Subordinated Note
Indenture
PG&E Corporation
Reconciliation and Tie Between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Subordinated Note Indenture, Dated as of
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Trust
Indenture
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Act
Section
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Indenture Section
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(a)(1)
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609
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(a)(2)
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609
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(a)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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608, 610
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(a)
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613
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(b)(4)
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613(a)
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(b)(6)
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613(b)
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(a)
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701,702(a)
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(c)
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702(b)
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(a)
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703(a)
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(b)
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703(b)
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(c)
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703(c), 704
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(d)
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703(c)
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(a)
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704, 1007
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(b)
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Not Applicable
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(c)(1)
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102
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(c)(2)
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102
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(c)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(d)
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Not Applicable
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(e)
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102
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(a)
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601(a)
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(b)
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602
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(c)
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601(b)
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(d)
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601(c)
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(d)(1)
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601(a)(1)
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(d)(2)
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601(c)(2)
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(d)(3)
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601(c)(3)
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(e)
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514
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(a)
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101
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(a)(1)(A)
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502, 512
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(a)(1)(B)
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513
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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508
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(a)(1)
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503
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(a)(2)
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504
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(b)
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1003
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(a)
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107
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Definitions
and Other Provisions Of General Application
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Section 101. Definitions
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1
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Act
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2
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Additional
Interest
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2
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Affiliate
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2
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Authenticating
Agent
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2
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Board of
Directors
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2
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Board
Resolution
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2
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Business
Day
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2
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Certificate of
a Firm of Independent Public Accountants
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3
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Commission
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3
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Company
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3
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Company Request
or Company Order
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3
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Corporate Trust
Office
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3
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Corporation
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3
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Defaulted
Interest
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3
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Depositary
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3
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Event of
Default
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4
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Global
Security
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Guarantee
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Holder
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Indenture
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Interest
Payment Date
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4
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Junior
Subordinated Note
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4
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Maturity
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4
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Officers'
Certificate
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5
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Opinion of
Counsel
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5
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Outstanding
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Paying
Agent
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Person
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Predecessor
Security
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Property
Trustee
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Redemption
Date
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Redemption
Price
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6
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Regular Record
Date
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6
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Responsible
Officer
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Securities
Trust
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Security
Register and Security Registrar
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6
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Senior
Indebtedness
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6
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Special Record
Date
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7
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Stated
Maturity
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7
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Trust
Agreement
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Trust Indenture
Act
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7
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Trust
Securities
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Trustee
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Vice
President
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Section
102.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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Section
103.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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8
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Section
104.
Acts of Holders
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Section
105.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
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10
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Section
106.
Notice to Holders of Junior Subordinated Notes; Waiver
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10
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Section
107.
Conflict With Trust Indenture Act
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Section
108.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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Section
109.
Successors and Assigns
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11
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Section
110.
Separability Clause
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11
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Section
111.
Benefits of Indenture
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11
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Section
112.
Governing Law
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11
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Section
113.
Legal Holidays
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11
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Section
114.
Appointment of Agent for Service
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12
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ARTICLE
TWO
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Forms Of
Junior Subordinated Notes
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Section
201.
Forms Generally
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Section
202.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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Section
203.
Junior Subordinated Notes Issuable in the Form of a Global
Security
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13
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ARTICLE
THREE
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The Junior
Subordinated Notes
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Section
301.
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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15
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Section
302.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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18
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Section
303.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Section
304.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Junior Subordinated
Notes
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21
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Section
305.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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21
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Section
306.
Persons Deemed Owners
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Section
307.
Cancellation
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ii
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Section
308.
Computation of Interest
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23
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ARTICLE
FOUR
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Satisfaction
And Discharge
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Section
401.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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25
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Section
402.
Application of Trust Money
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26
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ARTICLE
FIVE
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Remedies
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Section
501.
Events of Default
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Section
502.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Section
503.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee
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Section
504.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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Section
505.
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Junior
Subordinated Notes
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Section
506.
Application of Money Collected
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Section
507.
Limitation on Suits
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Section
508.
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest
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Section
509.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section
510.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section
511.
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section
512.
Control by Holders of Junior Subordinated Notes
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Section
513.
Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section
514.
Undertaking for Costs
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Section
515.
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE
SIX
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The
Trustee
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Section
601.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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Section
602.
Notice of Defaults
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Section
603.
Certain Rights of Trustee
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Section
604.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Junior Subordinated
Notes
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Section
605.
May Hold Junior Subordinated Notes
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Section
606.
Money Held in Trust
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Section
607.
Compensation and Reimbursement
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Section
608.
Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
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Section
609.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
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Section
610.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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Section
611.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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Section
612.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business
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Section
613.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
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Section
614.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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42
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
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Holders’ Lists and
Reports by Trustee and Company
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Section
701.
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders
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44
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Section
702.
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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44
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Section
703.
Reports by Trustee
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44
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Section
704.
Reports by Company
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
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Consolidation, Merger,
Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
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Section
801.
Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Section
802.
Successor Corporation Substituted
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46
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ARTICLE
NINE
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Supplemental
Indentures
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Section
901.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Section
902.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
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48
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Section
903.
General Provisions Regarding Supplemental Indenture
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48
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Section
904.
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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49
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Section
905.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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49
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Section
906.
Conformity With Trust Indenture Act
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49
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Section
907.
Reference in Junior Subordinated Notes to Supplemental
Indentures
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49
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ARTICLE
TEN
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Covenants
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Section
1001.
Payment of Principal and Interest
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Section
1002.
Maintenance of Office or Agency
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50
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Section
1003.
Money for Junior Subordinated Notes Payments to be Held in
Trust
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50
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Section
1004.
Additional Interest
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Section
1005.
Corporate Existence
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Section
1006.
Limitations on Dividend and Certain Other Payments
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Section
1007.
Statement as to Compliance
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Section
1008.
Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN
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Redemption
Of Junior Subordinated Notes
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Section
1101.
Applicability of Article
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Section
1102.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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Section
1103.
Selection by Trustee of Junior Subordinated Notes to be
Redeemed
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54
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Section
1104.
Notice of Redemption
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Section
1105.
Deposit of Redemption Price
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Section
1106.
Junior Subordinated Notes Payable on Redemption Date
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56
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Section
1107.
Junior Subordinated Notes Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE
TWELVE
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vi
SUBORDINATED NOTE
INDENTURE
THIS SUBORDINATED
NOTE INDENTURE is made as of
, 20 , between PG&E
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the California (herein called the “Company”),
having its principal office at One Market Street, Spear Tower,
Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94105, and
, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of
, having its principal corporate trust office at
, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Subordinated Note Indenture to provide for the issuance from time
to time of its unsecured subordinated debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Junior
Subordinated Notes”), to be issued in one or more series as
in this Subordinated Note Indenture provided; and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Subordinated Note Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been
done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Junior Subordinated Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually
covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of
all Holders of the Junior Subordinated Notes or of series thereof,
as follows:
Definitions
and Other Provisions
of General
Application
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes
of this Subordinated Note Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all
other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally
accepted accounting principles” with respect to any
computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United
States of America at the date of such computation;
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(4) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Subordinated Note Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(5) Trust
Securities related to a particular series of Junior Subordinated
Notes means the series of Trust Securities the proceeds of the sale
of which were loaned to the Company in exchange for such series of
Junior Subordinated Notes, and the guarantee related to such series
of Trust Securities means the guarantee pursuant to which the
Company has guaranteed, to the extent stated therein, the payment
of distributions and certain other amounts with respect to such
series of Trust Securities.
Certain terms,
used principally in Article Six, are defined in that
Article.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder of a Junior Subordinated Note,
has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Additional
Interest” means (i) such additional amounts as may be
required so that the net amounts received and retained by the
Holder (if the Holder is a Securities Trust) after paying taxes,
duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature
(other than withholding taxes) imposed by the United States or any
other taxing authority will not be less than the amounts the Holder
would have received had no such taxes, duties, assessments, or
other governmental charges been imposed; and (ii) any interest
due and not paid on an Interest Payment Date, together with
interest thereon from such Interest Payment Date to the date of
payment, compounded quarterly, on each Interest Payment
Date.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any Securities Trust organized by the Company shall not
be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person or Persons authorized by the Trustee
to authenticate one or more series of Junior Subordinated
Notes.
“Board of
Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of the officers and/or directors
of the Company appointed by that board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Business
Day” means a day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday,
(ii) a day on which banks in New York, New York are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed, or (iii) a
day on which the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office or Property
Trustee’s principal corporate trust office is closed for
business.
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“Certificate
of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants” means a
certificate signed by an independent public accountant or a firm of
independent public accountants who may be the independent public
accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be other
independent public accountants. Such accountant or firm shall be
entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel as to the
interpretation of any legal matters relating to such
certificate.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument
such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now
assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Subordinated Note Indenture, and thereafter “Company”
shall mean such successor corporation.
“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, its President, a Vice President, its Chief Financial
Officer, its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, and delivered to
the Trustee.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee in the Borough
of Manhattan, New York City, at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which
office at the date of execution of this Subordinated Note Indenture
is located at
.
“Corporation”
includes corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies,
associations, companies and business trusts.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 305.
“Depositary”
means, unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant to either
Section 203 or 301, with respect to Junior Subordinated Notes
of any series issuable or issued as a Global Security, The
Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor
thereto registered as a clearing agency under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or
regulation.
“Eligible
Obligations” means:
(a) with respect
to Junior Subordinated Notes denominated in Dollars, Government
Obligations; or
(b) with respect
to Junior Subordinated Notes denominated in a currency other than
Dollars or in a composite currency, such other obligations or
instruments as shall be specified with respect to such Junior
Subordinated Notes as contemplated by Section 301.
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“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 501.
“Global
Security” means, with respect to any series of Junior
Subordinated Notes issued hereunder, a Junior Subordinated Note
that is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s
instruction, all in accordance with Section 203 of this
Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto.
“Government
Obligations” means securities which are (a) (i) direct
obligations of the United States where the payment or payments
thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of the United
States or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States where the timely payment or payments thereunder are
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States or (b) depository receipts issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended) as custodian with respect to any such Government
Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or
other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by
such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository
receipt; provided, that, (except as required by law) such custodian
is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to
the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by
the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the
specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount
with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt.
“Guarantee”
means a Guarantee Agreement, if any, executed and delivered by the
Company for the benefit of the holders from time to time of all or
a portion of the Trust Securities of a Securities Trust.
“Holder”,
when used with respect to any Junior Subordinated Note, means the
Person in whose name the Junior Subordinated Note is registered in
the Security Register.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the particular
series of Junior Subordinated Notes established as contemplated by
Section 301.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any series of Junior
Subordinated Notes, means the dates established for the payment of
interest thereon, as provided in the supplemental indenture for
such series.
“Junior
Subordinated Note” has the meaning stated in the first
recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Junior
Subordinated Notes authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Junior Subordinated Note, means the
date on which the principal of such Junior Subordinated Note or an
installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
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“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or a Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Junior Subordinated Notes, means, as of
the date of determination, all Junior Subordinated Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) Junior
Subordinated Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Junior
Subordinated Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Junior Subordinated
Notes; provided that if such Junior Subordinated Notes 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;
(iii) Junior
Subordinated Notes that have been paid or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Junior Subordinated Notes have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than
any such Junior Subordinated Notes in respect of which there shall
have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that
such Junior Subordinated Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in
whose hands such Junior Subordinated Notes are valid obligations of
the Company; and
(iv) Junior
Subordinated Notes, or portions thereof, converted into or
exchanged for another security if the terms of such Junior
Subordinated Notes provide for such conversion or
exchange;
provided,
however, that in determining, during any period in which any Junior
Subordinated Notes of a series are owned by any Person other than
the Company or any Affiliate thereof, whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Junior Subordinated Notes
of such series have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Junior Subordinated
Notes of such series owned by the Company or any Affiliate thereof
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. In
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Junior Subordinated Notes that the Trustee knows to
be so owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company in the
above circumstances shall be so disregarded. Junior Subordinated
Notes 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 Junior Subordinated Notes and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company.
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“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Junior
Subordinated Notes on behalf of the Company.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Junior Subordinated Note means
every previous Junior Subordinated Note evidencing all or a portion
of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Junior
Subordinated Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Junior Subordinated Note authenticated and delivered under
Section 304 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Junior Subordinated Note shall be deemed
to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Junior Subordinated Note.
“Property
Trustee”, when used with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Notes of any series, means the Person designated as such in the
related Trust Agreement.
“Redemption
Date”, when used with respect to any Junior Subordinated Note
to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Junior Subordinated
Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Junior Subordinated Notes of any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301,
whether or not a Business Day.
“Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the
board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the
president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any
assistant cashier, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller
or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Securities
Trust” means any statutory business trust formed by the
Company or an Affiliate to issue Trust Securities, the proceeds of
which will be used to purchase Junior Subordinated Notes of one or
more series.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 303.
“Senior
Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company,
(i) any payment due in respect of indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding at the date of execution of this Subordinated
Note Indenture or thereafter incurred, created, or assumed,
(a) in respect of money borrowed (including any financial
derivative, hedging or futures contract or similar
instrument)
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and
(b) evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds, notes or other
similar instruments issued by the Company which, by their terms,
are senior or senior subordinated debt securities including,
without limitation, all obligations under its indentures with
various trustees; (ii) all capital lease obligations; (iii)
all obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations of
the Company under any title retention agreement (but excluding
trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business
and long-term purchase obligations); (iv) all obligations for
the reimbursement of any letter of credit, banker’s
acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit
transaction; (v) all obligations of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv) above of other persons the
payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor,
guarantor or otherwise; and (vi) all obligations of the type
referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other
persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company
(whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company), except
for (1) any such indebtedness that is by its terms
subordinated to or pari passu with the Junior Subordinated Notes
and (2) any unsecured indebtedness between or among the
Company or its Affiliates. Such Senior Indebtedness shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions
contained in Article Thirteen irrespective of any amendment,
modification or waiver of any term of such Senior
Indebtedness.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Junior Subordinated Notes of any series means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 305.
“Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Junior Subordinated
Note or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon,
means the date specified in such Junior Subordinated Note as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Junior Subordinated Note
or such installment of principal or interest is due and
payable.
“Trust
Agreement”, when used with respect to a Securities Trust,
means the agreement or instrument that governs the affairs of such
Securities Trust.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a
particular provision thereof shall mean such Trust Indenture Act or
provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to
time.
“Trust
Securities” means the securities issued by a Securities Trust
evidencing the entire beneficial interest therein.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such with respect to one or more series of Junior
Subordinated Notes pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as
used with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes of any series
shall mean the Trustee with respect to Junior Subordinated Notes of
that series.
“Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a
number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president.”
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Section 102. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions.
Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all
such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application
or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include
(i) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
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 contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee.
In
any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary
that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion
of, only one such Person, or that they be certified or covered by
only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or
give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be rendered,
insofar as it relates to matters of New
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York law, in
reliance on an opinion of New York counsel, which may be an opinion
contemporaneously delivered to a third party or parties and shall
expressly permit such reliance.
Where
any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements,
opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but
need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of
Holders.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given 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 agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent,
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject
to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(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 a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that
the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to
him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority.
(c) The
principal amount and serial numbers of Junior Subordinated Notes
held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be
proved by the Security Register.
(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Junior
Subordinated Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Junior
Subordinated Note and the Holder of every Junior Subordinated Note
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Junior Subordinated Note.
(e) The fact
and date of execution of any such instrument or writing and the
authority of the Person executing the same may also be proved in
any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient; and the
Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to
any of the matters referred to in this Section.
(f) If the
Company shall solicit from the Holders of Junior Subordinated Notes
of any series any Act, the Company may, at its option, by Board
Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of
Holders of Junior Subordinated Notes entitled to take such Act, but
the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Any such record date
shall be fixed at the Company’s discretion. If such a record
date is fixed, such Act may be sought or given before or
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after the
record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of
business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders of
Junior Subordinated Notes for the purpose of determining whether
Holders of the requisite proportion of Junior Subordinated Notes of
such series Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to
such Act, and for that purpose the Junior Subordinated Notes of
such series Outstanding shall be computed as of such record
date.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee
and Company.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to,
or filed with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder of a Junior Subordinated Note or by the
Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made,
given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trustee Administration
Department, or transmitted by facsimile transmission or other
direct written electronic means to such telephone number or other
electronic communications address as the Trustee shall from time to
time designate, or transmitted by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, or overnight courier guaranteeing next
day delivery, charges prepaid, to the Trustee, at its Corporate
Trust Office,
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and transmitted by facsimile transmission
or other direct written electronic means to such telephone number
or other electronic communications address as the Trustee shall
from time to time designate, or transmitted by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or overnight courier
guaranteeing next day delivery, charges prepaid, to the Company
addressed to the attention of its Secretary, at One Market, Spear
Tower, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94105, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Junior
Subordinated Notes; Waiver.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Junior Subordinated Notes of any
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given if in writing and
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by
such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such Notice.
In
case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such
notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification
for every purpose hereunder. 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 of
Junior
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Subordinated
Notes shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. Conflict With Trust
Indenture Act.
If
any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required to be a part
of and govern this Indenture, such required provision shall
control.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and
Table of Contents.
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
Section 109. Successors and
Assigns.
All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or
not.
Section 110. Separability
Clause.
In
case any provision in this Indenture or the Junior Subordinated
Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of
Indenture.
Nothing
in this Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto,
their successors hereunder and the Holders of Junior Subordinated
Notes and, to the extent provided in Section 1403, the holders
of Senior Indebtedness or Trust Securities, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture.
Section 112. Governing
Law.
This
Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Notes shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of
law.
Section 113. Legal
Holidays.
In
any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Junior Subordinated Note shall not be a Business
Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or
of the Junior Subordinated Notes) payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day, except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each
case with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the
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Stated
Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so
payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 114. Appointment of Agent for
Service.
By
the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent upon which process may be served
in any legal action or proceeding which may be instituted in any
Federal or State court in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City,
arising out of or relating to the Junior Subordinated Notes or this
Indenture. Service of process upon such agent at the office of such
agent at
,
Attention: Corporate Trustee Administration Department (or such
other address in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, as may be
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee), and written notice of
such service to the Company by the Person serving the same
addressed as provided in Section 105, shall be deemed in every
respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such
legal action or proceeding, and the Company hereby submits to the
jurisdiction of any such court in which any such legal action or
proceeding is so instituted. Such appointment shall be irrevocable
so long as the Holders of Junior Subordinated Notes shall have any
rights pursuant to the terms thereof or of this Indenture until the
appointment of a successor by the Company with the consent of the
Trustee and such successor’s acceptance of such appointment.
The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including
the execution and filing of any and all such documents and
instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and
appointment of such agent or successor.
By
the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Trustee hereby
agrees to act as such agent and undertakes promptly to notify the
Company of receipt by it of service of process in accordance with
this Section.
Forms of
Junior Subordinated Notes
Section 201. Forms
Generally.
The
Junior Subordinated Notes of each series shall be in substantially
the form appended to the supplemental indenture authorizing such
series, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities
exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Junior Subordinated Notes, as evidenced by
their execution of the Junior Subordinated Notes.
The
Junior Subordinated Notes of each series shall be issuable in
registered form without coupons.
The
definitive Junior Subordinated Notes may be printed, typewritten,
lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be
produced in any other manner, all
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as determined
by the officers executing such Junior Subordinated Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of such Junior Subordinated
Notes.
Section 202. Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication.
The
form of the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication for a
series of Junior Subordinated Notes shall be in substantially the
form appended to the Supplemental Indenture authorizing such
series.
Section 203. Junior Subordinated Notes
Issuable in the Form of a Global Security.
(a) If the
Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the
Junior Subordinated Notes of a particular series are to be issued
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities,
then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance
with Section 302 and the Company Order delivered to the
Trustee thereunder, authenticate and deliver such Global Security
or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Junior Subordinated Notes of such series to be
represented by such Global Security or Securities, (ii) may
provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Junior
Subordinated Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
increased or reduced to reflect exchanges, (iii) shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security
or Securities or its nominee, (iv) shall be delivered by the
Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s
instruction and (v) shall bear a legend in accordance with the
requirements of the Depositary.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 203 or of
Section 303, subject to the provisions of paragraph
(c) below, unless the terms of a Global Security expressly
permit such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for
individual Junior Subordinated Notes, a Global Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in
Section 303, only to a nominee of the Depositary for such Global
Security, or to the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary for
such Global Security selected or approved by the Company, or to a
nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) (1) If
at any time the Depositary for a Global Security notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such Global Security or if at any time the Depositary for the
Junior Subordinated Notes for such series shall no longer be
eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the
Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such
Global Security. If a successor Depositary for such Global Security
is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the
Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
individual Junior Subordinated Notes of such series in exchange for
such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver individual
Junior Subordinated Notes of such series of like tenor and terms in
definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global
Security.
(2) The
Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
the Junior Subordinated Notes of any series issued or issuable in
the form of one or more Global
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Securities
shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or
Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication
and delivery of individual Junior Subordinated Notes of such series
in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security, will
authenticate and deliver individual Junior Subordinated Notes of
such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange
for such Global Security or Securities.
(3) If
specified by the Company pursuant to Section 301 with respect
to Junior Subordinated Notes issued or issuable in the form of a
Global Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may
surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for
individual Junior Subordinated Notes of such series of like tenor
and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the
Company and such Depositary. Thereupon the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service
charge, (A) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new
Junior Subordinated Note or Notes of the same series of like tenor
and terms and of any authorized denomination as requested by such
Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for
such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(B) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and
terms and in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if
any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global
Security and the aggregate principal amount of Junior Subordinated
Notes delivered to Holders thereof.
(4) In
any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs,
the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and
deliver individual Junior Subordinated Notes in definitive form in
authorized denominations. Upon the exchange of the entire principal
amount of a Global Security for individual Junior Subordinated
Notes, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee.
Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, Junior Subordinated
Notes issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this
Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant
to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or
otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. Provided that the Company
and the Trustee have so agreed, the Trustee shall deliver such
Junior Subordinated Notes to the Persons in whose names the Junior
Subordinated Notes are registered.
(5) Any
endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any
increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of
Holders, of Outstanding Junior Subordinated Notes represented
thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons
as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be
delivered pursuant to Section 302 with respect thereto.
Subject to the provisions of Section 302, the Trustee shall
deliver and redeliver any such Global Security in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein
or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to
Section 302 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any
instructions by the Company with respect to such Global Security
shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in
an Officer’s Certificate and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel.
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The Junior
Subordinated Notes
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable
in Series.
The
aggregate principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes which may
be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited.
The
Junior Subordinated Notes may be issued in one or more series.
There may be established, pursuant to one or more indentures
supplemental hereto or in a Board Resolution, or in an
Officer’s Certificate pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture or
a Board Resolution, prior to the issuance of Junior Subordinated
Notes of any series,
(1) the
title of the Junior Subordinated Notes of the series (which shall
distinguish the Junior Subordinated Notes of the series from Junior
Subordinated Notes of all other series);
(2) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Junior
Subordinated Notes of the series which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Junior Subordinated
Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of,
or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Junior Subordinated Notes
of the series pursuant to Sections 203, 303, 304, 907 or
1107);
(3) the
Person to whom interest on a Junior Subordinated Note of the series
shall be payable if other than the Person in whose name that Junior
Subordinated Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest;
(4) the
date or dates on which the principal of the Junior Subordinated
Notes of the series is payable or any formula or other method or
other means by which such date or dates shall be determined, by
reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside
of this Indenture or otherwise (without regard to any provisions
for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension)
and the right, if any, to extend the Maturity of the Junior
Subordinated Notes of such series, and the duration of any such
extension;
(5) the
rate or rates at which the Junior Subordinated Notes of the series
shall bear interest, if any (including the rate or rates at which
overdue principal shall bear interest, if different from the rate
or rates at which such Junior Subordinated Notes shall bear
interest prior to Maturity, and if applicable, the rate or rates at
which overdue premium or interest shall bear interest, if any), or
any method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, or any
formula or other method or other means by which such rate or rates
shall be determined, by reference to an index or other fact or
event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable, the Regular
Record Date for the interest payable on Junior Subordinated Notes
on any Interest Payment Date and the basis upon which interest
shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months, and the right, if any, to extend the
interest payment periods and the duration of any such
extension;
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(6) the
place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on Junior Subordinated Notes of the series shall
be payable;
(7) the
methods by which (i) registration of transfer of Junior
Subordinated Notes of such series may be effected,
(ii) exchanges of Junior Subordinated Notes of such series may
be effected and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series
and this Indenture may be made, given, furnished, filed or served,
if other than as provided in Section 105; the Note Registrar
and any Paying Agent or Agents for such series; and, if such is the
case, that the principal of such Junior Subordinated Notes shall be
payable without the presentment or surrender thereof;
(8) if
the time for the giving of redemption notices for such series of
Junior Subordinated Notes shall be other than as provided in
Section 1104, such different time, and the period or periods
within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which the Junior
Subordinated Notes of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company (including, without limitation,
any provision for the payment of a “make-whole”,
yield-maintenance or similar premium in connection with the
redemption of Junior Subordinated Notes of such series during a
“no-call” or other period during which such Junior
Subordinated Notes are generally not subject to optional redemption
by the Company) and any restrictions on such
redemptions;
(9) the
obligation or obligations, if any, of the Company to redeem,
purchase or repay the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series
pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the
option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which
or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which, Junior Subordinated Notes of the
series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation, and applicable exceptions to the
requirements of Section 1104 in the case of mandatory
redemption or redemption or repayment at the option of the
Holder;
(10) the
denominations in which Junior Subordinated Notes of the series
shall be issuable;
(11) the
currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which
payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series shall be
payable (if other than in Dollars); it being understood that, for
purposes of calculations under this Indenture, any amounts
denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a composite
currency shall be converted to Dollar equivalents by calculating
the amount of Dollars which could have been purchased by the amount
of such other currency based on such quotations or methods of
determination as shall be specified pursuant to this clause
(10);
(12) if
the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Junior Subordinated Notes of such series are to be payable, at the
election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency
other than that in which the Junior Subordinated Notes are stated
to be payable, the coin or currency in which payment of any amount
as to which such election is made will be payable, the period or
periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon
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which, such
election may be made; it being understood that, for purposes of
calculations under this Indenture, any such election shall be
required to be taken into account, in the manner contemplated in
clause (10) of this paragraph, only after such election shall
have been made;
(13) if
the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Junior Subordinated Notes of such series are to be payable, or are
to be payable at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof,
in securities or other property, the type and amount of such
securities or other property, or the formula or other method or
other means by which such amount shall be determined, and the
period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, any such election may be made; it being understood that all
calculations under this Indenture shall be made on the basis of the
fair market value of such securities or the fair value of such
other property, in either case determined as of the most recent
practicable date, except that, in the case of any amount of
principal or interest that may be so payable at the election of the
Company or a Holder, if such election shall not yet have been made,
such calculations shall be made on the basis of the amount of
principal or interest, as the case may be, that would be payable if
no such election were made;
(14) if
the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest (including Additional Interest) on the Junior Subordinated
Notes of the series may be determined with reference to an index or
formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(15) any
deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of
Default or covenants of the Company as provided herein pertaining
to the Junior Subordinated Notes of the series, and any change in
the rights of the Trustee or Holders of such series pursuant to
Section 901 or 902;
(16) any
additions to the definitions currently set forth in this Indenture
with respect to such series;
(17) whether
the Junior Subordinated Notes of the series shall be issued in
whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities;
the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security
or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for certificated
Junior Subordinated Notes of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized denomination and the circumstances under which such
exchange may occur, if other than in the manner provided for in
Section 203; the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities; and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by
any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of the legend
referred to in Section 203;
(18) to
the extent not established pursuant to clause (16) of this
paragraph, any limitations on the rights of the Holders of the
Junior Subordinated Notes of such series to transfer or exchange
such Junior Subordinated Notes or to obtain the registration of
transfer thereof; and if a service charge will be made for the
registration of transfer or exchange of Junior Subordinated Notes
of such series, the amount or terms thereof;
(19) the
right, if any, of the Company to extend the interest payment
periods of such series of Junior Subordinated Notes, including the
maximum duration of any such extension or extensions, the
Additional Interest, if any, payable on such Junior Subordinated
Notes during
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any extension
of the interest payment period and any notice (which shall include
notice to the Trustee) that must be given upon the exercise of such
right to extend interest payment periods;
(20) any
restriction or condition on the transferability of such Junior
Subordinated Notes; and
(21) if
other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes of such series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(22) the
terms, if any, pursuant to which the Junior Subordinated Notes of
such series may be converted into or exchanged for shares of
capital stock or other securities of the Company or any other
Person;
(23) the
obligations or instruments, if any, which shall be considered to be
Eligible Obligations in respect of the Junior Subordinated Notes of
such series denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a
composite currency, and any additional or alternative provisions
for the reinstatement of the Company’s indebtedness in
respect of such Junior Subordinated Notes after the satisfaction
and discharge thereof as provided in Section 401;
(24) any
exceptions to Section 113, or variation in the definition of
Business Day, with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes of such
series; and
(25) any
other terms of the series.
All Junior
Subordinated Notes of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to the date or dates from which interest, if
any, shall accrue and denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in the terms of such Junior Subordinated Notes determined
or established as provided above. All Junior Subordinated Notes of
any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of
additional Junior Subordinated Notes of such series.
Section 302. Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating.
The Junior
Subordinated Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
any two of the following: the President, the Chief Executive
Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. The corporate seal of the
Company may be affixed thereto or reproduced thereon and attested
by any Authorized Officer, the Secretary of the Company or any
Assistant Secretary of the Company. The signature of any of these
officers on the Junior Subordinated Notes may be manual or
facsimile.
Junior
Subordinated Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at the time relevant to the authorization
thereof 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
Junior Subordinated Notes or did not hold such offices at the date
of such Junior Subordinated Notes.
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At any time and
from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Junior Subordinated Notes of any
series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery
of such Junior Subordinated Notes, and the Trustee, in accordance
with the Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver such Junior
Subordinated Notes. If all of the Junior Subordinated Notes of any
series are not to be issued at one time and if the supplemental
indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company
Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the
issuance of such Junior Subordinated Notes and determining the
terms of particular Junior Subordinated Notes of such series, such
as interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from
which interest shall accrue. In authenticating Junior Subordinated
Notes hereunder, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Junior Subordinated Notes,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying
upon:
(1) an
Opinion of Counsel, to the effect that the form and terms of such
Junior Subordinated Notes or the manner of determining such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(2) an
Officer’s Certificate stating, to the knowledge of the signer
of such certificate, that no Event of Default with respect to any
of the Junior Subordinated Notes shall have occurred and be
continuing.
The Trustee
shall not be required to authenticate such Junior Subordinated
Notes if the issue of such Junior Subordinated Notes pursuant to
this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties
or immunities under the Junior Subordinated Notes and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
If all the Junior
Subordinated Notes of any series are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and
Officer’s Certificate at the time of issuance of each such
Junior Subordinated Note, but such opinion and certificate shall be
delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Junior
Subordinated Note of such series to be issued.
Each Junior
Subordinated Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
No Junior
Subordinated Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there
appears on such Junior Subordinated Note a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Junior Subordinated Note shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Junior Subordinated Note has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
Section 303. Registration, Registration
of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall
cause to be kept at the office of the Security Registrar designated
pursuant to this Section 303 or Section 1002 a register
(referred to as the “Security Register”) in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall provide for the registration of Junior Subordinated
Notes and of transfers of Junior Subordinated Notes. The
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Trustee is
hereby initially appointed as Security Registrar for the purpose of
registering Junior Subordinated Notes and transfers of Junior
Subordinated Notes as herein provided.
Subject to
Section 203, upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Junior Subordinated Note of any series at the office or agency
maintained for such purpose for such series, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Junior Subordinated Notes of the same series, Stated Maturity and
original issue date, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Subject to
Section 203, Junior Subordinated Notes of any series may be
exchanged, at the option of the Holder, for Junior Subordinated
Notes of the same series, Stated Maturity and original issue date,
of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Junior Subordinated Notes
to be exchanged at any such office or agency.
Whenever any
Junior Subordinated Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Junior Subordinated Notes that the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
All Junior
Subordinated Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Junior Subordinated Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Junior
Subordinated Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer
or exchange.
Every Junior
Subordinated Note presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for 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
Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge
shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Junior Subordinated Notes, 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 registration of transfer or
exchange of Junior Subordinated Notes, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 304, 907 or 1107 not involving any
transfer.
The Company shall
not be required (i) to issue, to register the transfer of or
to exchange Junior Subordinated Notes of any series during a period
of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given
identifying the serial numbers of the Junior Subordinated Notes of
that series called for redemption, or (ii) to issue, to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Junior Subordinated
Notes so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Junior Subordinated Note being redeemed
in part.
None of the
Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar
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 for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.
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Section 304. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Junior Subordinated Notes.
If any mutilated
Junior Subordinated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Junior Subordinated Note of the same
series, Stated Maturity and original issue date, and of like tenor
and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
If there shall be
delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Junior
Subordinated Note and (ii) such security or indemnity as may
be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Trustee that such Junior Subordinated Note has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Junior Subordinated Note, a new Junior
Subordinated Note of the same series, Stated Maturity and original
issue date, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Junior Subordinated Note has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Junior Subordinated Note,
pay such Junior Subordinated Note.
Upon the issuance
of any new Junior Subordinated Note under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Junior
Subordinated Note of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Junior Subordinated Note
shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Junior
Subordinated Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
any such new Junior Subordinated Note shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all other Junior Subordinated Notes of that series duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Junior Subordinated Notes.
Section 305. Payment of Interest;
Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise
provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any
series of Junior Subordinated Notes, interest (including Additional
Interest) on any Junior Subordinated Note 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 Junior Subordinated
Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest.
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Any interest
(including Additional Interest) on any Junior Subordinated Note of
any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue
of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid
by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause
(1) or (2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Junior Subordinated
Note of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at
the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest
as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than
10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of
the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of
the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Junior
Subordinated Notes of such series at the address of such Holder as
it appears in the Security Register, not less than 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 Junior Subordinated Notes of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer
be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) on the Junior Subordinated Notes of
any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Junior
Subordinated Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to
the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section, each Junior Subordinated Note
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Junior Subordinated Note
shall carry the rights to interest accrued (including Additional
Interest, if any) and unpaid, and to accrue (including Additional
Interest, if any), which were carried by such other Junior
Subordinated Note.
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Section 306. Persons Deemed
Owners.
Prior to due
presentment of a Junior Subordinated Note for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Junior
Subordinated Note is registered as the absolute owner of such
Junior Subordinated Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 305)
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on such Junior
Subordinated Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Junior Subordinated Note be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 307.
Cancellation.
All Junior
Subordinated Notes surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any
sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to
the Trustee for cancellation any Junior Subordinated Notes
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Junior
Subordinated Notes so delivered shall be canceled by the Trustee.
No Junior Subordinated Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or
in exchange for any Junior Subordinated Notes canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.
All cancelled Junior Subordinated Notes held by the Trustee shall
be disposed of in accordance with a Company Order and the Trustee
shall promptly deliver a certificate of disposition to the
Company.
Section 308. Computation of
Interest.
Except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Junior
Subordinated Notes of any series, interest on the Junior
Subordinated Notes of each series shall be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Satisfaction
and Discharge
Section 401.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Junior Subordinated Notes.
Any Junior
Subordinated Note or Junior Subordinated Notes, or any portion of
the principal amount thereof, shall be deemed to have been paid and
no longer Outstanding for all purposes of this Indenture, and the
entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof shall be
satisfied and discharged, if there shall have been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Company), in trust:
(a) money in
an amount which shall be sufficient, or
(b) in the
case of a deposit made prior to the Maturity of such Junior
Subordinated Notes or portions thereof, Eligible Obligations, which
shall not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other
prepayment thereof at the option of the issuer thereof, the
principal of and
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the interest on
which when due, without any regard
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