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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM, INC.,
AS DEPOSITOR,
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE,
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE,
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
DATED AS OF ______________, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article I. Defined Terms.................................................... 2
Section 1.1 Definitions................................................ 2
Article II. Establishment of the Trust...................................... 10
Section 2.1 Name....................................................... 10
Section 2.2 Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of
Business.................................................. 10
Section 2.3 Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational
Expenses.................................................. 11
Section 2.4 Issuance of the Preferred Securities....................... 11
Section 2.5 Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and
Purchase of Debentures.................................... 11
Section 2.6 Declaration of Trust....................................... 11
Section 2.7 Declaration of Trust....................................... 12
Section 2.8 Assets of Trust............................................ 16
Section 2.9 Title to Trust Property.................................... 16
Article III. Payment Account................................................ 16
Section 3.1 Payment Account............................................ 16
Article IV. Distributions; Redemption....................................... 17
Section 4.1 Distributions.............................................. 17
Section 4.2 Redemption................................................. 18
Section 4.3 Subordination of Common Securities......................... 20
Section 4.4 Payment Procedures......................................... 21
Section 4.5 Tax Returns and Reports.................................... 21
Section 4.6 Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc.............................. 21
Section 4.7 Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions..... 21
Article V. Trust Securities Certificates.................................... 21
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Section 5.1 Initial Ownership.......................................... 21
Section 5.2 The Trust Preferred Securities Certificates................ 22
Section 5.3 Execution and Delivery of Trust Preferred Securities
Certificates.............................................. 22
Section 5.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred
Securities Certificates................................... 22
Section 5.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Preferred
Securities Certificates................................... 23
Section 5.6 Persons Deemed Securityholders............................. 24
Section 5.7 Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses..... 24
Section 5.8 Maintenance of Office or Agency............................ 24
Section 5.9 Appointment of Paying Agent................................ 24
Section 5.10 Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor................ 25
Section 5.11 Book Entry Preferred Securities Certificates; Common
Securities Certificate.................................... 25
Section 5.12 Notices to Clearing Agency................................. 26
Section 5.13 Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates............... 27
Section 5.14 Rights of Securityholders.................................. 27
Article VI. Acts of Securityholders; Meetings; Voting....................... 29
Section 6.1 Limitations on Voting Rights............................... 29
Section 6.2 Notice of Meetings......................................... 31
Section 6.3 Meetings of Preferred Securityholders...................... 31
Section 6.4 Voting Rights.............................................. 31
Section 6.5 Proxies, etc............................................... 31
Section 6.6 Securityholder Action by Written Consent................... 32
Section 6.7 Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.................. 32
Section 6.8 Acts of Securityholders.................................... 32
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Section 6.9 Inspection of Records...................................... 33
Article VII. Representations and Warranties................................. 33
Section 7.1 Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee.................................. 33
Section 7.2 Representations and Warranties of Depositor................ 35
Article VIII. The Trustees.................................................. 35
Section 8.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities........................ 35
Section 8.2 Certain Notices............................................ 37
Section 8.3 Certain Rights of Property Trustee......................... 37
Section 8.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities..... 40
Section 8.5 May Hold Securities........................................ 40
Section 8.6 Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.............................. 40
Section 8.7 Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of
Trustees.................................................. 41
Section 8.8 Conflicting Interests...................................... 42
Section 8.9 Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee........................... 42
Section 8.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.......... 43
Section 8.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..................... 45
Section 8.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Successions to
Business.................................................. 46
Section 8.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or
Trust..................................................... 46
Section 8.14 Reports by Property Trustee................................ 47
Section 8.15 Reports to the Property Trustee............................ 48
Section 8.16 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent........... 48
Section 8.17 Number of Trustees......................................... 48
Section 8.18 Delegation of Power........................................ 48
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Section 8.19 Voting..................................................... 49
Article IX. Termination, Liquidation and Merger............................. 49
Section 9.1 Termination Upon Expiration Date........................... 49
Section 9.2 Early Termination.......................................... 49
Section 9.3 Termination................................................ 49
Section 9.4 Liquidation................................................ 50
Section 9.5 Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements
of the Trust.............................................. 51
Article X. Miscellaneous Provisions......................................... 52
Section 10.1 Limitation of Rights of Securityholders................... 52
Section 10.2 Amendment................................................. 53
Section 10.3 Separability.............................................. 54
Section 10.4 Governing Law............................................. 54
Section 10.5 Payments Due on Non-Business Day.......................... 54
Section 10.6 Successors................................................ 54
Section 10.7 Headings.................................................. 54
Section 10.8 Reports, Notices and Demands.............................. 55
Section 10.9 Agreement Not to Petition................................. 55
Section 10.10 Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.... 56
Section 10.11 Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and
Indenture................................................ 56
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EXHIBIT A................................................................... 61
EXHIBIT B................................................................... 63
EXHIBIT C................................................................... 69
EXHIBIT D................................................................... 71
EXHIBIT E................................................................... 75
FIB CAPITAL TRUST
Certain Sections of This Trust Agreement Relating to
Section 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture Act Trust Agreement Section
Section
310(a)(1) 8.7
310(a)(2) 8.7
310(a)(3) 8.7
310(a)(4) 2.7(a)(ii)
310(b) Inapplicable
311(a) 8.13
311(b) 8.13
312(a) 5.7
312(b) 5.7
312(c) 5.7
313(a) 8.14(a)
313(a)(4) 8.14(b)
313(b) 8.14(b)
313(c) 10.8
313(d) 8.14(c)
314(a) 8.15
314(b) Not Applicable
314(c)(1) 8.16
314(c)(2) Not Applicable
314(d) Not Applicable
314(e) 1.1, 8.16
315(a) 8.1(a), 8.3(a)
315(b) 8.2, 10.8
315(c) 8.1(a)
315(d) 8.1, 8.3
315(e) Not Applicable
316(a) Not Applicable
316(a)(1)(A) Not Applicable
316(a)(1)(B) Not Applicable
316(a)(2) Not Applicable
316(b) 5.14
316(c) 6.7
317(a)(1) Not Applicable
317(a)(2) Not Applicable
317(b) 5.9
318(a) 10.10
Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of the Trust Agreement.
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT (this "Trust Agreement"), dated
as of ___________, 1997, among (i) FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM, INC., a
Montana corporation (including any successors or assigns, the "Depositor"),
(ii) WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as property trustee (in
such capacity, the "Property Trustee" and, in its separate corporate capacity
and not in its capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware
Trustee"), (iv) _______________, an individual, _________________, an
individual, and ___________________, an individual, each of whose address is
c/o First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (each an "Administrative Trustee" and
collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee, the
Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees are referred to collectively
herein as the "Trustees") and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter
defined.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
have heretofore duly declared and established a business trust pursuant to
the Delaware Business Trust Act by entering into that certain Trust
Agreement, dated as of _____ __, 199_ (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and
by the execution and filing by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of
Trust, filed on _________ __, 199_, attached as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Trustees desire to amend and restate the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for,
among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities by the Trust to
the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities by the
Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; (iii) the acquisition by the
Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the
Debentures and (iv) the appointment of the Administrative Trustees;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other
parties and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby amends and
restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1 DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may
be, of this Trust Agreement; and
(d) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest
(as defined in the Indenture) paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of
Debentures for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 10.6 of the
Indenture.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of the Persons identified as an
"Administrative Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in
such Person's capacity as Administrative Trustee of the Trust formed and
continued hereunder and not in such Person's individual capacity, or such
Administrative Trustee's successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
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"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person: the entry of a
decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises judging such
Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in
respect of such Person under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of
any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; or
(e) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated
a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Bankruptcy Law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such
petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part
of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a
bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in furtherance of
any such action.
"Bankruptcy Law" means any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar law.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly
adopted by the Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board
of Directors or officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf
of the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the appropriate
Trustees.
"Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates" means a beneficial
interest in the Preferred Securities Certificates, ownership and transfers of
which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in
Section 5.11.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day
on which banking institutions in the State of Montana are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed, or (c) a day on which
the Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Debenture Trustee's
Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust,
the Depositor and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing
Agency, dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Trust Securities
Certificates,
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substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.
"Certificate of Trust" means the certificate of trust filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with Respect to the Trust, as
amended or restated from time to time.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The Depository Trust Company
will be the initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, as amended, or, if at
any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of
the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights provided
therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership
of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"Corporate Trust Office" means (i) when used with respect to the Property
Trustee, the principal office of the Property Trustee located at Rodney
Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, and (ii) when used with respect to
the Debenture Trustee, the principal office of the Debenture Trustee located
at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
19890, Attention: ___________.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
the Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Debentures to be
redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption under the
Indenture.
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"Debenture Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and any
successor thereto, as trustee under the Indenture.
"Debentures" means the aggregate principal amount of the Depositor's ___%
Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, issued pursuant to the
Indenture.
"Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates" means either or both (as
the context requires) of (a) Preferred Securities Certificates issued as
Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificate as provided in Section 5.11(a)
and (b) Preferred Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully
registered form as provided in Section 5.13.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to
time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Delaware Trustee"
in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Delaware
Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in its individual
capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities
as provided in Section 4.1.
"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default;
(b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it
becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of 30
days; or
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(c) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of
any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable;
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect,
of any covenant or warranty of the Property Trustee in this Trust Agreement
(other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or breach of
which is dealt with in clause (b) or (c) above) and continuation of such
default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the defaulting Property Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation preference of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the
Property Trustee and the failure by the Depositor to appoint a successor
Property Trustee within 60 days thereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit D, as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the
Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, contemporaneously with
the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the
holders of the Preferred Securities, as amended from time to time.
"Holder" means a Securityholder.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
_________, 1997, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee,
as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, adverse claim, hypothecation, assignment,
security interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust Securities,
Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of
Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Indenture
the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust
Securities, and (b) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to Holders
of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the
Trust,
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Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Debentures are to be
distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a termination and
liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
an Associate Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, and delivered to the appropriate
Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant
to Section 8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of the Depositor. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement
shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' 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 Officers'
Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such
officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(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
counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the
Depositor, but not an employee of any thereof, and who shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Property Trustee.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Trust Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
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(a) Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Property Trustee
or delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or
any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Trust Securities; provided that, if
such Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Preferred Securities have been executed and delivered
pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.11 and 5.13; provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred
Securities owned by the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the
Depositor or any Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Securities that such Trustee knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (b) the foregoing shall not apply
at any time when all of the outstanding Preferred Securities are owned by the
Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Preferred
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Preferred Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor or any
Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificate as reflected in the records of the Clearing
Agency or, if a Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as
reflected in the records of a Person maintaining an account with such
Clearing Agency (directly or indirectly, in accordance with the rules of such
Clearing Agency).
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
pursuant to Section 5.9 and shall initially be the Bank.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust
account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust
department for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid
in respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the Property
Trustee, through the Paying Agent, shall make payments to the Securityholders
in accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Preferred Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights
provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Preferred Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit E.
"Property Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Property Trustee"
in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as Property
Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed and continued hereunder and not in its
individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor property trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust
Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the stated
maturity of the Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of
Trust Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related amount of the premium,
if any, paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount
of Debentures, allocated on a pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts)
among the Trust Securities.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.4.
"Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security is
registered in the Securities Register; any such Person shall be deemed to be
a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
amount of Preferred Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this
Trust Agreement, then for the purpose of any such determination, so long as
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates have not been issued, the term
Securityholders or Holders as used herein shall refer to the Owners.
"Trust" means the Delaware business trust created and continued hereby
and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
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"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as
the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the
applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits hereto and (ii) for
all purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment
or supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that
in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
"Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment,
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) the rights of the
Property Trustee under the Guarantee, (c) any cash on deposit in, or owing
to, the Payment Account and (d) 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 Trust
Agreement.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred
Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.
"Trustees" mean, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware
Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
__________, 1997, among the Trust, the Depositor and the underwriter(s) named
therein.
ARTICLE II.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
Section 2.1 NAME. The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "FIB
Capital Trust," as such name may be modified from time to time by the
Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust
Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the
business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on
behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued.
Section 2.2 OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE; PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is c/o
Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator, or such other address in the
State of
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Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the
Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the
Trust is c/o First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., 401 North 31st Street,
Billings, MT 59101.
Section 2.3 INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF TRUST PROPERTY; ORGANIZATIONAL
EXPENSES. The Trustees acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor in
connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which
constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay
organizational expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of
any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by
such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for
the payment of such expenses.
Section 2.4 ISSUANCE OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES. On __________ , 1997,
the Depositor and an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and
pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, shall execute and deliver the
Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust,
shall execute in accordance with Section 5.2 and deliver to the
Underwriter(s) named in the Underwriting Agreement Preferred Securities
Certificates, registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing
Agency, in an aggregate amount of 1,600,000 Preferred Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of $40,000,000, against receipt of such
aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $40,000,000, which
amount the Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property
Trustee.
Section 2.5 ISSUANCE OF THE COMMON SECURITIES; SUBSCRIPTION AND PURCHASE
OF DEBENTURES. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall
execute in accordance with Section 5.2 and deliver to the Depositor Common
Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, in an
aggregate amount of 49,484 Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation
Amount of $1,237,100 against payment by the Depositor of such amount, which
amount such Administrative Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property
Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, shall subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor Debentures,
registered in the name of the Trust and having an aggregate principal amount
equal to $41,237,100, and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such
Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to
the Depositor the sum of $41,237,100 (being the sum of the amounts delivered
to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) the second sentence of Section 2.4
and (ii) the first sentence of this Section 2.5).
Section 2.6 PURPOSES; DECLARATION OF TRUST. The exclusive purposes and
functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell Trust Securities and use the
proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures, and (b) to engage in those
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activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby
appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all the rights,
powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Trustees hereby
accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it will
hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth
herein for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders. The
Administrative Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth
herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing
the purposes of the Trust. 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 Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees
set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the
Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
Section 2.7 DECLARATION OF TRUST; AUTHORITY.
(a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the
limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section and Section 2.6, and
in accordance with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Trustees shall
have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined
by the Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or
implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees under this Trust Agreement, and to
perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation, the
following:
(i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall
have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to
the following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
(B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute,
deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, the Expense Agreement and
the Certificate Depository Agreement and such other agreements as may
be necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes and function
of the Trust;
(C) assisting in the registration of the Preferred
Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under
state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Trust
Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(D) assisting in the listing of the Preferred Securities
upon such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by
the Depositor and the registration of the Preferred Securities under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports
and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;
(E) the sending of notices (other than notices of
default) and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the
Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust
Agreement;
(F) the appointment of a Paying Agent, authenticating
agent and Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust
Agreement;
(G) registering transfer of the Trust Securities in
accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the
winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the
preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(I) unless otherwise determined by the Depositor, the
Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees, or as otherwise
required by the Delaware Business Trust Act or the Trust Indenture
Act, to execute on behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or
together with any or all of the Administrative Trustees) any documents
that the Administrative Trustees have the power to execute pursuant to
this Trust Agreement; and
(J) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing
as the Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or
advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement for the
benefit of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of
any such action on any particular Securityholder).
(ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have
the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to
the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Debentures;
(C) the collection of interest, principal and any other
payments made in respect of the Debentures in the Payment Account;
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(D) the distribution through the Paying Agent of amounts
owed to the Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and
privileges of a holder of the Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other
information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the
Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance
with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the
winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the
preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(I) after an Event of Default (other than under paragraph
(b), (c), (d) or (e) of the definition of such term if such Event of
Default is by or with respect to the Property Trustee) the taking of
any action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may
from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect
to the terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the
Trust Property for the benefit of the Securityholders (without
consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular
Securityholder);
(J) so long as the Property Trustee is the Securities
Registrar, registering transfers of the Trust Securities in accordance
with this Trust Agreement; and
(K) except as otherwise provided in this Section
2.7(a)(ii), the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties,
liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees
set forth in Section 2.7(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust
(or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any
business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or
contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trustees shall not (i) acquire any
investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust
Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off
or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein,
including to Securityholders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take
any action that would cause the Trust to fail or cease to
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qualify as a "grantor trust" for United States Federal income tax purposes,
(iv) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt or (v)
take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on
any of the Trust Property. The Administrative Trustees shall defend all
claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of the
Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the Securityholders in
their capacity as Securityholders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred
Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist
the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following
(and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior
to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Trust with the
Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration
statement on the appropriate form in relation to the Preferred Securities,
including any amendments thereto;
(ii) the determination of the States in which to take
appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the
Preferred Securities and the determination of any and all such acts, other
than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Trust, and the
advice to the Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Trust,
and the preparation for execution and filing of any documents to be
executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor
deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of
any such States;
(iii) the preparation for filing by the Trust and execution on
behalf of the Trust of an application to the New York Stock Exchange or any
other national stock exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for listing
upon notice of issuance of any Preferred Securities;
(iv) the preparation for filing by the Trust with the
Commission and the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration
statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the Preferred
Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any
amendments thereto;
(v) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and
delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the
Preferred Securities; and
(vi) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to
carry out any of the foregoing activities.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Administrative Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of
the Trust and to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be
an "investment company" required to be registered under the 1940 Act, or fail
to be classified as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the
Depositor for United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection,
the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any
action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or
this Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and any Administrative
Trustee determines in its discretion to be necessary or desirable for such
purposes, as long as such action does not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of the holders of the Preferred Securities.
Section 2.8 ASSETS OF TRUST. The assets of the Trust shall consist of
the Trust Property.
Section 2.9 TITLE TO TRUST PROPERTY. Legal title to all Trust Property
shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as
such) and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee for the
benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust
Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.1 PAYMENT ACCOUNT.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall
establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the
Property Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal
with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and
withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
All monies and other property deposited or held from time to time in the
Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account
for the exclusive benefit of the Securityholders and for distribution as
herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided
for herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account,
promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any
other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in
the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending
distribution thereof.
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ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
Section 4.1 DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests
in the Trust Property, and Distributions (including of Additional Amounts)
will be made on the Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that
payments of interest (including of Additional Interest, as defined in the
Indenture) are made on the Debentures. Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative,
and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available
for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue from
____________, 1997, and, except in the event (and to the extent) that the
Depositor exercises its right to defer the payment of interest on the
Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable quarterly in arrears
on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing
on December 15, 1997. If any date on which a Distribution is otherwise
payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment of
such Distribution 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) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, payment of such Distribution shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and
effect as if made on such date (each date on which distributions are
payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a "Distribution Date").
(ii) Assuming payments of interest on the Debentures are made
when due (and before giving effect to Additional Amounts, if applicable),
Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be payable at a rate of ___%
per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of
Distributions payable for any full period shall be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of Distributions for
any partial period shall be computed on the basis of the number of days
elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of
Distributions payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts,
if any.
(iii) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by
the Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand
and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.
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(b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a
Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on
the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date,
which shall be one Business Day prior to such Distribution Date; provided,
however, that in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in
book- entry-only form, the relevant record date shall be the date 15 days
prior to the relevant Distribution Date.
Section 4.2 REDEMPTION.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the stated maturity of
the Debentures, the Trust will be required to redeem, subject to Section 4.3,
a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be
redeemed, at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All
notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) the CUSIP number;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to
be redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the
particular Trust Securities to be redeemed; and
(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that
Distributions thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption of Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made
and the Redemption Price shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the
extent that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment
Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.
(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect
of any Preferred Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, Rocky Mountain time, on the
Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), with respect to Preferred
Securities held in book-entry form, the Property Trustee will irrevocably
deposit with the Clearing Agency for the Preferred Securities funds
sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give such Clearing
Agency irrevocable
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instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the holders
thereof. With respect to Preferred Securities held in certificated form, the
Property Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with
the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and
will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the
Redemption Price to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred
Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable
on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for
redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they
appear on the Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates
for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been
given and funds deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit,
all rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for
redemption will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive
the Redemption Price and any Distribution payable on or prior to the
Redemption Date, but without interest, and such Securities will cease to be
outstanding. In the event that any date on which any Redemption Price is
payable 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),
except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such
payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case,
with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that
payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities called for
redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust
or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust
Securities will continue to accrue, at the then applicable rate, from the
Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities
to the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual
payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of
calculating the Redemption Price.
(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall
be made to the recordholders thereof as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be
one Business Day prior to the relevant Redemption Date; provided, however,
that in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in
book-entry-only form, the relevant record date shall be the date fifteen days
prior to the relevant Redemption Date.
(f) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the Outstanding
Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated on a
pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and
the Preferred Securities. The particular Preferred Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts) not
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from
the Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called for redemption, by
such method
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(including, without limitation, by lot) as the Property Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption
of portions (equal to $25 or an integral multiple of $25 in excess thereof)
of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities of a denomination larger
than $25. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Security Registrar
in writing of the Preferred Securities selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Preferred Securities selected for partial redemption, the
Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust
Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to
the redemption of Preferred Securities shall relate, in the case of any
Preferred Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities that has been or is to be
redeemed.
Section 4.3 SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as
applicable, shall be made, subject to Section 4.2(f), pro rata among the
Common Securities and the Preferred Securities based on the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any
Distribution Date or Redemption Date any Event of Default resulting from a
Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment
of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or
Redemption Price of, any Common Security, and no other payment on account of
the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall
be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid
Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on all
Outstanding Preferred Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on
or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price the full
amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Preferred Securities,
shall have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately available to
the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of
all Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or the
Redemption Price of, Preferred Securities then due and payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting
from any Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Securities will be
deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of
Default under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated. Until any such Event of Default under this Trust
Agreement with respect to the Preferred Securities has been so cured, waived
or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of
the Holders of the Preferred Securities and not the Holder of the Common
Securities, and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the
right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
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Section 4.4 PAYMENT PROCEDURES. Payments of Distributions (including
Additional Amounts, if applicable) in respect of the Preferred Securities
shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the Preferred
Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions shall be made to
the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds, which shall credit the
relevant Persons' accounts at such Clearing Agency on the applicable
Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be
made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee
and the Common Securityholder.
Section 4.5 TAX RETURNS AND REPORTS. The Administrative Trustees shall
prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Depositor's expense, and file all
United States Federal, state and local tax and information returns and
reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. In this regard,
the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be
prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to
be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and (b)
prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each
Securityholder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to be
provided on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the
Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns and
reports promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Trustees shall comply
with United States Federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and
information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to
Securityholders under the Trust Securities.
Section 4.6 PAYMENT OF TAXES, DUTIES, ETC. OF THE TRUST. Upon receipt
under the Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property Trustee shall promptly
pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever nature (other
than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the United States or any
other taxing authority.
Section 4.7 PAYMENTS UNDER INDENTURE OR PURSUANT TO DIRECT ACTIONS. Any
amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities (and any Owner
with respect thereto) shall be reduced by the amount of any corresponding
payment such Holder (and Owner) has directly received pursuant to Section 5.8
of the Indenture or Section 5.14 of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE V.
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
Section 5.1 INITIAL OWNERSHIP. Upon the formation of the Trust and the
contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance
of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are
outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.
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Section 5.2 THE TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES. The Preferred Securities
Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $25 Liquidation
Amount and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof, and the Common
Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $25 Liquidation
Amount and integral multiples thereof. The Trust Securities Certificates
shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual signature of at least one
Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual
signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall
have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be
validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be
so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or
did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities
Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall become a
Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such
Trust Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Sections
5.4, 5.11 and 5.13.
Section 5.3 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES. At
the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust Securities
Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Section 2.4,
to be executed on behalf of the Trust and delivered to or upon the written
order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president,
any executive vice president or any vice president, treasurer or assistant
treasurer or controller without further corporate action by the Depositor, in
authorized denominations.
Section 5.4 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF PREFERRED
SECURITIES CERTIFICATES. The Depositor shall keep or cause to be kept, at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, a register or
registers for the purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and
transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates (the "Securities
Register") in which, the registrar designated by the Depositor (the
"Securities Registrar"), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, shall provide for the registration of Preferred Securities
Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.10 in
the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers
and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as herein provided. The
Bank shall be the initial Securities Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate
Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee
or Trustees.
The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer
of any Preferred Securities that have been called for redemption. At the
option of a
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Holder, Preferred Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other
Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same
class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the
Preferred Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 5.8.
Every Preferred Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to an Administrative Trustee and
the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. Each Preferred Securities Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently
disposed of by an Administrative Trustee in accordance with such Person's
customary practice. The Trust shall not be required to (i) issue, register
the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Securities during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days before the date of
mailing of a notice of redemption of any Preferred Securities called for
redemption and ending at the close business on the day of such mailing or
(ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Securities so
selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion
of any such Preferred Securities being redeemed in part.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates, but the Securities Registrar
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Preferred Securities Certificates.
Section 5.5 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN TRUST SECURITIES
CERTIFICATES. If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be
surrendered to the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall
receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Trust Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the
Securities Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in
the absence of notice that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of
them, on behalf of the Trust shall execute and make available for delivery,
in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of like
class, tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new
Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the Administrative Trustees
or the Securities Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial
interest in the assets of the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at
any time.
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Section 5.6 PERSONS DEEMED SECURITYHOLDERS. The Trustees or the
Securities Registrar shall treat the Person in whose name any Trust
Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the
owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving
Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustees
nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.7 ACCESS TO LIST OF SECURITYHOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES. At
any time when the Property Trustee is not also acting as the Securities
Registrar, the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or
cause to be furnished to the Property Trustee (a) semi-annually on or before
January 1 and July 1 in each year, a list, in such form as the Property
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Securityholders as of the most recent Record Date and (b) promptly after
receipt by any Administrative Trustee or the Depositor of a request therefor
from the Property Trustee, such other information as the Property Trustee may
reasonably require in order to enable the Property Trustee to discharge its
obligations under this Trust Agreement, in each case to the extent such
information is in the possession or control of the Administrative Trustees or
the Depositor and is not identical to a previously supplied list or has not
otherwise been received by the Property Trustee in its capacity as Securities
Registrar. The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other Security
holders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or under the
Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Trustee shall be as
provided in the Trust Indenture Act. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a
Trust Securities Certificate, and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed
not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.8 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Administrative
Trustees shall maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where
Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustees in
respect of the Trust Securities Certificates may be served. The
Administrative Trustees initially designate the principal corporate trust
office of the Property Trustee, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator,
as the principal corporate trust office for such purposes. The
Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and
to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the Securities
Register or any such office or agency.
Section 5.9 APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT. The Paying Agent shall make
Distributions to Securityholders from the Payment Account and shall report
the amounts of such Distributions to the Property Trustee and the
Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to
withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of making the
Distributions referred to
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above. The Administrative Trustees may revoke such power and remove the
Paying Agent if such Trustees determine in their sole discretion that the
Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust
Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the
Property Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Property Trustee, and
acceptable to the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor. Any Person
acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30
days' written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and
the Depositor. In the event that the Property Trustee shall no longer be the
Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act
be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is
acceptable to the Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent
(which shall be a bank or trust company). The Administrative Trustees shall
cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by
the Administrative Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an
instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying
Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for
payment to the Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the
Securityholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the
Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall
also return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The
provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply to the Bank also
in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Bank shall act as Paying
Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed
hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include
any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Section 5.10 OWNERSHIP OF COMMON SECURITIES BY DEPOSITOR. At the
Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and record
ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
other than a transfer in connection with a consolidation or merger of the
Depositor into another corporation, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by
the Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture, any attempted transfer
of the Common Securities shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall
cause each Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a
legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE".
Section 5.11 BOOK ENTRY PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATES; COMMON
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Preferred Securities Certificates, upon original
issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Preferred Securities
Certificate or Certificates representing Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificates, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial
Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust. Such Preferred Securities
Certificate or Certificates shall
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initially be registered on the Securities Register in the name of Cede & Co.,
the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Owner will receive a
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate representing such Owner's
interest in such Preferred Securities, except as provided in Section 5.13.
Unless and until Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates have been
issued to Owners pursuant to Section 5.13:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall be in full
force and effect;
(ii) the Securities Registrar, the Paying Agent and the
Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes
of this Trust Agreement relating to the Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificates (including the payment of the Liquidation Amount of and
Distributions on the Preferred Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificates) the Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates and
shall have no obligations to the Owners thereof;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 5.11
conflict with any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, the provisions of
this Section 5.11 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Preferred
Securities Certificates shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency
and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants.
Pursuant to the Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.13, the
initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing
Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments on the Preferred
Securities to such Clearing Agency Participants. Any Clearing Agency
designated pursuant here to will not be deemed an agent of the Trustee for
any purpose.
(b) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the
Common Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a
definitive Common Securities Certificate.
Section 5.12 NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY. To the extent that a notice or
other communication to the Owners is required under this Trust Agreement,
unless and until Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates shall have been
issued to Owners pursuant to Section 5.13, the Trustees shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given to Owners to the
Clearing Agency and shall have no obligations to the Owners.
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Section 5.13 Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates. If (a) the
Depositor advises the Trustees in writing that the Clearing Agency is no
longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with
respect to the Preferred Securities Certificates, and the Depositor is unable
to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Depositor at its option advises the
Trustees in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through
the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of a Debenture Event of
Default, Owners of Preferred Securities Certificates representing beneficial
interests aggregating at least a majority of the Liquidation Amount advise
the Property Trustee in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interest of the Owners
of Preferred Securities Certificates, then the Property Trustee shall notify
the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency shall notify all Owners of
Preferred Securities Certificates and the other Trustees of the occurrence of
any such event and of the availability of the Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates to Owners of such class or classes, as applicable, requesting
the same. Upon surrender to the Property Trustee of the typewritten
Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates representing the Book Entry
Preferred Securities Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them,
shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates in accordance
with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither the Securities
Registrar nor the Trustees shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such
instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying
on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates, the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates as Securityholders. The Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them.
Section 5.14 RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively
in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section
2.9, and the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other
than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred
by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any
partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as
described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only
the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The
Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued
and delivered to Securityholders against payment of the purchase price
therefor will be fully paid and nonassessable by the Trust. The Holders of
the Trust Securities, in their capacities as such, 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.
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(b) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding,
if, upon a Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the
holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the Debentures to be
immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least 25% in Liquidation
Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall have such right by
a notice in writing to the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee; and upon any
such declaration such principal amount of and the accrued interest on all of
the Debentures shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the
payment of principal and interest on such Debentures shall remain
subordinated to the extent provided in the Indenture.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as in the Indenture
provided, the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the
Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debenture
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest (including
any Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)) on all of the
Debentures,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Debentures which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Debentures, and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture
Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Debenture Trustee and the Property Trustee,
their agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures,
other than the non-payment of the principal of the Debentures which has
become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided
in Section 5.13 of the Indenture.
The holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Preferred Securities,
waive any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment
of principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due
otherwise than by acceleration
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has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in respect of a
covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debenture. No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such an
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the
Preferred Securities all or part of which is represented by Book-Entry
Preferred Securities Certificates, a record date shall be established for
determining Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities entitled to join in
such notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day
the Property Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date,
or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
join in such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date; provided, that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by
virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice prior to the
day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice of declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall
automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no
further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy
of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new
written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment
thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has
been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which
event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 5.14(b).
(c) For so long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding,
to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust
Agreement and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(1) or 5.1(2) of the Indenture, any Holder of Preferred Securities
shall have the right to institute a proceeding directly against the
Depositor, pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of
payment to such Holder of the principal amount of or interest on Debentures
having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action"). Except as set forth in
Section 5.14(b) and this Section 5.14(c), the Holders of Preferred Securities
shall have no right to exercise directly any right or remedy available to the
holders of, or in respect of, the Debentures.
ARTICLE VI.
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
Section 6.1 LIMITATIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, in Sections 5.14, 8.10
and 10.2 and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of
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Preferred Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the
obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or
contained in the terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so
as to constitute the Securityholders from time to time as partners or members
of an association.
(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 the Debenture Trustee with respect
to such Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under
Section 5.13 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a
declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable
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 at least a
majority in Liquidation Amount of all Outstanding Preferred 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 written consent of each
Holder of Preferred Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action
previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of Preferred
Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of Preferred
Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred
Securities of any notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with
respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals
of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the
foregoing actions, the Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor,
obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that
such action shall not cause the Trust to fail to be classified as a grantor
trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides
for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special
rights of the Preferred Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust
Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of
the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the
Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities as a class will be entitled to
vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not
be effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least a majority
in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to
this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, it would
cause the Trust to fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United States
Federal income tax purposes.
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Section 6.2 NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of all meetings of the
Preferred Securityholders, stating the time, place and purpose of the
meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.8 to
each Preferred Securityholder of record, at his registered address, at least
15 days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting,
any business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not
stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as
adjourned without further notice.
Section 6.3 MEETINGS OF PREFERRED SECURITYHOLDERS. No annual meeting of
Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees,
however, shall call a meeting of Preferred Securityholders to vote on any
matter upon the written request of Holders of record of 25% of the
Outstanding Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) and
the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their
discretion, call a meeting of Preferred Securityholders to vote on any
matters as to which Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Holders of record of 50% of the Outstanding Preferred Securities (based
upon their Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Preferred
Securityholders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a
majority of the Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount)
held by the Preferred Securityholders of record present, either in person or
by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Preferred
Securityholders, unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of
affirmative votes.
Section 6.4 VOTING RIGHTS. Securityholders shall be entitled to one
vote for each $25 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities
in respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to
vote. Section 6.5 Proxies, Etc. At any meeting of Securityholders, any
Securityholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no
proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file
with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the
Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to
the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant to a resolution of the
Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the Property
Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee. Only
Securityholders of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities
are held jointly by several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting
in person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than
one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such
joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast,
such vote shall not be received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy
purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed
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valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of
proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid
more than three years after its date of execution.
Section 6.6 SECURITYHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action which
may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting
if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all Outstanding Trust
Securities (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount) entitled to vote
in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be
required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to
the action in writing (based upon their aggregate Liquidation Amount).
Section 6.7 RECORD DATE FOR VOTING AND OTHER PURPOSES For the purposes
of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote
at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in any Distribution
on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not otherwise
provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other action,
the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not more than
90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment of
a Distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the
determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such
purposes.
Section 6.8 ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken by
Securityholders or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders or
Owners in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee.
Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders
or Owners signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1)
conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or
by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to
take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such
instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient
proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the
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Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which any
Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Preferred Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every
future Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of
every Trust Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered to be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do
so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust
Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such
liquidation amount.
If any dispute shall arise between the Securityholders and the
Administrative Trustees or among such Securityholders or Trustees with
respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request,
demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such
Securityholder or Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of
such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such
matter.
A Securityholder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under the Guarantee
without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee
(as defined in the Guarantee), the Trust or any Person.
Section 6.9 INSPECTION OF RECORDS. Upon reasonable notice to the
Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of the Trust
shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during normal business hours
for any purpose reasonably related to such Securityholder's interest as a
Securityholder.
ARTICLE VII.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 7.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND
THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each
severally on behalf of and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for
the benefit of the Depositor and the Securityholders that:
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(a) the Property Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware;
(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority
and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) the Delaware Trustee is a Delaware corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing in the State of Delaware;
(d) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority
and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(e) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and constitutes
the valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee enforceable against each of them in accordance with its
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
(f) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust
Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action
on the part of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and does not
require any approval of stockholders of the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee and such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the
Charter or By-laws of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, (ii)
violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of
time, a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of, any Lien
on any properties included in the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions
of, any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or
instrument to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is a party
or by which it is bound, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or
regulation of the United States or the State of Delaware, as the case may be,
governing the banking, trust or general powers of the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) or any order, judgment or decree
applicable to the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee;
(g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the
consummation of any of the transactions by the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) contemplated herein or therein
requires the
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consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the
taking of any other action with respect to any governmental authority or
agency under any existing Federal law governing the banking, trust or general
powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be,
under the laws of the United States or the State of Delaware; and
(h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of each of
the Property Trustee's and the Delaware Trustee's knowledge, threatened
against or affecting the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any
court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or
tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and
adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority
of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, to enter
into or perform its obligations as one of the Trustees under this Trust
Agreement.
Section 7.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEPOSITOR.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Securityholders that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued at the Closing
Date on behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and will have been,
duly and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Trustees pursuant to
the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this
Trust Agreement and the Securityholders will be, as of each such date,
entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges
payable by the Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws
of the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII.
THE TRUSTEES
Section 8.1 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as
provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Trust Agreement shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if
they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it. Whether or
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not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection
to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. Nothing
in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to release an Administrative
Trustee from liability for its own gross negligent action, its own gross
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct. To the extent that,
at law or in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties (including
fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the
Securityholders, such Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust
or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement,
to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the
Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by
the Depositor and the Securityholders to replace such other duties and
liabilities of the Administrative Trustees.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent
in respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and
proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be
sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property
Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms
hereof. Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees
that it will look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property
to the extent legally available for distribution to it as herein provided and
that the Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount
distributable in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in
respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.1(b) does not limit the
liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust
Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c) No provision of this Trust Agreement 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) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii) 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 Trust 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 Trust Agreement;
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(iii) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the
custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and the
Payment 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 Trust Agreement and the Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with
the Depositor; and money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account
maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 and except to the
extent otherwise required by law; and
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for
monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor
with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the
Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the
Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.
Section 8.2 CERTAIN NOTICES.
(a) Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event
of Default actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of
such Event of Default to the Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees and
the Depositor, unless the Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
For purposes of this Section the term "Event of Default" means any event that
is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, and Event of
Default.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall transmit, to the
Securityholders in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8,
notice of the Depositor's election to begin or further extend an Extension
Period on the Debentures (unless such election shall have been revoked)
within the time specified for transmitting such notice to the holders of the
Debentures pursuant to the Indenture as originally executed.
Section 8.3 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE. Subject to the
provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion
of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness
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or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement
the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of
action or (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement
the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other
provisions contained herein or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the
application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any
matter as to which the Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote under
the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a
notice to the Depositor requesting written instructions of the Depositor as
to the course of action to be taken and the Property Trustee shall take such
action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be
instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Depositor;
provided, however, that if the Property Trustee does not receive such
instructions of the Depositor within ten Business Days after it has delivered
such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such
notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two Business
Days), it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking
such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem
advisable and in the best interests of the Securityholders, in which event
the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith,
negligence or willful misconduct;
(c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative
Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced
by an Officers' Certificate;
(d) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, 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 rely upon an Officers' Certificate
which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the
Depositor or the Administrative Trustees;
(e) 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 registration thereof;
(f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which
counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may
include any of its employees) and the advice of such counsel 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 reliance thereon and
in accordance with such advice, such counsel may be counsel to the Depositor
or any of its Affiliates, and
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may include any of its employees; the Property Trustee shall have the right
at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust
Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the
request or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Trust
Agreement, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(h) 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,
consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so
by one or more Securityholders, but the Property Trustee may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see
fit;
(i) 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 or attorneys, provided that the Property Trustee shall be
responsible for its own negligence or recklessness with respect to selection
of any agent or attorney appointed by it hereunder;
(j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect
to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder the
Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the Trust
Securities which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same
proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled
to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust 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 protected in acting in accordance with such
instructions; and
(k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement,
the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action
that is discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
No provision of this Trust Agreement 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
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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 8.4 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES. The
recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be
taken as the statements of the Trust, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the
Debentures.
Section 8.5 MAY HOLD SECURITIES. Except as provided in the definition
of the term "Outstanding" in Article I, any Trustee or any other agent of any
Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8 and 8.13,
may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it
were not a Trustee or such other agent.
Section 8.6 COMPENSATION; INDEMNITY; FEES. The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder (which compensation
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of
a trustee of an express trust) as specified in a separate agreement between
any of the Trustees and the Depositor;
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this
Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith
or willfulness; and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify
and hold harmless (i) each Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of any Trustee, (iii)
any officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative or agent of any
Trustee, and (iv) any employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates,
(referred to herein as an "Indemnified Person") from and against any loss,
damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature
whatsoever incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of the creation,
operation or termination of the Trust or 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 authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust
Agreement, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be
indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such
Indemnified Person by reason of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
with respect to such acts or omissions.
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The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of this
Trust Agreement.
No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any Trust Property as a
result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The Depositor and any 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 Trust Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Trust
Agreement 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.
Neither the Depositor, nor any 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 the Depositor or any 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
Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction
with the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act as
depository for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of
holders of, securities or other obligations of the Depositor or its
Affiliates.
Section 8.7 CORPORATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEES.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that
is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative 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 persons authorized to bind that
entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to
the Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural
person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of
Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the
State of Delaware and that
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otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act
through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
Section 8.8 CONFLICTING INTERESTS. If the Property Trustee has or shall
acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act,
the Property Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the
extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the
Trust Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement.
Section 8.9 CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEE. Unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time or times, for the
purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of
any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be
located, the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, by agreed action of
the majority of such Trustees, shall have power to appoint, and upon the
written request of the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor shall for such
purpose join with the Administrative Trustees in the execution, delivery, and
performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint,
one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee either to act as
co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust
Property, or to the extent required by law 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 the
capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or
desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Depositor
does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a
request so to do, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such
appointment. Any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this
Section shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age
and a resident of the United States or (ii) a legal entity with its principal
place of business in the United States that shall act through one or more
persons authorized to bind such entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any
co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such
co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any
and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and
delivered by the Depositor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms,
namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all
rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody
of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be
deposited
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or pledged with, the Trustees specified hereunder shall be exercised solely
by such Trustees and not by such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such
appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by
the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or
separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing
such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law
of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the
Property Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in
which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised
and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing
executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the
resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under
this Section, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation
of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the
concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property
Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution,
delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or
proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any
co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the
manner provided in this Section.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee or any other
trustee hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act
of a co-trustee or separate trustee.
(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be
deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
Section 8.10 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR. No
resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Relevant Trustee may
resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders.
If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Trustee required by Section
8.11 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 30 days
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such notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense
of the Trust, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Relevant Trustee.
Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common
Securityholder. If a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them,
may be removed at such time by Act of the Holders of a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, delivered to the Relevant
Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). In no event
will the Holders of the Preferred Securities have the right to vote to
appoint, remove or replace the Administrative Trustee. An Administrative
Trustee may be removed by the Common Securityholder at any time.
If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as
Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any
cause, at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, the Common Securityholder, by Act of the Common Securityholder
delivered to the retiring Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee
or Trustees, and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee
shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when
a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Preferred Securityholders, by Act of the Securityholders of a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding delivered to
the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant
Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee shall
resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative Trustee,
at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Common Securityholder by Act of the Common Securityholder
delivered to the Administrative Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor
Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees and such successor
Administrative Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have
been so appointed by the Common Securityholder or the Preferred
Securityholders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section
8.11, any Securityholder who has been a Securityholder of Trust Securities
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give notice
to
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the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant
Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property
Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who
is a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor,
incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence
or incapacity may be filled by (a) the unanimous act of the remaining
Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (b) otherwise by
the Depositor (with the successor in each case being a Person who satisfies
the eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee,
as the case may be, set forth in Section 8.7).
Section 8.11 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR. In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee such successor Trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Trust and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee; but, on the request of the Depositor or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts of the retiring Trustee and if the Property Trustee is the resigning
Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to the successor Trustee all
property and money held by such retiring Property Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee,
the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto
wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and
which (a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust and (b) shall add to or change
any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the Trust by more than one
Relevant Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
amendment shall constitute such Relevant Trustees co-trustees and upon the
execution and delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the
retiring Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Trust or
any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Relevant Trustee all Trust
Property, all
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proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder
with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Trust shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case
may be.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified
and eligible under this Article.
Section 8.12 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSIONS TO
BUSINESS. Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
such Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all
or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee,
shall be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation 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.
Section 8.13 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST DEPOSITOR OR
TRUST. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon
the Trust Securities or the property of the Trust or of such other obligor or
their creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any
Distributions on the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the Trust for the payment
of any past due Distributions) shall be entitled and empowered, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any
Distributions owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian,
receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the Property
Trustee shall
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consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement adjustment or compensation affecting
the Trust Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Property Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
Section 8.14 REPORTS BY PROPERTY TRUSTEE.
(a) Not later than _______ of each year commencing with_________ ,
1997, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders in
accordance with Section 10.8, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as
of the immediately preceding December 31 with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof, if
to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said
Section, a written statement to such effect;
(ii) a statement that the Property Trustee has complied with
all of its obligations under this Trust Agreement during the twelve-month
period (or, in the case of the initial report, the period since the Closing
Date) ending with such December 31 or, if the Property Trustee has not
complied in any material respect with such obligations, a description of such
noncompliance; and
(iii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as
Property Trustee since the date of its last report and any action taken by
the Property Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has
not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Trust
Securities.
(b) In addition the Property Trustee shall transmit to
Securityholders such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions
under this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each national
stock exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board or such other interdealer quotation
system or self-regulatory organization upon which the Preferred Securities
are listed or traded, with the Commission and with the Depositor.
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Section 8.15 REPORTS TO THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE. The Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property
Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of
the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at
the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 8.16 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. Each of
the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement that
relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314 (c) of the Trust
Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer
pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in
the form of an Officers' Certificate.
Section 8.17 NUMBER OF TRUSTEES.
(a) The number of Trustees shall be five (5) provided that the
Holder of all of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or
decrease the number of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.
(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the
number of Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.17(a),
or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a
vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in
accordance with Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
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 8.10, the
Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all the
powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the
duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
Section 8.18 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 2.7(a), including any registration statement or amendment thereto
filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and
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(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from
time to time to such of their number or to the Depositor 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 this Trust
Agreement, as set forth herein.
Section 8.19 VOTING. Except as otherwise provided in this Trust
Agreement, the consent or approval of the Administrative Trustees shall
require consent or approval by not less than a majority of the Administrative
Trustees, unless there are only two, in which case both must consent.
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
Section 9.1 TERMINATION UPON EXPIRATION DATE. Unless terminated
earlier, the Trust shall automatically terminate on December 31, 2___ (the
"Expiration Date"), following the distribution of the Trust Property in
accordance with Section 9.4.
Section 9.2 EARLY TERMINATION. The first to occur of any of the
following events is an "Early Termination Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the
dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;
(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the
Depositor at any time to terminate the Trust and distribute Debentures to
Securityholders in exchange for a Like Amount of the Preferred Securities
(which direction is optional and wholly within the discretion of the
Depositor);
(c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in connection
with the redemption of all the Debentures; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Trust by a court
of competent jurisdiction.
Section 9.3 TERMINATION. The respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust created and continued hereby
shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the
distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation
of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of all of the
Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2, of all amounts required to be
distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (b) the
payment of any expenses owed by the Trust; (c) the discharge of all
administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the
performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the
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Securityholders; and (d) the filing of a Certificate of Cancellation by the
Administrative Trustee under the Business Trust Act.
Section 9.4 LIQUIDATION.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or
(d) of Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be
liquidated by the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be
possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of
the Trust as provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount
of Debentures, subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be
given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid mailed not
later than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each
Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the
Securities Register. All notices of liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date;
(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust
Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust
Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Debentures; and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by
which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for certificates
representing the Like Amount of the Debentures, or if Section 9.4(d) applies
receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or the
Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to
effect the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Debentures to
Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees shall establish a record date
for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the
Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the
appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as
it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Debentures in
exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the
Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will
be issued to holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such
certificates to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange,
(iii) the Depositor shall use its best efforts to have the Debentures listed
on the New York Stock Exchange or on such other exchange, interdealer
quotation system or self-regulatory organization as the Preferred Securities
are then listed, (iv) any Trust
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Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Debentures, accruing interest at the rate provided
for in the Debentures from the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution
was made on such Trust Securities Certificates until such certificates are so
surrendered (and until such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of
interest or principal will be made to Holders of Debentures represented by
such certificates) and (v) all rights of Securityholders holding Trust
Securities will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive a
Like Amount of Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Section 9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court
of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the
manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be
practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be
dissolved, wound-up or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as
the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the
dissolution, winding-up or other termination of the Trust, Securityholders
will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for
distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the
"Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such dissolution, winding up or
termination, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because
the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate
Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the
amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro
rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The holder of the Common
Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any
such dissolution, winding-up or termination pro rata (determined as
aforesaid) with Holders of Preferred Securities, except that, if a Debenture
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Holders of the Preferred
Securities shall have a priority over the Holders of Common Securities.
Section 9.5 MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF
THE TRUST. The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or
be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other body, except
pursuant to this Section 9.5. At the request of the Depositor, with the
consent of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee,
the Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided,
that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the
obligations of the Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities or (b)
substitutes for the Preferred Securities other securities having
substantially the same terms as the Preferred Securities (the "Successor
Securities") so long as the
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Successor Securities rank the same as the Preferred Securities rank in
priority with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation,
redemption and otherwise, (ii) the Depositor expressly appoints a trustee of
such successor entity possessing the same powers and duties as the Property
Trustee as the holder of the Debentures, (iii) the Successor Securities are
listed or traded, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon
notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or other
organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed or traded, if
any, (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Securities (including any
Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, (v) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (vi)
such successor entity has a purpose identical to that of the Trust, (vii)
prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights,
preferences and privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities
(including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b)
following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be
required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act and (viii)
the Depositor 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 Guarantee. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of holders of
100% in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets 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, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity
to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal
income tax purposes. See Prospectus description.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 LIMITATION OF RIGHTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS. The death or
incapacity of any person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in
Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor
entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such person or any
Securityholder for such person, to claim an accounting, take any action or
bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the
arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
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Section 10.2 AMENDMENT.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, without the
consent of any Securityholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or
supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent
with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, or (ii) to modify,
eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement 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
Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be
required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act; provided,
however, that in the case of clause (i), such action shall not adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder, and any
amendments of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof
is given to the Securityholders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any provision of
this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees and the Depositor with
(i) the consent of Trust Securityholders representing not less than a
majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then
Outstanding 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 of an investment company under the 1940 Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such
consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this
Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount
of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as
of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date;
notwithstanding any other provision herein, without the unanimous consent of
the Securityholders (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section
6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this paragraph (c) of this Section 10.2 may not be
amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement,
no Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust
Agreement which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the
exemption from status of an investment company under the 1940 Act or fail or
cease to be classified as a grantor trust for United States Federal income
tax purposes.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the
contrary, without the consent of the Depositor, this Trust Agreement may not
be amended in a manner which imposes any additional obligation on the
Depositor.
(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is
made, the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a
copy of such amendment.
(g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects
its own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The
Property Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an
Officers' Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is
in compliance with this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.3 SEPARABILITY. In case any provision in this Trust
Agreement or in the Trust Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 10.4 GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST AND THE TRUSTEES WITH
RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES).
Section 10.5 PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAY. If the date fixed for
any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day that is not a Business Day,
then such payment need not be made on such date but may be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day (except as otherwise provided in
Sections 4.1(a) and 4.2(d)), with the same force and effect as though made on
the date fixed for such payment, and no interest shall accrue thereon for the
period after such date.
Section 10.6 SUCCESSORS. This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and
shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or
the Relevant Trustee, including any successor by operation of law. Except in
connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that
is permitted under Article Eight of the Indenture and pursuant to which the
assignee agrees in writing to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder,
the Depositor shall not assign its obligations hereunder.
Section 10.7 HEADINGS. The Article and Section headings are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust
Agreement.
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Section 10.8 REPORTS, NOTICES AND DEMANDS Any report, notice, demand or
other communication which by any provision of this Trust Agreement is
required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any Securityholder or
the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit thereof,
first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand delivery or
facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of a
Preferred Securityholder, to such Preferred Securityholder as such
Securityholder's name and address may appear on the Securities Register; and
(b) in the case of the Common Securityholder or the Depositor, to First
Interstate BancSystem, Inc., 401 North 31st Street, Billings, MT 59101,
Attention:______________. Any notice to Preferred Securityholders shall also
be given to such owners as have, within two years preceding the giving of
such notice, filed their names and addresses with the Property Trustee for
that purpose. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a
Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for
all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or transmission.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this
Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the
Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is
published by the Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee
to Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington , Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; (b)
with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney
Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890; and (c)
with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for
notices to the Depositor, marked "Attention Administrative Trustees of FIB
Capital Trust." Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the
Trust or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given
or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust or the Property
Trustee.
Section 10.9 AGREEMENT NOT TO PETITION. Each of the Trustees and the
Depositor agree for the benefit of the Securityholders that, until at least
one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with
Article IX, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against
the Trust under any Bankruptcy Laws or otherwise join in the commencement of
any proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the event the
Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.9, the Property
Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the expense of
the Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise
properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the
Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the
Depositor has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be stopped
and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the
Trustee or the Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.9 shall
survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.
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Section 10.10 TRUST INDENTURE ACT; CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall,
to the extent applicable, 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 any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in this Trust Agreement by
any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision
shall control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or excludes
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or
excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Trust
Agreement as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement
shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
Section 10.11 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF TRUST AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE AND
INDENTURE. THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT
ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE
UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER
TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT
OF THE TRUST, SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE
AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM,
INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Delaware Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Name:
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as Administrative Trustee
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Name:
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as Administrative Trustee
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Name:
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as Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
FIB CAPITAL TRUST
This Certificate of Trust of FIB Capital Trust (the "Trust") dated
_________________,1997, is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned,
as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act
(12 Del. C. ((S)) 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust being formed hereby is FIB
Capital Trust.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square
North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administrator.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon its
filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the trustees of the Trust, have
executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Name:
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Administrative Trustee
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Name:
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Administrative Trustee
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Name:
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Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT B
The Depository Trust Company,
55 Water Street, 49th Floor,
New York, New York 10041-0099
____________, 1997
Attention:
General Counsel's Office
Re: FIB Capital Trust ___% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this letter is to set forth certain matters relating to the
issuance and deposit with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") of the FIB
Capital Trust ___% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities, (the "Trust
Preferred Securities"), of FIB Capital Trust, a Delaware business trust (the
"Issuer"), formed pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement between
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. ("First Interstate BancSystem"), and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, as
Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein. The payment
of distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities, and payments due upon
liquidation of the Issuer or redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities, to
the extent the Issuer has funds available for the payment thereof are
guaranteed by First Interstate BancSystem to the extent set forth in a
Guarantee Agreement dated ________, 1997, by First Interstate BancSystem and
Wilmington Trust Company, as guarantee trustee, with respect to the Trust
Preferred Securities. First Interstate BancSystem and the Issuer propose to
sell the Trust Preferred Securities to certain Underwriter(s) (the
"Underwriter(s)") pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated __________,
1997 by and among the Underwriter(s), the Issuer and Depositor and the
Underwriter(s) wish to take delivery of the Trust Preferred Securities
through DTC. Wilmington Trust Company is acting as transfer agent and
registrar with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities (the "Transfer Agent
and Registrar").
To induce DTC to accept the Trust Preferred Securities as eligible for
deposit at DTC, and to act in accordance with DTC's rules with respect to the
Trust Preferred Securities, the Issuer, the Transfer Agent and Registrar and
DTC agree among each other as follows:
1. Prior to the closing of the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities to
the Underwriter(s), which is expected to occur on or about __________, 1997,
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there shall be deposited with DTC one or more global certificates
(individually and collectively, the "Global Certificate") registered in the
name of DTC's Trust Preferred Securities nominee, ________, representing an
aggregate of Trust Preferred Securities and bearing the following legend:
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any
certificate issued is registered in the name of _________ or in
such other name as is requested by an authorized representative
of DTC (and any payment is made to _________ or to such other
entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, ______, has an interest herein.
2. The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer provides for the
voting by holders of the Trust Preferred Securities under certain limited
circumstances. The Issuer shall establish a record date for such purposes
and shall, to the extent possible, give DTC notice of such record date not
less than 15 calendar days in advance of such record date.
3. In the event of a stock split, conversion, recapitalization,
reorganization or any other similar transaction resulting in the cancellation
of all or any part of the Trust Preferred Securities outstanding, the Issuer
or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall send DTC a notice of such event at
least five business days prior to the effective date of such event.
4. In the event of distribution on, or an offering or issuance of rights
with respect to, the Trust Preferred Securities outstanding, the Issuer or
the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall send DTC a notice specifying: (a) the
amount of and conditions, if any, applicable to the payment of any such
distribution or any such offering or issuance of rights; (b) any applicable
expiration or deadline date, or any date by which any action on the part of
the holders of Trust Preferred Securities is required; and (c) the date any
required notice is to be mailed by or on behalf of the Issuer to holders of
Trust Preferred Securities or published by or on behalf of the Issuer
(whether by mail or publication, the "Publication Date"). Such notice shall
be sent to DTC by a secure means (e.g., legible telecopy, registered or
certified mail, overnight delivery) in a timely manner designed to assure
that such notice is in DTC's possession no later than the close of business
on the business day before the Publication Date. The Issuer or the Transfer
Agent and Registrar will forward such notice either in a separate secure
transmission for
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each CUSIP number or in a secure transmission of multiple CUSIP numbers (if
applicable) that includes a manifest or list of each CUSIP number submitted
in that transmission. (The party sending such notice shall have a method to
verify subsequently the use of such means and the timeliness of such notice.)
The Publication Date shall be not less than 30 calendar days nor more than 60
calendar days prior to the payment of any such distribution or any such
offering or issuance of rights with respect to the Trust Preferred
Securities. After establishing the amount of payment to be made on the Trust
Preferred Securities, the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar will
notify DTC's Dividend Department of such payment five business days prior to
payment date. Notices to DTC's Dividend Department by telecopy shall be sent
to (212) 709-1723. Such notices by mail or by any other means shall be sent
to:
Manager, Announcements
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
7 Hanover Square, 23rd Floor
New York, New York 10004-2695
The Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall confirm DTC's receipt of
such telecopy by telephoning the Dividend Department at (212) 709-1270.
5. In the event of a redemption by the Issuer of the Trust Preferred
Securities, notice specifying the terms of the redemption and the Publication
Date of such notice shall be sent by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and
Registrar to DTC not less than 30 calendar days prior to such event by a
secure means in the manner set forth in paragraph 4. Such redemption notice
shall be sent to DTC's Call Notification Department at (516) 227-4164 or
(516) 227-4190, and receipt of such notice shall be confirmed by telephoning
(516) 227-4070. Notice by mail or by any other means shall be sent to:
Call Notification Department
The Depository Trust Company
711 Stewart Avenue
Garden City, New York 11530-4719
6. In the event of any invitation to tender the Trust Preferred
Securities, notice specifying the terms of the tender and the Publication
Date of such notice shall be sent by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and
Registrar to DTC by a secure means and in a timely manner as described in
paragraph 4. Notices to DTC pursuant to this paragraph and notices of other
corporate actions (including mandatory tenders, exchanges and capital
changes) shall be sent, unless notification to another department is
expressly provided for herein, by telecopy to DTC's Reorganization Department
at (212) 709-1093 or (212) 709-1094 and
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receipt of such notice shall be confirmed by telephoning (212) 709-6884, or
by mail or any other means to:
Manager, Reorganization Department
Reorganization Window
The Depository Trust Company
7 Hanover Square, 23rd Floor
New York, New York 10004-2695
7. All notices and payment advices sent to DTC shall contain the CUSIP
number or numbers of the Trust Preferred Securities and the accompanying
designation of the Trust Preferred Securities, which, as of the date of this
letter, is "FIB Capital Trust ___% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities."
8. Distribution payments or other cash payments with respect to the Trust
Preferred Securities evidenced by the Global Certificate shall be received by
________, as nominee of DTC, or its registered assigns in next day funds on
each payment date (or in accordance with existing arrangements between the
Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar and DTC). Such payments shall be
made payable to the order of _______, and shall be addressed as follows:
NDFS Redemption Department
The Depository Trust Company
7 Hanover Square, 23rd Floor
New York, New York 10004-2695
9. DTC may by prior written notice direct the Issuer and the Transfer
Agent and Registrar to use any other telecopy number or address of DTC as the
number or address to which notices or payments may be sent.
10. In the event of a conversion, redemption, or any other similar
transaction (e.g., tender made and accepted in response to the Issuer's or
the Transfer Agent and Registrar's invitation) necessitating a reduction in
the aggregate number of Trust Preferred Securities outstanding evidenced by
Global Certificates, DTC, in its discretion: (a) may request the Issuer or
the Transfer Agent and Registrar to issue and countersign a new Global
Certificate; or (b) may make an appropriate notation on the Global
Certificate indicating the date and amount of such reduction.
11. DTC may discontinue its services as a securities depository with
respect to the Trust Preferred Securities at any time by giving at least 90
days' prior written notice to the Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar
(at which time DTC will confirm with the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and
Registrar the aggregate number of Trust Preferred Securities deposited with
it) and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under
applicable law. Under such circumstances, the Issuer may determine to make
alternative arrangements for
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book-entry settlement for the Trust Preferred Securities, make available one
or more separate global certificates evidencing Trust Preferred Securities to
any Participant having Trust Preferred Securities credited to its DTC
account, or issue definitive Trust Preferred Securities to the beneficial
holders thereof, and in any such case, DTC agrees to cooperate fully with the
Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar, and to return the Global
Certificate, duly endorsed for transfer as directed by the Issuer or the
Transfer Agent and Registrar, together with any other documents of transfer
reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
12. In the event that the Issuer determines that beneficial owners of
Trust Preferred Securities shall be able to obtain definitive Trust Preferred
Securities, the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall notify DTC
of the availability of certificates. In such event, the Issuer or the
Transfer Agent and Registrar shall issue, transfer and exchange certificates
in appropriate amounts, as required by DTC and others, and DTC agrees to
cooperate fully with the Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar and to
return the Global Certificate, duly endorsed for transfer as directed by the
Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar, together with any other documents
of transfer reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and
Registrar.
13. This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Transfer Agent and Registrar to
advance funds on behalf of FIB Capital Trust.
Very truly yours,
FIB CAPITAL TRUST
(as Issuer)
Wilmington Trust Company,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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(As Transfer Agent and Registrar)
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Received and Accepted:
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY
By:
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Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
CERTIFICATE NUMBER C-1 NUMBER OF COMMON SECURITIES
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
FIB CAPITAL TRUST
___% COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $25 PER COMMON SECURITY)
FIB Capital Trust, a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that First Interstate
BancSystem, Inc. (the "Holder"), is the registered owner of ( ) common
securities of the Trust representing beneficial interests of the Trust and
designated the ___% Common Securities (liquidation amount $25 per Common
Security) (the "Common Securities"). In accordance with Section 5.10 of the
Trust Agreement (as defined below) the Common Securities are not transferable
and any attempted transfer hereof shall be void. The designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Common Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject
to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of
the Trust dated as of __________,1997, as the same may be amended from time
to time (the "Trust Agreement") including the designation of the terms of
the Common Securities as set forth therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of
the Trust Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request to the
Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this _____ day of _______________,1997.
FIB CAPITAL TRUST
By:
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Name:
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Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES (this "Agreement"), dated as of ,
1997, between First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., a Montana corporation
("FIB"), and FIB Capital Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust").
WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the "Common
Securities") to and receive Debentures from FIB and to issue and sell ____%
Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities (the "Trust Preferred Securities") with
such powers, preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth
in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of _______,
1997, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement");
WHEREAS, FIB will directly or indirectly own all of the Common Securities
of the Trust and will issue the Debentures;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the
Trust Preferred Securities, which purchase FIB hereby agrees shall benefit
FIB and which purchase FIB acknowledges will be made in reliance upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, FIB and Trust hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
AGREEMENT
Section 1.1 GUARANTEE BY FIB. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
FIB hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each person or
entity to whom the Trust is now or hereafter becomes indebted or liable (the
"Beneficiaries") the full payment, when and as due, of any and all
Obligations (as hereinafter defined) to such Beneficiaries. As used herein,
"Obligations" means any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust, other
than obligations of the Trust to pay to holders of any Trust Preferred
Securities or other similar interests in the Trust the amounts due such
holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or such other
similar interests, as the case may be. This Agreement is intended to be for
the benefit of, and to be enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or
not such Beneficiaries have received notice hereof.
Section 1.2 TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall terminate and be of
no further force and effect upon the later of (a) the date on which full
payment has been made of all amounts payable to all holders of all the Trust
Preferred Securities (whether upon redemption, liquidation, exchange or
otherwise) and (b) the date on which there are no Beneficiaries remaining;
provided, however, that this Agreement shall continue to be effective or
shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Trust
Preferred Securities or any Beneficiary
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must restore payment of any sums paid under the Trust Preferred Securities,
under any Obligation, under the Guarantee Agreement dated the date hereof by
FIB and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as
guarantee trustee or under this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. This
Agreement is continuing, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
Section 1.3 WAIVER OF NOTICE. FIB hereby waives notice of acceptance of
this Agreement and of any Obligation to which it applies or may apply, and
FIB hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of
nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices
and demands.
Section 1.4 NO IMPAIRMENT. The obligations, covenants, agreements and
duties of FIB under this Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by
reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or any
portion of the Obligations or for the performance of any other obligation
under, arising out of, or in connection with, the obligations;
(b) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of
the Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power
or remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect to the Obligations or
any action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any
kind; or
(c) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of
any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Trust or
any of the assets of the Trust.
There shall be no obligation of the Beneficiaries to give notice to, or
obtain the consent of, FIB with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
Section 1.5 ENFORCEMENT. A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement
directly against FIB and FIB waives any right or remedy to require that any
action be brought against the Trust or any other person or entity before
proceeding against FIB.
Section 1.6 SUBROGATION. FIB shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights
of the Trust in respect of any amounts paid to the Beneficiaries by FIB under
this Agreement; provided, however, that FIB shall not (except to the extent
required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise
any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity,
reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under
this Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and
unpaid under this Agreement.
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ARTICLE II
BINDING EFFECT
Section 1.7 BINDING EFFECT. All guarantees and agreements contained in
this Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of FIB and shall inure to the benefit of the Beneficiaries.
Section 1.8 AMENDMENT. So long as there remains any Beneficiary or any
Trust Preferred Securities of any series are outstanding, this Agreement
shall not be modified or amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or
to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.
Section 1.9 NOTICES. Any notice, request or other communication required
or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing by delivering
the same against receipt therefor by facsimile transmission (confirmed by
mail), telex or by registered or certified mail, addressed as follows (and if
so given, shall be deemed given when mailed or upon receipt of an
answer-back, if sent by telex):
FIB Capital Trust
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Attention:
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First Interstate BancSystem, Inc.
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Attention:
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Section 1.10 THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF _______________
(WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the day and year
first above written.
FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM,
INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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FIB CAPITAL TRUST
By:
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Name:
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Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT E
This Preferred Security is a Global Certificate within the meaning of the
Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The
Depository Trust Company (the "Depository") or a nominee of the Depository.
This Preferred Security is exchangeable for Trust Preferred Securities
registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee
only in the limited circumstances described in the Trust Agreement and no
transfer of this Preferred Security (other than a transfer of this Preferred
Security as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a
nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the
Depository) may be registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Preferred Security is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York) to
FIB Capital Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment, and any Preferred Security issued is registered in the name of
______ or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to _______, ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS
WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, _______, has an interest
herein.
CERTIFICATE NUMBER P-___ NUMBER OF TRUST PREFERRED
SECURITIES
CUSIP NO.
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
OF
FIB CAPITAL TRUST
___% CUMULATIVE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES,
SERIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $25 PER PREFERRED SECURITY)
FIB Capital Trust, 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 ( ) Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust
representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and
designated the FIB Capital Trust ___% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities,
(liquidation amount $25 per Preferred Security) (the "Trust Preferred
Securities"). The Trust
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Preferred 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 as provided in
Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations,
rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions
of the Trust Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and
the Trust Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all
respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of ____________, 1997, as the same may
be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement") including the
designation of the terms of Trust Preferred Securities as set forth therein.
The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered
into by First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., a Montana corporation, and
Wilmington Trust Company, as guarantee trustee, dated as of ____________,
1997, (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The Trust will
furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without
charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business
or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
In Witness Whereof, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this day of , 1997.
FIB CAPITAL TRUST
By:
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Name:
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Administrative Trustee
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ASSIGNMENT
For Value Received, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred
Security to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints agent
to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the Trust.
The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
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