Exhibit 4.15
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SUNAMERICA INC.
and
[_________________________________],
As Depositary
and
HOLDERS OF DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
____________
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
____________
Dated as of [____________], 199[_]
__________________________________________________
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Parties............................................................ 1
Recitals........................................................... 1
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
"Articles of Incorporation"........................................ 1
"Articles Supplementary"........................................... 1
"Common Stock"..................................................... 1
"Company".......................................................... 2
"Corporate Office"................................................. 2
"Deposit Agreement"................................................ 2
"Depositary"....................................................... 2
"Depositary Share"................................................. 2
"Depositary's Agent"............................................... 2
"New York Office".................................................. 2
"Receipt".......................................................... 2
"record holder".................................................... 3
"Registrar"........................................................ 3
"Securities Act"................................................... 3
"Stock"............................................................ 3
ARTICLE II
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF STOCK,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER,
REDEMPTION AND CONVERSION OF RECEIPTS
SECTION 2.01. Form and Transfer of Receipts....................... 3
SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts
in Respect Thereof................................ 4
SECTION 2.03. Redemption and Conversion of Stock.................. 5
SECTION 2.04. Register of Transfer of Receipts.................... 8
SECTION 2.05. Combination and Split-ups of Receipts .............. 8
SECTION 2.06. Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock....... 9
SECTION 2.07. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer,
Split-up, Combination, Surrender and Exchange of
Receipts and Withdrawal or Deposit of Stock....... 10
SECTION 2.08. Lost Receipts, etc....... .......................... 11
SECTION 2.09. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts 11
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information... 11
SECTION 3.02. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges...... 12
SECTION 3.03. Withholding ........................................ 12
SECTION 3.04. Representations and Warranties as to Stock ......... 12
ARTICLE IV
THE STOCK, NOTICES
SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions.................................. 13
SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other Than Cash....................... 13
SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges ..... 14
SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends, Fixing of Record Date for
Holders of Receipts............................... 15
SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights....................................... 15
SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Stock and Reclassifications,
Recapitalizations, etc. ............................ 16
SECTION 4.07. Reports............................................. 16
SECTION 4.08. Lists of Receipt Holders............................ 16
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS,
THE REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies, Transfer Books by
the Depositary; the Registrar..................... 17
SECTION 5.02. Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary,
the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar or the
Company........................................... 18
SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's
Agents, the Registrar and the Company............. 18
SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary,
Appointment of Successor Depositary............... 20
SECTION 5.05. Corporate Notices and Reports....................... 21
SECTION 5.06. Deposit of Stock by the Company..................... 21
SECTION 5.07. Indemnification by the Company...................... 21
SECTION 5.08. Fees, Charges and Expenses.......................... 22
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
SECTION 6.01. Amendment........................................... 22
SECTION 6.02. Termination......................................... 23
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.01. Counterparts........................................ 24
SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefits of Parties....................... 24
SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions............................ 24
SECTION 7.04. Notices............................................. 24
SECTION 7.05. Depositary's Agents................................. 25
SECTION 7.06. Holders of Receipts Are Parties..................... 25
SECTION 7.07. Governing Law....................................... 25
SECTION 7.08. Headings............................................ 25
TESTIMONIUM........................................................ 26
SIGNATURES......................................................... 26
EXHIBIT A.......................................................... A-1
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of [________], 199[_], among
SunAmerica Inc., a Maryland corporation, [_________________________________],
a [________] banking corporation, as Depositary, and all holders from time to
time of Receipts issued hereunder.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide as hereinafter set
forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of Stock with the
Depositary, as agent for the beneficial owners of the Stock, for the purposes
set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of the
Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing an interest in the Stock so
deposited; and
WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form
annexed as Exhibit A to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions,
modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained
herein, it is agreed by and among the parties hereto as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall apply to the respective terms
(in the singular and plural forms of such terms) used in this Deposit
Agreement and the Receipts:
"Articles of Incorporation" shall mean the Articles of
Incorporation, as amended and restated from time to time, of the Company.
"Articles Supplementary" shall mean the Articles Supplementary
establishing and setting forth the rights, preferences, privileges and
limitations of the Stock.
"Common Stock" shall mean the Company's Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share.
"Company" shall mean SunAmerica Inc., a Maryland corporation,
and its successors.
"Corporate Office" shall mean the office of the Depositary in
[__________], [______________] at which at any particular time its business in
respect of matters governed by this Deposit Agreement shall be administered,
which at the date of this Deposit Agreement is located at
[______________________].
"Deposit Agreement" shall mean this agreement, as the same may
be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Depositary" shall mean [_________________________________], as
Depositary hereunder, and any successor as Depositary hereunder.
"Depositary Share" shall mean the rights evidenced by the
Receipts executed and delivered hereunder, including the interests in Stock
granted to holders of Receipts pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Deposit Agreement. Each Depositary Share shall represent an interest in
[one-fiftieth] of a share of Stock deposited with the Depositary hereunder and
the same proportionate interest in any and all other property received by the
Depositary in respect of such share of Stock and held under this Deposit
Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Deposit Agreement, each record holder
of a Receipt evidencing a Depositary Share or Shares is entitled,
proportionately, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the Stock
represented by such Depositary Share or Shares, including the dividend, voting
and liquidation rights contained in the Articles Supplementary, and to the
benefits of all obligations and duties of the Company in respect of the Stock
under the Articles Supplementary and the Articles of Incorporation.
"Depositary's Agent" shall mean an agent appointed by the
Depositary as provided, and for the purposes specified, in Section 7.05.
"New York Office" shall mean the facility maintained by the
Depositary in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for accepting,
executing and delivering Receipts and other instruments prior to processing
such instruments at the Corporate Office, which facility at the date of this
Deposit Agreement is located at [______________________].
"Receipt" shall mean a Depositary Receipt executed and
delivered hereunder, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing
Depositary Share or Shares, as the same may be amended from time to time in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
"record holder" or "holder" as applied to a Receipt shall mean
the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books maintained by or
on behalf of the Depositary for such purpose.
"Registrar" shall mean any bank or trust company appointed to
register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"Stock" shall mean shares of the Company's
[__________________________] Preferred Stock, [______] par value.
ARTICLE II
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF STOCK,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER,
REDEMPTION AND CONVERSION OF RECEIPTS
SECTION 2.01. Form and Transfer of Receipts. Receipts shall
be engraved or printed or lithographed on steel-engraved borders and shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit
Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as
hereinafter provided. Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the
manual signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary; provided,
however, that such signature may be a facsimile if a Registrar (other than the
Depositary) shall have countersigned the Receipts by manual signature of a
duly authorized signatory of the Registrar. No Receipt shall be entitled to
any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless it shall have been executed as provided in the preceding
sentence. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt executed as
provided above and delivered as hereinafter provided. Receipts bearing the
facsimile signature of anyone who was at any time a duly authorized officer of
the Depositary shall bind the Depositary, notwithstanding that such officer
has ceased to hold such office prior to the delivery of such Receipts.
Receipts may be issued in denominations of any number of whole
Depositary Shares. All Receipts shall be dated the date of their execution.
Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text
thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or
required to comply with any applicable law or regulation or with the rules and
regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Stock or the Depositary
Shares may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular
Receipts are subject by reason of the date of issuance of the Stock or
otherwise.
Title to any Receipt (and to the Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt) that is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed
instrument of transfer shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect
as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that the
Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record
holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of
determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other
distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for
all other purposes.
SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of
Receipts in Respect Thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Deposit Agreement, the Company or any holder of Stock may deposit such Stock
under this Deposit Agreement by delivery to the Depositary of a certificate or
certificates for the Stock to be deposited, properly endorsed or accompanied,
if required by the Depositary, by a properly executed instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with (i) all such certifications
as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this
Deposit Agreement and (ii) a written order of the Company or such holder, as
the case may be, directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to or upon
the written order of the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or
Receipts for the number of Depositary Shares representing such deposited
Stock.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates
for Stock to be deposited hereunder, together with the other documents
specified above, the Depositary shall, as soon as transfer and registration
can be accomplished, present such certificate or certificates to the registrar
and transfer agent of the Stock for transfer and registration in the name of
the Depositary or its nominee of the Stock being deposited. Deposited Stock
shall be held by the Depositary in an account to be established by the
Depositary at the Corporate Office.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates
for Stock to be deposited hereunder, together with the other documents
specified above, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver, to or upon the order of the
person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary
referred to in the first paragraph of this Section 2.02, a Receipt or Receipts
for the number of whole Depositary Shares representing the Stock so deposited
and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or
persons. The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at
the New York Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of any
person requesting such delivery and for the account of such person, such
delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such person.
In each case, delivery will be made only upon payment by such person to the
Depositary of all taxes and other governmental charges and any fees payable in
connection with such deposit and the transfer of the deposited Stock.
The Company shall deliver to the Depositary from time to time
such quantities of Receipts as the Depositary may request to enable the
Depositary to perform its obligations under this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 2.03. Redemption and Conversion of Stock.(*)
Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem or be required to convert shares of
Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Articles
Supplementary, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the
Depositary) give the Depositary in its capacity as Depositary not less than 5
business days' prior notice of the proposed date of the mailing of a notice of
redemption or conversion of Stock and the simultaneous redemption or
conversion of the Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed or
converted and of the number of such shares of Stock held by the Depositary to
be redeemed or converted. The Depositary shall, as directed by the Company in
writing, mail, first class postage prepaid, notice of the redemption or
conversion of Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption or conversion of
the Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed or converted, not
less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption
or conversion of such Stock and Depositary Shares, to the record holders of
the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed or converted,
at the addresses of such holders as the same appear on the records of the
Depositary; provided, that if the effectiveness of a Merger or Consolidation
(as defined in the Articles Supplementary) makes it impracticable to provide
at least 30 days' notice, the Depositary shall provide such notice as soon as
practicable prior to such effectiveness. Any such notice shall also be
published in the same manner as notices of redemption or conversion of Stock
are required to be published pursuant to Section 3[ ] of the Articles
Supplementary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither failure to mail or
publish any such notice to one or more such holders nor any defect in any
notice shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption or
conversion. The Company shall provide the Depositary with such notice, and
each such notice shall state: the redemption or conversion date; the number of
Depositary Shares to be redeemed or converted; if fewer than all the
Depositary Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the number of such
Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; in the case of a
call for redemption, the call price payable upon redemption and the Current
Market Price (as defined in the Articles Supplementary to be used to
calculate the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon redemption;
whether the Company is exercising any option to deliver shares of Common
Stock in lieu of any cash consideration pursuant to Section 3[ ] of the
Articles Supplementary and the Current Market Price to be used to calculate
the number of such shares; the place or places where Receipts evidencing
Depositary Shares to be redeemed or converted are to be surrendered for
redemption or conversion; whether the Company is depositing with a bank or
trust company on or before the redemption or conversion date, the shares of
Common Stock and cash, if any, payable by the Company and the proposed date
of such deposit; the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends payable per
share of Stock to be redeemed or converted to and including such redemption
or conversion date, as the case may be, and that dividends in respect of
the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed or converted
will cease to accrue on such redemption or conversion date (unless the
Company shall default in delivering shares of Common Stock and cash, if
any, at the time and place specified in such notice). On the date of any
such redemption or conversion, the Depositary shall surrender the
certificate or certificates held by the Depositary evidencing the number of
shares of Stock to be redeemed or converted in the manner specified in the
notice of redemption or conversion of Stock provided by the Company
pursuant to Section 3[ ] of the Articles Supplementary. The Depositary
shall, thereafter, redeem or convert the number of Depositary Shares
representing such redeemed or converted Stock upon the surrender of
Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares in the manner provided in the
notice sent to record holders of Receipts; provided, that the Depositary
shall have received, upon surrendering such certificate or certificates as
aforesaid, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to convert or
redeem such number of Depositary Shares (including, in the event that the
Company elects pursuant to Section 3[ ] of the Articles Supplementary to
exercise any option to deliver shares of Common Stock in lieu of any cash
consideration payable on the Effective Date (as defined in the Articles
Supplementary) of any Merger or Consolidation, a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to such cash consideration (as determined in the manner set
forth in the Articles Supplementary)), plus any accrued and unpaid
dividends payable with respect thereto to and including the date of any
such redemption or conversion and any other cash consideration payable on
the Effective Date of a Merger or Consolidation (other than any dividends
or other cash consideration payable on the Effective Date of a Merger or
Consolidation that the Company has elected to pay in shares of Common Stock
pursuant to Section 3[ ] of the Articles Supplementary) as instructed and
calculated by the Company. In case fewer than all the outstanding
Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed
shall be selected by the Depositary by lot or on a pro rata basis.
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(*) This section to be modified to discuss specific redemption or conversion
terms of the Stock, if any.
Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from
and after the redemption or conversion date (unless the Company shall have
failed to redeem or convert the shares of Stock to be redeemed or converted by
it upon the surrender of the certificate or certificates therefor by the
Depositary as described in the preceding paragraph), the Depositary Shares
called for redemption or subject to conversion shall be deemed no longer to be
outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such
Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the shares of Common Stock and
cash, if any, payable upon redemption or conversion upon surrender of such
Receipts) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate.
Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the Receipts evidencing such
Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the
Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be converted into
or redeemed for shares of Common Stock at a rate equal to [one-fiftieth] of
the number of shares of Common Stock delivered, and the holders thereof shall
be entitled to [one-fiftieth] of the cash, if any, payable, in respect of the
shares of Stock pursuant to the Articles Supplementary. The foregoing shall
be subject further to the terms and conditions of the Articles Supplementary.
If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a
Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder
of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the shares
of Common Stock and all accrued and unpaid dividends to and including the date
fixed for redemption payable in respect of the Depositary Shares called for
redemption, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
prior Receipt and not called for redemption.
To the extent that Depositary Shares are converted into or
redeemed for shares of Common Stock and all of such shares of Common Stock
cannot be distributed to the record holders of Receipts converted or called
for redemption without creating fractional interests in such shares, the
Depositary may, with the consent of the Company, adopt such method as it deems
equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution,
including the sale (at public or private sale) of such shares of Common Stock
at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper, and the net
proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Section 3.02, be distributed or
made available for distribution to such record holders that would otherwise
receive fractional interests in such shares of Common Stock.
The Depositary shall not be required (a) to issue, transfer or
exchange any Receipts for a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days next preceding any selection of Depositary Shares and Stock to be
redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of
notice of redemption of Depositary Shares or (b) to transfer or exchange for
another Receipt any Receipt evidencing Depositary Shares called or being
called for redemption, in whole or in part, or subject to conversion except as
provided in the second preceding paragraph of this Section 2.03.
SECTION 2.04. Register of Transfer of Receipts. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall
register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any
surrender thereof at the Corporate Office, the New York Office or such other
office as the Depositary may designate for such purpose, by the record holder
in person or by a duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied
by a properly executed instrument of transfer, together with evidence of the
payment of any transfer taxes as may be required by law. Upon such surrender,
the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts and deliver the same to
or upon the order of the person entitled thereto evidencing the same aggregate
number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
SECTION 2.05. Combination and Split-ups of Receipts. Upon
surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate Office, the New York
Office or such other office as the Depositary may designate for the purpose of
effecting a split-up or combination of Receipts, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver
a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denominations requested evidencing
the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or
Receipts surrendered; provided, however, that the Depositary shall not issue
any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share.
SECTION 2.06. Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of
Stock.(*) Any holder of a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw any or all of the
Stock (but only in whole shares of Stock) represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipts and all money and other property, if any,
represented by such Depositary Shares by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts
at the Corporate Office, the New York Office or at such other office as the
Depositary may designate for such withdrawals. After such surrender, without
unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such holder, or to the
person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the whole
number of shares of Stock and all such money and other property, if any,
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts so
surrendered for withdrawal. If the Receipt or Receipts delivered by the
holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a
number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of whole Depositary Shares
representing the whole number of shares of Stock to be withdrawn, the
Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such whole number of shares
of Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be withdrawn, deliver
to such holder, or (subject to Section 2.04) upon his order, a new Receipt or
Receipts evidencing such excess number of whole Depositary Shares. Delivery
of the Stock and such money and other property being withdrawn may be made by
the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as
the Depositary may deem appropriate, which, if required by the Depositary,
shall be properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer.
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(*) This Section to be modified to reflect any restrictions on withdrawal of
underlying securities.
If the Stock and the money and other property being withdrawn
are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the record holder of the
Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Stock, such holder
shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the
Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts
surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such shares of Stock be properly
endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer
in blank and that the signature on such instrument of transfer be guaranteed
by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature
guarantee medallion program) pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Depositary shall deliver the Stock and the money and other
property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts
surrendered for withdrawal, without unreasonable delay, at the office at which
such Receipts were surrendered, except that, at the request, risk and expense
of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the
holder thereof, such delivery may be made, without unreasonable delay, at such
other place as may be designated by such holder.
SECTION 2.07. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer,
Split-up, Combination, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts and Withdrawal or
Deposit of Stock. As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery,
registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any
Receipt, the delivery of any distribution thereon or the withdrawal or deposit
of Stock, the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company may
require any or all of the following: (i) payment to it of a sum sufficient
for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Company shall
have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any tax or other
governmental charge with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge
with respect to the Stock being deposited or withdrawn or with respect to the
Common Stock or other securities or property of the Company being issued upon
conversion or redemption); (ii) production of proof satisfactory to it as to
the identity and genuineness of any signature; and (iii) compliance with such
reasonable regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
The deposit of Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts
against Stock or the registration of transfer, split-up, combination,
surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts and the withdrawal of deposited
Stock may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders
of the Company is closed, (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or
advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company at
any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any
government or governmental body or commission, or under any provision of this
Deposit Agreement, or (iii) with the approval of the Company, for any other
reason. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Depositary shall not
knowingly accept for deposit under this Deposit Agreement any shares of Stock
that are required to be registered under the Securities Act unless a
registration statement under the Securities Act is in effect as to such shares
of Stock.
SECTION 2.08. Lost Receipts, etc. In case any Receipt shall
be mutilated or destroyed or lost or stolen, the Depositary shall execute and
deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such
mutilated Receipt or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost
or stolen Receipt unless the Depositary has notice that such Receipt has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser; provided, however, that the holder thereof
provides the Depositary with (i) evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of
such destruction, loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof
and of his ownership thereof, (ii) reasonable indemnification satisfactory to
the Depositary or the payment of any charges incurred by the Depositary in
obtaining insurance in lieu of such indemnification and (iii) payment of any
expense (including fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary) in connection
with such execution and delivery.
SECTION 2.09. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered
Receipts. All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary's
Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by
applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized to destroy such
Receipts so cancelled.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS
OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other
Information. Any person presenting Stock for deposit or any holder of a
Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence or
other information, to execute such certificates and to make such
representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Company may reasonably
deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the Company may withhold or delay
the delivery of any Receipt, the registration of transfer, redemption,
conversion or exchange of any Receipt, the withdrawal of the Stock represented
by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt or the distribution of any
dividend or other distribution until such proof or other information is filed,
such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.
SECTION 3.02. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges.
If any tax or other governmental charge shall become payable by or on behalf
of the Depositary with respect to (i) any Receipt, (ii) the Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipt, (iii) the Stock (or fractional interest therein) or
other property represented by such Depositary Shares, or (iv) any transaction
referred to in Section 4.06, such tax (including transfer, issuance or
acquisition taxes, if any) or governmental charge shall be payable by the
holder of such Receipt, who shall pay the amount thereof to the Depositary.
Until such payment is made, registration of transfer of any Receipt or any
split-up or combination thereof or any withdrawal of the Stock or money or
other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt may be refused, any dividend or other distribution may be withheld and
any part or all of the Stock or other property (including Common Stock
received in connection with a conversion or redemption of Stock) represented
by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be sold for the account
of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such
holder prior to such sale). Any dividend or other distribution so withheld
and the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such tax or
other governmental charge, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any
deficiency.
SECTION 3.03. Withholding. The Depositary shall act as the
tax withholding agent for any payments, distributions and exchanges made with
respect to the Depositary Shares and Receipts, and the Stock, Common Stock or
other securities or assets represented thereby (collectively, the
"Securities"). The Depositary shall be responsible with respect to the
Securities for the timely (i) collection and deposit of any required
withholding or backup withholding tax, and (ii) filing of any information
returns or other documents with federal (and other applicable) taxing
authorities.
SECTION 3.04. Representations and Warranties as to Stock. In
the case of the initial deposit of the Stock, the Company and, in the case of
subsequent deposits thereof, each person so depositing Stock under this
Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby to represent and warrant that such
Stock and each certificate therefor are valid and that the person making such
deposit is duly authorized to do so. Such representations and warranties
shall survive the deposit of the Stock and the issuance of Receipts therefor.
ARTICLE IV
THE STOCK, NOTICES
SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary
shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Stock, the
Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.02, distribute to record holders of
Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of
such sum as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective
numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders;
provided, however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be
required by law to withhold and does withhold from any cash dividend or other
cash distribution in respect of the Stock an amount on account of taxes, the
amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary
Shares shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary shall distribute or make
available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as
can be distributed without attributing to any owner of Depositary Shares a
fraction of one cent and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the
Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and
be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution
to record holders of Receipts then outstanding.
SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other Than Cash. Whenever the
Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights, preferences
or privileges upon the Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.02,
distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to
Section 4.04 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are,
as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of
Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders, in any
manner that the Depositary and the Company may deem equitable and practicable
for accomplishing such distribution. If, in the opinion of the Company after
consultation with the Depositary, such distribution cannot be made
proportionately among such record holders, or if for any other reason
(including any tax withholding or securities law requirement), the Depositary
deems, after consultation with the Company, such distribution not to be
feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld, adopt such method as it deems equitable
and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the
sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received,
or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may
deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Section
3.02, be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be,
by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.01 in
the case of a distribution received in cash.
SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges.
If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons
in whose names Stock is registered on the books of the Company any rights,
preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or
any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights,
preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the
Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Company
shall instruct (including by the issue to such record holders of warrants
representing such rights, preferences or privileges); provided, however, that
(a) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or
privileges the Company determines and instructs the Depositary that it is not
lawful or feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to
some or all holders of Receipts (by the issue of warrants or otherwise) or (b)
if and to the extent instructed by holders of Receipts who do not desire to
exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, the Depositary shall then, in
each case, and if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or
privileges so permit, sell such rights, preferences or privileges of such
holders at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms
as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall be distributed
by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled thereto as
provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash.
If registration under the Securities Act of the securities to
which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for
holders of Receipts to be offered or sold such securities, the Company shall
promptly file a registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with
respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its
best efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration
statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of
such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such
rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make
available to the holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to
subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such registration
statement shall have become effective or unless the offering and sale of such
securities to such holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of
the Securities Act.
If any other action under the law of any jurisdiction or any
governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in
order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to
holders of Receipts, the Company agrees with the Depositary that the Company
will use its reasonable best efforts to take such action or obtain such
authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of
such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such
rights, preferences or privileges.
SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends, Fixing of Record Date for
Holders of Receipts. Whenever (i) any cash dividend or other cash
distribution shall become payable, or any distribution other than cash shall
be made, or any rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be
offered, with respect to the Stock, or (ii) the Depositary shall receive
notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of
which holders of Stock are entitled to notice or of the mandatory conversion
of, or any election on the part of the Company to call for the redemption of,
any shares of Stock, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record
date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with
respect to the Stock) for the determination of the holders of Receipts (x) who
shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences
or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or (y) who shall be
entitled to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such
meeting or to receive notice of such meeting or of such conversion or
redemption.
SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any
meeting at which the holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary
shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of
Receipts a notice, which shall be provided by the Company and which shall
contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting, (ii) a
statement that the holders of Receipts at the close of business on a specified
record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 will be entitled, subject to any
applicable provision of law, the Articles of Incorporation or the Articles
Supplementary, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting
rights pertaining to the Stock represented by their respective Depositary
Shares and (iii) a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions
may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of a Receipt on such record
date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to
be voted the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. The
Company hereby agrees to take all reasonable action that may be deemed
necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such
Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific
instructions from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from
voting to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipt.
SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Stock and Reclassifications,
Recapitalizations, etc. Upon any split-up, consolidation or any other
reclassification of Stock, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization,
merger, amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is
a party (other than a Merger or Consolidation) or sale of all or substantially
all of the Company's assets, the Depositary shall treat any shares of stock or
other securities or property (including cash) that shall be received by the
Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Stock as
new deposited property under this Deposit Agreement, and Receipts then
outstanding shall thenceforth represent the proportionate interests of holders
thereof in the new deposited property so received in exchange for or upon
conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case the Depositary may,
in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver
additional Receipts, or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts
to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited
property.
SECTION 4.07. Reports. The Depositary shall make available
for inspection by holders of Receipts at the Corporate Office, the New York
Office and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable
during normal business hours any reports and communications received from the
Company that are received by the Depositary as the holder of Stock.
SECTION 4.08. Lists of Receipt Holders. Promptly upon request
from time to time by the Company, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list,
as of a recent date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares
of all persons in whose names Receipts are registered on the books of the
Depositary. At the expense of the Company, the Company shall have the right
to inspect transfer and registration records of the Depositary, any
Depositary's Agent or the Registrar, take copies thereof and require the
Depositary, any Depositary's Agent or the Registrar to supply copies of such
portions of such records as the Company may request.
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS,
THE REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies, Transfer Books
by the Depositary; the Registrar. Upon execution of this Deposit Agreement in
accordance with its terms, the Depositary shall maintain (i) at the New York
Office facilities for the execution and delivery, registration, registration
of transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up, combination, redemption and
conversion of Receipts and deposit and withdrawal of Stock and (ii) at the
Corporate Office and at the offices of the Depositary's Agents, if any,
facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender
and exchange, split-up, combination, conversion and redemption of Receipts and
deposit and withdrawal of Stock, all in accordance with the provisions of this
Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary shall keep books at the Corporate Office for the
registration and transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times
shall be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts; provided that
any such holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the
Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably
related to such person's interest as an owner of Depositary Shares. The
Depositary shall consult with the Company upon receipt of any request for
inspection. The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to
time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its
duties hereunder.
If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or
the Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on one or more
stock exchanges, the Depositary shall, with the approval of the Company,
appoint a Registrar for registry of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in
accordance with the requirements of such exchange or exchanges. Such
Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of
such exchange or exchanges) may be removed and a substitute registrar
appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the approval of the
Company. In addition, if the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock
are listed on one or more stock exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request
of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration,
registration of transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up, combination,
redemption or conversion of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such
Stock as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange regulations.
SECTION 5.02. Prevention or Delay in Performance by the
Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar or the Company. Neither
the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company
shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt, if by reason of any
provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of the United
States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of
the Depositary, the Registrar or any Depositary's Agent, by reason of any
provision, present or future, of the Articles of Incorporation or the Articles
Supplementary or, in the case of the Company, the Depositary, the Registrar or
any Depositary's Agent, by reason of any act of God or war or other
circumstances beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, any
Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be prevented or
forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing that the terms of this
Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the
Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company incur any
liability to any holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or
delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing that the
terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or
(ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion
provided for in this Deposit Agreement except, in the case of the Depositary,
any Depositary's Agent or the Registrar, if any such exercise or failure to
exercise discretion is caused by its negligence or bad faith.
SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's
Agents, the Registrar and the Company. The Company assumes no obligation and
shall be subject to no liability under this Deposit Agreement or the Receipts
to holders or other persons, except to perform in good faith such obligations
as are specifically set forth and undertaken by it to perform in this Deposit
Agreement. Each of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents and the Registrar
assumes no obligation and shall be subject to no liability under this Deposit
Agreement or the Receipts to holders or other persons, except to perform such
obligations as are specifically set forth and undertaken by it to perform in
this Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the
Registrar nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding with respect to
Stock, Depositary Shares, Receipts or Common Stock that in its opinion may
involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it
against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the
Registrar nor the Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act
by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel,
accountants, any person presenting Stock for deposit, any holder of a Receipt
or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such
advice or information. The Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, the Registrar
and the Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any
written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
The Depositary, the Registrar and any Depositary's Agent may
own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and
in Receipts or Depositary Shares. The Depositary may also act as transfer
agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates.
It is intended that neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's
Agent shall be deemed to be an "issuer" of the Stock, the Depositary Shares,
the Receipts or the Common Stock issued upon conversion or redemption of the
Stock under the federal securities laws or applicable state securities laws,
it being expressly understood and agreed that the Depositary and any
Depositary's Agent are acting only in a ministerial capacity as Depositary for
the Stock; provided, however, that the Depositary agrees to comply with all
information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it under law
or this Deposit Agreement in its capacity as Depositary.
Neither the Depositary (or its officers, directors, employees
or agents) nor any Depositary's Agent makes any representation or has any
responsibility as to the validity of the Registration Statement pursuant to
which the Depositary Shares are registered under the Securities Act, the
Stock, the Depositary Shares or any instruments referred to therein or herein,
or as to the correctness of any statement made therein or herein; provided,
however, that the Depositary is responsible for its representations in this
Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary assumes no responsibility for the correctness of
the description that appears in the Receipts, which can be taken as a
statement of the Company summarizing certain provisions of this Deposit
Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision herein or in the Receipts, the
Depositary makes no warranties or representations as to the validity,
genuineness or sufficiency of any Stock at any time deposited with the
Depositary hereunder or of the Depositary Shares, as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Deposit Agreement, as to the value of the Depositary
Shares or as to any right, title or interest of the record holders of Receipts
in and to the Depositary Shares except that the Depositary hereby represents
and warrants as follows: (i) the Depositary has been duly organized and is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
[____________], with full power, authority and legal right under such law to
execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Deposit Agreement; (ii) this
Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Depositary; and (iii) this Deposit Agreement constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of the Depositary, enforceable against the Depositary in accordance
with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Depositary shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Company of the Depositary Shares or the
Receipts or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary,
Appointment of Successor Depositary. The Depositary may at any time resign as
Depositary hereunder by written notice via registered mail of its election to
do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the
appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment
as hereinafter provided.
The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by
written notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to
take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance
of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall
resign or be removed, the Company shall, within 45 days after the delivery of
the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor
depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company, or an affiliate of a bank
or trust company, having its principal office in the United States of America
and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If a
successor depositary shall not have been appointed in 45 days, the resigning
or removed Depositary may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint a successor depositary. Every successor depositary shall execute and
deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing
accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor depositary,
without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all
purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such
predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of
the Company, shall promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring
to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder,
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all rights, title and interest in
the Stock and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor and
shall deliver to such successor a list of the record holders of all
outstanding Receipts. Any successor depositary shall promptly mail notice
of its appointment to the record holders of Receipts.
Any corporation into or with which the Depositary may be
merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of such Depositary
without the execution or filing of any document or any further act. Such
successor depositary may execute the Receipts either in the name of the
predecessor depositary or in the name of the successor depositary.
SECTION 5.05. Corporate Notices and Reports. The Company
agrees that it will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will,
promptly after receipt thereof, transmit to the record holders of Receipts, in
each case at the address recorded in the Depositary's books, copies of all
notices and reports (including financial statements) required by law, by the
rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary
Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Articles of Incorporation and the
Articles Supplementary to be furnished by the Company to holders of Stock.
Such transmission will be at the Company's expense and the Company will
provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents as the
Depositary may reasonably request. In addition, the Depositary will transmit
to the record holders of Receipts at the Company's expense such other
documents as may be requested by the Company.
SECTION 5.06. Deposit of Stock by the Company. The Company
agrees with the Depositary that neither the Company nor any company controlled
by the Company will at any time deposit any Stock if such Stock is required to
be registered under the provisions of the Securities Act and no registration
statement is at such time in effect as to such Stock.
SECTION 5.07. Indemnification by the Company. The Company
agrees to indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and any Registrar
against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability, costs and expenses
(including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may arise out of or
in connection with its acting as Depositary, Depositary's Agent or Registrar,
respectively, under this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts, except for any
liability arising out of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the
part of any such person or persons.
SECTION 5.08. Fees, Charges and Expenses. No fees, charges
and expenses of the Depositary or any Depositary's Agent hereunder or of any
Registrar shall be payable by any person other than the Company, except for any
taxes and other governmental charges and except as provided in this Deposit
Agreement. If, at the request of a holder of a Receipt, the Depositary incurs
fees, charges or expenses for which it is not otherwise liable hereunder, such
holder or other person will be liable for such fees, charges and expenses.
All other fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary and any Depositary's
Agent hereunder and of any Registrar (including, in each case, reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel) incident to the performance of their respective
obligations hereunder will be paid from time to time upon consultation and
agreement between the Depositary and the Company as to the amount and nature of
such fees, charges and expenses.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
SECTION 6.01. Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any
provision of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be
amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect that
they may deem necessary or desirable. Any amendment that shall impose or
increase any fees, taxes or charges payable by holders of Receipts (other than
taxes and other governmental charges, fees and other expenses payable by
holders pursuant to the terms hereof or of the Receipts), or that shall
otherwise prejudice any substantial existing right of holders of Receipts,
shall not become effective as to outstanding Receipts until the expiration of
90 days after notice of such amendment shall have been given to the record
holders of outstanding Receipts. Every holder of an outstanding Receipt at
the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing
to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound
by this Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. In no event shall any amendment
impair the right, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.06 and 2.07
and Article III, of any owner of any Depositary Shares to surrender the
Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares with instructions to the Depositary
to deliver to the holder the Stock and all money and other property, if any,
represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of
applicable law.
SECTION 6.02. Termination. Whenever so directed by the
Company, the Depositary will terminate this Deposit Agreement by mailing
notice of such termination to the record holders of all Receipts then
outstanding at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such
termination. The Depositary may likewise terminate this Deposit Agreement if
at any time 45 days shall have expired after the Depositary shall have
delivered to the Company a written notice of its election to resign and a
successor depositary shall not have been appointed and accepted its
appointment as provided in Section 5.04.
If any Receipts shall remain outstanding after the date of
termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary thereafter shall
discontinue the transfer of Receipts, shall suspend the distribution of
dividends to the holders thereof and shall not give any further notices (other
than notice of such termination) or perform any further acts under this
Deposit Agreement, except as provided below and that the Depositary shall
continue to collect dividends and other distributions pertaining to Stock,
shall sell rights, preferences or privileges as provided in this Deposit
Agreement and shall continue to deliver the Stock and any money and other
property represented by Receipts, without liability for interest thereon, upon
surrender thereof by the holders thereof. At any time after the expiration of
two years from the date of termination, the Depositary may sell Stock then
held hereunder at public or private sale, at such places and upon such
terms as it deems proper and may thereafter hold in a segregated account
the net proceeds of any such sale, together with any money and other
property held by it hereunder, without liability for interest, for the
benefit, pro rata in accordance with their holdings, of the holders of
Receipts that have not heretofore been surrendered. After making such
sale, the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under this
Deposit Agreement except to account for such net proceeds and money and
other property. Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the
Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit
Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary's
Agent and any Registrar under Sections 5.07 and 5.08. In the event this
Deposit Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to use its best
efforts to list the underlying Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.01. Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be
executed by the Company and the Depositary in separate counterparts, each of
which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and
the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
to this Deposit Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Deposit Agreement. Copies of this
Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary's
Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Corporate
Office and the New York Office and the respective offices of the Depositary's
Agents, if any, by any holder of a Receipt.
SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefits of Parties. This Deposit
Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their
respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.
SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or
more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts
should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
SECTION 7.04. Notices. Any notices to be given to the Company
hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram or
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Attention: Treasurer, or at any other place to which the Company may have
transferred its principal executive office.
Any notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under
the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram or telex or telecopier
confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Corporate Office.
Any notices given to any record holder of a Receipt hereunder
or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram or telex or
telecopier confirmed by letter, addressed to such record holder at the address
of such record holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary or, if such
holder shall have filed with the Depositary a written request that notices
intended for such holder be mailed to some other address, at the address
designated in such request.
Delivery of a notice sent by mail, or by telegram or telex or
telecopier shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed
letter containing the same (or a duly addressed letter confirming an earlier
notice in the case of a telegram or telex or telecopier message) is deposited,
postage prepaid, in a post office letter box. The Depositary or the Company
may, however, act upon any telegram or telex or telecopier message received by
it from the other or from any holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such
telegram or telex or telecopier message shall not subsequently be confirmed by
letter as aforesaid.
SECTION 7.05. Depositary's Agents. The Depositary may, with
the approval of the Company which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld,
from time to time appoint one or more Depositary's Agents to act in any
respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may
vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary's Agents.
SECTION 7.06. Holders of Receipts Are Parties.
Notwithstanding that holders of Receipts have not executed and delivered this
Deposit Agreement or any counterpart thereof, the holders of Receipts from
time to time shall be deemed to be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall
be bound by all of the terms and conditions, and be entitled to all of the
benefits, hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery of Receipts.
SECTION 7.07. Governing Law. This Deposit Agreement and the
Receipts and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and
thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the
State of New York without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 7.08. Headings. The headings of articles and sections
in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit
A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as
a part of this Deposit Agreement or to have any bearing upon the meaning or
interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SunAmerica Inc. and
[_______________________________] have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as
of the day and year first above set forth and all holders of Receipts shall
become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts
issued in accordance with the terms hereof.
SUNAMERICA INC.
Attest:
By:_______________________ By:___________________________
Authorized Officer
[_____________________________]
Attest:
By:_______________________ By:___________________________
Authorized Signatory
EXHIBIT A
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FOR
DEPOSITARY SHARES
EACH REPRESENTING [ONE-FIFTIETH] OF A SHARE OF
[______________________________________________] PREFERRED
STOCK
OF
SUNAMERICA INC.
(Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Maryland)
No.
[_________________________________] (the "Depositary") hereby
certifies that ____________ is the registered owner of ___________ Depositary
Shares (the "Depositary Shares"), each Depositary Share representing
[one-fiftieth] of a share of [____________________________] Preferred Stock,
[____] par value (the "Stock"), of SunAmerica Inc., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the
"Company"), and the same proportionate interest in any and all other property
received by the Depositary in respect of such shares of Stock and held by the
Depositary under the Deposit Agreement (as defined below). Subject to the
terms of the Deposit Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Share is entitled,
proportionately, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the Stock
represented thereby, including the dividend, voting, liquidation and other
rights contained in the Articles Supplementary establishing the rights,
preferences, privileges and limitations of the Stock (the "Articles
Supplementary"), copies of which are on file at the office of the Depositary
at which at any particular time its business in respect of matters governed by
the Deposit Agreement shall be administered, which at the time of the
execution of the Deposit Agreement is located at
[____________________________] (the "Corporate Office").
This Depositary Receipt ("Receipt") shall not be entitled to
any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless this Receipt shall have been executed manually or, if a
Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been
appointed, by facsimile by the Depositary by the signature of a duly
authorized signatory and, if executed by facsimile signature of the
Depositary, shall have been countersigned manually by such Registrar by the
signature of a duly authorized signatory.
THE DEPOSITARY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VALIDITY OF ANY DEPOSITED STOCK.
THE DEPOSITARY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CORRECTNESS OF THE
DESCRIPTION SET FORTH IN THIS RECEIPT, WHICH CAN BE TAKEN AS A STATEMENT OF
THE COMPANY SUMMARIZING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. UNLESS
EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, THE DEPOSITARY MAKES NO
WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE VALIDITY, GENUINENESS OR SUFFICIENCY
OF ANY STOCK AT ANY TIME DEPOSITED WITH THE DEPOSITARY UNDER THE DEPOSIT
AGREEMENT OR OF THE DEPOSITARY SHARES, AS TO THE VALIDITY OR SUFFICIENCY OF
THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, AS TO THE VALUE OF THE DEPOSITARY SHARES OR AS TO ANY
RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST OF THE RECORD HOLDERS OF THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS IN
AND TO THE DEPOSITARY SHARES.
The Company will furnish to any holder of this Receipt without
charge, upon request addressed to its executive office, a full statement of
the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares
of each authorized class, and of each class of preferred stock authorized to
be issued, so far as the same may have been fixed, and a statement of the
authority of the Board of Directors of the Company to designate and fix the
relative rights, preferences and limitations of other classes.
This Receipt is continued on the reverse hereof and the
additional provisions therein set forth for all purposes have the same effect
as if set forth at this place.
Dated:
[____________________________],
as Depositary and Registrar
By:___________________________
Authorized Signatory
[FORM OF REVERSE
OF DEPOSITARY RECEIPT]
1. The Deposit Agreement. Depositary Receipts (the
"Receipts"), of which this Receipt is one, are made available upon the terms
and conditions set forth in the Deposit Agreement, dated as of [_________],
199[_] (the "Deposit Agreement"), among the Company, the Depositary and all
holders from time to time of Receipts. The Deposit Agreement (copies of which
are on file at the Corporate Office, the office maintained by the Depositary
in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York which at the time of the
execution of the Deposit Agreement is located at [________________________]
(the "New York Office") and at the office of any agent of the Depositary) sets
forth the rights of holders of Receipts and the rights and duties of the
Depositary. The statements made on the face and the reverse of this Receipt
are summaries of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are subject
to the detailed provisions thereof, to which reference is hereby made. In the
event of any conflict between the provisions of this Receipt and the
provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement
will govern.
2. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly herein provided,
all defined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Deposit Agreement.
3. Redemption and Conversion of Stock.(*) Whenever the
Company shall elect to redeem or be required to convert shares of Stock into
shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Articles Supplementary, it shall
(unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Depositary) give the Depositary
in its capacity as Depositary not less than 5 business days' prior notice of
the proposed date of the mailing of a notice of redemption or conversion of
Stock and the simultaneous redemption or conversion of the Depositary Shares
representing the Stock to be redeemed or converted and of the number of such
shares of Stock held by the Depositary to be redeemed or converted. The
Depositary shall, as directed by the Company in writing, mail, first class
postage prepaid, notice of the redemption or conversion of Stock and the
proposed simultaneous redemption or conversion of Depositary Shares
representing the Stock to be redeemed or converted, not less than 30 and not
more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption or conversion of such
Stock and Depositary Shares, to the record holders of the Receipts evidencing
the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed or converted, at the addresses of such
holders as the same appear on the records of the Depositary; provided, that if
the effectiveness of a Merger or Consolidation (as defined in the Articles
Supplementary) makes it impracticable to provide at least 30 days' notice, the
Depositary shall provide such notice as soon as practicable prior to such
effectiveness. Any such notice shall also be published in the same manner as
notices of redemption or conversion of the Stock are required to be published
pursuant to Section 3[___] of the Articles Supplementary. On the date of any
such redemption or conversion, the Depositary shall surrender the certificate
or certificates held by the Depositary evidencing the number of shares of
Stock to be redeemed or converted in the manner specified in the notice of
redemption or conversion of Stock provided by the Company pursuant to Section
3[___] of the Articles Supplementary. The Depositary shall, thereafter,
redeem or convert the number of Depositary Shares representing such redeemed
or converted Stock upon the surrender of Receipts evidencing such Depositary
Shares in the manner provided in the notice sent to record holders of
Receipts; provided, that the Depositary shall have received, upon surrendering
such certificate or certificates as aforesaid, a sufficient number of shares
of Common Stock to convert or redeem such number of Depositary Shares
(including, in the event that the Company elects pursuant to Section 3[___] of
the Articles Supplementary to exercise any option to deliver shares of Common
Stock in lieu of any cash consideration payable on the Effective Date (as
defined in the Articles Supplementary) of any Merger or Consolidation, a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to such cash consideration (as
determined in the manner set forth in the Articles Supplementary)), plus any
accrued and unpaid dividends payable with respect thereto to and including the
date of any such redemption or conversion and any other cash consideration
payable on the Effective Date of a Merger or Consolidation (other than any
dividends or other cash consideration payable on the Effective Date of a
Merger or Consolidation that the Company has elected to pay in shares of
Common Stock pursuant to Section 3[___] of the Articles Supplementary). In
case fewer than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the
Depositary Shares to be redeemed shall be selected by the Depositary by lot or
on a pro rata basis. Notice having been mailed and published as aforesaid,
from and after the redemption or conversion date (unless the Company shall
have failed to redeem or convert the shares of Stock to be redeemed or
converted by it upon the surrender of the certificate or certificates therefor
by the Depositary as described above), the Depositary Shares called for
redemption or subject to conversion shall be deemed no longer to be
outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such
Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the shares of Common Stock and
cash, if any, payable upon redemption or conversion upon surrender of such
Receipts) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate.
Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the Receipts evidencing such
Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the
Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be converted into
or redeemed for shares of Common Stock at a rate equal to [one-fiftieth] of
the number of shares of Common Stock delivered, and the holders thereof shall
be entitled to [one-fiftieth] of the cash, if any, payable, in respect of the
shares of Stock pursuant to the Articles Supplementary. The foregoing is
subject further to the terms and conditions of the Articles Supplementary.
If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Receipt are
called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of this
Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with shares of Common
Stock and all accrued and unpaid dividends to and including the date fixed for
redemption payable in respect of the Depositary Shares called for redemption,
a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt
and not called for redemption.
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(*) This section to be modified to discuss specific redemption or conversion
terms of the Stock, if any.
4. Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock. Upon
surrender of this Receipt to the Depositary at the Corporate Office, the New
York Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate, and
subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the holder hereof is
entitled to withdraw, and to obtain delivery, without unreasonable delay, to
or upon the order of such holder, any or all of the Stock (but only in whole
shares of Stock) and all money and other property, if any, at the time
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Receipt; provided,
however, that, in the event this Receipt shall evidence a number of Depositary
Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the whole
number of shares of Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary shall, in addition
to such whole number of shares of Stock and such money and other property, if
any, to be withdrawn, deliver, to or upon the order of such holder, a new
Receipt or Receipts evidencing such excess number of whole Depositary Shares.
5. Transfers, Split-ups, Combinations. Subject to Paragraphs
6, 7 and 8 below, this Receipt is transferable on the books of the Depositary
upon surrender of this Receipt to the Depositary at the Corporate Office or
the New York Office, or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate,
properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of
transfer, and upon such transfer the Depositary shall sign and deliver a
Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto,
all as provided in and subject to the Deposit Agreement. This Receipt may
be split into other Receipts or combined with other Receipts into one
Receipt evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced
by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered; provided, however, that the
Depositary shall not issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary
Share.
6. Conditions to Signing and Delivery, Transfer, etc., of
Receipts. Prior to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer,
split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of this Receipt, the delivery of
any distribution hereon or the withdrawal or deposit of Stock, the Depositary,
any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company may require any or all of the
following: (i) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the
event that the Depositary or the Company shall have made such payment, the
reimbursement to it) of any tax or other governmental charge with respect
thereto (including any such tax or charge with respect to Stock being
deposited or withdrawn or with respect to Common Stock or other securities or
property of the Company being issued upon conversion or redemption); (ii)
production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of
any signature; and (iii) compliance with such reasonable regulations, if any,
as the Depositary or the Company may establish not inconsistent with the
Deposit Agreement. Any person presenting Stock for deposit, or any holder of
this Receipt, may be required to file such proof of information, to execute
such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the
Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The
Depositary or the Company may withhold or delay the delivery of this Receipt,
the registration of transfer, redemption, conversion or exchange of this
Receipt, the withdrawal of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by this Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other
distribution until such proof or other information is filed, such certificates
are executed or such representations and warranties are made.
7. Suspension of Delivery, Transfer, etc. The deposit of
Stock may be refused and the delivery of this Receipt against Stock or the
registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of this
Receipt and the withdrawal of deposited Stock may be suspended (i) during any
period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed, (ii) if any
such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the
Depositary's Agents or the Company at any time or from time to time because of
any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or
commission, or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement, or (iii) with the
approval of the Company, for any other reason. The Depositary shall not be
required (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Receipts for a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days next preceding any selection of
Depositary Shares and Stock to be redeemed and ending at the close of business
on the day of the mailing of notice of redemption of Depositary Shares or (b)
to transfer or exchange for another Receipt any Receipt evidencing Depositary
Shares called or being called for redemption, in whole or in part, or subject
to conversion except as provided in the last sentence of Paragraph 3.
8. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. If any
tax or other governmental charge shall become payable by or on behalf of the
Depositary with respect to (i) this Receipt, (ii) the Depositary Shares
evidenced by this Receipt, (iii) the Stock (or fractional interest therein) or
other property represented by such Depositary Shares, or (iv) any transaction
referred to in Section 4.06, of the Deposit Agreement, such tax (including
transfer, issuance or acquisition taxes, if any) or governmental charge shall
be payable by the holder of this Receipt, who shall pay the amount thereof to
the Depositary. Until such payment is made, registration of transfer of this
Receipt or any split-up or combination hereof or any withdrawal of the Stock
or money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by this Receipt may be refused, any dividend or other distribution
may be withheld and any part or all of the Stock or other property (including
Common Stock received in connection with a conversion or redemption of Stock)
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Receipt may be sold for
the account of the holder hereof (after attempting by reasonable means to
notify such holder prior to such sale). Any dividend or other distribution so
withheld and the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of
such tax or other governmental charge, the holder of this Receipt remaining
liable for any deficiency.
9. Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any provision of
the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by
agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect that they may
deem necessary or desirable. Any amendment that shall impose or increase any
fees, taxes or charges payable by holders of Receipts (other than taxes and
other governmental charges, fees and other expenses payable by holders as
provided herein or in the Deposit Agreement), or that shall otherwise prejudice
any substantial existing right of holders of Receipts, shall not become
effective as to outstanding Receipts until the expiration of 90 days after
notice of such amendment shall have been given to the record holders of
outstanding Receipts. The holder of this Receipt at the time any such
amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold this
Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit
Agreement as amended thereby. In no event shall any amendment impair the
right, subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 hereof and of
Sections 2.03, 2.06 and 2.07 and Article III of the Deposit Agreement, of the
owner of the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Receipt to surrender this
Receipt with instructions to the Depositary to deliver to the holder the Stock
and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order
to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law.
10. Fees, Charges and Expenses. The Company will pay all
fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary, except for taxes (including
transfer taxes, if any) and other governmental charges and such charges as are
expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement to be at the expense of persons
depositing Stock, holders of Receipts or other persons.
11. Title to Receipts. It is a condition of this Receipt, and
every successive holder hereof by accepting or holding the same consents and
agrees, that title to this Receipt (and to the Depositary Shares evidenced
hereby), when properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed
instrument of transfer, is transferable by delivery with the same effect as in
the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that the Depositary
may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder hereof
at such time as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of determining the
person entitled to distribution of dividends or other distributions or to any
notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.
12. Dividends and Distributions. Whenever the Depositary
shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Stock, the
Depositary shall, subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement,
distribute to record holders of Receipts such amounts of such sums as are, as
nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary
Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided, however, that
in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required by law to withhold and
does withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of
the Stock an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for
distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced
accordingly. The Depositary shall distribute or make available for
distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as can be
distributed without attributing to any owner of Depositary Shares a fraction
of one cent and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the
Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and
be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution
to record holders of Receipts then outstanding.
13. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the
Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose
name Stock is registered on the books of the Company any rights, preferences
or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights,
preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or
privileges shall in each such instance, subject to the provisions of the
Deposit Agreement, be made available by the Depositary to the record holders
of Receipts in such manner as the Company shall instruct.
14. Notice of Dividends, Fixing of Record Date. Whenever (i)
any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable, or any
distribution other than cash shall be made, or any rights, preferences or
privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the Stock, or (ii)
the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock
are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice or of
the mandatory conversion of, or any election on the part of the Company to
call for redemption of, any shares of Stock, the Depositary shall in each such
instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date
fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock) for the determination of the
holders of Receipts (x) who shall be entitled to receive such dividend,
distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the
sale thereof, or (y) who shall be entitled to give instructions for the
exercise of voting rights at any such meeting or of such meeting or to receive
notice of such conversion or redemption.
15. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at
which the holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon
as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice,
which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of
meeting, (ii) a statement that the holders of Receipts at the close of
business on a specified record date determined as provided in Paragraph 14
will be entitled, subject to any applicable provision of law, the Articles of
Incorporation or the Articles Supplementary, to instruct the Depositary as to
the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Stock represented by their
respective Depositary Shares, and (iii) a brief statement as to the manner in
which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of
this Receipt on such record date the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as
practicable to vote or cause to be voted the Stock represented by the
Depositary Shares evidenced by this Receipt in accordance with the
instructions set forth in such request. The Company hereby agrees to take all
reasonable action that may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to
enable the Depositary to vote such Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In
the absence of specific instructions from the holder of this Receipt, the
Depositary will abstain from voting to the extent of the Stock represented by
the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Receipt.
16. Reports, Inspection of Transfer Books. The Depositary
shall make available for inspection by holders of Receipts at the Corporate
Office, the New York Office and at such other places as it may from time to
time deem advisable during normal business hours any reports and
communications received from the Company that are received by the
Depositary as the holder of Stock. The Depositary shall keep books at the
Corporate Office for the registration and transfer of Receipts, which books
at all reasonable times will be open for inspection by the record holders
of Receipts; provided that any such holder requesting to exercise such
right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a
proper purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as an owner of
Depositary Shares.
17. Liability of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the
Registrar and the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent
nor the Registrar nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of
this Receipt, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or
regulation thereunder of any governmental authority or, in the case of the
Depositary, the Registrar or any Depositary's Agent, by reason of any
provision present or future, of the Articles of Incorporation or the
Articles Supplementary or, in the case of the Company, the Depositary, the
Registrar or any Depositary's Agent, by reason of any act of God or war or
other circumstances beyond the control of the relevant party, the
Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be
prevented or forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing that the
terms of the Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor
shall the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company
incur any liability to any holder of this Receipt (i) by reason of any
nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act
or thing that the terms of the Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be
done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to
exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement except, in
the case of the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent or the Registrar, if
such exercise or failure to exercise discretion is caused by its negligence
or bad faith.
18. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents,
the Registrar and the Company. The Company assumes no obligation and shall be
subject to no liability under the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt to the
holder hereof or other persons, except to perform in good faith such
obligations as are specifically set forth and undertaken by it to perform in
the Deposit Agreement. Each of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents and
the Registrar assumes no obligation and shall be subject to no liability under
the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt to the holder hereof or other persons,
except to perform such obligations as are specifically set forth and
undertaken by it to perform in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad
faith.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the
Registrar nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding with respect to
Stock, Depositary Shares or Receipts or Common Stock that in its opinion may
involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it
against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the
Registrar nor the Company will be liable for any action or failure to act by
it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel,
accountants, any person presenting Stock for deposit, any holder of this
Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to
give such advice or information.
19. Termination of Deposit Agreement. Whenever so directed by
the Company, the Depositary will terminate the Deposit Agreement by mailing
notice of such termination to the record holders of all Receipts then
outstanding at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such
termination. The Depositary may likewise terminate the Deposit Agreement if
at any time 45 days shall have expired after the Depositary shall have
delivered to the Company a written notice of its election to resign and a
successor depositary shall not have been appointed and accepted its
appointment as provided in Section 5.04 of the Deposit Agreement. Upon the
termination of the Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all
obligations thereunder except for its obligations to the Depositary, any
Depositary's Agent and any Registrar under Sections 5.07 and 5.08 of the
Deposit Agreement.
If any Receipts remain outstanding after the date of
termination of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary thereafter shall
discontinue all functions and be discharged from all obligations as provided
in the Deposit Agreement, except as specifically provided therein.
20. Governing Law. The Deposit Agreement and this Receipt and
all rights thereunder and hereunder and provisions thereof and hereof shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New
York without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto the within Receipt and all rights and
interests represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints his attorney, to transfer
the same on the books of the within-named Depositary, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated: Signature: ___________________________
NOTE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the Receipt in
every particular, without alteration or
enlargement, or any change whatever.