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EXHIBIT 4.7
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PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
FLAGSTAR BANCORP, INC.
and
FMB TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Dated: March __, 1999
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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE
Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, Section of Guarantee Agreement
as Amended
310(a) 4.01(a)
310(b) 4.01(c), 2.08
310(c) Inapplicable
311(a) 2.02(b)
311(b) 2.02(b)
311(c) Inapplicable
312(a) 2.02(a)
312(b) 2.02(b)
313 2.03
314(a) 2.04
314(b) Inapplicable
314(c) 2.05
314(d) Inapplicable
314(e) 1.01, 2.05, 3.02
314(f) 2.01, 3.02
315(a) 3.01(d)
315(b) 2.07
315(c) 3.01
315(d) 3.01(d)
316(a) 1.01, 3.06, 5.04
316(b) 5.03
316(c) 8.02
317(a) Inapplicable
317(b) Inapplicable
318(a) 2.01(b)
318(b) 2.01
318(c) 2.01(a)
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PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Preferred Securities Guarantee"), dated
as of March __, 1999, is executed and delivered by FLAGSTAR BANCORP, INC.., a
Michigan corporation (the "Guarantor"), and FMB TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the "Preferred Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of
the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Preferred Securities
(as defined herein) of FLAGSTAR TRUST I, a Delaware statutory business trust
("Flagstar Trust").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the
"Trust Agreement") dated as of March __, 1999 among the trustees of Flagstar
Trust named therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to
time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of Flagstar Trust, Flagstar
Trust is issuing on the date hereof__________ preferred securities, having an
aggregate liquidation amount of $_______________________ designated the
__% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities (the "Preferred Securities"); and
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to
the extent set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay to the
Holders of the Preferred Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein)
and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of
Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit
the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Preferred Securities
Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
.1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS. In this Preferred Securities
Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee
but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.01;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Preferred Securities Guarantee
has the same meaning throughout;
(c) all references to "the Preferred Securities Guarantee" or
"this Preferred Securities Guarantee" are to this Preferred Securities
Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(d) all references in this Preferred Securities Guarantee to
Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
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(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning
when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise
defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee or unless the context
otherwise requires; and
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.
"Business Day" means any day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day
on which banking institutions in the State of Michigan are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed, or (c) a day on which the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee's Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
at which the corporate trust business of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall,
at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Agreement is located at 25 South Charles Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21203, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Preferred
Securities.
"Debt" means with respect to any person, whether recourse is to all or a
portion of the assets of such person and whether or not contingent: (a) every
obligation of such person for money borrowed; (b) every obligation of such
person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property,
assets or businesses; (c) every reimbursement obligation of such person with
respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar facilities issued
for the account of such person; (d) every obligation of such person issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding
trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business); (e) every capital lease obligation of such person; and (f) every
obligation of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (e) of another person
and all dividends of another person the payment of which, in either case, such
person has guaranteed or for which such person is responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or
other obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without
duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities, to the extent not paid or
made by Flagstar Trust: (a) any accrued and unpaid Distributions (as defined in
the Trust Agreement) that are required to be paid on such Preferred Securities
to the extent Flagstar Trust shall have funds available therefor, (b) the
redemption price, including all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of
redemption (the "Redemption Price") to the extent Flagstar Trust has funds
available therefor, with respect to any Preferred Securities called for
redemption by Flagstar Trust, and (c) upon a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, winding-up or termination of Flagstar Trust (other than in
connection with the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to the
Holders
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in exchange for Preferred Securities as provided in the Trust Agreement), the
lesser of (i) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid
Distributions on the Preferred Securities to the date of payment, to the extent
Flagstar Trust shall have funds available therefor, and (ii) the amount of
assets of Flagstar Trust remaining available for distribution to Holders in
liquidation of Flagstar Trust (in either case, the "Liquidation Distribution").
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of
Flagstar Trust of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder"
shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate of
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Subordinated Indenture dated as of March __, 1999,
among the Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and American Securities Transfer &
Trust, Inc., as trustee, and any indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to
which the Junior Subordinated Debentures are to be issued to the Property
Trustee (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of Flagstar Trust.
"Junior Subordinated Debentures" means the series of junior subordinated
deferrable interest debt securities of the Guarantor designated the __% Junior
Subordinated Debentures due 2029 held by the Property Trustee of Flagstar Trust.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities" means, except
as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Holders of Preferred
Securities, voting separately as a class, of more than 50% of the liquidation
amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption,
liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon
which the voting percentages are determined) of all Preferred Securities.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by two Authorized officers of such Person. Any Officers' Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definition
relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers'
Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination
or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable
such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
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(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means American Securities Transfer &
Trust, Inc., until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, including any vice-president, any assistant vice-president,
any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or other officer
of the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Preferred Guarantee
Trustee under Section 4.01.
"Senior and Subordinated Debt" means the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any (including interest accruing on or after the filing of
any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Guarantor
whether or not such claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding), on Debt of the Guarantor, whether incurred on or prior to the date
of the Indenture or thereafter incurred, unless, in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided
that such obligations are not superior in right of payment to the Preferred
Securities Guarantee or to other Debt which is pari passu with, or subordinated
to, the Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that Senior and
Subordinated Debt shall not be deemed to include (a) any Debt of the Guarantor
which when incurred and without respect to any election under section 1111(b) of
the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was without recourse to
the Guarantor, (b) any Debt of the Guarantor to any of its subsidiaries, (c) any
Debt to any employee of the Guarantor, (d) any Debt which by its terms is
subordinated to trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business to the extent that payments made to the holders of
such Debt by the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures as a result of
the subordination provisions of the Indenture would be greater than they
otherwise would have been as a result of any obligation of such holders to pay
amounts over to the obligees on such trade accounts payable or accrued
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business as a result of the
subordination provisions to which such Debt is subject, (e) the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, and (f) any other debt securities issued pursuant to
the Indenture.
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"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
.1. TRUST INDENTURE ACT; APPLICATION.
(a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions; and
(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act,
such imposed duties shall control.
.2. LISTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
with a list, in such form as the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities ("List of Holders") (i) on or before January 15
and July 15 of each year, and (ii) at any other time within 30 days of
receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of Holders, as
of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee provided, that the Guarantor shall not
be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of
Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to
it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its
obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
.3. REPORTS BY THE PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE. On or before July 15 of
each year, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of
the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with
the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
.4. PERIODIC REPORTS TO PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE. The Guarantor
shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such documents, reports and
information as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, and
the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in
the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act.
.5. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. The Guarantor
shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance
with the conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Preferred Securities
Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set forth
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in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion
required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in
the form of an Officers' Certificate.
.6. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; WAIVER. The Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of Preferred Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of
the Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences.
Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
.7. EVENT OF DEFAULT; NOTICE.
(a) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after
the occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Preferred Securities, notices of
all Events of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured
before the giving of such notice, provided, that, the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and
so long as a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in
good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall have received a properly addressed written notice, or of
which a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee charged
with the administration of the Trust Agreement shall have obtained
actual knowledge.
.8. CONFLICTING INTERESTS. The Trust Agreement shall be deemed to be
specifically described in this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the purposes
of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
.1. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.
(a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not
transfer this Preferred Securities Guarantee to any Person except a
Holder of Preferred Securities exercising such Holder's rights pursuant
to Section 5.04(b) or to a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee on
acceptance by such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee of its
appointment to act as Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee. The right,
title and interest of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
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automatically vest in any Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee, and
such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not
conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the
appointment of such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer
of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Preferred Securities
Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
(c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any
Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may
have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Preferred Securities
Guarantee against the Preferred Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to
Section 2.06) and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its
exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
construed to relieve the Preferred Guarantee Trustee from liability for
its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own
willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for
the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Preferred Securities
Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Preferred Securities Guarantee against the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
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not they conform to the requirements of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for
any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer
of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not
less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities
Guarantee; and
(iv) no provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee
shall require the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers if the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds
or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee or indemnity, reasonably
satisfactory to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
.2. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01:
(i) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely
upon, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed,
sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by
this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem
it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request
and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon
receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the
Guarantor.
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(iv) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to
see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or
any re-recording, re-filing or registration thereof).
(v) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel,
and the written advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to
legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of
its Affiliates and may include any of its employees. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by
this Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of
any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses and the expenses of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's
agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in complying with such request or direction,
including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee; provided that, nothing contained in
this Section 3.02(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of
its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by
this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(vii) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to
make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it
may see fit.
(viii) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or
attorneys, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(ix) Any action taken by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or
its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, and the signature of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform
any such action. No third party shall be required to inquire as to
the authority of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to so act or as
to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, both of
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which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee's or its agent's taking such action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it
desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any
remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee (A) may request instructions from the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities, (B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or
taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(C) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in
accordance with such instructions.
(b) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty
or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which
it shall be illegal, or in which the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty
or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
.3. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF GUARANTEE. The recitals
contained in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be taken as the
statements of the Guarantor, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee does not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee makes
no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Preferred Securities
Guarantee.
.4. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. The Guarantor covenants and agrees
to pay to the Preferred Guarantor Trustee, and the Preferred Guarantor Trustee
shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust), as the Guarantor and the Preferred Guarantor Trustee may from time to
time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the
trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers
and duties hereunder of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, the Guarantor will pay or reimburse the
Preferred Guarantor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Preferred Guarantor Trustee
in accordance with any of the provisions of this Preferred Securities Guarantee
(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The
Guarantor also covenants to indemnify the Preferred Guarantor Trustee (and its
officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Preferred Guarantor Trustee and arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses
of defending itself against any claims of liability in the premises.
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ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
.1. PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE; ELIGIBILITY.
(a) There shall at all times be a Preferred Guarantee Trustee
which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any state or territory
thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person
permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an
institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least with respect to the
initial Trustee $500,000 (and its principal parent holding company
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000) and
with respect to any successor Trustee $50,000,000, and subject to
supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to
above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.01(a)(ii), the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published.
(b) If at any time the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall cease to
be eligible to so act under Section 4.01(a), the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set
out in Section 4.02(c).
(c) If the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor
shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
.2. APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES.
(a) Subject to Section 4.02(b), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in
accordance with Section 4.02(a) until a Successor Preferred Guarantee
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written
instrument executed by such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee and
delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold
office until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Preferred Guarantee
Trustee may resign from office (without need for
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prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which
resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Preferred Guarantee
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
instrument in writing executed by such Successor Preferred Guarantee
Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Preferred
Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.02
within 60 days after delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of
resignation, the resigning Preferred Guarantee Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor
Preferred Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after
prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a
Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or
omissions to act of any Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or
removal or resignation of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee pursuant to
this Section 4.02, the Guarantor shall pay to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee all amounts accrued to the date of such termination, removal or
resignation.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
.1. GUARANTEE. The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to
pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of
amounts theretofore paid by Flagstar Trust), as and when due, regardless of any
defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that Flagstar Trust may have or
assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied
by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by
causing Flagstar Trust to pay such amounts to the Holders.
.2. WAIVER OF NOTICE AND DEMAND. The Guarantor hereby waives notice of
acceptance of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which
it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a
proceeding first against Flagstar Trust or any other Person before proceeding
against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice
of redemption and all other notices and demands.
.3. OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED. The obligations, covenants, agreements
and duties of the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall in
no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of
any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of
the Performance or observance by Flagstar Trust of any express or
implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the
Preferred Securities to be performed or observed by Flagstar Trust;
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(b) the extension of time for the payment by Flagstar Trust of all
or any portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation
Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the Preferred
Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other
obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Preferred
Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of
Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other sum
payable that results from the extension of any interest payment period
on the Junior Subordinated Debentures or any extension of the maturity
date of the Junior Subordinated Debentures permitted by the Indenture);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part
of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege,
power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the
Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of Flagstar Trust
granting indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of
any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting,
Flagstar Trust or any of the assets of Flagstar Trust;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Preferred
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed
hereby or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it
being the intent of this Section 5.03 that the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and
all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or
obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
.4. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting of any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Preferred Securities
Guarantee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(b) Any Holder of Preferred Securities may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce its rights under
this Preferred Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal
proceeding against Flagstar Trust, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or
any other Person.
.5. GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT. This Preferred Securities Guarantee creates a
Guarantee of payment and not of collection.
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.6. SUBROGATION. The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any)
rights of the Holders of Preferred Securities against Flagstar Trust in respect
of any amounts paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this Preferred
Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to
the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or
exercise any right that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity,
reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts
are due and unpaid under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any amount
shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the
Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over
such amount to the Holders.
.7. INDEPENDENT OBLIGATIONS. The Guarantor acknowledges that its
obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of Flagstar Trust with
respect to the Preferred Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as
principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the
terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of
any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section
5.03.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
.1. LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS. So long as any Preferred Securities
remain outstanding, if there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default or an event of default under the Trust Agreement, then (a) the Guarantor
shall not declare or pay any dividend or distributions on, or redeem, purchase,
acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital
stock, (b) the Guarantor shall not make any payment of interest, principal or
premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by
the Guarantor (including other Junior Subordinated Debentures) which rank pari
passu with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debentures or (c)
the Guarantor shall not make any guarantee payments with respect to any
guarantee by the guarantor of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the
Guarantor if such guarantee ranks pari passu or junior in interest to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures (other than (i) dividends or distributions in common
stock, (ii) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation
of a shareholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in
the future or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto,
(iii) payments under this Preferred Securities Guarantee and (iv) purchases of
common stock related to the issuances of common stock or rights under any of the
Guarantor's benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees).
.2. RANKING. This Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an
unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Senior and Subordinated Debt of the Guarantor.
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
.1. TERMINATION. This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate
upon (a) full payment of the Redemption Price of all Preferred Securities, (b)
upon full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Trust Agreement
upon liquidation of Flagstar Trust or (c) upon distribution of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Preferred Securities Guarantee will continue
to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any
Holder of Preferred Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under the
Preferred Securities or under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
.1. EXCULPATION.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered
Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or
omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith
in accordance with this Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner
that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope
of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Preferred
Securities Guarantee or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall
be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such
Indemnified Person's negligence or willful misconduct with respect to
such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in
good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any
Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are
within such other Person's professional or expert competence and who
has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the
Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to
the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or
any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders of Preferred Securities might properly
be paid.
.2. INDEMNIFICATION. The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified
Person for, and to hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or
investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to
indemnify as set forth in this Section 8.02 shall survive the termination of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
.1. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All guaranties and agreements contained in
this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns,
receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the
benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities then outstanding.
.2. AMENDMENTS. Except with respect to any changes that do not
materially adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of
Holders will be required), this Preferred Securities Guarantee may only be
amended with the prior approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities. The provisions of Article VI of
the Trust Agreement with respect to meetings of Holders of the Securities apply
to the giving of such approval.
.3. NOTICES. All notices provided for in this Preferred Securities
Guarantee shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and
shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by registered or certified mail, as
follows:
(a) If given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, at the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other
address as the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the
Holders of the Preferred Securities):
FMB TRUST COMPANY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
25 South Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21203
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address
set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice
of to the Holders of the Preferred Securities):
FLAGSTAR BANCORP, INC..
2600 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
(c) If given to any Holder of Preferred Securities, at the address
set forth on the books and records of Flagstar Trust.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or
cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given,
such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
of such refusal or inability to deliver.
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.4. BENEFIT. This Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the
benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and, subject to Section
3.01(a), is not separately transferable from the Preferred Securities.
.5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE, INCLUDING THE
IMMUNITIES AND THE STANDARD OF CARE OF THE TRUSTEE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
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THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year
first above written.
FLAGSTAR BANCORP, INC.., as Guarantor
By ______________________________________
Thomas J. Hammond, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
FMB TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Preferred Guarantee
Trustee
By ______________________________________
Name ____________________________________
Title ___________________________________
By ______________________________________
Name ____________________________________
Title ___________________________________
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.01. Definitions and Interpretations..............................................1
Article II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application.............................................5
Section 2.02. Lists of Holders of Securities...............................................5
Section 2.03. Reports by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee...................................5
Section 2.04. Periodic Reports to Preferred Guarantee Trustee..............................5
Section 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.............................6
Section 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver....................................................6
Section 2.07. Event of Default; Notice.....................................................6
Section 2.08. Conflicting Interests........................................................6
Article III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.01. Powers and Duties of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.........................7
Section 3.02. Certain Rights of Preferred Guarantee Trustee................................8
Section 3.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.......................10
Section 3.04. Compensation and Reimbursement..............................................10
Article IV
PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.01. Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility....................................11
Section 4.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Guarantee Trustees........12
Article V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.01. Guarantee...................................................................12
Section 5.02. Waiver of Notice and Demand.................................................13
Section 5.03. Obligations Not Affected....................................................13
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Section 5.04. Rights of Holders...........................................................14
Section 5.05. Guarantee of Payment........................................................14
Section 5.06. Subrogation.................................................................14
Section 5.07. Independent Obligations.....................................................14
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
Section 6.01. Limitation of Transactions..................................................14
Section 6.02. Ranking.....................................................................15
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.01. Termination.................................................................15
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.01. Exculpation.................................................................15
Section 8.02. Indemnification.............................................................16
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01. Successors and Assigns......................................................16
Section 9.02. Amendments..................................................................16
Section 9.03. Notices.....................................................................16
Section 9.04. Benefit.....................................................................17
Section 9.05. Governing Law...............................................................17
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