EXHIBIT 4(b)(iv)
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION
OF TRUST
WACHOVIA CAPITAL TRUST II
[ ], 1997
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Section of
Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended Section of Declaration
- ------------------------ -------------------------------
310(a) 5.3(a)
310(b) 5.3(c)
310(c) Inapplicable
311(a) and (b) 5.3(c)
311(c) Inapplicable
312(a) 2.2(a)
312(b) 2.2(b)
313 2.3
314(a) 2.4
314(b) Inapplicable
314(c) 2.5
314(d) Inapplicable
314(e) 1.1, 2.5
314(f) Inapplicable
315(a) 3.9(b)
315(b) 2.7(a)
315(c) 3.9(a)
315(d) 3.9(b)
316(a) and (b) 2.6 and Annex I (Sections 5 and 6)
316(c) 3.6(e)
317(a) 3.8(c)
317(b) 3.8(i)
318(a) 2.1(c)
* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the
Declaration and shall not affect the interpretation of any
of its terms or provisions.
ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.................................. 2
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act;
Application.................................. 9
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of
Securities................................... 9
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Property
Trustee...................................... 10
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property
Trustee...................................... 10
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with
Conditions Precedent......................... 10
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.................... 10
SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice..................... 12
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 3.1 Name......................................... 13
SECTION 3.2 Office....................................... 13
SECTION 3.3 Purpose...................................... 13
SECTION 3.4 Authority.................................... 14
SECTION 3.5 Title to Property of the
Trust........................................ 14
SECTION 3.6 Powers and Duties of the
Administrative Trustees...................... 14
SECTION 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the
Trust and the Trustees....................... 17
SECTION 3.8 Powers and Duties of the
Property Trustee............................. 18
SECTION 3.9 Certain Duties and
Responsibilities of the
Property Trustee............................. 21
SECTION 3.10 Certain Rights of Property
Trustee...................................... 23
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee............................. 25
SECTION 3.12 Execution of Documents....................... 25
SECTION 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Securities.................... 26
SECTION 3.14 Duration of Trust............................ 26
SECTION 3.15 Mergers...................................... 26
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ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
SECTION 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common
Securities................................... 28
SECTION 4.2 Responsibilities of the
Sponsor...................................... 28
SECTION 4.3 Right to Proceed............................. 29
ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
SECTION 5.1 Number of Trustees;
Appointment of Co-Trustee.................... 29
SECTION 5.2 Delaware Trustee............................. 30
SECTION 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility................ 30
SECTION 5.4 Certain Qualifications of
Administrative Trustees and
Delaware Trustee Generally................... 31
SECTION 5.5 Administrative Trustees...................... 31
SECTION 5.6 Delaware Trustee............................. 32
SECTION 5.7 Appointment, Removal and
Resignation of Trustees...................... 32
SECTION 5.8 Vacancies Among Trustees..................... 34
SECTION 5.9 Effect of Vacancies.......................... 34
SECTION 5.10 Meetings..................................... 35
SECTION 5.11 Delegation of Power.......................... 35
Section 5.12 Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to
Business..................................... 36
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 6.1 Distributions................................ 36
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 7.1 General Provisions Regarding
Securities................................... 36
SECTION 7.2 Execution and Authentication................. 37
SECTION 7.3 Form and Dating.............................. 38
SECTION 7.4 Registrar and Paying Agent................... 39
SECTION 7.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust........................................ 40
SECTION 7.6 Replacement Securities....................... 40
SECTION 7.7 Outstanding Capital
Securities................................... 41
SECTION 7.8 Capital Securities in
Treasury..................................... 41
SECTION 7.9 Temporary Securities......................... 41
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SECTION 7.10 Cancellation................................. 42
SECTION 7.11 CUSIP Numbers................................ 43
ARTICLE VIII
DISSOLUTION OF TRUST
SECTION 8.1 Dissolution of Trust......................... 43
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
SECTION 9.1 Transfer of Securities....................... 44
SECTION 9.2 Deemed Security Holders...................... 45
SECTION 9.3 Book Entry Interests......................... 45
SECTION 9.4 Notices to Clearing Agency................... 46
SECTION 9.5 Appointment of Successor
Clearing Agency.............................. 46
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
SECTION 10.1 Liability.................................... 46
SECTION 10.2 Exculpation.................................. 47
SECTION 10.3 Fiduciary Duty............................... 47
SECTION 10.4 Indemnification.............................. 48
SECTION 10.5 Outside Businesses........................... 52
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
SECTION 11.1 Fiscal Year.................................. 52
SECTION 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters................... 52
SECTION 11.3 Banking...................................... 53
SECTION 11.4 Withholding.................................. 53
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
SECTION 12.1 Amendments................................... 54
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE
AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
SECTION 13.1 Representations and Warranties
of Property Trustee.......................... 58
SECTION 13.2 Representations and Warranties
of Delaware Trustee.......................... 58
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1 Notices...................................... 59
SECTION 14.2 Governing Law................................ 60
SECTION 14.3 Intention of the Parties..................... 60
SECTION 14.4 Headings..................................... 61
SECTION 14.5 Successors and Assigns....................... 61
SECTION 14.6 Partial Enforceability....................... 61
SECTION 14.7 Counterparts................................. 61
ANNEX I ...............................................................I-1
EXHIBIT A-1............................................................A1-1
EXHIBIT A-2............................................................A2-1
EXHIBIT B...............................................................B-1
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
WACHOVIA CAPITAL TRUST II
[ ], 1997
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ("Declaration")
dated and effective as of [ ], 1997, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the
Sponsor (as defined herein) and the holders, from time to time, of undivided
beneficial interests in the Trust to be issued pursuant to this Declaration;
WHEREAS, the Delaware Trustee (as defined herein), the
Administrative Trustees (as defined herein) and the Sponsor established Wachovia
Capital Trust II (the "Trust"), a trust formed under the Business Trust Act (as
defined herein) pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated as of January 6, 1997
(the "Original Declaration"), and the Certificate of Trust for the Trust (the
"Certificate of Trust") filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on January 6, 1997;
WHEREAS, prior to the date hereof, no Securities (as
defined herein) in the Trust have been issued;
WHEREAS, all of the Trustees and the Sponsor, by this
Declaration, amend and restate each and every term and provision of the Original
Declaration; and
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto
to continue the Trust as a business trust under the Business Trust Act (as
defined herein) and that this Declaration constitute the governing instrument of
such business trust, the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the
Trust will be held in trust for the benefit of the holders, from time to time,
of the securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration.
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ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined
in the preamble above or elsewhere herein have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Declaration has
the same meaning throughout;
(c) all references to "the Declaration" or "this Declaration"
are to this Declaration (including Appendix I hereto and Exhibit A
hereto) as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(d) all references in this Declaration to Articles and
Sections and Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and
Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits to this Declaration
unless otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same
meaning when used in this Declaration unless otherwise defined in this
Declaration or the context otherwise requires; and
(f) a term defined in the Indenture (as defined herein) has
the same meaning when used in this Declaration unless otherwise defined
in this Declaration or the context otherwise requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural
and vice versa.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of Robert S. McCoy, Jr.,
John J. Milani and Alice Washington Grogan solely in such Person's capacity as
Administrative Trustee of the Trust created and continued hereunder and not in
such Person's individual capacity, or such Administrative Trustee successor in
such capacity, or any successor appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule
405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent or Registrar.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any other Person that
is authorized to legally bind such former Person.
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"Book Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global
Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or its nominee,
ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book
entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.3.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday
or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York or
Winston-Salem, North Carolina are authorized or required by law or executive
order to close.
"Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code ss. 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to
time or any successor legislation.
"Capital Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a
Book-Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry
Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing
Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance
with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Capital Securities" has the meaning specified in
Section 7.1(a).
"Capital Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement
dated as of [ ], 1997 of the Sponsor in respect of the Capital Securities.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a
"Clearing Agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as
depositary for the Capital Securities and in whose name or in the name of a
nominee of that organization shall be registered a Global Certificate and which
shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the Capital
Securities.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank,
other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the
Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited
with the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Time" means [ ], 1997 or such other time as shall be
agreed by the Representatives and the Offerors as such terms are defined in the
Underwriting Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission as from time to time constituted, or if any
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time after the execution of this Declaration such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under applicable Federal securities
laws, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in
Section 7.1(a).
"Common Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement
dated as of [ ], 1997 of the Sponsor in respect of the Common Securities.
"Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Administrative
Trustee; (b) any Affiliate of any Administrative Trustee; (c) any officers,
directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents
of any Administrative Trustee; or (d) any officer, employee or agent of the
Trust or its Affiliates.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Property
Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee shall, at
any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Agreement is located at One First National Plaza, Suite 0126,
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126.
"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director,
trustee, shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee
or agent of (i) the Trust or (ii) the Trust's Affiliates; and (b)
any Holders of the securities.
"Debenture Issuer" means Wachovia Corporation, a North
Carolina corporation, or any successor entity resulting from any consolidation,
amalgamation, merger or other business combination, in its capacity as issuer of
the Debentures under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means The First National Bank of Chicago,
a national banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture until a successor
is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the [ ]% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures due [ ], [ ] of the Debenture Issuer issued pursuant to the
Indenture.
"Default" means an event, act or condition that with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Definitive Capital Securities" has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.3(c).
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"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.2.
"Direct Action" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.8(e).
"Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of
Securities in accordance with Section 6.1.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial
Clearing Agency.
"Event of Default" in respect of the Securities means an Event
of Default (as defined in the Indenture) that has occurred and is continuing in
respect of the Debentures.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System.
"Fiduciary Indemnified Person" has the meaning set
forth in Section 10.4(b).
"Global Capital Securities" has the meaning set forth
in Section 7.3(a).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the
Business Trust Act.
"Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person
or a Fiduciary Indemnified Person.
"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of
[ ], 1997, among the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture
Trustee, as amended from time to time.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as
defined in the Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.6(g).
"Liquidation Amount" with respect to any Security means the
amount designated as such with respect thereto in Annex I hereto.
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"Majority in Liquidation Amount" means, with respect to the
Trust Securities, except as provided in the terms of the Capital Securities or
by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Trust Securities voting
together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of
outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the
aggregate 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 outstanding
Securities of the relevant class.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by two of the following: the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the
President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person. Any
Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Declaration shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the
definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in
rendering the 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
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be an employee of the Sponsor, and who shall be acceptable to the Property
Trustee.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in
Section 7.4.
"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
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political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
"Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3(a).
"Property Trustee Account" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.8(c).
"Quorum" means a majority of the Administrative Trustees or,
if there are only two Administrative Trustees, both of them.
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
"Related Party" means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct
or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any other Person that
owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the
Sponsor.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Property
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee,
including any vice president, any assistant vice president, any Managing
Director, any secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant
treasurer or other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Property 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.
"Rule 3a-5" means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act,
or any successor rule or regulation.
"Securities" or "Trust Securities" means the Common
Securities and the Capital Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Securities Guarantees" means the Common Securities
Guarantee and the Capital Securities Guarantee.
"Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Annex I
hereto.
"Sponsor" means Wachovia Corporation, a North Carolina
corporation, or any successor entity resulting from any merger, consolidation,
amalgamation or other business combination, in its capacity as sponsor of the
Trust.
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"Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.6(a)(ii).
"10% in Liquidation Amount" means, with respect to the Trust
Securities, except as provided in the terms of the Capital Securities or by the
Trust Indenture Act, Holders of outstanding Trust Securities voting together as
a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Capital
Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a
class, who are the record owners of 10% or more of the aggregate Liquidation
Amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption,
liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date
upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities
of the relevant class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations,
including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the
United States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee (including the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee
and the Administrative Trustees), so long as such Person shall continue in
office in accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from
time to time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance
with the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees
shall refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees
hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on
deposit in, or owing to, the Property Trustee Account and (c) all proceeds and
rights in respect of the foregoing and any other property and assets for the
time being held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the
trusts of this Declaration.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement for
the initial offering and sale of Capital Securities in the form of Exhibit B.
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ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Declaration is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Declaration and shall, to the
extent applicable to such an indenture, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee
which is a Trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If and to the extent that any provision of this
Declaration limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by ss.ss. 310
to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this
Declaration shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.
(a) Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on
behalf of the Trust shall provide the Property Trustee, unless the Property
Trustee is Registrar for the Securities (i) within 14 days after each record
date for payment of Distributions, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee
may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the
Securities ("List of Holders") as of such record date, provided that neither the
Sponsor nor the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall 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 Property Trustee by
the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust and written
notice of such fact is provided by an Administrative Trustee to the Property
Trustee, and (ii) at any other time, within 30 days of receipt by the Trust 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 Property Trustee. The Property Trustee
shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information contained in Lists of Holders given to it or which it receives in
the capacity as Paying Agent (if acting in such capacity), provided that the
Property Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on
receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations
under ss.ss. 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee.
Within 60 days after [May 15] of each year, commencing [May
15, 1997], the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Capital
Securities such reports as are required by ss. 313 of the Trust Indenture Act,
if any, in the form and in the manner provided by ss. 313 of the Trust Indenture
Act. The Property Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of ss. 313(d)
of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee.
Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf
of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and
information as are required by ss. 314 (if any) and the compliance certificate
required by ss. 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at
the times required by ss. 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf
of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance
with any conditions precedent provided for in this Declaration that relate to
any of the matters set forth in ss. 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to ss.
314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officers'
Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
(a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Capital
Securities, waive any past Event of Default in respect of the Capital Securities
and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Event of Default under
the Indenture:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event
of Default under the Declaration shall also not be waivable;
or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of greater than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the holders of the Debentures
(a "Super Majority") to be waived under the Indenture, the Event of
Default under the Declaration may only be waived by the vote of the
Holders of at least the proportion in aggregate Liquidation Amount of
the Capital Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of
the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.
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The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in lieu of ss.
316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such ss. 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust
Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the
Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Upon such waiver, any such
default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to the
Capital Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or an Event of Default with respect to the Capital
Securities or impair any right consequent thereon. Any waiver by the Holders of
the Capital Securities of an Event of Default with respect to the Capital
Securities shall also be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Holders of the
Common Securities of any such Event of Default with respect to the Common
Securities for all purposes of this Declaration without any further act, vote,
or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities.
(b) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Common Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common
Securities, waive any past Event of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and its consequences, provided, that, if the underlying Event of
Default under the Indenture:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, except where
the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such
Event of Default under the Declaration as provided below in this
Section 2.6(b), the Event of Default under the Declaration shall also
not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of a Super Majority
to be waived, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are
deemed to have waived such Event of Default under the Declaration as
provided below in this Section 2.6(b), the Event of Default under the
Declaration may only be waived by the vote of the Holders of at least
the proportion in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities
that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures outstanding;
provided further, that each Holder of the Common Securities will be deemed to
have waived any such Event of Default and all Events of Default with respect to
the Common Securities and its consequences if all Events of Default with respect
to the Capital Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, and
until such Events of Default have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated,
the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders
of the Capital Securities and only the Holders of the Capital Securities will
have the right to direct the Property Trustee in accordance with the terms
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of the Securities. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b) shall be in
lieu of ss.ss. 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such
ss.ss. 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby
expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b),
upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and any Event of Default
with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to
the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) A waiver of an Event of Default under the Indenture by the
Property Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of the Capital Securities,
constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under this
Declaration. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(c) shall be in lieu of
ss. 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such ss. 316(a)(1)(B) of the
Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the
Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
(a) The Property 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 Securities, notices of all defaults with respect
to the Securities actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property
Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice
(the term "defaults" for the purposes of this Section 2.7(a) being hereby
defined to be an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture, not including any
periods of grace provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of any
notice provided therein); provided that, except for a default in the payment of
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debentures, the
Property Trustee shall be fully protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee in good faith determines
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the
Securities.
(b) Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any
Event of Default actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee
shall transmit notice of such Event of Default to the Holders of the Capital
Securities, the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived. The Sponsor and the Administrative
Trustees shall file annually with the Property Trustee a certification as to
whether or not they are in compliance with
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all the conditions and covenants applicable to them under this
Declaration.
(c) For purposes of this Section 2.7, the Property Trustee
shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default or Event of Default except:
(i) a default under Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) of
the Indenture; or
(ii) any default as to which the Property Trustee
shall have received written notice or of which a Responsible Officer of
the Property Trustee charged with the administration of the Declaration
shall have actual knowledge.
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 3.1 Name.
The Trust is named "Wachovia Capital Trust II", as such name
may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following
written notice to the Holders of Securities. The Trust's activities may be
conducted under the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the
Administrative Trustees.
SECTION 3.2 Office.
The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o
Wachovia Corporation, 100 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
27150. On ten Business Days' written notice to the Holders of the Securities and
the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees may designate another
principal office.
SECTION 3.3 Purpose.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to
issue and sell the Trust Securities, (b) to use the proceeds from the sale of
the Securities to acquire the Debentures, and (c) except as otherwise limited
herein, to engage in only those other activities necessary, advisable or
incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or reinvest
proceeds derived from investments, mortgage or pledge any of its assets, or
otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause
the Trust not to be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as
a grantor trust.
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SECTION 3.4 Authority.
Except as specifically provided in this Declaration, the
Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive and
complete authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by a
Trustee on behalf of the Trust in accordance with its powers shall constitute
the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on
behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority
of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled
to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in
this Declaration.
SECTION 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust.
Except as provided in Section 3.8 with respect to the
Debentures and the Property Trustee Account or as otherwise provided in this
Declaration, legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the
Trust. The Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the
Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the
Trust.
SECTION 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees.
The Administrative Trustees shall have the exclusive power,
duty and authority to cause the Trust to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue and sell the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities in accordance with this Declaration; provided, however, that (i) the
Trust may issue no more than one series of Capital Securities and no more than
one series of Common Securities, (ii) there shall be no interests in the Trust
other than the Securities, and (iii) the issuance of Securities shall be limited
to a simultaneous issuance of both Capital Securities and Common Securities at
the Closing Time;
(b) in connection with the issue and sale of the
Capital Securities, at the direction of the Sponsor, to:
(i) prepare and file with the Commission a
registration statement prepared by the Sponsor on the
appropriate form in relation to the Capital Securities,
including any amendments thereto;
(ii) execute and file any documents prepared by the
Sponsor, or take any acts as determined by the Sponsor to be necessary
in order to qualify or register all or part of the Capital Securities
in any State in which the Sponsor has determined to qualify or register
such Capital Securities for sale;
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(iii) at the direction of the Sponsor, execute and file
an application, prepared by the Sponsor, to the New York Stock Exchange
or any other national stock exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market's
National Market for listing or quotation of the Capital Securities;
(iv) to execute and deliver letters, documents, or
instruments with any Clearing Agency relating to the Capital
Securities;
(v) if required, execute and file with the Commission
a registration statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments thereto,
prepared by the Sponsor, relating to the registration of the Capital
Securities under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act; and
(vi) execute and enter into the Underwriting
Agreement providing for the sale of the Capital Securities;
(c) to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds of the sale of
the Capital Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the
Administrative Trustees shall cause legal title to the Debentures to be held of
record in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Capital Securities and the Holders of Common Securities;
(d) to give the Sponsor and the Property Trustee
prompt written notice of the occurrence of a Special Event;
(e) to establish a record date with respect to all actions to
be taken hereunder that require a record date be established, including and with
respect to, for the purposes of ss. 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant
notices to the Holders of the Capital Securities and the Holders of the Common
Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates;
(f) to take all actions and perform such duties as
may be required of the Administrative Trustees pursuant to the
terms of the Securities;
(g) to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate,
resort to legal action, or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the
Trust ("Legal Action"), unless pursuant to Section 3.8(e), the Property Trustee
has the exclusive power to bring such Legal Action;
(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who
may be designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors,
and consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such services;
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(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's
obligations under the Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate required by ss. 314(a)(4)
of the Trust Indenture Act to the Property Trustee, which
certificate may be executed by any Administrative Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses that are necessary or
incidental to carry out any of the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, Registrar
for the Securities or to appoint a Paying Agent for the Securities as provided
in Section 7.4 except for such time as such power to appoint a Paying Agent is
vested in the Property Trustee;
(m) to give prompt written notice to the Property Trustee and
to Holders of the Securities of any notice received from the Debenture Issuer of
its election to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the
interest payment period under the Indenture;
(n) to execute all documents or instruments, perform
all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the
Trust in all matters necessary or incidental to the foregoing;
(o) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate
for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence,
rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws
of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence
is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Capital
Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was
created;
(p) to take any action, not inconsistent with this Declaration
or with applicable law, that the Administrative Trustees determine in their
discretion to be necessary or desirable in carrying out the activities of the
Trust as set out in this Section 3.6, including, but not limited to:
(i) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an
Investment Company required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act;
(ii) causing the Trust to be classified for United
States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
(iii) cooperating with the Debenture Issuer to ensure
that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Debenture
Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes; and
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(q) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax
returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect
to the Trust to be duly prepared and filed by the Administrative Trustees, on
behalf of the Trust.
The Administrative Trustees must exercise the powers set forth
in this Section 3.6 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Administrative Trustees
shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions
of the Trust set forth in Section 3.3.
Subject to this Section 3.6, the Administrative Trustees shall
have none of the powers or the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in
Section 3.8.
Any expenses incurred by the Administrative Trustees pursuant
to this Section 3.6 shall be reimbursed by the Debenture Issuer.
SECTION 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the
Trustees.
(a) The Trust shall not, and the Trustees (including the
Property Trustee) shall cause the Trust not to, engage in any activity other
than as required or authorized by this Declaration. The Trust shall not, and the
Trustees (including the Property Trustee) shall cause the Trust not to:
(i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from
holding the Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to
Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of
the Securities;
(ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly
provided herein;
(iii) possess Trust Property for other than a Trust
purpose;
(iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness other
than loans represented by the Debentures;
(v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way
as to vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Securities
in any way whatsoever;
(vi) issue any securities or other evidences of
beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the
Trust other than the Securities; or
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(vii) other than as provided in this Declaration (A)
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding with
respect to any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to
the Debentures, (B) waive any past default that is waivable under the
Indenture, (C) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration
that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable, or
(D) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the
Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be required unless
the Trust shall have received an opinion of a nationally recognized
independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that
such amendment, modification or termination will not cause more than an
insubstantial risk that for United States federal income tax purposes
the Trust will not be classified as a grantor trust.
SECTION 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee.
(a) The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by and
held of record in the name of the Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of
the Trust and the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and interest of
the Property Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each Person
who may hereafter be appointed as Property Trustee in accordance with Section
5.7. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not
conveyancing documents with regard to the Debentures have been executed and
delivered.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its right, title
and interest in the Debentures to the Administrative Trustees or to the Delaware
Trustee (if the Property Trustee does not also act as Delaware Trustee).
(c) The Property Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest
bearing trust account (the "Property Trustee Account") in the name of
and under the exclusive control of the Property Trustee, and maintained
in the Property Trustee's trust department, on behalf of the Holders of
the Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in
respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee, deposit such
funds into the Property Trustee Account and make or cause the Paying
Agent to make payments to the Holders of the Capital Securities and
Holders of the Common Securities from the Property Trustee Account in
accordance with Section 6.1. Funds in the Property Trustee Account
shall be held uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this
Declaration. Unless the Property Trustee Account is held as a trust
account in the corporate trust department of the
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Property Trustee, the Property Trustee Account shall be an account that
is maintained with a banking institution the rating on whose long-term
unsecured indebtedness is at least equal to the rating assigned to the
Capital Securities by a "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization", as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
under the Securities Act;
(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be
necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities to the extent the Debentures are
prepaid or mature; and
(iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by the
Administrative Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Securities,
engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or
appropriate to effect the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of
Securities upon the occurrence of certain events.
(d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and perform
such duties as may be specifically required of the Property Trustee pursuant to
the terms of this Declaration and the Securities.
(e) Subject to Section 3.9(a), the Property Trustee may take
any Legal Action which arises out of or in connection with an Event of Default
of which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge or
the Property Trustee's duties and obligations under this Declaration or the
Trust Indenture Act and if such Property Trustee shall have failed to take such
Legal Action, the Holders of the Capital Securities may take such Legal Action,
to the same extent as if such Holders of Capital Securities held an aggregate
principal amount of Debentures equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of such
Capital Securities, without first proceeding against the Property Trustee or the
Trust; provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer
to pay the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on the
date such principal, premium, if any, or interest is otherwise payable (or in
the case of prepayment, on the prepayment date), then a Holder of Capital
Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to
such Holder of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the
respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Direct
Action, the rights of the Holders of the Common Securities will be subrogated to
the rights of such Holder of Capital Securities to the extent of any payment
made by the Debenture Issuer to such
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Holder of Capital Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the
preceding sentences, the Holders of Capital Securities will not be able to
exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures.
(f) The Property Trustee shall continue to serve as a
Trustee until either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the
proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of
Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities; or
(ii) a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 5.7.
(g) The Property Trustee shall have the legal power to
exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures
under the Indenture and, if an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Property Trustee occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee
shall, for the benefit of Holders of the Securities, enforce its rights as
holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to this
Declaration and the terms of such Securities. The Property Trustee must exercise
the powers set forth in this Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the
purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Property
Trustee shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3.
(h) The Property Trustee shall be authorized to
undertake any actions set forth in ss. 317(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(i) For such time as the Property Trustee is the Paying Agent,
the Property Trustee may authorize one or more Persons to act as additional
Paying Agents and to pay Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation
payments on behalf of the Trust with respect to all Securities and any such
Paying Agent shall comply with ss. 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such
additional Paying Agent may be removed by the Property Trustee at any time the
Property Trustee remains as Paying Agent and a successor Paying Agent or
additional Paying Agents may be (but are not required to be) appointed at any
time by the Property Trustee.
(j) Subject to this Section 3.8, the Property Trustee shall
have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the
Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 3.6.
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The Property Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in
this Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions
of the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Property Trustee shall not take any
action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out
in Section 3.3.
SECTION 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property
Trustee.
(a) The Property 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 Declaration and in the Securities and no implied covenants shall be read
into this Declaration against the Property Trustee. In case an Event of Default
has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) of
which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge, the
Property Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise,
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of his or her own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to
relieve the Property 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 an 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 Property
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Declaration and in the Securities and the Property
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Declaration and in the Securities, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Declaration against the
Property Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Property Trustee, the Property 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 Property Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Declaration; provided, however, that in
the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be
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furnished to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall
be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Declaration;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
error or judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property 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 Securities relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Property Trustee under this Declaration;
(iv) no provision of this Declaration shall require
the Property 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 it 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
Declaration or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Property
Trustee against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;
(v) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to
the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures
and the Property Trustee Account shall be to deal with such property in
a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property
for its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on
liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Declaration and
the Trust Indenture Act;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or
liability for or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or
sufficiency of the Debentures or the payment of any taxes or
assessments levied thereon or in connection therewith;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree
in writing with the Sponsor. Money held by the Property Trustee need
not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Property Trustee Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to
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Section 3.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise
required by law; and
(viii) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for
monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor
with their respective duties under this Declaration, nor shall the
Property Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the
Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor.
SECTION 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9:
(i) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely 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 Sponsor or the
Administrative Trustees contemplated by this Declaration may
be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
(iii) whenever in the administration of this
Declaration, the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter
be established before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Property 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 Sponsor or
the Administrative Trustees;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to
any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including
any-financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or
securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration
thereof;
(v) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel or
other experts of its selection and the advice or opinion of such
counsel and experts with respect to legal matters or advice within the
scope of such experts' area of expertise 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 Sponsor or any of
its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees.
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The Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration from any
court of competent jurisdiction;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation
to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Declaration at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such
Holder shall have provided to the Property Trustee security indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee, against the costs,
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and the
expenses of the Property 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 Property Trustee, provided, that, nothing contained in this Section
3.10(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the
rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration;
(vii) the Property 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, approval, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Property
Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit;
(viii) the Property Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through its agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys
and the Property 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 Property Trustee or its
agents hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the
Securities, and the signature of the Property Trustee or its agents
alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action and
no third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the
Property Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the
terms and provisions of this Declaration, both of which shall be
conclusively evidenced by the Property Trustee's or its agent's taking
such action;
(x) whenever in the administration of this
Declaration the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to
receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or
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right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property Trustee (i)
may request instructions from the Holders of the Securities which
instructions shall be given by the Holders of the same proportion in
Liquidation Amount of the Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Property Trustee under the terms of the Securities in respect of such
remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or
right or taking such other action until such instructions are received,
and (iii) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying on or acting
in or accordance with such instructions;
(xi) except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Declaration, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to
take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this
Declaration; and
(xii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith,
without negligence, and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Declaration.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose
any duty or obligation on the Property 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 Property 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 Property Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration other
than Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any
powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and
responsibilities of the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee or of the
Trustees generally described in this Declaration. Except as set forth in Section
5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of
fulfilling the requirements of ss. 3807 of the Business Trust Act and taking
such actions as are required to be taken by the Delaware Trustee under the
Business Trust Act.
SECTION 3.12 Execution of Documents.
Unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Trustees,
and except as otherwise required by the Business Trust Act, any Administrative
Trustee is authorized to execute on
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behalf of the Trust any documents that the Administrative Trustees have the
power and authority to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
SECTION 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities
shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations
as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof.
The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Declaration or the Securities.
SECTION 3.14 Duration of Trust.
The Trust, unless dissolved pursuant to the provisions of
Article VIII hereof, shall have existence up to [ ], [ ].
SECTION 3.15 Mergers.
(a) The Trust may not merge or convert with or into,
consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, except as
described in Section 3.15(b) and (c).
(b) The Trust may, at the request of the Sponsor, with the
consent of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than two, a
majority of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders
of the Securities, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, merge or
convert with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as
an entirety to, a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided
that:
(i) such successor entity (the "Successor Entity")
either:
(A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of
the Trust under the Securities; or
(B) substitutes for the Securities other securities
having substantially the same terms as the Securities (the
"Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities
rank the same as the Securities rank with respect to
Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise;
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(ii) the Sponsor expressly appoints a trustee of the
Successor Entity that possesses the same powers and duties
as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Debentures;
(iii) the Successor Securities are listed, or any
Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on
any national securities exchange or with another organization on which
the Capital Securities are then listed or quoted, if any;
(iv) such merger, conversion, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause
the Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be
downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization;
(v) such merger, conversion, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders
of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material
respect (other than any dilution of such Holders' interests in the new
entity);
(vi) such Successor Entity has a purpose identical to
that of the Trust;
(vii) prior to such merger, conversion, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Sponsor
has received an opinion of an independent counsel to the Trust
experienced in such matters to the effect that:
(A) such merger, conversion, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does
not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of
the Holders of the Securities (including any Successor
Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect
to any dilution of the Holders' interest in the new entity);
and
(B) following such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer
or lease, neither the Trust nor the Successor Entity will be
required to register as an Investment Company; and
(C) following such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer, or lease, the Trust (or the Successor Entity) will
continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes; and
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(viii) the Sponsor or any permitted successor or
assignee owns all of the common securities of such Successor Entity and
guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor
Securities at least to the extent provided by the Capital Securities
Guarantee and the Common Securities Guarantee.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.15(b), the Trust shall not,
except with the consent of all Holders of the Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate, merge or convert with or into, or be replaced by, or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as
an entirety to, any other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation,
amalgamation, merger, conversion, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease
would cause the Trust or the Successor Entity not to be classified as a grantor
trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
SECTION 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities.
At the Closing Time, the Sponsor will purchase all of the
Common Securities then issued by the Trust, in an amount at least equal to 3% of
the capital of the Trust, at the same time as the Capital Securities are issued
and sold.
SECTION 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor.
In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital
Securities, the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to
engage in the following activities:
(a) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the
Commission a registration statement on the appropriate form in
relation to the Capital Securities, including any amendments or
supplements thereto;
(b) to determine the States in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital Securities and
to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by the
Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must take, and prepare for execution
and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor
deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any
such States;
(c) if deemed necessary or advisable by the Sponsor,
to prepare for filing and request the Administrative Trustees to
cause the filing by the Trust of an application to the New York
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Stock Exchange or any other national stock exchange or the NASDAQ National
Market for listing or quotation of the Capital Securities;
(d) if required, to prepare for filing by the Trust with the
Commission of a registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration
of the Capital Securities under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any
amendments thereto; and
(e) to negotiate the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement providing for the sale of the Capital Securities.
SECTION 4.3 Right to Proceed.
The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of the Holders of the
Capital Securities, in the event that a failure of the Trust to pay
Distributions on the Capital Securities is attributable to the failure of the
Debenture Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures, to institute
Direct Actions against the Debenture Issuer for enforcement of its payment
obligations on the Debentures.
ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
SECTION 5.1 Number of Trustees; Appointment of Co-Trustee.
The number of Trustees initially shall be five (5), and:
(a) at any time before the issuance of any
Securities, the Sponsor may, by written instrument, increase or
decrease the number of Trustees; and
(b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of
Trustees may be increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of
the Holders of the Common Securities; provided, however, that, the number of
Trustees shall in no event be less than two (2); provided further, that (1) one
Trustee, in the case of a natural person, shall be a person who is a resident of
the State of Delaware or that, if not a natural person, is an entity which has
its principal place of business in the State of Delaware (the "Delaware
Trustee"); (2) at least one Trustee shall be an employee or officer of, or
affiliated with the Sponsor (an "Administrative Trustee"); and (3) one Trustee
shall be the Property Trustee, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware
Trustee if it meets the applicable requirements. Notwithstanding the above,
unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time or
times, for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or
of any
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jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust's property may at the time be
located, the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common
Securities acting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common
Securities shall have power to appoint one or more persons either to act as a
co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of the Trust's
property, or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case
with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to
vest in such person or persons in such capacity any property, title, right or
power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the provisions of this
Declaration. In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee alone shall have power to make any such appointment of a
co-trustee.
SECTION 5.2 Delaware Trustee.
If required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee (the
"Delaware Trustee") shall be:
(a) a natural person who is a resident of the State
of Delaware; or
(b) if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable law, provided, that, if the Property Trustee has its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable law, then the Property Trustee shall also be the Delaware Trustee
and Section 3.11 shall have no application.
SECTION 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility.
(a) There shall at all times be one Trustee (the "Property
Trustee") which shall act as Property Trustee and which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor; 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 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 50 million U.S. dollars ($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
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of this Section 5.3(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 Property Trustee shall cease to be
eligible to so act under Section 5.3(a), the Property Trustee shall immediately
resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 5.7(c).
(c) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of ss. 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act, the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities (as if it were
the obligor referred to in ss. 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of ss. 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) The Capital Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to be
specifically described in this Declaration for purposes of clause (i) of the
first provision contained in ss. 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(e) The initial Property Trustee shall be:
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza
Suite 0126
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
SECTION 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Administrative Trustees
and Delaware Trustee Generally.
Each Administrative Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless
the Property Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural
person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through
one or more Authorized Officers.
SECTION 5.5 Administrative Trustees.
(a) The initial Administrative Trustees shall be:
Robert S. McCoy, Jr.
and
Alice Washington Grogan
Wachovia Corporation
100 North Main Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27150
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John J. Milani
Wachovia Bank of North Carolina, N.A.
100 North Main Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27150
(b) Except where a requirement for action by a specific number
of Administrative Trustees is expressly set forth in this Declaration and except
with respect to any action the taking of which is the subject of a meeting of
the Administrative Trustees, any action required or permitted to be taken by the
Administrative Trustee may be taken by, and any power of the Administrative
Trustee may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Administrative
Trustee.
(c) Unless otherwise determined by the Administrative
Trustees, and except as otherwise required by the Business Trust Act or
applicable law, any Administrative Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of
the Trust any documents which the Administrative Trustees have the power and
authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
SECTION 5.6 Delaware Trustee.
The initial Delaware Trustee shall be:
First Chicago Delaware Inc.
300 King Street
Wilmington, Delaware
Attention: Michael M. Majchrzak
SECTION 5.7 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.
(a) Subject to Section 5.7(b), any Trustee may be
appointed or removed without cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of any Securities, by written
instrument executed by the Sponsor;
(ii) in the case of Administrative Trustees, after the
issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a
meeting of the Holders of the Common
Securities;
(iii) in the case of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing after the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders
of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities voting as
a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities; and
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(iv) in the case of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing after the issuance of the Securities, by vote of Holders of
a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities voting as a
class at a meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities.
(b) (i) The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee shall
not be removed in accordance with Section 5.7(a) until a successor
Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Property Trustee under
Section 5.3 (a "Successor Property Trustee") has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such
Successor Property Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees
and the Sponsor; and
(ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall
not be removed in accordance with this Section 5.7(a) until a successor
Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under
Sections 5.2 and 5.4 (a "Successor Delaware Trustee") has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument
executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the
Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his
successor shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or resignation.
Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent
accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by the Trustee and delivered to
the Sponsor and the Trust, which resignation shall take effect upon such
delivery or upon such later date as is specified therein; provided, however,
that:
(i) No such resignation of the Trustee that acts as
the Property Trustee shall be effective:
(A) until a Successor Property Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument
executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to
the Trust, the Sponsor and the resigning Property Trustee; or
(B) until the assets of the Trust have been
completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof distributed to
the holders of the Securities; and
(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as
the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
instrument executed by such Successor
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Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the
resigning Delaware Trustee.
(d) The Holders of the Common Securities shall use their best
efforts to promptly appoint a Successor Delaware Trustee or Successor Property
Trustee, as the case may be, if the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee
delivers an instrument of resignation in accordance with this Section 5.7.
(e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware
Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this
Section 5.7 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of resignation or
removal, the Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee resigning or being removed, as
applicable, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of
a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee,
as the case may be.
(f) No Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable
for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Property Trustee or successor
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.8 Vacancies Among Trustees.
If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the
number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.1, or if the number of
Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 5.1, a vacancy shall occur. A
resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Administrative
Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Administrative
Trustees, shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The
vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 5.7.
SECTION 5.9 Effect of Vacancies.
The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a
Trustee shall not operate to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number
of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the
appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 5.7, the
Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number, shall have all
the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the
duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Declaration.
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SECTION 5.10 Meetings.
If there is more than one Administrative Trustee, meetings of
the Administrative Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any
Administrative Trustee. Regular meetings of the Administrative Trustees may be
held at a time and place fixed by resolution of the Administrative Trustees.
Notice of any in-person meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be hand
delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard
copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before such meeting. Notice of
any telephonic meetings of the Administrative Trustees or any committee thereof
shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by
facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before
a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and
anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by
telephone) of an Administrative Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver
of notice of such meeting except where an Administrative Trustee attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity
on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless
provided otherwise in this Declaration, any action of the Administrative
Trustees may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Administrative
Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with
respect to such matter, provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting
by the unanimous written consent of the Administrative Trustees. In the event
there is only one Administrative Trustee, any and all action of such
Administrative Trustee shall be evidenced by a written consent of such
Administrative Trustee.
SECTION 5.11 Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney
consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the
age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents
contemplated in Section 3.6, including any registration statement or amendment
thereto filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate
from time to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust the doing
of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the
Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the
Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not
prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set
forth herein.
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Section 5.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business.
Any Person into which any Trustee (excluding any
Administrative Trustee that is a natural person) may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Trustee shall be a party, or any
Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of
such Trustee, shall be the successor of such Trustee hereunder, provided that
such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 6.1 Distributions.
Each Holder shall receive Distributions in accordance with the
terms of such Holder's Securities. If and to the extent that the Debenture
Issuer makes a payment of interest (including Additional Interest (as defined in
the Indenture)), premium and/or principal on the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee or any other payments with respect to the Debentures held by the
Property Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the
Property Trustee shall and is directed, to the extent funds are available for
that purpose, to make a distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to
Holders in accordance with the respective terms of the Securities held by them.
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.
(a) The Administrative Trustees shall on behalf of the Trust
issue one class of capital securities representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex
I (the "Capital Securities") and one class of common securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as
are set forth in Annex I (the "Common Securities"). The Trust shall issue no
securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities.
(b) The Capital Securities rank pari passu and payment thereon
shall be made Pro Rata (as defined in Annex I hereto) with the Common Securities
except that, where an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
rights of Holders of
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the Common Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment
of the Holders of the Capital Securities.
(c) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance
of the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust
and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(d) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in
this Declaration, the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(e) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a
Capital Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this
Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms
of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration.
SECTION 7.2 Execution and Authentication.
(a) The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by
one Administrative Trustee or more by manual or facsimile signature. In case any
Administrative Trustee of the Trust who shall have signed any of the Securities
shall cease to be such Administrative Trustee before the Securities so signed
shall be delivered by the Trust, such Securities nevertheless may be delivered
as though the person who signed such Securities had not ceased to be such
Administrative Trustee; and any Securities may be signed on behalf of the Trust
by such persons who, at the actual date of execution of such Security, shall be
the Administrative Trustees of the Trust, although at the date of the execution
and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such an Administrative
Trustee.
(b) A Common Security shall be valid upon execution
by an Administrative Trustee without any act of the Property
Trustee. A Capital Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of an authorized signatory of the Property Trustee. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Capital Security has been authenticated
under this Declaration.
Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Administrative
Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate the Capital Securities for
original issue. The aggregate number of Capital Securities outstanding at any
time shall not exceed the number set forth in the Terms in Annex I hereto except
as provided in Section 7.6.
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The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Trust to authenticate Capital Securities. An authenticating
agent may authenticate Capital Securities whenever the Property Trustee may do
so. Each reference in this Declaration to authentication by the Property Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same
rights as the Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Sponsor or an
Affiliate.
SECTION 7.3 Form and Dating.
The Capital Securities and the Property Trustee's certificate
of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and the
Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of
which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Declaration.
Certificates representing the Securities may be printed, lithographed or
engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by their execution thereof by one or
more of them. The Securities may have letters, CUSIP or other numbers, notations
or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject,
if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a
form acceptable to the Trust). The Trust at the direction of the Sponsor shall
furnish any such legend not contained in Exhibit A-1 to the Property Trustee in
writing. Each Capital Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in Annex I and the forms of
Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part of the terms of this
Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Property Trustee, the Delaware
Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor, by their execution and
delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to be bound thereby.
(a) Global Securities. The Capital Securities shall be issued
in the form of one or more, permanent global Securities in definitive, fully
registered form without Distribution coupons with the appropriate global legends
set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto (a "Global Capital Security"), which shall be
deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Capital Securities represented
thereby with the Property Trustee or the Registrar, at its New York office, as
custodian for the Clearing Agency, and registered in the name of the Clearing
Agency or a nominee of the Clearing Agency, duly executed by the Trust and
authenticated by the Property Trustee as hereinafter provided. The number of
Capital Securities represented by the Global Capital Security may from time to
time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Property Trustee and the Clearing Agency or its nominee as hereinafter provided.
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(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 7.3(b) shall apply
only to the Global Capital Securities and such other Capital Securities in
global form as may be authorized by the Trust to be deposited with or on behalf
of the Clearing Agency.
The Trust shall execute and the Property Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section 7.3, authenticate and make available for delivery
initially one or more Global Capital Securities that (i) shall be registered in
the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of such Clearing Agency and (ii) shall
be delivered by the Trustee to such Clearing Agency or pursuant to such Clearing
Agency's written instructions or held by the Property Trustee or the Registrar
as custodian for the Clearing Agency.
Members of, or participants in, the Clearing Agency
("Participants") shall have no rights under this Declaration with respect to any
Global Capital Security held on their behalf by the Clearing Agency or by the
Property Trustee or the Registrar as the custodian of the Clearing Agency or
under such Global Capital Security, and the Clearing Agency may be treated by
the Trust, the Property Trustee and any agent of the Trust or the Property
Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Capital Security for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Trust, the Property Trustee or any agent of the Trust or the Property Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by the Clearing Agency or impair, as between the Clearing Agency and
its Participants, the operation of customary practices of such Clearing Agency
governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any
Global Capital Security.
(c) Definitive Capital Securities. Except as
provided in Section 7.9, owners of beneficial interests in a
Global Capital Security will not be entitled to receive physical
delivery of certificated Capital Securities ("Definitive Capital
Securities").
SECTION 7.4 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Trust shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, (i) an office or agency where Capital Securities may be presented
for registration of transfer ("Registrar") and (ii) an office or agency where
Capital Securities may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Capital Securities and of their transfer. The Trust
may appoint the Registrar and the Paying Agent and may appoint one or more
co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents in such other locations
as it shall determine. The term "Registrar" includes any additional registrar
and the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional
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paying agent. The Trust may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar
without prior notice to any Holder. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to
resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Property Trustee and
the Sponsor. The Trust shall notify the Property Trustee of the name and address
of any Agent not a party to this Declaration. If the Trust fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Property Trustee shall
act as such. The Trust or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar. The Trust shall act as Paying Agent, Registrar and co-Registrar for
the Common Securities.
The Trust initially appoints the Property Trustee as Registrar
and Paying Agent for the Capital Securities.
The Registrar and Paying Agent shall be entitled to all of the
rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to the Property Trustee
hereunder.
SECTION 7.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Trust shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Property Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust
for the benefit of Holders or the Property Trustee all money held by the Paying
Agent for the payment of Liquidation Amounts or Distributions on the Securities,
and will notify the Property Trustee if there are insufficient funds for such
purpose. While any such insufficiency continues, the Property Trustee may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Property Trustee. The
Trust at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Property Trustee and to account for any money disbursed by it. Upon payment over
to the Property Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Trust or an
Affiliate of the Trust) shall have no further liability for the money. If the
Trust or the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Trust or the Sponsor acts as Paying
Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of
the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent.
SECTION 7.6 Replacement Securities.
If the holder of a Security claims that the Security has been
lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken or if such Security is mutilated and is
surrendered to the Trust or in the case of the Capital Securities to the
Property Trustee, the Trust shall issue and the Property Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Security if the Property Trustee's and the Trust's
requirements, as the case may be, are met. An indemnity bond must be provided by
the Holder which, in the judgment of the Property Trustee, is sufficient to
protect the Trustees, the Sponsor or any authenticating agent from any loss
which any of them may suffer
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if a Security is replaced. The Trust may charge such holder for
its expenses in replacing a Security.
Every replacement Security is an additional beneficial
interest in the Trust.
SECTION 7.7 Outstanding Capital Securities.
The Capital Securities outstanding at any time are all the
Capital Securities authenticated by the Property Trustee except for those
cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, and those described in
this Section as not outstanding.
If a Capital Security is replaced, paid or purchased pursuant
to Section 7.6 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Property Trustee
receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced, paid or purchased Capital
Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If Capital Securities are considered paid in accordance with
the terms of this Declaration, they cease to be outstanding and Distributions on
them shall cease to accumulate.
Except as otherwise provided herein, a Capital Security does
not cease to be outstanding because one of the Trustees, the Sponsor or an
Affiliate of the Sponsor holds the Security.
SECTION 7.8 Capital Securities in Treasury.
In determining whether the Holders of the required amount of
Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Capital
Securities owned by the Trust, the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor, as
the case may be, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except
that for the purposes of determining whether the Property Trustee shall be fully
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities
which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 7.9 Temporary Securities.
(a) Until Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Trust may prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the Property
Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that
the Trust considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable
delay, the Trust shall prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the
Property Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities in exchange for
temporary Securities.
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(b) A Global Capital Security deposited with the Clearing
Agency or with the Property Trustee or the Registrar as custodian for the
Clearing Agency pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be transferred to the beneficial
owners thereof in the form of certificated Capital Securities only if (i) the
Clearing Agency notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as Clearing Agency for such Global Capital Security or if at any time such
Clearing Agency ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange
Act and a clearing agency is not appointed by the Sponsor within 90 days of such
notice, (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
(iii) the Trust at its sole discretion elects to cause the issuance of
certificated Capital Securities.
(c) Any Global Capital Security that is transferable to the
beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated Capital Securities
pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall be surrendered by the Clearing Agency to the
Property Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to
be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and
the Property Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, upon
such transfer of each portion of such Global Capital Security, an equal
aggregate Liquidation Amount of Securities of authorized denominations in the
form of certificated Capital Securities. Any portion of a Global Capital
Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names
as the Clearing Agency shall direct.
(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.9(c), the Holder of
a Global Capital Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person,
including Participants and persons that may hold interests through Participants,
to take any action which such Holder is entitled to take under this Declaration
or the Securities.
(e) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events
specified in Section 7.9(b), the Trust will promptly make available to the
Property Trustee or the Registrar a reasonable supply of certificated Capital
Securities in fully registered form without distribution coupons.
SECTION 7.10 Cancellation.
The Trust at any time may deliver the Securities to the
Property Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward
to the Property Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, redemption, exchange or payment. The Property Trustee shall promptly
cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, redemption,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of cancelled
Securities as the Trust directs,
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provided that the Property Trustee shall not be obligated to
destroy Capital Securities.
SECTION 7.11 CUSIP Numbers.
The Trust in issuing the Capital Securities may use "CUSIP"
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall use
"CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of Capital
Securities; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Capital
Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Capital
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Sponsor will promptly notify the Property Trustee
of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE VIII
DISSOLUTION OF TRUST
SECTION 8.1 Dissolution of Trust.
(a) The Trust shall automatically be dissolved and its
affairs wound up upon the earliest to occur of the following
events:
(i) upon the bankruptcy of the Sponsor;
(ii) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution
or liquidation or its equivalent with respect to the Sponsor, or the
revocation of the Sponsor's charter and the expiration of 90 days after
the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof;
(iii) following the distribution, after satisfaction of
the liabilities of the Trust to the creditors of the Trust, of a Like
Amount of the Debentures to the Holders of the Securities pursuant to
the terms thereof upon receipt of the following: (A) a written
direction from the Sponsor while the Debentures are outstanding
requiring the Trustees to dissolve the Trust and distribute a Like
Amount of the Debentures to Holders of the Securities; (B) evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee of
the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board or an independent
opinion of counsel experienced in such matters addressed to the Trust
to the effect that no such approval is then required under the
applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve Board;
and (C) an independent opinion of counsel experienced in such matters
addressed to the Trust, which opinion may rely on published rulings of
the Internal Revenue Service, to the
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effect that the Holders of the Securities will not recognize any gain
or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of
the dissolution of the Trust and the distribution of the Debentures;
(iv) upon the entry of a decree of judicial
dissolution of the Trust by a court of competent
jurisdiction;
(v) when all of the Securities shall have been called
for redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall,
after satisfaction of the liabilities of the Trust to the creditors of
the Trust, have been paid to the Holders in accordance with the terms
of the Securities; or
(vi) the expiration of the term of the Trust provided
in Section 3.14.
(b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event
referred to in Section 8.1(a) and after satisfaction of all liabilities of the
Trust, the Administrative Trustees shall file a certificate of cancellation with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(c) The provisions of Section 3.9 and Article X shall
survive the termination of the Trust.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
SECTION 9.1 Transfer of Securities.
(a) Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part,
in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration and in
the terms of the Securities. Any transfer or purported transfer of any Security
not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX, Capital Securities
shall be freely transferable.
(c) The Sponsor may not transfer the Common
Securities.
(d) The Trustees shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of the transfer of Securities, which will be effected without
charge but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Trustees may require)
in respect of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in
relation to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Securities,
the Trustees shall cause one or more new Securities to be issued
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in the name of the designated transferee or transferees. Every Security
surrendered for registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees duly
executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing.
Each Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be canceled by the
Trustees. A transferee of a Security shall be entitled to the rights and subject
to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of
a Security. By acceptance of a Security, each transferee shall be deemed to have
agreed to be bound by this Declaration.
SECTION 9.2 Deemed Security Holders.
The Trust, the Trustees, the Paying Agent and the Registrar
may treat the Person in whose name any Security shall be registered on the books
and records of the Trust as the sole owner of such Security for purposes of
receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly,
shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in
such Security on the part of any Person, whether or not the Trust, the Trustees,
the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have actual or other notice thereof.
SECTION 9.3 Book Entry Interests.
Global Capital Securities shall initially be registered on the
books and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the
Clearing Agency, and no Capital Security Beneficial Owner will receive a
definitive Capital Security Certificate representing such Capital Security
Beneficial Owner's interests in such Global Capital Securities, except as
provided in Section 7.9. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Capital
Securities certificates have been issued to the Capital Security Beneficial
Owners pursuant to Section 7.9:
(a) the provisions of this Section 9.3 shall be in
full force and effect;
(b) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with
the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Declaration (including the payment
of Distributions on the Global Capital Securities and receiving approvals, votes
or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Capital Securities and the sole
holder of the Global Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Capital
Security Beneficial Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.3
conflict with any other provisions of this Declaration, the provisions of this
Section 9.3 shall control; and
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(d) the rights of the Capital Security Beneficial Owners shall
be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Capital Security Beneficial
Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants and
receive and transmit payments of Distributions on the Global Certificates to
such Clearing Agency Participants; provided, that solely for the purposes of
determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Capital Securities
have voted on any matter provided for in this Declaration, so long as any Global
Capital Securities remain outstanding, the Trustees may conclusively rely on,
and shall be protected in relying on, any written instrument (including a proxy)
delivered to the Trustees by the Clearing Agency setting forth the Capital
Security Beneficial Owners' votes or assigning the right to vote on any matter
to any other Persons either in whole or in part.
SECTION 9.4 Notices to Clearing Agency.
Whenever a notice or other communication to the Capital
Security Holders is required under this Declaration, the Trustees shall give all
such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Holders of
Global Capital Security to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no notice
obligations to the Capital Security Beneficial Owners.
SECTION 9.5 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.
If any Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as
securities depositary with respect to the Capital Securities, the Administrative
Trustees may, in their sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with
respect to such Capital Securities.
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
SECTION 10.1 Liability.
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this
Declaration, the Securities Guarantees and the terms of the
Securities, the Sponsor shall not be:
(i) personally liable for the return of any portion
of the capital contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders of
the Securities which shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; and
(ii) be required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder
of Securities any deficit upon dissolution of the Trust or
otherwise.
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(b) The Sponsor shall be liable for all of the fees, expenses,
debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to the Securities)
to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's assets.
(c) Pursuant to ss. 3803(a) of the Business Trust Act, the
Holders of the Capital Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of
personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit
organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.2 Exculpation.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust 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 on behalf of the Trust and in a
manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the
authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration 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 gross 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 Trust and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Trust 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 Trust, 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 Securities might properly be paid.
SECTION 10.3 Fiduciary Duty.
(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified
Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto
to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under
this Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person
for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The
provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and
liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity
(other than the duties imposed on the Property Trustee under the Trust Indenture
Act), are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and
liabilities of such Indemnified Person.
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(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:
(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises
between any Covered Persons; or
(ii) whenever this Declaration or any other agreement
contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person
shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and
reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of Securities,
each Covered Person or Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of
interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case the
relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such conflict,
agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to
such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable
generally accepted accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad
faith by the Indemnified Person, the resolution, action or term so made, taken
or provided by the Indemnified Person shall not constitute a breach of this
Declaration or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or
obligation of the Indemnified Person at law or in equity or otherwise.
(c) Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified
Person is permitted or required to make a decision:
(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar
authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such
interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and
shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any
interest of or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or
(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express
standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard
and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by
this Declaration or by applicable law.
SECTION 10.4 Indemnification.
(a) (i) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent
permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
an action by or in the right of the Trust) by reason of the fact that he is or
was an Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in
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connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(ii) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent
permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in
its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was an Indemnified Person
against expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Trust and except that no such indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Indemnified
Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and
only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of
all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
(iii) To the extent that an Indemnified Person shall be
successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action
without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of
liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a), or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full
extent permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(iv) Any indemnification of an Administrative Trustee
under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a) (unless ordered
by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Company
Indemnified Person is
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proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard
of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii). Such determination
shall be made (1) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of
a Quorum consisting of such Administrative Trustees who were not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (2) if such a Quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested
Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (3) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust.
(v) Expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses)
incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to
in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a) shall be paid by the
Sponsor in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor as
authorized in this Section 10.4(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a determination is reasonably
and promptly made (i) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote
of a Quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees, (ii) if such a
Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of
disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal
counsel in a written opinion or (iii) the Common Security Holder of the
Trust, that, based upon the facts known to the Administrative Trustees,
counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time such determination is
made, such Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that
such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding,
that such Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made
in instances where the Administrative Trustees, independent legal
counsel or Common Security Holder reasonably determine that such person
deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital
Security Holders.
(vi) The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this
Section 10.4(a) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors of the Sponsor or Capital Security Holders of the Trust or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action
in another capacity while holding such office.
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All rights to indemnification under this Section 10.4(a) shall be
deemed to be provided by a contract between the Sponsor and each
Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time while this
Section 10.4(a) is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this
Section 10.4(a) shall not affect any rights or obligations then
existing.
(vii) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Company
Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not the Sponsor would have the power to indemnify him
against such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a).
(viii) For purposes of this Section 10.4(a), references
to "the Trust" shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving
entity, any constituent entity (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger, so that any person
who is or was a director, trustee, officer or employee of such
constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent
of another entity, shall stand in the same position under the
provisions of this Section 10.4(a) with respect to the resulting or
surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent
entity if its separate existence had continued.
(ix) The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 10.4(a) shall, unless
otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person
who has ceased to be an Indemnified Person and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(b) The Sponsor agrees to indemnify the (i) Property Trustee,
(ii) the Delaware Trustee, (iii) any Affiliate of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, and (iv) any officers, directors, shareholders, members,
partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons in (i) through
(iv) being referred to as a "Fiduciary Indemnified Person") for, and to hold
each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability,
damage, claim or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income
of such Fiduciary Indemnified Person) 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
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of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set
forth in this Section 10.4(b) shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of
this Declaration or the earlier resignation or removal of such Fiduciary
Indemnified Person.
SECTION 10.5 Outside Businesses.
Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the
Property Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures
of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or
dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of
Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and to such
independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit
of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall
not be deemed wrongful or improper. No Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware
Trustee, or the Property Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular
investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a
character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any
Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee shall
have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or
fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other
opportunity. Any Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee
may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the
Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee
or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other
obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
SECTION 11.1 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the Trust shall be the
calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code.
SECTION 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters.
(a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the
Administrative Trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books of account,
records and supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail, each
transaction of the Trust. The books of account shall be maintained on the
accrual method of accounting, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied. The Trust shall use the accrual method of
accounting for United States federal income tax purposes. The books of account
and the records of the Trust shall be examined by and reported upon as of the
end of each
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Fiscal Year of the Trust by a firm of independent certified public accountants
selected by the Administrative Trustees.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be prepared and
delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, within 90 days after the end of
each Fiscal Year of the Trust, annual financial statements of the Trust,
including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and
the related statements of income or loss.
(c) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly
prepared and delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, any annual United
States federal income tax information statement, required by the Code,
containing such information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as
is required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right
under the Code to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrative
Trustees shall endeavor to deliver all such information statements within 30
days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.
(d) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly
prepared and filed with the appropriate taxing authority, an annual United
States federal income tax return, on a Form 1041 or such other form required by
United States federal income tax law, and any other annual income tax returns
required to be filed by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust with
any state or local taxing authority.
SECTION 11.3 Banking.
The Trust shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the name
and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of
funds in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee shall be made
directly to the Property Trustee Account and no other funds of the Trust shall
be deposited in the Property Trustee Account. The sole signatories for such
accounts shall be designated by the Administrative Trustees; provided, however,
that the Property Trustee shall designate the signatories for the Property
Trustee Account.
SECTION 11.4 Withholding.
The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
comply with all withholding requirements under United States federal, state and
local law. The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust,
such forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from
withholding with respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms as
shall reasonably be requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the
extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrative
Trustees on behalf
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of the Trust shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless
an exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit
amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the
extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any
authority with respect to Distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount
withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution in the amount of the withholding
to the Holder. In the event of any claimed over withholding, Holders shall be
limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required
to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made, the Trust may
reduce subsequent Distributions by the amount of such withholding.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
SECTION 12.1 Amendments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or by any
applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a
written instrument executed by the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee
and the Delaware
Trustee.
(b) No amendment shall be made, and any such
purported amendment shall be void and ineffective:
(i) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment,
the Property Trustee shall have first received an Officers' Certificate
from each of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted
by, and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the terms
of the Securities);
(ii) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment
which affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of
the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall have first received:
(A) an Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust
and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and
conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the
terms of the Securities); and
(B) an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to
the Sponsor or the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by,
and conforms to, the terms of this Declaration (including the
terms of the Securities),
provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall not be
required to sign any such amendment; or
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(iii) to the extent the result of such amendment would
be to:
(A) cause the Trust to fail to continue to be
classified for purposes of United States federal income
taxation as a grantor trust;
(B) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers
of the Property Trustee in contravention of the Trust
Indenture Act; or
(C) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an
Investment Company required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act.
(c) After the Trust has issued any Securities that remain
outstanding, any amendment that would adversely affect the rights, privileges or
preferences of any Holder of Securities may be effected only with such
additional requirements as may be set forth in the terms of such Securities.
(d) Section 10.1(c) and this Section 12.1 shall not
be amended without the consent of all of the Holders of the
Securities.
(e) Article IV shall not be amended without the
consent of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Common Securities.
(f) The rights of the holders of the Common Securities under
Article V to increase or decrease the number of, and appoint and remove Trustees
shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities.
(g) Notwithstanding Section 12.1(c), this Declaration
may be amended without the consent of the Holders of the
Securities to:
(i) cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any
provision in this Declaration that may be inconsistent with any other
provision of this Declaration or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Declaration which
shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of the Declaration;
and
(ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of
the Declaration to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the
Trust will be classified for United States federal income tax purposes
as a grantor trust at all times that any Securities are outstanding or
to ensure that the
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Trust will not be required to register as an Investment
Company under the Investment Company Act,
provided, however, that in the case of clause (i), such action shall not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the
Securities, and any amendments of this Declaration shall become effective when
notice thereof is given to the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 12.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written
Consent.
(a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be
called at any time by the Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms
of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such
class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration, the
terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital
Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Administrative Trustees shall
call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders
of at least 10% in Liquidation Amount of such class of Securities. Such
direction shall be given by delivering to the Administrative Trustees one or
more notice in a writing stating that the signing Holders of Securities wish to
call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the
meeting is to be called. Any Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall
specify in writing the Security Certificates held by the Holders of Securities
exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall
be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth
in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the
terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to
meetings of Holders of Securities:
(i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all
the Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereat at least seven
days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting.
Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders of Securities is
permitted or required under this Declaration or the rules of any stock
exchange on which the Capital Securities are listed or admitted for
trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of
the Holders of Securities. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of
the Holders of Securities may be taken without a meeting if a consent
in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders
of Securities owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in
Liquidation Amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all Holders of Securities
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having a right to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice
of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders
of Securities entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. The
Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted
to the Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a
meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the
Administrative Trustees;
(ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any
Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of
Securities is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any
meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be
valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless
otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the
pleasure of the Holder of Securities executing it. Except as otherwise
provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity
of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations
thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders
of the Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation;
(iii) each meeting of the Holders of the Securities
shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such
other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate;
and
(iv) unless the Business Trust Act, this Declaration,
the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing
rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are at the
time listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative
Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other
provisions relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including
notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter
is to be voted on by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any such
notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a
record date, Quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any
other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.
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ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE
AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
SECTION 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Property
Trustee.
The Trustee that acts as initial Property Trustee represents
and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration,
and each Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its
appointment as Property Trustee that:
(a) The Property Trustee is a national banking association
with trust powers and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and
perform its obligations under the terms of, this Declaration;
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Property
Trustee of the Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Property Trustee. The Declaration has been duly
executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Property Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court
(regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law);
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Declaration by the Property Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a
breach of the charter or by-laws of the Property Trustee; and
(d) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration
with or notice to, any federal banking authority is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Property Trustee of this Declaration.
SECTION 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware
Trustee.
The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents
and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration,
and each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its
appointment as Delaware Trustee that:
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(a) The Delaware Trustee is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform
its obligations under the terms of, this Declaration;
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware
Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Delaware Trustee. This Declaration has been duly
executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court
(regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law);
(c) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration
with or notice to, any Delaware banking authority is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration; and
(d) The Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident
of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1 Notices.
All notices provided for in this Declaration shall be in
writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered,
telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Administrative
Trustees at the Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address
as the Trust may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):
Wachovia Capital Trust II
c\o Wachovia Corporation
100 North Main Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27150
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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(b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address
set forth below (or such other address as Delaware Trustee may give notice of to
the Holders of the Securities):
First Chicago Delaware Inc.
300 King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Attention: Michael J. Majchrzak
(c) if given to the Property Trustee, at the Property
Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Property
Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza
Suite 0126
Chicago, Illinois 60670
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the
mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the
Holder of the Common Securities may give notice to the Trust):
Wachovia Corporation
100 North Main Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27150
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set
forth on the books and records of the 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.
SECTION 14.2 Governing Law.
This Declaration and the rights of the parties hereunder shall
be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without
regard to principles of conflict of laws.
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SECTION 14.3 Intention of the Parties.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be
classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The
provisions of this Declaration shall be interpreted to further this intention of
the parties.
SECTION 14.4 Headings.
Headings contained in this Declaration are inserted for
convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this
Declaration or any provision hereof.
SECTION 14.5 Successors and Assigns.
Whenever in this Declaration any of the parties hereto is
named or referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed
to be included, and all covenants and agreements in this Declaration by the
Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns, whether so expressed.
SECTION 14.6 Partial Enforceability.
If any provision of this Declaration, or the application of
such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the
remainder of this Declaration, or the application of such provision to persons
or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be
affected thereby.
SECTION 14.7 Counterparts.
This Declaration may contain more than one counterpart of the
signature page and this Declaration may be executed by the affixing of the
signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages.
All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they
shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a
single signature page.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused these presents
to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
____________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
____________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
____________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
First Chicago Delaware Inc.,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Delaware Trustee
By:_________________________
Name:
The First National Bank of Chicago,
as Property Trustee
By:_________________________
Name:
Wachovia Corporation,
as Sponsor
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX I
TERMS OF
[ ]% CAPITAL SECURITIES
[ ]% COMMON SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust, dated as of [ ], 1997 (as amended from time to time, the
"Declaration"), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences
and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities (collectively, the "Securities") are set out below (each capitalized
term used but not defined herein has the meaning set forth in the Declaration
or, if not defined in such Declaration, as defined in the Indenture):
1. Designation and Number.
(a) Capital Securities. [ ] Capital Securities of the Trust,
with an aggregate Liquidation Amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of
[ ] million dollars ($[ ]), and with a Liquidation Amount with respect to the
assets of the Trust of $25 per Security, are hereby designated for the purposes
of identification only as "[ ]% Capital Securities" (the "Capital Securities").
The certificates evidencing the Capital Securities shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto
or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice
or to conform to the rules of any stock exchange or quotation system on which
the Capital Securities are listed or quoted.
(b) Common Securities. [ ] Common Securities of the Trust with
an aggregate Liquidation Amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of [ ]
($[ ]) and a Liquidation Amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $25
per Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as
"[ ]% Common Securities" (the "Common Securities"). The certificates evidencing
the Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the
Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as
may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice.
2. Distributions.
(a) Distributions payable on each Security will be fixed at a
rate per annum of [ ]% (the "Coupon Rate") of the Liquidation Amount of $25 per
Security (the "Liquidation Amount"), such rate being the rate of interest
payable on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in
arrears for more than one semi-annual period will bear additional
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distributions thereon compounded semi-annually at the Coupon Rate (to the extent
permitted by applicable law). The term "Distributions", as used herein, includes
any such additional distributions unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is
payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures
held by the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds on
hand legally available therefor.
(b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will
accumulate from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or,
if no Distributions have been paid, from [ ], 1997, and will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on [ ] and [ ] of each year, commencing on [ ], 1997,
except as otherwise described below. The amount of Distributions payable for any
period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months and for any period of less than a full calendar month on the basis
of the actual number of days elapsed in such month. If any date on which
Distributions are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then payment
of the Distribution payable on such date shall be made on the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect
of any such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on the date such
payment was originally payable (each date on which Distributions are payable in
accordance with the foregoing, a "Distribution Date"). So long as no Event of
Default (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing, the
Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer the payment of
interest on the Debentures at any time and from time to time for a period not
exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, including the first such
semi-annual period during such period (each an "Extension Period"), provided
that no Extension Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Debentures. Distributions will be deferred during any Extension Period.
Notwithstanding such deferral, Distributions to which holders of Securities are
entitled shall continue to accumulate additional Distributions thereon (to the
extent permitted by applicable law but not at a rate greater than the rate at
which interest is then accruing on the Debentures) at the Coupon Rate compounded
semi-annually from the relevant Distribution Dates during any Extension Period.
Prior to the expiration of any Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may
further defer payments of interest by further extending such Extension Period;
provided that such Extension Period, together with all previous and further
extensions, if any, within such Extension Period, may not exceed 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods, including the first semi-annual period during such
Extension Period, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. Upon the
expiration of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the
Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements. The Debenture Issuer must give the Property Trustee, the
Administrative Trustees and the Debenture
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Trustee (as defined in the Offering Circular) notice of its election of any
Extension Period or any extension thereof at least five Business Days prior to
the earlier of (i) the date the Distributions on the Capital Securities would
have been payable except for the election to begin or extend such Extension
Period and (ii) the date the Administrative Trustees are required to give notice
to any securities exchange or to Holders of the Capital Securities of the record
date or the date such Distributions are payable, but in any event not less than
five Business Days prior to such record date. There is no limitation on the
number of times that the Debenture Issuer may elect to begin an Extension
Period.
(c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the
Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the
record dates, which shall be the first day of the month in which the relevant
Distribution Date occurs. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and the
provisions of the Declaration, each such payment in respect of the Capital
Securities will be made as follows: (i) if the Capital Securities are held in
global form by a Clearing Agency (or its nominee), in accordance with the
procedures of the Clearing Agency; and (ii) if the Capital Securities are held
in definitive form, by check mailed to the address of the Holder thereof as
reflected in the records of the Registrar unless otherwise agreed by the Trust.
The relevant record dates for the Common Securities shall be the same as the
record dates for the Capital Securities. Distributions payable on any Securities
that are not punctually paid on any Distribution Date will cease to be payable
to the Holder on the relevant record date, and such defaulted Distribution will
instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on
the special record date or other specified date determined in accordance with
the Indenture.
(d) In the event that there is any money or other property
held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such property
shall be distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) pursuant to Section 8 among
the Holders of the Securities.
3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution.
In the event of any dissolution of the Trust or the Sponsor
otherwise gives notice of its election to liquidate the Trust pursuant to
Section 8.1(a)(iii) of the Declaration, the Trust shall be liquidated by the
Administrative Trustees as expeditiously as the Administrative Trustees
determine to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to the Holders of the
Securities a Like Amount (as defined below) of the Debentures, unless such
Distribution is determined by the
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Property Trustee not to be practicable, in which event such Holders will be
entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust legally available for
Distribution to Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the
Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the aggregate of the
Liquidation Amount of $25 per Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions
thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation
Distribution").
"Like Amount" means (i) with respect to a redemption of the
Securities, Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount
of Debentures to be paid in accordance with their terms and (ii) with respect to
a distribution of Debentures upon the liquidation of the Trust, Debentures
having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Securities of
the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed.
If, upon any such liquidation, the Liquidation Distribution
can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets on hand
legally available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then
the amounts payable directly by the Trust on the Securities shall be paid on a
Pro Rata basis as set forth in Section 8.
4. Redemption and Distribution.
(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures on the Maturity Date
thereof or redemption thereof (in whole or in part) prior thereto in accordance
with the terms thereof, the proceeds from such repayment or prepayment shall be
simultaneously applied by the Property Trustee (subject to the Property Trustee
having received notice no later than 45 days prior to such repayment or
prepayment) to redeem a Like Amount of the Securities at a redemption price
equal to (i) in the case of the repayment of the Debentures on the Maturity
Date, the Maturity Redemption Price (as defined below), (ii) in the case of the
optional redemption of the Debentures prior to [ ], [ ] upon the occurrence and
continuation of a Special Event, the Special Event Redemption Price (as defined
below) and (iii) in the case of the optional redemption of the Debentures other
than as contemplated in clause (ii) above, the Optional Redemption Price (as
defined below). The Maturity Redemption Price, the Special Event Redemption
Price and the Optional Redemption Price are referred to collectively as the
"Redemption Price."
(b) (i) The "Maturity Redemption Price" shall mean a price
equal to 100% of the Liquidation Amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus
accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon, if any, to the date of redemption.
(ii) "Optional Redemption Price" shall mean a
price equal to the percentage of the Liquidation Amount of
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Securities to be redeemed plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon, if
any, to the date of such redemption if redeemed during the 12 month period
beginning [ ] of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
%
and thereafter
(iii) "Special Event Redemption Price" shall mean a
price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the Liquidation Amount of Securities
to be redeemed or (ii) the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of the
present values of [ ]% of such Liquidation Amount and the remaining scheduled
payments of interest thereon from the redemption date to [ ], [ ], in each case
discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in
either case, accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon, if any, to the date
of such redemption.
(c) On and from the date fixed by the Administrative Trustees
for any distribution of Debentures and liquidation of the Trust: (i) the
Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding; (ii) each Holder of
Securities will receive a registered certificate or certificates representing
the Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution; and (iii) Securities will
be deemed to represent beneficial interests in a Like Amount of Debentures, and
bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accumulated and
unpaid Distributions on such Securities, until such Securities are presented to
the Registrar or its agent for cancellation and such Debentures are transferred
to the Holders of such Securities.
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(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding
Securities unless all accumulated and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all
Securities for all semi-annual Distribution periods that expire on or before the
date of redemption.
(e) The procedure with respect to redemptions or
distributions of Debentures shall be as follows:
(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for, the Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution Notice")
will be given by the Trust by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed
or exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the
date fixed for repayment or redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the
calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices
are given pursuant to this Section 4(e)(i), a Redemption/Distribution Notice
shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of Securities. Each
Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of Securities
at the address of each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the
Trust. No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of
either thereof with respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the
redemption or exchange proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding
Securities are to be redeemed, the Securities to be redeemed shall be redeemed
Pro Rata from each Holder of Securities, it being understood that, in respect
of Capital Securities registered in the name of and held of record by a
Clearing Agency or its nominee, the distribution of the proceeds of such
redemption will be made to the Clearing Agency or its nominee and disbursed by
such Clearing Agency in accordance with the procedures applied by such agency
or nominee.
(iii) If Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice, such notice shall be irrevocable and (A) with
respect to Capital Securities registered in the name of or held of record by a
Clearing Agency or its nominee, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
redemption date, provided that the Debenture Issuer has paid the Property
Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related maturity or
prepayment of the Debentures by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Maturity
Date or the date of prepayment, as the case may be, the Property Trustee or the
Paying Agent will pay to the Clearing Agency or its nominee funds sufficient to
pay the applicable Redemption Price with respect to such Capital Securities, and
(B) with respect to Capital
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Securities issued in certificated form and Common Securities, provided that the
Debenture Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in
connection with the related maturity or prepayment of the Debentures, the
Property Trustee or the Paying Agent will pay the relevant Redemption Price to
the Holders of such Securities against presentation to the Registrar of the
certificates therefor. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given
and funds deposited with the Property Trustee to pay the Redemption Price
(including all unpaid Distributions) with respect to the Securities called for
redemption, then immediately prior to the close of business on the redemption
date, Distributions will cease to accumulate on the Securities so called for
redemption and all rights of Holders of such Securities so called for redemption
will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to receive the
Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price, and such
Securities shall cease to be outstanding.
(iv) Payment of accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the
redemption date of any Securities will be subject to the rights of Holders of
such Securities on the close of business on a regular record date in respect of
a Distribution Date occurring on or prior to such Redemption Date.
(v) Neither the Administrative Trustees nor the Trust shall be
required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of (A) any
Securities beginning on the opening of business 15 days before the day of
mailing of a Redemption/Distribution Notice or (B) any Securities selected for
redemption (except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed). If
any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not a Business Day, then payment
of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect
of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on such date fixed
for redemption. If payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Securities
is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Property Trustee or
the Paying Agent or by the Sponsor as guarantor pursuant to the relevant
Securities Guarantee, on the date fixed for redemption, (A) Distributions on
such Securities will continue to accumulate from such redemption date to the
actual date of payment, and (B) the actual payment date will be considered the
date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(vi) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without
limitation, United States federal securities laws and banking laws), provided
the acquiror is not the Holder of the Common Securities or the obligor under the
Indenture, the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates may at any time and from time to
time purchase outstanding Capital Securities by tender, in the
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open market or by private agreement; provided further, that such Capital
Securities are thereupon submitted to the Property Trustee for cancellation.
5. Voting Rights - Capital Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 5(b) and 7 and
as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of
the Capital Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or
executing any trust or power conferred on such Debenture Trustee with respect to
the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section 5.13
of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity of the principal of the Debentures or (iv) consent
to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the
Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case,
obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount
of all outstanding Capital Securities; provided, however, that where a consent
under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without
the prior approval of each Holder of the Capital Securities. The Trustees shall
not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders
of the Capital Securities except by subsequent vote of such Holders. The
Property Trustee shall notify each Holder of Capital Securities of any notice of
default with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing
approvals of such Holders of the Capital Securities, prior to taking any of the
foregoing actions, the Trustees shall obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced
in such matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified as an
association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes on account of such action.
If an Event of Default under the Declaration has occurred and
is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture
Issuer to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on
any due date (including any Interest Payment Date or prepayment date or the
Maturity Date), then a Holder of Capital Securities may directly institute a
proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on a Like Amount of Debentures (a "Direct Action")
on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection
with such Direct Action, the rights of the Common Securities Holders will be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of Capital Securities to the extent of
any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to the
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Holders of Capital Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the
second preceding sentence, the Holders of Capital Securities will not be able to
exercise directly any other remedy available to the Holders of the Debentures.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Capital Securities may
be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Capital Securities convened for
such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or
pursuant to written consent. The Property Trustee will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any
matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to
be mailed to each Holder of record of Capital Securities. Each such notice will
include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by
which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed
for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of
such matter upon which written consent is sought, and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consent.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities
will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Capital Securities or to
distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of
the Securities.
Notwithstanding that Holders of Capital Securities are
entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any
of the Capital Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the
Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall, for purposes of such
vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding.
6. Voting Rights - Common Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 6(b), 6(c), and 7 or as
otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Common
Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by the Holder of the Common
Securities. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be removed at such time by the Holders of a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Capital Securities. In no
event will the Holders of the Capital Securities have the right to vote to
appoint, remove or replace the Administrative Trustees, which voting rights are
vested exclusively in the Sponsor as the Holder of the Common Securities. No
resignation or removal of a Trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee
shall be effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
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successor trustee in accordance with the provisions of the
Declaration.
(c) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or
executing any trust or power conferred on such Debenture Trustee with respect to
the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section 5.13
of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity of the principal of the Debentures or (iv) consent
to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the
Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case,
obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount
of all outstanding Common Securities; provided, however, that where a consent
under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without
the prior approval of each Holder of the Common Securities. The Trustees shall
not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders
of the Common Securities except by subsequent vote of such Holders. The Property
Trustee shall notify each Holder of Common Securities of any notice of default
with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals
of such Holders of the Common Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing
actions, the Trustees shall obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified as an association
taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes on
account of such action.
If an Event of Default under the Declaration has occurred and
is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture
Issuer to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on
the due date (including any Interest Payment Date or prepayment date or the
Maturity Date), then a Holder of Common Securities may institute a Direct Action
for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on a Like Amount of Debentures on or after the respective due
date specified in the Debentures. In connection with any Direct Action, the
rights of the Common Securities Holders will be subrogated to the rights of the
Holders of Capital Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Debenture
Issuer to Holders of Capital Securities in such Direct Action. Except as
provided in the second preceding sentence, the Holders of Common Securities will
not be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of
the Debentures.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Common
Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of
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Common Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders
of Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent. The Administrative
Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of Common
Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon which action by written
consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of
Common Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i)
the date of such meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a
description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which
such Holders are entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent
is sought and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities
will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to
distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of
the Securities.
7. Amendments to Declaration and Indenture.
In addition to the requirements set out in Section 12.1 of the
Declaration, the Declaration may be amended from time to time by an instrument
executed by the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities (i) to cure any
ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions in the Declaration that may be
inconsistent with any other provisions, or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under the Declaration which shall not be
inconsistent with the other provisions of the Declaration, or (ii) to modify,
eliminate or add to any provisions of the Declaration to such extent as shall be
necessary to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States federal
income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any Securities are
outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an
"investment company" under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that
in the case of clause (i), such action shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holder of Securities. Any amendments of
the Declaration pursuant to the foregoing shall become effective when notice
thereof is given to the holders of the Securities. The Declaration also may be
amended by the Trustees and the Sponsor with (i) the consent of Holders
representing a Majority in Liquidation Amount of all outstanding Securities, and
(ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance
with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status
as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, provided that,
without the consent of each Holder of Securities, the
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Declaration may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any
Distribution required to be made in respect of the Securities as of a specified
date or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder of Securities to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.
8. Pro Rata.
A reference in these terms of the Securities to any payment,
distribution or treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata to each Holder
of Securities according to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Securities
held by the relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of
all Securities outstanding unless, in relation to any payment, an Event of
Default under the Declaration has occurred and is continuing, in which case any
funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the
Capital Securities pro rata according to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of
Capital Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of all Capital Securities outstanding, and only after
satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Capital Securities, to
each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of all Common Securities outstanding.
9. Ranking.
The Capital Securities rank pari passu with the Common
Securities and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with the Common
Securities, except that, if an Event of Default under the Declaration occurs and
is continuing, no payments in respect of Distributions on, or payments upon
liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to, the Common Securities
shall be made until the Holders of the Capital Securities shall be paid in full
the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution and other payments
to which they are entitled at such time.
10. Acceptance of Securities Guarantee and Indenture.
Each Holder of Capital Securities and Common Securities, by
the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Capital Securities
Guarantee and the Common Securities Guarantee, respectively, including the
subordination provisions therein and to the provisions of the Indenture.
11. No Preemptive Rights.
The Holders of the Securities shall have no preemptive rights
to subscribe for any additional securities.
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12. Miscellaneous.
These terms constitute a part of the Declaration.
The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the
Capital Securities Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee (as may be
appropriate), and the Indenture (including any supplemental indenture) to a
Holder without charge on written request to the Sponsor at its principal place
of business.
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[IF THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY, INSERT: THIS
CAPITAL SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE "CLEARING AGENCY") OR A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING
AGENCY. THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CAPITAL SECURITIES REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN
THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
CAPITAL SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY
THE CLEARING AGENCY TO A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
CLEARING AGENCY TO THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING
AGENCY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.]
Certificate Number Number of Capital Securities
CUSIP NO.
Certificate Evidencing Capital Securities
of
Wachovia Capital Trust II
[ ]% Capital Securities
(Liquidation Amount $25 per Capital Security)
Wachovia Capital Trust II, a statutory business trust formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
(the "Holder") is the registered owner of securities of the Trust representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the [ ]%
Capital Securities (Liquidation Amount $25 per Capital Security) (the "Capital
Securities"). The Capital Securities are transferable on the books and records
of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation,
rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of
the Capital Securities represented hereby are set forth herein, on the reverse
hereof and in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated
as of [ ], 1997, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Declaration"), and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions thereof,
including the designation of the terms of the Capital Securities as set forth in
Annex I to the Declaration. Each capitalized term used but
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not defined herein or in any legend, form or certificate hereon shall have the
meaning given to it in the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the
Declaration, the Capital Securities Guarantee and the Indenture to any Holder
without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of
business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder and to the benefits of
the Capital Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein.
By its acceptance hereof, the Holder agrees to treat, for
United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and
the Capital Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the
Debentures.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this
certificate this day of .
Wachovia Capital Trust II
By: _________________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
PROPERTY TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Capital Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Declaration.
Dated:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO,
as Property Trustee
By: _____________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Capital Security
will be fixed at a rate per annum of [ ]% (the "Coupon Rate") of the Liquidation
Amount of $25 per Capital Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable
on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears
for more than one semi-annual period will bear interest thereon compounded
semi-annually at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
The term "Distributions", as used herein, includes such cash distributions and
any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable
only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by
the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds on hand
legally available therefor.
Distributions on the Capital Securities will be cumulative,
will accumulate from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid
or, if no Distributions have been paid, from [ ], [ ] and will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on [ ] and [ ] of each year, commencing on [ ], [ ],
except as otherwise described below and in the Declaration. Distributions will
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months
and, for any period of less than a full calendar month, the number of days
elapsed in such month. As long as no Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture) has occurred and is continuing, the Debenture Issuer has the right
under the Indenture to defer the payment of interest on the Debenture at any
time and from time to time for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive calendar
semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period during such
extension period (each, an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension
Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. Distributions
will be deferred during any Extension Period. Notwithstanding such deferral,
semi-annual Distributions will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to
the extent permitted by applicable law, but not at a rate exceeding the rate of
interest then accruing on the Debentures) at the Coupon Rate compounded
semi-annually during any Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any
Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by
further extending such Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period,
together with all previous and further extensions, if any, within such Extension
Period, may not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, including the first
semi-annual period during such Extension Period, or extend beyond the Maturity
Date of the Debentures. Payments of Distributions that have accumulated but not
been paid during any Extension Period will be payable to Holders as they appear
on the books and records of the Trust on the record date for the first scheduled
Distribution payment date following the expiration of such Extension Period.
Upon the expiration of any Extension Period
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and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the above requirements.
Subject to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board if
such approval is then required under applicable law or capital guidelines or
policies of the Federal Reserve Board and to certain other conditions set forth
in the Declaration and the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall, at the
direction of the Sponsor, at any time liquidate the Trust and cause the
Debentures to be distributed to the holders of the Securities in liquidation of
the Trust or, simultaneously with any redemption of the Debentures, cause a Like
Amount of the Securities to be redeemed by the Trust.
The Capital Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Declaration.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this
Capital Security Certificate to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
agent
to transfer this Capital Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Capital Security Certificate)
Signature Guarantee:
* Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is a
bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the
requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar
in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE
THIS COMMON SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS COMMON
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS COMMON SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS COMMON SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE
DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS THREE YEARS AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH WACHOVIA
CORPORATION (THE "CORPORATION") OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE CORPORATION WAS THE
OWNER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY)
ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS
BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) SO LONG AS THIS COMMON
SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A) THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND
SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE
MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRUST AND THE CORPORATION PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) or (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH
OF THEM. SUCH HOLDER FURTHER AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM
THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF
THIS LEGEND.
Certificate Number Number of Common Securities
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
Wachovia Capital Trust II
[ ]% Common Securities
(Liquidation Amount $25 per Common Security)
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Wachovia Capital Trust II, a statutory business trust formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
Wachovia Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of common securities
of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust designated the [ ]% Common Securities (Liquidation Amount $25 per Common
Security) (the "Common Securities"). The Common Securities are transferable on
the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for
transfer. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and
other terms and provisions of the Common Securities represented hereby are set
forth herein, on the reverse hereof and in the Amended and Restated Declaration
of Trust of the Trust dated as of [ ], 1997, as the same may be amended from
time to time (the "Declaration"), and shall in all respects be subject to the
provisions thereof, including the designation of the terms of the Common
Securities as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration. Each capitalized term
used but not defined herein or in any legend, form or certificate hereon shall
have the meaning given to it in the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a copy
of the Declaration, the Common Securities Guarantee and the Indenture (including
any supplemental indenture) to any Holder without charge upon written request to
the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Sponsor is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder and to the benefits of
the Common Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein.
By its acceptance hereof, the Holder agrees to treat, for
United States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and
the Common Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the
Debentures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this
certificate this day of , .
WACHOVIA CAPITAL TRUST II
By:_________________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
PROPERTY TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Common Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Declaration.
Dated:_________________________
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO,
as Property Trustee
By:____________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Common Security will be fixed at
a rate per annum of [ ]% (the "Coupon Rate") of the Liquidation Amount of $25
per Common Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the
Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more
than one semi-annual period will bear interest thereon compounded semiannually
at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term
"Distributions", as used herein, includes such cash distributions and any such
interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the
extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds available therefor.
Distributions on the Common Securities will be cumulative,
will accrue from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or,
if no Distributions have been paid, from [ ], [ ] and will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on [ ] and [ ] of each year, commencing on [ ], [ ],
except as otherwise described below and in the Declaration. Distributions will
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30 day months
and, for any period of less than a full calendar month, the number of days
elapsed in such month. As long as no Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture) has occurred and is continuing, the Debenture Issuer has the right
under the Indenture to defer the payment of interest on the Debenture at any
time and from time for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive calendar
semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period during such
extension period (each an "Extension Period"), provided, that no Extension
Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. Distributions
will be deferred during any Extension Period. Notwithstanding such deferral,
Distributions will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to the extent
permitted by applicable law, but not at a rate exceeding the rate of interest
then accruing on the Debentures) at the Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually
during any Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period,
the Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by further extending
such Extension Period; provided, that such Extension Period, together with all
previous and further extensions, if any, within such Extension Period, may not
exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, including the first semi-annual
period during such Extension Period, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Debentures. Payments of Distributions that have accumulated but not been paid
during any Extension Period will be payable to Holders as they appear on the
books and records of the Trust on the record date for the first Distribution
Date following the expiration of such Extension Period. Upon the expiration of
any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the
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Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements.
Subject to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board, if
such approval is then required under applicable law or capital guidelines or
policies of the Federal Reserve Board, and to certain other conditions set forth
in the Declaration and the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall, at the
direction of the Sponsor, at any time liquidate the Trust and cause the
Debentures to be distributed to the holders to the Securities in liquidation of
the Trust or, simultaneous with any redemption of the Debentures, cause a Like
Amount of the Securities to be redeemed by the Trust.
The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Declaration.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common Security
Certificate to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
agent to transfer this Common
Security Certificate on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another
to act for him or her.
Date:
Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Common Security Certificate)
Signature Guarantee*:
* Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan
association or credit union meeting the requirements of the
Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion
Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee
program" as may be determined by the Registrar in addition
to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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[Include the following if the Common Security bears a Restricted
Common Securities Legend -
In connection with any transfer of any of the Common Securities evidenced by
this certificate, the undersigned confirms that such Common Securities are
being:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1) [ ] exchanged for the undersigned's own account
without transfer; or
(2) [ ] transferred pursuant to and in compliance with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended; or
(3) [ ] transferred pursuant to and in compliance with
Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended; or
(4) [ ] transferred pursuant to another available
exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(5) [ ] transferred pursuant to an effective registration
statement
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Registrar will refuse to register any of
the Common Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person
other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (3) or
(4) is checked, the Registrar may require, prior to registering any such
transfer of the Common Securities such legal opinions, certifications and other
information as the Trust has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer
is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,
the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such as
the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act; provided, further, that (i)
if box 2 is checked, the transferee must also certify that it is a qualified
institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A or (ii) if box 4 is checked, the
transferee must also provide a Transferee Representation Letter in the form
attached to the Offering Circular of the Trust, dated December 5, 1996.
Date:
Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Common Security Certificate)
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[SEE EXHIBIT 1]
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