Exhibit 4.1
SERIES SUPPLEMENT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-BACKED SERIES 2003-17 TRUST
between
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION,
as Depositor,
and
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee,
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
Dated as of October 29, 2003
Table of Contents
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Section 1. Incorporation of Standard Terms........................................................................1
Section 2. Definitions............................................................................................1
Section 3. Designation of Trust and Certificates..................................................................8
Section 4. Trust Certificates....................................................................................11
Section 5. Distributions.........................................................................................11
Section 6. Trustee's Fees........................................................................................16
Section 7. Optional Exchange; Optional Call......................................................................16
Section 8. Notices of Events of Default..........................................................................20
Section 9. Miscellaneous.........................................................................................20
Section 10. Governing Law........................................................................................24
Section 11. Counterparts.........................................................................................24
Section 12. Termination of the Trust.............................................................................24
Section 13. Sale of Underlying Securities; Optional Exchange.....................................................24
Section 14. Amendments...........................................................................................25
Section 15. Voting of Underlying Securities, Modification of Indenture...........................................25
Section 16. Additional Depositor Representation..................................................................26
SCHEDULE I SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-BACKED SERIES 2003-17 UNDERLYING
SECURITIES SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE CLASS A-1
EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE CLASS A-2
EXHIBIT B FORM OF WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT C FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
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SERIES SUPPLEMENT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-BACKED SERIES 2003-17
SERIES SUPPLEMENT, Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17
Trust, dated as of October 29, 2003 (the "Series Supplement"), by and between
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION, as Depositor (the "Depositor"), and U.S. BANK TRUST
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to create the Trust
designated herein (the "Trust") by executing and delivering this Series
Supplement, which shall incorporate the terms of the Standard Terms for Trust
Agreements, dated as of January 16, 2001 (the "Standard Terms" and, together
with this Series Supplement, the "Trust Agreement"), by and between the
Depositor and the Trustee, as modified by this Series Supplement;
WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to deposit into the Trust the
Underlying Securities described on Schedule I attached hereto, the general
terms of which are described in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading
"Description of the Deposited Assets--Underlying Securities;"
WHEREAS, in connection with the creation of the Trust and
the deposit therein of the Underlying Securities, it is desired to provide for
the issuance of trust certificates evidencing undivided interests in the Trust
and call warrants related thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Trustee has joined in the execution of the
Standard Terms and this Series Supplement to evidence the acceptance by the
Trustee of the Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises
and the mutual covenants expressed herein, it is hereby agreed by and between
the Depositor and the Trustee as follows:
Section 1. Incorporation of Standard Terms. Except as otherwise
provided herein, all of the provisions of the Standard Terms are hereby
incorporated herein by reference in their entirety, and this Series Supplement
and the Standard Terms shall form a single agreement between the parties. In
the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Series
Supplement and the provisions of the Standard Terms, the provisions of this
Series Supplement will control with respect to the Sprint Capital Note-Backed
Series 2003-17 Certificates and the transactions described herein.
Section 2. Definitions.
(a) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may
otherwise require, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set
forth below for all purposes under this Series Supplement. (Section 2(b) below
sets forth terms listed in the Standard Terms which are
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not applicable to this Series.) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Standard Terms.
"Accredited Investor" shall mean a Person that qualifies as
an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the
Securities Act.
"Available Funds" shall have the meaning specified in the
Standard Terms.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than (i) Saturday
and Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in New York City, New
York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed for
business or (iii) a day that is not a business day for the purposes of the
Indenture.
"Calculation Agent" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation or
such affiliate thereof as shall be designated by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation.
"Call Date" shall mean any Business Day that any holder of
Call Warrants designates as a Call Date occurring (i) on or after October 29,
2008, (ii) after the Underlying Securities Issuer announces that it will
redeem, prepay or otherwise make an unscheduled payment on the Underlying
Securities, (iii) after the Trustee notifies the Certificateholders of any
proposed sale of the Underlying Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Series Supplement or (iv) on the date on which the Underlying Securities
Issuer or affiliate thereof consummates a tender offer for some or all of the
Underlying Securities.
"Call Notice" shall have the meaning specified in Section
1.1 of the Warrant Agent Agreement.
"Call Price" shall mean, for each related Call Date, (i) in
the case of the Class A-1 Certificates, 100% of the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates being purchased pursuant to
the exercise of the Call Warrants, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on
such amount to but excluding the Call Date and (ii) in the case of the Class
A-2 Certificates being purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Call
Warrants, $0.
"Call Warrants" shall have the meaning specified in Section
3 hereof.
"Called Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 1.1 (b) of the Warrant Agent Agreement.
"Certificate Principal Balance" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 3 hereof.
"Certificates" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3
hereof.
"Class A-1 Allocation" shall mean the sum of the present
values (discounted at the rate of 7.00% per annum) of (i) any unpaid interest
due or to become due on the Class A-1 Certificates and (ii) the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates (in each case
assuming that the Class A-1 Certificates were paid when due and were not
redeemed or prepaid prior to their stated maturity).
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"Class A-1 Certificates" shall mean the Certificates, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, to be issued by the Trust representing a
proportionate undivided beneficial ownership interest in certain distributions
to be made by the Trust and having the characteristics described herein and in
the Certificates.
"Class A-2 Allocation" shall mean the present value
(discounted at the rate of 7.00% per annum) of any unpaid principal amounts
due or to become due on the Class A-2 Certificates (assuming that the Class
A-2 Certificates were paid when due and were not redeemed or prepaid prior to
their stated maturity).
"Class A-2 Certificates" shall mean the Certificates, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2, to be issued by the Trust representing a
proportionate undivided beneficial ownership interest in certain distributions
to be made by the Trust and having the characteristics described herein and in
the Certificates.
"Closing Date" shall mean October 29, 2003.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Collection Period" shall mean, (i) with respect to each May
Distribution Date, the period beginning on the day after the November
Distribution Date of the prior year and ending on such May Distribution Date,
inclusive and (ii) with respect to each November Distribution Date, the period
beginning on the day after the May Distribution Date of such year and ending
on such November Distribution Date, inclusive; provided, however, that clauses
(i) and (ii) shall be subject to Section 9(f) hereof.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean the office of U.S. Bank
Trust National Association located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇.
"Currency" shall mean United States Dollars.
"Depository" shall mean The Depository Trust Company, its
nominees and their respective successors.
"Distribution Date" shall mean May 15th and November 15th of
each year (or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day), commencing on November 15, 2003, and ending on the earlier of the Final
Scheduled Distribution Date and any date on which all Underlying Securities
are redeemed, prepaid or liquidated in whole for any reason other than at
their maturity.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
"Event of Default" shall mean (i) a default in the payment
of any interest on any Underlying Security after the same becomes due and
payable (subject to any applicable grace period), (ii) a default in the
payment of the principal of or any installment of principal of any Underlying
Security when the same becomes due and payable and (iii) any other event
specified as an "Event of Default" in the Indenture.
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"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Final Scheduled Distribution Date" shall mean the
Distribution Date in November 2028.
"Indenture" shall mean the indenture among the Underlying
Securities Issuer, the Underlying Securities Guarantor and the Underlying
Securities Trustee, as supplemented, pursuant to which the Underlying
Securities were issued.
"Liquidation Price" shall mean the price at which the
Trustee sells the Underlying Securities.
"Maturity Date" shall have the meaning specified in Schedule
I hereto.
"Moody's" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
"Optional Call" shall mean the call of the Certificates by
the Warrant Holder, in whole or in part, resulting from the exercise of Call
Warrants by the Warrant Holder, pursuant to Section 7(d) hereof.
"Optional Exchange" shall mean the exchange of the
Certificates by the Trust for the Underlying Securities pursuant to Section
7(a) and 7(b) hereof.
"Optional Exchange Date" shall mean any date on which
Underlying Securities subject to Optional Exchange are distributed to a
Certificateholder.
"Ordinary Expenses" shall mean the Trustee's ordinary
expenses and overhead in connection with its services as Trustee, including
the items referred to in the definition of Ordinary Expenses in the Standard
Terms.
"Plan" means (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA), (b) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code
or (c) any entity whose underlying assets are treated as assets of any such
plan by reason of such plan's investment in the entity.
"Prepaid Ordinary Expenses" shall be zero for this Series.
"Prospectus Supplement" shall mean the Prospectus
Supplement, dated October 16, 2003, relating to the Class A-1 Certificates.
"QIB" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e)
hereof.
"Rating Agencies" shall mean Moody's and S&P.
"Record Date" shall mean, with respect to each Distribution
Date, the day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.
"Required Percentage-Amendment" shall be 66-2/3% of the
aggregate Voting Rights, unless the subject amendment requires the vote of
holders of only one class of
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Certificates pursuant to the Standard Terms, in which case 66-2/3% of the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class.
"Required Percentage-Direction of Trustee" shall be 66-2/3%
of the aggregate Voting Rights.
"Required Percentage-Remedies" shall be 66-2/3% of the
aggregate Voting Rights.
"Required Percentage-Removal" shall be 66-2/3% of the
aggregate Voting Rights.
"Required Rating" shall mean, in the case of Moody's, the
rating assigned to the Underlying Securities by Moody's as of the Closing
Date, and, in the case of S&P, the rating assigned to the Underlying
Securities by S&P as of the Closing Date.
"Resale Restriction Termination Date" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.
"Rule 144A" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e)
hereof.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a
division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc.
"SEC Reporting Failure" shall mean the date determined by
the Depositor within a reasonable time following the Underlying Securities
Guarantor either (x) having stated in writing that it intends permanently to
cease filing periodic reports required under the Exchange Act or (y) having
failed to file all required periodic reports for one full year.
"Securities Act" shall mean the United States Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
"Securities Intermediary" shall mean initially, U.S. Bank
Trust National Association.
"Series" shall mean Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series
2003-17.
"Special Distribution Date" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 5 hereof.
"Trustee Fee" shall mean the amount paid to the Trustee by
the Depositor on the Closing Date.
"Trust Property" shall mean the Underlying Securities
described on Schedule I hereto, the Certificate Account and any additional
Underlying Securities sold to the Trust pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof.
"UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
the applicable jurisdiction.
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"Underlying Securities" shall mean $25,455,000 aggregate
principal amount of 6.875% Notes due 2028, issued by the Underlying Securities
Issuer, as set forth in Schedule I attached hereto (subject to Section 3(d)
hereof).
"Underlying Securities Guarantor" shall mean Sprint
Corporation.
"Underlying Securities Issuer" shall mean Sprint Capital
Corporation.
"Underlying Securities Trustee" shall mean Bank One, N.A.
"Underwriter" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc.
"Voting Rights" shall, in the entirety, be allocated among
all Class A-1 Certificateholders and Class A-2 Certificateholders in
proportion to the then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of their
respective Certificates.
"Warrant Agent" shall mean initially, U.S. Bank Trust
National Association.
"Warrant Agent Agreement" shall mean that certain Warrant
Agent Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Depositor and U.S.
Bank Trust National Association, as Warrant Agent and as Trustee, as the same
may be amended from time to time.
"Warrant Holder" shall mean the holder of a Call Warrant.
(b) The terms listed below are not applicable to this Series.
"Accounting Date"
"Administrative Fees"
"Advance"
"Allowable Expense Amounts"
"Basic Documents"
"Call Premium Percentage"
"Credit Support"
"Credit Support Instrument"
"Credit Support Provider"
"Cut-off Date"
"Eligible Expense"
"Eligible Investments"
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"Exchange Rate Agent"
"Fixed Pass-Through Rate"
"Floating Pass-Through Rate"
"Guaranteed Investment Contract"
"Letter of Credit"
"Limited Guarantor"
"Limited Guaranty"
"Minimum Wire Denomination"
"Notional Amount"
"Pass-Through Rate"
"Place of Distribution"
"Purchase Price"
"Required Premium"
"Required Principal"
"Requisite Reserve Amount"
"Retained Interest"
"Sale Procedures"
"Sub-Administration Account"
"Sub-Administration Agreement"
"Sub-Administration Agent"
"Surety Bond"
"Swap Agreement"
"Swap Counterparty"
"Swap Distribution Amount"
"Swap Guarantee"
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"Swap Guarantor"
"Swap Receipt Amount"
"Swap Termination Payment"
Section 3. Designation of Trust and Certificates. The Trust created
hereby shall be known as the "Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Sprint
Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Trust." The Certificates evidencing certain
undivided ownership interests therein shall be known as "Corporate Backed
Trust Certificates, Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17." The
Certificates shall consist of the Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2
Certificates (together, the "Certificates"). The Trust is also issuing call
warrants with respect to the Certificates ("Call Warrants").
(a) The Class A-1 Certificates shall be held through the Depository
in book-entry form and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A-1. The Class A-2 Certificates shall initially be held through the
Depository in book-entry form and, as set forth in Section 3(e) below, shall
be held subsequent to the Closing Date in physical form or through the
Depository in book-entry form and shall be substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A-2. The Class A-1 Certificates shall be issued in
denominations of $25. The Class A-2 Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof;
provided, however, that on any Call Date on which a Warrant Holder shall
concurrently exchange Called Certificates for a distribution of Underlying
Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 hereof, Called
Certificates may be issued in other denominations. Except as provided in the
Standard Terms and in paragraph (d) in this Section, the Trust shall not issue
additional Certificates or additional Call Warrants or incur any indebtedness.
(b) The Class A-1 Certificates shall consist initially of 1,000,000
Certificates having an initial aggregate certificate principal balance (the
"Certificate Principal Balance") of $25,000,000. The Class A-2 Certificates,
which are principal-only Certificates, have an initial aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of $455,000.
(c) The holders of the Class A-1 Certificates will be entitled to
receive on each Distribution Date the interest, if any, received on the
Underlying Securities, to the extent necessary to pay interest at a rate of
7.00% per annum on the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A-1 Certificates. The holders of the Class A-2 Certificates will not be
entitled to receive interest. On the Distribution Date occurring in November
2003, the Trustee shall cause the Trust to pay to the Depositor the amount of
interest accrued and paid on the Underlying Securities from May 15, 2003, to
but not including the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the event an
Optional Exchange shall occur prior to the Distribution Date in November 2003,
a pro rata portion of such amount shall be paid to the Depositor on the
Optional Exchange Date in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(b)(ix)
hereof. If the Depositor is not paid any such amount on such date, it shall
have a claim for such amount. If Available Funds are insufficient to pay such
amount, the Trustee will pay the Depositor its pro rata share, based on the
ratio the amount owed to the Depositor bears to all amounts owed on the
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Certificates in respect of accrued interest, of any proceeds from the recovery
on the Underlying Securities.
(d) The Depositor may sell to the Trustee additional Underlying
Securities on any date hereafter upon at least three Business Days' notice to
the Trustee (or such shorter period as shall be mutually satisfactory to the
Depositor and the Trustee) and upon (i) satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition and (ii) delivery of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
sale of such additional Underlying Securities will not cause the Trust to be
taxed as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation for federal income tax purposes. Each condition to be satisfied
with respect to a sale of Underlying Securities on or prior to the Closing
Date shall be satisfied with respect to a sale of additional Underlying
Securities no later than the date of sale thereof, each representation and
warranty set forth in the Standard Terms to be made on the Closing Date shall
be made on such date of sale, and from and after such date of sale, all
Underlying Securities held by the Trustee shall be held on the same terms and
conditions. Upon such sale to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deposit such
additional Underlying Securities in the Certificate Account, and shall
authenticate and deliver to the Depositor, on its order, (x) Class A-1
Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates in the same proportion to the
additional Underlying Securities and to each other as exists with respect to
the original Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, and (y) Call
Warrants related to such additional Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2
Certificates as described herein. Any such additional Class A-1 Certificates
and Class A-2 Certificates authenticated and delivered shall have the same
terms and rank pari passu with the corresponding classes of Certificates
previously issued in accordance with this Series Supplement.
(e) No Class A-2 Certificate may be offered, resold, assigned or
otherwise transferred (including by pledge or hypothecation) at any time prior
to (x) the date which is two years or such shorter period of time as permitted
by Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, after the later of the original issue
date of such Class A-2 Certificates and the last date on which the Depositor
or any "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the
Depositor was the owner of such Class A-2 Certificates (or any predecessor
thereto), or (y) such later date, if any, as may be required by a change in
applicable securities laws (the "Resale Restriction Termination Date") unless
such offer, resale, assignment or transfer is (i) to the Trust, (ii) pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (iii) to a
qualified institutional buyer (a "QIB"), as such term is defined in Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), in accordance with Rule
144A or (iv) pursuant to another available exemption from registration
provided under the Securities Act (including transfers to Accredited
Investors), and, in each of cases (i) through (iv), in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and other
jurisdictions. Prior to any offer, resale, assignment or transfer of any Class
A-2 Certificates in the manner described in clause (iii) above, the
prospective transferee and the prospective transferor shall be required to
deliver to the Trustee an executed copy of an Investment Letter with respect
to the Class A-2 Certificates to be transferred substantially in the form of
Exhibit C hereto and in the event the resale, assignment or transfer shall
involve Class A-2 Certificates then being held in physical form, such Class
A-2 Certificates shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and the
Trustee shall instruct the Depository to increase the aggregate principal
amount of the Class A-2 Certificates held in book-entry form by an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-2 Certificates so
resold, assigned or transferred and to issue a beneficial interest in such
global Class A-2
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Certificates to such transferee. Prior to any offer, resale, assignment or
transfer of any Class A-2 Certificates in the manner described in
clause (iv) above, the prospective transferee and the prospective
transferor shall be required to deliver to the Trustee documentation
certifying that the offer, resale, assignment or transfer complies with the
provisions of said clause (iv) and, in the event any such Class A-2
Certificate shall then be held in book entry form and such resale, assignment
or transfer shall be to an Accredited Investor that is not a QIB, the Trustee
shall instruct the Depository to decrease the aggregate principal amount of
the Class A-2 Certificates held in book entry form and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver one or more Class A-2 Certificates in physical form
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of Class A-2 Certificates
resold, assigned or transferred. In addition to the foregoing, each
prospective transferee of any Class A-2 Certificates in the manner
contemplated by clause (iii) above shall acknowledge, represent and agree as
follows:
(1) The transferee (x) is a QIB, (y) is aware that the
sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and (z) is
acquiring such Class A-2 Certificates for its own account or
for the account of a QIB.
(2) The transferee understands that the Class A-2
Certificates are being offered in a transaction not
involving any public offering in the United States within
the meaning of the Securities Act, and that the Class A-2
Certificates have not been and will not be registered under
the Securities Act.
(3) The transferee agrees that (A) if in the future it
decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the
Class A-2 Certificates prior to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date, such Class A-2 Certificates shall only be
offered, resold, assigned or otherwise transferred (i) to
the Trust, (ii) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, (iii) to a QIB, in
accordance with Rule 144A or (iv) pursuant to another
available exemption from registration provided under the
Securities Act (including any transfer to an Accredited
Investor), and, in each of cases (i) through (iv), in
accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state
of the United States and other jurisdictions and (B) the
transferee will, and each subsequent holder is required to,
notify any subsequent purchaser of such Class A-2
Certificates from it of the resale restrictions referred to
in clause (A) above.
(f) The Class A-2 Certificates will, unless otherwise agreed by
the Depositor and the Trustee, bear a legend substantially to the following
effect:
"THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS IN
EFFECT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT.
THE CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE
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TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SERIES
SUPPLEMENT.
EACH PURCHASER OF THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE IS HEREBY
NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE MAY
BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5
OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER."
Section 4. Trust Certificates. The Trustee hereby acknowledges
receipt, on or prior to the Closing Date, of:
(a) the Underlying Securities set forth on Schedule I hereto; and
(b) all documents required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 2.01 of the Standard Terms.
Section 5. Distributions.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 3(c), 5(b), 5(d), 5(g)
and 5(h) on each applicable Distribution Date (or such later date as specified
in Section 9(f)), the Trustee shall apply Available Funds in the Certificate
Account as follows:
(i) The Trustee will pay the interest portion of Available
Funds:
(1) first, to the Trustee, as reimbursement for any
Extraordinary Trust Expenses incurred by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 6(b) below and approved by 100% of the
Certificateholders; and
(2) second, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates,
as interest at the rate of 7.00% per annum on the outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates.
The Class A-2 Certificates are not entitled to distributions
of interest.
(ii) the Trustee will pay the principal portion of
Available Funds:
(1) first, to the Trustee, as reimbursement for any
remaining Extraordinary Trust Expenses incurred by the Trustee
in accordance with Section 6(b) below and approved by 100% of
the Certificateholders; and
(2) second, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates
and the Class A-2 Certificates, the remaining available
principal portion of Available Funds (in an aggregate amount
not to exceed the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates) pro rata
in proportion to their outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances.
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(iii) any Available Funds remaining in the Certificate
Account after the payments set forth in clauses 5(a)(i) and
5(a)(ii) above shall be paid to the Trustee as reasonable
compensation for services rendered to the Depositor, up to
$1,000.
(iv) the Trustee will pay any Available Funds remaining in
the Certificate Account after the distributions in clauses
5(a)(i) through 5(a)(iii) above to the holders of the Class A-1
Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates pro rata in proportion
to their original Certificate Principal Balances.
Any funds received in respect of the Underlying Securities from the Underlying
Securities Guarantor shall be included in Available Funds on the related
Distribution Date or Special Distribution Date. Any portion of the Available
Funds (i) that does not constitute principal of, or interest on, the
Underlying Securities, (ii) that is not received in connection with a tender
offer, redemption, prepayment or liquidation of the Underlying Securities and
(iii) for which allocation by the Trustee is not otherwise contemplated by
this Series Supplement, shall be remitted by the Trustee to the Depositor.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Underlying Securities are
redeemed, prepaid or liquidated in whole or in part for any reason other than
due to the occurrence of an Event of Default, an SEC Reporting Failure, or the
Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Trustee shall apply Available Funds in
the manner described in Section 5(g) in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Trustee, as reimbursement for any
Extraordinary Trust Expenses incurred by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 6(b) below and approved by 100% of the
Certificateholders;
(ii) second, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates,
an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest thereon;
(iii) third, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates
and Class A-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their
outstanding Certificate Principal Balances;
(iv) fourth, to the Trustee, as reasonable compensation
for services rendered to the Depositor, any remainder up to
$1,000; and
(v) fifth, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates
and Class A-2 Certificates, any amount remaining after the
distributions in clauses 5(b)(i) through 5(b)(iv) above, pro
rata in proportion to their original Certificate Principal
Balances.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Underlying Securities are
redeemed, prepaid or liquidated in whole or in part due to the occurrence of
an Event of Default, the Trustee shall distribute Available Funds to the
holders of the Class A-1 Certificates and holders of the Class A-2
Certificates in accordance with the ratio of the Class A-1 Allocation to the
Class A-2 Allocation.
(d) Unless otherwise instructed by holders of Certificates
representing a majority of the Voting Rights, thirty (30) days after giving
notice pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the Trustee shall sell the Underlying
Securities pursuant to Section 13 hereof and deposit the Liquidation
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Proceeds, if any, into the Certificate Account for distribution not later than
two Business Days after the receipt of immediately available funds in accordance
with Section 5(b) hereof, provided, however, that if any Warrant Holder
designates any day on or prior to the proposed sale date as a Call Date and
Optional Exchange Date pursuant to Section 7, the portion of Underlying
Securities related to such Optional Exchange shall not be sold but shall be
distributed to the Warrant Holder pursuant to Section 7 and the Warrant Agent
Agreement.
(e) If the Trustee receives non-cash property in respect of the
Underlying Securities as a result of a payment default on the Underlying
Securities (including from the sale thereof), the Trustee will promptly give
notice to the Depository, or for any Certificates which are not then held by
DTC or any other depository, directly to the registered holders of the
Certificates then outstanding and unpaid and to the Warrant Agent. Such notice
shall state that the Trustee shall, and the Trustee shall, not later than 30
days after the receipt of such property, allocate and distribute such property
to the holders of Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates then
outstanding and unpaid, pro rata by outstanding Certificate Principal Balance
(after deducting the costs incurred in connection therewith) in accordance
with Section 5(b) hereof. Property other than cash will be liquidated by the
Trustee, and the proceeds thereof distributed in cash, only to the extent
necessary to avoid distribution of fractional securities to
Certificateholders. In-kind distribution of such property to
Certificateholders, based on the market value of such property as of the date
of distribution to Certificateholders, will be deemed to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of Certificates on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
(f) Subject to Section 9(f) hereof, to the extent Available Funds
are insufficient to make scheduled interest or principal payments on any class
of Certificates on any Distribution Date, any shortfall will be carried over
and will be distributed on the next Distribution Date (or date referred to in
Section 5(g) hereof) on which sufficient funds are available to pay such
shortfall.
(g) If a payment with respect to the Underlying Securities is made
to the Trustee (i) after the payment date of the Underlying Securities on
which such payment was due or (ii) after the Underlying Securities are
redeemed, prepaid or liquidated, in whole or in part, of the Underlying
Securities for any reason other than due to the occurrence of an Event of
Default, an SEC Reporting Failure or at their maturity, then the Trustee will
distribute any such amounts received in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 5 on the next occurring Business Day (a "Special Distribution Date")
as if the funds had constituted Available Funds on the Distribution Date
immediately preceding such Special Distribution Date; provided, however, that
the Record Date for such Special Distribution Date shall be one Business Day
prior to the day on which the related payment was received with respect to the
Underlying Securities.
(h) Notwithstanding Section 3.12 of the Standard Terms, upon the
occurrence of an SEC Reporting Failure, the Depositor shall instruct the
Trustee within a reasonable time to (i) notify the Warrant Agent that the
Underlying Securities are proposed to be sold and that any Call Warrants and
related Optional Exchange rights must be exercised no later than the date
specified in the notice (which shall be not less than 10 Business Days after
the date of such notice) and (ii) to the extent that the Warrant Holders fail
to exercise their Call Warrants and related Optional Exchange rights on or
prior to such date, to sell the Underlying Securities and distribute the
proceeds of such sale to the Certificateholders in accordance with the
following order of priority:
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first, to the Trustee, as reimbursement for any Extraordinary Trust Expenses
incurred by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6(b) below and approved by
100% of the Certificateholders; and second, any remainder to the holders of the
Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates pro rata in proportion
to the ratio of the Class A-1 Allocation to the Class A-2 Allocation, as
determined by the Calculation Agent.
(i) (i) If the Trustee receives notice of a tender offer for some or
all of the Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall, within one Business Day,
notify the Warrant Agent and forward to the Warrant Agent copies of all
materials received by the Trustee in connection therewith. Upon the
commencement of a tender offer from the Underlying Securities Issuer or an
affiliate thereof and if the Trustee receives a Call Notice from any Warrant
Holder no later than five Business Days prior to the expiration of the tender
offer acceptance period that such Warrant Holder desires to exercise all or a
portion of its Call Warrants in connection with the consummation of any such
tender offer, then the Trustee shall tender, in compliance with the tender
offer requirements, an amount of Underlying Securities equal to the amount of
Underlying Securities that would be distributable to the Warrant Holder with
respect to an Optional Exchange of the Called Certificates called by such
Warrant Holder; provided that any Optional Call or Optional Exchange
undertaken in connection with any such tender offer shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 7 hereof.
(ii) The Call Date and Optional Exchange Date for any exercise of
Call Warrants in connection with a tender offer shall be deemed to be the
Business Day on which such Underlying Securities are accepted for payment
and paid for.
(iii) The Call Price shall be deducted from the tender offer
proceeds and paid to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class
A-2 Certificates pro rata in accordance with the provisions of Section
7(d)(v), and the excess of the tender offer proceeds over the Call Price
shall be paid to the exercising Warrant Holders pro rata in respect to
their proportionate exercises of Call Warrants or, if the Call Price
exceeds the tender offer proceeds the amount of such excess shall be paid
by the exercising Warrant Holders pro rata in respect to their
proportionate exercises of Call Warrants.
(iv) If fewer than all tendered Underlying Securities are accepted
for payment and paid for, (A) the amount of Call Warrants exercised shall
be reduced to an amount that corresponds to a number of Class A-1 and
Class A-2 Certificates that could be exchanged in an Optional Exchange
for the Underlying Securities accepted for payment and paid for (without
regard to any restrictions on the amount to be exchanged, so long as such
restrictions would have been satisfied had all tendered Underlying
Securities been accepted for payment and paid for); (B) each Warrant
Holder's exercise shall be reduced by its share (proportionate to the
amount specified in its exercise notice) of the amount of Underlying
Securities not accepted for payment and paid for; (C) the Call Price
shall be determined after giving effect to the reduction specified in
clause (B); (D) the Call Warrants that relate to the reduction specified
in clause (B) shall remain outstanding; and (E) the excess of the tender
offer proceeds over the Call Price shall be allocated in proportion to
the amount of Call Warrants deemed exercised as set forth in clause (A)
above or, if the Call Price exceeds the tender offer proceeds the amount
of such excess
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shall be paid by the exercising Warrant Holders pro rata
in respect to their proportionate exercises of Call Warrants.
(v) If the tender offer is terminated by the Underlying Securities
Issuer or any other tender offeror without consummation thereof or if all
tenders by the Trust of Underlying Securities are otherwise rejected,
then (1) the Call Notices will be of no further force and effect, and (2)
any Call Warrants relating to such Call Notices will not be exercised and
will remain outstanding.
(j) (i) Within five Business Days (or such longer period as shall be
acceptable to the Trustee) of receipt of notice of an SEC Reporting Failure,
any Class A-1 Certificateholder or Class A-2 Certificateholder may direct the
Trustee to distribute all or a portion of such Certificateholder's pro rata
share of the Underlying Securities to it, in lieu of any proceeds received
upon liquidation of the Underlying Securities. The respective pro rata shares
of the Class A-1 and Class A-2 Certificateholders in the Underlying Securities
shall be determined by allocating the portion of the principal amount
remaining after reimbursement of the Trustee for any Extraordinary Trust
Expenses approved by 100% of the Certificateholders to the Class A-1
Certificateholders and the Class A-2 Certificateholders in accordance with the
ratio of the Class A-1 Allocation to the Class A-2 Allocation. The pro rata
share of each of the Certificateholders in the Underlying Securities to be
distributed shall be determined based on the then unpaid Certificate Principal
Balances of their Certificates.
(ii) Within five Business Days (or such longer period as shall be
acceptable to the Trustee) of receipt of notice of an Event of Default or
any other liquidation of the Underlying Securities by the Trustee, any
Class A-2 Certificateholder may direct the Trustee to distribute all or a
portion of such Class A-2 Certificateholder's pro rata share (as
determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with this Section 5(j))
of the Underlying Securities to it, in lieu of any proceeds received upon
liquidation of the Underlying Securities. Upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default, each Class A-2 Certificateholder's pro rata share of the
Underlying Securities shall be determined by allocating the principal
amount of the Underlying Securities to the Class A-1 Certificateholders
and the Class A-2 Certificateholders in accordance with the ratio of the
Class A-1 Allocation to the Class A-2 Allocation. The pro rata share of
each of the Class A-2 Certificateholders in the Underlying Securities to
be distributed shall be determined based on the then outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of their respective Certificates. In the
event of a liquidation of the Underlying Securities by the Trustee for
any reason other than upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or an
SEC Reporting Failure, each Class A-2 Certificateholder's pro rata share
of the Underlying Securities shall be equal to a pro rata share (based on
the proportion of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of such
holder's Class A-2 Certificates to the outstanding aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates) of the principal amount
of Underlying Securities remaining after the Trustee has allocated
Available Funds in accordance with Sections 5(b)(i) and 5(b)(ii) hereof.
(iii) The amount requested to be distributed pursuant to Section
5(j)(i) or 5(j)(ii) must be in an even multiple of the minimum
denomination of the Underlying Securities and may not exceed such
requesting Certificateholder's pro rata share (as
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determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with this Section
5(j)) of the Underlying Securities. Upon receipt of any such direction
from a Class A-1 Certificateholder or Class A-2 Certificateholder, the
Trustee shall not liquidate the requested portion of Underlying
Securities and instead shall cause such Underlying Securities to be
distributed to the requesting Class A-1 Certificateholder or Class A-2
Certificateholder; provided, that the Trustee shall not cause the
distribution of any Underlying Securities to any Class A-1
Certificateholder or Class A-2 Certificateholder unless, but for the
requesting Class A-1 Certificateholder or Class A-2 Certificateholder's
giving direction in accordance with this Section 5(j), such Underlying
Securities would be liquidated as otherwise provided in this Agreement.
Any portion of any Class A-1 Certificateholder's or Class A-2
Certificateholder's pro rata share of the Underlying Securities that is
not distributed, based on the failure to meet the minimum denomination
requirements or otherwise, shall be sold in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5(d) or 5(h) hereof, as applicable and the proceeds
thereof distributed to such Class A-1 Certificateholder or Class A-2
Certificateholder.
(iv) All decisions and determinations of the Calculation Agent
pursuant to this Section 5(j) shall be in its sole discretion and shall,
in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and
irrevocably binding upon the Certificateholders.
Section 6. Trustee's Fees.
(a) As compensation for its services hereunder, the Trustee shall be
entitled to the Trustee Fee and any amounts payable under clauses 5(a)(iii)
and (5)(b)(iv) above. The Trustee Fee shall be paid by the Depositor and not
from Trust Property. The Trustee shall bear all Ordinary Expenses. Failure by
the Depositor to pay such amount shall not entitle the Trustee to any payment
or reimbursement from the Trust, nor shall such failure release the Trustee
from the duties it is required to perform under the Trust Agreement.
(b) Extraordinary Expenses shall not be paid out of the Trust
Property unless all the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2
Certificates then outstanding have directed the Trustee to incur such
Extraordinary Expenses. The Trustee may incur other Extraordinary Expenses if
any lesser percentage of the Certificateholders requesting such action
pursuant hereto reimburse the Trustee for the cost thereof from their own
funds in advance. If Extraordinary Expenses are not approved unanimously as
set forth in the first sentence of this Section 6(b), such Extraordinary
Expenses shall not be an obligation of the Trust, and the Trustee shall not
file any claim against the Trust therefor notwithstanding failure of
Certificateholders to reimburse the Trustee.
Section 7. Optional Exchange; Optional Call.
(a) On any (i) Distribution Date, (ii) date on which a tender offer
for some or all of the Underlying Securities is consummated or (iii) date on
which the Underlying Securities are to be redeemed by the Underlying
Securities Issuer, any holder of Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2
Certificates and the related Call Warrants, if Call Warrants related to such
Certificates are outstanding, may exchange such Certificates and, if
applicable, Call Warrants, for a distribution of Underlying Securities
representing the same percentage of the Underlying Securities as such
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Certificates represent of all outstanding Certificates. On any Call Date, any
Warrant Holder may exchange Called Certificates for a distribution of
Underlying Securities representing the same percentage of Underlying
Securities as such Called Certificates represent of all outstanding
Certificates; provided that any such exchange shall either (x) result from an
exercise of all Call Warrants owned by such Warrant Holder or (y) occur on a
Call Date on which such Warrant Holder, alone or together with one or more
other Warrant Holders, shall exchange Called Certificates relating to
Underlying Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to or in
excess of the product of (i) 0.1 and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of
the Underlying Securities deposited into the Trust on the Closing Date.
(b) The following conditions shall apply to any Optional Exchange.
(i) A notice specifying the number of Certificates being
surrendered and the Optional Exchange Date shall be delivered to the
Trustee no less than 5 days (or such shorter period acceptable to
the Trustee) but not more than 30 days before the Optional Exchange
Date; provided that for an Optional Exchange to occur on a Call
Date, unless otherwise specified therein, the Call Notice shall be
deemed to be the notice required hereunder.
(ii) Certificates and, if applicable, the Call Warrants, shall
be surrendered to the Trustee no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York
City time) on the Optional Exchange Date; provided that for an
Optional Exchange to occur on a Call Date, payment of the Call Price
to the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(iii) of the Warrant
Agent Agreement shall satisfy the requirement to surrender
Certificates.
(iii) Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates
representing a like percentage of all outstanding Class A-1
Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates shall be surrendered.
(iv) The Trustee shall have received an opinion of counsel
stating that the Optional Exchange would not cause the Trust to be
treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as
a corporation for federal income tax purposes.
(v) If the Certificateholder is the Depositor or any Affiliate
of the Depositor, (1) the Trustee shall have received a
certification from the Certificateholder that any Certificates being
surrendered have been held for at least six months, and (2) the
Certificates being surrendered may represent no more than 5% (or 25%
in the case of Certificates acquired by the Underwriter but never
distributed to investors) of the then outstanding Certificates.
(vi) The Trustee shall not be obligated to determine whether an
Optional Exchange complies with the applicable provisions for
exemption under Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(vii) The provisions of Section 4.07 of the Standard Terms
shall not apply to an Optional Exchange pursuant to this Section
7(b). This Section 7(b) shall not provide any person with a lien
against, an interest in or a right to specific performance with
respect to
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the Underlying Securities; provided that satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in this Section 7(b) shall entitle the
Certificateholder or Warrant Holder, as applicable, to a
distribution thereof.
(viii) The aggregate principal amount of Certificates exchanged
in connection with any Optional Exchange pursuant to this Section
shall be in an amount that will entitle the Certificateholders
thereof to Underlying Securities in an even multiple of the minimum
denomination of such Underlying Securities.
(ix) In the event such Optional Exchange shall occur prior to
the Distribution Date in November 2003, the Certificateholders shall
have paid to the Trustee, for distribution to the Depositor, on the
Optional Exchange Date an amount equal to the sum obtained by
multiplying the amount of accrued interest on the Underlying
Securities from May 15, 2003 through, but excluding, the Closing
Date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Certificate
Principal Balance of Certificates being exchanged on such Optional
Exchange Date and the denominator of which shall be the total
Certificate Principal Balance of Certificates.
(c) Concurrently with the execution of this Series Supplement, the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute the Warrant Agent Agreement and
the Call Warrants, dated as of the date hereof and substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, initially evidencing all of the Call Warrants. The
Trustee shall perform the Trust's obligations under the Warrant Agent
Agreement and the Call Warrants in accordance with their respective terms.
(d) Call Warrants may be exercised by the Warrant Holder, in whole
or in part, on any Call Date. In addition to the conditions set forth in
Section 1.1 of the Warrant Agent Agreement, the following conditions shall
apply to any Optional Call.
(i) The Warrant Holder shall have provided a certificate of
solvency to the Trustee.
(ii) Upon receipt of a Call Notice, the Trustee shall provide a
conditional call notice to the Depository not less than three
Business Days prior to the Call Date.
(iii) Delivery of a Call Notice does not give rise to an
obligation on the part of the Warrant Holder to pay the Call Price.
If, by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Call Date, the Warrant
Holder has not paid the Call Price (except in connection with a Call
Notice relating to a tender offer for or redemption of the
Underlying Securities), then the Call Notice shall automatically
expire and none of the Warrant Holder, the Warrant Agent or the
Trustee shall have any obligation with respect to the Call Notice.
The expiration of a Call Notice shall in no way affect the Warrant
▇▇▇▇▇▇'s right to deliver a Call Notice at a later date. The Call
Price for a call in connection with a tender offer or redemption
shall be deducted from the proceeds of a tender offer or redemption
by the Trust pursuant to Section 5(i)(iii) and Section 7(d)(v), as
applicable.
(iv) Subject to receipt of the Call Price, the Trustee shall
pay the applicable portion of the Call Price to the Class A-1 and
Class A-2 Certificateholders on the Call
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Date. The Call Price for each Class of Certificates in respect
of partial calls shall be allocated pro rata to the
Certificateholders of such Class.
(v) The Trustee shall not consent to any amendment or
modification of this Agreement (including the Standard Terms) which
would adversely affect the Warrant Holders (including, without
limitation, any alteration of the timing or amount of any payment of
the Call Price or any other provision of this Agreement in a manner
adverse to the Warrant Holders) without the prior written consent of
100% of the Warrant Holders. For purposes of this clause, no
amendment, modification or supplement required to provide for any
purchase by the Trustee of additional Underlying Securities and
authentication and delivery by the Trustee of additional
Certificates and Call Warrants pursuant to Section 3(d) shall be
deemed to adversely affect the Warrant Holders.
(vi) The Trustee shall not be obligated to determine whether an
Optional Call complies with the applicable provisions for exemption
under Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(e) This Section 7 shall not provide the Warrant Holder with a lien
against, an interest in or a right to specific performance with respect to the
Underlying Securities; provided that satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 7(b) shall entitle the Certificateholder or Warrant Holder, as
applicable, to a distribution of the Underlying Securities.
(f) The rights of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement
and the Certificates are limited by the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agent Agreement and the Call Warrants with
respect to the exercise of the Call Warrants by the Warrant Holder. The
Certificateholders, by their acceptance of Certificates, covenant and agree to
tender any and all Called Certificates to the Trustee upon the Warrant
Holder's exercise of Call Warrants and payment of the Call Price for such
Certificates in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the Warrant Agent
Agreement.
(g) (i) If the Trustee receives notice of a redemption by the
Underlying Securities Issuer for some or all of the Underlying Securities, the
Trustee shall, within three Business Days, notify the Warrant Agent and
forward to the Warrant Agent copies of all materials received by the Trustee
in connection therewith. Any Warrant Holder that desires to call Underlying
Securities in connection with a redemption by the Underlying Securities Issuer
shall send a Call Notice to the Trustee no later than seven Business Days
prior to the date such Underlying Securities are to be redeemed.
(ii) The Call Date and Optional Exchange Date for any exercise
of Call Warrants in connection with a redemption by the Underlying
Securities Issuer shall be deemed to be the Business Day on which
such Underlying Securities are redeemed by the Underlying Securities
Issuer.
(iii) The Call Price shall be deducted from the redemption
proceeds and paid to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates and
Class A-2 Certificates pro rata in accordance with the provisions of
Section 7(d)(v), and the excess of the redemption
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proceeds over the Call Price shall be paid to the exercising
Warrant Holders pro rata in respect to their proportionate exercises
of Call Warrants.
(iv) If fewer than all Underlying Securities are redeemed by
the Underlying Securities Issuer and the amount of Call Warrants
exercised corresponds to a number of Class A-1 and Class A-2
Certificates that could be exchanged in an Optional Exchange for a
principal amount of Underlying Securities that exceeds the principal
amount of Underlying Securities actually redeemed, then, unless
otherwise directed by any exercising Warrant Holder, (A) the amount
of Call Warrants exercised shall be reduced to an amount that
corresponds to a number of Class A-1 and Class A-2 Certificates that
could be exchanged in an Optional Exchange for the principal amount
of Underlying Securities redeemed by the Underlying Securities
Issuer (without regard to any restrictions on the amount to be
exchanged); (B) each Warrant Holder's exercise shall be reduced by
its share (proportionate to the amount specified in its exercise
notice) of the amount of such excess; (C) the Call Price shall be
determined after giving effect to the reduction specified in clause
(B); (D) the Call Warrants that relate to the reduction specified in
clause (B) shall remain outstanding; and (E) the excess of the
redemption proceeds over the Call Price shall be allocated in
proportion to the amount of Call Warrants deemed exercised as set
forth in clause (A) above.
(v) If the Underlying Securities are not redeemed by the
Underlying Securities Issuer for any reason, then (1) the Call
Notices will be of no further force and effect, and (2) any Call
Warrants relating to such Call Notices will not be exercised and
will remain outstanding.
Section 8. Notices of Events of Default.
As promptly as practicable after, and in any event within 30
days after, the occurrence of any Event of Default actually known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall give notice of such Event of Default to the
Depository, or, if any Certificates are not then held by DTC or any other
depository, directly to the registered holders of such Certificates and to the
Warrant Agent. However, except in the case of an Event of Default relating to
the payment of principal of or interest on any of the Underlying Securities,
the Trustee will be protected in withholding such notice if in good faith it
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Certificateholders.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) The provisions of Section 4.04, Advances, of the Standard Terms
shall not apply to the Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Certificates.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07, Optional Exchange, of the
Standard Terms shall not apply to the Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series
2003-17 Certificates.
(c) The Trustee shall simultaneously forward reports to
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Standard Terms and to the
New York Stock Exchange.
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(d) Except as expressly provided herein, the Certificateholders
shall not be entitled to terminate the Trust or cause the sale or other
disposition of the Underlying Securities.
(e) The provisions of Section 3.07(d) of the Standard Terms shall
not apply to the Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Certificates.
(f) If the Trustee has not received payment with respect to a
Collection Period on the Underlying Securities on or prior to the related
Distribution Date, such distribution will be made promptly upon receipt of
such payment. No additional amounts shall accrue on the Certificates or be
owed to Certificateholders as a result of such delay; provided, however, that
any additional interest owed and paid by the Underlying Securities Issuer as a
result of such delay shall be paid to the Class A-1 Certificateholders pro
rata in proportion to their respective entitlements to such delayed payments.
(g) The outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the
Certificates shall not be reduced by the amount of any Realized Losses (as
defined in the Standard Terms).
(h) The Trust may not engage in any business or activities other
than in connection with, or relating to, the holding, protecting and
preserving of the Trust Property and the issuance of the Certificates and the
Call Warrants, and other than those required or authorized by the Trust
Agreement or incidental and necessary to accomplish such activities. The Trust
may not issue or sell any certificates or other obligations other than the
Certificates and the Call Warrants or otherwise incur, assume or guarantee any
indebtedness for money borrowed. Notwithstanding Section 3.05 of the Standard
Terms, funds on deposit in the Certificate Account shall not be invested.
Section 2.01(f) of the Standard Terms shall be superseded by this provision.
(i) Notwithstanding anything in the Trust Agreement to the contrary,
the Trustee may be removed upon 60 days prior written notice delivered by the
holders of Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates representing the
Required Percentage-Removal.
(j) In the event that the Internal Revenue Service challenges the
characterization of the Trust as a grantor trust, the Trustee shall then file
such forms as the Depositor may specify to establish the Trust's election
pursuant to Section 761 of the Code to exclude the Trust from the application
of Subchapter K of the Code and is hereby empowered to execute such forms on
behalf of the Certificateholders.
(k) Notwithstanding anything in the Standard Terms to the contrary,
the Trustee, upon written direction by the Depositor, will execute the
Certificates.
(l) In relation to Section 7.01(f) of the Standard Terms, any
periodic reports filed by the Trustee pursuant to the Exchange Act in
accordance with the customary practices of the Depositor, need not contain any
independent reports.
(m) Notwithstanding anything in the Trust Agreement to the contrary,
the Trustee will have no recourse to the Underlying Securities.
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(n) The Trustee shall promptly notify each Rating Agency upon its
obtaining actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Defeasance (as defined in
the Indenture) with respect to the Underlying Securities.
(o) The Trust will not merge or consolidate with any other entity
without confirmation from each Rating Agency that such merger or consolidation
will not result in the qualification, reduction or withdrawal of its
then-current rating on the Certificates.
(p) All directions, demands and notices hereunder or under the
Standard Terms shall be in writing and shall be delivered as set forth below
(unless written notice is otherwise provided to the Trustee).
If to the Depositor, to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Structured Credit Trading
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
If to the Trustee or the Warrant Agent, to:
U.S. Bank Trust National Association
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
If to the Rating Agencies, to:
▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: CBO/CLO Monitoring Department
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
and to:
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Structured Finance Surveillance Group
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
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If to the New York Stock Exchange, to:
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Senior Listing
Representative
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
(q) Copies of all directions, demands and notices required to be
given to the Certificateholders hereunder or under the Standard Terms will
also be given to the Warrant Holders in writing as set forth in this Section
9, and copies of all directions, demands and notices required to be given to
the Trustee hereunder or under the Standard Terms will also be given to the
Warrant Agent in writing as set forth in this Section 9.
(r) The provisions of Section 2.01(d)(iii) of the Standard Terms
shall not apply to the Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Certificates
and the following shall be deemed to be inserted in its place:
"at the time of delivery of the Underlying Securities, the
Depositor owns such Underlying Securities, has the right to
transfer its interest in such Underlying Securities and such
Underlying Securities are free and clear of any lien,
pledge, encumbrance, right, charge, claim or other security
interest; and"
(s) A Plan (as herein defined) fiduciary, whether or not a
Certificateholder at such time, may request in writing that the Trustee
provide such Plan fiduciary with such information as shall be necessary for it
to determine whether any of the Call Warrant holders is (i) a "party in
interest" (within the meaning of ERISA, Section 3(14)); or (ii) a
"disqualified person" within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code ("Code")
Section 4975(e)(2) with respect to any employee benefit plan or Plan
identified to the Trustee by such Plan fiduciary at the time such request is
made in order for the Plan fiduciary to determine whether an investment in the
Certificates by such Plan is or would be permissible under ERISA or the Code.
Any such written request of a Plan fiduciary shall be accompanied by a
certification of the Plan fiduciary, opinion of counsel experienced in such
issues, and such other documentation as the Trustee may require, in order to
establish that such disclosure is necessary for the Plan fiduciary to
determine compliance with ERISA and the Code, as well as a confidentiality
agreement, whereby the Plan fiduciary agrees not to disclose the identity of
any Call Warrant holders except to any legal or other experts as necessary to
make such determination. The holder of a Call Warrant shall upon reasonable
request of the Trustee, in order for the Trustee to satisfy its obligations to
a Plan fiduciary, provide the Trustee with any one or more of the following,
in the sole discretion of the Call Warrant holder: (i) a certificate that each
of the Call Warrant holders is not (x) a "party in interest" (within the
meaning of ERISA, Section 3(14)) with respect to any "employee benefit plan"
as defined in ERISA, Section 3(3); or (y) a "disqualified person" within the
meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 4975(e)(2) with respect to a "Plan"
as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(1) except in each case with respect to
plans sponsored by the Call Warrant holder or its affiliates which cover
employees of the Call Warrant holder and/or such affiliates; (ii) a
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certificate that each of the Call Warrant holders is not such a "party in
interest" or "disqualified person" with respect to any employee benefit plan
or Plan identified to the Trustee by such Plan fiduciary at the time such
request is made; or (iii) a written consent to the limited disclosure of the
respective Call Warrant holder's identity to a specific Plan fiduciary solely
for purposes of allowing the Trustee to satisfy its obligations to a Plan
fiduciary.
(t) The Trustee shall appoint a firm of independent certified public
accountants to review each of the distribution reports prepared by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Standard Terms and to verify (x) that such
reports and the calculations made therein were made accurately and in
accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and (y) that the Depositor
and the Trustee have each fulfilled their obligations under this Trust
Agreement. The Trustee shall instruct the accountants (i) to promptly report
to the Trustee any errors in such distribution reports discovered in verifying
such calculations and (ii) to render to the Trustee an annual examination
report, prepared in compliance with established or stated criteria as set
forth in the professional standards of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, within 45 days (or such longer period as may be acceptable
to the Trustee) following the end of each calendar year that specifies the
calculations made in reviewing the distribution reports prepared by the
Trustee for the previous calendar year and such accountants' associated
findings.
(u) Each of the representations, covenants and agreements made
herein by each of the Depositor and the Trustee are for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Warrant Holders.
Section 10. Governing Law. THIS SERIES SUPPLEMENT AND THE
TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
CHOICE OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.
Section 11. Counterparts. This Series Supplement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original,
and all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 12. Termination of the Trust. The Trust shall terminate upon
the earliest to occur of (i) the payment in full at maturity or sale by the
Trust after a payment default, call or an acceleration or other early payment
of the Underlying Securities and the distribution in full of all amounts due
to the Class A-1 Certificateholders and Class A-2 Certificateholders; (ii) the
exercise of all outstanding Call Warrants by the Warrant Holder; (iii) the
final Distribution Date and (iv) the expiration of 21 years from the death of
the last survivor of the descendants of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the late Ambassador
of the United States to the Court of St. ▇▇▇▇▇, living on the date hereof.
Section 13. Sale of Underlying Securities; Optional Exchange. In the
event of a sale of the Underlying Securities pursuant to this Agreement or
pursuant to the instructions of the Warrant Agent under Section 1.2 of the
Warrant Agent Agreement, the Trustee shall solicit bids for the sale of the
Underlying Securities with settlement thereof on or before the third Business
Day after such sale from three leading dealers in the relevant market. Any of
the following dealers (or their successors) shall be deemed to qualify as
leading dealers: (1) Credit Suisse First
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Boston LLC, (2) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., (3) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Lynch, Pierce,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Incorporated, (4) UBS Securities LLC, (5) Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., and (6) except in the case of a sale related to the exercise of
Call Warrants by the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for the failure to obtain a bid so long
as it has made reasonable efforts to obtain bids. If a bid for the sale of the
Underlying Securities has been accepted by the Trustee but the sale has failed
to settle on the proposed settlement date, the Trustee shall request new bids
from such leading dealers. In the event of an Optional Exchange, the Trustee
shall only deliver the Underlying Securities to the purchaser of such
Underlying Securities or sell the Underlying Securities pursuant to this
Section 13, as the case may be, against payment in same day funds deposited
into the Certificate Account.
Section 14. Amendments. Notwithstanding anything in the Trust
Agreement to the contrary, in addition to the other restrictions on
modification and amendment contained therein, the Trustee shall not enter into
any amendment or modification of the Trust Agreement which would adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of the holders of any class of
Certificates without the consent of the holders of 100% of such class of
Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment or modification will
be permitted which would cause the Trust to be taxed as an association or
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income tax
purposes. Unless otherwise agreed, the Trustee shall provide five Business
Days written notice to each Rating Agency before entering into any amendment
or modification of the Trust Agreement pursuant to this Section 14.
Section 15. Voting of Underlying Securities, Modification of
Indenture.
(a) The Trustee, as holder of the Underlying Securities, has the
right to vote and give consents and waivers in respect of the Underlying
Securities as permitted by the Depository and except as otherwise limited by
the Trust Agreement. In the event that the Trustee receives a request from the
Depository, the Underlying Securities Trustee or the Underlying Securities
Issuer for its consent to any amendment, modification or waiver of the
Underlying Securities, the Indenture or any other document thereunder or
relating thereto, or receives any other solicitation for any action with
respect to the Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall mail a notice of such
proposed amendment, modification, waiver or solicitation to each
Certificateholder of record as of such date. The Trustee shall request
instructions from the Certificateholders as to whether or not to consent to or
vote to accept such amendment, modification, waiver or solicitation. The
Trustee shall consent or vote, or refrain from consenting or voting, in the
same proportion as the Voting Rights of the Trust were actually voted or not
voted by the Certificateholders thereof as of a date determined by the Trustee
prior to the date on which such consent or vote is required; provided,
however, that, notwithstanding anything in the Trust Agreement to the
contrary, the Trustee shall at no time vote on or consent to any matter (i)
unless such vote or consent would not (based on an opinion of counsel) cause
the Trust to be taxed as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable
as a corporation under the Code, (ii) which would alter the timing or amount
of any payment on the Underlying Securities, including, without limitation,
any demand to accelerate the Underlying Securities, except in the event of a
default under the Underlying Securities or an event which with the passage of
time would become an event of default under the Underlying Securities and with
the unanimous consent of Certificateholders representing 100% of the aggregate
Voting Rights and 100% of the Warrant Holders, or (iii) which would result in
the exchange or substitution of any of the outstanding Underlying Securities
pursuant to
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a plan for the refunding or refinancing of such Underlying Securities except
in the event of a default under the Indenture and only with the consent of
Certificateholders representing 100% of the aggregate Voting Rights and 100%
of the Warrant Holders. The Trustee shall have no liability for any failure to
act resulting from Certificateholders' late return of, or failure to return,
directions requested by the Trustee from the Certificateholders.
(b) In the event that an offer is made by the Underlying Securities
Issuer to issue new obligations in exchange and substitution for any of the
Underlying Securities, pursuant to a plan for the refunding or refinancing of
the outstanding Underlying Securities or any other offer is made for the
Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall notify the Class A-1
Certificateholders, Class A-2 Certificateholders and the Warrant Holders of
such offer promptly. Subject to the rights of the Warrant Holders to exercise
Call Warrants in connection with a tender offer for the Underlying Securities,
the Trustee must reject any such offer unless an Underlying Securities event
of default has occurred and the Trustee is directed by the affirmative vote of
Certificateholders representing 100% of the aggregate Voting Rights to accept
such offer and the Trustee has received the tax opinion described above. If
pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Trustee accepts any such offer the
Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies.
(c) If an event of default under the Indenture occurs and is
continuing, and if directed by a majority of the outstanding Class A-1
Certificateholders and Class A-2 Certificateholders, the Trustee shall vote
the Underlying Securities in favor of directing, or take such other action as
may be appropriate to direct, the Underlying Securities Trustee to declare the
unpaid principal amount of the Underlying Securities and any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to be due and payable.
Section 16. Additional Depositor Representation. It is the express
intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Underlying Securities
by the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, a sale of the
Underlying Securities by the Depositor and not a pledge of any Underlying
Securities by the Depositor to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Depositor. In the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the
parties, any Underlying Securities are held to be property of the Depositor,
then, it is the express intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a
pledge of such Underlying Securities and all proceeds thereof by the Depositor
to the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor, pursuant
to Section 10.07 of the Standard Terms. In connection with any such grant of a
security interest in the Underlying Securities and all proceeds thereof
(including any such grant in connection with any sale of additional Underlying
Securities pursuant to Section 3(d)), the Depositor hereby represents and
warrants to Trustee as follows:
(i) In the event the Underlying Securities are held to be
property of the Depositor, then the Trust Agreement creates
a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
UCC) in the Underlying Securities in favor of the Securities
Intermediary which security interest is prior to all other
liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of,
and purchasers from, the Depositor.
(ii) The Underlying Securities have been credited to a
trust account (the "Securities Account") established in the
name of the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.01 of the
Standard Terms. U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
securities
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intermediary (the "Securities Intermediary") has
established the Securities Account and has agreed to treat
the Underlying Securities as "financial assets" within the
meaning of the UCC.
(iii) Immediately prior to the transfer of the Underlying
Securities to the Trust, the Depositor owned and had good
and marketable title to the Underlying Securities free and
clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
(iv) The Depositor has received all consents and approvals
required by the terms of the Underlying Securities for the
transfer to the Trustee all of the Depositor's interest and
rights in the Underlying Securities as contemplated by the
Trust Agreement.
(v) The Depositor has taken all steps necessary to cause
the Securities Intermediary to identify on its records that
the Trustee is the Person owning the security entitlements
credited to the Securities Account.
(vi) Other than the security interest granted to the Trust
pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has not assigned,
pledged, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise
conveyed any interest in the Underlying Securities (or, if
any such interest has been assigned, pledged or otherwise
encumbered, it has been released). The Depositor has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing
statements against the Depositor that include a description
of the Underlying Securities other than any financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the
Trust hereunder. The Depositor is not aware of any judgment
or tax lien filings against the Depositor.
(vii) The Securities Account is not in the name of any Person
other than the Trustee. The Depositor has not consented to
the compliance by the Securities Intermediary, with
entitlement orders of any Person other than the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Series Supplement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers
as of the date first written above.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Trustee on
behalf of the Corporate Backed
Trust Certificates Sprint Capital
Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Trust
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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SCHEDULE I
SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-BACKED SERIES 2003-17
UNDERLYING SECURITIES SCHEDULE
Underlying Securities: 6.875% Notes due November 15, 2028
Issuer: Sprint Capital Corporation
Underlying Securities Guarantor Sprint Corporation
CUSIP Number: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Principal Amount Deposited: $25,455,000
Original Issue Date: November 16, 1998
Principal Amount of
Underlying Securities
Originally Issued: $2,500,000,000
Maturity Date: November 15, 2028
Interest Rate: 6.875% per annum
Interest Payment Dates: May 15th and November 15th
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE CLASS A-1
CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE
NUMBER 1 1,000,000 $25 PAR CERTIFICATES
CUSIP NO. 21988K 40 4
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A PROPORTIONATE UNDIVIDED BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
INTEREST IN THE TRUST AND DOES NOT EVIDENCE AN OBLIGATION OF, OR AN INTEREST
IN, AND IS NOT GUARANTEED BY THE DEPOSITOR OR THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE TRUST ASSETS ARE
INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
THE CERTIFICATEHOLDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, COVENANTS AND
AGREES TO TENDER ANY AND ALL CALLED CERTIFICATES TO THE TRUSTEE UPON THE
WARRANT HOLDER'S EXERCISE OF CALL WARRANTS AND PAYMENT OF THE CALL PRICE FOR
SUCH CERTIFICATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND OF THE WARRANT
AGENT AGREEMENT.
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION
1,000,000 $25 PAR
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES,
SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-BACKED SERIES 2003-17
7.00% INTEREST RATE
evidencing a proportionate undivided beneficial ownership interest in the
Trust, as defined below, the property of which consists principally of
$25,455,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Notes due November 15, 2028,
issued by Sprint Capital Corporation (the "Underlying Securities Issuer") and
all payments received thereon (the "Trust Property"), deposited in trust by
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation (the "Depositor").
THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of 1,000,000
Class A-1 Certificates issued by the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,
Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Trust (the "Trust"), having an
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of $25,000,000, representing a
nonassessable, fully-paid, proportionate undivided beneficial ownership
interest in the Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Trust, formed by the
Depositor.
The Trust was created pursuant to a Standard Terms for Trust
Agreements, dated as of January 16, 2001 (the "Standard Terms"), between the
Depositor and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee (the
"Trustee"), as supplemented by the Series Supplement in respect of the Sprint
Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17, dated as of October 29, 2003 (the "Series
Supplement" and, together with the Standard Terms, the "Trust Agreement"),
between the Depositor and the Trustee. This Certificate does not purport to
summarize the Trust Agreement and reference is hereby made to the Trust
Agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits,
obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and
obligations of the Trustee with respect hereto. A copy of the Trust Agreement
may be obtained from the Trustee by written request sent to the Corporate
Trust Office. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates
designated as the "Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Sprint Capital
Note-Backed Series 2003-17, Class A-1" (herein called the "Certificates").
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound. The Trust Property consists of: (i) Underlying Securities
described in the Trust Agreement, and (ii) all payments on or collections in
respect of the Underlying Securities accrued on or after October 29, 2003,
together with any and all income, proceeds and payments with respect thereto;
provided, however, that any income from the investment of Trust funds in
certain permitted investments ("Eligible Investments") does not constitute
Trust Property.
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Subject to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement (including
the availability of funds for distributions) and until the obligation created
by the Trust Agreement shall have terminated in accordance therewith,
distributions will be made on each Distribution Date, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered on the applicable Record Date, in an
amount equal to such Certificateholder's proportionate undivided beneficial
ownership interest in the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of
the Certificates on such Distribution Date. The Record Date applicable to any
Distribution Date is the close of business on the day immediately preceding
such Distribution Date (whether or not a Business Day). If a payment with
respect to the Underlying Securities is made to the Trustee after the date on
which such payment was due, then the Trustee will distribute any such amounts
received on the next occurring Business Day.
Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants
and agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against
the Trust, or join in any institution against the Trust of, any bankruptcy
proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates or the Trust
Agreement.
Distributions made on this Certificate will be made as provided in
the Trust Agreement by the Trustee by wire transfer in immediately available
funds, or check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in the Certificate
Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the
making of any notation hereon, except that with respect to Certificates
registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing
Agency (initially, such nominee shall be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such
nominee. Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and
notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the Corporate
Trust Office or such other location as may be specified in such notice.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not
entitle the Holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust Agreement or be valid
for any purpose.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS,
AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE HOLDER HEREOF SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed as of the date set forth below.
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST
CERTIFICATES, SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-
BACKED SERIES 2003-17 TRUST
By: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Dated: October 29, 2003
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Sprint Capital
Note-Backed Series 2003-17, described in the Trust Agreement referred to
herein.
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Trustee,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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(REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE)
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to certain payments and
collections respecting the Underlying Securities, all as more specifically set
forth herein and in the Trust Agreement. The registered Holder hereof, by its
acceptance hereof, agrees that it will look solely to the Trust Property (to
the extent of its rights therein) for distributions hereunder.
The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor and the Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the
Trust Agreement at any time by the Depositor and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of Class A-1 Certificates in the manner set forth in the Series
Supplement and the Standard Terms. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate) shall be conclusive and binding
on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof whether or not a notation of such consent is made upon this
Certificate. The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of
the Certificates.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only in denominations
of $25.
As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at
the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Trustee
in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, duly endorsed by or
accompanied by an assignment in the form below and by such other documents as
required by the Trust Agreement, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of
the same class in authorized denominations evidencing the same principal
amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The initial
Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is U.S. Bank Trust
National Association.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Trustee may require exchange of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any such
agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
It is the intention of the parties to the Trust Agreement that the Trust
created thereunder shall constitute a fixed investment trust for federal
income tax purposes under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4, and the
Certificateholder agrees to treat the Trust, any distributions therefrom and
its beneficial interest in the Certificates consistently with such
characterization.
The Trust and the obligations of the Depositor and the Trustee created by the
Trust Agreement with respect to the Certificates shall terminate upon the
earliest to occur of (i) the payment in full at maturity or sale by the Trust
after a payment default on or an acceleration or other early payment of the
Underlying Securities and the distribution in full of all amounts due to the
Class A-1 Certificateholders and Class A-2 Certificateholders; (ii) the
exercise of all outstanding Call
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Warrants by the Warrant Holders; (iii) the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
and (iv) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the
descendants of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the late Ambassador of the United States to
the Court of St. ▇▇▇▇▇, living on the date hereof.
An employee benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), a plan described in Section 4975(e) of the
Code, an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of any
such plan's investment in the entity, including an individual retirement
account or ▇▇▇▇▇ plan (any such, a "Plan") may purchase and hold Certificates
if the Plan can represent and warrant that its purchase and holding of the
Certificates would not be prohibited under ERISA or the Code.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee) the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby
irrevocably constituting and appointing ______________________ Attorney to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Register, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
*
Signature Guaranteed:
*
*NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without
alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Signatures must be guaranteed
by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the
Certificate Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation
in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other
"signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Certificate
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE CLASS A-2
CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE
NUMBER 1 CUSIP NO. 21988K AC 1
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT IS IN EFFECT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT.
THE CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SERIES SUPPLEMENT.
EACH PURCHASER OF THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE IS HEREBY
NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY
RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE IS AS SET
FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CLASS A-2
CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A PROPORTIONATE UNDIVIDED
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE TRUST AND DOES NOT EVIDENCE AN OBLIGATION
OF, OR AN INTEREST IN, AND IS NOT GUARANTEED BY THE DEPOSITOR OR THE TRUSTEE
OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE OR THE TRUST
ASSETS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR ANY OTHER
PERSON.
THE CERTIFICATEHOLDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE, COVENANTS AND AGREES TO TENDER ANY AND ALL CALLED
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CERTIFICATES TO THE TRUSTEE UPON THE WARRANT HOLDER'S EXERCISE OF
CALL WARRANTS AND PAYMENT OF THE CALL PRICE FOR SUCH CERTIFICATES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND OF THE WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT.
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES,
SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-BACKED SERIES 2003-17
$455,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
evidencing a proportionate undivided beneficial ownership interest in the
Trust, as defined below, the property of which consists principally of
$25,455,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Notes due November 15, 2028,
issued by Sprint Capital Corporation and all payments received thereon (the
"Trust Property"), deposited in trust by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation (the
"Depositor").
THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of
Class A-2 Certificates issued by the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,
Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Trust (the "Trust"), having an
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of $455,000, representing a
nonassessable, fully-paid, proportionate undivided beneficial ownership
interest in the Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Trust, formed by the
Depositor.
The Trust was created pursuant to a Standard Terms for Trust
Agreements, dated as of January 16, 2001 (the "Standard Terms"), between the
Depositor and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee (the
"Trustee"), as supplemented by the Series Supplement, Sprint Capital
Note-Backed Series 2003-17, dated as of October 29, 2003 (the "Series
Supplement" and, together with the Standard Terms, the "Trust Agreement"),
between the Depositor and the Trustee. This Certificate does not purport to
summarize the Trust Agreement and reference is hereby made to the Trust
Agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits,
obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and
obligations of the Trustee with respect hereto. A copy of the Trust Agreement
may be obtained from the Trustee by written request sent to the Corporate
Trust Office. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates
designated as the "Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Sprint Capital
Note-Backed Series 2003-17, Class A-2" (herein called the "Certificates").
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound. The Trust Property consists of: (i) Underlying Securities
described in the Trust Agreement, and (ii) all payments on or collections in
respect of the Underlying Securities accrued on or after October 29, 2003,
together with any and all income, proceeds and payments with respect thereto;
provided, however, that any income from the investment of Trust funds in
certain permitted investments ("Eligible Investments") does not constitute
Trust Property.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement
(including the availability of funds for distributions) and until the
obligation created by the Trust Agreement shall have terminated in accordance
therewith, distributions of interest will be made on this Certificate on each
Distribution Date.
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Subject to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement
(including the availability of funds for distributions) and until the
obligation created by the Trust Agreement shall have terminated in accordance
therewith, distributions will be made on each Distribution Date, to the Person
in whose name this Certificate is registered on the applicable Record Date, in
an amount equal to such Certificateholder's proportionate undivided beneficial
ownership interest in the amount required to be distributed to the Holders of
the Certificates on such Distribution Date.
The Record Date applicable to any Distribution Date is the
close of business on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date
(whether or not a Business Day). If a payment with respect to the Underlying
Securities is made to the Trustee after the date on which such payment was
due, then the Trustee will distribute any such amounts received on the next
occurring Business Day.
Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate,
covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time
institute against the Trust, or join in any institution against the Trust of,
any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy
or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates
or the Trust Agreement.
Distributions made on this Certificate will be made as
provided in the Trust Agreement by the Trustee by wire transfer in immediately
available funds, or check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in the
Certificate Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate
or the making of any notation hereon, except that with respect to Certificates
registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing
Agency (initially, such nominee shall be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such
nominee. Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and
notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the Corporate
Trust Office or such other location as may be specified in such notice.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust Agreement
or be valid for any purpose.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE HOLDER HEREOF
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate
to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST
CERTIFICATES, SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-
BACKED SERIES 2003-17 TRUST
By: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Trustee,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Dated: October 29, 2003
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,
Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17, described in the Trust Agreement
referred to herein.
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Trustee,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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(REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE)
The Certificates are limited in right of distribution to
certain payments and collections respecting the Underlying Securities, all as
more specifically set forth herein and in the Trust Agreement. The registered
Holder hereof, by its acceptance hereof, agrees that it will look solely to
the Trust Property (to the extent of its rights therein) for distributions
hereunder.
The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Depositor and the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement at any time by the Depositor and
the Trustee with the consent of the holders of Class A-2 Certificates in the
manner set forth in the Series Supplement and the Standard Terms. Any such
consent by the Holder of this Certificate (or any predecessor Certificate)
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders
of any of the Certificates.
The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
in denominations of $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess
thereof.
As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is
registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate
for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate
Registrar maintained by the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New York, duly endorsed by or accompanied by an assignment in the form below
and by such other documents as required by the Trust Agreement, and thereupon
one or more new Certificates of the same class in authorized denominations
evidencing the same principal amount will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. The initial Certificate Registrar appointed under
the Trust Agreement is U.S. Bank Trust National Association.
No service charge will be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Trustee may require exchange of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor
or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor,
the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
It is the intention of the parties to the Trust Agreement
that the Trust created thereunder shall constitute a fixed investment trust
for federal income tax purposes under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4,
and the Certificateholder agrees to treat the Trust, any distributions
therefrom and its beneficial interest in the Certificates consistently with
such characterization.
The Trust and the obligations of the Depositor and the
Trustee created by the Trust Agreement with respect to the Certificates shall
terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i)
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the payment in full at maturity or sale by the Trust after a payment
default on or an acceleration or other early payment of the Underlying
Securities and the distribution in full of all amounts due to the Class A-1
Certificateholders and Class A-2 Certificateholders; (ii) the exercise of all
outstanding Call Warrants by the Warrant Holders; (iii) the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date and (iv) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the
last survivor of the descendants of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the late Ambassador of
the United States to the Court of St. ▇▇▇▇▇, living on the date hereof.
An employee benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), a plan described in Section
4975(e) of the Code, an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by
reason of any such plan's investment in the entity, including an individual
retirement account or ▇▇▇▇▇ plan (any such, a "Plan") may purchase and hold
Certificates if the Plan can represent and warrant that its purchase and
holding of the Certificates would not be prohibited under ERISA or the Code.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee) the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby
irrevocably constituting and appointing ____________________ Attorney to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Register, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
*
Signature Guaranteed:
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*NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without
alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Signatures must be guaranteed
by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the
Certificate Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation
in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other
"signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Certificate
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT
WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
SPRINT CAPITAL NOTE-BACKED SERIES 2003-17 TRUST
WARRANT AGENT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 29, 2003 (the "Warrant
Agent Agreement"), by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION, as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the "Trustee")
and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant
Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Depositor created Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,
Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Trust (the "Trust"), a trust created
under the laws of the State of New York pursuant to a Standard Terms for Trust
Agreements, dated as of January 16, 2001 (the "Agreement"), between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS
Corporation (the "Depositor") and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a
national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as
Trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the Series Supplement 2003-17,
dated as of October 29, 2003 (the "Series Supplement" and, together with the
Agreement, the "Trust Agreement"), between the Depositor and the Trustee; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the creation of the Trust and the
deposit therein of the Underlying Securities, it is desired to provide for the
issuance of trust certificates (the "Certificates") evidencing undivided
interests in the Trust and call warrants with respect to the Certificates
("Call Warrants").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the
mutual covenants expressed herein, it is hereby agreed by and between the
Depositor, the Warrant Agent and the Trustee that except as otherwise
specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms
used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set
forth below in the Series Supplement, and as follows:
ARTICLE I
EXERCISE OF CALL WARRANTS
Section 1.1 Manner of Exercise. (a) Call Warrants may be exercised by any
holder thereof (each, a "Warrant Holder") in whole or in part on any Call
Date. The following conditions shall apply to any exercise of Call Warrants:
(i) A notice (each, a "Call Notice") specifying the number of
Call Warrants being exercised and the Call Date shall be delivered
to the Warrant Agent and the Trustee at least 5 Business Days before
such Call Date.
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(ii) The Warrant Holder shall surrender the Call Warrants to
the Warrant Agent at its office specified in Section 7.3 hereof no
later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such Call Date.
(iii) Except as otherwise provided herein in connection with a
Call Notice relating to a tender offer for or redemption of
Underlying Securities, the Warrant Holder shall have made payment to
the Warrant Agent, by wire transfer or other immediately available
funds acceptable to the Warrant Agent, in the amount of the Call
Price, no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Call
Date.
(iv) The Warrant Holder may not exercise the Call Warrants at
any time when such Warrant Holder is insolvent, and such Warrant
Holder shall be required to certify that it is solvent at the time
of exercise, by completing the form of subscription ("Form of
Subscription") attached to the Call Warrants and delivering such
completed Form of Subscription to the Trustee on or prior to the
Call Date and by delivering to the Trustee a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee of the solvency certificate required
pursuant to Section 7(d)(ii) of the Series Supplement.
(v) The Warrant Holder shall have satisfied any other
conditions to the exercise of Call Warrants set forth in Section
7(d) of the Series Supplement.
(b) Upon exercise of Call Warrants, any Warrant Holder other than
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be entitled to
delivery by the Trustee of the Called Certificates. The "Called
Certificates" shall be, in the case of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class
A-1 Certificates having a Certificate Principal Balance equal to $25 per
Call Warrant, and in the case of the Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-2
Certificates having a Certificate Principal Balance equal to $250 per
Call Warrant; provided, however, that Called Certificates that are Class
A-2 Certificates must meet the minimum denomination requirements set
forth in Section 3(a) of the Series Supplement. Unless otherwise
specified therein, each Call Notice shall be deemed to be notice of an
Optional Exchange pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Series Supplement (it
being expressly understood that any Optional Exchange must comply with
the provisions of Section 7(a) and 7(b) of the Series Supplement). Any
Warrant Holder which is the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor
shall receive the proceeds of the sale of the Called Underlying
Securities and shall not be entitled to receive the related Called
Certificates or Called Underlying Securities. "Called Underlying
Securities" are Underlying Securities which represent the same percentage
of the Underlying Securities as the Called Certificates represent of the
Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall notify the Trustee immediately upon its
receipt of a Call Notice and upon receipt of payment of the Call Price.
The Warrant Agent shall transfer the amount of any paid Call Price to the
Trustee in immediately available funds, for deposit in the Certificate
Account and application pursuant to the Trust Agreement on the applicable
Call Date (and, pending such transfer, shall hold such amount for the
benefit of the Warrant Holder in a segregated trust account).
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(d) Delivery of a Call Notice does not give rise to an obligation on
the part of the Warrant Holder to pay the Call Price. If, by 10:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the Call Date, the Warrant Holder has not paid
the Call Price, except in connection with a Call Notice relating to a
tender offer for or redemption of Underlying Securities, then the Call
Notice shall automatically expire and none of the Warrant Holder, the
Warrant Agent or the Trustee shall have any obligation with respect to
the Call Notice. The expiration of a Call Notice shall in no way affect
the Warrant ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s right to deliver a Call Notice at a later date. The
Call Price for a call in connection with a tender offer or redemption
shall be deducted from the proceeds of a tender offer or a redemption by
the Trust pursuant to Section 5(i)(iii) or Section 7(g)(iii), as
applicable, of the Series Supplement.
Section 1.2 Transfer of Certificates. As soon as practicable after each
surrender of Call Warrants in whole or in part on the Call Date and upon
satisfaction of all other requirements described in the Call Warrants and in
Section 1.1 hereof, the Warrant Agent shall instruct the Trustee as follows:
(a) if Call Warrants are being exercised by any Warrant Holder other
than the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, to cause the Called
Certificates to reflect the Warrant Holder's beneficial ownership of such
Certificates and if such Call Notice is also deemed to be a notice of
Optional Exchange (and the Warrant Holder otherwise complies with the
provisions of Section 7(a) and Section 7(b) of the Series Supplement), to
cause a distribution of Underlying Securities to the Warrant Holder in
accordance with Section 7(a) of the Series Supplement, provided, however,
that if such Call Notice and Optional Exchange is in connection with a
tender offer or a redemption, the Warrant Agent shall instruct the
Trustee to distribute to the exercising Warrant Holder the excess of the
tender offer or redemption proceeds over the Call Price pursuant to
Section 5(i)(iii) or Section 7(g)(iii), as applicable, of the Series
Supplement, or
(b) if the Call Warrants are being exercised by the Depositor or any
Affiliate of the Depositor, to cause the Called Underlying Securities to
be sold pursuant to Section 13 of the Series Supplement and to distribute
the proceeds of such sale to the Warrant Holder.
If such exercise is in part only, the Warrant Agent shall (i) in the case
of a Global Call Warrant, cause the Registered Warrant Amount to be decreased
to reflect the outstanding Call Warrants of the Warrant Holder and (ii) in the
case of a Certificated Call Warrant, instruct the Trustee to authenticate new
Call Warrants of like tenor, representing the outstanding Call Warrants of the
Warrant Holder, and the Warrant Agent shall deliver such Call Warrants to the
Warrant Holder.
In each case, the Trustee shall act in accordance with such
instructions.
Section 1.3 Cancellation and Destruction of Call Warrants. All Call
Warrants surrendered to the Warrant Agent for the purpose of exercise (in
whole or in part) pursuant to Section 1.1 and actually exercised, or for the
purpose of transfer or exchange pursuant to Article IV, shall be cancelled by
the Warrant Agent, and no Call Warrant (other than that reflecting any
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such transfer or exchange) shall be issued in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent
shall destroy all cancelled Call Warrants.
Section 1.4 No Rights as Holder of Certificates Conferred by Call
Warrants. Prior to the exercise thereof, Call Warrants shall not entitle the
Warrant Holder to any of the rights of a holder of the Certificates,
including, without limitation, the right to receive the payment of any amount
on or in respect of the Certificates or to enforce any of the covenants of the
Trust Agreement.
Section 1.5 Pro Rata Reduction of Call Warrants if Partial Redemption of
Underlying Securities. If Underlying Securities are redeemed in part by the
Underlying Securities Issuer and the Warrant Holders do not exercise their
Call Rights in connection with such partial redemption, the Warrant Amount or
Registered Warrant Amount, as the case may be, held by each Warrant Holder
shall be reduced proportionately so that the aggregate amount of Class A-1
Certificates callable by Call Warrants shall equal the amount of outstanding
Class A-1 Certificates after giving effect to such partial redemption and the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of Class A-2 Certificates callable by
Call Warrants shall equal the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
Class A-2 Certificates after giving effect to such partial redemption. The
Warrant Agent shall make such adjustments to its records as shall be necessary
to reflect such reductions and shall notify the Depository or each Warrant
Holder, as the case may be, of such adjustments.
ARTICLE II
THE CALL WARRANTS
Section 2.1 The Call Warrants.
(a) The Call Warrants shall initially be issued as one or more
Global Call Warrants in definitive, fully registered form without
coupons, and DTC shall be the Depository. Upon issuance, the Global Call
Warrants shall initially be deposited with the Trustee in its capacity as
custodian on behalf of DTC. Such Global Call Warrants shall initially be
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or another nominee designated by
DTC. Global Call Warrants shall clear and settle in book-entry only form
through the facilities of the Depository. Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Certificated Call Warrants, a Global
Call Warrant may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository
for such Global Call Warrant to a nominee of such Depository, or by a
nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such
Depository, or by such Depository or any such nominee to a successor of
such Depository or a nominee of such successor. The Registered Warrant
Amount of Call Warrants may from time to time be increased or decreased
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for DTC
for such Global Call Warrant, as provided in this Section.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer or exchange of any
Global Call Warrant without requiring any additional certification.
(c) Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Call Warrant may be
transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC and any
other applicable
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Depositories. In connection with any exchange of beneficial ownership
interests in a Global Call Warrant for Certificated Call Warrants
pursuant to Section 2.3, the Warrant Agent shall reflect on its books and
records the date of such exchange and a decrease in the Registered
Warrant Amount of such Global Call Warrant in an amount equal to the
Warrant Amount of the beneficial ownership interests in such Global Call
Warrant being exchanged for Certificated Call Warrants.
Section 2.2 Cancellation. All Call Warrants presented and surrendered for
payment, transfer or exchange shall be delivered to the Warrant Agent and
shall be promptly canceled by it. No Call Warrants shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Call Warrants canceled as provided in this
Section 2.2.
Section 2.3 Certificated Call Warrants. Any Global Call Warrant
representing Call Warrants shall be exchangeable for Certificated Call
Warrants only if (i) the Depository advises the Depositor in writing that it
is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with
respect to the Call Warrants and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified
successor within 60 calendar days or (ii) the Depositor, at its option,
advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Depository. Any Global Call Warrant that is exchangeable
pursuant to the preceding sentence will be exchangeable for Certificated Call
Warrants of like tenor and Warrant Amount, as applicable, in any authorized
denomination or denominations and registered in the names of such Person or
Persons as the Depository shall direct. Upon such exchange, the Warrant Agent
shall execute and authenticate such Certificated Call Warrants and register
the same in the name of, and deliver the same to, such Person or Persons
consistent with the provisions hereof.
ARTICLE III
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
Section 3.1 Restrictive Legends. Except as otherwise permitted by this
Article III, each Call Warrant (including each Call Warrant issued upon the
transfer of any Call Warrant) shall be issued with a legend in substantially
the following form:
"THIS CALL WARRANT (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS IN
EFFECT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT. THE CALL
WARRANT REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN.
THESE CALL WARRANTS ARE ONLY TRANSFERABLE IF TRANSFERRED WITH OTHER CALL
WARRANTS WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THESE CALL WARRANTS, REPRESENT THE RIGHT TO
CALL CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE EQUAL
TO, OR GREATER THAN, $100,000.
EACH PURCHASER OF THIS CALL WARRANT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF
THIS CALL WARRANT MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION
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FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE
144A THEREUNDER."
Section 3.2 Notice of Proposed Transfer. Prior to any transfer of any
Call Warrant or portion thereof, the Warrant Holder will give five (5)
Business Days (or such lesser period acceptable to the Warrant Agent) prior
written notice to the Warrant Agent of such Warrant ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s intention to
effect such transfer.
ARTICLE IV
REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF CALL WARRANTS, ETC.
Section 4.1 Warrant Register; Ownership of Call Warrants. The Warrant
Agent will keep a register in which the Warrant Agent will provide for the
registration of Call Warrants and the registration of transfers of Call
Warrants representing numbers of Call Warrants. Prior to due presentment of a
Call Warrant for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Warrant Agent and any agent of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Warrant Agent
may treat the Person in whose name any Call Warrant is registered as the owner
of such Call Warrant for any purposes whatsoever, and none of the Depositor,
the Trustee, the Warrant Agent or any agent of the Depositor, the Trustee or
the Warrant Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Warrant Agent or any agent of
the Depositor, the Trustee or the Warrant Agent shall have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on
account of, beneficial ownership interests of a Global Call Warrant or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Call Warrant,
nothing herein shall prevent the Depositor, the Trustee, the Warrant Agent or
any agent of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Warrant Agent from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
any Depository, as a Warrant Holder, with respect to such Global Call Warrant
or impair, as between such Depository and owners of beneficial interests in
such Global Call Warrant, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of such Depository (or its nominee) as Warrant Holder
of such Global Call Warrant.
Section 4.2 Transfer and Exchange of Call Warrants. (a) No Call Warrant
or any beneficial interest therein may be offered, resold, assigned or
otherwise transferred (including by pledge or hypothecation) unless such
offer, resale, assignment or transfer is to a qualified institutional buyer (a
"QIB"), as such term is defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities
Act ("Rule 144A"), in accordance with Rule 144A, and in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and other
jurisdictions. In addition, each Call Warrant relating to a Class A-2
Certificate may only be transferred with other Call Warrants relating to Class
A-2 Certificates, which together represent the right to call Class A-2
Certificates having an aggregate principal balance equal to, or greater than,
$100,000. Prior to any offer, resale, assignment or transfer of any
Certificated Call Warrant, the prospective transferee and the prospective
transferor shall be required to deliver to the Trustee an executed copy of an
Investment Letter with respect to the Certificated Call Warrants to be
transferred substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Each prospective
transferee of any Certificated
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Call Warrants shall acknowledge, represent and agree (and each prospective
transferee of any beneficial interest in a Global Call Warrant shall be deemed
to acknowledge, represent and agree) as follows:
(1) The transferee (x) is a QIB, (y) is aware that the sale to it is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A and (z) is acquiring such Call
Warrants for its own account or for the account of a QIB.
(2) The transferee understands that the Call Warrants are being offered
in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United
States within the meaning of the Securities Act, and that the Call
Warrants have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act.
(3) The transferee agrees that (A) if in the future it decides to offer,
resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Call Warrants prior to the
Resale Restriction Termination Date, such Call Warrants shall only
be offered, resold, assigned or otherwise transferred to a QIB, in
accordance with Rule 144A, and in accordance with any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States and other
jurisdictions and (B) the transferee will, and each subsequent
holder is required to, notify any subsequent purchaser of such Call
Warrants from it of the resale restrictions referred to in clause
(A) above.
(b) Upon surrender of any Call Warrant for registration of transfer
or for exchange to the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall (subject to
compliance with Article III) promptly execute and deliver, and cause the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to execute and deliver, in exchange
therefor, a new Call Warrant of like tenor and evidencing a like number
of Call Warrants, in the name of such Warrant Holder or as such Warrant
Holder (upon payment by such Warrant Holder of any applicable transfer
taxes or government charges) may direct; provided that as a condition
precedent for transferring the Call Warrants, the prospective transferee
shall deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor an executed copy of the
Investment Letter (set forth as Exhibit A hereto) if the same is required
pursuant to the provisions of clause (a) above.
Section 4.3 Replacement of Call Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent of the loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation of any Call Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or
destruction of any Call Warrant, upon delivery of an indemnity bond in such
reasonable amount as the Warrant Agent may determine, or, in the case of any
such mutilation, upon the surrender of such Call Warrant for cancellation to
the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, and cause the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a
new Call Warrant of like tenor bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
Section 4.4 Execution and Delivery of Call Warrants by Trustee. The
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby agrees (subject to compliance with
Article III) to execute and deliver such new Call Warrants issued in
accordance with Section 1.2 or this Article IV as the Warrant Agent shall
request in accordance herewith.
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Section 4.5 Additional Call Warrants. The Trustee shall execute and
deliver, in a manner consistent with Article II hereof, additional Call
Warrants on behalf of the Trust with respect to any additional Certificates
issued by the Trust following the sale of additional Underlying Securities to
the Trust, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(d) of the Series
Supplement.
ARTICLE V
DEFINITIONS
As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
terms have the following respective meanings:
"Business Day": As defined in the Trust Agreement.
"Call Date": Any Business Day (i) on or after October 29, 2008, (ii)
after the Underlying Securities Issuer announces that it will redeem (in whole
or in part), prepay or otherwise make an unscheduled payment on the Underlying
Securities, (iii) after the Trustee notifies the Certificateholders of any
proposed sale of the Underlying Securities pursuant to the provisions of the
Series Supplement or (iv) on which the Underlying Securities Issuer or an
affiliate thereof consummates a tender offer for some or all of the Underlying
Securities.
"Call Notice": As defined in Section 1.1(a)(i) hereof.
"Call Price": For each related Call Date, (i) in the case of the
Class A-1 Certificates, 100% of the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-1 Certificates being purchased pursuant to the exercise of the
Call Warrants, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such amount to but
excluding the Call Date and, (ii) in the case of the Class A-2 Certificates
being purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Call Warrants, $0.
"Call Warrant": As defined in the recitals.
"Called Certificates": As defined in Section 1.1(b) hereof.
"Called Underlying Securities": As defined in Section 1.1(b) hereof.
"Certificated Call Warrant": Any Call Warrant in definitive,
physical form registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository or
its nominee.
"Closing Date": October 29, 2003.
"Depositor": As defined in the recitals.
"Depositor Order": As defined in the Trust Agreement.
"Depository": DTC initially, or such other depository appointed by
the Depositor.
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"DTC": The Depository Trust Company, a limited purpose trust company
organized under the laws of the State of New York, and any of its successors
or assigns.
"Global Call Warrant": A registered Call Warrant in the name of the
Depository or its nominee.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"QIB": As defined in Section 4.2 hereof.
"Rating Agencies": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. and any of
their respective successors.
"Registered Warrant Amount": The Warrant Amount represented by the
Global Call Warrants.
"Responsible Officer": As defined in the Trust Agreement.
"Rule 144A": As defined in Section 4.2.
"Securities Act": The Securities Act of 1933, or any similar federal
statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as
the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Trust": As defined in the recitals.
"Trust Agreement": As defined in the recitals.
"Trustee": As defined in the recitals, or any successor thereto
under the Trust Agreement.
"Warrant Agent": As defined in the recitals, or any successor
thereto under this Warrant Agent Agreement.
"Warrant Agent Agreement": As defined in the recitals.
"Warrant Amount": With respect to any Warrant Holder, the number of
Call Warrants relating to Class A-1 Certificates and Call Warrants relating to
the Class A-2 Certificates, held by such Warrant Holder.
"Warrant Holder": As defined in Section 1.1(a) hereof.
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ARTICLE VI
WARRANT AGENT
Section 6.1 Limitation on Liability. The Warrant Agent shall be protected
and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in connection with its administration of the Call Warrants in
reliance upon any instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney,
endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate,
statement or other paper or document in good faith believed by it to be
genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified and
acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons.
Section 6.2 Duties of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes only
the specific duties and obligations imposed hereunder upon the following terms
and conditions, by all of which the Depositor, the Trust, the Trustee and each
Warrant Holder shall be bound:
(a) The Warrant Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be
legal counsel for the Depositor), and the opinion of such counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent as
to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with
such opinion, provided the Warrant Agent shall have exercised reasonable
care in the selection by it of such counsel.
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties hereunder, the Warrant
Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be
proved or established by the Depositor or the Trustee prior to taking or
suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter may be deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by a Depositor Order or a certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the
Warrant Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization to the
Warrant Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it
hereunder in reliance upon such certificate.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(d) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of
the statements of fact or recitals contained herein or be required to
verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be
deemed to have been made by the Trust and the Depositor only.
(e) The Warrant Agent shall not have any responsibility in respect
of and makes no representation as to the validity of the Call Warrants or
the execution and delivery thereof (except the due execution hereof by
the Warrant Agent); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the
Trust of any covenant or condition contained in the Call Warrants; nor
shall it by any act thereunder be deemed to make any representation or
warranty as to the Certificates to be purchased thereunder.
(f) The Warrant Agent is ▇▇▇▇▇▇ authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President, a Vice President, a Senior
Vice President, a Managing Director, its Treasurer,
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an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Depositor, and any Responsible Officer of the Trustee, and to apply to
such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties,
and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.
(g) The Warrant Agent and any shareholder, director, officer or
employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Call
Warrants or other securities of the Trust or otherwise act as fully and
freely as though it were not Warrant Agent hereunder, so long as such
persons do so in full compliance with all applicable laws. Nothing herein
shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for
the Trust, the Depositor or for any other legal entity.
(h) The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or
powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or
by or through its attorneys or agents.
(i) The Warrant Agent shall act solely as the agent of the Trust
hereunder. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable except for the failure
to perform such duties as are specifically set forth herein, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into the Call Warrants
against the Warrant Agent, whose duties shall be determined solely by the
express provisions thereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be deemed to be a
fiduciary.
(j) The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure on
the part of the Trustee to comply with any of its covenants and
obligations contained herein.
(k) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation or duty to
institute, appear in or defend any action, suit or legal proceeding in
respect hereof, unless first indemnified to its satisfaction, but this
provision shall not affect the power of the Warrant Agent to take such
action as the Warrant Agent may consider proper, whether with or without
such indemnity. The Warrant Agent shall promptly notify the Depositor and
the Trustee in writing of any claim made or action, suit or proceeding
instituted against it arising out of or in connection with the Call
Warrants.
(l) The Trustee will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or
cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such
further acts, instruments and assurances as may be required by the
Warrant Agent in order to enable it to carry out or perform its duties
hereunder.
(m) Upon request of a Warrant Holder, the Warrant Agent shall
furnish to such Warrant Holder and/or a prospective purchaser designated
by such Warrant Holder the information required to be delivered under
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, to the extent that such
information is in the possession of the Warrant Agent.
Section 6.3 Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may resign and be
discharged from its duties hereunder upon thirty (30) days notice in writing
mailed to the Depositor and the Trustee by registered or certified mail, and
to the Warrant Holders by first-class mail at the expense of the Depositor;
provided that no such resignation or discharge shall become effective until a
successor Warrant Agent shall have been appointed hereunder. The
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Depositor may remove the Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent upon
thirty (30) days notice in writing, mailed to the Warrant Agent or successor
Warrant Agent, as the case may be, and to the Warrant Holders by first-class
mail; provided further that no such removal shall become effective until a
successor Warrant Agent shall have been appointed hereunder. If the Warrant
Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of
acting, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent,
which may be designated as an interim Warrant Agent. If an interim Warrant
Agent is designated, the Depositor shall then appoint a permanent successor to
the Warrant Agent, which may be the interim Warrant Agent. If the Depositor
shall fail to make such appointment of a permanent successor within a period
of thirty (30) days after such removal or within sixty (60) days after
notification in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or
incapacitated Warrant Agent or by the Warrant Holder, then the Warrant Agent
or registered Warrant Holder may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of such a successor. Any successor to the Warrant Agent
appointed hereunder must be rated in one of the four highest rating categories
by the Rating Agencies. Any entity which may be merged or consolidated with or
which shall otherwise succeed to substantially all of the trust or agency
business of the Warrant Agent shall be deemed to be the successor Warrant
Agent without any further action.
Section 6.4 Warrant Agent Transfer Fee. The Warrant Agent will assess a
fee of $50.00 upon the issue of any new Call Warrant, such fee to be assessed
upon the new Warrant Holder.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Remedies. The remedies at law of the Warrant Holder in the
event of any default or threatened default by the Warrant Agent in the
performance of or compliance with any of the terms of the Call Warrants are
not and will not be adequate and, to the full extent permitted by law, such
terms may be specifically enforced by a decree for the specific performance of
any agreement contained herein or by an injunction against a violation of any
of the terms thereof or otherwise.
Section 7.2 Limitation on Liabilities of Warrant Holder. Nothing
contained in this Warrant Agent Agreement shall be construed as imposing any
obligation on the Warrant Holder to purchase any of the Certificates except in
accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 7.3 Notices. All notices and other communications under this
Warrant Agent Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered, or mailed
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, by a nationally
recognized overnight courier, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to any Warrant
Holder, at the registered address of such Warrant Holder as set forth in the
register kept by the Warrant Agent or (b) if to the Warrant Agent, to ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate Trust or to
such other address notice of which the Warrant Agent shall have given to the
Warrant Holder and the Trustee or (c) if to the Trust or the Trustee, to the
Corporate Trust Office (as set forth in the Trust Agreement); provided that
the exercise of any Call Warrants shall be effective in the manner provided in
Article I. The Warrant Agent shall forward to the Warrant Holder any notices
received by it
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hereunder or pursuant to the Trust Agreement or this Agreement by facsimile
within one Business Day of receipt thereof.
Section 7.4 Amendment. (a) This Warrant Agent Agreement may be amended
from time to time by the Depositor, the Trustee and the Warrant Agent without
the consent of any Warrant Holder, upon receipt of an opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the Warrant Agent that the provisions hereof have been
satisfied and that such amendment would not cause the Trust to be taxed as an
association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a Corporation under the
Code, for any of the following purposes: (i) to cure any ambiguity or to
correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision herein or to provide for any other terms
or modify any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under the Call Warrant which shall not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of the Warrant Holder or any holder of a Certificate;
provided, however, that no amendment altering the timing or amount of any
payment of the Call Price shall be effected without the consent of each
Warrant Holder; or (ii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder of a Warrant Agent other than U.S. Bank Trust National
Association.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Call
Warrants may also be modified or amended from time to time by the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Warrant Agent with the consent of Warrant
Holders of 66-2/3% of each of the Call Warrants related to the Class A-1
Certificates and the Call Warrants related to the Class A-2 Certificates,
upon receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Warrant Agent
that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, the following
proviso) have been satisfied, for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the
Call Warrants or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Warrant
Holders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i)
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of holders of
Certificates without the consent of the holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than the Required Percentage--Amendment of the
aggregate Voting Rights of such affected Certificates (as such terms are
defined in the Trust Agreement) and without written confirmation from the
Rating Agencies that such amendment will not result in a downgrading or
withdrawal of its rating of the Certificates; (ii) alter the terms on
which Call Warrants are exercisable or the amounts payable upon exercise
of a Warrant without the consent of the holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 100% of the aggregate Voting Rights of such
affected Certificates and 100% of the affected Warrant Holders or (iii)
reduce the percentage of aggregate Voting Rights required by (i) or (ii)
without the consent of the holders of all such affected Certificates.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant Agent Agreement, this
Section 7.4(b) shall not be amended without the consent of 100% of the
affected Warrant Holders.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or
modification, the Warrant Agent shall furnish a copy of such amendment or
modification to each Warrant Holder, to the Trustee and to the Rating
Agencies. It shall not be necessary for the consent of Warrant Holders or
holders of Certificates under this Section to approve the particular form
of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such
consents and of evidencing
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the authorization of the execution thereof shall be subject to such
reasonable regulations as the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
Section 7.5 Expiration. The right to exercise the Call Warrants shall
expire on the earliest to occur of (a) the cancellation thereof, (b) the
termination of the Trust Agreement, or (c) the liquidation, disposition, or
maturity of all of the Underlying Securities.
Section 7.6 Descriptive Headings. The headings in this Warrant Agent
Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof.
Section 7.7 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE
LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF
LAWS.
Section 7.8 Judicial Proceedings; Waiver of Jury. Any judicial proceeding
brought against the Trust, the Trustee or the Warrant Agent with respect to
this Warrant Agent Agreement may be brought in any court of competent
jurisdiction in the County of New York, State of New York or of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York and, by execution and
delivery of the Call Warrants, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and the
Warrant Agent (a) accept, generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of such courts and any related appellate court, and irrevocably
agree that the Trust, the Trustee and the Warrant Agent shall be bound by any
judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Warrant Agent Agreement or
the Call Warrants, subject to any rights of appeal, and (b) irrevocably waive
any objection that the Trust, the Trustee or the Warrant Agent may now or
hereafter have as to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought
in such a court or that such court is an inconvenient forum.
Section 7.9 Nonpetition Covenant; No Recourse. Each of (i) the Warrant
Holder by its acceptance thereof, and (ii) the Warrant Agent agrees, that it
shall not (and, in the case of the Warrant Holder, that it shall not direct
the Warrant Agent to), until the date which is one year and one day after the
payment in full of the Certificates and all other securities issued by the
Trust, the Depositor or entities formed, established or settled by the
Depositor, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Trust, the
Depositor, or any such other entity to invoke the process of the United States
of America, any State or other political subdivision thereof or any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case by or against the Trust, the Depositor or any such other
entity under a federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator
or other similar official of the Trust, the Depositor or any such other entity
or all or any part of the property or assets of Trust, the Depositor or any
such other entity or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of
the Trust, the Depositor or any such other entity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date
first above written.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee and
Authenticating Agent
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Warrant Agent
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
Dated: ___________ __, _____
U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
as Trustee
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation,
as Depositor
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Re: Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Sprint Capital
Note-Backed Series 2003-17
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with its proposed purchase of Call Warrants (the "Call
Warrants") which represent the right to call $______________ aggregate of
Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17
Class A-1 Certificates and $_______________ aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Sprint Capital Note-Backed
Series 2003-17 Class A-2 Certificates, the undersigned purchaser (the
"Purchaser") confirms that:
1. The Purchaser understands that substantial risks are involved in an
investment in the Call Warrants. The Purchaser represents that in making its
investment decision to acquire the Call Warrants, the Purchaser has not relied
on representations, warranties, opinions, projections, financial or other
information or analysis, if any, supplied to it by any person, including you,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), or U.S. Bank Trust
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), or any of your or their
affiliates, except as expressly contained in written information, if any. The
Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the
Call Warrants, and the Purchaser is able to bear the substantial economic
risks of such an investment. The Purchaser has relied upon its own tax, legal
and financial advisors in connection with its decision to purchase the Call
Warrants.
2. The Purchaser (A) is a "Qualified Institutional Buyer" (as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act")) and
(B) is acquiring the Call Warrants for its own account or for the account of
an investor of the type described in clause (A) above, as to each of which the
Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser is purchasing
the Call Warrants for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for, the
offer or sale in connection with, a public distribution or in any other manner
that would violate the 1933 Act or the securities or blue sky laws of any
state.
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3. The Purchaser understands that the Call Warrants have not been and
will not be registered under the 1933 Act or under the securities or blue sky
laws of any state, and that (i) if it decides to resell, pledge or otherwise
transfer any Security, such resale, pledge or other transfer must comply with
the provisions of the Warrant Agent Agreement relating to the Call Warrants
(including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 4.2 thereof) and
(ii) it will, and each subsequent holder will be required to, notify any
purchaser of any Security from it of the resale restrictions referred to in
clause (i) above.
4. The Purchaser understands that each of the Call Warrants will bear a
legend substantially to the following effect, unless otherwise agreed by the
Depositor and the Trustee:
"THIS CALL WARRANT (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS IN EFFECT OR
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT. THE
CALL WARRANT REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN.
THESE CALL WARRANTS ARE ONLY TRANSFERABLE IF TRANSFERRED
WITH OTHER CALL WARRANTS WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THESE CALL
WARRANTS, REPRESENT THE RIGHT TO CALL CLASS A-2
CERTIFICATES HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE EQUAL
TO, OR GREATER THAN, $100,000.
EACH PURCHASER OF THIS CALL WARRANT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED
THAT THE SELLER OF THIS CALL WARRANT MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER."
5. The Purchaser understands that no subsequent transfer of the Call
Warrants is permitted unless (A) such transfer is of a Call Warrant with the
applicable minimum denomination and aggregate principal balance transfer
requirement and (B) the Purchaser causes the proposed transferee to provide to
the Depositor and the Trustee such documentation as may be required pursuant
to Section 4.2 of the Warrant Agent Agreement, including, if required, a
letter substantially in the form hereof, or such other written statement as
the Depositor shall reasonably prescribe.
6. The Purchaser is a person or entity (a "Person") who is either
A. (1) a citizen or resident of the United States, (2) a
corporation, partnership or other entity organized in or under the laws
of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or (3) an
estate the income of which is includible in gross income for
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federal income tax purposes regardless of source, or (4) a trust if a
court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision of
the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons
have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or
B. a Person not described in (A), whose ownership of such Call
Warrant is effectively connected with such Person's conduct of a trade or
business within the United States within the meaning of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and its ownership of any
interest in such Call Warrant will not result in any withholding
obligation with respect to any payments with respect to the Call Warrants
by any Person (other than withholding, if any, under Section 1446 of the
Code), or
C. a Person not described in (A) or (B) above, who is not a Person:
(1) that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock in the Underlying Securities Issuer
(as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) entitled to vote, (2) that is a
controlled foreign corporation related to the Underlying Securities
Issuer within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code, or (3) that
is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in
the ordinary course of its trade or business.
7. The Purchaser agrees that (I) if it is a Person described in clause
(A) above, it will furnish to the Depositor and the Trustee a properly
executed IRS Form W-9, and (II) if it is a Person described in clause (B)
above, it will furnish to the Depositor and the Trustee a properly executed
IRS Form W-8ECI, and (III) if it is a Person described in clause (C) above, it
will furnish to the Depositor and the Trustee a properly executed IRS Form
W-8BEN (or, if the Purchaser is treated as a partnership for federal income
tax purposes, a properly executed IRS Form W-8IMY with appropriate
certification for all partners or members attached). The Purchaser also agrees
that it will provide a new IRS form upon the expiration or obsolescence of any
previously delivered form, and that it will provide such other certifications,
representations or Opinions of Counsel as may be requested by the Depositor
and the Trustee.
8. The Purchaser agrees that if at some time in the future it wishes to
transfer or exchange any of the Call Warrants, it will not transfer or
exchange any of the Call Warrants unless such transfer or exchange is in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agent Agreement, Series Supplement
and other documents applicable to the Call Warrant. The Purchaser understands
that any purported transfer of the Call Warrants (or any interest therein) in
contravention of any of the restrictions and conditions in the agreements, as
applicable, shall be void, and the purported transferee in such transfer shall
not be recognized by any Person as a holder of such Call Warrants, for any
purpose.
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You and the Trustee are entitled to rely upon this letter and are
irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[Name of Purchaser]
By: ______________________________
Name: ____________________________
Title: ___________________________
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Dated:
U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
as Trustee
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc.,
as Initial Purchaser
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation
as Depositor
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $______________
aggregate principal amount of Class A-2 Certificates (the "Class A-2
Certificates") representing an interest in the Corporate Backed Trust
Certificates, Sprint Capital Note-Backed Series 2003-17 Trust (the "Trust"),
the undersigned, by executing this letter (the "Purchaser") confirms that:
1. The Purchaser understands that substantial risks are involved in an
investment in the Class A-2 Certificates. The Purchaser represents
that, in making its investment decision to acquire the Class A-2
Certificates, the Purchaser has not relied on representations,
warranties, opinions, projections, financial or other information or
analysis, if any, supplied to it by any person or entity, including
the Initial Purchaser, the Depositor or the Trustee or any of their
affiliates, except as expressly contained in written information, if
any. The Purchaser is purchasing the Class A-2 Certificates for
investment purposes and not with a view to, or for, the offer or
sale in connection with a public distribution or in any other manner
that would violate the Securities Act or the securities or blue sky
laws of any state of the United States. The Purchaser has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing any of the
Class A-2 Certificates. The Purchaser is aware that it may be
required to bear the substantial economic risk of an investment in
the Class A-2 Certificates for an indefinite period of time and such
Purchaser is able to bear such risk for an indefinite period. The
Purchaser has relied upon its own tax, legal and financial advisors
in connection with its decision to purchase the Class A-2
Certificates.
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2. The Purchaser is not an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144 under
the Securities Act) of the Depositor and is either:
(i) (A) a "Qualified Institutional Buyer" (a "QIB"), within the
meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act" and "Rule 144A") and has delivered to you the
certification contained herein as to the fact that it is a QIB and
(B) acquiring the Class A-2 Certificates for its own account, for the
account of an Accredited Investor (as defined in Rule 501(a) under
the Securities Act), or for the account of a QIB as to each of which
the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser is
aware that the Class A-2 Certificates are being sold to it in
reliance on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the
Securities Act provided by Rule 144A; or
(ii) an Accredited Investor and, if the Class A-2 Certificates are to
be purchased for one or more accounts ("investor accounts") for which
it is acting as fiduciary or agent, each such investor account is an
Accredited Investor on a like basis or a QIB; in the normal course of
its business, such Purchaser invests in or purchases securities
similar to the Class A-2 Certificates.
3. The Purchaser acknowledges that neither the Depositor nor the
Initial Purchaser, or any person representing the Depositor or the
Initial Purchaser, has made any representation to such purchaser
with respect to the Trust, the Underlying Securities or the offering
or sale of any Class A-2 Certificates.
4. The Purchaser understands that the Class A-2 Certificates are being
offered in a transaction not involving any public offering in the
United States within the meaning of the Securities Act, that the
Class A-2 Certificates have not been and will not be registered
under the Securities Act or under the securities or blue sky laws of
any state, and that (i) if in the future it decides to offer,
resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Class A-2 Certificates,
such Class A-2 Certificates shall only be offered, resold, assigned
or otherwise transferred (A) to the Trust, (B) pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (C) to a
QIB, in accordance with Rule 144A or (D) to any person or entity
(including an Accredited Investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act) pursuant to another available exemption
from registration provided under the Securities Act, and, in each of
cases (A) through (D), in accordance with any applicable securities
laws of any state of the United States and other jurisdictions and
(ii) the purchaser will, and each subsequent holder is required to,
notify any subsequent purchaser of such Class A-2 Certificates from
it of the resale restrictions referred to in clause (i) above. Upon
the transfer of Class A-2 Certificates held in the form of global
certificates to an Accredited Investor, the transferor's interest in
such global certificates shall be exchanged for a Class A-2
Certificate in definitive form. Thereafter, upon transfer of a
definitive Class A-2 Certificate to a QIB, such Class A-2
Certificate may be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a global
certificate.
5. The Purchaser understands that each Class A-2 Certificate will,
unless otherwise agreed to by the Depositor and the Trustee, bear a
legend substantially to the following effect:
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"THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS IN
EFFECT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT.
THE CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE
TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SERIES
SUPPLEMENT.
EACH PURCHASER OF THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE IS HEREBY
NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE MAY
BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5
OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER."
6. The Purchaser understands that no subsequent transfer of the Class
A-2 Certificates is permitted unless (A) such transfer is of a Class
A-2 Certificate with a denomination of at least $100,000 and (B) it
causes its proposed transferee to provide to the Trustee and the
Initial Purchaser a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C to
the Series Supplement and otherwise satisfactory to the Trustee and
Initial Purchaser, as applicable, or such other written statement as
the Depositor shall prescribe.
7. The Purchaser agrees that if at some time in the future it wishes to
transfer or exchange any of the Class A-2 Certificates, it will not
transfer or exchange any of the Class A-2 Certificates unless such
transfer or exchange is in accordance with Section 5.04 of the Trust
Agreement. The Purchaser understands that any purported transfer of
the Class A-2 Certificates (or any interest therein) in
contravention of any of the restrictions and conditions in the Trust
Agreement, as applicable, shall be void, and the purported
transferee in such transfer shall not be recognized by the Trust or
any other Person as a Certificateholder, as the case may be, for any
purpose.
8. The purchaser (i) acknowledges that the Depositor, the Initial
Purchaser, the Trustee and others will rely upon the truth and
accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and
agreements and agrees that the Depositor, the Initial Purchaser and
the Trustee are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a
copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered
hereby, and (ii) agrees that, if any of the acknowledgments,
representations, warranties and agreements made or deemed to have
been made by such purchaser's purchase of the Class A-2 Certificates
are no longer accurate, such purchaser shall promptly notify the
Depositor and the Initial Purchaser. If the purchaser is acquiring
any Class A-2 Certificates as a fiduciary or agent for one or more
investor accounts, it represents that it has sole investment
discretion with respect to each such account and it has full power
to make the foregoing acknowledgments, representations
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and agreements on behalf of each such account and that each such
investor account is eligible to purchase the Class A-2 Certificates.
You and the Trustee are entitled to rely upon this letter
and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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