Exhibit 4.1
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EXECUTION COPY
SERIES SUPPLEMENT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2001-9 TRUST
between
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION,
as Depositor
and
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
Dated as of March 14, 2001
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 ▇.▇▇▇▇▇ Certificates................................................9
Section 5.Distributions.....................................................9
Section 6.Trustee's Fees...................................................11
Section 7.Optional Exchange; Optional Call.................................12
Section ▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇ of Default................................................15
Section 9 Miscellaneous....................................................15
Section 10.Governing Law...................................................17
Section 11.Counterparts....................................................17
Section 12.Termination of the Trust........................................17
Section ▇▇.▇▇▇▇ of Underlying Securities...................................18
Section 14.Amendments......................................................18
Section ▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇ of Underlying Securities, Modification of Indenture......18
SCHEDULE I(A) SERIES 2001-9 UNDERLYING SECURITIES SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE I(B) SERIES 2001-9 UNDERLYING SECURITIES SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT A FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF CALL WARRANT
EXHIBIT C FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
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SERIES SUPPLEMENT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES
Series 2001-9 TRUST
SERIES SUPPLEMENT, Series 2001-9, dated as of March 14, 2001 (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"; 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 the Underlying Securities set
forth on Schedule I(A) and Schedule I(B) attached hereto (the "Underlying
Securities Schedule") into the Trust;
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
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 Series 2001-9 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 not
applicable to this Series.) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Standard Terms.
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"Available Funds" shall have the meaning specified in the
Standard Terms, except that investment income earned on funds invested pursuant
to Section 3.05 of the Standard Terms and proceeds of redemption of the
Underlying Securities shall be included in Available Funds.
"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 Underlying
Securities Indenture.
"Call Date" shall mean any date occurring on or after March
14, 2006, or after the announcement of any redemption or other unscheduled
payment of the Underlying Securities on which the Call Warrants are exercised
and the proceeds of an Optional Call are distributed to Holders of the
Certificates pursuant to Section 7 hereof.
"Call Price" shall mean an amount paid by the Warrant Holder
on each Call Date equal to the principal amount of the Certificates being
purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Call Warrants plus accrued and unpaid
interest (including any deferred distributions with interest thereon) to and
including the Call Date.
"Call Request" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7(b) hereof.
"Call Warrants" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3
hereof.
"Certificate Account" shall have the meaning specified in the
Standard Terms.
"Certificates" shall mean the Certificates, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A, 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 in Section 3
hereof and in the Certificates.
"Closing Date" shall mean March 14, 2001.
"Collection Period" shall mean, (i) with respect to each
August Distribution Date, the period beginning on the day after the February
Distribution Date and ending on such August Distribution Date, inclusive and,
(ii) with respect to each February Distribution Date, the period beginning on
the day after the August Distribution Date of a given year and ending on the
February Distribution Date of the following year, 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.
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"Depository" shall mean The Depository Trust Company.
"Distribution Date" shall mean February 1 and August 1 of each
year (or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day),
commencing on August 1, 2001 and ending on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
or any date on which the Underlying Securities Issuer exercises an optional
redemption right.
"Eligible Account" shall have the meaning specified in the
Standard Terms.
"Eligible Investments" shall be as defined in the Standard
Terms; provided, however, that (i) the minimum required rating for long-term
instruments will be equal to the rating of the Underlying Securities, and (ii)
the rating of any short-term instruments will be A-1+ by S&P and P1 by Moody's;
and provided, further, that any such investment matures no later than the
Business Day prior to any related Distribution Date and that any such investment
be denominated in U.S. dollars.
"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 for the Underlying Securities.
"Extraordinary Trust Expenses" shall have the meaning
specified in the Standard Terms.
"Final Scheduled Distribution Date" shall mean August 1, 2097.
"Indenture" shall mean the indenture pursuant to which the
assets of the Underlying Securities Issuer were issued.
"Interest Accrual Period" shall mean for any Distribution
Date, the period from and including the preceding Distribution Date (or in the
case of the first Interest Accrual Period, from and including March 14, 2001) to
but excluding the current Distribution Date.
"Liquidation Price" shall mean the price at which the Trustee
sells the Underlying Securities.
"Liquidation Proceeds" shall have the meaning specified in the
Standard Terms.
"Maturity Date" shall have the meaning specified in Schedule I
hereto.
"Moody's" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
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"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 hereof.
"Optional Exchange" shall mean the exchange of the
Certificates by the Trust for the Underlying Securities, pursuant to Section 7
hereof.
"Optional Exchange Date" shall mean any Distribution Date on
which Underlying Securities subject to Optional Exchange are distributed to the
Depositor or any of its Affiliates, as 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.
"Prepaid Ordinary Expenses" shall be zero for this Series.
"Prospectus Supplement" shall mean the Prospectus Supplement,
dated March 7, 2001, relating to the Certificates.
"Rating Agency" shall mean Moody's and S&P.
"Rating Agency Condition" shall have the meaning specified in
the Standard Terms.
"Record Date" shall mean, with respect to each Distribution
Date, the day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.
"Required Interest" shall have the meaning specified in the
Standard Terms.
"Required Percentage-Amendment" shall be 66-2/3% of the
aggregate Voting Rights.
"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.
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"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a
division of The McGraw Hill Companies Inc.
"Series" shall mean Series 2001-9.
"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 and the Certificate Account.
"Underlying Securities" shall mean the 7.45% Underlying
Securities and the 7.40% Underlying Securities, each as set forth in Schedule
I(A) and Schedule I(B) attached hereto.
"Underlying Securities Issuer" shall mean DaimlerChrysler
Corporation, formerly known as Chrysler Corporation. In an indenture supplement
dated as of February 15, 1999, DaimlerChrysler AG guaranteed all the outstanding
debt obligations of Chrysler Corporation issued pursuant to a certain indenture
dated as of March 1, 1985, including the Underlying Securities.
"Underlying Securities Trustee" shall mean State Street Bank
and Trust Company (successor in interest to Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Company).
"Underwriters" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc., an affiliate
of the Depositor, UBS Warburg LLC, First Union Securities Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Incorporated, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLC and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc.
"Voting Rights" shall, in the entirety, be allocated among all
Certificateholders in proportion to the then unpaid principal amounts 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.
"7.40% Underlying Securities" shall mean $71,610,000 aggregate
principal amount of 7.40% Debentures due August 1, 2097.
"7.45% Underlying Securities" shall mean $36,100,000 aggregate
principal amount of 7.45% Debentures due February 1, 2097.
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(b) The terms listed below are not applicable to this Series.
"Accounting Date"
"Administrative Fees"
"Advance"
"Allowable Expense Amounts"
"Basic Documents"
"Calculation Agent"
"Call Premium Percentage"
"Credit Support"
"Credit Support Instrument"
"Credit Support Provider"
"Cut-off Date"
"Eligible Expense"
"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"
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"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"
"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, Series
2001-9 Trust." The Certificates evidencing certain undivided ownership interests
therein shall be known as "Corporate -Backed Trust Certificates, Series 2001-9."
The Certificates shall consist of one class of Certificates (the
"Certificates"). The Trust is also issuing call options with respect to the
Certificates ("Call Warrants").
(a) The Certificates shall be held through the Depository in book-entry
form and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The
Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $25. Except as provided in the
Standard Terms and in paragraph (d) in this Section, the Trust shall not issue
additional Certificates or incur any indebtedness.
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(b) The Certificates have an initial aggregate certificate principal
amount ("Certificate Principal Amount") of $96,831,375.
(c) The Holders of the 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 8.25% per annum on the
outstanding Certificate Principal Amount of the Certificates. On August 1, 2001,
the Trustee will pay to the Depositor the amount of interest accrued on the
Underlying Securities from February 1, 2001 to but not including the Closing
Date.
(d) The Depositor may sell to the Trustee additional Underlying
Securities on any date hereafter upon at least 3 Business Days notice to the
Trustee and the Rating Agencies 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 materially increase the
likelihood that the Trust would fail to qualify as a grantor trust under the
Code. 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, or its order, Certificates in a Certificate Principal
Amount equal to the principal amount of such additional Certificates being
issued and the Call Warrants related thereto. Any such additional Certificates
authenticated and delivered shall have the same terms and rank pari passu with
any Certificates previously issued in accordance with this Series Supplement.
(e) As a condition precedent for transferring the Call Warrants, the
prospective transferee shall be required to deliver to the Trustee and the
Depositor an executed copy of the Investment Letter (set forth as Exhibit C
hereto.)
Section 4. Trust Certificates. The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt,
on or prior to the Closing Date, of:
(i) the Underlying Securities set forth on the Underlying Securities
Schedules; and
(ii) all documents required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.01 of the Standard Terms.
Section 5. Distributions. (a) On each applicable Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall apply Available Funds in the Certificate Account as follows, in
the following order of priority:
(i) the Trustee will pay the interest portion of Available Funds
(subject to Section 5(b) below):
(a) 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;
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(b) second, to the Holders of the Certificates, as interest at
the rate of 8.25% per annum on the principal amount of the
Certificates; and
(c) third, to the Depositor, any remaining interest portion of
the Available Funds.
(ii) the Trustee will pay the principal portion of Available Funds:
(a) 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
(b) second, to the Holders of the Certificates the remaining
principal portion of Available Funds.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, amounts recovered in
respect of the Underlying Securities prior to the Final Scheduled Distribution
Date following (i) an acceleration of the date of maturity of the Underlying
Securities, (ii) the redemption or other prepayment of the Underlying Securities
by the Underlying Securities Issuer or (iii) the sale of the Underlying
Securities by the Trust, shall be distributed pursuant to the priorities
specified in Section 5(a) hereof. The Certificates shall be subject to a
mandatory redemption on any Distribution Date on which the Underlying Securities
are redeemed by the Underlying Securities Issuer, except that upon the maturity
of the 7.45% Underlying Securities on the February 1, 2097 Distribution Date,
the proceeds shall instead be distributed on the August 1, 2097 Distribution
Date, and a certain amount of such principal proceeds shall be included in the
interest portion of Available Funds to the extent necessary to pay interest at
the rate of 8.25% per annum on the principal amount of the Certificates.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, in the event of the
occurrence of (i) a payment default on the Underlying Securities or (ii) an
acceleration of the date of maturity of the Underlying Securities in connection
with a default thereon, the Trustee shall proceed against the Underlying
Securities Issuer on behalf of the Certificateholders to enforce the Underlying
Securities or otherwise to protect the interests of the Certificateholders,
provided that, Holders of the Certificates representing a majority of the Voting
Rights on the Certificates will be entitled to direct the Trustee in any such
proceeding or direct the Trustee to sell the Underlying Securities. If the
Trustee is directed to sell the Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall solicit
bids for the sale of the Underlying Securities with settlement thereof on or
before the third (3rd) 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 Boston
Corporation, (2) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., (3) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc., (4) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Incorporated, (5) UBS Warburg LLC and (6) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ 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
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has failed to settle on the proposed settlement date, the Trustee shall request
new bids from such leading dealers. In the event of such sale or of an
acceleration and a corresponding payment on the Underlying Securities, the
Trustee shall distribute the proceeds to the Certificateholders no later than
two Business Days after the receipt of immediately available funds.
(d) In the event that 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 Depositary, 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. Such notice shall state that, not later than 30
days after the receipt of such moneys or other property, the Trustee will
allocate and distribute such property to the Holders of Certificates then
outstanding and unpaid, pro rata by principal amount (after deducting the costs
incurred in connection therewith). 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 will be deemed to
reduce the principal amount of Certificates on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
(e) Subject to Section 9(f) hereof, to the extent Available Funds are
insufficient to make any required distributions due to the 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(f) hereof) on which
sufficient funds are available on the Available Funds to pay such shortfall.
(f) If a payment with respect to the Underlying Securities is made to
the Trustee after the payment date of the Underlying Securities on which such
payment was due, then the Trustee will distribute any such amounts received 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 five Business Days prior to the day on which
the related payment was received from the Underlying Securities Trustee.
Section 6. Trustee's Fees. (a) As compensation for its services
hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to the Trustee Fee. 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 Certificates then outstanding have voted to
require the Trustee to incur such Extraordinary Expenses. The Trustee may incur
other Extraordinary Expenses if any lesser percentage of the Certificateholders
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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) (i) On each Distribution Date (or, if the Depositor or an Affiliate
of the Depositor holds all of the Certificates and the Call Warrants, on any
other date) any Affiliate of the Depositor, if it is then the Holder of
Certificates of a certain principal amount and (except to the extent such
Certificates were acquired through the exercise of Call Warrants) the holder of
Call Warrants representing a like percentage of all outstanding Call Warrants,
may tender such Certificates and such Call Warrants to the Trustee on such date
and receive a distribution of 7.45% Underlying Securities and 7.40% Underlying
Securities representing a like percentage of the 7.45% Underlying Securities and
7.40% Underlying Securities to the percentage of the Certificates (if
applicable) and the Call Warrants being tendered by the Depositor or Affiliate
to the Trustee; provided, however, that any right to exchange shall be
exercisable only (x) to the extent that the Depositor provides upon the
Trustee's request an opinion of counsel that such exchange would not affect the
characterization of the Trust as a "grantor trust" for federal income tax
purposes and (y) to the extent permitted under Section 7(a)(iv) hereof.
(ii) Any such Affiliate of the Depositor must provide notice to the
Trustee (an "Exchange Request") no less than 5 days (or such shorter period
acceptable to the Trustee) but not more than 30 days prior to an Optional
Exchange Date that it requests an Optional Exchange of Certificates on such
Optional Exchange Date.
(iii) 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.
(iv) Any such Optional Exchange by any Affiliate of the Depositor, will
be subject to the following restrictions: (a) certification to the Trustee that
any Certificates to be exchanged have been held for a minimum of six months and
(b) each Optional Exchange is limited in amount to a maximum of 5% (except for
Certificates acquired by the Underwriter but never distributed to investors, in
which case 25%) of the then outstanding principal amount of the Certificates,
provided, however, that such restrictions shall not apply to the exchange of
Certificates that were acquired pursuant to Section 7(b).
(v) The provisions of Section 4.07 of the Standard Terms shall not
apply to an Optional Exchange pursuant to this Section. This Section 7 shall not
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provide the Depositor with a lien against, an interest in or a right to specific
performance with respect to the Underlying Securities.
(vi) A Warrant Holder shall exchange Certificates called by it for pro
rata amounts of the Underlying Securities.
(b) (i) 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. On any Call Date, the
Certificates may be called at the Call Price, in whole or in part, by the
Warrant Holder, upon payment of the Call Price on or prior to such Call Date.
(ii) The Warrant Holder may provide notice to the Trustee (a "Call
Request") no less than 5 Business Days prior to any Call Date, that it is
exercising its Call Warrants with respect to the Underlying Securities on such
Call Date. The Call Request shall be deemed to be notice of an Optional Exchange
pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof of the Certificates to be acquired on the Call
Date. Upon request of the Trustee, the Warrant Holder shall deliver the opinion
specified in Section 7(a)(i)(x) above as a condition to any Optional Call.
(iii) Upon receipt of a Call Request, the Trustee shall provide a
conditional call notice to the Depository not less than 3 Business Days prior to
the applicable Call Date.
(iv) As a condition to any Optional Call, an opinion of counsel to the
Warrant Holder shall be delivered to the Rating Agencies, in form satisfactory
to the Rating Agencies, indicating that payment of the Call Price shall not be
recoverable as a preferential transfer or fraudulent conveyance under the United
States Bankruptcy Code. Such opinion may contain customary assumptions and
qualifications. In addition, the Warrant Holder shall provide a certificate of
solvency to the Trustee.
(v) Deliveries of the Certificates called to the Warrant Holder (the
"Purchaser") will only be made against payment by the Purchaser of the Call
Price in immediately available funds. Such payment must occur no later than
10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Call Date. In the event that the Purchaser
fails to make such payment by such time (a "Purchase Default"), the sale shall
be voided and the Optional Call will be deemed not to be effective with respect
to such Distribution Date, and the Certificates and the Call Warrants shall
continue to remain outstanding. Subject to receipt of the Call Price as
aforesaid, the Trustee shall pay the Call Price to the Certificateholders on the
Call Date. The Call Price in respect of partial calls shall be allocated to the
Certificateholders pro rata.
(vi) The Trustee shall not consent to any amendment or modification of
this Agreement (including the Standard Terms) which would alter the timing or
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amount of any payment of the Call Price without the prior written consent of
100% the Warrant Holders.
(vii) 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.
(viii) 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.
(ix) The Warrant Holder shall initially be the Depositor.
Section 8. Events of Default.
Within 30 days of the occurrence of an Event of Default in respect of
the Certificates, the Trustee will give notice to the Certificateholders,
transmitted by mail, of all such uncured or unwaived Events of Default known to
it. However, except in the case of an Event of Default relating to the payment
of principal, if any, 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 Series 2001-9 Certificates.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07, Optional Exchange, of the Standard
Terms shall not apply to the Series 2001-9 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.
(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 Series 2001-9 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 Certificateholders, proportionately to
the ratio of their respective entitlements to interest.
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(g) The outstanding 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 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 or otherwise incur, assume or
guarantee any indebtedness for money borrowed.
(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 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 Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in
accordance with the customary practices of the Depositor, need not contain any
independent reports.
(n) Notwithstanding anything in the Trust Agreement to the contrary,
the Trustee will have no recourse to the Underlying Securities.
(o) 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 Issuer.
(p) 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.
(q) Notices. 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).
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If to the Depositor, to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation
3 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10285
Attention: Structured Credit Trading
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
If to the Trustee, 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
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Structured Finance Surveillance Group
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
If to the New York Stock Exchange, to:
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
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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 on or an acceleration or other early payment of
the Underlying Securities and the distribution in full of all amounts due to the
Certificateholders; (ii) the Final Scheduled Distribution Date and (iii) 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. In the event of a sale of
the Underlying Securities pursuant to Section 5(c) hereof, the Liquidation
Proceeds, if any, shall be deposited into the Certificate Account for
distribution to the Certificateholders. The Trustee shall only deliver the
Underlying Securities to the purchaser of such Underlying Securities 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 Certificates without the consent of the
Holders of 100% of such Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment
or modification will be permitted which would alter the status of the Trust as a
grantor trust for federal income tax purposes. Further, no amendment shall be
permitted which would adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Certificateholders without confirmation by each Rating Agency that such
amendment will not result in a downgrading or withdrawal of its rating of such
Certificates.
Section 15. Voting of Underlying Securities, Modification of Indenture.
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 Underlying
Securities Indenture or any other document thereunder or relating thereto, or
receives any other solicitation for any action with respect to the Underlying
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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 (based on the relative outstanding
principal balances of the Certificates) as the Certificates 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) alter the status of the Trust as a grantor trust for federal income tax
purposes or result in the imposition of tax upon the Certificateholders, (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 all
outstanding Certificateholders, or (iii) which would result in the exchange or
substitution of any of the outstanding Underlying Securities pursuant to a plan
for the refunding or refinancing of such Underlying Securities except in the
event of a default under the Underlying Securities Indenture and only with the
consent of Certificateholders representing 100% of the Certificates. 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.
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 Certificateholders of such offer
promptly. The Trustee must reject any such offer unless the Trustee is directed
by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 100% of the Certificates to accept
such offer and the Trustee has received the tax opinion described above.
If an event of default under the Indenture occurs and is continuing,
and if directed by a majority of the outstanding Certificateholders, the Trustee
shall vote the Underlying Securities in an outstanding principal amount equal to
the outstanding certificate principal amount of the Certificates 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.
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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 Series, 2001-9
Trust
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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SCHEDULE I(A)
SERIES 2001-9
UNDERLYING SECURITIES SCHEDULE
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Underlying Securities: 7.45% Debentures due 2097.
Underlying Securities Issuer: DaimlerChrysler Corporation, formerly
known as Chrysler Corporation.
CUSIP Number: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
Principal Amount Deposited: $36,100,000.
Original Issue Date: February 24, 1997.
Principal Amount of
Underlying Securities
Originally Issued: $500,000,000.
Maturity Date: February 1, 2097.
Principal Payment Date: February 1, 2097.
Interest Rate: 7.45% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: February 1st and August 1st.
Underlying Securities Record Dates: The day immediately preceding each
Distribution Date.
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SCHEDULE I(B)
SERIES 2001-9
UNDERLYING SECURITIES SCHEDULE
------------------------------
Underlying Securities: 7.40% Debentures due 2097.
Underlying Securities Issuer: DaimlerChrysler Corporation, formerly
known as Chrysler Corporation.
CUSIP Number: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
Principal Amount Deposited: $71,610,000.
Original Issue Date: July 15, 1997.
Principal Amount of
Underlying Securities
Originally Issued: $500,000,000.
Maturity Date: August 1, 2097.
Principal Payment Date: August 1, 2097.
Interest Rate: 7.40% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: February 1st and August 1st.
Underlying Securities Record Dates: The day immediately preceding each
Distribution Date.
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EXHIBIT A
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FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
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NUMBER [___________] [3,873,255] $[25] PAR
CERTIFICATES
CUSIP NO. [ ]
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 OR THE TRUST ASSETS
ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS CORPORATION
[3,873,255] $[25] PAR
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2001-9
8.25% INTEREST RATE
evidencing a proportionate undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Trust,
as defined below, the property of which consists principally of [__________]
aggregate principal amount of (a) 7.45% Debentures due February 1, 2097 and (b)
7.40% Debentures due August 1, 2097, issued by DaimlerChrysler Corporation,
formerly known as Chrysler Corporation (the "Underlying Securities Issuer") and
all payments received thereon (the "Trust Property"), deposited in trust by
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation (the "Depositor").
THIS CERTIFIES THAT [__________] is the registered owner of
$[_____________] DOLLARS nonassessable, fully-paid, proportionate undivided
beneficial ownership interest in the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Series
2001-9 Trust, formed by the Depositor.
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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, Series 2001-9, dated as of
March 14, 2001 (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, Series 2001-9 (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; (ii) all payments on or
collections in respect of the Underlying Securities accrued on or after March
14, 2001 together with any proceeds thereof; and (iii) all funds from time to
time deposited with the Trustee relating to the Certificates, 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 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 (a "Special Distribution Date").
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.
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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,
SERIES 2001-9 TRUST
By: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Trustee,
By:
--------------------------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
Dated: [______________]
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is on one of the Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,
Series 2001-9, described in the Trust Agreement referred to herein.
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Trustee,
By:
---------------------------------
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 the 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 in
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
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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 distribution in full of all amounts due to
Certificateholders and retirement of the Underlying Securities; (ii) a call of
all Certificates in connection with an Optional Call, and (iii) 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 B
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FORM OF CALL WARRANT
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2001-9 TRUST
Call Warrant
Dated as of March 14, 2001
THIS CALL WARRANT 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. THIS CALL WARRANT REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS CALL WARRANT.
CORPORATE BACKED TRUST CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2001-9 TRUST
Call Warrant
3,873,255 Call Warrants
No. W-____________ March 14, 2001
Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Series 2001-9 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
2001-9, dated as of March 14, 2001 (the "Series Supplement") and, together with
the Agreement, the "Trust Agreement"), between the Depositor and the Trustee,
for value received, hereby certifies that TFINN & CO. or registered assigns, is
entitled to purchase 3,873,255 8.25% Certificates due August 1, 2097 issued by
Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Series 2001-9 Trust in whole or part on any
Call Date (as defined below) designated by the holder of this instrument (this
"Call Warrant") at a purchase price equal to the Call Price (as defined below),
all subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.
Certain capitalized terms used in this Call Warrant are defined in
Article IV hereof; capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement; references to an "Exhibit"
are, unless otherwise specified, to one of the Exhibits attached to this Call
Warrant and references to a "Section" are, unless otherwise specified, to one of
the sections of this Call Warrant.
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ARTICLE I
Exercise of Call Warrants
Section 1.1 Manner of Exercise. (a) This Call Warrant may be exercised
by the holder hereof (each, a "Warrant Holder"), in whole or in part, on any
Call Date, set forth in a written notice delivered to the Warrant Agent and the
Trustee at any time on or before the Business Day that is at least 5 Business
Days before such Call Date, by surrender of this Call Warrant to the Warrant
Agent at its office set forth in Section 6.3 hereof no later than 10:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on such Call Date; provided that such 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 applicable
Call Price, in a manner such that funds are available to the Warrant Agent no
later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such Call Date, and such holder
shall thereupon be entitled to delivery of the Certificates in a Certificate
Principal Amount equal to $25 per Call Warrant purchased hereunder in accordance
with this Article I; provided further that the Warrant Holder may not exercise
this Call Warrant at any time when such Warrant Holder is insolvent, and in
connection therewith, such Warrant Holder shall be required to certify that it
is solvent at the time of exercise settlement, by completing the Form of
Subscription attached to this Call Warrant and delivering such completed Form of
Subscription to the Trustee on or prior to the Call Date and deliver to the
Trustee a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the opinion and the
solvency certificate required pursuant to Section 7(b)(iv) of the Series
Supplement. Such notice of the exercise of a Call Warrant shall be deemed to be
notice of an Optional Exchange pursuant to Section 7(a) of the Series
Supplement.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall notify the Trustee immediately
upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of a notice by the holder of this Call Warrant
and upon receipt of payment of the applicable Call Price from such holder
pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 1.1. The Warrant Agent shall transfer
each payment made by the holder hereof pursuant to clause (a) of this Section
1.1 to the Trustee in immediately available funds, for application pursuant to
the Trust Agreement on the applicable Call Date (and, pending such transfer,
shall hold each such payment for the benefit of the holder hereof in a
segregated trust account).
(c) A notice by the holder of a Call Warrant does not impose
any obligations on a holder of a Call Warrant in any way to pay any Call Price.
If, by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Call Date, the holder of the Call
Warrant being exercised has not paid the Call Price, then such notice shall
automatically expire and none of the holder of such Call Warrant, the Warrant
Agent and the Trustee shall have any obligations with respect to such notice by
the holder of such Call Warrant. The expiration of a notice by the holder of
this Call Warrant shall in no way affect a holder of a Call Warrant's right to
subsequently deliver a notice which satisfies the terms of the Trust Agreement.
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Section 1.2 Transfer of Certificates. As soon as practicable after each
surrender of this Call Warrant, in whole or in part on the Call Date and upon
satisfaction of all other requirements described in this Call Warrant, the
Warrant Agent shall instruct the Trustee to cause a number of the Certificates
equal to the number of the Call Warrants being exercised hereunder to reflect
the beneficial ownership of the Certificates, and, in case such exercise is in
part only, a new Call Warrant of like tenor, representing the remaining
outstanding Call Warrants of the holder, shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent
to the holder hereof.
Section 1.3 Cancellation and Destruction of Call Warrant. 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 III, shall be cancelled by the
Warrant Agent, and no Call Warrant 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 hereof, this Call Warrant shall not entitle the
holder hereof 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.
ARTICLE II
Restrictions on Transfer
Section 2.1 Restrictive Legends. Except as otherwise permitted by this
Article II, 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 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. This Call Warrant represented
hereby may be transferred only in compliance with the conditions specified in
this Call Warrant."
Section 2.2 Notice of Proposed Transfer; Opinions of Counsel. Prior to
any transfer of any Call Warrant or portion thereof, the holder hereof will give
five (5) Business Days (or such lesser period acceptable to the Warrant Agent)
prior written notice to the Warrant Agent of such holder's intention to effect
such transfer.
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ARTICLE III
Registration and Transfer of Call Warrants, etc.
Section 3.1 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 whole numbers of Call Warrants. The Trustee and the Warrant Agent
may treat the Person in whose name any Call Warrant is registered on such
register so the owner thereof for all purposes, and the Trustee and the Warrant
Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 3.2 Transfer and Exchange of Call Warrants. 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 II) 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 whole number of Call Warrants, in the name of such holder or as such holder
(upon payment by such holder of any applicable transfer taxes or government
charges) may direct.
Section 3.3 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 3.4 Execution and Delivery of Call Warrants by Trustee. The
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby agrees (subject to compliance with
Article II) to execute and deliver such new Call Warrants issued in accordance
with Section 1.2 or this Article III as the Warrant Agent shall request in
accordance herewith.
ARTICLE IV
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 day occurring on or after March 14, 2006, or after the
announcement of any redemption or other unscheduled payment of the Certificates
on which the Call Warrants are exercised and the proceeds of an Optional Call
(as defined in the Series Supplement) are distributed to the Holders of the
Certificates pursuant to Section 7 of the Series Supplement.
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"Call Price": An amount paid by the Warrant Holder on each Call Date
equal to the principal amount of the Certificates being purchased pursuant to
the exercise of the Call Warrants plus accrued and unpaid interest (including
any deferred distributions with interest thereon) to and including the Call
Date.
"Call Warrant": This instrument evidencing the right to call the
Certificates.
"Closing Date": March 14, 2001.
"Depositor": As defined in the introduction to this Call Warrant, or
any successor thereto under the Trust Agreement.
"Depositor Order": As defined in the Trust Agreement.
"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.
"Rating Agencies": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
Investors Service, Inc. and any thereto.
"Responsible Officer": As defined in the Trust Agreement.
"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 introduction to this Call Warrant.
"Trust Agreement": The Standard Terms for Trust Agreements, dated as of
January 16, 2001, between the Depositor and the Trustee, as supplemented by the
Series Supplement 2001-9, dated as of March 14, 2001, between the Depositor and
the Trustee, incorporating by reference the definitions and assumptions thereto,
as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
"Trustee": As defined in the introduction to this Warrant, or any
successor thereto under the Trust Agreement.
"Warrant Agent": U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national
banking association, in its capacity as warrant agent hereunder, or any
successor thereto hereunder.
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ARTICLE V
Warrant Agent
Section 5.1 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 5.2 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
holder of a Call Warrant 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 this Call Warrant
or the execution and delivery hereof (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 this Call Warrant; nor shall it by any act
hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the
Certificates to be purchased hereunder.
(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
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Managing Director, its Treasurer, 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 this Call Warrant against the
Warrant Agent, whose duties shall be determined solely by the express provisions
hereof. 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 this Call Warrant.
(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.
Section 5.3 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 holders of the Call Warrants 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
Depositor may remove the Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent upon
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thirty (30) days notice in writing, mailed to the Warrant Agent or successor
Warrant Agent, as the case may be, and to the holders of the Call Warrants by
first-class mail; provided further that no such removal shall become effective
until a successor Warrant Agent shall have teen 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 holder of a Call Warrant, then the Warrant Agent or
registered holder of any Warrant 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 on 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.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
Section 6.1 Remedies. The remedies at law of the holder of this Call
Warrant 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 this Call Warrant
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 hereof or otherwise.
Section 6.2 Limitation on Liabilities of Holder. Nothing contained in
this Call Warrant shall be construed as imposing any obligation on the holder
hereof to purchase any of the Certificates except in accordance with the terms
hereof.
Section 6.3 Notices. All notices and other communications under this
Call Warrant 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 holder of any Call
Warrant, at the registered address of such 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 holder
hereof 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 Warrant shall be effective on the manner provided in Article I.
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Section 6.4 Amendment. (a) This Call Warrant may be amended from time
to time by the Depositor, the Trustee and the Warrant Agent without the consent
of any holder hereof, 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 alter the status of the Trust as a grantor trust 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 this Warrant which
shall nor adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the holder
hereof or any holder of a Certificate 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, this
Call Warrant may also be modified or amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Trustee and the Warrant Agent with the consent of the holders of 66-2/3% of
the Call Warrants, upon receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Warrant Agent that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, the
following proviso) have seen satisfied, for the purpose of adding any provisions
to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Call
Warrant or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of this Call
Warrant; 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 nor 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 cares 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 the holders of 100% of the affected Call Warrants 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, this Section 6.4(b) shall not be amended
without the consent of the holders of 100% of the affected Call Warrants.
(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 holder of a Call Warrant, to the Trustee and to the Rating
Agencies. It shall not be necessary for the consent of holders of Call Warrants
or 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 the
authorization of the execution thereof shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
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Section 6.5 Expiration. The right to exercise this Call Warrant shall
expire on the earliest to occur of (a) the cancellation hereof, (b) the
termination of the Trust Agreement or (c) the liquidation, disposition, or
maturity of all of the Certificates.
Section 6.6 Descriptive Headings. The headings in this Call Warrant are
for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
Section 6.7 GOVERNING LAW. THIS CALL WARRANT 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 6.8 Judicial Proceedings; Waiver of Jury. Any judicial
proceeding brought against the Trust, the Trustee or the Warrant Agent with
respect to this Call Warrant 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 this Call Warrant, 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 Call Warrant, subject to any
rights of appeal, and (b) irrevocably waive any objection that the Trust or the
Trustee, 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 6.9 Nonpetition Covenant; No Recourse. Each of (i) the holder
of this Call Warrant by its acceptance hereof, and (ii) the Warrant Agent
agrees, that it shall not (and, in the case of the 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.
Each of (i) the holder of this Call Warrant, by its acceptance hereof,
and (ii) the Warrant Agent agrees, that it shall not have any recourse to the
Certificates.
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U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual
capacity but solely as
Trustee and Authenticating Agent
By:_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Warrant Agent
By:_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
[To be executed only upon exercise of Call Warrants]
To: Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, Series 2001-9 Trust
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Trust
The undersigned registered holder of the within Call Warrant, having
previously given notice thereof in accordance with the terms of the Call
Warrant, hereby irrevocably exercises Warrant(s) for, and purchases pursuant
thereto, the Certificates receivable upon such exercise, and herewith makes
payment of $[ ] per Call Warrant therefor, and requests that such Certificates
be transferred to __________ [insert information required for transfer of
Certificates]. In connection therewith, the undersigned hereby certifies that it
is solvent as of the date hereof, as required by Section 1.1 of the Call
Warrant.
Dated:
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified
on the face of Call Warrant)
(Street Address)
(City) (State) (Zip Code)
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
[To be executed only upon transfer of Call Warrant]
For value received, the undersigned registered holder of the within
Call Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ______ the _______ Call
Warrant(s) [Must be whole number] to purchase Certificates to which such Call
Warrant relates, and appoints Attorney to make such transfer on the books of the
Warrant Agent maintained for such purpose, with full power of substitution in
the premises.
Dated:
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified
on the face of Warrant)
(Street Address)
(City State) (Zip Code)
Signed in the presence of:
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EXHIBIT C
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FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
Dated:
U.S. Bank Trust National Association,
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc.
as initial Warrant Holder
3 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10285
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ABS Corporation
3 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10285
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of ___________ Call
Warrants (the "Call Warrants") representing an interest in the Corporate Backed
Trust Certificates Series 2001-9 Trust (the "Trust"), the investor on whose
behalf the undersigned is executing this letter (the "Purchaser") confirms that:
(1) Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement, dated
March 7, 2001 (the "Prospectus Supplement"), with respect to the Certificates to
which the Call Warrants relate. Capitalized terms used herein that are not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Prospectus
Supplement. The Purchaser has received a copy of the Prospectus Supplement and
such other information as the Purchaser deems necessary in order to make its
investment decision and the Purchaser has been provided the opportunity to ask
questions of, and receive answers from, the Depositor and the Underwriters,
concerning the terms and conditions of the Call Warrants. The Purchaser has
received and understands the above, and 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, the Depositor or the Trustee or any of your or their affiliates, except as
expressly contained in the Prospectus Supplement and in the other written
information, if any, discussed above. 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
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has relied upon its own tax, legal and financial advisors in connection with its
decision to purchase the Call Warrants.
(2) The Purchaser is (A) a "Qualified Institutional Buyer" (as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act")) and (B) 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.
(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 Call Warrant, such Call Warrant may be resold, pledged or
transferred without registration only to an entity that has delivered to the
Depositor and the Trustee a certification that it is a Qualified Institutional
Buyer that purchases (1) for its own account or (2) for the account of such a
Qualified Institutional Buyer, that is, in either case, aware that the resale,
pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on said Rule 144A and (ii) it will,
and each subsequent holder will be required to, notify any purchaser of any Call
Warrant 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 to the following effect, unless otherwise agreed by the
Depositor and the Trustee:
"THIS CALL WARRANT 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. THIS CALL WARRANT
REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS CALL WARRANT."
(5) The Purchaser understands that no subsequent transfer of
the Call Warrants is permitted unless it causes its proposed transferee to
provide to the Depositor and the initial Warrant Holder a letter substantially
in the form of Exhibit C to the Series Supplement, as applicable, or such other
written statement as the Depositor shall prescribe.
(6) 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
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accordance with Section 3.2 of the Warrant Agent Agreement. 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 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 Warrant
Holder.
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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,
By:
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Name:
Title:
[Medallion Stamp to be affixed here]
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