EXHIBIT: 4.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
AND TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
POPULAR, INC.,
AS DEPOSITOR
BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE
BANK ONE DELAWARE, INC.,
AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE
AND THE SEVERAL HOLDERS OF THE TRUST SECURITIES
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2003
POPULAR CAPITAL TRUST I
Popular Capital Trust I
Certain Sections of this Trust Agreement relating to
Sections 3.10 through 3.18 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE TRUST AGREEMENT
(Section) 310(a)(1).......................................................... 8.7
(a)(2)........................................................ 8.7
(a)(3)........................................................ 8.7
(a)(4)........................................................ 2.7(a)(ii)
(b)........................................................... 8.8
(Section) 311(a)............................................................. 8.13
(b)........................................................... 8.13
(Section) 312(a)............................................................. 5.7
(b)........................................................... 5.7
(Section) 313(a)............................................................ 5.7
(b)........................................................... 8.15(a)
(a)(4)........................................................ 8.15(b)
(b)........................................................... 8.15(b)
(c)........................................................... 10.8
(d)........................................................... 8.15(c)
(Section) 314(a)............................................................. 8.16
(b)........................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)........................................................ 8.17
(c)(2)........................................................ 8.17
(c)(3)........................................................ Not Applicable
(d)........................................................... Not Applicable
(e)........................................................... 1.1, 8.17
(Section) 315(a)............................................................. 8.1(a), 8.3(a)
(b)........................................................... 8.2, 10.8
(c)........................................................... 8.1(a)
(d)........................................................... 8.1, 8.3
(e)........................................................... Not Applicable
(Section) 316(a)............................................................. Not Applicable
(a)(1)(A)..................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(1)(B)..................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(2)........................................................ Not Applicable
(b)........................................................... 5.14
(c)........................................................... 6.7
(Section) 317(a)(2).......................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(2)........................................................ Not Applicable
(b)........................................................... 5.9
(Section) 318(a)............................................................. 10.10
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I - DEFINED TERMS.......................................................................... 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.......................................................... 1
ARTICLE II - CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST...................................................... 10
SECTION 2.1. Name................................................................. 10
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.......... 10
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses...... 11
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities................................... 11
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase
of Debentures........................................................ 11
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust................................................. 11
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions..................... 12
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust...................................................... 16
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property.............................................. 16
ARTICLE III - PAYMENT ACCOUNT...................................................................... 16
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account...................................................... 16
ARTICLE IV - DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION............................................................. 16
SECTION 4.1. Distributions........................................................ 16
SECTION 4.2. Redemption........................................................... 17
SECTION 4.3. Ranking of Trust Securities.......................................... 19
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures................................................... 20
SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports.............................................. 20
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Expenses of the Issuer Trust.............................. 21
SECTION 4.8. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions............... 21
ARTICLE V - TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES.......................................................... 21
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership.................................................... 21
SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates.................................... 22
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.............. 22
SECTION 5.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities
Certificates......................................................... 22
SECTION 5.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates... 23
SECTION 5.6. Persons Deemed Holders............................................... 24
SECTION 5.7. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses....................... 24
SECTION 5.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................... 24
SECTION 5.9. Appointment of Paying Agent.......................................... 24
SECTION 5.10. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.......................... 25
SECTION 5.11. Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates; Common Securities
Certificate.......................................................... 25
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SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency........................................... 26
SECTION 5.13. Definitive Capital Securities Certificates........................... 26
SECTION 5.14. Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults.......................... 27
SECTION 5.15. CUSIP Numbers........................................................ 29
ARTICLE VI - ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING..................................................... 29
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights......................................... 29
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings................................................... 30
SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Holders of the Capital Securities........................ 31
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights........................................................ 31
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, etc......................................................... 31
SECTION 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent..................................... 31
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes............................ 32
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Holders...................................................... 32
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records................................................ 33
ARTICLE VII - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES....................................................... 33
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee..................................................... 33
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.......................... 34
ARTICLE VIII - THE ISSUER TRUSTEES................................................................. 35
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.................................. 35
SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices...................................................... 37
SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee................................... 38
SECTION 8.4. Issuer Trustees Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities........................................................... 40
SECTION 8.5. Issuer Trustees May Hold Securities.................................. 40
SECTION 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees........................................ 40
SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Issuer
Trustees............................................................. 41
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests................................................ 42
SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee..................................... 42
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.................... 43
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor............................... 45
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.......... 45
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Issuer
Trust................................................................ 46
SECTION 8.14. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..................................... 46
SECTION 8.15. Reports by Property Trustee.......................................... 46
SECTION 8.16. Reports to the Property Trustee...................................... 47
SECTION 8.17. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent..................... 47
SECTION 8.18. Number of Issuer Trustees............................................ 48
SECTION 8.19. Delegation of Power.................................................. 48
ARTICLE IX - DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER................................................... 48
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SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date..................................... 48
SECTION 9.2. Early Dissolution.................................................... 48
SECTION 9.3. Dissolution.......................................................... 49
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation.......................................................... 49
SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Issuer
Trust................................................................ 51
ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS............................................................... 52
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders...................................... 52
SECTION 10.2. Amendment............................................................ 52
SECTION 10.3. Separability......................................................... 53
SECTION 10.4. Governing Law........................................................ 53
SECTION 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day..................................... 54
SECTION 10.6. Successors........................................................... 54
SECTION 10.7. Headings............................................................. 54
SECTION 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands......................................... 54
SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition............................................ 55
SECTION 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............... 55
SECTION 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee Agreement and
Indenture............................................................ 55
SECTION 10.12. Counterparts......................................................... 56
EXHIBIT A - CERTIFICATE OF TRUST....................................................... Exh. A-1
EXHIBIT B - FORM OF COMMON SECURITIES CERTIFICATE...................................... Exh. ▇-▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ - ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES CERTIFICATE.............................. Exh. C-1
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AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as
of October 31, 2003 among (i) Popular, Inc., a Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
corporation (including any successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) Bank
One Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as property trustee (in
such capacity, the "Property Trustee"), (iii) Bank One Delaware, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, as Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the "Delaware
Trustee"), (iv) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, an individual, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, an
individual, each of whose address is c/o Popular, Inc., Popular Center Building,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (each, an "Administrative
Trustee," and collectively, the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees being referred to
collectively as the "Issuer Trustees"), and (v) the several Holders, as
hereinafter defined.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Depositor and certain of the Issuer Trustees have
heretofore duly declared and established a statutory trust (the "Issuer Trust")
pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (as hereinafter defined) by
entering into that certain Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, dated as of
September 3, 2003 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the execution and
filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of
Trust, filed on September 5, 2003, attached as Exhibit A (the "Certificate of
Trust"); and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Issuer Trustees desire to amend and
restate the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to
provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities by
the Issuer Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Capital
Securities by the Issuer Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, and (iii)
the acquisition by the Issuer Trust from the Depositor of all of the right,
title and interest in the Debentures;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the
other parties and for the benefit of the Holders, hereby amends and restates the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
All other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation;"
All accounting terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles;
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article," a "Section" or an "Exhibit" refers to an Article, a Section or an
Exhibit, as the case may be, of or to this Trust Agreement; and
The words "hereby," "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and
other words of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of
a given Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional
Interest (as defined in the Indenture) paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of
Debentures for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 1007 of
the Indenture.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of the individuals
identified as an "Administrative Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement solely in such individual's capacity as Administrative Trustee of the
Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in such individual's individual
capacity, or such Administrative Trustee's successor in interest in such
capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises judging such Person
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or
composition of or in respect of such Person under any
applicable Federal, State or Puerto Rico bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or appointing
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of such Person or of any substantial
part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of
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its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of
proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or the
consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law, or the consent by it to
the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of
its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and
its willingness to be adjudicated bankrupt, or the taking of
corporate action by such Person in furtherance of any such
action.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the
Depositor or a committee designated by the board of directors of the Depositor
(or any such committee), comprised of one or more members of the board of
directors of the Depositor or officers of the Depositor, or both.
"Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificate" means a Capital
Securities Certificate evidencing ownership of Book-Entry Capital Securities.
"Book-Entry Capital Security" means a Capital Security, the
ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.11.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or
any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, San ▇▇▇▇,
Puerto Rico, or Wilmington, Delaware are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to remain closed or are customarily closed.
"Capital Securities Certificate" means a certificate
evidencing ownership of Capital Securities, substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit C.
"Capital Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having
the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to
receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among
the Issuer Trust, the Paying Agent and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency,
dated as of the Closing Date.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning specified in the
recitals hereof, as amended from time to time.
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"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a
"clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC will be the
initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank,
other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a
Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited
with the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means the Time of Delivery, which date is also
the date of execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B.
"Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having
the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to
receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Corporate Trust Office" means (i) when used with respect to
the Property Trustee, the principal office of the Property Trustee located at 1
Bank One Plaza, Mail Code IL1-0823, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention:
Global Corporate Trust Services Division, and (ii) when used with respect to the
Debenture Trustee, the principal office of the Debenture Trustee located at 1
Bank One Plaza, Mail Code IL1-0823, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention:
Global Corporate Trust Services Division.
"Debenture Event of Default" means any "Event of Default"
specified in Section 501 of the Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any
Debentures to be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption of
such Debentures under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means Bank One Trust Company, N.A., a
national banking association, solely in its capacity as trustee pursuant to the
Indenture and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in
such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as provided in the Indenture.
"Debentures" means the Depositor's 6.70% Junior Subordinated
Debentures, Series A due November 1, 2033, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
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"Definitive Capital Securities Certificates" means either or
both (as the context requires) of (i) Capital Securities Certificates issued as
Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates as provided in Section 5.11, and (ii)
Capital Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as
provided in Section 5.13.
"Delaware Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of
the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from
time to time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the Person identified as the
"Delaware Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement, solely in its
capacity as Delaware Trustee of the trust heretofore formed and continued
hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in
such capacity, or any successor Delaware trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Trust Agreement.
"Depositor Bankruptcy Event" means (i) the entry of a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Depositor by a court having jurisdiction
in the premises in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now
or hereafter constituted, and the continuance of any such decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days or (ii) the
commencement by the Depositor of a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy
laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or the consent by the Depositor to the
entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section
4.1(a)(i).
"Distribution Period" means the period of time beginning on
any Distribution Date and ending on the day immediately preceding the next
succeeding Distribution Date.
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust
Securities as provided in Section 4.1.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
"Early Dissolution Event" has the meaning specified in Section
9.2.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
(b) default by the Issuer Trust in the payment of any
Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default
for a period of 30 days; or
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(c) default by the Issuer Trust in the payment of any
Redemption Price of any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any
material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer Trustees in this
Trust Agreement (other than those specified in clause (b) or (c) above) and
continuation of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer Trustees and to the
Depositor by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Capital Securities a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice
of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to
the Property Trustee if a successor Property Trustee has not been appointed
within 90 days thereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Federal Reserve" means the Federal Reserve or its district
reserve banks, as from time to time constituted, or if at any time after the
execution of this Trust Agreement the Federal Reserve is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it, then the body performing such duties
at such time.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and
delivered by the Depositor and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as trustee,
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for
the benefit of the holders of the Capital Securities, as amended from time to
time.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or
Trust Securities are registered in the Securities Register; any such Person
shall be deemed to be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as
of October 31, 2003, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as
trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, or any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
"Issuer Trust" means the Delaware statutory trust known as
"Popular Capital Trust I" which was created on September 3, 2003 under the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement and the
filing of the Certificate of Trust, and continued pursuant to this Trust
Agreement.
"Issuer Trustees" means, collectively, the Property Trustee,
the Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees.
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"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage,
deed of trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security
interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of any
Trust Securities, Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the
principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance
with the Indenture, the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption
Price of such Trust Securities, (b) with respect to a distribution of Debentures
to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution or liquidation
of the Issuer Trust, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures
are distributed, and (c) with respect to any distribution of Additional Amounts
to Holders of Trust Securities, Debentures having a principal amount equal to
the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities in respect of which such
distribution is made.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust
Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date of the dissolution,
winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section 9.4.
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in
Section 9.4(d).
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities" or
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities" means, except as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act, Capital Securities or Common Securities, as
the case may be, representing more than 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of all then Outstanding Capital Securities or Common Securities, as the case may
be.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of such Person, a
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of such Person, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of such Person. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust
Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement by each officer signing the
Officers' Certificate that such officer has read the covenant
or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of
the examination or investigation undertaken by such officer in
rendering the Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that such officer has made such
examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is
necessary to
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enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied
with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of
such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be counsel for or an employee of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the
Depositor.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the
recitals to this Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Trust Securities,
means, as of the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore
executed and delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the
Property Trustee or delivered to the Property Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or
redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent;
provided that, if such Trust Securities are to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Trust Agreement; and
(c) Trust Securities that have been paid or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Capital Securities have
been executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.5 and
5.11; provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding
Capital Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Capital Securities owned by the Depositor, any Issuer Trustee,
or any Affiliate of the Depositor or any Issuer Trustee shall
be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that
(a) in determining whether any Issuer Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Capital Securities that such Issuer Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded, and (b) the foregoing shall not
apply at any time when all of the outstanding Capital
Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the
Issuer Trustees, and/or any such Affiliate. Capital Securities
so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction
of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act
with respect to such Capital Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of
Book-Entry Capital Securities as reflected in the records of
the Clearing Agency or, if a Clearing Agency Participant is
not the Owner, then as reflected in the records of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency
(directly or indirectly, in accordance with the rules of such
Clearing Agency).
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"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent
appointed pursuant to Section 5.9 and shall initially be Banco Popular de Puerto
Rico.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing
corporate trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with Banco Popular de
Puerto Rico in its trust department for the benefit of the Holders in which all
amounts paid in respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the
Property Trustee, through the Paying Agent, shall make payments to the Holders
in accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association,
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other
entity of whatever nature.
"Property Trustee" means the Person identified as the
"Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement, solely in its
capacity as Property Trustee of the trust heretofore formed and continued
hereunder and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in
such capacity, or any successor property trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to
be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust
Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the stated maturity
of the Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust
Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security,
the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related amount of the premium, if
any, paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount of
Debentures.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section
8.10.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to any Issuer
Trustee, the President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any
Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer,
any Assistant Treasurer, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer of such
Issuer Trustee.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, and any
successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 5.4.
"Time of Delivery" means October 31, 2003.
"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance
with the applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits, and (ii) for
all
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purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment,
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on
deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account, and (c) all proceeds and rights in
respect of the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being
held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to this Trust
Agreement.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the
Capital Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common
Securities Certificates or the Capital Securities Certificates.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement,
dated as of October 27, 2003, among the Trust, the Depositor and Popular
Securities, Inc., as representative of the underwriters named therein.
"Vice President," when used with respect to the Depositor,
means any duly appointed vice president, whether or not designated by a number
or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president."
ARTICLE II
CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST
SECTION 2.1. Name.
The trust continued hereby shall be known as "Popular Capital
Trust I," as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative
Trustees following written notice to the Holders and the other Issuer Trustees,
in which name the Administrative Trustees and the other Issuer Trustees may
conduct the business of the Issuer Trust, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf of the Issuer Trust and ▇▇▇ and be sued on behalf of the
Trust.
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of
Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware
is c/o Bank One Delaware, Inc., Three Christiana Centre, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or such other address in the State of
Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the
Depositor, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. The principal
executive office of the
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Issuer Trust is c/o Popular, Inc., Popular Center Building, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Popular Capital Trust I.
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational
Expenses.
The Issuer Trustees acknowledge receipt from the Depositor in
connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which
constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational
expenses of the Issuer Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Issuer
Trustee, promptly reimburse such Issuer Trustee for any such expenses paid by
such Issuer Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property
for the payment of such expenses.
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities.
On October 27, 2003, the Depositor, both on its own behalf and
on behalf of the Issuer Trust pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, executed
and delivered the Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 5.3 and deliver to the
Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement a Capital Securities
Certificate, registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing
Agency, in an aggregate amount of 12,000,000 Capital Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of $300,000,000.00, against payment of the purchase
price therefor in immediately available funds, which funds such Administrative
Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Property Trustee.
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and
Purchase of Debentures.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall
execute in accordance with Section 5.3 and deliver to the Depositor Common
Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, in an
aggregate amount Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of
$9,279,000 against payment by the Depositor of the purchase price therefor in
immediately available funds, which amount such Administrative Trustee shall
promptly deliver to the Property Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, an
Administrative Trustee, on behalf the Issuer Trust, shall subscribe to and
purchase from the Depositor Debentures registered in the name of the Issuer
Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $309,279,000.00 and
shall deliver to the Depositor the purchase price therefor (being the sum of the
amounts delivered to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) the second sentence of
Section 2.4 and (ii) the first sentence of this Section 2.5).
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Issuer Trust are
(a) to issue and sell Trust Securities, (b) to use the proceeds from such sale
to acquire the Debentures, and (c) to engage in those activities necessary,
convenient or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Issuer
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Trustees as trustees of the Issuer Trust, to have all the rights, powers and
duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Issuer Trustees hereby accept
such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the
Trust Property upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the
benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders. The Administrative Trustees shall
have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in accordance with
applicable law with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer Trust.
The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the
Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Property
Trustee or the Administrative Trustees, or any of the duties and
responsibilities of the Issuer Trustees generally, set forth herein. The
Delaware Trustee shall be one of the trustees of the Issuer Trust for the sole
and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807(a) of the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act and for taking such actions as are required to be
taken by a Delaware trustee under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Issuer Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the
Issuer Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to
the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section, and in accordance
with the following provisions (i) and (ii), the Issuer Trustees shall have the
authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Issuer
Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied,
otherwise granted to the Issuer Trustees under this Trust Agreement, and to
perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including the following:
(i) As among the Issuer Trustees, the
Administrative Trustees, and each of them, shall have the power and
authority to act on behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust
Securities;
(B) to cause the Issuer Trust to
perform on behalf of the Issuer Trust the Underwriting
Agreement and to cause the Issuer Trust to enter into, and to
execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Issuer Trust the
Certificate Depository Agreement and such other agreements as
may be necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes
and function of the Issuer Trust;
(C) assisting in the registration of
the Capital Securities under the Securities Act and under
state securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of
this Trust Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act;
(D) assisting in the listing of the
Capital Securities upon such securities exchange or exchanges
as shall be determined by the Depositor, with the registration
of the Capital Securities under the Exchange Act, if required,
and with the preparation and filing of all periodic and other
reports and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;
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(E) assisting in the sending of notices
(other than notices of default) and other information
regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to the
Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(F) the appointment of a Paying Agent
and Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust
Agreement;
(G) to the extent provided in this
Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and
liquidation of the Issuer Trust and the execution and filing
of the certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware;
(H) execution of the Trust Securities
on behalf of the Trust in accordance with this Trust
Agreement;
(I) execution and delivery of closing
certificates, if any, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
and application for a taxpayer identification number for the
Issuer Trust;
(J) unless otherwise determined by the
Depositor, the Property Trustee, or the Administrative
Trustees or as otherwise required by the Delaware Statutory
Trust Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to execute on behalf of
the Issuer Trust (either acting alone or together with any or
all of the Administrative Trustees) any documents that the
Administrative Trustees have the power to execute pursuant to
this Trust Agreement; and
(K) the taking of any action incidental
to the foregoing as the Issuer Trustees may from time to time
determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the
terms of this Trust Agreement.
(ii) As among the Issuer Trustees, the Property
Trustee shall have the power, duty and authority to act on behalf of
the Issuer Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment
Account;
(B) the receipt of the Debentures;
(C) the collection of interest,
principal and any other payments made in respect of the
Debentures and the holding of such amounts in the Payment
Account;
(D) the distribution through the Paying
Agent of amounts distributable to the Holders in respect of
the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights,
powers and privileges of a holder of the Debentures;
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(F) the sending of notices of default
and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the
Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this Trust
Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust
Property in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this
Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and
liquidation of the Issuer Trust and the preparation, execution
and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(I) after an Event of Default (other
than under paragraph (b),(c), (d) or (e) of the definition of
such term if such Event of Default is by or with respect to
the Property Trustee) the taking of any action incidental to
the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time
determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the
terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the
Trust Property for the benefit of the Holders (without
consideration of the effect of any such action on any
particular Holder); and
(J) except as otherwise provided in
this Section 2.7(a)(ii), the Property Trustee shall have none
of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the
Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 2.7(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect,
the Issuer Trust (or the Issuer Trustees acting on behalf of the Issuer Trust)
shall not undertake any business, activities or transactions except as expressly
provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Issuer Trustees
(acting on behalf of the Issuer Trust) shall not cause the Trust to (i) acquire
any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust
Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or
otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including
to Holders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that
would reasonably be expected to cause the Issuer Trust to become taxable as a
corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States
Federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for
borrowed money or issue any other debt, (v) take or consent to any action that
would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property, (vi)
invest any proceeds received by the Issuer Trust from holding the Debentures,
but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders of Trust Securities pursuant
to the terms of this Trust Agreement and of the Trust Securities, (vii) acquire
any assets other than the Trust Property, (viii) possess any power or otherwise
act in such a way as to vary the Trust Property, (ix) possess any power or
otherwise act in such a way as to vary the terms of the Trust Securities in any
way whatsoever (except to the extent expressly authorized in this Trust
Agreement or by the terms of the Trust Securities) or (x) issue any securities
or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the
Issuer Trust other than the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall defend
all claims and demands of all
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Persons at any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to
the interest of the Issuer Trust or the Holders in their capacity as Holders.
(c) In connection with the issuance and sale of the
Capital Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to
assist the Issuer Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Issuer
Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of
the following prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and
confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Issuer
Trust with the Commission of and the execution on behalf of the Issuer
Trust of a registration statement on the appropriate form in relation
to the Capital Securities, including any amendments thereto;
(ii) the determination of the states in which to
take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of
the Capital Securities and the determination of any and all such acts,
other than actions that must be taken by or on behalf of the Issuer
Trust, and the advice to the Issuer Trust of actions they must take on
behalf of the Issuer Trust, and the preparation for execution and
filing of any documents to be executed and filed by the Issuer Trust or
on behalf of the Issuer Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or
advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such
states;
(iii) the preparation for filing by the Issuer
Trust and execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of an application to
the New York Stock Exchange or any other national stock exchange or the
Nasdaq National Market or any other automated quotation system for
listing upon notice of issuance of any Capital Securities and filing
with such exchange or self-regulatory organization such notification
and documents as may be necessary from time to time to maintain such
listing;
(iv) the negotiation of the terms of, and the
execution and delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the
sale of the Capital Securities; and
(v) the taking of any other actions necessary or
desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Administrative Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of
the Issuer Trust and to operate the Issuer Trust so that the Issuer Trust will
not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act, and will not be taxable as a corporation or classified
as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal or Puerto Rico income
tax purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the
Depositor for Puerto Rico tax purposes. In this connection, the Depositor and
the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent
with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that they
determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as
long as such action does not adversely affect in any material respect the
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interests of the Holders of the Outstanding Capital Securities. In no event
shall the Depositor or the Issuer Trustees be liable to the Issuer Trust or the
Holders for any failure to comply with this section that results from a change
in law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof.
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust.
The assets of the Issuer Trust shall consist solely of the
Trust Property.
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property.
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times
in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and
administered by the Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Issuer
Trust and the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee
shall establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and its agents shall
have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment
Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment
Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property
deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the
Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Holders
and for distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to) any priority
of payments provided for herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment
Account, promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and
any other payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in
the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending
distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1. Distributions.
(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial
interests in the Trust Property, and Distributions (including of Additional
Amounts) will be made on the Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that
payments of interest (including Additional Interest, as defined in the
Indenture) are made on the Debentures. Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall
be cumulative, and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of
the Trust available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions
shall
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accrue from October 31, 2003 and, except in the event (and to the
extent) that the Depositor exercises its right to defer the payment of
interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable
monthly in arrears on the first day of each month, commencing on
December 1, 2003. If any date on which a Distribution is otherwise
payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment
of such Distribution shall 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), with the same force and effect as if made on the date
on which such payment was originally payable (each date on which
distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a
"Distribution Date").
(ii) In the event (and to the extent) that the
Depositor exercises its right under the Indenture to defer the payment
of interest on the Debentures, Distributions on the Trust Securities
shall be deferred but shall continue to accumulate. Distributions on
the Trust Securities shall be payable at a rate of 6.70% per annum of
the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of
Distributions payable for any full monthly period shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of
Distributions for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days
elapsed in a partial month in that period. The amount of Distributions
payable for any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.
(iii) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall
be made by the Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be
payable on each Distribution Date only to the extent that the Issuer
Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for
the payment of such Distributions.
(b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to
a Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on
the Securities Register for the Trust Securities at the close of business on the
relevant record date for such Distribution Date, which shall be the 15th day,
whether or not a Business Day, of the month immediately preceding the
Distribution Date. Distributions payable on any Trust Securities that are not
punctually paid on any Distribution Date will cease to be payable to the Person
in whose name such Trust Securities are registered on the relevant record date,
and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose
name such Trust Securities are registered on the special record date or other
specified date for determining Holders entitled to such defaulted interest
established in accordance with the Indenture.
SECTION 4.2. Redemption.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the stated
maturity of the Debentures, the Issuer Trust will be required to redeem a Like
Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property
Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days
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prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed,
at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of
redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price or if the Redemption
Price cannot be calculated prior to the time the notice is required to
be sent, the estimate of the Redemption Price together with a statement
that it is an estimate and that the actual Redemption Price will be
calculated on the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date (and
if an estimate is provided, a further notice shall be sent of the
actual Redemption Price on the date that such Redemption Price is
calculated);
(iii) the CUSIP number or CUSIP numbers of the
Capital Securities affected;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust
Securities are to be redeemed, the identification and the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;
(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption
Price will become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be
redeemed and that Distributions thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date, except as provided in Section 4.2(d) below; and
(vi) if the Capital Securities are no longer in
book-entry-only form, the place or places where the Capital Securities
Certificates are to be surrendered for the payment of the Redemption
Price.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date
shall be redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the
contemporaneous redemption or payment at stated maturity of the Debentures.
Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price shall
be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Issuer Trust has
funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such
Redemption Price.
(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption
in respect of any Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time,
on the Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will,
with respect to Book-Entry Capital Securities, irrevocably deposit with the
Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Capital Securities, to the extent available
therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give
such Clearing Agency irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the
Redemption Price to the Holders of the Capital Securities. With respect to
Capital Securities that are not Book-Entry Capital Securities, the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying
Agent, to the extent available therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable
Redemption Price and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and
authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the Capital Securities
upon surrender of their Capital Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing,
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Distributions payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust
Securities called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust
Securities as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities on
the relevant record dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of
redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then upon the
date of such deposit, all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities so called
for redemption will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive the
Redemption Price and any Distribution payable in respect of the Trust Securities
on or prior to the Redemption Date, but without interest, and such Trust
Securities will cease to be outstanding. In the event that any date on which any
Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the
event that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities
called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by
the Issuer Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on
such Trust Securities will continue to accumulate, as set forth in Section 4.1,
from the Redemption Date originally established by the Issuer Trust for such
Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which
case the actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes
of calculating the Redemption Price.
(e) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the
Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be
allocated pro rata to the Common Securities and the Capital Securities based
upon the relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes. The particular Capital
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata basis based upon their
respective Liquidation Amounts not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Capital Securities not
previously called for redemption by any method the Property Trustee deems fair
and appropriate, provided that so long as the Capital Securities are in
book-entry-only form, such selection shall be made in accordance with the
customary procedures for the Clearing Agency for the Capital Securities. The
Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of
the Capital Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Capital
Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be
redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Capital Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Capital Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities
that has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 4.3. Ranking of Trust Securities.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including any Additional
Amounts) on, the Redemption Price of, and the Liquidation Distribution in
respect of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made, subject to
Section 4.2(e), pro rata among the Common Securities and the Capital Securities
based on the Liquidation Amount; provided, however, that if on any Distribution
Date, Redemption Date or Liquidation Date any Event of Default resulting from a
Debenture Event of Default specified in Section 501(1) or 501(2) of the
Indenture
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shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including
any Additional Amounts) on, Redemption Price of, or Liquidation Distribution in
respect of, any Common Security, and no other payment on account of the
redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made
unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions
(including any Additional Amounts) on all Outstanding Capital Securities for all
Distribution Periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment
of the Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all
Outstanding Capital Securities then called for redemption, or in the case of
payment of the Liquidation Distribution the full amount of such Liquidation
Distribution on all Outstanding Capital Securities, shall have been made or
provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall
first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including
any Additional Amounts) on, or the Redemption Price of, the Capital Securities
then due and payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default
resulting from any Debenture Event of Default, the Holders of the Common
Securities shall have no right to act with respect to any such Event of Default
under this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of Default with
respect to the Capital Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated. Until all such Events of Default under this Trust Agreement with
respect to the Capital Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of
the Capital Securities and not on behalf of the Holders of the Common
Securities, and only the Holders of the Capital Securities will have the right
to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures.
Payments of Distributions (including any Additional Amounts)
in respect of the Capital Securities shall, subject to the next succeeding
sentence, be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear on the Securities Register or, if the Capital
Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions shall be made to
the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds. A Holder of $1,000,000 or
more in aggregate Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities may receive payments
of Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds upon written request to the Property Trustee not
later than the 15th day, whether or not a Business Day, of the month immediately
preceding the relevant Distribution Date. Payments in respect of the Common
Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the
Property Trustee and the Holders of the Common Securities.
SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports.
The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be
prepared), at the Depositor's expense, and file all United States Federal,
Puerto Rico and any other state and local tax and information returns and
reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Issuer Trust. In this
regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be
prepared and filed) all Internal Revenue Service and Puerto Rico Treasury
Department forms required to
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be filed in respect of the Issuer Trust in each taxable year of the Issuer
Trust, and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to
each Holder all Internal Revenue Service or Puerto Rico Treasury Department
forms required to be provided by the Issuer Trust. The Administrative Trustees
shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such
returns and reports promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Issuer
Trustees shall comply with United States Federal and Puerto Rico withholding and
backup withholding tax laws and information reporting requirements with respect
to any payments to Holders under the Trust Securities.
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Expenses of the Issuer Trust.
The Depositor shall pay to the Issuer Trust, and reimburse the
Issuer Trust for, the full amount of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the
Issuer Trust (other than obligations of the Issuer Trust to pay the Holders of
any Capital Securities or other similar interests in the Issuer Trust the
amounts due such Holders pursuant to the terms of the Capital Securities or such
other similar interests, as the case may be), including, without limitation, any
taxes, duties or other governmental charges of whatever nature (other than
withholding taxes) imposed on the Issuer Trust by the United States or any other
taxing authority. Such payment obligation includes any such costs, expenses or
liabilities of the Issuer Trust that are required by applicable law to be
satisfied in connection with a dissolution of the Issuer Trust.
SECTION 4.7. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust.
Upon receipt under the Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property
Trustee shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of
whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust; provided,
however, that under no circumstances shall the Property Trustee have any
liability for such sums, including non-receipt of any Additional Sums under the
Debentures.
SECTION 4.8. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Capital
Securities (or any Owner with respect thereto) shall be reduced by the amount of
any corresponding payment such Holder (or Owner) has directly received pursuant
to Section 508 of the Indenture or Section 5.14 of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership.
Upon the formation of the Issuer Trust and the contribution by
the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust
Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding,
the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Issuer Trust.
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SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates.
The Capital Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $25 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof, and the Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in
denominations of $25 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples thereof. The
Trust Securities Certificates shall be (i) executed on behalf of the Issuer
Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee
and, if executed on behalf of the Issuer Trust by facsimile, countersigned by
the Securities Registrar or its agent and (ii) authenticated by the Property
Trustee by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized signatory thereof and,
if executed by such authorized signatory of the Property Trustee by facsimile,
countersigned by the Securities Registrar or its agent. Trust Securities
Certificates bearing the manual signatures of individuals who were, at the time
when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of
the Issuer Trust or the Property Trustee or, if executed on behalf of the Issuer
Trust or the Property Trustee by facsimile, countersigned by the Securities
Registrar or its agent, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of
this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall
have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust
Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall
become a Holder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of a Holder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust
Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.11
and 5.13.
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.
At the Time of Delivery, the Administrative Trustees shall
cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as
provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5, to be executed on behalf of the Issuer Trust
and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor, such written order
executed by one authorized officer thereof, without further corporate action by
the Depositor, in authorized denominations.
SECTION 5.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital
Securities Certificates.
The Depositor shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, a register or registers for the
purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and transfers and exchanges
of Capital Securities Certificates (the "Securities Register") in which the
transfer agent and registrar designated by the Depositor (the "Securities
Registrar"), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall
provide for the registration of Capital Securities Certificates and Common
Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common
Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of Capital
Securities Certificates as herein provided. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico shall
be the initial Securities Registrar. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6
herein shall apply to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico in its role as Securities
Registrar, for so long as Banco Popular de Puerto Rico shall act as Securities
Registrar.
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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Capital
Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section
5.8, the Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute on behalf of
the Issuer Trust (and if executed on behalf of the Issuer Trust by a facsimile
signature, such certificate shall be countersigned by the Securities Registrar
or its agent) and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Capital Securities Certificates in authorized
denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution
by such Administrative Trustee or Trustees. The Securities Registrar shall not
be required to register the transfer of any Capital Securities that have been
called for redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of selection for such redemption.
At the option of a Holder, Capital Securities Certificates may
be exchanged for other Capital Securities Certificates in authorized
denominations of the same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon
surrender of the Capital Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the office
or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8.
Every Capital Securities Certificate presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to an Administrative Trustee and the
Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized
in writing. Each Capital Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by an
Administrative Trustee or the Securities Registrar in accordance with such
Person's customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Capital Securities Certificates, but the Securities
Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of Capital Securities Certificates.
SECTION 5.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities
Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be
surrendered to the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall
receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Trust Securities Certificate, and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities
Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice
that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the
Issuer Trust shall execute and make available for delivery, in exchange for or
in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities
Certificate, a new Trust Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and
denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities
Certificate under this Section 5.5, the Administrative Trustees or the
Securities Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Any duplicate
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Trust Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute
conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the
Issuer Trust corresponding to that evidenced by the lost, stolen or destroyed
Trust Securities Certificate, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost,
stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 5.6. Persons Deemed Holders.
The Issuer Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall each
treat the Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be
registered in the Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities
Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other
purposes whatsoever, and none of the Issuer Trustees, the Administrative
Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 5.7. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses.
Each Holder and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not
to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the
Administrative Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and
address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
SECTION 5.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Administrative Trustees shall designate an office or
offices or agency or agencies where Capital Securities Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Issuer Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities
Certificates may be served. The Administrative Trustees initially designate the
Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, as its office and agency for
such purposes. The Administrative Trustee shall give prompt written notice to
the Depositor, the Property Trustees and to the Holders of any change in the
location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 5.9. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Holders from the
Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the
Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have
the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account solely for the
purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Property Trustee may
revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent in its sole discretion. The Paying
Agent shall initially be Banco Popular de Puerto Rico. Any Person acting as
Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written
notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. If Banco Popular
de Puerto Rico shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent
shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees
shall appoint a successor (which shall be a bank or trust company) that is
reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as Paying
Agent. Such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent shall execute
and deliver to the Issuer Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying
Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Issuer Trustees that as
Paying
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Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all
sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of
the Holders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The
Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon
removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its
possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6
herein shall apply to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico in its role as Paying Agent,
for so long as Banco Popular de Puerto Rico shall act as Paying Agent and, to
the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any
reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying
agent unless the context requires otherwise.
SECTION 5.10. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.
At the Time of Delivery, the Depositor shall acquire, and
thereafter shall retain, beneficial and record ownership of the Common
Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, other than a transfer in
connection with a consolidation or merger of the Depositor into another Person,
or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Depositor of its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, pursuant to Section 801 of
the Indenture, any attempted transfer of the Common Securities shall be void.
The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities Certificate
issued to the Depositor to contain a legend consistent with this Section 5.10.
SECTION 5.11. Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates; Common
Securities Certificate.
(a) The Capital Securities Certificates, upon original
issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Capital Securities
Certificate or Certificates representing Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificates, to be delivered to, or on behalf of, DTC, the initial Clearing
Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer Trust. Such Capital Securities
Certificate or Certificates shall initially be registered on the Securities
Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency,
and no Owner will receive a Definitive Capital Securities Certificate
representing such Owner's interest in such Capital Securities, except as
provided in Section 5.13. Unless and until Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section 5.13:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall
be in full force and effect;
(ii) the Securities Registrar and the Trustees
shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of
this Trust Agreement relating to the Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificates (including the payment of the Liquidation Amount of and
Distributions on the Capital Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Capital
Securities Certificates and the giving of instructions or directions to
Owners of Capital Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificates) as the sole Holder of Capital Securities evidenced by
Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates and shall have no
obligations to the Owners thereof;
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(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this
Section 5.11 conflict with any other provisions of this Trust
Agreement, the provisions of this Section 5.11 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry
Capital Securities Certificate shall be exercised only through the
Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the
Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Certificate Depository
Agreement, unless and until Definitive Capital Securities Certificates
are issued pursuant to Section 5.13, the initial Clearing Agency will
make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and
receive and transmit payments on the Capital Securities to such
Clearing Agency Participants.
(b) A single Common Securities Certificate representing
the Common Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a
definitive Common Securities Certificate.
SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the
Holders is required under this Trust Agreement, for so long as Capital
Securities are represented by a Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates, the
Administrative Trustees and the Issuer Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to the Clearing Agency, and shall
have no obligations to the Owners.
SECTION 5.13. Definitive Capital Securities Certificates.
If (a) the Depositor advises the Issuer Trustees in writing
that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Capital Securities Certificates, and the
Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Depositor at its
option advises the Issuer Trustees in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of a
Debenture Event of Default, Owners of Capital Securities Certificates
representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the
Liquidation Amount advise the Administrative Trustees in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in
the best interest of the Owners of Capital Securities Certificates, then the
Administrative Trustees shall notify the other Issuer Trustees and the Clearing
Agency, and the Clearing Agency, in accordance with its customary rules and
procedures, shall notify all Clearing Agency Participants for whom it holds
Capital Securities of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability
of the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates to Owners of such class or
classes, as applicable, requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Administrative Trustees of the typewritten Capital Securities Certificate or
Certificates representing the Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates by the
Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative
Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute the Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency, if
executed on behalf
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of the Issuer Trust by facsimile, countersigned by the Securities Registrar or
its agent. Neither the Securities Registrar nor the Trustees shall be liable for
any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and
shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Capital Securities Certificates, the Issuer Trustees shall recognize
the Holders of the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates as holders of
Trust Securities. The Definitive Capital Securities Certificates shall be
typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other
manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees that meets the
requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Capital Securities are then listed or approved for trading, as evidenced by the
execution thereof by the Administrative Trustees or any one of them.
SECTION 5.14. Rights of Holders; Waivers of Past Defaults.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested
exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with
Section 2.9, and the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other
than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust
conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any
partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Issuer Trust except
as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only
the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust
Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and
delivered to Holders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be
fully paid and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, nonassessable
by the Issuer Trust. The Holders of the Trust Securities, in their capacities as
such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to
stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(b) For so long as any Capital Securities remain
Outstanding, if, upon a Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails
or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the Debentures to be
immediately due and payable as set forth in the Indenture, the Property Trustee
or the Holders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
then Outstanding shall have the right to make such declaration by a notice in
writing to the Depositor, the Debenture Trustee and the Property Trustee, in the
case of notice by the Holders of the Capital Securities, or to the Depositor,
the Debenture Trustee and the Holders of the Capital Securities, in the case of
notice by the Property Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal
amount and the accrued interest on all of the Debentures shall become
immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal, interest
and premium, if any, on such Debentures shall remain subordinated to the extent
provided in the Indenture.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect
to the Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of
the money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as in the Indenture
provided, the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and
the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
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(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the
Debenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of
interest on all of the Debentures,
(B) any accrued Additional Interest (as
defined in the Indenture) on all of the Debentures,
(C) the principal of (and premium, if
any, on) any Debentures that have become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional
Interest (as defined in the Indenture) thereon at the rate
borne by the Debentures, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the
Debenture Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Debenture Trustee and the Property Trustee, their agents and
counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the
Debentures, other than the non-payment of the principal of the
Debentures that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 513 of the Indenture.
The Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital
Securities, waive any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the
payment of principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due
otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or
a default in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding
Debenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice
declaring such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders
of any part of the Capital Securities a record date shall be established for
determining Holders of Outstanding Capital Securities entitled to join in such
notice, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the
Property Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their
duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in
such notice, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the
requisite percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day that is 90
days after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in
this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving,
after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is
identical to a written notice that has been
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canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new
record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section
5.14(b).
(c) For so long as any Capital Securities remain
Outstanding, to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of
this Trust Agreement and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default
specified in Section 501(1) or 501(2) of the Indenture, any Holder of Capital
Securities shall have the right to institute a proceeding directly against the
Depositor, pursuant to Section 508 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment
to such Holder of any amounts payable in respect of Debentures having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action"). Except as set forth in
Section 5.14(b) and this Section 5.14(c), the Holders of Capital Securities
shall have no right to exercise directly any right or remedy available to the
holders of, or in respect of, the Debentures.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (a), (b)
and (c) of this Section 5.14, the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Capital Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default and its
consequences. Upon such waiver, any such default or Event of Default shall cease
to exist, and any default or Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been cured, for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.15. CUSIP Numbers.
The Administrative Trustees in issuing the Capital Securities
may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property
Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made
as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Capital
Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Capital
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Administrative Trustees will promptly notify the
Property Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights.
(a) Except as expressly provided in this Trust Agreement
and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Capital
Securities shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the
administration, operation and management of the Issuer Trust or the obligations
of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the
terms of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the
Holders from time to time as partners or members of an association.
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(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee on behalf of the Issuer Trust, the Issuer Trustees shall not (i) direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Debenture Trustee, or execute any trust or power conferred on the
Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default
that may be waived under Section 513 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right
to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall
be due and payable, or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be
required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of
at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities, provided,
however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of
each holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by
the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Capital
Securities. The Property Trustee shall not revoke any action previously
authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Capital Securities,
except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the Capital Securities. The
Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital Securities of any
notice of default received with respect to the Debentures. In addition to
obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Capital Securities,
prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Issuer Trustees shall, at the
expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that such action shall not cause the Issuer Trust to be
taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United
States Federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement
provides for, or the Issuer Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action
that would adversely affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or
special rights of the Capital Securities, whether by way of amendment to the
Trust Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution and winding-up of the
Issuer Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the
Holders of Outstanding Capital Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on
such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective
except with the approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a
result of such amendment, it would cause the Issuer Trust to be taxable as a
corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States
Federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes.
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings.
Notice of all meetings of the Holders of the Capital
Securities, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given
by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.8 to each Holder of Capital
Securities, at such Holder's registered address, at least 15 days and not more
than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly
before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated in the notice of
the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further
notice.
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SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Holders of the Capital Securities.
No annual meeting of Holders is required to be held. The
Property Trustee, however, shall call a meeting of the Holders of the Capital
Securities to vote on any matter upon the written request of the Holders of at
least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities
and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in
their discretion, call a meeting of the Holders of the Capital Securities to
vote on any matters as to which such Holders are entitled to vote.
The Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Capital Securities, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum
at any meeting of the Holders of the Capital Securities.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by
the Holders present, in person or by proxy, holding Capital Securities
representing at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
held by the Holders present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall
constitute the action of the Holders of the Capital Securities, unless this
Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights.
Holders shall be entitled to one vote for each $25 of
Liquidation Amount represented by their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect
of any matter as to which such Holders are entitled to vote.
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, etc.
At any meeting of Holders, any Holder entitled to vote thereat
may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless
it shall have been placed on file with the Property Trustee, or with such other
officer or agent of the Issuer Trust as the Property Trustee may direct, for
verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant to a
resolution of the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the
Property Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee. Only Holders
of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by
several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy
in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be
present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their
proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be
received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed
by or on behalf of a Holder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior
to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the
challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of
execution.
SECTION 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent.
Any action that may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be
taken without a meeting if Holders holding at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of all Capital Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action (or
such
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larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any other provision of this
Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing.
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
For the purposes of determining the Holders who are entitled
to notice of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate
in any distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is
not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any
other action, the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not
more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Holders or the payment of
a Distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the
determination of the identity of the Holders of record for such purposes.
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Holders.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to
be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or
more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person
or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Property Trustee. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust
Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1) conclusive in favor of the Issuer
Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner that any Issuer Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Trust Securities shall be proved by the
Securities Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Trust Security shall bind
every future Holder of the same Trust Security and the Holder of every Trust
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to
be done by the Issuer Trustees, or the Issuer Trust in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
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Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so
with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security
or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise between the Holders and the Issuer
Trustees or among the Holders or the Issuer Trustees with respect to the
authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization,
direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Holder or Issuer Trustee under
this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee
shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
A Holder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without
first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee (as defined
in the Guarantee), the Issuer Trust, any Issuer Trustee, or any person or
entity.
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records.
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the
Property Trustee, the records of the Issuer Trust shall be open to inspection by
Holders during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such
Holder's interest as a Holder.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee.
The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally
on behalf of and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of
the Depositor and the Holders that:
(a) the Property Trustee is a national banking
association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the United States;
(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power,
authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) the Delaware Trustee is a Delaware corporation;
(d) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power,
authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
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(e) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and
constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee enforceable against each of them in accordance
with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
(f) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action
on the part of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and do not require
any approval of stockholders of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
and such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the charter or
by-laws of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, (ii) violate any
provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default
under, or result in the creation or imposition of, any Lien on any properties
included in the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of, any indenture,
mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by which it is bound,
or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States
or the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking, trust or
general powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate
in context) or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee;
(g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the
consummation of any of the transactions by the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee (as the case may be) contemplated herein requires the consent or
approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any
other action with respect to any governmental authority or agency under any
existing law of the United States or the State of Delaware governing the
banking, trust or general powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee
(as appropriate in context), other than the filing of the Certificate of Trust
with the Delaware Secretary of State; and
(h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of
each of the Property Trustee's and the Delaware Trustee's knowledge, threatened
against or affecting the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any court
or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal
that, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect
the Issuer Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, to enter into or
perform its obligations as one of the Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit
of the Holders that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued at the Time
of Delivery on behalf of the Issuer Trust have been duly authorized and will
have
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been duly and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Issuer Trustees
pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements
of, this Trust Agreement, and the Holders will be, as of such date, entitled to
the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental
charges payable by the Issuer Trust (or the Issuer Trustees on behalf of the
Issuer Trust) under the laws of the State of Delaware or any political
subdivision thereof in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
by any Issuer Trustee of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE ISSUER TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Issuer
Trustees shall be as provided by this Trust Agreement, subject to Section 10.10
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 8.1(c), no
provision of this Trust Agreement shall require any of the Issuer Trustees to
expend or risk its or their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability
in the performance of any of its or their duties hereunder, or in the exercise
of any of its or their rights or powers, if it or they shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Issuer
Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.1. To the extent
that, at law or in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties and liabilities
relating to the Issuer Trust or to the Holders, such Administrative Trustee
shall not be liable to the Issuer Trust or to any Holder for such Administrative
Trustee's good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The
provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties
and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees otherwise existing at law or in
equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Holders to replace such other duties
and liabilities of the Administrative Trustees.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying
Agent in respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and
proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be
sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property
Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof.
Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look
solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally
available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Issuer Trustees
are not personally liable to such Holder for any amount distributable in respect
of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust
Security. This Section 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the Issuer
Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case
of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.
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(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee shall enforce this Trust Agreement for the
benefit of the Holders.
(d) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any
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 Trust Agreement (including pursuant to Section 10.10), and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Trust Agreement against the Property
Trustee. If an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived
pursuant to Section 5.14), the Property Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement, and use the same degree
of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(e) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be
construed to relieve the Property 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 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
Property Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Trust Agreement (including pursuant to
Section 10.10), and the Property Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as
are specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement (including
pursuant to Section 10.10); and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the
part of the Property Trustee, the Property 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 Property Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Trust Agreement; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any
provision hereof or of the Trust Indenture Act are
specifically required to be furnished to the Property Trustee,
the Property Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Trust Agreement;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for
any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of
the Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property 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 at least 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
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Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
(iv) the Property Trustee's sole duty with
respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the
Debentures and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such property
in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property
for its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on
liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement
and the Trust Indenture Act;
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for
any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise
agree with the Depositor; and money held by the Property Trustee need
not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section
3.1 and except to the extent otherwise required by law;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall not be
responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative
Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust
Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for the default or
misconduct of any other Issuer Trustee, the Administrative Trustees or
the Depositor; and
(vii) subject to Section 8.1(c), no provision of
this Trust Agreement shall require the Property 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 Property 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 Trust Agreement or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
(f) The Administrative Trustees shall not be responsible
for monitoring the compliance by the other Issuer Trustees or the Depositor with
their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall either
Administrative Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other
Issuer Trustee or the Depositor.
SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices.
Within ten days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of such Event of
Default to the Holders and the Administrative Trustees, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived.
Within five Business Days after the receipt of notice of the
Depositor's exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the
Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of such exercise
to the Holders and the Administrative Trustees, unless such exercise shall have
been revoked.
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The Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of
any Event of Default unless the Property Trustee shall have received written
notice or a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee charged with the
administration of this Trust Agreement shall have obtained actual knowledge of
such Event of Default.
SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected
in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution, Opinion
of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust
Agreement the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses
of action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other
provisions contained herein, or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the
application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any
matter as to which the Holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to vote
under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a
notice to the Depositor requesting the Depositor's opinion as to the course of
action to be taken and the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain
from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed to take, or
refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if the Depositor
fails to deliver such opinion within ten Business Days after the Property
Trustee has delivered such notice, or such reasonably shorter period of time set
forth in such notice (which to the extent practicable shall not be less than two
Business Days), the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement, as the Property
Trustee shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Holders, in which
event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own bad faith,
negligence or willful misconduct;
(c) any direction or act of the Depositor contemplated by
this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate;
(d) any direction or act of an Administrative Trustee
contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
certificate executed by such Administrative Trustee and setting forth such
direction or act;
(e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or
continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any
rerecording, refiling or re-registration thereof;
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(f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which
counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may
include any of its employees) and the advice of such counsel 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 reliance thereon and in
accordance with such advice; the Property Trustee shall have the right at any
time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement
from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Trust Agreement,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; provided that
nothing contained in this Section 8.3(g) shall be taken to relieve the Property
Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to
exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement;
(h) the Property 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, consent, order,
approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper
or document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but
the Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit;
(i) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through its agents or attorneys, provided that the Property Trustee shall be
responsible for its own negligence or misconduct with respect to selection of
any agent or attorney appointed by it hereunder;
(j) whenever in the administration of this Trust
Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions
with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action
hereunder, the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders
(which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such
remedy, right or action), (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 acting in accordance with such instructions; and
(k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any
action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose
any duty or obligation on any Issuer 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 such Person shall be
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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 any Issuer Trustee shall be construed
to be a duty.
SECTION 8.4. Issuer Trustees Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance
of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities
Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer Trust and the
Depositor, and the Issuer Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their
correctness. The Issuer Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Debentures.
SECTION 8.5. Issuer Trustees May Hold Securities.
Any Issuer Trustee or any other agent of any Issuer Trustee or
the Issuer Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8 and 8.13, and except
as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article I, may
otherwise deal with the Issuer Trust with the same rights it would have if it
were not Issuer Trustee or such other agent.
SECTION 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.
The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Issuer Trustees from time to time such
reasonable compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder as may be
separately agreed by the Depositor and the Issuer Trustees from time to time
(which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Issuer Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Issuer Trustees in accordance
with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their agents and counsel),
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to their
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to
indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Issuer Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of any
Issuer Trustee, (iii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee,
representative or agent of any Issuer Trustee, and (iv) any employee or agent of
the Issuer Trust (referred to herein as an "Indemnified Person") from and
against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind
or nature whatsoever incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of the
creation, operation or dissolution of the Issuer Trust or any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the
Issuer Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be
within the scope of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust
Agreement,
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except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect
of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or
omissions.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the
termination of this Trust Agreement and the removal or resignation of any Issuer
Trustee.
No Issuer Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property as
a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The Depositor and any Issuer Trustee may engage in or possess
an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description,
independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the
Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trust and the Holders of Trust Securities shall
have no rights by virtue of this Trust Agreement in and to such independent
ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such
venture, even if competitive with the business of the Issuer Trust, shall not be
deemed wrongful or improper. Neither the Depositor nor any Issuer Trustee shall
be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the
Issuer Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to
the Issuer Trust, could be taken by the Issuer Trust, and the Depositor and any
Issuer Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or
as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular
investment or other opportunity. Any Issuer Trustee may engage or be interested
in any financial or other transaction with the Depositor or any Affiliate of the
Depositor, or may act as depository for, trustee or agent for, or act on any
committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the
Depositor or its Affiliates.
SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Issuer
Trustees.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a
Person that is a national, Puerto Rico or state chartered bank and eligible
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and that has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
8.7 and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, 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. If at
any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.7, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article VIII. At the time of appointment, the Property Trustee must have
securities rated in one of the three highest rating categories by a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more
Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each
Administrative Trustee shall
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be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity
that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind that entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a
natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of
Delaware, or (ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the
State of Delaware and that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable
Delaware law and that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind
such entity.
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests.
(a) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property
Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the
manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act
and this Trust Agreement.
(b) The Guarantee Agreement and the Indenture shall be
deemed to be specifically described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of
clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.
Unless and until a Debenture Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, at any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the
legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located, the Holder of Common
Securities and the Administrative Trustees shall have the power to appoint one
or more Persons either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee,
of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to the extent required by law to
act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as
may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or
Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed
necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If a
Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property
Trustee shall have the sole power to so appoint such a co-trustee or separate
trustee, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor and
the Administrative Trustees shall for such purpose join with the Property
Trustee in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and
agreements necessary or proper to appoint, such co-trustee or separate trustee.
Any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section shall
either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of
the United States or Puerto Rico, or (ii) a legal entity with its principal
place of business in the United States or Puerto Rico that shall act through one
or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required
by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to
such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any
and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and
delivered by the Depositor.
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Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following
terms, namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed by one or more
Administrative Trustees, and the Trust Securities shall be delivered by the
Property Trustee, and all rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in
respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by,
or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Property Trustee specified
hereunder shall be exercised solely by the Property Trustee and not by such
co-trustee or separate trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby
conferred or imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property
covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such co-trustee
or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing
such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of
any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Property
Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by
such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in
writing executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may
accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed
under this Section 8.9, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the
resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the
concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property Trustee,
the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery
and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to
effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or
separate trustee so resigning or removed may be appointed in the manner provided
in this Section 8.9.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee or
any other trustee hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of
any act of a co-trustee or separate trustee.
(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee
shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate
trustee.
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of any Issuer Trustee (the "Relevant
Trustee") and no appointment of a successor Issuer Trustee pursuant to this
Article VIII shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Issuer Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11.
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Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Relevant
Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Holders.
If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Issuer Trustee required by
Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 60
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may
petition, at the expense of the Depositor, in the case of the Property Trustee,
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant
Trustee.
The Administrative Trustees, or any of them, may be removed at
any time by Act of the Holders of Common Securities delivered to the Relevant
Trustee.
The Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them,
may be removed by Act of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its
individual capacity and, in the case of the Property Trustee, on behalf of the
Issuer Trust) (i) for cause (including upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default described in subparagraph (d) of the definition thereof with respect to
the Relevant Trustee), or (ii) at any time if a Debenture Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. Unless and until a Debenture Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of
the Common Securities.
If any Issuer Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting as an Issuer Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the
office of any Issuer Trustee for any cause, at any time when no Debenture Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holders of the Common
Securities, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Relevant Trustee, shall
promptly appoint such successor Issuer Trustee or Trustees, and the Relevant
Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If the
Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting as Issuer Trustee, as the case may be and a Debenture Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holders of the Capital
Securities, by Act of the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities then Outstanding delivered to such Relevant
Trustee, may appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such
successor Issuer Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by
the Holders of the Common Securities or Capital Securities, as the case may be,
and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Holder, on
behalf of such Holder and all others similarly situated, or any other Issuer
Trustee, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of an Issuer Trustee and each appointment of a successor Issuer
Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give
notice to the Depositor and to the Administrative Trustees. Each notice shall
include the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this
Trust Agreement, if any Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or
becomes, in
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the opinion of the Holders of the Common Securities, incompetent or
incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity may
be filled by the Property Trustee following the procedures regarding expenses
and charges set forth above (with the successor being a Person who satisfies the
eligibility requirement for the Delaware Trustee set forth in Section 8.7).
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant
Trustee, the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto
wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which
(a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer
and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities and the Issuer Trust, and (b) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Trust Agreement as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the Issuer Trust by more than one Relevant
Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall
constitute such Relevant Trustees co-trustees and upon the execution and
delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such
successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, other
than the filing of an amendment to the Certificate of Trust to the extent
required under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, shall become vested with all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on
request of the Issuer Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring
Relevant Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such
retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the
Issuer Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the
Issuer Trust shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in the preceding paragraph.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article VIII.
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any Person, succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall
be the successor of such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided that such Person
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VIII, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, other
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than the filing of an amendment to the Certificate of Trust to the extent
required under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or
Issuer Trust.
If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor
of the Depositor or the Issuer Trust (or any other obligor upon the Capital
Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or
the Issuer Trust (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 8.14. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer Trust or any other obligor
upon the Trust Securities or the property of the Issuer Trust or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any
Distributions on the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable and
irrespective of whether the Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the
Issuer Trust for the payment of any past due Distributions) shall be entitled
and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any
Distributions owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have
the claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its
agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the
Property Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Property Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement adjustment or compensation
affecting the Trust Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Property Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in
any such proceeding.
SECTION 8.15. Reports by Property Trustee.
(a) Not later than February 28 of each year commencing
with 2004, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Holders in accordance with
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Section 10.8, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of the immediately
preceding December 31 with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu
thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be
eligible under said Section, a written statement to such effect;
(ii) a statement that the Property Trustee has
complied with all of its obligations under this Trust Agreement during
the twelve-month period (or, in the case of the initial report, the
period since the Closing Date) ending with such December 31 or, if the
Property Trustee has not complied in any material respect with such
obligations, a description of such noncompliance; and
(iii) any change in the property and funds in its
possession as Property Trustee since the date of its last report and
any action taken by the Property Trustee in the performance of its
duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its
opinion materially affects the Trust Securities.
(b) In addition, the Property Trustee shall transmit to
Holders such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this
Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each national
stock exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or such other exchange, interdealer
quotation system or self-regulatory organization upon which the Trust Securities
are listed or traded, with the Commission and with the Depositor.
SECTION 8.16. Reports to the Property Trustee.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall
provide to the Property 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(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form,
in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture
Act. The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall annually file with the
Property Trustee a certificate specifying whether such Person is in compliance
with all of the terms and covenants applicable to such Person hereunder.
SECTION 8.17. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall
provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement 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) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an Officers'
Certificate.
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SECTION 8.18. Number of Issuer Trustees.
(a) The number of Issuer Trustees shall be four, unless
the Property Trustee also acts as the Delaware Trustee, in which case the number
of Issuer Trustees may be three.
(b) If an Issuer Trustee ceases to hold office for any
reason, a vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with an Issuer
Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal,
bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of an Issuer
Trustee shall not operate to annul or dissolve the Issuer Trust.
SECTION 8.19. Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney
consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the
age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents
contemplated in Section 2.7(a) or making any governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to
delegate from time to time to such of their number the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Issuer Trust or the
names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees
may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by
applicable law or contrary to the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.
Unless earlier dissolved, the Issuer Trust shall automatically
dissolve, and its affairs be wound up, on November 1, 2034 (the "Expiration
Date"), following the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with
Section 9.4.
SECTION 9.2. Early Dissolution.
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early
Dissolution Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Depositor Bankruptcy Event in
respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor, in its capacity
as the Holder of the Common Securities, unless the Depositor shall transfer the
Common Securities as provided by Section 5.10, in which case this provision
shall refer instead to any such successor Holder of the Common Securities;
(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from
all of the Holders of the Common Securities at any time to dissolve the Issuer
Trust and to distribute the Debentures to Holders in exchange for the Capital
Securities
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(which direction is optional and wholly within the discretion of the Holders of
the Common Securities);
(c) the redemption of all of the Capital Securities in
connection with the redemption or repayment of all the Debentures; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Issuer
Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.3. Dissolution.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Issuer
Trustees and the Issuer Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate upon
the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution by the Property
Trustee to Holders of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder upon the
liquidation of the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption
of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2; (b) the payment of any
expenses owed by the Issuer Trust; and (c) the discharge of all administrative
duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax
reporting obligations with respect to the Issuer Trust or the Holders.
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation.
(a) If an Early Dissolution Event specified in clause
(a), (b) or (d) of Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Issuer
Trust shall be liquidated by the Issuer Trustees as expeditiously as the Issuer
Trustees determine to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the Issuer Trust as provided by applicable law, to
each Holder a Like Amount of Debentures, subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of
liquidation shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation
Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's address appearing in
the Securities Register. All such notices of liquidation shall:
(i) state the CUSIP Number of the Trust
Securities;
(ii) state the Liquidation Date;
(iii) state that from and after the Liquidation
Date, the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding
and any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will
be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures, or if Section
9.4(d) applies, a right to receive a Liquidating Distribution; and
(iv) provide such information with respect to the
mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates
for Debentures, or if Section 9.4(d) applies, receive a Liquidation
Distribution, as the Property Trustee (after consultation with the
Administrative Trustees) shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in
order to effect the liquidation of the Issuer Trust and distribution of the
Debentures to
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Holders, the Property Trustee, either itself acting as exchange agent or through
the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish a record date for
such distribution (which shall be not more than 30 days prior to the Liquidation
Date) and, establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the
distribution of Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities
Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after
the Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will be
issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such
Certificates to the exchange agent for exchange, (iii) the Depositor shall use
its best efforts to have the Debentures listed on a national stock exchange, the
Nasdaq National Market or such other exchange, interdealer quotation system or
self-regulatory organization as the Capital Securities are then listed, (iv) any
Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Debentures bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Trust
Securities Certificates until such certificates are so surrendered (and until
such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will
be made to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such
Debentures) and (v) all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities will cease,
except the right of such Holders to receive Debentures upon surrender of Trust
Securities Certificates.
(d) If, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Section 9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the
manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be
practical, or if an Early Dissolution Event specified in Section 9.2(c) occurs,
the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Issuer Trust shall be dissolved
and its affairs wound-up, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property
Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution, winding-up or
other termination of the Issuer Trust, Holders will be entitled to receive out
of the assets of the Issuer Trust available for distribution to Holders, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer Trust as provided by
applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security
plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such
amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such dissolution,
winding up or termination, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part
because the Issuer Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the
aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding
sentence, the amounts payable by the Issuer Trust on the Trust Securities shall
be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holders of the
Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any
such dissolution, winding-up or termination pro rata (determined as aforesaid)
with Holders of Capital Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default
specified in Section 501(1) or 501(2) of the Indenture has occurred and is
continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities as provided in Section 4.3.
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SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of
Issuer Trust.
The Issuer Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate,
amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other body, except
pursuant to this Section 9.5. At the request of the Holders of the Common
Securities, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees, but without the
consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities, the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, the Issuer Trust may merge with or into, consolidate,
amalgamate, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws
of any state or Puerto Rico; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a)
expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Issuer Trust with respect to the
Capital Securities, or (b) substitutes for the Capital Securities other
securities having substantially the same terms as the Capital Securities (the
"Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities have the same
priority as the Capital Securities with respect to distributions and payments
upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor
entity possessing the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee is
appointed to hold the Debentures, (iii) the Successor Securities are listed, or
any Successor Securities will be listed upon notice of issuance, on a national
securities exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or such other exchange,
interdealer quotation system of self-regulatory organization as the Capital
Securities are then listed, if any, (iv) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the
Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (v) such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the
Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect,
(vi) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the
Issuer Trust, (vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Capital
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b)
following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, neither the Issuer Trust nor such successor entity will be
required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act, and (viii) the Depositor or its permitted transferee owns all of the Common
Securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such
successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided
by the Guarantee Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer Trust
shall not, except with the consent of Holders of all of the Capital Securities,
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with
or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Issuer Trust or the successor
entity to be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor
trust for United States Federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders.
Except as set forth in Section 9.2, the death or incapacity of
any person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities
shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor entitle the legal
representatives or heirs of such person or any Holder for such person, to claim
an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise
affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of
them.
SECTION 10.2. Amendment.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time
by the Administrative Trustees and the Holders of all of the Common Securities,
without the consent of any Holder of the Capital Securities, (i) to cure any
ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent
with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which shall not be
inconsistent with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, or (ii) to
modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such
extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be taxable
as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States
Federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes at all times that any Trust
Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be
required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act; provided, however, that in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), such
action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Holder.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c), any provision
of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Administrative Trustees, the
Property Trustee, and the Holders of all of the Common Securities and with (i)
the consent of Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities, and (ii) receipt by the Issuer Trustees of an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted
to the Issuer Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the
Trust's status as a grantor trust or cause the Issuer Trust to be taxable as a
corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal or Puerto
Rico income tax purposes or affect the Issuer Trust's exemption from status as
an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other
provision in this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Holder
(such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this
Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of
any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a
specified date, or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit for the
enforcement of
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any such payment on or after such date; and notwithstanding any other provision
herein, without the unanimous consent of the Holders (such consent being
obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this Section 10.2(c) may
not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust
Agreement, no Issuer Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to
this Trust Agreement that would cause the Issuer Trust to fail or cease to
qualify for the exemption from status as an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act or to be taxable as a corporation or to be classified as
other than a grantor trust for United States Federal or Puerto Rico income tax
purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to
the contrary, without the consent of the Depositor and the Administrative
Trustees, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner that imposes any
additional obligation on the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to
the contrary, without the consent of the Property Trustee, this Trust Agreement
may not be amended in a manner that imposes any additional obligation on the
Property Trustee.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to
the contrary, without the consent of the Delaware Trustee, this Trust Agreement
may not be amended in a manner that imposes any additional obligation on the
Delaware Trustee.
(h) In the event that any amendment to this Trust
Agreement is made, the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall
promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of such amendment.
(i) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee
shall be required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement that
affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The
Property Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an
Officers' Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in
compliance with this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.3. Separability.
In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust
Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10.4. Governing Law.
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF
THE HOLDERS, THE ISSUER TRUST, THE DEPOSITOR, AND THE ISSUER TRUSTEES WITH
RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS.
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SECTION 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day. If the date fixed for
any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day that is not a Business Day,
then such payment need not be made on such date but may be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as though
made on the date fixed for such payment, and no Distributions shall accumulate
on such unpaid amount for the period after such date.
SECTION 10.6. Successors.
This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Issuer Trust, and any Issuer
Trustee, including any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with
a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under
Article Eight of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in
writing to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall
not assign its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10.7. Headings.
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands.
Any report, notice, demand or other communication that by any
provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served
to or upon any Holder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by
deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand
delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of
a Holder of Capital Securities, to such Holder as such Holder's name and address
may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of the
Common Securities or the Depositor, to Popular, Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Principal Financial Officer, or to such
other address as may be specified in a written notice by the Holder of the
Common Securities or the Depositor, as the case may be, to the Property Trustee.
Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Holder shall be deemed
to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery,
mailing or transmission. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon
the Depositor shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon
actual receipt of the writing by the Depositor.
Any notice, demand or other communication that by any
provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served
to or upon the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the
Administrative Trustees or the Issuer Trust shall be given in writing addressed
to such Person as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee, to Bank One
Trust Company, N.A., 1 Bank One Plaza, Mail Code IL1-0823, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services Division; (b) with
respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Bank One Delaware, Inc., Three Christiana
Centre, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (c) with respect to
the Administrative Trustees, to them at c/o Popular, Inc., Popular Center
Building, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, marked
"Attention: Administrative Trustees
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of Popular Capital Trust I"; and (d) with respect to the Issuer Trust, to its
principal office specified in Section 2.2, with a copy to the Property Trustee.
Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Issuer Trust, the
Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Issuer
Trust, the Property Trustee or such Administrative Trustee.
SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition.
Each of the Issuer Trustees and the Depositor agree for the
benefit of the Holders that, until at least one year and one day after the
Issuer Trust has been dissolved in accordance with Article IX, they shall not
file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Issuer Trust under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (including the
United States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise
join in the commencement of any proceeding against the Issuer Trust under any
Bankruptcy Law. If the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.9,
the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Holders, that at the expense of
the Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise
properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Issuer
Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the
Depositor has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be stopped
and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the
Issuer Trustee or the Issuer Trust may assert.
SECTION 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and
shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, if and to the extent that any provision of
this Trust Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties
shall control.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Issuer Trustee
that is a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this
Trust Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Issuer Trust.
SECTION 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee
Agreement and Indenture.
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A HOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY
SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE BY THE HOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH
TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, THE
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AND THE INDENTURE, AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION
PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AND THE INDENTURE, AND
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SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE ISSUER TRUST, SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS
THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING,
OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE ISSUER TRUST AND SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH
OTHERS.
SECTION 10.12. Counterparts.
This Trust Agreement may contain more than one counterpart of
the signature page and this Trust Agreement may be executed by the affixing of
the signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature
pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and
they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had
signed a single signature page.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement.
POPULAR, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Property Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Authorized Signature
BANK ONE DELAWARE, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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as Delaware Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Authorized Signature
POPULAR CAPITAL TRUST I
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Administrative Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Administrative Trustee
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Affidavit No.: 007
Sworn and subscribed to before me by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, of legal age,
married, executive, and a resident of San ▇▇▇▇, Puerto Rico, in his capacity as
Senior Executive Vice President of Popular, Inc., personally known to me, in San
▇▇▇▇, Puerto Rico, this 31 day of October, 2003.
[SEAL] /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Notary Public
STATE OF )
) ss:
)
On _____________, 2003 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in
and for the State of ____________, personally appeared ________________,
personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence)
to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and
acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity,
and that the foregoing instrument is the free act and deed of the entity upon
behalf of which such person acted.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE:__________________________
(This area for official notarial seal)
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STATE OF DELAWARE )
) ss:
COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE )
On ______________, 2003 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in
and for the State of Delaware, personally appeared __________________,
personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence)
to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and
acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity,
and that the foregoing instrument is the free act and deed of the entity upon
behalf of which such person acted.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE:______________________________
(This area for official notarial seal)
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
Exh. A-1
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF COMMON SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT TO THE DEPOSITOR OR AN AFFILIATE OF
THE DEPOSITOR IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.10 OF THE TRUST
AGREEMENT
Certificate Number _______ Number of Common Securities _______
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of Popular Capital Trust I
_____% Common Securities
(liquidation amount $__ per Common Security)
Popular Capital Trust I, a statutory trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies that Popular, Inc.
(the "Holder") is the registered owner of _______________________ (___________)
Common Securities of the Issuer Trust representing undivided common beneficial
interests in the assets of the Issuer Trust and designated the _____% Common
Securities (liquidation amount $__ per Common Security) (the "Common
Securities"). Except in accordance with the Trust Agreement (as defined below),
the Common Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof
other than in accordance therewith shall be void. The designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Common Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to
the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and
Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust, dated as of _____________, 2003, as the
same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"), among Popular,
Inc., as Depositor, Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Property Trustee, Bank One
Delaware, Inc., as Delaware Trustee, and the Holders of Trust Securities,
including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth
therein. The Issuer Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement to the
Holder without charge upon written request to the Issuer Trust at its principal
place of business or registered office. Upon receipt of this certificate, the
Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits
thereunder.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Trust Agreement.
Exh. B-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Issuer
Trust has executed this certificate this ____ day of _________, 2003.
POPULAR CAPITAL TRUST I
By:___________________________
Name:
Title: Administrative Trustee
PROPERTY TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Common Securities referred to in the above mentioned
Trust Agreement.
Dated:________________ BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Property Trustee
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Exh. B-2
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
This Capital Securities Certificate is a Book-Entry Capital Securities
Certificate within the meaning of the Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to
and is registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or a nominee of a Clearing
Agency. This Capital Securities Certificate is exchangeable for Capital
Securities Certificates registered in the name of a person other than the
Clearing Agency or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in
the Trust Agreement and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Clearing
Agency to a nominee of the Clearing Agency or by a nominee of the Clearing
Agency to the Clearing Agency or another nominee of the Clearing Agency, except
in the limited circumstances described in the Trust Agreement.
Unless this Capital Security Certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York Corporation ("DTC"),
to Popular Capital Trust I or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange
or payment, and any Capital Security Certificate issued is registered in the
name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other
entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO A PERSON IS WRONGFUL
inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") (EACH, A "PLAN"), NO
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF ANY PLAN'S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A "PLAN ASSET ENTITY"), AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN
ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR
ANY INTEREST HEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE
EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING OR THE
REQUIREMENTS OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2550.401c-1 ARE
SATISFIED SUCH THAT THE CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE HELD BY THE PURCHASER OR
HOLDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE "PLAN ASSETS" AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY PURCHASER OR
HOLDER RELYING ON ANY EXEMPTION OTHER THAN PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR
84-14 OR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2550.401c-1, HAS COMPLIED
WITH ANY REQUEST BY THE DEPOSITOR OR THE ISSUER TRUST FOR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
OR OTHER EVIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH EXEMPTION. ANY
PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST
HEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING HEREOF
THAT IT EITHER (A) IS NOT A PLAN OR A PLAN ASSET ENTITY AND IS NOT PURCHASING
SUCH SECURITIES ON BEHALF OF OR WITH "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, OR (B) IS
ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1
OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR
HOLDING OR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2550.401c-1.
Exh. C-1
Certificate Number _____ Number of Capital Securities _____
CUSIP NO.
Certificate Evidencing Capital Securities
of Popular Capital Trust I
_____% Trust Preferred Securities
(liquidation amount $__ per Capital Security)
Popular Capital Trust I, a statutory trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies that Cede & Co.
(the "Holder") is the registered owner of _________________________________
(____________) Capital Securities of the Trust representing an undivided
preferred beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and designated the
Popular Capital Trust I _____% Trust Preferred Securities (liquidation amount
$__ per Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"). The Capital Securities are
transferable on the books and records of the Issuer Trust, in person or by a
duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and
in proper form for transfer as provided in the Trust Agreement (as defined
below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and
other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities are set forth in, and this
certificate and the Capital Securities represented hereby are issued and shall
in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust, dated as
of _____________, 2003, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust
Agreement"), among Popular, Inc., as Depositor, Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as
Property Trustee, Bank One Delaware, Inc., as Delaware Trustee, and the Holders
of Trust Securities, including the designation of the terms of the Capital
Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the
Guarantee Agreement, dated as of _____________, 2003, (the "Guarantee
Agreement"), by and between Popular, Inc., as Guarantor, and Bank One Trust
Company, N.A., as Guarantee Trustee, to the extent provided therein. The Issuer
Trust will furnish a copy of the Issuer Trust Agreement and the Guarantee
Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Issuer Trust
at its principal place of business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Issuer
Trust has executed this certificate this ____ day of _________________.
POPULAR CAPITAL TRUST I
By:___________________________
Name:
Title: Administrative Trustee
Exh. C-2
PROPERTY TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Capital Securities referred to in the above
mentioned Trust Agreement.
Dated:________________ BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Property Trustee
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Capital
Security to: _____________________________________________ (Insert assignee's
social security or tax identification number) ___________________ (Insert
address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints ____________________
_______________________ agent to transfer this Capital Security Certificate on
the books of the Issuer Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him
or her.
Dated:________________ Signature:_________________________
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the other side of
this Capital Security
Certificate) The signature(s)
should be guaranteed by an
eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings
and loan associations and
credit unions with membership
in an approved signature
guarantee medallion program),
pursuant to S.E.C. Rule
17Ad-15.
Exh. C-3