JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
INDENTURE
ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC,
as guarantor
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as trustee
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ARTICLE I. Definitions and Other Provisions of
General Application
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SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate and
Opinions
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10
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SECTION 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders
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SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and
Company
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SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders;
Waiver
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SECTION 1.7. Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents
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SECTION 1.8. Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 1.9. Separability Clause
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SECTION 1.10. Benefits of Indenture
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SECTION 1.11. Governing Law
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SECTION 1.12. Submission to
Jurisdiction
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15
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SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days
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SECTION 1.14. Shareholder Communications
Act
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ARTICLE II. Security Forms
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SECTION 2.1. Form of Security
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SECTION 2.2. Restricted Legend
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SECTION 2.3. Form of Trustee’s Certificate
of Authentication
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SECTION 2.4. Temporary Securities
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SECTION 2.5. Definitive Securities
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ARTICLE III. The Securities
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SECTION 3.1. Payment of Principal and
Interest
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SECTION 3.2. Denominations
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SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating
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SECTION 3.4. Global Securities
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SECTION 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange
Generally
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SECTION 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities
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SECTION 3.7. Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 3.8. Cancellation
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SECTION 3.11. Agreed Tax Treatment
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SECTION 3.12. CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE IV. Satisfaction and
Discharge
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SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust
Money
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SECTION 5.1. Events of Default
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SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without
Possession of Securities
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SECTION 5.6. Application of Money
Collected
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SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest
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SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders
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SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults
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SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs
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SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension
Laws
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SECTION 5.16. Original Kodiak Indentures Events
of Default
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SECTION 6.1. Corporate Trustee
Required
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SECTION 6.2. Certain Duties and
Responsibilities
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SECTION 6.3. Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 6.4. Certain Rights of
Trustee
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SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities
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SECTION 6.6. Compensation; Reimbursement;
Indemnity
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SECTION 6.7. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 6.8. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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SECTION 6.9. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business
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SECTION 6.10. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities
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SECTION 6.11. Appointment of Authenticating
Agent
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ARTICLE VII. Holder’s Lists and Reports by
Company
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SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names
and Addresses of Holders
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SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information,
Communications to Holders
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SECTION 7.3. Reports by Company
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ARTICLE VIII. Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance,
Transfer or Lease
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SECTION 8.1. Company and Guarantor May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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SECTION 8.2. Successor Company or Guarantor
Substituted
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ARTICLE IX. Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without
Consent of Holders
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SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders
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SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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SECTION 9.5. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium, if
any, and Interest
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SECTION 10.2. Money for Security Payments to be
Held in Trust
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SECTION 10.3. Statement as to
Compliance
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SECTION 10.4. Calculation Agent
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SECTION 10.5. Additional Indebtedness
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SECTION 10.6. Additional Covenants
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SECTION 10.7. Waiver of Covenants
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SECTION 10.8. Treatment of Securities
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SECTION 10.9. Inspection Rights
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ARTICLE XI. Redemption of Securities
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SECTION 11.1. Optional Redemption
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SECTION 11.2. Special Event
Redemption
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SECTION 11.3. Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee
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SECTION 11.4. Selection of Securities to be
Redeemed
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SECTION 11.5. Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 11.6. Deposit of Redemption
Price
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SECTION 11.7. Payment of Securities Called for
Redemption
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ARTICLE XII. Subordination of
Securities
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SECTION 12.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior
Debt
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SECTION 12.2. No Payment When Senior Debt in
Default; Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
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SECTION 12.3. Payment Permitted If No
Default
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SECTION 12.4. Subrogation to Rights of Holders
of Senior Debt
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SECTION 12.5. Provisions Solely to Define
Relative Rights
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SECTION 12.6. Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination
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SECTION 12.7. No Waiver of Subordination
Provisions
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SECTION 12.8. Notice to Trustee
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SECTION 12.9. Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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SECTION 12.10. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders
of Senior Debt
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SECTION 12.11. Rights of Trustee as Holder of
Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights
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SECTION 12.12. Article Applicable to Paying
Agents
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SECTION 13.1. The Guarantee
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SECTION 13.2. Guarantee Unconditional,
etc
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SECTION 13.3. Reinstatement
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SECTION 13.4. Subrogation
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SECTION 13.5. Pari Passu Guarantees
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ARTICLE XIV. Subordination of
Guarantee
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SECTION 14.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior
Debt of the Guarantor
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SECTION 14.2. No Payment When Senior Debt of the
Guarantor in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution,
Etc
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SECTION 14.3. Payment Permitted If No
Default
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SECTION 14.4. Subrogation to Rights of Holders
of Senior Debt of the Guarantor
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SECTION 14.5. Provisions Solely to Define
Relative Rights
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SECTION 14.6. Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination
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SECTION 14.7. No Waiver of Subordination
Provisions
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SECTION 14.8. Notice to Trustee
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SECTION 14.9. Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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SECTION 14.10. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders
of Senior Debt of the Guarantor
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SECTION 14.11. Rights of Trustee as Holder of
Senior Debt of the Guarantor; Preservation of Trustee’s
Rights
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SECTION 14.12. Article Applicable to Paying
Agents
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Schedule A
— Determination of LIBOR
Exhibit A
— Form of Officer’s Financial Certificate
Exhibit B
— Form of Officers’ Certificate Under
Section 10.3
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This Junior
Subordinated Indenture (the “Indenture" ), dated as of
May 6, 2009, between ARBOR REALTY SR, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the “Company” ), ARBOR REALTY
TRUST, INC. , a Maryland Corporation (the
“Guarantor" ) and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY , a
national banking association, as Trustee (in such capacity, the
“Trustee” ).
WHEREAS,
the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of its unsecured junior
subordinated notes (the “Securities” ) and to
provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to
be authenticated, issued and delivered; and
WHEREAS,
the Guarantor has duly authorized the issuance of its guarantee of
the Securities (the “Guarantee” ) under this
Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company and the Guarantor, in accordance with 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,
as follows:
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:
(a) the terms
defined in this Article I have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article I ;
(b) the words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”;
(c) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(d) unless
the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
“Article” or a “Section” refers to an
Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this
Indenture;
(e) the words
“hereby”, “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;
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(f) a
reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
and
(g) the
masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include the
masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
“Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has
the meaning specified in Section 1.4 .
“Additional Interest” means the interest, if
any, that shall accrue on any amounts payable on the Securities,
the payment of which has not been made on the applicable Interest
Payment Date and which shall accrue at the rate per annum specified
or determined as specified in such Security, in each case to the
extent legally enforceable.
“Affiliate ” means in relation to any Person,
any other Person (a) that is directly or indirectly
Controlling or Controlled by or under direct or indirect common
Control with such first Person, (b) that is directly or
indirectly the beneficial owner of twenty-five percent (25%) or
more of the Equity Interests in the first Person or twenty-five
percent (25%) or more of the total voting power of the first Person
or of rights or warrants to purchase Equity Interests or voting
power (whether or not currently exercisable) of the first Person,
(c) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of whose Equity
Interests or total voting power is directly or indirectly
beneficially owned by the first Person or such first Person has
rights or warrants to purchase Equity Interests or voting power
(whether or not currently exercisable) of such Person, or
(d) any officer or director of such Person.
“Applicable Depositary Procedures” means, with
respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security
or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the
Depositary for such Security, in each case to the extent applicable
to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
“Attentus Indenture I ” means that certain
Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of May 6, 2009 by and
among the Company, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., as guarantor and
Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, pursuant to which Company
issued Twenty One Million Two Hundred Twenty Four Thousand Dollars
($21,224,000) in original principal amount of Junior Subordinated
Notes due 2035.
“Authenticating Agent” means any Person
authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.11 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the
Securities.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United
States Code or any successor statute(s) thereto, or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors, in each case as
amended from time to time.
“Board
of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company
or the Guarantor, as the context requires, or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the
Guarantor, as the context requires, to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification.
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“Business Day” means any day other than
(i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by
law or executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on
which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is closed for
business.
“Calculation Agent” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.4 .
“Commission” has the meaning specified in
Section 7.3(c) .
“Company” means the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company
Request ” and “ Company Order ” mean,
respectively, the written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer,
President or a Vice President, and by its Chief Financial Officer,
its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“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.
“Corporate Trust Office ” means the principal
office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate
trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of
this Indenture is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate
Capital Markets.
“Debt” means, with respect to any Person,
whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such
Person, whether currently existing or hereafter incurred and
whether or not contingent and without duplication, (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 other accrued liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business); (v) every capital lease
obligation of such Person; (vi) all indebtedness of such
Person, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture
or thereafter incurred, for claims in respect of derivative
products, including interest rate, foreign exchange rate and
commodity forward contracts, options and swaps and similar
arrangements; (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 for,
directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise; and
(viii) any renewals, extensions, refundings, amendments or
modifications of any obligation of the type referred to in clauses
(i) through (vii).
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“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified
in Section 3.1 .
“Depositary” means an organization registered as
a clearing agency under the Exchange Act that is designated as
Depositary by the Company or any successor thereto.
“Depositary Participant” means a broker, dealer,
bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from
time to time a Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges
of securities deposited with the Depositary.
“Dollar” or “$” 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.
“EDGAR” has the meaning specified in
Section 7.3(c) .
“Equity
Interests ” means with respect to any person (a) if
such Person is a partnership, the partnership interests (general or
limited) in a partnership, (b) if such Person is a limited
liability company, the membership interests in a limited liability
company and (c) if such Person is a corporation, the shares or
stock interests (both common stock and preferred stock) in a
corporation.
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.1 .
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 or any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended
from time to time.
“Exchange Agreement ” means that certain
Exchange Agreement executed and delivered contemporaneously with
this Indenture by and among the Company and the parties named
therein, as the same may be modified, amended, supplemented,
restated or replaced from time to time.
“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4(h) .
“Fixed
Rate ” means a fixed rate equal to one half of one
percent (0.50%) per annum.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied, from time to time in
effect.
“Guarantee” has the meaning specified in the
second recital of this Indenture.
“Guarantor ” means the Person named as the
“ Guarantor ” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “ Guarantor ” shall mean such
successor corporation.
“Global
Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of
the Securities, the ownership and transfers of which shall be made
through book entries by a Depositary.
“Government Obligation” means (a) any
security that is (i) a direct obligation of the United States
of America of which the full faith and credit of the United States
of America is
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pledged or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America or the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (b) any
depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with
respect to any Government Obligation that is specified in clause
(a) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder
of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment
of principal of or interest on any Government Obligation that is so
specified and held, provided, that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation
or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such
depositary receipt.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security
is registered in the Securities Register; provided , that,
for purposes of Article XIII hereof, in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite percentage of Securities have given
any direction, request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, and
for purposes of enforcement of the Guarantee provisions, Holder
shall mean any Holder other than the Company, the Guarantor or any
Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally
executed or as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented
by one or more amendments or indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
“Interest Payment Date” means June 30,
September 30, December 30 and March 30 of each year
during the term of this Indenture.
“Interest Period ” means the period commencing
on, and including, an Interest Payment Date and continuing through
and including the day prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date; provided, however, that the initial Interest Period shall
commence on May 6, 2009.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or any successor statute thereto, in each case
as amended from time to time.
“Kodiak/Attentus Indenture III ” means that
certain Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of May 6, 2009
by and among the Company, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., as guarantor
and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, pursuant to which Company
issued Forty Seven Million One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars
($47,180,000) in original principal amount of Junior Subordinated
Notes due 2037.
“Kodiak
CDO Management, LLC ” means Kodiak CDO Management, LLC
and its successors and/or assigns as collateral manager of the
Holders, as applicable.
“LIBOR” has the meaning specified in
Schedule A .
“LIBOR
Business Day” has the meaning specified in
Schedule A .
“LIBOR
Determination Date” has the meaning specified in
Schedule A .
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“Maturity,” means when used with respect to any
Security, the date on which the principal of such Security or any
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 or otherwise.
“Modification Period ” means the period
commencing as of May 6, 2009 and continuing through, but
excluding, the Modification Period Termination Date.
“Modification Period Termination Date ” means
the earliest of (a) March 30, 2012, (b) the first
Interest Payment Date occurring after the Company has elected to
terminate the Modification Period in accordance with the terms of
Section 3.1(g) , (c) the effective date set forth
in Section 10.5 , if applicable, and (d) the
effective date set forth in Section 10.6 , if
applicable.
“New
Stock Class ” shall have the definition set forth in
Section 10.6(c) herein.
“Notice
of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified
in Section 5.1(c) .
“Officers’ Certificate” means a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of
the Company or the Guarantor, as the context requires, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Operative Documents” means the Indenture and
the Securities, as the same may be modified, amended, supplemented,
restated or replaced from time to time.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may
be counsel for or an employee of the Company and the
Guarantor.
“Optional Redemption Price” has the meaning set
forth in Section 11.1 .
“Original Issue Date” means the date of original
issuance of each Security.
“Original Kodiak Indentures ” has the meaning
specified in Section 5.16 .
“Other
Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.11(c) .
“Outstanding” means, when used in reference to
any Securities, as of the date of determination, all Securities
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Securities
for whose payment 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; provided, that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
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(iii) Securities
that have been paid or in substitution for or in lieu of which
other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture, 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 , that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or the Guarantor,
if any, or any other obligor upon the Securities, if any, or any
Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor shall
be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding unless the Company
shall hold all Outstanding Securities, 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
actually 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, the Guarantor
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means the Trustee or any Person (other than the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company) authorized by the Trustee
to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on, or other
amounts in respect of, any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
“Person” means a legal person, including any
individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated association, or any government or agency or
political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
“Place
of Payment” means, with respect to the Securities, the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
“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. For
the purposes of this definition, any security authenticated and
delivered under Section 3.6 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.
“Proceeding” has the meaning specified in
Section 12.2(b) .
“Redemption Date” means, when used with respect
to any Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption
by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price” means, when used with respect
to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the Special
Redemption Price or the Optional Redemption Price, as applicable,
at which such Security or portion thereof is to be redeemed as
fixed by or pursuant to this Indenture.
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“Reference Banks” has the meaning specified in
Schedule A .
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date with respect to the Securities means the date that is
fifteen (15) days preceding such Interest Payment Date
(whether or not a Business Day).
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with
respect to the Trustee, any Senior Vice President, any Vice
President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any
Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, any
Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, or any other officer in
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred
because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
“Rights
Plan” means a plan of the Company providing for the
issuance by the Company to all holders of its Equity Interests of
rights entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase
Equity Interests or any class or series of Equity Interests in the
Company which rights (i) are deemed to be transferred with
such Equity Interests and (ii) are also issued in respect of
future issuances of such Equity Interests, in each case until the
occurrence of a specified event or events.
“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 thereto, in each case as amended from
time to time.
“Securities Register” and “Securities
Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 3.5 .
“Senior
Debt” means the principal of and any premium and interest
on (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the
Company or the Guarantor, as the context requires, whether or not
such claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding) all Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the
context requires, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred, unless it is provided in the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the
same is outstanding, that such obligations are not superior in
right of payment to the Securities issued under this Indenture;
provided, that Senior Debt shall not be deemed to include any
(i) debt or (ii) other debt securities (and guarantees,
if any, in respect of such debt securities) issued to any trust (or
a trustee of any such trust), partnership or other entity
affiliated with the Company or the Guarantor that is a financing
vehicle of the Company or the Guarantor (a “financing
entity”) in connection with the issuance by such financing
entity of equity securities or other securities, in each case of
(i) or (ii) pursuant to an instrument that ranks pari
passu with or junior in right of payment to this
Indenture.
“Special
Event” means the occurrence of a Tax Event.
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“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.1 .
“Special
Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2 .
“Stated
Maturity” means June 30, 2036.
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Subsidiary ” of a Person means (a) any
corporation more than fifty percent 50% of the outstanding
securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time
be owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person
and/or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or (b) any partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar
business organization more than fifty percent 50% of the ownership
interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time
be owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person
and/or by one or more of its Subsidiaries.
“ Taberna
Indenture I ” means that certain Junior Subordinated
Indenture dated as of May 6, 2009, between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as
trustee, pursuant to which the Company issued Twenty-Nine Million
Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($29,400,000) in original aggregate
principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes due 2032.
“ Taberna
Indenture II ” means that certain Junior Subordinated
Indenture dated as of May 6, 2009, between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as
trustee, pursuant to which Company issued One Hundred Sixty-Eight
Million Dollars ($168,000,000) in original aggregate principal
amount of Junior Subordinated Notes due 2034.
“ Tax
Event ” means the receipt by the Company of an Opinion of
Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result
of (a) any amendment to or change (including any announced
prospective change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of
the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein or (b) any judicial decision or any
official administrative pronouncement (including any private letter
ruling, technical advice memorandum or field service advice) or
regulatory procedure, including any notice or announcement of
intent to adopt any such pronouncement or procedure (an
“Administrative Action”), regardless of whether such
judicial decision or Administrative Action is issued to or in
connection with a proceeding involving the Company and whether or
not subject to review or appeal, which amendment, change, judicial
decision or Administrative Action is enacted, promulgated or
announced, in each case, on or after the date of issuance of the
Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest
payable by the Company on the Securities is not, or within ninety
(90) days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible
by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal
income tax purposes.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument,
solely in its capacity as such and not in its individual capacity,
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.
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“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and as in effect on the date as of this
Indenture.
SECTION 1.2.
Compliance Certificate and Opinions .
(a) Upon any
application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the
Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company or the Guarantor shall, if requested by the Trustee,
furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with which
constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent (including covenants
compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any,
have been complied with.
(b) Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the
certificate provided pursuant to Section 10.3 ) shall
include:
(i) a statement by
each individual signing such certificate or opinion that such
individual has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(ii) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions of such
individual contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(iii) a statement
that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement
as to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.3.
Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee .
(a) 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.
(b) Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or the
Guarantor 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 after reasonable inquiry should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
matters upon which his or her 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 or the Guarantor stating that the information with respect
to such factual
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matters is in
the possession of the Company or the Guarantor, unless such counsel
knows, or after reasonable inquiry should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
(c) 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.
(d) Whenever,
subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board Resolution,
Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document
or instrument, a clerical, typographical or other inadvertent or
unintentional error or omission shall be discovered therein, a new
document or instrument may be substituted therefor in corrected
form with the same force and effect as if originally received in
the corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of the
actual execution and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document
or instrument shall be deemed to have been executed and/or
delivered as of the date or dates required with respect to the
document or instrument for which it is substituted. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued
under the authority of such defective document or instrument shall
nevertheless be the valid obligations of the Company entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other
Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 1.4.
Acts of Holders .
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders
in person or by an agent thereof duly appointed in writing; and,
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments (including any
appointment of an agent) is or are delivered to the Trustee, and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company or the
Guarantor. 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 conclusive in favor of the Trustee
and the Company or the Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in
this Section 1.4 .
(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 or her the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a Person acting in other than his or her individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his or her authority. The fact and date of the
execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in
any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient and in
accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may
determine.
(c) The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
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(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done or suffered
to be done by the Trustee or the Company or the Guarantor in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(e) Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled 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.
(f) Except as
set forth in paragraph (g) of this Section 1.4 ,
the Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities 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. If
any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities 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 defined in
Section 1.4(h) ) by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from
setting a new record date for any action for which a record date
has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be canceled and of no effect). 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 in the
manner set forth in Section 1.6 .
(g) The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default,
(ii) any declaration of acceleration or rescission or
annulment thereof referred to in Section 5.2 ,
(iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section 5.7(b) or (iv) any direction referred to
in Section 5.12 . If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such
record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in
such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior
to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee
from setting a new record date for any action for which a record
date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon
the record date previously set shall automatically and with no
action by any Person be canceled and of no effect). 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 in the manner set forth in Section 1.6
.
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(h) With
respect to any record date set pursuant to paragraph (f) or
(g) of this Section 1.4 , the party hereto that
sets such record date 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 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 1.4 , the
party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have
initially designated the ninetieth (90 th )
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 one hundred eightieth
(180 th
) day after the applicable record
date.
SECTION 1.5.
Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company .
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver,
Act of Holders, or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed
with:
(i) The Trustee by
any Holder, the Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with and received by the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, or
(ii) The Company
or the Guarantor by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class,
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at 333 Earle
Ovington Blvd., Suite 900, Uniondale, NY 11553, Attention:
John Natalone and Attn: Chief Financial Officer, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company and/or the Guarantor, as applicable.
(b) The
Trustee may, but is not required to, rely upon and comply with
instructions and directions sent by email or facsimile, (or any
other reasonable means of communication) by persons believed by the
Trustee in good faith to be authorized to provide such instructions
or direction; provided, however, that the Trustee may require such
additional evidence, confirmation or certification from any such
party or parties as the Trustee, in its reasonable discretion,
deems necessary or advisable before acting or refraining from
acting upon any such instruction or direction.
(c) The
Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions
pursuant to this Agreement sent by unsecured email, facsimile
transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods;
provided, however, that any Person providing such instructions or
directions shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate
listing such designated persons, which incumbency certificate shall
be amended whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the
listing. If such Person elects to give the Trustee email or
facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic
method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such
instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such
instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or
indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance
with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions
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conflict or are
inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. Each Person
providing instructions or directions to the Trustee hereunder
agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such
electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the
Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee
acting, in good faith, on unauthorized instructions, and the risk
of interception and misuse by third parties.
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 to the address of such Holder
as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the latest
date, (if any) and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. If, 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, 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. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to
mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 1.7.
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 of this
Indenture.
SECTION 1.8.
Successors and Assigns .
This Indenture
shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any
successor to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, including
any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a
transaction involving the Company that is permitted under
Article VIII and pursuant to which the assignee agrees
in writing to perform the Company’s obligations hereunder,
the Company shall not assign its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 1.9.
Separability Clause .
If 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, and there shall be deemed substituted for the provision at
issue a valid, legal and enforceable provision as similar as
possible to the provision at issue.
SECTION 1.10.
Benefits of Indenture .
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Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to
any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors and
assigns, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the
Securities any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.11.
Governing Law .
This Indenture and
the rights and obligations of each of the Holders, the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York
without reference to its conflict of laws provisions (other than
Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law).
SECTION 1.12.
Submission to Jurisdiction.
ANY LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO OR WITH RESPECT
TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS INDENTURE MAY BE BROUGHT IN OR REMOVED TO
THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW
YORK, OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK (IN EACH CASE SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN). BY
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS INDENTURE, EACH PARTY ACCEPTS, FOR
ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS (AND
COURTS OF APPEALS THEREFROM) FOR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.
SECTION 1.13.
Non-Business Days .
If any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security
shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or the Securities) payment of interest,
premium, if any, or principal or other amounts in respect of such
Security shall not be made on such date, but shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue in
respect of the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period
from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, until such next succeeding
Business Day) except that, if such Business Day falls 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 or
Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity.
SECTION 1.14.
Shareholder Communications Act .
(a) With
respect to securities under and as defined in the Shareholders
Communications Act of 1985 (the “SCA”) issued in the
United States, the SCA requires the Trustee to disclose to the
issuers, upon their request, the name, address and securities
position of its customers who are (i) the “beneficial
owners” (as defined in the SCA) of the issuer’s
securities if the beneficial owner does not object to such
disclosure, or (ii) acting as a “respondent bank”
(as defined in the SCA) with respect to the securities. Under the
SCA, “respondent banks” do not have the option of
objecting to such disclosure upon the issuers’
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request. The
SCA defines a “beneficial owner” as any person who has,
or shares, the power to vote a security (pursuant to an agreement
or otherwise), or who directs the voting of a security. The SCA
defines a “respondent bank” as any bank, association or
other entity that exercises fiduciary powers which holds securities
on behalf of beneficial owners and deposits such securities for
safekeeping with a bank, such as Trustee. Under the SCA, each
Holder is either the “beneficial owner” or a
“respondent bank.”
(b) For
purposes of this Indenture, until Trustee receives a contrary
written instruction from a Holder, Trustee shall assume that such
Holder is the beneficial owner of the Securities.
(c) For
purposes of this Indenture, until Trustee receives a contrary
instruction from a Holder, Trustee shall release the name, address
and securities position to the Company, if the Company requests
such information pursuant to the SCA for the specific purpose of
direct communications between the Company and such Holder. With
respect to securities issued outside of the United States, if
applicable, information shall be released to issuers only if
required by law or regulation of the particular country in which
the securities are located.
SECTION 2.1.
Form of Security .
Any Security
issued hereunder shall be in substantially the following
form:
Junior Subordinated Note due
2036
Arbor Realty
SR, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
Maryland (hereinafter called the “Company,”
which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to [
], the principal sum of [
] ($[
]) or such other principal amount represented hereby as may be set
forth in the records of the Securities Registrar hereinafter
referred to in accordance with the Indenture, on June 30,
2036. The Company further promises to pay interest on said
principal sum from May 6, 2009, or from the most recent date
on and to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
quarterly in arrears on June 30, September 30,
December 30 and March 30, of each year, or if any such
day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (and
no interest shall accrue in respect of the amounts whose payment is
so delayed for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date
until such next succeeding Business Day), except that, if such
Business Day falls 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, at the Fixed Rate during the Modification
Period, and thereafter at a variable rate equal to LIBOR
plus
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2.52% per annum
until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made
available for payment; provided, further , that any overdue
principal, premium, if any, and any overdue installment of interest
shall bear Additional Interest at the Fixed Rate during the
Modification Period, and thereafter at a variable rate equal to
LIBOR plus 2.52% per annum (in each case, to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), compounded
quarterly, from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid
or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable
on demand.
Payments of
interest on the Securities shall include interest accrued to but
excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. During the
Modification Period, the amount of interest payable shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and
the amount payable for any partial period shall be computed on the
basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. Upon expiration of the Modification Period, the
amount of interest payable for any Interest Period shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of
days elapsed in the relevant Interest Period. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall, 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. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities not less than ten (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 may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture.
Payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security shall
be made 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. Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest
due at the Maturity of this Security shall be made at the Place of
Payment upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent, and
payments of interest shall be made, subject to such surrender where
applicable, by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a
banking institution in the United States as may be designated in
writing to the Paying Agent at least ten (10) Business Days
prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto unless
proper written transfer instructions have not been received by the
relevant record date, in which case such payments shall be made by
check mailed to the address of such Person as such address shall
appear in the Security Register.
The indebtedness
evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the
Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Debt, and this Security is issued
subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto.
Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same,
(a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions,
(b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to
take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his
or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder
hereof, by his or her
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acceptance
hereof, waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination
provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of
Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and
waives reliance by each such holder upon said
provisions.
Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to
any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
[FORM OF REVERSE OF
SECURITY]
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (the
“Securities” ) issued under the Junior
Subordinated Indenture, dated as of May 6, 2009 (the
“Indenture” ), between the Company, the
Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (in such
capacity, 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 Company, the Guarantor, the
Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered.
All terms used in
this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. The Company may, on any
Interest Payment Date, at its option, upon not less than thirty
(30) days’ nor more than sixty (60) days’
written notice to the Holders of the Securities (unless a shorter
notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) on or after
June 30, 2011 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 at a Redemption Price equal
to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount hereof,
together, in the case of any such redemption, with accrued
interest, including any Additional Interest, through but excluding
the date fixed as the Redemption Date.
In addition, upon
the occurrence and during the continuation of a Special Event, the
Company may, at its option, upon not less than thirty
(30) days’ nor more than sixty (60) days’
written notice to the Holders of the Securities (unless a shorter
notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), redeem this
Security, in whole but not in part, subject to the terms and
conditions of Article XI of the Indenture at a
Redemption Price equal to one hundred seven and one half percent
(107.5%) of the principal amount hereof, together, in the case of
any such redemption, with accrued interest, including any
Additional Interest, through but excluding the date fixed as the
Redemption Date.
In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. If less
than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than sixty
(60) days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the
Outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption, by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of
the principal amount of any Security.
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The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company,
the Guarantor 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, the
Guarantor and of the Holders of the Securities, with the consent of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting Holders of specified percentages in principal
amount of the Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities, to waive compliance by the Company or the Guarantor
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.
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
any premium, if any, and interest, including any Additional
Interest (to the extent legally enforceable), 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 restricted to transfers to
“Qualified Purchasers” (as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), and is registrable in
the Securities Register, upon surrender of this Security for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
and the Securities Registrar and duly executed by, the Holder
hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities, of like tenor, of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities are
issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities and of like tenor of
a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
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.
The Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor
or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor,
the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The Company and,
by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest herein,
the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest
in, this Security agree that, for
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United States
federal, state and local tax purposes, it is intended that this
Security constitute indebtedness.
This Security
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its
conflict of laws provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the
General Obligations Law).
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed
on this 6th day of May, 2009.
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ARBOR REALTY
SR, INC.
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SECTION 2.2.
Restricted Legend .
(a) Any
Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
“[IF
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY INSERT: THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR
A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE
ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND
NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF
DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS
SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE
ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
& CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
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THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT” ), AND
SUCH SECURITIES, AND ANY INTEREST THEREIN, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY SECURITIES IS
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THE SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON
THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES
ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE HOLDER OF
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AGREES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE
OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE
COMPANY OR (II) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED PURCHASER” (AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 2(a)(51) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS
AMENDED), AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF ANY
SECURITIES FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN
(A) ABOVE.
THE SECURITIES
WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000. TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF
SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN
EXCESS THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT
WHATSOEVER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY SUCH
PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF SUCH
SECURITIES FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
RECEIPT OF PRINCIPAL OF OR INTEREST ON SUCH SECURITIES, OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN SUCH SECURITIES.
THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR
THEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR
ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ( “ERISA” ), OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE” ) (EACH A “PLAN” ), OR
AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS”
BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO
PERSON
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INVESTING
“PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE
SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT IT IS NOT AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA,
OR A PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A
TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE.
”
(b) The above
legends shall not be removed from any Security unless there is
delivered to the Company satisfactory evidence, which may include
an Opinion of Counsel, as may be reasonably required to ensure that
any future transfers thereof may be made without restriction under
or violation of the provisions of the Securities Act and other
applicable law. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall deliver, upon receipt of a Company Order directing it to do
so, a Security that does not bear the legend.
SECTION 2.3.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
.
The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the
within mentioned Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY , not in
its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
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SECTION 2.4.
Temporary Securities .
(a) Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities, 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 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.
(b) If
temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities, the
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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 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 shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.5.
Definitive Securities .
The Securities
issued on the Original Issue Date shall be in definitive form. 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.
SECTION 3.1.
Payment of Principal and Interest .
(a) The
unpaid principal amount of the Securities shall bear interest at
the Fixed Rate during the Modification Period and thereafter at a
variable rate of LIBOR plus 2.52% per annum until paid or duly
provided for, such interest to accrue from the Original Issue Date
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on and to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, and any overdue
principal, premium, if any, and any overdue installment of interest
shall bear Additional Interest at the Fixed Rate during the
Modification Period, and thereafter at a variable rate of LIBOR
plus 2.52% per annum, compounded quarterly from the dates such
amounts are due until they are paid or funds for the payment
thereof are made legally available for payment.
(b) Interest
and Additional Interest on any Security that is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, except that interest
and any Additional Interest payable on the Stated Maturity (or any
date of principal repayment upon early maturity) of the principal
of a Security or on a Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person
to whom principal is paid. The initial payment of interest on any
Security that is issued between a Regular Record Date and the
related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such
Security.
(c) Any
interest on any Security that is due and payable, but is not timely
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
Securities (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the
relevant Regular Record Date
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by virtue of
having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by
the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in paragraph
(i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company
may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (a “
Special Record Date ”), which shall be fixed in the
following manner. At least thirty (30) days prior to the date of
the proposed payment, the Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on
each Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be not more than
fifteen (15) days and not less than ten (10) days prior
to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten
(10) days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of
the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of
the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Security
at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities
Register not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered on such Special Record Date;
or
(ii) The Company
may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may
be listed, traded or quoted and, upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange or automated quotation system (or by the
Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice given
by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
this clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
(d) Payments
of interest on the Securities shall include interest accrued to but
excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. During the
Modification Period, the amount of interest payable shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and
the amount payable for any partial period shall be computed on the
basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. Upon expiration of the Modification Period, the
amount of interest payable shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant
Interest Period.
(e) Payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities
shall be made 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. Payments of principal, premium, if any,
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interest due at
the Maturity of such Securities shall be made at the Place of
Payment upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent and
payments of interest shall be made subject to such surrender where
applicable, by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a
banking institution in the United States as may be designated in
writing to the Paying Agent at least ten (10) Business Days
prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto unless
proper written transfer instructions have not been received by the
relevant record date, in which case such payments shall be made by
check mailed to the address of such Person as such address shall
appear in the Security Register.
(f) The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Holders of the
Securities have certain rights to direct the Company to modify the
Interest Payment Dates and corresponding Redemption Date and Stated
Maturity of the Securities or a portion of the Securities pursuant
to the Exchange Agreement. In the event any such modifications are
made to the Securities or a portion of the Securities, appropriate
changes to the form of Security set forth in Article II hereof
shall be made prior to the issuance and authentication of new or
replacement Securities. Any such modification of the Interest
Payment Date and corresponding Redemption Date and Stated Maturity
with respect to any Securities or tranche of Securities shall not
require or be subject to the consent of the Trustee. The Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any such modifications, which
notice shall identify with particularity the necessary changes to
the form of security set forth in Article II. The Company
agrees to cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Trustee and
the Holders in connection with any of the foregoing, provided that
no action requested of the Company in connection with such
cooperation shall materially increase the obligations or materially
decrease the rights of the Company pursuant to the
Securities.
(g) The
Company may, at its option from time to time, upon not less than
thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Trustee and the
Holders, elect to terminate the Modification Period.
(h) Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.1, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for
or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION 3.2.
Denominations .
The Securities
shall be in registered form without coupons and shall be issuable
in minimum denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 3.3.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .
(a) At any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities in an aggregate
principal amount (including all then Outstanding Securities) not in
excess of Two Million Six Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Dollars
($2,632,000) 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. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting
the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
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in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(i) a copy of any
Board Resolution relating thereto; and
(ii) an Opinion of
Counsel stating that: (1) 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, and the Indenture constitutes, valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, each enforceable in
accordance with its 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; (2) the Securities
have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and have been
delivered to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this
Indenture; (3) the Securities are not required to be
registered under the Securities Act; and (4) the Indenture is
not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act.
(b) The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief
Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents. 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.
(c) 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 signatories, 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 3.8 , for all purposes of this Indenture such
Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture.
(d) Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
SECTION 3.4.
Global Securities .
(a) Upon the
election of the Holder after the Original Issue Date, which
election need not be in writing, the Securities owned by such
Holder shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Each
Global Security issued under this Indenture shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary designated by the Company 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.
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(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for registered Securities, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) such
Depositary advises the Trustee and the Company in writing that such
Depositary is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global
Security, and no qualified successor is appointed by the Company
within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company of such
notice, (ii) such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act and no successor is appointed by
the Company within ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge
of such event, (iii) the Company executes and delivers to the
Trustee a Company Order stating that the Company elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary or
(iv) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause
(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Trustee shall notify
the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all owners of
beneficial interests in such Global Security of the occurrence of
such event and of the availability of Securities to such owners of
beneficial interests requesting the same. The Trustee may
conclusively rely, and be protected in relying, upon the written
identification of the owners of beneficial interests furnished by
the Depositary, and shall not be liable for any delay resulting
from a delay by the Depositary. Upon the issuance of such
Securities and the registration in the Securities Register of such
Securities in the names of the Holders of the beneficial interests
therein, the Trustee shall recognize such holders of beneficial
interests as Holders.
(c) If any
Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or canceled
in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in whole or in
part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security, then either
(i) such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange
or cancellation as provided in this Article III or
(ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or
increased by an amount equal to (x) the portion thereof to be
so exchanged or canceled, or (y) the principal amount of such
other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest
therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment
made on the records of the Securities Registrar, whereupon the
Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Depositary Procedures,
shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to
make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such
surrender or adjustment of a Global Security by the Depositary,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate
and deliver any Securities issuable in exchange for such Global
Security (or any portion thereof) in accordance with the
instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee shall not be liable for
any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively
rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such
instructions.
(d) Every
Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof shall be authenticated and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is
registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
(f) The
Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global
Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Security for all
purposes under this Indenture and the Securities,
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and owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Security shall hold such interests
pursuant to the Applicable Depositary Procedures. Accordingly, any
such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Security shall
be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be
effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its
nominee or its Depositary Participants. The Securities Registrar
and the Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for
all purposes of this Indenture relating to a Global Security
(including the payment of principal and interest thereon and the
giving of instructions or directions by owners of beneficial
interests therein and the giving of notices) as the sole Holder of
the Security and shall have no obligations to the owners of
beneficial interests therein. Neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any
transfers effected by the Depositary.
(g) The
rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall
be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to
those established by law and agreements between such owners and the
Depositary and/or its Depositary Participants.
(h) No holder
of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its
behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture
with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be
treated by the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee as the owner of such
Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company,
the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the
Guarantor or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Guarantor, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between a
Depositary and such holders of beneficial interests, the operation
of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the
Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of any Security.
SECTION 3.5.
Registration, Transfer and Exchange Generally .
(a) The
Trustee shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a
register (the “ Securities Register ”) in which
the registrar and transfer agent with respect to the Securities
(the “ Securities Registrar ”), subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers and exchanges of
Securities. The Trustee shall at all times also be the Securities
Registrar. The provisions of Article VI shall apply to
the Trustee in its role as Securities Registrar.
(b) Subject
to compliance with Section 2.2(b) , upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security at the offices or agencies
of the Company designated for that purpose the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denominations of like tenor and aggregate principal
amount.
(c) At the
option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other
Securities of any authorized denominations, of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of
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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 upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
(d) 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.
(e) Every
Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall
(if so required by the Company or the Trustee) 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 such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing.
(f) 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.
(g) Neither
the Company nor the Trustee shall be required pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 3.5 (g) : (i) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period
beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before
the day of selection for redemption of Securities pursuant to
Article XI and ending at the close of business on the
day of mailing of the notice of redemption or (ii) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption
in whole or in part, except, in the case of any such Security to be
redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be
redeemed.
(h) The
Company shall designate an office or offices or agency or agencies
where Securities may be surrendered for registration or transfer or
exchange. The Company initially designates the Corporate Trust
Office as its office and agency for such purposes. The Company
shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and to the Holders
of any change in the location of any such office or
agency.
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