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EXHIBIT 4.4A
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
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[FIRST] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of ,
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between
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee under the Indenture for
Subordinated Debt Securities,
Dated as of ,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount . . . . . . . 3
SECTION 2.2. Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SECTION 2.5. Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. Special Event Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 3.2. Optional Redemption by Company . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 3.3. No Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period . . . . . 8
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 4.3. Limitation on Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 5.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal . . . . . . 11
ARTICLE VI
COVENANT TO LIST ON EXCHANGE
SECTION 6.1. Listing on an Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ARTICLE VII
FORM OF DEBENTURE
SECTION 7.1. Form of Debenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ARTICLE VIII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 8.1. Original Issue of Debentures . . . . . . . . . 19
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1. Ratification of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 9.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals . . . . . 19
SECTION 9.3. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 9.4. Separability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 9.5. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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[FIRST] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of ______ __,___ (the
"First Supplemental Indenture"), between The Allstate Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as
trustee (the "Trustee") under the Indenture, dated as of ______ __,___, between
the Company and the Trustee (the "Indenture").
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Indenture to
the Trustee to provide for the future issuance of the Company's unsecured
subordinated debt securities to be issued from time to time in one or more
series as might be determined by the Company under the Indenture, in an
unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and delivered
as provided in the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company
desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to
be known as its ___% Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due ____ (the
"Debentures"), the form and substance of such Debentures and the terms,
provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture
and this First Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, [Allstate Financing I], a Delaware statutory business
trust (the "Trust"), has offered to the public $_____ million aggregate
liquidation amount of its ___% ____________ Preferred Securities (the
"Preferred Securities"), representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust and proposes to invest the proceeds from such offering,
together with the proceeds of the issuance and sale by the Trust to [the
Company] of $_____ million aggregate liquidation amount of its ___%
_____________ Common Securities, in $____ million aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute
and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture and all requirements necessary to
make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with
its terms, and to make the Debentures, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the
Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this First
Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects:
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance
of the Debentures by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth,
as provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Debentures and the
terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with
the Trustee as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning
when used in this First Supplemental Indenture;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental
Indenture has the same meaning throughout;
(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(d) a reference to a Section or Article is to a Section
or Article of this First Supplemental Indenture;
(e) headings are for convenience of reference only and do
not affect interpretation;
(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them
in the Declaration: (i) Business Day; (ii) Clearing Agency; (iii) Delaware
Trustee; (iv) Depositary; (v) Dissolution Tax Opinion; (vi) No Recognition
Opinion; (vii) Preferred Security Certificate; (viii) Pricing Agreement; (ix)
Property Trustee; (x) Regular Trustees; (xi) Tax Event; and (xii) Underwriting
Agreement;
(g) the following terms have the meanings given to them
in this Section 1.1(g):
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5.
"Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of [Allstate Financing I], a Delaware statutory business trust, dated as
of ______ __,___.
"Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Dissolution Event" means that, as a result of the occurrence
and continuation of a Tax Event, the Trust is to be dissolved in accordance
with the Declaration, and the Debentures held by the Property Trustee are to be
distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust pro rata
in accordance with the Declaration.
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"Extended Interest Payment Period" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.1.
"Global Debenture" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.4.
"Maturity Date" means the date on which the Debentures mature
and on which the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon including Compounded Interest and Additional
Interest, if any.
"Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.4.
"Optional Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.2.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount.
There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated
the "___% Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due ___", limited in
aggregate principal amount to $________, which amount shall be as set forth in
any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of
Debentures pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.2. Maturity.
The Maturity Date is ______ __,___.
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment.
Except as provided in Section 2.4, the Debentures shall be
issued in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons.
Principal and interest on the Debentures issued in certificated form will be
payable, the transfer of such Debentures will be registrable and such
Debentures will be exchangeable for Debentures bearing identical terms and
provisions at the office or agency of the Trustee; provided, however, that
payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of any Debentures is the
Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest (including
Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any) on such Debentures held by
the Property Trustee will be made at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Property Trustee.
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SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture.
(a) In connection with a Dissolution Event,
(i) the Debentures in certificated form may be
presented to the Trustee by the Property Trustee in exchange for a
global Debenture in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debentures (a "Global
Debenture"), to be registered in the name of the Depositary, or its
nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary for crediting
to the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of
the Regular Trustees. The Company upon any such presentation shall
execute a Global Debenture in such aggregate principal amount and
deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in
accordance with the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.
Payments on the Debentures issued as a Global Debenture will be made
to the Depositary; and
(ii) if any Preferred Securities are held in non
book-entry certificated form, the Debentures in certificated form may
be presented to the Trustee by the Property Trustee and any Preferred
Security Certificate which represents Preferred Securities other than
Preferred Securities held by the Clearing Agency or its nominee ("Non
Book-Entry Preferred Securities") will be deemed to represent
beneficial interests in Debentures presented to the Trustee by the
Property Trustee having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry Preferred
Securities until such Preferred Security Certificates are presented to
the Security Registrar for transfer or reissuance at which time such
Preferred Security Certificates will be cancelled and a Debenture,
registered in the name of the holder of the Preferred Security
Certificate or the transferee of the holder of such Preferred Security
Certificate, as the case may be, with an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Security
Certificate cancelled, will be executed by the Company and delivered
to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with the
Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture. On issue of such
Debentures, Debentures with an equivalent aggregate principal amount
that were presented by the Property Trustee to the Trustee will be
deemed to have been cancelled.
(b) A Global Debenture may be transferred, in whole but
not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor
Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
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(c) If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the
Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable
statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice
or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will
execute, and, subject to Article II of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon written
notice from the Company, will authenticate and make available for delivery the
Debentures in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Debenture in exchange for such Global Debenture. In
addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Debentures shall no
longer be represented by a Global Debenture. In such event the Company will
execute, and subject to Section 2.07 of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Officers' Certificate evidencing such determination by the
Company, will authenticate and deliver the Debentures in definitive registered
form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Debenture in
exchange for such Global Debenture. Upon the exchange of the Global Debenture
for such Debentures in definitive registered form without coupons, in
authorized denominations, the Global Debenture shall be cancelled by the
Trustee. Such Debentures in definitive registered form issued in exchange for
the Global Debenture shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in
whose names such Securities are so registered.
SECTION 2.5. Interest.
(a) Each Debenture will bear interest at the rate of ___%
per annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the original date of issuance until the
principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law)
on any overdue installment of interest at the Coupon Rate, compounded
quarterly, payable (subject to the provisions of Article Four) quarterly in
arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year (each,
an "Interest Payment Date," commencing on ____________ __, ____), to the Person
in whose name such Debenture or any predecessor Debenture is registered, at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment,
which, in respect of any Debentures of which the Property Trustee is the Holder
of a Global Debenture, shall be the close of business on the Business Day next
preceding that Interest
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Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if the Preferred
Securities are no longer in book-entry only form, except if the Debentures are
held by the Property Trustee, the Debentures are not represented by a Global
Debenture, the Company may select a regular record date for such interest
installment which shall be any date at least one Business Day before an
Interest Payment Date.
(b) The amount of interest payable for any period will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Except as
provided in the following sentence, the amount of interest payable for any
period shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is computed,
will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such a
30-day period. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the
Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date
will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without
any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if
such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force and effect as if made on such date.
(c) If, at any time while the Property Trustee is the
Holder of any Debentures, the Trust or the Property Trustee is required to pay
any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature
(other than withholding taxes) imposed by the United States, or any other
taxing authority, then, in any case, the Company will pay as additional
interest ("Additional Interest") on the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee, such additional amounts as shall be required so that the net amounts
received and retained by the Trust and the Property Trustee after paying such
taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges will be equal to the
amounts the Trust and the Property Trustee would have received had no such
taxes, duties, assessments or other government charges been imposed.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. Special Event Redemption.
If a Tax Event has occurred and is continuing and:
(a) the Company has received a Redemption Tax Opinion; or
(b) after receiving a Dissolution Tax Opinion, the
Regular Trustees shall have been informed by tax counsel
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rendering the Dissolution Tax Opinion that a No Recognition Opinion
cannot be delivered to the Trust,
then, notwithstanding Section 3.2(a) but subject to Section 3.2(b), the Company
shall have the right upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice to
the Holders of the Debentures to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in part,
for cash within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event (the "90 Day
Period") at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be
redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such
redemption (the "Redemption Price"); provided that if at the time there is
available to the Company the opportunity to eliminate, within the 90 Day
Period, the Tax Event by taking some ministerial action ("Ministerial Action"),
such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other similar
reasonable measure which has no adverse effect on the Company, the Trust or the
Holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust, the Company shall pursue
such Ministerial Action in lieu of redemption; and provided, further, that the
Company shall have no right to redeem the Debentures while the Trust is
pursuing any Ministerial Action pursuant to its obligations under the
Declaration. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York
time, on the date of such redemption or such earlier time as the Company
determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the
date such Redemption Price is to be paid.
SECTION 3.2. Optional Redemption by Company.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2(b) and to
the provisions of Article XIV of the Indenture, except as otherwise may be
specified in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall have the
right to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in part, from time to time, on or
after ______ __,___, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal
amount to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date
of such redemption (the "Optional Redemption Price"). Any redemption pursuant
to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
notice to the Holder of the Debentures, at the Optional Redemption Price. If
the Debentures are only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.2, the
Debentures will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized
by the Trustee; provided, that if at the time of redemption the Debentures are
registered as a Global Debenture, the Depositary shall determine, in accordance
with its procedures, the principal amount of such Debentures held by each
Holder of Debenture to be redeemed. The Optional Redemption Price shall be
paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or at
such earlier time as the Company determines provided that the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption
Price
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by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date such Optional Redemption Price is to
be paid.
(b) If a partial redemption of the Debentures would
result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust from
any national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed, the Company shall not be permitted to effect such
partial redemption and may only redeem the Debentures in whole.
SECTION 3.3. No Sinking Fund.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to
time during the term of the Debentures, to defer payments of interest by
extending the interest payment period of such Debentures for a period not
exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"),
during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and
payable; provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond
the Maturity Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the
payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest
payment period pursuant to this Section 4.1, will bear interest thereon at the
Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of the Extended Interest
Payment Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the Extended Interest
Payment Period, the Company shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the
Debentures, including any Additional Interest and Compounded Interest
(together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the Holders of the
Debentures in whose names the Debentures are registered in the Security
Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended Interest
Payment Period. Before the termination of any Extended Interest Payment
Period, the Company may further extend such period; provided, that such period
together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20
consecutive quarters, or extend beyond the maturity date of the Debentures.
Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the
payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new
Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No
interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period,
except at the end thereof, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any
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portion of the interest accrued during an Extended Interest Payment Period.
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension.
(a) If the Property Trustee is the only registered Holder
of the Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment
Period, the Company shall give written notice to the Regular Trustees, the
Property Trustee and the Trustee of its selection of such Extended Interest
Payment Period one Business Day before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding
date on which Distributions on the Trust Securities issued by the Trust are
payable, or (ii) the date the Trust is required to give notice of the record
date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to the New York Stock
Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the
Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, but in any event at least one
Business Day before such record date.
(b) If the Property Trustee is not the only Holder of the
Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period,
the Company shall give the Holders of the Debentures and the Trustee written
notice of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period at least 10
Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the record or
payment date of such interest payment to the New York Stock Exchange or other
applicable self-regulatory organization or to Holders of the Debentures.
(c) The quarter in which any notice is given pursuant to
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 4.2 shall be counted as one of the 20
quarters permitted in the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period permitted
under Section 4.1.
Section 4.3. Limitation on Dividends.
If (i) the Company shall exercise its right to defer payment
of interest as provided in Section 4.1 or (ii) there shall have occurred any
Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, then (a) the Company shall not
declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions with respect to, or
redeem, purchase or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its
capital stock (other than (i) purchases or acquisitions of shares of common
stock in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations
under any employee benefit plans, (ii) as a result of a reclassification of the
Company's capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of
the Company's capital stock for another class or series of the Company's
capital stock or (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of
such capital stock of
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the Company or the security being converted or exchanged) or make any guarantee
payment with respect to the foregoing, and (b) the Company shall not make any
payments of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or
redeem any debt securities (including guarantees) issued by the Company which
rank pari passu with or junior to the Debentures.
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the
Debentures to the Property Trustee and in connection with the sale of the Trust
Securities by the Trust, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect
to the Debentures, shall:
(a) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering,
sale and issuance of the Debentures, including commissions to the underwriters
payable pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and
compensation and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture in accordance with
the provisions of Section 607 of the Indenture;
(b) pay all costs and expenses of the Trust (including,
but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of the
Trust, the offering, sale and issuance of the Trust Securities (including
commissions to the underwriters in connection therewith), the fees and expenses
of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the costs and expenses
relating to the operation of the Trust, including without limitation, costs and
expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services,
expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment,
paying agent(s), registrar(s), transfer agent(s), duplicating, travel and
telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses incurred
in connection with the acquisition, financing, and disposition of Trust
assets);
(c) be primarily and fully liable for any indemnification
obligations arising with respect to the Declaration; and
(d) pay any and all taxes (other than United States
withholding taxes attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities,
costs and expenses with respect to such taxes of the Trust.
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SECTION 5.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.
Upon termination of this First Supplemental Indenture or the
Indenture or the removal or resignation of the Trustee, unless otherwise
stated, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts accrued to the date of
such termination, removal or resignation. Upon termination of the Declaration
or the removal or resignation of the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee,
as the case may be, pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Declaration, the Company
shall pay to the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may be,
all amounts accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANT TO LIST ON EXCHANGE
SECTION 6.1. Listing on an Exchange.
If the Debentures are to be issued as a Global Debenture in
connection with the distribution of the Debentures to the holders of the
Preferred Securities issued by the Trust upon a Dissolution Event, the Company
will use its best efforts to list such Debentures on the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. or on such other exchange as the Preferred Securities are then
listed.
ARTICLE VII
FORM OF DEBENTURE
SECTION 7.1. Form of Debenture.
The Debentures and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms:
(FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE)
[IF THE DEBENTURE IS TO BE A GLOBAL DEBENTURE, INSERT - This
Debenture is a Global Debenture within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter
referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a
Depositary. This Debenture is exchangeable for Debentures registered in the
name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Debenture
(other than a transfer of this Debenture as a whole by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in limited
circumstances.
Unless this Debenture is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any Debenture issued is registered in the name of Cede
& Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS
WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.]
No. ______________________________ CUSIP No.
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
___% SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE
DUE ____
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
______________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of _____________
Dollars ($___________) on __________ __, ____, and to pay interest on said
principal sum from __________ __, ____, or from the most recent interest
payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth
herein) in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each
year commencing __________ __, ____, at the rate of ___% per annum until the
principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue
principal and premium, if any, and (without duplication and to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue
installment of interest at the same rate per annum compounded quarterly. The
amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any
date on which interest is payable on this Debenture is not a Business Day, then
payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in
respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made
on such date. The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture,
be paid to the person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor
Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of
business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall
be the close of
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business on the business day next preceding such Interest Payment Date. [IF
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE THE DEBENTURES ARE NO LONGER
REPRESENTED BY A GLOBAL Debenture -- which shall be the close of business on
the ____ business day next preceding such Interest Payment Date.] Any such
interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the registered Holders on such regular record date and
may be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special
record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted
interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered Holders of this
series of Debentures not less than 10 days prior to such special record date,
or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debentures may be listed,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the
interest on this Debenture shall be payable at the office or agency of the
Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or currency of the United
States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be
made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered Holder at
such address as shall appear in the Security Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as the Holder of this Debenture is the Property Trustee, the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this
Debenture will be made at such place and to such account as may be designated
by the Property Trustee.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Debenture is issued subject to the
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this
Debenture, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or
her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the
subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder
of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and
waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the Certificate of Authentica-
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tion hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.
The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse
side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to
be executed.
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated
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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE)
This Debenture is one of a duly authorized series of
Debentures of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Debentures"),
specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series
under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of ____________ __, ____, duly
executed and delivered between the Company and State Street Bank and Trust
Company, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemented
Indenture dated as of ____________ __, ____, between the Company and the
Trustee (the Indenture as so supplemented, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture
and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the
Debentures. By the terms of the Indenture, the Debentures are issuable in
series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in
other respects as provided in the Indenture. This series of Debentures is
limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in said First Supplemental
Indenture.
Because of the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event, in
certain circumstances, this Debenture may become due and payable at the
principal amount together with any interest accrued thereon (the "Redemption
Price"). The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York
time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company
determines. The Company shall have the right to redeem this Debenture at the
option of the Company, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part at any
time on or after ____________ __, ____ (an "Optional Redemption"), or at any
time in certain circumstances upon the occurrence of a Tax Event, at a
redemption price
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equal to 100% of the principal amount plus any accrued but unpaid interest, to
the date of such redemption (the "Optional Redemption Price"). Any redemption
pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 days nor more
than 60 days notice, at the Optional Redemption Price. If the Debentures are
only partially redeemed by the Company pursuant to an Optional Redemption, the
Debentures will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized
by the Trustee; provided, that if, at the time of redemption, the Debentures
are registered as a Global Debenture, the Depositary shall determine the
principal amount of such Debentures held by each Debentureholder to be redeemed
in accordance with its procedures.
In the event of redemption of this Debenture in part only, a
new Debenture or Debentures of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof
will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture,
shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debentures
may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in
the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and
the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than [a majority in]
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of each series affected at the
time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental
indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
of the Debentures; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall
(i) extend the fixed maturity of any Debentures of any series, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof,
without the consent of the Holder of each Debenture so affected, or (ii) reduce
the aforesaid percentage of Debentures, the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders
of each Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of [a majority in] aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures of any series at the time outstanding
affected thereby, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Debentures of such
series, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants
contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture with
respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default in the payment
of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debentures of
such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this
Debenture (unless revoked as
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provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders and owners of this Debenture and of any Debenture
issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of
transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Debenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Debenture or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Debenture at the time and place and at
the rate and in the money herein prescribed.
The Company shall have the right at any time during the term
of the Debentures and from time to time to extend the interest payment period
of such Debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarters (an "Extended Interest
Payment Period"), at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest
then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon at the rate specified
for the Debentures to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law); provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may
last beyond the maturity date of the Debentures. Before the termination of any
such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such
Extended Interest Payment Period, provided that such Extended Interest Payment
Period together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20
consecutive quarters or extend the maturity date of the Debentures. At the
termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment
of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amounts then due, the
Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered
Holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this
Debenture for registration of transfer at the office or agency of [the Trustee]
in the City and State of New York accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly
executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Debentures of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any
such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Debenture, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and the Security
Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder
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hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Debenture shall be
overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by
anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment
of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due
hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of
or the interest on this Debenture, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise
in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof,
expressly waived and released.
[The Debentures of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $___ and any integral multiple
thereof.] [This Global Debenture is exchangeable for Debentures in definitive
form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture.
Debentures of this series so issued are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $___ and any integral multiple thereof.]
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations [herein and]
therein set forth, Debentures of this series [so issued] are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Debentures of this series of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
All terms used in this Debenture that are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE
INDENTURE AND THE DEBENTURES WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS
THEREOF.
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ARTICLE VIII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 8.1. Original Issue of Debentures.
Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $__________
may, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the
Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and deliver said Debentures to or upon the written order
of the Company, signed by its Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President, or
any Vice President and its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, without any
further action by the Company.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1. Ratification of Indenture.
The Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental
Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First
Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and
to the extent herein and therein provided.
SECTION 9.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.
The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not
by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness
thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency
of this First Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 9.3. Governing Law.
This First Supplemental Indenture and each Debenture shall be
deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York,
and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said
State.
SECTION 9.4. Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
First Supplemental Indenture or in the Debentures shall for any reason be held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this
First Supplemental Indenture or of the Debentures, but this First Supplemental
Indenture and the Debentures shall be construed as if such
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invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein
or therein.
SECTION 9.5. Counterparts.
This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
[First] Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective
corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, on the date or dates
indicated in the acknowledgements and as of the day and year first above
written.
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
By
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Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:
By:
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STATE STREET BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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