee” means, in respect of any Trust, each Person
identified as an “Administrative Trustee” or an
“Administrative Agent” in the related Trust Agreement,
solely in such Person’s capacity as Administrative Trustee or
an Administrative Agent, as the case may be, of such Trust under
such Trust Agreement and not in such Person’s individual
capacity, or any successor administrative trustee or successor
administrative agent, as the case may be, appointed as therein
provided.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with such specified Person; provided
however, no Trust to which Securities have been issued shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company. 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.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
“Board of
Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or any
committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any
particular respect for the Company hereunder.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of one or more resolutions,
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, delivered
to the Trustee.
“Business
Day” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the
Securities of any series pursuant to Section 301, any day
other than a Saturday, Sunday, other day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York and in the City of Yonkers are
authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to
close, or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
or, with respect to the Securities of a series initially issued to
a Trust, the principal office of the Property Trustee under the
related Trustee Agreement, is closed for business; provided that
such term shall mean, when used with respect to any payment of
principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on, or any other
amounts with respect to, the Securities of any series to be made at
any Place of Payment for such Securities, unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to such
Securities, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which banking institutions in such Place of Payment are authorized
or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
“Capital
Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of
the Indenture.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, or, if at any time after the execution of this
Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties
now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
“Common
Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of
the Indenture.
“Common
Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share of
the Company.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such
successor Person and any other obligor upon the
Securities.
“Company
Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively,
a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name
of the Company by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee.
“Conversion
Event” means the cessation of use of (i) a foreign
currency both by the government of the country or the confederation
which issued such foreign currency and for the settlement of
transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or
within the international banking community or (ii) any
currency unit or composite currency for the purposes for which it
was established.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at
which at any time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which at the dated hereof is located at
, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal
corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other
address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time
by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“corporation”
includes corporations, partnerships, associations, limited
liability companies and other companies, and business
trusts.
“CUSIP
number” means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a
Security by Standard & Poor’s, CUSIP Service
Bureau.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 307.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to any Security issuable or issued in the form
of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as
depositary by the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, and,
unless otherwise provided with respect to any Security, any
successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one
such Person, “Depositary” shall mean, with respect to
any Securities, the depositary which has been appointed with
respect to such Securities.
“Discount
Security” means any security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
“Distributions,”
with respect to the Trust Securities issued by a Trust, means
amounts payable in respect of such Trust Securities as provided in
the related Trust Agreement and referred to therein as
“Distributions.”
“Direct
Action” is a legal proceeding directly against the Company
for enforcement of payment to the Holder of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities having a principal
amount equal to the liquidation amount of the Capital Securities
held by the Holder for enforcement of the conversion or exchange
rights, as the case may be.
“Dollars”
or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal
tender for payment of public or private debts in the United States
of America.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 501.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or any successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Extension
Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 311.
“GAAP”
and “generally accepted accounting principles” mean,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301, such accounting principles as are
generally accepted in the United States of America as of the date
or time of any computation required hereunder.
“Global
Security” means a Security in the form prescribed in
Section 204 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities,
issued to the Depositary or its nominee for such series and
registered in the name of such Depositary or its
nominee.
“Government
Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America or the other government
or governments in the confederation which issued the foreign
currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on
the relevant Security or any other amounts in respect thereof shall
be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder
are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or
governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America or such other government or governments,
in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States of America or such other government or
governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a
bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or
principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government
Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law)
such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any
amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of
or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced
by such depository receipt.
“Guarantee”
means the guarantee by the Company of distributions on the Capital
Securities of a Trust to the extent provided in the related
guarantee agreement.
“Holder”,
in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in whose
name such Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any Person: (1) every obligation of
such Person for money borrowed; (2) every obligation of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the
acquisition of property, assets or businesses; (3) every
reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of
credit, banker’s acceptances or similar facilities issued for
the account of such Person; (4) every obligation of such
Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property
or services, but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business;
(5) every capital lease obligation of such Person;
(6) all Indebtedness of such Person, whether incurred on or
prior to the date of the Indenture or thereafter incurred, for
claims in respect of derivative products, including interest rate,
foreign exchange rate and commodity forward contracts, options and
swaps and similar arrangements; (7) every obligation of the
type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above of
another person and all dividends of another person the payment of
which, in either case, such Person has guaranteed or is responsible
or liable for, directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise;
(8) obligations of the type referred to in clauses
(1) through (7) above of another person secured by any
lien on any property or asset of such Person, whether or not the
obligation is assumed by such Person; and (9) all deferrals,
renewals, extensions and refundings of, and amendments,
modifications and supplements to, any of the foregoing
obligations.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof and, with respect to any Security, by the terms
and provisions of such Security established pursuant to
Section 301 (as such terms and provisions may be amended
pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof), provided, however,
that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee
under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with
respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such
Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it
may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of those
particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee
established pursuant to Section 301, exclusive, however, of
any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of
Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when
such terms or provisions were adopted.
“Indexed
Security” means a Security the terms of which provide that
the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more
or less than the principal face amount thereof at original
issuance.
“Interest”,
with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which by its
terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date”, with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Investment
Company Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust
of an opinion of an independent counsel experienced in matters
relating to investment companies, to the effect that, as a result
of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any
legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory
authority (a “Change in 1940 Act Law”), 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, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes
effective on or after the closing date of any series of
Securities.
“Junior
Subordinated Payment” has the meaning specified in
Section 1302.
“Maturity”,
with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal
of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such
Security, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, upon redemption at the option of the Company, upon
repurchase or repayment at the option of the Holder or otherwise,
and includes a Redemption Date for such Security and a date fixed
for the repurchase or repayment of such Security at the option of
the Holder.
“Notice of
Default means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501.
“Office”
or “Agency”, with respect to any Securities, means an
office or agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place
of Payment for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any
other office or agency of the Company maintained or designated for
such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or, to the extent
designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office
or agency, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by
the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company, that complies with the
requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is
delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel who shall
be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that, if required by the
Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of Section
314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means a Security issued pursuant to
this Indenture which provides for an amount less than the principal
face amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of
acceleration pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”
means, when used in reference to any Securities, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Securities
for whose payment money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust
for the Holders of such Securities; and
(iii) Securities
in substitution for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered or which have been paid pursuant to
Section 306, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that any such Securities are held by Holders in whose
hands such Securities are valid, binding and legal obligations of
the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such
other obligor. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’
Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known
by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of the
Company, or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or such obligor, and, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such
Officers’
Certificate as
conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact
that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the
purpose of any such determination.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company, including
the Company, to pay the principal of, or any premium or interest
on, or any other amounts in respect of, any Security on behalf of
the Company.
“Person”
and “person” mean any individual, corporation,
partnership, association, limited liability company, other company,
business trust, joint venture, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Place of
Payment”, with respect to any Security, means the place or
places where the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or
any other amount in respect of, such Security are payable as
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such
Security.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same indebtedness as
that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a lost, destroyed,
mutilated or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen
Security.
“Proceeding”
has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
“Property
Trustee” means, in respect of any Trust, the commercial bank
or trust company identified as the “Property Trustee”
in the related Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Property
Trustee of such Trust under such Trust Agreement and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity,
or any successor property trustee appointed as therein
provided.
“Redemption
Date”, with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant
to this Indenture or such Security.
“Redemption
Price”, with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as
determined by or pursuant to this Indenture or such
Security.
“Registered
Security” means any Security established pursuant to
Section 201 which is registered in the Security
Register.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Registered
Security on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if
any, specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as
the record date for the payment of such interest.
“Regulatory
Capital Event” means the reasonable determination by the
Company that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change
(including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any
regulations thereunder) of the United States or (b) any
official or administrative pronouncement or action or judicial
decision for interpreting or applying such laws or regulations,
which amendment or change is effective or such pronouncement or
decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of
the Capital Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk of
impairment of the Company’s ability to treat the Capital
Securities (or any substantial portion thereof) as Tier 1 capital
(or its then equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy
guidelines of the Federal Reserve in effect and applicable to the
Company.
“Responsible
Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any
officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer
of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those
performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for
the administration of this Indenture.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Security”
or “Securities” means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as
the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;
provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one
Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture,
“Securities”, with respect to any such Person, shall
mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such
Person is not Trustee.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
“Senior
Debt” means the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any (including interest accruing on or after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating
to the Company whether or not such claim for post-petition interest
is allowed in such proceeding), on Indebtedness of the Company,
whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred, unless, in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding,
it is provided that such obligations are not superior in right of
payment to the Securities, provided, however, that Senior Debt
shall not be deemed to include (a) any Indebtedness of the
Company which, when incurred and without respect to any election
under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended, was without recourse to the Company, (b) any
Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries,
(c) Indebtedness to any employee of the Company, and
(d) any Securities.
“Senior
Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness, whether outstanding on
the date of execution of the Indenture or thereafter created,
assumed or incurred, except Indebtedness ranking equally with the
junior subordinated debentures or Indebtedness ranking junior to
the junior subordinated debentures.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which is a
“significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02
of
Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission (as such rule is
in effect on the date of this Indenture).
“Special
Event” means a Tax Event, a Regulatory Capital Event or an
Investment Company Event.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 307.
“Stated
Maturity”, with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon or any other amounts with
respect thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this
Indenture or such Security as the fixed date on which the principal
of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is,
or such other amounts are, due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means a corporation or a partnership or a limited liability company
a majority of the outstanding voting stock or partnership or
membership interests, as the case may be, of which is owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other subsidiaries of the Company. For purposes of this
definition, “voting stock” means stock having voting
power for the election of directors, or trustees, as the case may
be, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of
stock has voting power by reason of any contingency.
“Tax
Event” means the receipt by the Trust of an Opinion of
Counsel (as defined in the relevant Trust Agreement) 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 or judicial
decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which
amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement or decision
is announced on or after the date of issuance of the Capital
Securities of such Trust, there is more than an insubstantial risk
that (i) such Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the
date of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to United States Federal
income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the
corresponding series of Securities, (ii) interest payable by
the Company on such corresponding series of Securities is not, or
within 90 days of the date of such Opinion of Counsel, will
not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United
States Federal income tax purposes or (iii) such Trust is, or
will be within 90 days of the date of such Opinion of Counsel,
subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or
other governmental charges.
“Trust”
has the meaning specified in the first recital of the
Indenture.
“Trust
Agreement” means the Trust Agreement (or an Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement) under which a Trust is created and
providing for the issuance of Trust Securities by such Trust,
substantially in such form as may
be specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of
any series, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a
particular provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as
the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as
supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by
the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Act
or provision, as the case may be.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such with respect to one or more series of Securities
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Trustee” shall mean each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there
is more than one such Person, “Trustee” shall mean each
such Person and as used with respect to the Securities of any
series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series.
“Trust
Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of
the Indenture.
“United
States”, means the United States of America (including the
states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction; and the
term “United States of America” means the United States
of America.
“Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a
number or a word or words added before or after the title
“Vice President”.
Section 102.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as
otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, upon
any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with,
except that in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents or any of them is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificates
provided pursuant to Section 1007) shall include:
(1) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based is erroneous. Any such Opinion of
Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by,
an officer or
officers of the Company, a governmental official or officers or any
other Person or Persons, stating that the information with respect
to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company unless
such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate, opinion or representations with respect
to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person
is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture or any Security, they may, but
need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104.
Acts of Holders.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or
by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments is or are delivered
to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date
of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him
the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a Person acting
in other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority.
The fact and date
of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and
in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may
determine.
The ownership of
Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Security.
The Company may
set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give,
make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of
such series, provided that the Company may not set a record date
for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration,
request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date,
and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date, provided that no such action shall be effective
hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration
Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a
new record date for any action for which a record date has
previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration
Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
The Trustee may
set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in
the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default,
(ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings
referred to in Section 507 or (iv) any direction referred
to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of
such series. If any record date is set
pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled
to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
With respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto
which sets such record dates may designate any day as the
“Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day, provided that no such
change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new
Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 1006, on or prior to the existing
Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration
Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the
Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.
Without limiting
the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action
hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security
or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such
principal amount.
Section 105.
Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed
with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to
or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to the attention of its Treasurer at the address of its
principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106.
Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to
each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder
as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the latest
date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in
any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be
filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
Section 107.
Language of Notices.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the
English language, except that, if the Company so elects, any
published notice may be in an official language of the country of
publication.
Section 108.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties under any
required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by
Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall
control.
Section 109.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
Section 110.
Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111.
Separability Clause.
In case any
provision in this Indenture, any Security shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 112.
Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this
Indenture or any Security, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any
Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, the Holders of
Securities, the holders of Senior Debt and to the extent expressly
provided herein, the holders of the Capital Securities, any benefit
or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture.
Section 113.
Governing Law.
This Indenture and
the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in
said State.
Section 114.
Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise
specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, in
any case where any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity of, or any other day on which a payment is due with
respect to, any Security shall be a day which is not a Business Day
at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision
of this Indenture, any Security other than a provision in any
Security or in the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or
supplemental indenture establishing the terms of any Security that
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof)
payment need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but
such payment may be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and
effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, at the Stated
Maturity or Maturity or on any such other payment date, as the case
may be, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such
date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Maturity or other payment date, as
the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115.
Counterparts.
This Indenture may
be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an
original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 116.
Extension of Payment Dates.
In the event that
(i) the terms of any Security established in or pursuant to
this Indenture permit the Company or any Holder thereof to extend
the date on which any payment of principal of, or premium, if any,
or interest, if any, on, or any other amounts, if any, with respect
to such Security is due and payable and (ii) the due date for
any such payment shall have been so extended, then all references
herein to the Stated Maturity of such payment (and all references
of like import) shall be deemed to refer to the date as so
extended.
Section 117.
Immunity of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents of the
Company.
No recourse under
or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future
stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company
or of any predecessor or successor, either
directly or
through the Company or any predecessor or successor, under any rule
of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement
of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released
by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of
the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 118.
Waiver of Jury Trial.
EACH OF THE
COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
Section 119.
Force Majeure.
In no event shall
the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in
the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or
caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control,
including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents,
acts of war or terrorism, civil or monetary disturbances, nuclear
or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in
the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201.
Forms Generally.
The Securities of
each series shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this
Article, or in such other form or forms as shall be established by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable tax
laws or the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith be determined by the officers executing such
securities as evidenced by the execution of such securities. If the
form of Securities of any series is established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 303 with respect to the authentication and delivery of
such Securities.
Unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the
Securities shall be issuable in fully registered form without
coupons.
The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be
substantially in the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive
Securities shall be [printed, lithographed or engraved or produced
by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or
steel engraved borders] or may be produced in any other manner
permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers, if
required by any securities exchange on which the Securities may be
listed, executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution
of such securities.
Section 202.
Form of Face of Security.
HUDSON VALLEY
HOLDING CORP.
% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE DUE
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Hudson Valley
Holding Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of New York (hereinafter called the “Company,” which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to),
for value
received, hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of $
Dollars on
; [if applicable, insert: provided that the Company may
(i) shorten the Stated Maturity of the principal of this
Security to a date not earlier than
, and (ii) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of this
Security at any time on one or more occasions, subject to certain
conditions specified in Section 3.14 of the Indenture, but in
no event to a date later than
.] The Company further promises to pay interest on said principal
sum from
or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an
“Interest Payment Date”) on which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, semi-annually (subject to deferral as
set forth herein) in arrears on the last day of
and
of each year commencing
at the rate of
% per annum, until the principal hereof shall have become due and
payable, plus Additional Interest, if any, until the principal
hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment
and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the
extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the rate
of % per annum, compounded semi-annually. The amount of interest
payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of twelve
30-day months and a 360-day year. The amount of interest payable
for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of the number
of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the
event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security
is not a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a
Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect
of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the
next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally
payable. The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest
installment, which shall be [insert Record Date] next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest installment not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities of this series not less than days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture.
[If applicable,
insert: So long as no specified Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Company shall have the right at any time during
the term of this Security to defer payment of interest on this
Security, at any time or from time to time, for up to
consecutive
interest payment periods with respect to each deferral period (each
an “Extension Period”), (during which Extension Periods
the Company shall have the right to make partial payments of
interest on any Interest Payment Date, and at the end of which the
Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together
with Additional Interest thereon to the extent permitted by
applicable law)); provided, however, that no Extension Period shall
extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this
Security; provided, further, that during any such Extension Period,
the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the
Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions
or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock (which
includes common and preferred stock), or (ii) make any payment
of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt security of the Company (including
Securities issued by the Company pursuant to the Indenture other
than the Securities represented by this certificate) that ranks
pari passu with or junior in interest to this Security or make any
guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of
the debt securities of any Subsidiaries of the Company (including
Guarantees other than the Guarantee related to the Capital
Securities issued by [NAME OF TRUST]) if such guarantee ranks pari
passu with or junior in interest to this Security [insert
applicable exceptions]. Prior to the termination of any such
Extension Period, the Company may further extend such Extension
Period, provided, however, that such extension does not cause such
Extension Period to exceed
consecutive interest payment periods or to extend beyond the Stated
Maturity. Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and
upon the payment of all amounts then due, and subject to the
foregoing limitation, the Company may elect to begin a new
Extension Period. No interest shall be due and payable during an
Extension Period except at the end thereof. The Company shall give
the Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees
notice of its election to begin any Extension Period at least
Business Days prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which
Distributions on the Capital Securities would be payable except for
the election to begin such Extension Period, or (ii) the date
the Administrative Trustees are required to give notice to any
automated quotation system or to holders of such Capital Securities
of the record date or the date such Distributions are payable, but
in any event not less than
Business Days prior to such record date.]
Payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security
will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that purpose in the United States, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at
the option of the Company payment of interest may be made
(i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities Register or
(ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such
place and to such account as may be designated by the Person
entitled thereto as specified in the Securities
Register.
The indebtedness
evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the
Indenture, unsecured and will rank junior and subordinate and
subject in right of payments to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions
of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this
Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be
bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the
Trustee on his behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and
(c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, waives
all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions
contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior
Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives
reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
Reference is
hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed
under its corporate seal.
HUDSON VALLEY
HOLDING CORP.
By:
[President or Vice
President]
Section 203.
Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein
called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in
one or more series under a Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as
of
, 20 (herein called the
“Indenture”), between the Company and [Name of Trustee]
(herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the
Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof,
limited in aggregate principal amount to $
.
All terms used in
this Security that are defined in the Indenture [if applicable,
insert: and in the Trust Agreement, dated as of
, 20 , as amended (the
“Trust Agreement”), for [insert name of trust] among
Hudson Valley Holding Corp., as Depositor, and the Trustees named
therein], shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
[or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be].
[If applicable,
insert—The Company may at any time, at its option, on or
after
, and subject to the terms and conditions of Article XI of the
Indenture], [if applicable insert—and subject to the Company
having received prior approval of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) if then
required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the
Federal Reserve] redeem this Security [in whole at any time] [or in
part from time to time], without premium or penalty, at a
redemption price equal to [insert redemption price] to the
Redemption Date.]
[If applicable,
insert—Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a
Special Event in respect of a Trust, the Company may, at its
option, at any time within 90 days of the occurrence of such
Special Event redeem this Security, [if applicable, insert—in
whole but not in part], subject to the provisions of
Section 1107 and the other
provisions of
Article XI of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to
[insert redemption price] to the Redemption Date.
[If applicable,
insert—In the event of redemption of this Security in part
only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the portion
hereof not redeemed will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof
upon the cancellation hereof.]
The Indenture
contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire
indebtedness of this Security upon compliance by the Company with
certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company
and the Trustee at any time to enter into a supplemental indenture
or indentures for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights
and obligations of the Company and of the Holders of the
Securities, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each
series to be affected by such supplemental indenture. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
[If the Security
is not a Discount Security,—As provided in and subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is
continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders
of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of this series may declare the principal amount of all
the Securities of this series to be due and payable immediately, by
a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), provided that, in the case of the Securities of this
series issued to a Trust, if upon an Event of Default, the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of this series fails to declare the
principal of all the Securities of this series to be immediately
due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then outstanding shall
have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the
Trustee; and upon any such declaration the principal amount of and
the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the
Securities of this series shall become immediately due and payable,
provided that the payment of principal and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated
to the extent provided in Article XIII of the
Indenture.]
[If the Security
is a Discount Security,—As provided in and subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is
continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders
of not less than such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of this series may declare an amount of
principal of the Securities of this series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), provided that, in the case of the
Securities of this series issued to a Trust, if upon an Event of
Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series fails
to declare the principal of all the Securities of this series to be
immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then
outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the
Company and the Trustee. Such amount shall be equal to [insert
formula for determining the amount]. Upon any such declaration,
such amount of the principal of and the accrued interest (including
any Additional Interest) on all the Securities of this series shall
become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of
principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) on such
Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in
Article XIII of the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the
amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in
respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on
this Security shall terminate.]
No reference
herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Securities
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained under
Section 1002 of the Indenture duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a
written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Securities Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any
such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due
presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
[If Applicable,
insert — The Securities of this series are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of minimum
denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof.] As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series
are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of such series of a different authorized denomination,
as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Company and,
by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest
therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial
interest in, this Security agree that for United States Federal,
state and local tax purposes it is intended that this Security
constitute indebtedness.
THE INDENTURE AND
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Section 204.
Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.
Any Global
Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions
contained in Sections 202 and 203, bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
“THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON
OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY.”
Section 205.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
This is one of the
Securities referred to in the within mentioned
Indenture.
[NAME OF
TRUSTEE], as Trustee
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301.
Title and Terms.
The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may
be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’
Certificate (such Officers’ Certificate shall have the effect
of a supplemental indenture for all purposes hereunder), or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Securities of a series:
(1) the title
of the securities of such series, which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from all other Securities;
(2) the
limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or
in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1106 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided,
however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such
series may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to
such effect;
(3) the
Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the
Securities of such series is payable or the method of determination
thereof;
(4) the rate
or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such series shall bear
interest, if any, the rate or rates and extent to which Additional
Interest, if any, shall be payable in respect of any Securities of
such series, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest
shall be payable, the right, pursuant to Section 311 or as
otherwise set forth therein, of the Company to defer or extend an
Interest Payment Date, and the Regular Record Date for the interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date or the method by which any of
the foregoing shall be determined;
(5) the place
or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on the Securities of such series shall be payable, the place or
places where the Securities of such series may be presented for
registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or places where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of such series may be made;
(6) the
period or periods within or the date or dates on which, if any, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
the Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part,
at the option of the Company;
(7) the
obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to prepay, repay or
purchase the Securities of such series pursuant to any sinking
fund, amortization or analogous provisions, or at the option of a
Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price
or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency
unit or units) in which and the other terms and conditions upon
which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(8) the
denominations in which any Securities of such series shall be
issuable, if other than denominations of $100,000 and any integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(9) if other
than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit
or units) in which the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable,
or in which the Securities of the series shall be
denominated;
(10) the
additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in the Events of
Default or covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect
to the Securities of such series;
(11) if other
than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Securities of such series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof;
(12) the
additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series as shall be necessary to permit or
facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in bearer
form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons;
(13) any
index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of
principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series
or the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
(14) whether
the Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall
initially be issuable in the form of a temporary Global Security
representing all or such portion of the Securities of such series
and provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global Security
for definitive Securities of such series;
(15) if
applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and,
in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global
Securities, the form of any
legend or
legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in
addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in
Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged
in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of
such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the
name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof;
(16) the
appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities of
such series;
(17) the
terms of any right to convert or exchange Securities of such series
into any other securities or property, and the additions, deletions
or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion
or exchange;
(18) the form
or forms of any Trust Agreement, Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement and related guarantee agreement;
(19) whether,
and to what extent the subordination provisions of the Securities
shall differ from those set forth in Article XIII, including
whether a different definition of “Senior Debt” shall
apply;
(20) whether
and to what extent the Securities shall be guaranteed by another
person;
(21) the
extension or shortening features of the Securities of the series,
if any;
(22) whether
and to what extent the Securities are issuable upon the exercise of
warrants;
(23) whether
and under what circumstances the Company will pay additional
amounts on such Securities to any Holder in respect of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge and, if so, whether the
Company will have the option to redeem such Securities instead of
paying such amounts;
(24) if any
one or more of Section 401 relating to satisfaction and
discharge, Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or
Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be
applicable to the Securities of such series, and any covenants in
addition to or other than those specified in Section 402(3)
relating to the Securities of such series which shall be subject to
covenant defeasance, and, if the Securities of such series are
subject to repurchase or repayment at the option of the Holders
thereof, if the Company’s obligation to repurchase or repay
such Securities will be subject to satisfaction and discharge
pursuant to Section 401 or to defeasance or covenant
defeasance pursuant to Section 402, and, if the Holders of
such Securities have the right to convert or exchange such
Securities into Common Stock or other securities or property, if
the right to effect such conversion or exchange will be subject to
satisfaction and discharge pursuant to Section 401 or to
defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 402, and
any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the
provisions of Article Four (including any modification which
would permit satisfaction and discharge, defeasance or covenant
defeasance to be effected with respect to less than all of the
outstanding Securities of such series) in respect of the Securities
of such series;
(25) if there
is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and, if not
the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent
or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
and
(26) any
other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture) and any
deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in
respect of such Securities.
All Securities of
any one series shall be substantially identical except as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in
or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such
Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If any of the
terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a
Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms
of the series.
Section 302.
Denominations.
The Securities of
each series shall be in registered form without coupons and shall
be issuable in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301.
Section 303.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President or one
of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced or
impressed thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on
the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing
the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any
time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities. At any time and from time to time after the execution
and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities
of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the
series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the
form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) if the
terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(3) that such
Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or
terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required
to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph,
if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the
Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to
such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each
Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior
to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one
of its authorized officers, and such certificate upon any Security
shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by
the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the
Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304.
Temporary Securities.
Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities of such series in lieu of which they are issued and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities,
the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office
or agency of the Company designated for that purpose without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations having the same original issue date and Stated
Maturity and having the same terms as such temporary Securities.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305.
Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall
cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a
register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of transfers of Securities. Such register is herein
sometimes referred to as the “Securities Register.” The
Trustee is hereby appointed “Securities Registrar” for
the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities
as herein provided.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of
the Company designated for that purpose the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series of any authorized denominations, of a like
aggregate principal amount, of the same original issue date and
Stated Maturity and having the same terms.
At the option of
the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of the
same series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount, of the same original issue date and Stated
Maturity and having the same terms, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities
issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Every Security
presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so
required by the Company or the Securities Registrar) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing.
No service charge
shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Securities.
No service charge
shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Securities.
The provisions of
Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:
(1) Each
Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global
Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of
this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such
Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or
(ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act at a time when the Depositary is required to be so
registered to act as depositary, in each case unless the Company
has approved a successor Depositary within 90 days,
(B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default with respect to such Global Security, (C) the Company
in its sole discretion determines that such Global Security will be
so
exchangeable or
transferable or (D) there shall exist such circumstances, if
any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been
specified for this purpose as contemplated by
Section 301.
(3) Subject
to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for
other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion
thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for
such Global Security shall direct.
(4) Every
Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section,
Section 304, 306, 906 or 1106 or otherwise, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a
Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.
Neither the
Company nor the Trustee shall be required, pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, (a) to issue, transfer or exchange
any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of selection for redemption
of Securities pursuant to Article Eleven and ending at the
close of business on the day of mailing of notice of redemption or
(b) to transfer or exchange any Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security
to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be
redeemed.
The Trustee shall
have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or
among Depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in
any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly
required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the
terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
Neither the
Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall have any responsibility for any
actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
Section 306.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee, together with such security
or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to
save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new
Security of the same issue and series of like tenor and principal
amount, having the same original issue date and Stated Maturity,
and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be
delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security
has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall
execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a
new Security of the same issue and series of like tenor and
principal amount, having the same original issue date and Stated
Maturity, as such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance
of any new Security under this Section, 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 (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or
stolen Security, shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of such series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section 306 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
Section 307.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any
Security of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to
the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest in respect of Securities of
such series, except that, unless otherwise provided in the
Securities of such series, interest payable on the Stated Maturity
of the principal of a Security shall be paid to the Person to whom
principal is paid. The initial payment on any Security of any
series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the
related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such
Security or in the Board Resolution pursuant to Section 301
with respect to the related series of Securities.
Any interest in
any Security which is payable, but is not timely paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities (herein
called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to
be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record
Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted
Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case,
as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Securities of such series in respect of
which interest is in default (or their respective Predecessor
Security thereof) 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 Security and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed
to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to
the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon, the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and
not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Company shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of a Security of such series at the address of such Holder
as it appears in the Securities Register not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its
discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a
similar notice to be published at least once in a newspaper,
customarily published in the English language on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the City of New York, but such
publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment
of 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 Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Security) are registered on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2).
(2) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange (or by the Trustee
if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 307, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the
rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Security.
Section 308.
Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of,
any premium and (subject to Section 307) and interest on and
any other amounts with respect to such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to
such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309.
Cancellation.
All Securities
surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or
conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the Trustee, and any such Securities, as well as Securities
surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be
cancelled promptly by the Trustee. The Company may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered
shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture. All cancelled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance
with its procedures for the disposition of cancelled Securities and
the Trustee shall deliver to the Company a certificate of such
disposition.
Section 310.
Computation of Interest.
Except as
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in the
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
Section 311.
Option to Extend Interest Payment Date.
If specified as
contemplated by Section 201 or Section 301 with respect
to the Securities of a particular series, so long as no Event of
Default set forth in Section 501(5) or (6) has occurred
and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time
during the term of such series, from time to time to defer the
payment of interest on such Securities for such period or periods
as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 (each, an
“Extension Period”) during which Extension Periods the
Company shall have the right to make partial payments of interest
on any Interest Payment Date. No Extension Period shall end on a
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