EXHIBIT 4.2
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Bay View Capital Corporation
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CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
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Dated as of December 21, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1. Definitions and Interpretation................... 1
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1. Trust Indenture Act; Application................. 4
Section 2.2. Lists of Holders of Securities................... 4
Section 2.3. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee................. 5
Section 2.4. Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee............ 5
Section 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. 5
Section 2.6. Events of Default; Waiver........................ 5
Section 2.7. Guarantee Event of Default; Notice............... 6
Section 2.8. Conflicting Interests............................ 6
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee......... 6
Section 3.2. Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee................ 8
Section 3.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Capital
Securities Guarantee............................... 10
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1. Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility..................... 10
Section 4.2. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred
Guarantee Trustee.................................. 11
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.1. Guarantee.......................................... 11
Section 5.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand........................ 12
Section 5.3. Obligations Not Affected........................... 12
Section 5.4. Rights of Holders.................................. 12
Section 5.5. Guarantee of Payment............................... 13
Section 5.6. Subrogation........................................ 13
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Section 5.7. Independent Obligations............................ 13
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1. Limitation of Transactions......................... 14
Section 6.2. Ranking............................................ 14
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1. Termination........................................ 14
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1. Exculpation........................................ 15
Section 8.2. Indemnification.................................... 15
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1. Successors and Assigns............................. 16
Section 9.2. Amendments......................................... 16
Section 9.3. Notices............................................ 16
Section 9.4. Benefit............................................ 17
Section 9.5. Governing Law...................................... 18
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CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Capital Securities
Guarantee"), dated as of December 21, 1998 is executed and delivered by Bay View
Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), and Wilmington
Trust Company, as trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the
Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Capital Securities (as
defined herein) of Bay View Capital I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the
"Issuer").
Whereas, pursuant to an amended and restated Declaration of Trust (the
"Declaration"), dated as of December 21, 1998 among the Trustees of the Issuer
named therein, the Guarantor, as Sponsor, and the Holders from time to time of
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is
issuing Capital Securities, having an aggregate liquidation amount of
$80,000,000 ($92,000,000 if the Underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised
in full) designated the 9.76% Cumulative Capital Securities (the "Capital
Securities").
Whereas, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Capital Securities,
the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent
set forth in this Capital Securities guarantee, to pay to the Holders of the
Capital Securities the guarantee payments (as defined herein) and to make
certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
Whereas, as of the date hereof, the Guarantor is also executing and
delivering a guarantee agreement (the "Common Securities Guarantee") in
substantially identical terms to this Capital Securities Guarantee for the
benefit of the Holders of the Common Securities (as defined in the Declaration),
except that if an event of default (as defined in the Indenture (as defined
herein)) with respect to the Debentures, has occurred and is continuing, the
rights of Holders of the Common Securities to receive guarantee payments under
the Common Securities Guarantee are subordinated to the rights of Holders of
Capital Securities to receive guarantee payments under this Capital Securities
Guarantee.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of Capital
Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the
Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Capital Securities Guarantee
for the benefit of the Holders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1. Definitions and Interpretation.
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In this Capital Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Capital Securities Guarantee but
not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them
in this Section 1.1;
(b) terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of
this Capital Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this
Capital Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Capital Securities
Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Capital Securities Guarantee has
the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Capital Securities Guarantee" or "this
Capital Securities Guarantee" are to this Capital Securities Guarantee as
modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(e) all references in this Capital Securities Guarantee to Articles
and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Capital Securities Guarantee,
unless otherwise specified;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning
when used in this Capital Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this
Capital Securities Guarantee or unless the context otherwise requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to
bind such Person; provided, however, that the Authorized Officer signing an
Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture
Act shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of such
Person.
"Base Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of December 21, 1998 between
the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee.
"Common Securities Guarantee" means the Common Securities Guarantee
Agreement dated as of December 21, 1998 of the Sponsor in respect of the Common
Securities.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Guarantee Trustee at which
the corporate trust business of the Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular
time, be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this
Agreement is located at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-
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"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Capital
Securities.
"Declaration Event of Default" means an Event of Default as defined in the
Declaration.
"Guarantee Event of Default" means the failure of the Guarantor to perform
any of its payment or other obligations under this Capital Securities Guarantee.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without
duplication, with respect to the Capital Securities, to the extent not paid or
made by the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions which are
required to be paid on such Capital
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Securities to the extent the Issuer shall have funds available therefor, (ii)
the redemption price (the "Redemption Price"), and all accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to but excluding the date of redemption to the extent the Issuer
has funds available therefor, with respect to any Capital Securities called for
redemption by the Issuer, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
winding-up or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection with the
distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for Capital Securities as
provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation
amount and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Capital Securities to
but excluding the date of payment, to the extent the Issuer shall have funds
available therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining
available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer (in either
case, the "Liquidation Distribution"). If an Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture) with respect to the Debentures has occurred and is continuing, the
rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive payments under the Common
Securities Guarantee Agreement are subordinated to the rights of Holders of
Capital Securities to receive Guarantee Payments.
"Guarantee Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, until a Successor
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant
to the terms of this Capital Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such
Successor Guarantee Trustee.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of
the Issuer, of any Capital Securities; provided, however, that, in determining
whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Capital Securities have given
any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the
Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor; provided that in determining
whether the Guarantee Trustee is protected in acting upon the instructions of
the Holders, only Capital Securities the Guarantee Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be disregarded.
"Indemnified Person" means the Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate of the
Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners,
employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Guarantee
Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Supplemental
Indenture, and as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
"List of Holders" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.2(a)
hereof.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
provided in the terms of the Capital Securities or, except as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Holder(s) of Capital Securities, voting
separately as a class, of more than 50% of the liquidation amount (including the
stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus
accumulated and unpaid Distributions to but excluding the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Capital Securities.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Guarantee Trustee with direct
responsibility for the
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administration of this Guarantee, including any vice president, any assistant
vice president, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer
or other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Guarantee Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Supplemental Indenture" means the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
December 21, 1998 between the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, as
trustee, as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
"Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the Capital Securities.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1. Trust Indenture Act; Application.
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(a) This Capital Securities Guarantee is subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Capital Securities
Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions;
and
(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Capital Securities
Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310
to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.
Section 2.2. Lists of Holders of Securities.
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(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Guarantee Trustee with a list, in
such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of the Capital Securities ("List of Holders") as of
such date, (i) within 14 days after each record date for payment of
Distributions, as of such record date, and (ii) at any other time within 30 days
of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of Holders as of a
date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to the Guarantee
Trustee, provided, that the Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such
List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most
recent List of Holders given to the Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor or in the
event that the Guarantee Trustee is the Registrar under the Declaration. The
Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on
receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 2.3. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.
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Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, the Guarantee Trustee shall
provide to the Holders of the Capital Securities such reports as are required by
Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act if any, in the form and in the manner
provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee Trustee
shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Section 2.4. Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee.
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such documents,
reports and information as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act
(if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section
314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Guarantee
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Guarantee Trustee's receipt
of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained
therein, including the Guarantor's compliance with any of its covenants
hereunder (as to which the Guarantee Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers' Certificates).
Section 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of
compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Capital
Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section
314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be
given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6. Events of Default; Waiver.
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The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Capital Securities may,
by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Capital Securities, waive any
past Guarantee Event of Default and its consequences.
Upon such waiver, any such Guarantee Event of Default shall cease to exist,
and any Guarantee Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured, for every purpose of this Capital Securities Guarantee, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Guarantee Event of
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 2.7. Guarantee Event of Default; Notice.
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(a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence
of an Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Guarantee Trustee, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders
of the Capital Securities, notices of all such Events of Default, unless such
defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice,
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provided, that, the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee in good
faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Capital Securities.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Guarantee Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received
written notice, or of which a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee
charged with the administration of the Declaration shall have obtained actual
knowledge.
Section 2.8. Conflicting Interests.
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The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this
Capital Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso
contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.
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(a) This Capital Securities Guarantee shall be held by the Guarantee
Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Capital Securities, and the
Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Capital Securities Guarantee to any
Person except a Holder of Capital Securities exercising his or her rights
pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by
such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor
Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall
automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and
cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have
been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee
Trustee shall (and the Guarantor acknowledges that the Guarantee Trustee shall)
enforce this Capital Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Capital Securities.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Guarantee
Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Capital Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be
read into this Capital Securities Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee. In
case an Guarantee Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or
waived pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually known to a Responsible Officer
of the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Capital Securities Guarantee, and use the
same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a
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prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Capital Securities Guarantee shall be
construed to relieve the Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Guarantee Event of Default and
after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Capital
Securities Guarantee, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Capital Securities Guarantee, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Capital
Securities Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Guarantee
Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Guarantee
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Capital Securities
Guarantee; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Capital Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities relating to the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Guarantee Trustee under this Capital Securities Guarantee; and
(iv) no provision of this Capital Securities Guarantee shall
require the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such
funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Capital Securities Guarantee or indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the
Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.
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Section 3.2. Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this
Capital Securities Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Capital Securities
Guarantee, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be
proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
request and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon
receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor.
(iv) The Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any rerecording,
refiling or registration thereof).
(v) The Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its
selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal
matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and
in accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to
the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its
employees. The Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Capital Securities
Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Capital
Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such
Holder shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such security and
indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against the
costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of
the Guarantee Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities
that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction,
including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Guarantee
Trustee.
(vii) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee
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Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
(viii) The Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the Guarantee
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the
part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(ix) Any action taken by the Guarantee Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Holders of the Capital Securities, and the
signature of the Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient
and effective to perform any such action. No third party shall be required
to inquire as to the authority of the Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to
its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Capital
Securities Guarantee, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the
Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Capital Securities
Guarantee the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any
other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (i) may request instructions
from the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking
such other action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be
protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such
instructions.
(xi) The Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for
any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder.
(xii) The Capital Securities Trustee shall not be liable for any
reasonably taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Capital Securities Guarantee.
(b) No provision of this Capital Securities Guarantee shall be deemed
to impose any duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or
acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it
in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee
Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law,
to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Capital
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Securities Guarantee.
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The recitals contained in this Capital Securities Guarantee shall be taken
as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Guarantee Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Capital Securities
Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1. Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.
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(a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the
District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under
the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million
U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by
federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such
Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to
above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii), the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to
so act under Section 4.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in
the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions
of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 4.2. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee.
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(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed
or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with
Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.
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(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until
a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or
resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for
prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not
take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee
Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and
accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after
delivery of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Guarantee Trustee
resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after
prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to
act of any Successor Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Capital Securities Guarantee or removal
or resignation of the Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2, the
Guarantor shall pay to the Guarantee Trustee all amounts accrued and owing to
the Guarantee Trustee to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.1. Guarantee.
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The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the
Holders the Guarantee Payments (except to the extent paid, and without
duplication of amounts paid, by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any
defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert.
The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by
direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by
causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
Section 5.2. Waiver of Notice and Demand.
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The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Capital Securities
Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment,
demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer
or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of
nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and
demands.
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Section 5.3. Obligations Not Affected.
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The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under
this Capital Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or impaired by
reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following: (a) the
release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or
observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or
condition relating to the Capital Securities to be performed or observed by the
Issuer; (b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any
portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any
other sums payable under the terms of the Capital Securities or the extension of
time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in
connection with, the Capital Securities (other than an extension of time for
payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other
sum payable that results from the extension of any interest payment period on
the Debentures permitted by the Indenture); (c) any failure, omission, delay or
lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any
right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms
of the Capital Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting
indulgence or extension of any kind; (d) the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar
proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer; (e) any
invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Capital Securities; (f) the
settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred;
or (g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal
or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this
Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute
and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain
consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
Section 5.4. Rights of Holders.
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(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this
Capital Securities Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power
conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Capital Securities Guarantee.
(b) If the Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such Capital Securities
Guarantee, any Holder of Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee Trustee's rights under
this Capital Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity. The
Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought first
against the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding directly
against the Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Guarantor has
failed to make a Guarantee Payment, a
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Holder of Capital Securities may directly institute a proceeding against the
Guarantor for enforcement of this Capital Securities Guarantee for such payment.
Section 5.5. Guarantee of Payment.
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This Capital Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of
collection.
Section 5.6. Subrogation.
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The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of
Capital Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such
Holders by the Guarantor under this Capital Securities Guarantee; provided,
however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by
mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that
it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other
agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Capital Securities
Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid
under this Capital Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to the
Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold
such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.
Section 5.7. Independent Obligations.
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The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent
of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Capital Securities, and
that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make
Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Capital Securities Guarantee
notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a)
through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1. Limitation of Transactions.
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So long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, if there shall have
occurred and be continuing any Guarantee Event of Default or any Declaration
Event of Default, then (a) the Guarantor shall not declare or pay any dividend
on, or make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire,
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock (other
than (A) (i) purchases or acquisitions of shares of the Guarantor's capital
stock (or capital stock equivalents) in connection with the satisfaction by the
Guarantor of its obligations under any officers, directors or employee benefit
plans (or any options or other instruments issued thereunder), (ii) as a result
of a reclassification, combination or subdivision of the Guarantor's capital
stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Guarantor's
capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock,
(iii) dividends or distributions of shares of common stock of the Guarantor,
(iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's capital
stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or
any security being converted or exchanged into such capital stock or (v) any
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dividend or distribution of capital stock (or capital stock equivalents) in
connection with the implementation of a stockholders, rights plan, or the
issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, or (B) guarantee payments made
with respect to any of the foregoing), (b) the Guarantor shall not make any
payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or
redeem any debt securities issued by the Guarantor which rank pari passu with or
junior to the Debentures and (c) the Guarantor shall not make any guarantee
payments with respect to debt securities of any subsidiary of the Guarantor that
rank pari passu with or junior to the Debentures (other than pursuant to this
Capital Securities Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee Agreement).
Section 6.2. Ranking.
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This Capital Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation
of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all other liabilities of the Guarantor (including the Guarantor's Senior
Indebtedness) except any other liabilities that may be pari passu expressly by
their terms and (ii) senior to the Guarantor's capital stock.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1. Termination.
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This Capital Securities Guarantee shall terminate (i) upon full payment of
the redemption price of all Capital Securities, together with all accumulated
and unpaid Distributions thereon to but excluding the date of redemption, (ii)
upon the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of all of the Capital
Securities or (iii) upon full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with
the Declaration upon liquidation of the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
this Capital Securities Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder of Capital Securities
must restore payment of any sums paid under the Capital Securities or under this
Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1. Exculpation.
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(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable
in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss,
damage, liability, expense or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with
this Capital Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified Person
reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such
Indemnified Person by this Capital Securities Guarantee or by law, except that
an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage, liability,
expense or claim
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incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence or willful misconduct
with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders of Capital Securities might properly be paid.
Section 8.2. Indemnification.
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The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold
each Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses) of defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder. The provisions of this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of
this Capital Securities Guarantee or the resignation or removal of the
Guaranteed Trustee.
When the Guarantee Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 2.9(d) or (e) of the
Supplemental Indenture, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1. Successors and Assigns.
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All guarantees and agreements contained in this Capital Securities
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
of the Capital Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with any
merger or consolidation of the Guarantor with or into another entity permitted
by Section 801 of the Base Indenture or any sale, transfer or lease of the
Guarantor's assets to another entity permitted by Section 801 of the Base
Indenture, the Guarantor may not assign its rights or delegate its obligations
under this Capital Securities Guarantee without the prior approval of the
holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities
then outstanding. Upon any consolidation by the Guarantor with or merger of
the Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the
properties and assets of the Guarantor substantially as an entirety to any
Person in accordance with Section 801 of the Base Indenture,
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the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is
merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor
under this Capital Securities Guarantee with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Guarantor herein; and thereafter, except
in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all
obligations and covenants under this Capital Securities Guarantee.
Section 9.2. Amendments.
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Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect
the rights of Holders (in which case no vote or consent of Holders will be
required), this Capital Securities Guarantee may be amended only with the prior
approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of all the
outstanding Capital Securities. The provisions of Section 12.2 of the
Declaration with respect to meetings of Holders of the Securities apply to the
giving of such approval. For purposes of this Capital Securities Guarantee,
any change which only eliminates or limits any of the dividends, distributions,
redemptions, purchases, acquisitions or liquidation payments which the Guarantor
is permitted to make pursuant to subclauses (A) or (B) of clause (a) of Section
6.1 shall be deemed not to materially adversely affect the rights of Holders.
Section 9.3. Notices.
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All notices provided for in this Capital Securities Guarantee shall be in
writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered,
telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Guarantee Trustee, at the Guarantee Trustee's
mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee
may give notice of to the Holders of the Capital Securities):
Wilmington Trust Company
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attn: Corporate Trust Department
(b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set
forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the
Holders of the Capital Securities):
Bay View Capital Corporation
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Attn: Chief Financial Officer
(c) If given to any Holder of Capital Securities, at the address set
forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
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All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or
cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given,
such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
of such refusal or inability to deliver.
Section 9.4. Benefit.
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This Capital Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders
of the Capital Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not separately
transferable from the Capital Securities.
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Section 9.5. Governing Law.
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THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
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THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first
above written.
BAY VIEW CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Title: Executive Vice President & Secretary
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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Guarantee Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Assistant Vice President
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