Exhibit 4.15
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
TRUSTEE
Dated as of [ ], 2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 1.1.
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Definitions
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1
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Section 1.2.
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Compliance
Certificate and Opinions
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9
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Section 1.3.
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Forms of
Documents Delivered to Trustee
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10
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Section 1.4.
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Acts of
Holders
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10
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Section 1.5.
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Notices, Etc.
to Trustee and Company
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12
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Section 1.6.
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Notice to
Holders; Waiver
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13
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Section 1.7.
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act
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13
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Section 1.8.
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents
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13
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Section 1.9.
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Successors and
Assigns
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13
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Section 1.10.
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Separability
Clause
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13
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Section 1.11.
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Benefits of
Indenture
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13
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Section 1.12.
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Governing
Law
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Section 1.13.
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Legal
Holidays
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13
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ARTICLE II
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SECURITY
FORMS
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Section 2.1.
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Forms
Generally
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Section 2.2.
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Form of
Face of Security
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14
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Section 2.3.
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Form of
Reverse of Security
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Section 2.4.
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Additional
Provisions Required in Global Security
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20
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Section 2.5.
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE III
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THE
SECURITIES
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Section 3.1.
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Amount
Unlimited Issuable in Series
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Section 3.2.
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Denominations
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Section 3.3.
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Section 3.4.
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Temporary
Securities
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Section 3.5.
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Registration,
Transfer and Exchange
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Section 3.6.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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Section 3.7.
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Section 3.8.
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Persons Deemed
Owners
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30
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Section 3.9.
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Cancellation
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30
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Section 3.10.
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Computation of
Interest
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30
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Section 3.11.
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Deferrals of
Interest Payment Dates
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30
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Page
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Section 3.12.
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Right of
Set-off
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31
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Section 3.13.
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Agreed Tax
Treatment
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31
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Section 3.14.
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CUSIP
Numbers
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31
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ARTICLE IV
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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Section 4.1.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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Section 4.2.
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Application of
Trust Money
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ARTICLE V
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REMEDIES
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Section 5.1.
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Events of
Default
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Section 5.2.
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Section 5.3.
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Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.4.
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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Section 5.5.
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Trustee
May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities
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Section 5.6.
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Application of
Money Collected
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Section 5.7.
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Limitation on
Suits
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Section 5.8.
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest; Direct
Action by Holders of Trust Preferred Securities
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Section 5.9.
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.10.
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.11.
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver
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Section 5.12.
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Control by
Holders
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Section 5.13.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 5.14.
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Undertaking
for Costs
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Section 5.15.
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Waiver of
Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE VI
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THE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.1.
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Certain Duties
and Responsibilities
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Section 6.2.
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Notice of
Defaults
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Section 6.3.
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Certain Rights
of Trustee
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Section 6.4.
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Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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Section 6.5.
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May Hold
Securities
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Section 6.6.
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Money Held in
Trust
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Section 6.7.
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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Page
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Section 6.8.
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Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
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Section 6.9.
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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Section 6.10.
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Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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Section 6.11.
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor
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Section 6.12.
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Section 6.13.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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Section 6.14.
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Appointment of
Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE VII
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HOLDER’S LISTS
AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.1.
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 7.2.
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Preservation
of Information, Communications to Holders
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Section 7.3.
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Reports by
Trustee
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Section 7.4.
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Reports by
Company
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ARTICLE
VIII
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER,
CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.1.
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Company
May Consolidate, Etc., only on Certain Terms
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Section 8.2.
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLE IX
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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Section 9.1.
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Section 9.2.
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders
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Section 9.3.
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.4.
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.5.
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Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.6.
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Reference in
Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.7.
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Subordination
Unimpaired
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ARTICLE X
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COVENANTS
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Section 10.1.
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section 10.2.
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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54
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Section 10.3.
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Money for
Securities Payments to be Held in Trust
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54
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Section 10.4.
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Statement as
to Compliance
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56
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Page
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Section 10.5.
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Waiver of
Certain Covenants
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Section 10.6.
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Additional
Sums; Expenses of a CT Trust
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56
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Section 10.7.
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Additional
Covenants
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ARTICLE XI
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REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 11.1.
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Applicability
of this Article
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57
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Section 11.2.
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Election to
Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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57
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Section 11.3.
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Selection of
Securities to be Redeemed
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58
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Section 11.4.
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Notice of
Redemption
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58
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Section 11.5.
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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Section 11.6.
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Payment of
Securities Called for Redemption
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59
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ARTICLE XII
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SINKING
FUNDS
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Section 12.1.
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Applicability
of Article
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Section 12.2.
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Satisfaction
of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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60
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Section 12.3.
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Redemption of
Securities for Sinking Fund
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60
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ARTICLE
XIII
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SUBORDINATION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 13.1.
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Securities
Subordinate to Senior and Subordinated Debt
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Section 13.2.
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Company Not to
Pay if Senior and Subordinated Debt of Company is in
Default
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62
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Section 13.3.
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Payment over
of Proceeds upon Dissolution, Default, Etc., of the
Company
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Section 13.4.
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Subrogation to
Rights of Holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt
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Section 13.5.
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Reliance on
Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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64
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Section 13.6.
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Payment
Permitted if No Default
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Section 13.7.
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Trustee Not
Charged with Knowledge of Prohibition
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Section 13.8.
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Provisions are
Solely to Define Relative Rights
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Section 13.9.
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No Waiver of
Subordination Provisions
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Section 13.10.
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Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination
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Section 13.11.
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Rights of
Trustee as Holder of Senior and Subordinated Debt
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Section 13.12.
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Article Applicable to Paying
Agents
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ARTICLE XIV
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REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF
HOLDERS
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Section 14.1.
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Applicability
of Article
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Section 14.2.
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Repayment of
Securities
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66
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Section 14.3.
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Exercise of
Option; Notice
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66
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Section 14.4.
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Securities
Payable on the Repayment Date
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CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
Certain Sections
of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318, inclusive,
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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TRUST
INDENTURE ACT SECTION
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INDENTURE
SECTION
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§ 310
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(a)(1), (2) and
(5)
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6.9
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(a)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not
Applicable
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(b)
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6.8, 6.10
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(c)
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Not
Applicable
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§ 311
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(a)
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6.13
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(b)
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6.13
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§ 312
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(a)
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7.1, 7.2(a), 7.2(b),
7.2(c)
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§ 313
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(a)
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7.3(a),
7.3(b)
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(b)
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7.3(b)
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(c)
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7.3(a),
7.3(b)
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(d)
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7.3(c)
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§ 314
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(a)(1), (2) and
(3)
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7.4
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(a)(4)
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10.4
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(b)
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Not
Applicable
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(c)(1)
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1.2
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(c)(2)
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1.2
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(c)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(d)
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Not
Applicable
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(e)
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1.2
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(f)
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Not
Applicable
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§ 315
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(a)
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6.1
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(b)
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6.2
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(c)
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6.1
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(d)
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6.1
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(e)
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5.14
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§ 316
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(a)
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1.1
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.12
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.13
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(a)(2)
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Not
Applicable
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(b)
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5.8
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(c)
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1.4(f)
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§ 317
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(a)(1)
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5.3
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(a)(2)
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5.4
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(b)
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10.3
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§ 318
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(a)
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1.7
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Note: This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
Junior Subordinated
Indenture , dated as of [ ], 2008,
between Capital Trust, Inc. , a Maryland corporation
(hereinafter called the “ Company ”), having its
principal office at 410 Park Avenue, 14 th floor, New
York, N.Y. 10022, and The Bank of New York , a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (hereinafter called the “
Trustee ”).
Recitals of the Company
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured junior
subordinated debt securities 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 statutory trusts
(each a “ CT Trust ,” and, collectively, the
“ CT Trusts ”) of preferred trust
interests in such Trusts (the “ Trust Preferred
Securities ”) and common interests in such Trusts (the
“ Common Securities ” and, collectively with the
Trust Preferred Securities, the “ Trust Securities
”), and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities are to be authenticated, issued and
delivered.
All things
necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with
their and its terms, have been done.
Now therefore, this Indenture
witnesseth : For and in consideration of the premises
and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is
mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof,
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
Section 1.1.
Definitions . For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
(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 that 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 generally accepted accounting
principles, and the term “generally accepted accounting
principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles that are
generally accepted at the date or time of such computation;
provided that when two or more principles are so generally
accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with
those in use by the Company;
(4)
the words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision; and
(5)
unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
“Article,” a “Section” or a
“Subsection” refers to an Article, Section or
Subsection, as the case may be, of this Indenture.
“ Act
” when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning
specified in Section 1.4(a).
“
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 that shall accrue at the rate per annum specified
or determined as specified in such Security.
“
Additional Sums ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.6.
“
Additional Taxes ” means the sum of any additional
taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever
nature, other than withholding taxes, imposed by the United States,
or any other taxing authority.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person;
provided, however , no CT 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 6.14 to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more
series.
“ Board
of Directors ” means either the board of directors of the
Company or any committee of that board duly authorized to act
hereunder.
“ Board
Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the
Board of Directors or officers of the Company to which authority to
act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to
be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday, or any other day on which banking institutions and trust
companies in New York, New York, Waterbury, Connecticut or
Wilmington, Delaware, are authorized or required by law or
executive order to remain closed.
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Exchange Act, or if at any time after the execution of
this
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instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such
duties on such date.
“ Common
Securities ” has the meaning specified in the first
recital of this Indenture.
“
Company ” means the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor
corporation.
“ Company
Request ” and “ Company Order ” mean,
respectively, the written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman
of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, a Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer,
the President, the Chief Operating Officer, a Vice Chairman or a
Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or the Comptroller of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the principal office of
the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered.
“
corporation ” includes a corporation, association,
company, joint-stock company or business trust.
“
Debt ” means with respect to any Person, whether
recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person and
whether or not contingent, (i) every obligation of such Person
for money borrowed; (ii) 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; (iii) every reimbursement
obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit,
bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the
account of such Person; (iv) 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);
(v) every capital lease obligation of such Person;
(vi) all Other Financial Obligations of such Person; and
(vii) every obligation of the type referred to in clauses
(i) through (vi) 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, directly or indirectly,
as obligor or otherwise.
“
Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.7.
“
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Securities of
any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary
by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to such
series (or any successor thereto).
“
Discount Security ” means any security that 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 5.2.
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“
Distributions ,” with respect to the Trust Securities
issued by a CT Trust, means amounts payable in respect of such
Trust Securities as provided in the related Trust Agreement and
referred to therein as “Distributions.”
“
Dollar ” means the currency of the United States of
America that, as at the time of payment, is legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
“ DTC
” means The Depository Trust Company.
“ Event
of Default ” unless otherwise specified in a supplemental
indenture creating a series of Securities has the meaning specified
in Article V.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and any statute successor thereto, in each case
as amended from time to time.
“
Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4.
“
Extension Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.11.
“ Federal
Reserve ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, as from time to time constituted, or the Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston, or any successor federal bank regulatory
agency having primary jurisdiction over the Company with respect to
the regulation of bank holding companies.
“ Global
Security ” means a Security in the form prescribed in
Sections 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 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.
“
Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered in the Securities Register.
“
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 shall include the terms of
each particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means as to each series of
Securities the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on
such Securities.
“
Liquidation Amount ” means, in respect of any Trust
Securities issued by a CT Trust, the amount specified as such under
the related Trust Agreement.
“
Maturity ” when used 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 therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment at the option of
the Holder or otherwise.
“ Notice
of Default ” means a written notice of the kind specified
in Section 6.2.
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“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the President or a Vice President, the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel, who may
be counsel for or an employee of the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“
Original Issue Date ” means the date of issuance
specified as such in each Security.
“ Other
Financial Obligations ” means, with respect to a Person,
all obligations of such Person to make payment pursuant to the
terms of financial instruments, such as (i) securities
contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts,
(ii) derivative instruments, such as swap agreements
(including interest rate and foreign exchange rate swap
agreements), cap agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements,
interest rate agreements, foreign exchange rate agreements,
options, commodity futures contracts, commodity option contracts,
and (iii) in the case of both (i) and (ii) above,
similar financial instruments.
“
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 cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(ii)
Securities for whose payment or redemption 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 that have been paid
pursuant to Section 3.6, 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, (A) the principal amount of a Discount Security
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof that would be due and payable as of such date
upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to
Section 5.2, (B) if, as of such date, the principal
amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not
determinable, the principal amount of such Security that shall be
deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or
determined as contemplated by Section 3.1, (C) the
principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign
currencies or currency units that shall be deemed to be Outstanding
shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, of the
principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security
described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount
determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) 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
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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 that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned that 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 6.1, 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.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Securities of any
series initially issued to a CT Trust that are owned by such CT
Trust shall be deemed to be Outstanding notwithstanding the
ownership by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company of any
beneficial interest in such CT Trust.
“ Paying
Agent ” means the Trustee or any Person authorized by the
Company or the Trustee to pay the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
“
Person ” means a legal person, including any
individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any
other entity of whatever nature.
“ Place
of Payment ” means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of such series are payable
pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.11.
“
Predecessor Security ” of any particular Security
means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for
the purposes of this definition, any security authenticated and
delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“
Property Trustee ” means, in respect of any CT 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 CT 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 ,” when used with respect to any
Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption
by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any
Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
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“ Regular
Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date with respect to the Securities of a series means,
unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect
to Securities of a series, the date that is the first day of the
month in which such Interest Payment Date falls (whether or not a
Business Day).
“
Repayment Date ,” when used with respect to any
Security to be repaid upon exercise of an option for repayment by
the Holder, means the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to
this Indenture.
“
Repayment Price ,” when used with respect to any
Security to be repaid upon exercise of an option for repayment by
the Holder, means the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to
this Indenture.
“
Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to
the Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office,
including any managing director, vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, any financial
services officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and who has direct responsibility for
administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer, to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“
Securities ” or “ Security ” means
any debt securities or debt security, as the case may be,
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 (or
any successor statute), as it may be amended from time to
time.
“
Securities Register ” and “ Securities
Registrar ” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 3.5.
“ Senior
and Subordinated Debt ” means, unless otherwise specified
with respect to any series of Securities, 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 Debt,
whether incurred on or prior to the date of the 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 or to other Debt that is pari
passu with, or subordinated to, the Securities, indebtedness
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments,
similar obligations arising from off-balance sheet guarantees and
direct credit substitutes, obligations associated with derivative
products including but not limited to interest rate and foreign
exchange contracts and foreign contracts relating to mortgages,
commodity contracts, capital lease obligations and guarantees of
any of the foregoing, but not including trade accounts payable and
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business,
which will rank equally in right of payment and upon liquidation
with the Securities; provided , however , that
Senior and Subordinated Debt shall not be deemed to include
(i) any Debt of the Company that when incurred and without
respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the
United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was
without
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recourse to the
Company, (ii) trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) (x) indebtedness that (a) qualifies or is
issued to financing vehicles issuing securities that qualify as
tier 1 capital of the Company under the capital guidelines of the
Federal Reserve or does not at the time of issuance prevent the
Company’s [ ]% Junior Subordinated Notes (the
“Junior Subordinated Notes”) from qualifying as tier 1
capital of the Company under the capital guidelines of the Federal
Reserve and (b) by its terms is not superior in right of
payment to the Junior Subordinated Notes or to other debt that is
pari passu with or junior to the Junior Subordinated Notes;
and (y) guarantees of indebtedness described in clause
(x) or securities issued by one or more financing vehicles
described in clause (x).
“ Special
Record Date ” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.7.
“ Stated
Maturity ” when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon means the date
specified pursuant to the terms of such Security as the date on
which the principal of such Security or such installment of
interest is due and payable, in the case of such principal, as such
date may be shortened or extended as provided pursuant to the terms
of such Security and this Indenture.
“
Subsidiary ” means a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. The term Subsidiary
shall not include any CT Trust. For purposes of this definition,
“voting stock” means stock that ordinarily has voting
power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only
so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason
of any contingency.
“ Tax
Event ” means the receipt by a CT Trust of an opinion of
counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result
of any (a) amendment to or change in the laws or regulations
of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein that is enacted or becomes effective
on or after the date of issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities
of such CT Trust, (b) proposed change in those laws or
regulations that is announced after the date of the prospectus
pursuant to which the Trust Preferred Securities of such CT Trust
are issued, (c) official administrative decision or judicial
decision or administrative or other official pronouncement
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 Trust Preferred
Securities of such CT Trust, or (d) threatened challenge
asserted in connection with an audit of the Company, such CT Trust,
or the Company’s Subsidiaries, or a threatened challenge
asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised
capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially
similar to the Trust Preferred Securities of such CT Trust, which
challenge becomes publicly known after the issuance of such Trust
Preferred Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that
(i) such CT Trust is, or will be, subject to U.S. federal
income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the
corresponding series of Securities issued by the Company to such CT
Trust, (ii) interest payable by the Company on such
corresponding series of Securities is not, or will not be,
deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, or (iii) such CT Trust is, or will be,
subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes,
duties or other governmental charges.
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“ Trust
Agreement ” means the Trust Agreement (or an Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement) under which a CT Trust is created and
providing for the issuance of Trust Securities by such CT Trust, in
each case as amended from time to time.
“
Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder and, if at any time there is more than one such
Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“ Trust
Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and as in effect on the date as of this Indenture, except
as provided in Section 9.5.
“ Trust
Preferred Securities ” has the meaning specified in the
first recital of this Indenture.
“ Trust
Securities ” has the meaning specified in the first
recital of this Indenture.
“ Vice
President ” when used with respect to the Company means
any duly appointed vice president, whether or not designated by a
number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president.”
“
CT Guarantee ” means the guarantee by the
Company of distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities of a CT
Trust to the extent provided in a guarantee agreement.
“ CT
Trust ” has the meaning specified in the first recital of
this Indenture.
Section 1.2.
Compliance Certificate and Opinions . 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 such certificates and opinions as may be
required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or
opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’
Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by Counsel, and shall comply
with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
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 10.4) 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;
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(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 1.3.
Forms 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 a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or 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 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 or
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, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.4.
Acts of Holders .
(a)
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 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 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 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b)
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
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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.
(c)
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 that the Trustee deems
sufficient.
(d)
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
(e)
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted 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.
(f)
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 (as hereinafter in this Section provided) 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
cancelled 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 1.6.
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 5.2, (iii) any request to institute proceedings
referred to in Section 5.7(2) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 5.12, 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
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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 cancelled 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 1.6.
With respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that
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 1.6, 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 that 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.
(g)
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 1.5.
Notices, Etc . to Trustee and Company . Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or 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, any holder of Trust Preferred Securities
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, any Holder or any holder of Trust
Preferred Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose (except
as otherwise provided in Section 5.1) hereunder if in writing
and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to the Company addressed
to it 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.
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Section 1.6.
Notice to Holders; 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. In case,
by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail
service or for any other reason, it shall be impossible or
impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders when said
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this
Indenture or of the relevant Securities, then any manner of giving
such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed
to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
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 1.7.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of
the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.8.
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 1.9.
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 1.10.
Separability Clause . In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 1.11.
Benefits of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture or
in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the
holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt and assigns, the holders of
the Trust Preferred Securities and the Holders of the Securities,
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
Section 1.12.
Governing Law . This Indenture and the Securities
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York.
Section 1.13.
Legal Holidays . In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Stated Maturity of
any Security shall not be a Business
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Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any
Security the terms of which, as established pursuant to
Section 3.1, specifically provide otherwise) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment (and no interest shall accrue for the period
from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Repayment Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, until such
next succeeding Business Day 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 Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Repayment Date or at the Stated
Maturity).
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1.
Forms Generally . The Securities of each series shall
be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such
other form 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 Depositary therefor or as
may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing
such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. 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 3.3 with respect to the authentication and delivery of
such Securities.
The definitive
Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced
by any combination of these methods, if required by any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, 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 executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution
of such Securities.
Securities
distributed to holders of Trust Preferred Securities in book-entry
form shall be distributed in the form of one or more Global
Securities registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee,
and deposited with the Security Registrar, as custodian for such
Depositary, or held by such Depositary, for credit by the
Depositary to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of
the Securities represented thereby (or such other accounts as they
may direct). Securities distributed to holders of Trust Preferred
Securities held in non book-entry definitive form shall not be
issued in the form of a Global Security or any other form intended
to facilitate book-entry trading in beneficial interests in such
Securities.
Section 2.2.
Form of Face of Security . THIS NOTE IS NOT A
DEPOSIT OR OTHER OBLIGATION OF A DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION AND IS NOT
INSURED BY
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THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal
Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
(TITLE OF SECURITY)
No. $
CAPITAL TRUST,
INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware (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 [ If the Security is a Global Security, then insert, if
applicable — , or such other principal amount as may be
set forth in the records of the Securities Registrar hereinafter
referred to in accordance with the Indenture,]
on
,
(the “ Stated Maturity Date ”). 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, [monthly] [quarterly]
[semi-annually] [ If applicable, insert — (subject to
deferral as set forth herein)] in arrears on [ Insert applicable
Interest Payment Dates ] of each year,
commencing
,
, at the rate of % per annum
[If applicable, describe method for calculating floating rate],
until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, [
If applicable, insert — plus Additional Interest, if
any,] until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or
made available for payment [ If applicable, insert —
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 [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]].
The amount of interest payable for any period less than a full
interest period shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day
months and a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in
a partial month in a period. 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 that 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. [A “ Business
Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday,
or any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies
in New York, New York, Waterbury, Connecticut [ If applicable,
insert —, or the principal office of the Property Trustee
under the Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to for CT Trust] are
authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.
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 the [ Insert definition of Regular Record
Dates ]. 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
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whereof shall be
given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 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 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 [monthly]
[quarterly] [semi-annual] 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 , however , that during any such
Extension Period, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary of the Company to, declare or pay any dividends or any
distributions on, or make any payments of interest, principal or
premium, or guarantee payments on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or
make a liquidation payment on, any capital stock of the Company,
debt securities that rank equal or junior to this Security or
guarantees that rank equal or junior to this Security, in each case
other than: [ Insert exceptions applicable to relevant series of
Securities] Prior to the termination of any such Extension
Period, the Company may further extend the interest payment period,
provided that no Extension Period shall exceed consecutive
[months] [quarters] [semi-annual periods] or extend beyond the
Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security. Upon the
termination of any such Extension Period and upon the payment of
all accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Interest then
due, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension Period, subject
to the above requirements. No interest shall be due and payable
during an Extension Period except at the end thereof. The Company
shall give the Holder of this Security and the Trustee notice of
its election to begin or extend any Extension Period at least ten
Business Days prior to the date on which Distributions on the Trust
Preferred Securities would be payable but for the election to begin
or extend such Extension Period. The Trustee or its designee shall
give notice of the Company’s election to begin or extend any
Extension Period to the Property Trustee.]
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 [ If applicable,
insert — ; 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 in writing not less than ten
days before the date of the interest payment].
The indebtedness
evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the
Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payments to the prior
payment in full of all Senior and Subordinated 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
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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 Indebtedness, 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.
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CAPITAL TRUST,
INC.
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Section 2.3.
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 an Indenture, dated as of
[ ], 2008 (herein called the “
Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as 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. [ If applicable, insert — By the terms
of the Indenture, the Securities are issuable in series that may
vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest, rank and in
any other respect provided in the Indenture.]
All terms used in
this Security that are defined in the Indenture [ If applicable,
insert — or in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement,
dated as of
,
,
as amended (the “ Trust Agreement ”), for CT
Trust among CAPITAL TRUST, INC., as Sponsor, and the Trustees named
therein,] shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
[ If applicable, insert — 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, 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 100% of the principal amount thereof plus
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accrued and unpaid
interest [ If applicable, insert — including
Additional Interest, if any] to the Redemption Date.]
In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof 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 , insert — 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 CT
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 Trust Preferred
Securities of such CT Trust 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 , insert — 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 and accrued but unpaid interest
of the Securities of
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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 CT 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 and accrued but unpaid
interest 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 Trust Preferred Securities of such CT Trust 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 10.2 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
shall 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.
The Securities of
this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of $1,000 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.
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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 U.S. 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.
Section 2.4.
Additional Provisions Required in Global Security .
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security
authenticated and delivered hereunder shall 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 THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE
OR IN PART FOR SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE
NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF,
EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE
ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
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Section 2.5.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities referred to in
the within mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1.
Amount Unlimited Issuable in Series . The aggregate
principal amount of Securities that 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, subject to Section 3.3,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series:
(a)
the title of the Securities of such series, which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other Securities;
(b)
the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series that 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 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, 11.6 or 14.3 and except for any
Securities that, pursuant to Section 3.3, 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;
(c)
the Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the
Securities of such series is payable or the method of determination
thereof;
(d)
the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such series
shall bear interest, the rate or rates and extent to which
Additional Interest, if any, shall be payable in respect of any
Securities of such series, or the method or methods by which such
rate or rates may be determined, whether payment of interest will
be contingent in any respect and/or the interest rate reset, the
date or dates from which such interest or Additional Interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable, the right, pursuant to Section 3.11 or as otherwise
set forth therein, of the Company to defer or extend an Interest
Payment Date, the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on
any Security on any Interest Payment
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Date and other
circumstances, if any, in which the Company may defer interest
payments, or the method by which any of the foregoing shall be
determined;
(e)
if applicable, the extension features of the Securities of the
series;
(f)
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;
(g)
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;
(h)
the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to redeem,
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;
(i)
the denominations in which any Securities of such series shall be
issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(j)
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 and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in
Dollars for purposes of the definition of Outstanding;
(k)
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;
(l)
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;
(m)
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;
(n)
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;
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(o)
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 that shall be borne by any such Global Security
in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.4 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in
Section 3.5 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;
(p)
the appointment of any
Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities of such
series;
(q)
the terms of any right to
convert or exchange Securities of such series into any other
securities or property of the Company, and the additions or
changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or
exchange;
(r)
if applicable, whether
subordination provisions that differ from those set out in
Article XIII shall apply to the Securities of such series,
including whether a different definition for the term “Senior
and Subordinated Debt” shall apply with respect to the
Securities of such series; and
(s)
any other terms of the
Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture).
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 3.2.
Denominations
. The Securities of
each series shall be in registered form without coupons and shall
be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1.
Section 3.3.
Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating . The Securities shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by its President or one of its Vice
Presidents 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
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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 2.1 and 3.1, 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 6.1)
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 2.1, 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 3.1, 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 that is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.1 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 3.1 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 3.9, for all
purposes of this
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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 3.4.
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 that 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 any 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 3.5.
Registration, Transfer and
Exchange . The Company shall cause to be kept at
each office or agency maintained for registrations of transfers and
exchanges in a Place of Payment pursuant to Section 10.2 with
respect to the Securities of each series 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. Each such register is herein sometimes
referred to as the “ Securities Register .” The
Company shall designate one Person to maintain the Securities
Register for the Securities of each series on a consolidated basis,
and such Person is referred to herein, with respect to such series,
as the “ Securities Registrar .” The Company
appoints the Trustee as Securities Registrar unless otherwise
specified with respect to any particular series in accordance with
Section 3.1. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company may designate one or more of its offices as an office
in which a register with respect to the Securities of one or more
series shall be maintained, and the Company may designate itself
the Securities Registrar with respect to one or more of such
series. The Company may revoke any designation of a Securities
Registrar theretofore made by it. The Securities Register shall be
open for inspection by the Trustee and the Company at all
reasonable times.
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.
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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 that 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.
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
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