Common use of Conflicting Interest of Trustee Clause in Contracts

Conflicting Interest of Trustee. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section 6.08 with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10. (b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 6.08 with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within ten days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit notice of such failure to all holders of Securities of that series, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Securities register. (c) For the purposes of this Section 6.08 the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to Securities of any series if (1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any other series or under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company or other obligor on the Securities of such series (each of which is hereafter in this Section called a "Security party") are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities issued under this Indenture; provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph (A) the Indenture between the Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee, dated as of June 1, 1976, pursuant to the provisions of which the Company's

Conflicting Interest of Trustee. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section 6.08 with respect to the Securities of any seriesSection, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, and if an Event of Default as defined in subsection (c) of this Section to which such conflicting interest relates has not been cured or duly waived or otherwise eliminated before the end of such 90-day period, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.107.10. (b1) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 6.08 with respect to the Securities of any seriesSection, the Trustee shall, within ten 10 days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit notice of such failure in the manner and to the extent set forth in Section 5.04(c), to all holders noteholders of Securities the series affected by the conflicting interest. (2) Subject to the provisions of that seriesSection 6.14, unless the Trustee's duty to resign is stayed as provided below in this Section, any noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of Notes of any series affected by the names conflicting interest for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and addresses all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of such holders appear upon Trustee, and the Securities registerappointment of a successor, if such Trustee fails, after written request thereof by such holder to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section. (c) For the purposes of this Section 6.08 the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to Securities Notes of a particular series if a default (under the terms of this Indenture, but exclusive of any series ifperiod of grace or requirement of notice) has occurred with respect to such Notes, and: (1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities Outstanding Notes of any other series or is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company or other obligor on the Securities of such series (each of which is hereafter in this Section called a "Security party") are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities Notes issued under this Indenture; provided provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph paragraph, (A) the this Indenture between with respect to Notes of any other series, and (B) any other indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding if: (i) this Indenture is, and, if applicable, such other indenture or indentures are, wholly unsecured and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty rank equally, and such other indenture or indentures are hereafter qualified under the Trust Company Indenture Act, as in effect at the time of New Yorksuch qualification, Trustee, dated as of June 1, 1976, unless the Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 305 or subsection (c) of Section 307 of the provisions of which the Company'sTrust Indenture Act

Conflicting Interest of Trustee. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section 6.08 Section, with respect to the Securities Debentures of any seriesseries and if the Default to which such conflicting interest relates has not been cured, it shallduly waived or otherwise eliminated, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, it shall either eliminate such conflicting interest interest, except as otherwise provided herein, or resign with respect to the Securities Debentures of that series in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.107.10 and the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee in the manner provided herein. (b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 6.08 Section, with respect to the Securities Debentures of any series, series the Trustee shall, within ten days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit notice of such failure by mail, first class postage prepaid, to all holders of Securities the Holders of that series, series as the their names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Securities registerregistration books. (c) For the purposes of this Section 6.08 the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to Securities the Debentures of any series ifif a Default has occurred and is continuing and: (1i) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities outstanding Debentures of any series other series than that series, or is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company or other obligor on the Securities of such series (each of which is hereafter in this Section called a "Security party") are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities Debentures issued under this Indenture; provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph the Debentures of any series other than that series and any other indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding if (i) this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures and all series of securities issuable thereunder are wholly unsecured and rank equally and such other indenture or indentures (and such series) are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, unless the Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 305 or subsection (c) of Section 307 of the Trust Indenture Act, that differences exist between (A) the provisions of this Indenture between with respect to Debentures of that series and with respect to one or more other series or (B) the provisions of this Indenture and the provisions of such other indenture or indentures (or such series), which are so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Debentures of that series and such other series or such other indenture or indentures, or (ii) the Company shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty Trust after opportunity for hearing thereon, that the trusteeship under this Indenture with respect to Debentures of that series and such other series or such other indenture or indentures is not so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to Debentures of that series and such other series or under such other indentures; (ii) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is an underwriter for the Company or the Guarantor; (iii) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly or indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control with or an underwriter for the Company or the Guarantor; (iv) the Trustee or any of New Yorkits directors or executive officers is a director, Trusteeofficer, dated partner, employee, appointee or representative of the Company, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself) for the Company or the Guarantor who is currently engaged in the business of underwriting, except that (A) one individual may be a director and/or an executive officer of the Trustee and a director and/or an executive officer of the Company or the Guarantor, but may not be at the same time an executive officer of both the Trustee and the Company or the Guarantor; (B) if and so long as the number of June 1directors of the Trustee in office is more than nine, 1976one additional individual may be a director and/or an executive officer of the Trustee and a director of the Company or the Guarantor; and (C) the Trustee may be designated by the Company or the Guarantor or by an underwriter for the Company or the Guarantor to act in the capacity of transfer agent, pursuant registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow agent, or depository, or in any other similar capacity, or, subject to the provisions of paragraph (i) of this subsection (c), to act as trustee whether under an indenture or otherwise; (v) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by the Company or the Guarantor or by any director, partner, or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting securities is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more of such persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by an underwriter for the Company or the Guarantor or by any director, partner, or executive officer thereof, or is beneficially owned, collectively by any two or more such persons; 47 56 (vi) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this subsection (c) defined), (A) 5% or more of the voting securities, or 10% or more of any other class of security, of the Company or the Guarantor, not including the Debentures issued under this Indenture and securities issued under any other indenture under which the Company'sTrustee is also trustee, or (B) 10% or more of any class of security of an underwriter for the Company or the Guarantor; (vii) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this subsection (c) defined), 5% or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common control with, the Company or the Guarantor; (viii) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this subsection (c) defined), 10% or more of any class of security of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the Company or the Guarantor; (ix) the Trustee owns, on the date of Default upon the Debentures of any series or any anniversary of such Default while such Default upon the Debentures issued under this Indenture remains outstanding, in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity, an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have constituted a conflict interest under paragraph (vi), (vii), or (viii) of this subsection (c). As to any such securities of which the Trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator or testamentary trustee of an estate which includes them, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period of two years from the date of such acquisition, to the extent that such securities in such estate do not exceed 25% of such voting securities or 25% of any such class of security. Promptly after the dates of any such Default upon the Debentures issued under this Indenture and annually in each succeeding year that the Debentures issued under this Indenture remain in Default, the Trustee shall make a check of its holding of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of such dates. If the Company fails to make payment in full of principal of or interest on any of the Debentures when and as the same becomes due and payable or the Guarantor fails to make payment in full of amounts under the Guarantee with regard to principal of or interest on any of the Debentures, when and as the same

Conflicting Interest of Trustee. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section 6.08 with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10. (b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 6.08 with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within ten days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit notice of such failure to all holders of Securities of that series, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Securities register. (c) For the purposes of this Section 6.08 the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to Securities of any series if if (1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any other series or under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company or other obligor on the Securities of such series (each of which is hereafter in this Section called a "Security party") are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities issued under this Indenture; provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph (A) the Indenture between the Company and Morg▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty ranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee, dated as of June 1, 1976, pursuant to the provisions of which the Company's

Conflicting Interest of Trustee. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section 6.08 with respect to the Securities of any series8.08, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.108.10. (b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 6.08 with respect to the Securities of any series8.08, the Trustee shall, within ten 10 days after the expiration of such 90-90 day period, transmit notice of such failure to all holders Holders of Securities of that seriesSecurities, as to the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Securities registerextent provided in Section 6.04(c). (c) For the purposes of this Section 6.08 8.08, the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to Securities of any series if: (1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities outstanding securities of any series other than that series or is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company or other obligor on the Securities of such series (each of which is hereafter in this Section called a "Security party") are outstanding, outstanding unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities issued under this Indenture; provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph (AA)(i) the Indenture dated December 15, 1963, by and between Sinc▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Corporation, to which the Company is successor by merger, and the Trustee, under which the Company's 4.60% Sinking Fund Debentures Due 1988 are outstanding; (ii) the Indenture dated as of December 1, 1968, by and between The Anaconda Company, to which the Company is successor by merger, and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Company's 6 5/8% Debentures Due 1993 are outstanding; (iii) the Indenture dated as of December 15, 1970, by and between the Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the Trustee, pursuant to which the Company's 7.70% Debentures Due 2000 are outstanding; (iv) the Indenture dated as of June January 15, 1975, by and among ARCO Pipe Line Company and the Company, as Guarantor, and the Trustee, under which ARCO Pipe Line Company's 7 3/4% Guaranteed Notes Due 1986 are outstanding; and (v) the Indenture dated as of May 1, 19761980, pursuant to by and between the provisions of Company and the Trustee, under which the Company's's 11.375% Debentures Due 2010 are outstanding; and (B) this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series other than that series or any indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding if (i) this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures are wholly unsecured and such other indenture or indentures are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, unless the Securities and Exchange Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to subsection (b) of section 305 or subsection (c) of section 307 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 that differences exist

Conflicting Interest of Trustee. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section 6.08 8.08 with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.108.10. (b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 6.08 8.08 with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within ten 10 days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit notice of such failure to all holders of Securities of that series, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Securities register. (c) For the purposes of this Section 6.08 8.08 the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to Securities of any series if (1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any other series or under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company or other obligor on the Securities of such series (each of which is hereafter in this Section called a "Security party") are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities issued under this Indenture; provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph (A) the Indenture between the Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty Trust Company of New YorkCitibank, N.A., Trustee, dated as of June February 1, 19761973, pursuant to the provisions of which the Company's's 4 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 1988 are outstanding, and (B) this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any other series and any other indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of a Security party (as defined in Section 8.13), are outstanding if (i) this Indenture is and, if applicable, this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures are wholly unsecured and such other indenture or indentures are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, unless the Securities and Exchange Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 305 or subsection (c) of Section 307 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 that differences exist between the provisions of this Indenture with respect to Securities of such series and one or more other series or, if applicable, this Indenture and the provisions of such other indenture or indentures which are so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures, or (ii) the Company shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Securities and Exchange Commission and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that trusteeship under this Indenture with respect to Securities of such series and one or more other series or, if applicable, this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures is not so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to Securities of such series and one or more other series or, if applicable, this Indenture and one of such indentures; (2) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is an obligor upon the Securities of any series issued under this Indenture or an underwriter for a Security party; (3) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly or indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control with a Security party or an underwriter for a Security party; (4) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee, or representative of a Security party, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself) for a Security party who is currently engaged in the business of underwriting, except that (A) one individual may be a director and/or an executive officer of the Trustee and a director and/or an executive officer of a Security party, but may not be at the same time an executive officer of both the Trustee and a Security party; (B) if and so long as the number of directors of the Trustee in office is more than nine, one additional individual may be a director and/or an executive officer of the Trustee and a director of a Security party; and (C) the Trustee may be designated by a Security party or by an underwriter for a Security party to act in the capacity of transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow agent, or depositary, or in any other similar capacity, or, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), to act as trustee whether under an indenture or otherwise; (5) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by a Security party or by any director, partner, or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting securities is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more of such persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by an underwriter for a Security party or by any director, partner, or executive officer thereof, or is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more such persons; (6) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default, (A) 5% or more of the voting securities, or 10% or more of any other class of security, of a Security party, not including the Securities issued under this Indenture and securities issued under any other indenture under which the Trustee is also trustee, or (B) 10% or more of any class of security of an underwriter for a Security party; (7) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default, 5% or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common control with, a Security party; (8) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default, 10% or more of any class of security of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50% or more of the voting securities of a Security party; or (9) the Trustee owns on May 15 in any calendar year, in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity, an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have constituted a conflicting interest under paragraph (6), (7), or (8) of this subsection (c). As to any such securities of which the Trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator or testamentary trustee of an estate which included them, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period of two years from the date of such acquisition, to the extent that such securities included in such estate do not exceed 25% of such voting securities or 25% of any such class of security. Promptly after May 15, in each calendar year, the Trustee shall make a check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of such May 15. If the Company fails to make payment in full of 57 principal of or interest on any of the Securities when and as the same become due and payable, and such failure continues for 30 days thereafter, the Trustee shall make a prompt check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of the date of the expiration of such 30-day period and, after such date, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (9), all such securities so held by the Trustee, with sole or joint control over such securities vested in it, shall, but only so long as such failure shall continue, be considered as though beneficially owned by the Trustee for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) of this subsection (c). The specifications of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive, of this subsection (c) shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership of such percentages of the securities of a person is or is not necessary or sufficient to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of para- graph (3) or (7) of this subsection (c).