Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions (a) The Issuer Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section and in accordance with the following provisions (i), (ii) and (iii), the Issuer Trustees and the Administrators shall act as follows: (i) Each Administrator shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the following: (A) the compliance with the Underwriting Agreement regarding the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities; (B) the compliance with the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws, and the Trust Indenture Act; (C) the listing of the Preferred Securities upon such securities exchange or exchanges or upon the Nasdaq National Market as shall be determined by the Depositor, with the registration of the Preferred Securities under the Exchange Act, if required, and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing; (D) the application for a taxpayer identification number for the Issuer Trust; and (E) the preparation of a registration statement and a prospectus in relation to the Preferred Securities, including any amendments thereto and the taking of any action necessary or desirable to sell the Preferred Securities in a transaction or series of transactions subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. (F) any action incidental to the foregoing as necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement. (ii) The Property Trustee shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the following matters: (A) the establishment of the Payment Account; (B) the receipt of the Junior Subordinated Debentures; (C) the receipt and collection of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures in the Payment Account; (D) the distribution of amounts owed to the Holders in respect of the Trust Securities; (E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures; (F) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Junior Subordinated Debentures to the Holders 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 Issuer Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and (I) after an Event of Default (other than under paragraph (b), (c), (d), or (f) of the definition of such term if such Event of Default is by or with respect to the Property Trustee), comply with the provisions of this Trust Agreement and take any action to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Holder); provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.7(a)(ii) shall require the Property Trustee to take any action that is not otherwise required in this Trust Agreement. (b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Issuer Trust (or the Issuer Trustees or Administrators acting on behalf of the Issuer Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the Issuer Trustees nor the Administrators shall (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 Holders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would reasonably be expected to cause the Issuer Trust to become taxable as a corporation 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 Property Trustee 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 Issuer Trust or the Holders in their capacity as Holders. (c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Depositor shall have the power and authority to assist the Issuer Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Issuer 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 by the Issuer Trust of, and the execution and delivery of, a registration statement, and a prospectus in relation to the Preferred Securities, including any amendments thereto and the taking of any action necessary or desirable to sell the Preferred Securities in a transaction or a series of transactions subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act; (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 that must be taken by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and the advice to the Issuer Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any documents to be executed and filed by the Issuer Trust or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with the sale of the Preferred Securities; (iii) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred Securities; (iv) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities; and (v) compliance with the listing requirements of the Preferred Securities upon such securities exchange or exchanges, or upon the Nasdaq National Market, as shall be determined by the Depositor, the registration of the Preferred Securities under the Exchange Act, if required, and the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing. (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrators and the Property Trustee are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust and to operate the Issuer Trust so that the Issuer Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, and will not be taxable as a corporation for the United States federal income tax purposes and so that the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States income tax purposes. In this connection, the Property Trustee, the Administrators and the Holders of Common Securities are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that the Property Trustee, the Administrators and Holders of Common Securities determine in their 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 Outstanding Preferred Securities. In no event shall the Administrators or the Issuer Trustees be liable to the Issuer Trust or the Holders for any failure to comply with this section that results from a change in law or regulations or in the interpretation thereof.
Amendments with Consent of Holders (a) Amendments of the Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document may be made by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Shared Security Agent with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may waive future compliance by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the JV Subsidiary Guarantors with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreement; provided, however, that no such modification, amendment or waiver may, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby: (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note; (ii) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note; (iii) change the place, currency or time of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note; (iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity (or, in the case of a redemption, on or after the redemption date) of any Note; (v) reduce the above-stated percentage of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend this Indenture; (vi) waive a default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes; (vii) release any Subsidiary Guarantor or JV Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee or JV Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, except as provided in this Indenture; (viii) release any Collateral, except as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, the Indenture and the Security Documents; (ix) reduce the percentage or aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is necessary for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or for waiver of certain defaults; (x) amend, change or modify any Subsidiary Guarantee or JV Subsidiary Guarantee in a manner that adversely affects the Holders; (xi) amend, change or modify any provision of any Security Document, or any provision of this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement relating to the Collateral, in a manner that adversely affects the Holders, except in accordance with the other provisions of this Indenture; (xii) reduce the amount payable upon a Change of Control Offer or an Offer to Purchase with the Excess Proceeds from any Asset Sale or change the time or manner by which a Change of Control Offer or an Offer to Purchase with the Excess Proceeds or other proceeds from any Asset Sale may be made or by which the Notes must be repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or an Offer to Purchase with the Excess Proceeds or other proceeds from any Asset Sale; (xiii) change the redemption date or the redemption price of the Notes from that stated in Section 3.01 or Section 3.02; (xiv) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any JV Subsidiary Guarantor to pay Additional Amounts; or (xv) amend, change or modify any provision of this Indenture or the related definition affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee or JV Subsidiary Guarantee in a manner which adversely affects the Holders.
Amendments Without Consent of Holders (a) Without the consent of any Holders, Parent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto, for any of the following purposes: (i) to evidence the succession of another person to Parent and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of Parent herein; provided that such succession and assumption is in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (ii) to evidence the succession of another Person as a successor Rights Agent and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Rights Agent herein; provided that such succession and assumption is in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (iii) to add to the covenants of Parent such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as Parent shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders; provided that, in each case, such provisions do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders; (iv) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in the Merger Agreement, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement; provided that, in each case, such provisions do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders; (v) as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the CVRs are not subject to registration under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided that, such provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders; (vi) to evidence the assignment of this Agreement by Parent as provided in Section 7.3; or (vii) as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the Company complies with applicable law. In addition to the foregoing, upon the request of Parent, the Rights Agent hereby agrees to enter into one or more amendments hereto to evidence the succession of another person as a successor Rights Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the assumption by any successor of the covenants and obligations of such Rights Agent herein, without modification of such covenants or obligations other than as permitted by this Section 5.1. (b) Without the consent of any Holders, Parent and the Rights Agent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto to reduce the number of CVRs, in the event any Holder agrees to renounce such Holder’s rights under this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.4 or to transfer CVRs to Parent pursuant to Section 2.10. (c) Promptly after the execution by Parent and the Rights Agent of any amendment pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.1, Parent shall mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) a notice thereof through the facilities of DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures and/or by first class mail to the Holders at their addresses as they appear on the CVR Register, setting forth such amendment.
Waivers and Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders With the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class representing Certificate Balances aggregating not less than 66% of the related Class Balance, (i) compliance by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ with any of the terms of this Trust Agreement may be waived or (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae, in its corporate capacity and in its capacity as Trustee, may enter into any Supplemental Agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Certificates issued under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that no such waiver or Supplemental Agreement shall: (a) without the consent of all Certificateholders reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, distributions which are required to be made on any Certificate; or (b) without the consent of all Certificateholders (i) terminate or modify ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae’s guaranty of the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.03, (ii) significantly change any permitted activity of the Trust or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates, the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver or any Supplemental Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, clause (b)(ii) of Section 7.02 shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities. It shall not be necessary for Holders to approve the particular form of any proposed Supplemental Agreement, but it shall be sufficient if such Holders shall approve the substance thereof. Promptly after the execution of any Supplemental Agreement pursuant to this Section, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae shall give written notice thereof to Holders of Certificates. Any failure of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such Supplemental Agreement.
Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Agent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Agent, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Certificates; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Agent; or (4) to make provision with respect to the rights of Holders pursuant to the requirements of Section 5.6(b); or (5) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to such matters or questions arising under this Agreement, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders.