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EXHIBIT 4
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REPUBLIC BANCSHARES, INC.
AND
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1999
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$15,000,000
7% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
DUE 2014
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Republic Bancshares, Inc.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of
1939 and Indenture, dated as of September 17, 1999
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
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ss.310(a)(1) ............................................................................................. 7.8
(a)(2)................................................................................................. 7.8
(a)(3)................................................................................................. N/A
(a)(4)................................................................................................. N/A
(b) ................................................................................................... 7.8, 7.9
(c) ................................................................................................... N/A
ss.311(a) ................................................................................................ 7.12
(b) ................................................................................................... 7.12
(c).................................................................................................... N/A
ss.312(a) ................................................................................................ 5.1, 5.2
(b) ................................................................................................... 5.2
(c).................................................................................................... 5.2
ss.313(a) ................................................................................................ 5.3
(b)(1)................................................................................................. N/A
(b)(2) ................................................................................................ N/A
(c) ................................................................................................... 5.3
(d) ................................................................................................... 5.3
ss.314(a) ................................................................................................ 5.4
(b) ................................................................................................... N/A
(c) ................................................................................................... 2.2
(d) ................................................................................................... N/A
(e) ................................................................................................... 1.3
(f) ................................................................................................... N/A
ss.315(a) ................................................................................................ 7.1(a)
(b) ................................................................................................... 7.2
(c) ................................................................................................... 7.1(b)
(d) ................................................................................................... 7.1(c)
(e) ................................................................................................... 6.14
ss.316(a)(1)(A)........................................................................................... 6.12
(a)(1)(B).............................................................................................. 6.13
(a)(2)................................................................................................. N/A
(b) ................................................................................................... 6.8
ss.317(a)(1).............................................................................................. 6.3
(a)(2)................................................................................................. 6.4
(b) ................................................................................................... 4.3
ss.318(a) ................................................................................................ 1.7
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY................................................................................... 1
ARTICLE I - Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application ...................................... 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions ........................................................................ 1
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions ............................................... 6
SECTION 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee ............................................. 7
SECTION 1.4. Action by Debentureholders ......................................................... 7
SECTION 1.5. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company............................................... 8
SECTION 1.6. Notices to Debentureholders; Waiver ................................................ 9
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act ................................................. 9
SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .......................................... 9
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns ............................................................ 9
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause ............................................................... 9
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture ............................................................. 10
SECTION 1.12. Legal Holidays ................................................................... 10
SECTION 1.13. Governing Law .................................................................... 10
ARTICLE II - Debenture Forms ........................................................................... 10
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally .................................................................. 10
SECTION 2.2. Debentures in Global Form ........................................................ 10
SECTION 2.3. Form of Debenture ................................................................ 11
ARTICLE III - The Debentures ............................................................................ 19
SECTION 3.1. General Title; General Limitations; Terms of Debenture ........................... 19
SECTION 3.2. Denominations ..................................................................... 19
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication and Delivery ............................................ 19
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Debentures .............................................................. 20
SECTION 3.5. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange ............................... 20
SECTION 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debentures .................................. 22
SECTION 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .................................... 23
SECTION 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners ............................................................. 24
SECTION 3.9. Cancellation ..................................................................... 24
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest ........................................................... 24
ARTICLE IV - Covenants .................................................................................. 24
SECTION 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest ................................................. 24
SECTION 4.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency ................................................... 25
SECTION 4.3. Money for Debenture Payments to be Held in Trust .................................. 25
SECTION 4.4. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims ................................................. 26
SECTION 4.5. Maintenance of Properties ......................................................... 26
SECTION 4.6. Statement as to Compliance ........................................................ 26
SECTION 4.7. Corporate Existence ............................................................... 27
SECTION 4.8. Restrictions on Dividends, Redemptions and Other Payments ......................... 27
SECTION 4.9. Restrictions on Pledge of Bank Capital Stock ...................................... 27
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ARTICLE V - Debentureholders' Lists and Reports by the Trustee and the Company .......................... 28
SECTION 5.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Debentureholders ................ 28
SECTION 5.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Debentureholders ................... 28
SECTION 5.3. Reports by Trustee ................................................................ 28
SECTION 5.4. Reports by Company ................................................................ 28
ARTICLE VI - Remedies ................................................................................... 29
SECTION 6.1. Events of Default ................................................................. 29
SECTION 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment ................................ 30
SECTION 6.3. Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .................................................. 30
SECTION 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .................................................. 31
SECTION 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debentures ....................... 31
SECTION 6.6. Application of Money Collected .................................................... 31
SECTION 6.7. Limitation on Suits ............................................................... 32
SECTION 6.8. Unconditional Right of Debentureholders to Receive Principal and Interest ......... 32
SECTION 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies ................................................ 32
SECTION 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative .................................................... 33
SECTION 6.11. Delay or Omission Not A Waiver .................................................... 33
SECTION 6.12. Control by Debentureholders ....................................................... 33
SECTION 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults ........................................................... 33
SECTION 6.14. Undertaking for Costs ............................................................. 34
SECTION 6.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws .................................................. 34
ARTICLE VII - The Trustee ............................................................................... 34
SECTION 7.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities ............................................... 34
SECTION 7.2. Notice of Defaults ................................................................ 35
SECTION 7.3. Certain Rights of Trustee ......................................................... 35
SECTION 7.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debentures ............................ 36
SECTION 7.5. May Hold Debentures ............................................................... 36
SECTION 7.6. Money Held in Trust ............................................................... 37
SECTION 7.7. Compensation and Reimbursement .................................................... 37
SECTION 7.8. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Disqualification ......................... 37
SECTION 7.9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor ................................. 38
SECTION 7.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor ............................................ 39
SECTION 7.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee ............ 39
SECTION 7.12. Preferential Collection of Claims against Company ................................. 39
ARTICLE VIII - Supplemental Indentures .................................................................. 39
SECTION 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Debentureholders ....................... 40
SECTION 8.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Debentureholders .......................... 41
SECTION 8.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures .............................................. 41
SECTION 8.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures ................................................. 41
SECTION 8.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act ............................................... 41
SECTION 8.6. Reference in Debentures to Supplemental Indentures ................................ 41
SECTION 8.7. Subordination Unimpaired .......................................................... 41
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ARTICLE IX - Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease ....................................... 42
SECTION 9.1. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms .............................. 42
SECTION 9.2. Successor Corporation Substituted ................................................. 42
SECTION 9.3. Limitation on Lease of Properties as Entirety ..................................... 42
ARTICLE X - Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance ...................................................... 42
SECTION 10.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture ........................................... 42
SECTION 10.2. Application of Trust Money ........................................................ 43
SECTION 10.3. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Debentures .............................. 44
ARTICLE XI - Subordination of Debentures ................................................................. 45
SECTION 11.1. Subordination ..................................................................... 45
SECTION 11.2. Distribution of Assets, etc ....................................................... 45
SECTION 11.3. Subrogation ....................................................................... 46
SECTION 11.4. Obligation of the Company Unconditional ........................................... 47
SECTION 11.5. Payments on Debentures Permitted .................................................. 47
SECTION 11.6. Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee .......................................... 47
SECTION 11.7. Knowledge of Trustee .............................................................. 48
SECTION 11.8. Trustee May Hold Senior Indebtedness .............................................. 48
SECTION 11.9. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired ............................. 48
SECTION 11.10. Alteration of Senior Indebtedness ................................................. 48
SECTION 11.11. Article Applicable to Paying Agents ............................................... 48
SECTION 11.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness .......................... 48
SECTION 11.13. Subordinated Junior Term Debt ..................................................... 48
ARTICLE XII - Redemption ................................................................................ 49
SECTION 12.1. Mandatory Redemption .............................................................. 49
SECTION 12.2. Optional Redemption ............................................................... 49
SECTION 12.3. Notices to Trustee ................................................................ 49
SECTION 12.4. Selection of Debentures to be Redeemed ............................................ 50
SECTION 12.5. Notice of Redemption .............................................................. 50
SECTION 12.6. Effect of Notice of Redemption .................................................... 50
SECTION 12.7. Deposit of Redemption Price ....................................................... 51
SECTION 12.8. Debentures Redeemed in Part ....................................................... 51
SECTION 12.9. Repurchasing of Debentures ........................................................ 51
ARTICLE XIII - Conversion of Debentures ................................................................. 51
SECTION 13.1. Conversion Privilege .............................................................. 51
SECTION 13.2. Manner of Exercise of Conversion Privilege ........................................ 51
SECTION 13.3. Cash Adjustment Upon Conversion ................................................... 52
SECTION 13.4. Conversion Price .................................................................. 52
SECTION 13.5. Adjustment of Conversion Price .................................................... 52
SECTION 13.6. Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers or
Sales on Conversion Privileges .................................................... 54
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SECTION 13.7. Taxes on Conversions .............................................................. 55
SECTION 13.8. Company to Reserve Stock .......................................................... 55
SECTION 13.9. Disclaimer by Trustee of Responsibility for Certain Matters ....................... 55
SECTION 13.10. Company to Give Notice of Certain Events .......................................... 56
ARTICLE XIV - Immunity of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders ............................... 56
SECTION 14.1. Exemption from Individual Liability ............................................... 56
ARTICLE XV - Registration Under Securities Act .......................................................... 57
SECTION 15.1. Debentures Entitled to Registration ................................................ 57
SECTION 15.2. Debenture Registration Statement ................................................... 57
SECTION 15.3. Timing of Filing Debenture Registration Statement .................................. 57
SECTION 15.4. Period of Effectiveness; State Law Requirements .................................... 57
SECTION 15.5. Debentureholder to Supply Information .............................................. 57
SECTION 15.6. Exception to Requirements .......................................................... 58
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of September 17, 1999, by and between REPUBLIC
BANCSHARES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Florida (the "Company"), and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation, execution and delivery of
its debentures, to be known as 7% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2014
(the "Debentures"), the amount and terms of which are as hereinafter provided;
and, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Debentures are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture.
All acts and things necessary to make the Debentures, when executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as in this Indenture
provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to
constitute these presents as a valid indenture and agreement according to its
terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the
issue hereunder of the Debentures have in all respects been duly authorized, and
the Company, in the exercise of the legal right and power vested in it, executes
this Indenture and proposes to make, execute, and deliver the Debentures.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for
the equal and proportionate benefit of the Debentureholders (as hereinafter
defined):
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental
hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) the term "this Indenture" means this instrument as
originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or
amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into
pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof;
(3) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(4) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in effect on the date of execution of this
Indenture; and
(5) all references in this instrument to "Articles",
"Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles,
Sections and other subdivisions of this instrument as originally
executed; the
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words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision;
Certain terms used principally in Article Seven are defined in
that Article.
"Act" when used with respect to any Debentureholder has the meaning
specified in Section 1.4.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, 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.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper of general circulation in the
relevant area (e.g., in the Place of Payment as provided in Sections 3.7 and
4.3), printed in the English language and customarily published on each Business
Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Whenever
successive weekly publications in an Authorized Newspaper are required hereunder
they may be made (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) on the same or
different days of the week and in the same or different Authorized Newspapers.
"Bank Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participation
rights or other equivalents (however designated and whether common, preferred or
other) of the corporate stock of Republic Bank, a Subsidiary of the Company,
together with any and all other securities of Republic Bank convertible or
exchangeable, with or without additional consideration, into the corporate stock
of Republic Bank.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means each day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor
other day on which banking institutions in the Place of Payment are authorized
by law or required by executive order to close.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means any lease obligation of a Person
incurred with respect to any property (whether real, personal or mixed) acquired
or leased by such Person and used in its business that is required to be
recorded as a capitalized lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
"Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participation
rights or other equivalents (however designated and whether common, preferred or
other) of corporate stock.
"Closing Price" means the closing bid price per share of Common Stock
on the Nasdaq National Market or, if then traded on a national securities
exchange, the closing price on that exchange or the highest bid quotation on an
automated quotation system, or if the Common Stock shall not then be listed on
the Nasdaq National Market or on an exchange or included on an automated
quotation system, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or similar
reporting service.
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"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 on such date.
"Common Stock" means the class of stock which, at the date of this
Indenture, is designated as Common Stock, par value $2.00 per share, of the
Company and the class or classes of stock, if any, into which such Common Stock
may thereafter be changed or reclassified.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request", "Company Order" and "Company Consent" mean,
respectively, a written request, order or consent signed in the name of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, President or a Vice
President, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Conversion Price" means the price per share of Common Stock from time
to time in effect at which Debentures may be converted into Common Stock
pursuant to Article Thirteen.
"Debentures" means the debentures authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
"Debentureholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Debenture
is registered in the Debenture Register.
"Debenture Register" and "Debenture Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.5.
"Debenture Registration Statement" has the meaning specified in Section
15.2.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
"Depositary" means, if any Depositary is designated by the Company, The
Depositary Trust Company or any other clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act subsequently designated as Depositary by the Company.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
ss.ss.78a-78jj), as in force at the dATE as of which this instrument was
executed, or as hereafter amended.
"Indebtedness" means (i) all Obligations of the Company for borrowed
money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets
of the Company or only to a portion thereof), (ii) all indebtedness of the
Company which is evidenced by a note, debenture, bond or other similar
instrument, including Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iii) all indebtedness of
the Company representing the unpaid balance of the purchase price of any goods
or other property or balance owed for any services rendered, (iv) all
indebtedness of the Company, including Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred,
assumed or given in an
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acquisition (whether by way of purchase, merger or otherwise) of any business,
real property or other assets, (v) any indebtedness of others described in the
preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) that the Company has guaranteed or
for which it is otherwise liable and (vi) any amendment, renewal, extension,
deferral, modification, restructuring or refunding of any such indebtedness,
obligation or guarantee.
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on the Debentures.
"Junior Term Debt" means the Company's callable, non-convertible junior
subordinated term debt with a maturity of seven years, bearing an interest rate
of the then prevailing prime rate plus 1%, and limited to not more than
$4,000,000 in principal amount, which is issued or is to be issued at or about
the date of issuance of the Debentures.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Debenture means the date on
which the principal of and interest on such Debenture becomes due and payable as
therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration or otherwise.
"Obligations" means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any principal,
premium, interest, penalties, fees and other liabilities payable from time to
time and obligations performable under the documentation governing such
Indebtedness.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President, and by the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an
Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may,
except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be counsel for the
Company.
"Outstanding" when used with respect to Debentures means, as of the
date of determination, all Debentures theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Debentures theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Debentures for whose payment money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent in trust for the Holders of such Debentures;
(iii) Debentures in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Debentures have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture; and
(iv) Debentures which have been surrendered for conversion
pursuant to Article Thirteen;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Debentures Outstanding have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Debentures owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debentures or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Debentures which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall
be so disregarded. Debentures so owned which have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Debentures and
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that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debentures or
any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or interest on any Debentures on behalf of the Company. The Company
or any of its subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means a city or political subdivision thereof
designated as such by the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
"Predecessor Debentures" of any particular Debenture means every
previous Debenture evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Debenture; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Debenture authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in lieu
of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture shall be deemed to evidence
the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture.
"Principal Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee at the location set forth in Section 1.5 or at such other
location as the Trustee may from time to time designate by written notice to the
Company.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date means the close of business on the 15th day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Interest Payment Date
occurs, whether or not a Business Day.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means the
chairman or the vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice
chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the president,
any vice-president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the controller and any assistant controller or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Responsible Officer of the Company" shall mean the Chairman or Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice-President, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary of the
Company.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C.
ss.ss.77a-77aa), as in force at the date as OF which this instrument was
executed, or as hereafter amended.
"Senior Indebtedness" means any and all Indebtedness of the Company,
except any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the
same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such
Indebtedness shall be subordinate or shall rank pari passu in right of payment
to the Debentures. The Company's currently outstanding 9.10% Junior Subordinated
Debentures Due 2027 issued under the Indenture dated as of July 31, 1997 between
the Company and Wilmington Trust Company are expressly included within the
meaning of "Senior Indebtedness". Accordingly, the Debentures are not superior
in right of payment to such 9.10% Junior Subordinated Debentures Due 2027. The
Junior Term Debt
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is not Senior Indebtedness, although under certain circumstances specified in
Section 11.13 it may be called by the Company and retired prior to payment of
the Debentures.
"Special Payment Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Debenture means the
date specified in such Debenture as the fixed date on which the principal of and
the interest on such Debenture is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to the Company, any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of
the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors,
officers or trustees thereof is at the time owned in the aggregate, directly or
indirectly, by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean such successor Trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(15 U.S.C. ss.ss.77aaa-77bbbb), as IN force at the date as of which this
instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 8.5.
"Vice President" when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged.
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and, to the extent requested by the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if
any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or
request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by
any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or
request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
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(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him 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 each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such counsel's certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that such certificate or opinion or representations are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.4. Action by Debentureholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given
or taken by Debentureholders may be embodied in and evidenced by (i)
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
Debentureholders in person or by agent or proxy duly appointed in
writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action
shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to
the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Debentureholders 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 Indenture
and (subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.3) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
(b) 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 the certificate of any 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 an officer of a
corporation or association or a member of a partnership or an employee
of a public or governmental agency on behalf of such corporation,
association, partnership or agency, or by an agent or fiduciary, 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
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Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which
the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Debentures shall be proved by the
Debenture Register or by a certificate of the Debenture Registrar
thereof.
(d) At any time prior to the taking of any action by the
Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures specified in this Indenture in connection with such action,
any Holder which has consented to such action may, by filing written
notice with the Trustee at its Principal Corporate Trust Office and
upon proof of holding as provided in this Section 1.4, revoke such
action so far as concerns such Debenture. Except as aforesaid, any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action by the Holder of any Debenture shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of such Debenture
and of every Debenture 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 Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Debenture. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures specified in the Indenture
in connection with such action shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders of all of the Debentures.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of
Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company
shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action may be given before or after such record date, but only
Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be the Holders for the purposes of determining whether
Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Debentures have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and
for that purpose the Outstanding Debentures shall be computed as of
such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or
consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
SECTION 1.5. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Debentureholders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Debentureholder or by the Company shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if and only if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing to or with the Corporate Trust Department
of the Trustee at the Principal Corporate Trust Office which at the
date of this Indenture is ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Debentureholder shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed,
first-class, postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇., ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, to the
attention of the Corporate Secretary, or at any other address furnished
in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Debentures first presented to the
Trustee for authentication after the execution and delivery of this Indenture
may be delivered by the Company for authentication, together with a Company
Order of the authentication and delivery of such Debentures, at Atlanta,
Georgia, or at such other place as may be determined by the Company and
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
SECTION 1.6. Notices to Debentureholders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Debentureholders of any
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to
each Debentureholder affected by such event, at his address as it appears on the
Debenture Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Debentureholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Debentureholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Debentureholders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner,
such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such
notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Debentureholders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to
Debentureholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any
provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such
notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to make
publication of any notice in an Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers as
required by this Indenture, then such method of publication or notification as
shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
publication of such notice.
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
This Indenture is prepared as if subject to the TIA, but without formal
qualification thereunder, and if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this
Indenture by any of the provisions of TIA, such TIA-required provision shall
control.
SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Debentures 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.
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SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debentures, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Debentureholders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. Legal Holidays.
In any case where the date of an Interest Payment Date or the Stated
Maturity of any Debenture shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of the Debentures or this Indenture) payment of the principal
of, or interest on, any Debentures need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the nominal date of any such Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity.
SECTION 1.13. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Debentures issued hereunder shall be controlled,
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida
applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely in that State.
ARTICLE II
DEBENTURE FORMS
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally.
The Debentures and the certificates of authentication thereon shall be
in substantially the forms set forth in this Article, with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon, as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange, or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Debentures, as
evidenced by their execution of the Debentures. Any portion of the text of any
Debenture may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference
thereto on the face of the Debenture.
The definitive Debentures shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engaged borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Debentures as evidenced by their execution of
such Debentures.
SECTION 2.2. Debentures in Global Form.
The Debentures may be issued in whole or in part in global form and any
such Debenture in global form may provide that it shall represent the aggregate
or specified amount of Outstanding Debentures from time to time endorsed thereon
and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debentures
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Debenture in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase
or decrease in the amount or changes in the rights of Holders of Outstanding
Debentures represented thereby, shall be made in such manner and by such Person
or Persons as shall be specified therein. Any instructions by the Company with
respect to a Debenture in global
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form shall be in writing but, to the extent not relevant, need not comply with
Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3. Form of Debenture.
The Debentures shall include one or more legends required in the
judgment of the Company by applicable securities laws. Each Holder shall be
deemed to have agreed to the imposition of such legends by acceptance of a
Debenture or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, and to have
agreed that so long as any of such legends remain on the certificates evidencing
such securities, prior to any transfer (including the sale, assignment, pledge,
hypothecation, gift or other transfer) of any of the same, to comply in all
respects with such legend requirements. Each certificate evidencing the
Debentures and the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Debenture
shall, upon any such transfer, bear such legends unless, immediately following
such transfer, such securities are no longer subject to restriction on transfer
under any applicable securities laws.
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[FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE]
REPUBLIC BANCSHARES, INC.
7% Convertible Subordinated Debentures
Due 2014
THIS IS NOT A DEPOSIT, SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR OTHER OBLIGATION OF ANY BANK
OR SAVINGS INSTITUTION, AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE BANK INSURANCE FUND
OR THE SAVINGS ASSOCIATION INSURANCE FUND OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
No. $
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[insert any applicable securities law legend]
REPUBLIC BANCSHARES, INC.
promises to pay to
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
Dollars on October 1, 2014.
Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1
Record Dates: March 15 and September 15 (whether or not a
Business Day)
Dated: , 1999
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REPUBLIC BANCSHARES, INC.,
a Florida corporation
By:
By:
(SEAL)
This is one of the Debentures
referred to in the within-
mentioned Indenture:
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee
By:
Vice President
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REPUBLIC BANCSHARES, INC.
7% Convertible Subordinated Debentures
Due 2014
1. Interest. Republic Bancshares, Inc., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (the "Company"), promises to
pay simple interest on the principal amount of this Debenture at the rate per
annum shown above from the date of issuance until maturity. The Company will pay
interest semi-annually on each April 1 and October 1 of each year, or if any
such day is not a Business Day (as defined in the Indenture), on the next
succeeding Business Day (each an "Interest Payment Date").
Interest on the Debentures will accrue from the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of
issuance; provided, that if there is no existing Default in the payment of
interest, and if this Debenture is authenticated between a record date referred
to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest
shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further,
that the first Interest Payment Date shall be April 1, 2000. The Company shall
pay interest on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the
Debentures; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without
regard to any applicable grace periods) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Debentures
(except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of
Debentures at the close of business on the record date next preceding the
Interest Payment Date, even if such Debentures are cancelled after such record
date and on or before such Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender this
Debenture to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay
principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The Company, however,
may pay principal and interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an
interest check to a Holder's registered address.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, the Trustee will act as
Paying Agent and Debenture Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent,
Debenture Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Debentureholder. The
Company may act in any such capacity.
4. Indenture. This Debenture is one of a duly authorized issue of
Debentures of the Company issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
September 17, 1999 and all indentures supplemental thereto (herein referred to
as the "Indenture") between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the
Debentures include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. ▇▇.▇▇.
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture. The Debentures are
subject to all such terms, and Debentureholders are referred to the Indenture
and such Act for a statement of such terms. The Debentures are limited to
$15,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. Capitalized terms used in this
Debenture and not defined in this Debenture shall have the meanings set forth in
the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption. The Debentures shall be redeemable at the
option of the Company, in whole or in part, on not less than thirty (30) days
notice, but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for
redemption, under the circumstances described herein. Under each of these
circumstances, amounts required to be paid on redemption shall include accrued
interest, if any, to the redemption date.
First, the Company may redeem all or any of the Debentures at any time,
or from time to time, after October 1, 2004, at the following redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of principal amount), when redeemed during the
12-month periods indicated below:
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October 1 through September 30
2004 2005 106%
2005 2006 105%
2006 2007 104%
2007 2008 103%
2008 2009 102%
2009 2010 101%
2010 and thereafter 100%
Second, the Company may redeem all or any of the Debentures at any
time, or from time to time, without the payment of any premium, after the
Closing Price (as defined in the Indenture) of the Common Stock for not less
than twenty (20) consecutive trading days equals or exceeds 130% of the
Conversion Price then in effect.
If the redemption date is subsequent to a record date with respect to
any Interest Payment Date, and on or prior to such Interest Payment Date the
Holder of such Debenture transfers the Debenture, then such accrued interest, if
any, shall be paid to the person who surrenders the Debenture for redemption
(and not the Holder as of the record date with respect to such Interest Payment
Date), and no other interest shall be payable thereon.
6. Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall have no mandatory redemption
or sinking fund obligations with respect to the Debentures.
7. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least
thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the redemption date,
to each Holder of Debentures to be redeemed at its registered address.
Debentures may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $5,000, unless
all of the Debentures held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the
redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Debentures or portions of them
called for redemption.
8. Registration under Securities Act. At the expense of the Company,
the Debentures, and shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion
thereof, shall be entitled to registration under applicable securities laws to
the extent set forth in the Indenture.
9. Conversion of Debenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture,
the Holder of this Debenture is entitled, at his option, at any time prior to
maturity, to convert each $1,000 principal amount of each authorized $5,000
denomination of this Debenture (in increments of $5,000 or whole multiples
thereof) into 55.55556 shares of Common Stock of the Company (a Conversion Price
of $18.00 principal amount of Debentures for each share of such Common Stock),
or at the adjusted Conversion Price in effect at the date of conversion
determined as provided in the Indenture, as said shares of Common Stock of the
Company shall be constituted at the date of conversion, except that, in case
this Debenture or any portion thereof shall be called for redemption, such
conversion right shall terminate with respect to this Debenture or portion
thereof, as the case may be, so called for redemption at the close of business
on the third (3rd) business day next preceding the date fixed for redemption as
provided in the Indenture. Subject to the foregoing, conversion may be effected
upon surrender of this Debenture to the Debenture Registrar accompanied by
written notice of election to convert, and (if new Debentures for the
unconverted portion of any Debenture shall be registered in a name other than
that of the Holder) by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the
Debenture Registrar, duly executed by the registered Holder or by his duly
authorized attorney. Such surrender shall, if made during the period from the
close of business on the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date to the
opening of business on such Interest Payment Date (unless this Debenture or the
portion being converted shall
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have been called for redemption), also be accompanied by payment in funds
acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such
Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of this Debenture then being
converted. Subject to the foregoing, no adjustment is to be made on conversion
for interest accrued hereon (unless this Debenture or the portion thereof being
converted shall have been called for redemption) or for dividends on Common
Stock issued on conversion. The Company is not required to issue fractional
shares upon any such conversion, but shall make adjustment therefor in cash on
the basis of the current market value of such fractional interest as provided in
the Indenture.
10. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Debentures are in registered
form without coupons and only in denominations of $5,000 and integral multiples
thereof. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Debentures may be surrendered for exchange or transfer for a
like aggregate principal amount of Debentures of the same or different
authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. The
Debenture Registrar and the Trustee may require the Holder to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection
with the requested exchange or transfer. The Debenture Registrar need not
exchange or register the transfer of any Debentures or portion of a Debenture
selected for redemption. Also, it need not exchange or register the transfer of
any Debentures for a period of fifteen (15) days before a selection of
Debentures to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
11. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment to the Trustee for
registration of the transfer of this Debenture, the Company, the Trustee and
their respective agents may deem and treat the person in whose name this
Debenture is registered as the absolute owner hereof, whether or not this
Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or
other writing hereon, for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of
the principal hereof and interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and
neither the Company, the Trustee, nor their agents shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary. The registered Holder of a Debenture shall be treated as
its owner for all purposes.
12. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions, the
Indenture or the Debentures may be amended with the consent of the Holders of at
least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures, and any
existing default (except a payment default) may be waived with the consent of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Debentures. Without the consent of any Debentureholder, the Indenture or the
Debentures may be amended to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to
provide for assumption of Company obligations to Debentureholders, to provide
for uncertificated Debentures in addition to certificated Debentures, or to make
any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Debentureholder.
13. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default include: default in
payment of interest on the Debentures for thirty (30) days; default in payment
of principal on the Debentures at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or
otherwise; failure by the Company for the period specified in the Indenture
after notice to it to perform certain covenants and to comply with any of its
other agreements in the Indenture or the Debentures; certain final judgments
which remain undischarged; and certain events of bankruptcy of the Company . If
an Event of Default resulting from such events of bankruptcy of the Company
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures may declare all the
Debentures to be due and payable immediately. If other Events of Default under
the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may, in its
discretion and subject to the indemnity provisions referenced hereinafter,
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual under
the circumstances. Debentureholders may not enforce the Indenture or the
Debentures except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require
indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Debentures.
Subject to
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certain limitations (including the indemnity referenced in the foregoing
sentence), Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Debentures may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Debentureholders notice of any continuing default
(except a default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interests. The Company must furnish an annual
compliance certificate to the Trustee.
14. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee under the Indenture,
in its individual or any other capacity may make loans to, accept deposits from,
and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal
with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.
15. Subordination. The indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures is, to
the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in
the Indenture) of the Company whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture
or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and is not secured by
any collateral, neither the assets of the Company nor any of its Affiliates or
Subsidiaries. Each Holder, by acceptance hereof, agrees to and shall be bound by
all provisions of the Indenture. Further, each Holder authorizes and directs the
Trustee to take such action on its behalf as may be necessary or appropriate to
acknowledge or effectuate, as between such Holder and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, the subordination of this Debenture as provided in the Indenture,
and appoints the Trustee its attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
16. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse shall be had for the
payment of the principal of or the interest on this Debenture, or for any claim
based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the
Indenture against any Affiliate, stockholder, officer, director, or employee, as
such, past, present or future, of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any
predecessor or successor corporations, or entities, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or
penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as
part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
17. Authentication. This Debenture shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
18. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Debentureholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT
(= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), U/G/M/A (=
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act) and U/T/M/A (= Uniform Transfers to Minors Act).
The Company will furnish to any Debentureholder upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to:
Republic Bancshares, Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.▇., ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Secretary
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Debenture, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign
and transfer this Debenture to
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code
and irrevocably appoint
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agent to transfer this Debenture on the books of the Company.
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The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
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Your Signature
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the face of this Debenture)
Signature Guarantee:
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[FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE]
REPUBLIC BANCSHARES, INC.
The undersigned owner of this Debenture hereby irrevocably exercises
the option to convert this Debenture, or the portion hereof (which is $5,000 or
a whole multiple thereof) below designated, into shares of Common Stock of
Republic Bancshares, Inc. in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred
to in this Debenture, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon
the conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares and any
Debentures representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issuable and
delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a different name has been
indicated below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than
the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with
respect thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of
interest accompanies this Debenture.
$
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Principal Amount to be Converted
(in a whole multiple of $5,000
if less than all)
Fill in for registration of shares of Common Stock and Debentures if to be
issued otherwise than to the registered holder.
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Name Other person's Social Security or other
taxpayer identifying number
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Address
Please print your name and address including zip code:
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Date:
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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ARTICLE III
THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. General Title; General Limitations; Terms of Debenture.
The Debentures shall be known and designated as the "7% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures Due 2014" of the Company. Their Stated Maturity shall be
October 1, 2014, and they shall bear simple interest at the rate of 7% per annum
commencing upon the date of issuance until Maturity. Interest on each Debenture
shall be payable on the dates specified in the form of Debenture set forth in
Section 2.3. The aggregate principal amount of Debentures which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $15,000,000,
except for Debentures authenticated and delivered upon registration for transfer
of or in exchange for or in lieu of other Debentures, as provided herein.
The Person in whose name any Debenture is registered on the Regular
Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date will be entitled to receive
the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, notwithstanding the
cancellation of such Debenture upon any registration of transfer or exchange or
conversion thereof subsequent to such Regular Record Date and prior to such
Interest Payment Date.
The principal of and interest on the Debentures shall be payable in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for public and private debts. Unless other arrangements are made
with the Debentureholders of record, interest payments shall be made by check
mailed to the Persons entitled thereto at their addresses last appearing on the
Debenture Register. Holders of Debentures must surrender Debentures at the
office or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment to collect the principal
payment on the Debentures.
The Debentures shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior
Indebtedness of the Company as provided in Article Eleven.
SECTION 3.2. Denominations.
The Debentures shall be issuable only in fully registered form and
without coupons in denominations of $5,000 and any integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.
The Debentures shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President or one of its Vice Presidents
under its corporate seal, which may be in facsimile form and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or its Assistant
Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Debentures may be
manual or facsimile.
Debentures bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Debentures or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Debentures.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debentures executed by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order of the
authentication and delivery of such Debentures; and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver
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such Debentures as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise. All Debentures
shall be dated the date of their authentication.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Debentures are to be issued in
whole or in part in global form, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to
such Debentures, authenticate and make available for delivery one or more
Debentures in global form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in
an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures,
(ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary, if any, for such
Debentures or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the
Trustee to such Depositary, if any, or pursuant to such Depositary's instruction
and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: "Unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Debentures in certificated form,
this Debenture may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or
another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary" or to such other
effect as such Depositary, if any, and the Trustee may agree.
Each Depositary, if any, for a Book-Entry Debenture must, at the time
of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or
regulation. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the
Depositary is so registered. Each Depositary, if any, shall enter into an
agreement with the Trustee governing its respective rights with regard to
Book-Entry Debentures.
No Debenture shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Debenture a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee; and such certificate upon any Debenture shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debenture has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Debentures.
Pending the preparation of definitive Debentures, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Debentures which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Debentures in lieu of which they are issued and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers executing such Debentures may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Debentures.
Except in the case of temporary Debentures in global form, which shall
be exchanged in accordance with the provisions hereof, if temporary Debentures
are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debentures to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debentures, the
temporary Debentures shall be exchangeable for definitive Debentures upon
surrender of the temporary Debentures at the office or agency of the Company in
the Place of Payment, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Debentures, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Debentures of authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Debentures shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debentures.
SECTION 3.5. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Principal Corporate Trust
Office a register (herein referred to as the "Debenture Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
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Company shall provide for the registration of Debentures and the registration of
transfers of Debentures. Any such register shall be in written form or in any
other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable
time. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Debenture Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Debentures and transfers of Debentures as herein provided.
Prior to the effectiveness of the Debenture Registration Statement as
contemplated by Section 15.2, or the removal by the Company pursuant to Section
15.6 of legends restricting transfer and stop transfer instructions, each
certificate representing a Debenture (whether upon original issuance or issuance
upon any transfer) shall contain one or more legends as contemplated by Section
2.3. One of such legends shall be substantially as follows:
THIS DEBENTURE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, EXCHANGED,
TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THAT ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
NECESSARY HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE.
Accordingly, prior to the effectiveness of the Debenture Registration
Statement, or such removal of legends and stop transfer instructions, Debentures
shall not in any event be transferred by the Debenture Registrar in the absence
of a Company Order to the effect that the Holder requesting the registration of
a transfer has complied with the applicable legend requirements with respect to
such requested transfer. Such Company Order as furnished to the Debenture
Registrar shall be accompanied by a copy of the documentation [e.g., an opinion
of counsel, "accredited investor" and/or "qualified institutional buyer" (as
defined in Rule 501 and Rule 144A, respectively, within the regulations of the
Commission) representations, and investment representations] which the Company
determined to be satisfactory to establish compliance with such legend
requirements.
Upon presentation or surrender of a Debenture for registration of
transfer or exchange accompanied by a Company Order, if required, at the office
or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Debentures of any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount. Every presented or
surrendered Debenture shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing in form satisfactory to the Company or the Debenture
Registrar.
At the option of the Holder, Debentures (except a Book-Entry Debenture
representing all or a portion of the Debentures) may be exchanged for other
Debentures of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount
upon surrender of the Debentures to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Debentures are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Debentures which
the Debentureholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Debentures issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Debentures shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debentures
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, to register the
transfer of or to exchange Debentures during a period beginning at the opening
of business on a Business Day fifteen (15) days before the day of any selection
of Debentures for redemption under Section 12.4 and ending at the close of
business on the day of selection or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
of any Debentures so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Debentures being redeemed in part.
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No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Debentures, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Debentures, other than
exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.4 or 8.6 not involving any transfer.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until
it is exchanged in whole or in part for Debentures in certificated form, a
Book-Entry Debenture, if any, may not be transferred except as a whole by any
Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to
such Depositary or another nominee of any such Depositary or by any such
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of any
such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary, if any, notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the Depositary,
if any, ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, the
Company shall appoint such a successor Depositary. If a successor Depositary is
not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days after the Company receives
such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of certificated Debentures, shall authenticate and make available for
delivery Debentures in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the Book-Entry Debenture or Debentures in exchange
for such Book-Entry Debenture or Debentures.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion, and the Trustee
shall following any Event of Default, determine that the Debentures issued in
the form of one or more global Debentures shall no longer be represented by such
Book-Entry Debentures. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee,
upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
certificated Debentures, shall authenticate and make available for delivery,
Debentures in certificated form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Debenture or Debentures in global form in exchange
for such Debenture or Debentures in global form.
In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding two paragraphs,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery Debentures in certificated form in authorized denominations.
Upon the exchange of a Book-Entry Debenture, if any, for Debentures in
certificated form, such Book-Entry Debentures shall be cancelled by the Trustee.
Debentures issued in exchange for a Book-Entry Debenture pursuant to this
Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations
as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall make
available for delivery such Debentures to the Persons in whose names such
Debentures are so registered.
SECTION 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debentures.
If (i) any mutilated Debenture is surrendered to the Trustee, or if the
Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Debenture, and (ii) there is delivered to the
Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Trustee that such Debenture has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Debenture, a new Debenture of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Debenture, pay or authorize the payment of such
Debenture (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
Debenture) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company (and
to the Trustee, if the Trustee is acting at the time as Paying Agent) such
security or indemnity as it may require to save it harmless and, in the case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Debenture and of the ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any new Debenture under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Debenture issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Debentures duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures.
SECTION 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Debenture which is payable, and is punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name that Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment.
Any interest on any Debenture which is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder;
and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or Clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Debentures (or their
respective Predecessor Debentures) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Debenture and the date of the proposed
payment (the "Special Payment Date"), and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (or, if the Company
is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 4.3), an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest, or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the Special Payment Date, such money when deposited to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted
Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall be not more than fifteen (15) nor less than ten (10)
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days prior to the Special Payment Date and not less than ten (10) days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record
Date and shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first
class, postage prepaid, to each Debentureholder at his address as it
appears in the Debenture Register, not less than ten (10) days prior to
such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be
published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the Place of
Payment, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the
establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been given as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
on the Special Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the
Debentures (or their respective Predecessor Debentures) are registered
at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no
longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Debentures may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given
by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
SECTION 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name any Debenture is registered as the absolute
owner of such Debenture for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of,
premium (if any) on, and, subject to Section 3.7, interest on, such Debenture
and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debenture be overdue
and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.9. Cancellation.
All Debentures surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or
exchange or conversion shall, if surrendered to any person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already cancelled, shall be
promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Debentures previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Debentures
so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debentures shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debentures cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled
Debentures held by the Trustee shall be destroyed and the Trustee shall deliver
a certificate of destruction to the Company.
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Debentures shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest
on the Debentures in accordance with the terms of the Debentures and this
Indenture. If at the applicable time the Trustee is acting as Paying Agent, then
not less than five (5) Business Days prior (if by check) and one (1) Business
Day prior
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(if by wire transfer) to an Interest Payment Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee money sufficient for such payments.
SECTION 4.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain an office or agency in the Place of Payment
where Debentures may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debentures
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or conversion
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Debentures and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.
SECTION 4.3. Money for Debenture Payments to be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall assume the duties of Paying Agent, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on any
of the Debentures, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest or premium,
if any, so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure to so act.
Whenever the Company is not acting as its own Paying Agent, it will,
prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on any of the Debentures,
deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest
or premium, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such sums, and (unless such Paying Agent is
the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
The Company will cause the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of
or interest or premium, if any, on the Debentures in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid
to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Debentures) in the making of any payment of
principal or interest or premium, if any; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct the Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
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Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on any Debenture and remaining unclaimed for two (2) years
after such principal or interest or premium, if any, has become due and payable,
shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debenture
shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, including any interest thereon, and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, shall at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an
Authorized Newspaper in the Place of Payment, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
thirty (30) days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of
such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon
Company Request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
SECTION 4.4. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or upon its income, profits or
property; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment or charge
whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 4.5. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will, in all material respects, cause all its properties
and the properties of its Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company or a Subsidiary from
discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties if such
discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of
its business and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Debentureholders.
SECTION 4.6. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company, a written statement signed by the Chairman
of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and by the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or an
Assistant Controller of the Company, stating, as to each signatory thereof,
that:
(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year
and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his
supervision, and
(2) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review,
the Company has performed and fulfilled all of its obligations under
this Indenture throughout such year, or, if an Event of Default shall
have occurred, specifying each such Event of Default known to him and
the nature and status thereof.
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The Company will, so long as any of the Debentures are Outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Event of Default,
an Officer's Certificate specifying such Event of Default.
SECTION 4.7. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Nine, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and its
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
preserve any right or franchise of the Company or its Subsidiaries if the Board
of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries and
that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Debentureholders.
SECTION 4.8. Restrictions on Dividends, Redemptions and Other Payments.
The Company shall not declare or pay any dividends on, or purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire for value, any of its Capital Stock now or hereafter
outstanding (other than redemption or repurchase of the Debentures in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture) or return any capital to holders of its
Capital Stock as such, or make any distribution of assets to holders of its
Capital Stock as such, unless, from and after the date of any such dividend
declaration (a "Declaration Date") or the date of any such purchase, redemption,
payment or distribution specified above (a "Redemption Date"), the Company
retains cash, cash equivalents (as determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles) or marketable securities (with a market value as
measured on the applicable Declaration Date or Redemption Date) in an amount not
less than the aggregate amount of the two consecutive semi-annual interest
payments that will be due and payable on the Debentures following such
Declaration Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, that
the amount of each semiannual interest payment made by the Company with respect
to the Debentures following such Declaration Date or Redemption Date, as
applicable, shall be deducted from the aggregate amount of cash or cash
equivalents which the Company shall be required to retain pursuant to the
foregoing provision.
SECTION 4.9. Restrictions on Pledge of Bank Capital Stock.
At the date of this Indenture the Company has pledged 33.42% of the
outstanding Bank Capital Stock as security for indebtedness of the Company to
SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, N.A. ("SunTrust"). From and after the date of
this Indenture, and until this Indenture shall be satisfied and discharged as
provided in Section 10.1 and/or the Debentures have been Discharged (as defined
below) as provided in Section 10.3, (i) the percentage of outstanding Bank
Capital Stock pledged to the holder of such indebtedness to SunTrust (as such
indebtedness may be modified or amended at any time and irrespective of the
identity of the holder thereof, the "SunTrust Debt") shall not be increased,
(ii) no other Bank Capital Stock may be pledged while any part of the SunTrust
Debt is outstanding, and (iii) after the Bank Capital Stock presently pledged to
SunTrust is released, in whole or in part, the Company may not pledge more than
20% of the outstanding Bank Capital Stock. The term "pledge" (in any tense) as
used in this section is used in its broadest sense to include pledge (both
negative and affirmative), hypothecation and any and all other forms of any
deposit of property as security.
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ARTICLE V
DEBENTUREHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 5.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Debentureholders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (i)
not more than five (5) days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form
as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders
of Debentures as of such Regular Record Date; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to furnish the Trustee the names and addresses of
the Holders of Debentures if the Trustee receives such names and addresses of
the Holders of Debentures in its capacity as Debenture Registrar.
SECTION 5.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Debentureholders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of Debentures contained
in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section
5.1 and the names and addresses of Holders of Debentures received by
the Trustee at any time that it is acting as Debenture Registrar (if so
acting). The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided
in Section 5.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 312(b) of the TIA. The
Trustee, the Company, and any other Person shall have the protection of
Section 312(c) of the TIA.
SECTION 5.3. Reports by Trustee.
(a) So long as the Debentures are Outstanding, within sixty (60) days
after May 15 of each year (the "Reporting Date"), the Trustee shall, if
required by Section 313(a) of the TIA, transmit by mail to the Company
and all Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear in the
Debenture Register, a brief report dated as of such Reporting Date that
complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to the Company and the Debentureholders, be filed by the Trustee with
each securities exchange upon which the Debentures are listed, and also
with the Commission. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing
when and if the Debentures are listed on any securities exchange.
SECTION 5.4. Reports by Company.
The Company will:
(1) file with the Trustee, within thirty (30) days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time
to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections,
then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
documents and reports which may
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be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may
be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports, if any, with respect to
compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations;
(3) transmit by mail to all Debentureholders as their names and
addresses appear in the Debenture Register, such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission;
and
(4) furnish to the Trustee, not less often than annually, a brief
certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of
the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants set forth in
Article Four of this Indenture. For purposes of this paragraph, such
compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under the Indenture.
ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events, continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving
of the notice, if any, therein designated, (whatever the reason for such Event
of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debenture when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period
of thirty (30) days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of any Debenture at its
Maturity; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any material covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of
such default or breach for a period of sixty (60) days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures then Outstanding, 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
(4) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises adjudging the Company a bankrupt, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under the
Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other applicable Federal or State law,
and the continuance of any such decree
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or order unstayed and in effect for a period of ninety (90) consecutive
days, or the institution by the Company of proceedings to be
adjudicated a bankrupt, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking liquidation, reorganization or relief under
the Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other similar applicable Federal or
State law, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action; or
(5) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or
order unstayed and in effect for a period of ninety (90) consecutive
days, or the consent by the Company to the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official)
of the Company 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, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action.
SECTION 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default described in paragraph (4) of Section 6.1 occurs
and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than thirty
percent (30%) in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then Outstanding
may declare the principal of all the Debentures to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by the Debentureholders), and upon any such declaration, such principal shall
become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by
the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Debentures then Outstanding, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay:
(a) all overdue interest on all Debentures;
(b) the principal of any Debentures which have become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate borne by the Debentures; and
(c) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal
of Debentures which have become due solely by such acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.3. Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Debentureholders by such appropriate judicial proceedings, as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement
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of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company, or any other obligor upon the
Debentures or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Debentures
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debentures and to file such
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claim of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel) and of the Debentureholders allowed in such
judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar
official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Debentureholder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Debentureholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Debentureholder any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Debentures or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Debentureholder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debentures.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debentures
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Debentures or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debentures in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 6.6. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and in
case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon
presentation of the Debentures and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7;
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Second: To the Debentureholders for amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Debentures for principal and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of
which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of
any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Debentures for
principal and interest, respectively; and
Third: To the Company.
SECTION 6.7. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Debenture shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee and
the Company of a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than thirty percent (30%) in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceedings; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such sixty (60) day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Debentures shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other Holders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders of
Debentures.
SECTION 6.8. Unconditional Right of Debentureholders to Receive Principal and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Debenture shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to
receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Debenture on the Stated
Maturity expressed in such Debenture, and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder.
SECTION 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Debentureholder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Debentureholder, then and in every such case the Company,
the Trustee and the Debentureholders shall, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, be restored severally
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and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Trustee and the Debentureholders shall continue as though no
such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures in the last paragraph of
Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee
or to the Debentureholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 6.11. Delay or Omission Not A Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Debenture
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Debentureholders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Debentureholders, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.12. Control by Debentureholders.
Subject to Sections 7.1(c)(4) and 7.3(5), the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures shall have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee,
provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debentures may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Debentures, waive any past
default hereunder and its consequences, except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Debenture, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Eight cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders
of each Outstanding Debenture affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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SECTION 6.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debenture
by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any negligent
action taken or negligent failure to act as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that
such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant;
but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Debentureholder, or group of
Debentureholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent (10%) in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures, or to any suit instituted by any
Debentureholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, or
interest on, any Debenture on or after the Stated Maturity expressed in such
Debenture.
SECTION 6.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VII
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture,
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee, and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the
same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs.
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(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect
of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall
be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder or to the
Company with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Debentures relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee, under this Indenture; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers,
if it 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.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions
of this Section.
SECTION 7.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of any default hereunder,
the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Debentureholders, as their names and
addresses appear in the Debenture Register, notice of such default hereunder
known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 6.1(1) or (2), the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive
committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Debentureholders; and provided, further, that in the case of
any default of the character specified in Section 6.1(3), no such notice to
Debentureholders shall be given until at least sixty (60) days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, "default" means any event
which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default.
SECTION 7.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.1:
(1) the Trustee may rely conclusively on, and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting on, any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
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(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by
a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence
of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of 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;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Debentureholders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Debentureholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture or other paper or document but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct
or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due
care by it hereunder; and
(8) except with respect to Section 4.1 herein, the Trustee shall have
no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company's covenants in
Article Four. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default except (i) any Event of Default
occurring pursuant to Sections 6.1(1) and 6.1(2) or (ii) any Event of
Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification
or obtained actual knowledge.
SECTION 7.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debentures.
The recitals contained herein and in the Debentures, except the
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or
of the Debentures, or with respect to any disclosure or offering materials used
in the sale of the Debentures. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of Debentures or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 7.5. May Hold Debentures.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Debenture Registrar or any other agent
of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Debentures and, subject to Sections 7.8
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and 7.12, if operative, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Debenture Registrar or such
other agent.
SECTION 7.6. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder shall be held in a
separate interest-bearing account and invested as directed by the Company, and
such funds shall at all times be segregated from all other funds and assets
owned or held by the Trustee. Any interest on any money received by the Trustee
hereunder shall be for the benefit of the Company and shall be paid to the
Company upon Company Request.
SECTION 7.7. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any
provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and
the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any
such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on
its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.12, the Trustee shall have a
first charge, prior in right to the Holders, against any funds held by it, or
otherwise coming into its hands, following an Event of Default.
SECTION 7.8. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any State or Territory or of the District of Columbia or a
corporation or other person permitted to act as Trustee by the Commission,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000, and subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority.
If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall serve as Trustee hereunder.
The Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act. This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
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SECTION 7.9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until
the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section
7.10.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof
to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within thirty (30) days
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures, delivered
to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Debentureholder who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Debenture or Debentures for
at least six (6) months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section
310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Debentureholder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee
or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer
shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property
or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee, or (ii) subject to
the provisions of Section 6.14, any Debentureholder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Debenture for at least six (6) months may, on behalf
of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any
cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. If, within one (1) year after such resignation,
removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor
Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures delivered to the Company
and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become successor
Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Debentureholders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter
provided, any Debentureholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Debenture for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage
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prepaid, to the Holders of Debentures as their names and addresses
appear in the Debenture Register. Each notice shall indicate the name
of the successor Trustee and the address of its Principal Corporate
Trust Office.
SECTION 7.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment, and thereupon the registration or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any,
provided for in Section 7.7. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all of such rights, power
and trusts.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 7.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of
Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Debentures shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Debentures so authenticated with the same
effect as if the successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debentures.
SECTION 7.12. Preferential Collection of Claims against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act. A trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE VIII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Debentureholders.
Without the consent of the Holders of any Debentures, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
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(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company,
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the
Company herein and in the Debentures contained; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Debentures, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of the Debentures; or
(4) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to or with the
Trustee any property or assets which the Company may desire to convey,
transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge; or
(5) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Debentures in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to
principal, and with or without interest coupons.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder,
but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into
any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section
8.1 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Debentures at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of
the provisions of Section 8.2.
SECTION 8.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Debentureholders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than sixty-six and two
thirds percent (66 2/3%) in principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures, by
Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or
the Debentures and enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the Holders of the Debentures under this Indenture; provided, however, that
no such amendment or supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holders of each Outstanding Debenture affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or interest on, any
Debenture, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the rate of interest
or premium, if any, thereon or change any Place of Payment where, or
the coin or currency in which, any Debentures or the interest or
premium, if any, thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof; or
(2) except as otherwise permitted or contemplated in Article Thirteen,
increase the Conversion Price of any Debenture; or
(3) make any change in Section 6.8; or
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(4) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debentures, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture or the consent of whose Holders is required for
any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture; or
(5) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 6.13,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Debenture affected thereby.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Debentureholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 8.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 8.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and the respective
rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this
Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of Debentures shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and such supplemental indenture
shall form a part of this Indenture for any and all purposes; and every Holder
of Debentures theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered thereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 8.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall be
prepared as if subject to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 8.6. Reference in Debentures to Supplemental Indentures.
Debentures authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Debentures so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture, may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Debentures.
SECTION 8.7. Subordination Unimpaired.
No supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
affect the superior position of the holders of Senior Indebtedness with respect
to such Debentures.
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ARTICLE IX
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 9.1. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey or transfer its property and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America or any State or the District of
Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and
interest on all the Debentures and the performance of every covenant of
this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both,
would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing; and
(3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 9.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger of the Company into another entity, or
any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 9.1, the successor
corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or
to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been
named as the Company herein.
SECTION 9.3. Limitation on Lease of Properties as Entirety.
The Company shall not lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to any Person.
ARTICLE X
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
SECTION 10.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange or conversion of
Debentures herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand
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of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either:
(a) all Debentures theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Debentures which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 3.6 and (ii) Debentures for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 4.3) have
been delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for cancellation at
any time after the Distribution Date; or
(b) all such Debentures not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee cancelled or for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one (1) year,
and the Company, in the case of (i) or (ii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust
funds in trust for the purpose, an amount in money or
noncallable U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debentures not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for
cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Debentures which have become due and
payable) or to the date of redemption or the Stated Maturity;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
However, the obligations in Article Thirteen shall survive until the
Debentures are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, notwithstanding the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to
the Trustee under Section 7.7 shall survive.
SECTION 10.2. Application of Trust Money.
All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 shall be
held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
Debentures and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent), as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. Money
held by the Trustee in trust hereunder shall be held in a separate interest
bearing account and such funds shall at all times be segregated from all other
funds and assets owned or held by the Trustee. Any interest on any money
received by the Trustee hereunder shall be for the benefit of the Company and
shall be paid to the Company on Company Request.
Any money deposited with the Trustee in trust for the payment of the
principal of and interest on any Debenture pursuant to Section 10.1 and
remaining unclaimed for two (2) years after such principal or interest has
become due and payable, shall be paid to the Company on Company Request; and the
Holder of such Debenture shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look to the Company for payment thereof, and all
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liability of the Trustee with respect to such trust money and any interest
accrued thereon shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee,
before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in the Place of
Payment, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the date
of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Company.
The Trustee shall promptly pay to the Company upon Company Request any
excess money or securities held by it at any time.
SECTION 10.3. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Debentures.
(a) The Company will be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined
below) from its obligations with respect to the Debentures; or
(b) The Company will cease to be under any obligation to comply with
any term, provision or condition set forth in (i) Article Nine or (ii)
the terms, provisions or conditions of the Debentures (provided,
however, that the Company may not cease to comply with any obligations
as to which it may not be Discharged pursuant to the definition of
"Discharged"), if, in the case of (a) and (b), with respect to the
Debentures on the 91st day after the applicable conditions set forth
below in (x) and (y) have been satisfied:
(x)(1) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
with respect to the Outstanding Debentures (in addition to any required
under (y)); and
(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness
on all Outstanding Debentures have been complied with;
(y)(l) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee as a trust fund specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of
the Debentures (i) an amount in the coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of such deposit is legal tender for
the payment of public and private debts or (ii) non-callable U.S.
Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and
principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide, not later than the due date of any payment of principal and
interest under the Debentures, money in an amount or (iii) a
combination of (i) and (ii) sufficient (in the opinion with respect to
(ii) and (iii) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee) to pay and discharge each installment of principal of, and
interest on, the outstanding Debentures on the dates such installments
of interest or principal are due;
(2)(i) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which
with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit, (ii)
no Event of Default as defined in clause (4) or (5) of Section 6.1, or
event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event
of Default under either such clause, shall have occurred within ninety
(90) days after the date of such deposit and (iii) such deposit and the
related intended consequence under (a) or (b) will not result in any
default or event of default under any material indenture, agreement or
other instrument binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary or any of
their properties; and
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(3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Debentures will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
Company's exercise of its option under this Section 10.3 and will be
subject to Federal income tax in the same amount, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had
not been exercised.
Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in clause (y)(1) above will
be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company.
"Discharged" means that the Company will be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the
Debentures and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture
relating to the Debentures (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, will
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of
Holders thereof to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (y)(1)
above, payments of the principal of and the interest on the Debentures when such
payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to the Debentures
under Sections 3.5, 3.6., 10.2, 4.2, 4.3 (penultimate paragraph only) and
Article Thirteen and the Company's obligations to the Trustee under Sections 7.7
and 7.9, and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder, will survive such discharge. The Company will reimburse the
trust fund for any loss suffered by it as a result of any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or
any principal, premium or interest paid on such U.S. Government Obligations,
and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.7, will indemnify the Trustee
against any claims made against the Trustee in connection with any such loss.
ARTICLE XI
SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 11.1. Subordination.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Debentures, by his
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the indebtedness
represented by the Debentures and the payment of the principal of, interest and
premium, if any, on each and all of the Debentures is expressly subordinated, to
the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and that the subordination is
for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 11.2. Distribution of Assets, etc.
No payment on account of principal of or interest on the Debentures
shall be made, and no Debentures shall be purchased or otherwise acquired, and
no funds shall be set aside for the purchase of any Debentures, either directly
or indirectly, by the Company, if a default in the payment of the principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred
and continued beyond any applicable period of grace so as to entitle the holder
of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity, unless and until such
default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or moneys
for the payment thereof shall have been duly set aside.
In the event of any distribution of assets of the Company upon any
dissolution, winding up, total or partial liquidation, or reorganization of the
Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings, or upon
any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the
assets and liabilities of the Company, or otherwise,
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(1) all of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all
Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full or moneys for the full
payment thereof shall have been duly set aside before any payment is
made upon the principal of or interest on any Debenture, and
(2) any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Company
of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities
(other than securities of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or
securities of the Company or of any other corporation provided for by a
plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is
subordinated to the payment of all principal of and premium, if any,
and interest on such Senior Indebtedness as may at the time be
outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any
such plan of reorganization or readjustment, provided that the
obligations represented by all notes or other evidences of Senior
Indebtedness are assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from
any such reorganization or readjustment and provided further that the
rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness are not, without the
consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or
readjustment), to which the Debentureholders would be entitled except
for the provisions of this Article, shall be paid by the liquidating
trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or
otherwise, to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to each such
holder on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness
held by such holder) or their representatives, to the extent necessary
to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Senior
Indebtedness in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment
or distribution is made to the Debentureholders or to the Trustee.
If the payment of principal of and any interest on the Debentures is
accelerated because of an Event of Default, no payment on account of principal
of or interest on the Debentures shall be made until all of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full
or due provision has been made for such payment.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of any character or any security, whether in cash, securities or
other property (other than securities of the Company as reorganized or
readjusted, or securities of the Company or of any other corporation provided
for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is
subordinated to the payment of all principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on such Senior Indebtedness as may at the time be outstanding and to
any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization
or readjustment provided that the obligations represented by all notes or other
evidences of Senior Indebtedness are assumed by the new corporation, if any,
resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment and provided further that
the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of
such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment), shall be received
by the Trustee or any Holder in contravention of any of the terms hereof, such
payment or distribution or security shall be received in trust for the benefit
of, and shall be paid over or delivered and transferred to, the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding in accordance with priorities then
existing among such holders for application to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior
Indebtedness in full. In the event of the failure of the Trustees or any Holder
to endorse or assign any such payment, distribution or security, each holder of
Senior Indebtedness is hereby irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the
same.
SECTION 11.3. Subrogation.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the
Debentureholders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders of
all other indebtedness of the Company which, by its express terms,
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ranks on a parity with the Debentures and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive
payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company
applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the Debentures
shall be paid in full, and, as between the Company, its creditors other than
holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Debentureholders, no such payment or
distribution made to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by virtue of this
Article which otherwise would have been made to the Debentureholders, shall be
deemed to be a payment by the Company on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it
being understood that the provisions of this Article are and are intended solely
for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Debentureholders, on the
one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
SECTION 11.4. Obligation of the Company Unconditional.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Debentures is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the
Debentureholders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the Debentureholders the principal of and interest on
the Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance
with their terms, or affect the relative rights of the Debentureholders and
creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor
shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Debentureholder from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon an Event of
Default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities
of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article, the Trustee and the Debentureholders shall be entitled to rely
upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceeding
affecting the affairs of the Company is pending and the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.1, and the Debentureholders shall be entitled to rely
upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making
any payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Debentureholders for the
purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount paid or distributed
thereon, and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.
SECTION 11.5. Payments on Debentures Permitted.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
any of the Debentures shall affect the obligation of the Company to make, or
prevent the Company from making, payment of the principal of or interest on the
Debentures in accordance with the provisions hereof, except as otherwise
provided in this Article.
SECTION 11.6. Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee.
Each Holder of Debentures, by his acceptance thereof, authorizes and
directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action at the request of the
Company as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any
and all such purposes.
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SECTION 11.7. Knowledge of Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions
of this Indenture, but subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, the Trustee
shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would
prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee, or the taking
of any other action by the Trustee under this Article Eleven, unless and until
the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof, in the manner required
by Section 1.5, from the Company, any Debentureholder, any Paying Agent, any
Debenture Registrar, or the holder or representative of any class of Senior
Indebtedness.
SECTION 11.8. Trustee May Hold Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness at the time held by it, to the
same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section
7.12 or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its
rights as such holder.
SECTION 11.9. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to
enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced
or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any
non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holders may have or be
otherwise charged with.
SECTION 11.10. Alteration of Senior Indebtedness.
The Holders of any Senior Indebtedness may extend, renew, modify or
amend the terms of such Senior Indebtedness or any security therefor and may
release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise deal freely with the
Company, all without notice to or consent of the Debentureholders and without
affecting the liabilities and obligations of the Company, the Trustee or the
Debentureholders under this Indenture or the Debentures.
SECTION 11.11. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise
require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its
meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named
in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee, provided, however,
that Sections 11.7, 11.8, and 11.10 shall not apply to the Company if it acts as
Paying Agent.
SECTION 11.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if
the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of
Debentures or to the Company or to any other person cash, property or securities
to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article Eleven or otherwise.
SECTION 11.13. Subordinated Junior Term Debt.
The Junior Term Debt provides by its terms that it is and shall at all
times be subordinated as to principal and interest to the payment of all
principal of and interest on the Debentures, among other Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding those subordination provisions, however, the Company may call
and pay, in whole or from time to time in part, the Indebtedness represented by
the Junior Term Debt provided (A) there
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has not occurred and is continuing (i) any default in the payment of any
interest upon any Debenture when it becomes due and payable, or (ii) any default
in the payment of the principal of any Debenture at its Maturity, or (iii) any
default in the performance, or breach, of any material covenant or warranty of
the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in
the performance or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with), or (B) the has not been and is continuing (i) the entry of a decree
or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Company a
bankrupt, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the
Company under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other applicable Federal or
State law, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in
effect for any period of time, or the institution by the Company of proceedings
to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking liquidation, reorganization or relief under the Federal
Bankruptcy Act or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, or the
taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action, or
(ii) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for any period of
time, or the consent by the Company to the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the
Company 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, or the taking of
corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action.
ARTICLE XII
REDEMPTION
SECTION 12.1. Mandatory Redemption.
The Company shall have no mandatory redemption or sinking fund
obligations with respect to the Debentures.
SECTION 12.2. Optional Redemption.
The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Debentures at any time
and from time to time under the circumstances, upon the terms, and at the
redemption prices, set forth in the form of Debenture included in Section 2.3.
Any redemption pursuant to this Section 12.2 shall be made pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 12.3 through 12.8. Notwithstanding the other provisions
hereof, the Company may not redeem all or any portion of the Debentures unless
the Debenture Registration Statement shall have been declared effective, except
under the circumstances contemplated by Section 15.6.
SECTION 12.3. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Debentures pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 12.2, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least
thirty-five (35) days but not more than sixty (60) days before a redemption
date, an Officers' Certificate setting forth the redemption date, the principal
amount of Debentures to be redeemed, the redemption price, and that any
condition to such redemption set forth in Section 12.2 has been satisfied or
waived, or is inapplicable.
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SECTION 12.4. Selection of Debentures to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Debentures are to be redeemed, the Trustee
shall select the Debentures to be redeemed among the Holders of the Debentures
pro rata or in accordance with a method the Trustee considers fair and
appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal and stock
exchange requirements, if any), including by lot. In the event of partial
redemption by lot, the particular Debentures to be redeemed shall be selected,
unless otherwise provided herein, not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty
(60) days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding
Debentures not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Debentures selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debenture selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Debentures
and portions of them selected shall be in amounts of $5,000 or whole multiples
of $5,000; except that if all of the Debentures of a Holder are to be redeemed,
the entire outstanding amount of Debentures held by such Holder shall be
redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this
Indenture that apply to Debentures called for redemption also apply to portions
of Debentures called for redemption.
SECTION 12.5. Notice of Redemption.
At least thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days before a
redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption to each Holder
whose Debentures are to be redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Debentures to be redeemed and shall
state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Debenture is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount of such Debenture to be redeemed and that, after the
redemption date, upon surrender of such Debenture, a new Debenture or
Debentures in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be
issued;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Debentures called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; and
(6) that interest on Debentures called for redemption ceases to accrue
on and after the redemption date.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; provided, however, that the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, at least thirty-five (35) days prior to
the redemption date, an Officers' Certificate requesting that the Trustee give
such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as
provided in the preceding paragraph.
SECTION 12.6. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Debentures called for redemption
and not converted into Common Stock pursuant to Article Thirteen become due and
payable on the redemption date at the redemption price.
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SECTION 12.7. Deposit of Redemption Price.
At least five (5) Business Days (if by check) and one (1) Business Day
(if by wire transfer) prior to the redemption date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption
price of and accrued interest on all Debentures to be redeemed on that date. The
Trustee or the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any money not required
for that purpose.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, interest on the
Debentures to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the applicable redemption
date, whether or not such Debentures are presented for payment. If any Debenture
called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because
of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest
will be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such
principal is paid, and on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in
each case at the rate provided in the Debentures and in Section 4.1.
SECTION 12.8. Debentures Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Debenture that is redeemed in part, the Company
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of
the Company a new Debenture equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion
of the Debenture surrendered.
SECTION 12.9. Repurchasing of Debentures.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the Company from repurchasing from time
to time all or any portion of the Debentures in the open market or in privately
negotiated transactions.
ARTICLE XIII
CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 13.1. Conversion Privilege.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article
Thirteen and the terms of the form of Debenture set forth in Section 2.3, at the
option of the Holder, any Debenture or any portion of the principal amount
thereof which is $5,000 or a whole multiple thereof, may, at any time on or
before October 1, 2014, or in case such Debenture or some portion thereof shall
be called for redemption prior to such date, then, with respect to such
Debenture or portion thereof, until and including, but not after, the close of
business on the third (3rd) business day next preceding the date fixed for such
redemption, be converted at the principal amount thereof into Common Stock at
the Conversion Price in effect at the date of conversion.
SECTION 13.2. Manner of Exercise of Conversion Privilege.
To exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder shall surrender such
Debenture to the Debenture Registrar, together with a duly executed conversion
notice in the form provided on the Debenture, and the Debenture shall also be
accompanied by proper assignments thereof to the Company or in blank for
transfer and any requisite Federal and state transfer tax stamps. The Debenture
Registrar will immediately notify the Company of this conversion election.
Debentures surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of
business on the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date to the opening of
business on such Interest Payment Date shall (unless any such Debenture or the
portion thereof being converted shall have been called for redemption) also be
accompanied by payment in funds in cash or by certified bank cashier's check of
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amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
principal amount of such Debenture then being converted. As promptly as
practicable after the surrender of Debenture for conversion, the Company shall
issue and shall deliver to the Debenture Registrar for delivery to such Holder,
or his designee, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such Debenture or portion thereof
and a check or cash in respect of any fraction of a share of Common Stock
issuable upon such conversion, all as provided in this Section 13.2, together
with a Debenture or Debentures in principal amount equal to the unconverted and
unredeemed portion, if any, of the Debenture so converted. Conversion shall be
deemed to have been effected on the date on which notice (and payment, if
required) shall have been received at the Debenture Registrar's office and such
Debenture shall have been surrendered to the Debenture Registrar, and at that
time the rights of the holder as a Holder shall cease as to that portion of the
Debenture converted, and the person or persons in whose name or names any
certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon
such conversion shall be deemed to have become on said date the holder or
holders of record of the shares represented thereby; provided, however, that in
the event any such conversion occurs on any date when the stock transfer books
of the Company are closed, the person or persons in whose name or names the
certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued will be deemed the
record holder or holders thereof for all purposes on the next succeeding day on
which such stock transfer books are open, and the conversion shall be at the
Conversion Price in effect on such next succeeding day on which such transfer
books are open. Subject to the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made for
interest accrued on any Debenture that shall be converted (unless any such
Debenture or the portion thereof being converted shall have been called for
redemption) or for dividends on any Common Stock that shall be issued upon the
conversion of such Debenture.
SECTION 13.3. Cash Adjustment Upon Conversion.
The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of
Common Stock upon conversion of Debentures. If more than one Debenture shall be
surrendered for conversion at any time by the same holder, the number of full
shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be
computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
surrendered. If any fractional interest in a share of Common Stock would be
deliverable upon the conversion of any Debenture or Debentures, the Company
shall make an adjustment therefor in cash equal to the current market value of
such fractional interest computed to the nearest thousandth of a share at the
closing price on the Nasdaq National Market or, if then traded on a national
securities exchange, the closing price on such exchange or the highest bid
quotation on an automated quotation system on the last business day prior to the
date of conversion, or if the Common Stock shall not then be listed on the
Nasdaq National Market or on an exchange or included on an automated quotation
system, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or similar reporting
service.
SECTION 13.4. Conversion Price.
The Conversion Price shall be as specified in the form of Debenture set
forth in Section 2.3 or, after adjustment as provided in this Section 13, the
Conversion Price as so adjusted.
SECTION 13.5. Adjustment of Conversion Price.
The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the Debentures are outstanding, (i) issue any shares of its
capital stock as a dividend (or other distribution) on its Common
Stock; (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
greater number of shares; (iii) combine its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv)
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issue by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares of stock of
the Company, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior thereto
shall be adjusted so that any Debentureholder who thereafter converts
his Debenture shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of
capital stock of the Company which he would have owned or have been
entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described
above, had such Debenture been converted immediately prior to the
happening of such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this
subdivision (a) shall become effective, in the case of a dividend, on
the payment date retroactively to immediately after the opening of
business on the day following the record date for the determination of
shareholders entitled to receive such dividend, subject to the
provisions of subdivision (f) of this Section 13.5, and shall become
effective in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day
when such subdivision, combination or reclassification, as the case may
be, becomes effective.
(b) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the Debentures are outstanding, issue rights or warrants
entitling anyone to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at
a price per share less than the then current market price per share of
Common Stock (as defined in subdivision (d) below) at the Measurement
Date (as defined below), the Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to the issuance of such rights or warrants shall be adjusted as
follows: the number of shares of Common Stock into which each $1,000
principal amount of each authorized $5,000 denomination of Debentures
was theretofore convertible shall be multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such issuance plus the number of
additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase,
and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance plus the number of
shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares
so offered would purchase at such current market price; and the
Conversion Price shall be adjusted by dividing $1,000 by the new number
of shares into which each $1,000 principal amount of each authorized
$5,000 denomination of Debentures shall be convertible as aforesaid.
The term "Measurement Date" shall mean, with respect to determining
current market price in connection with the issuance of rights or
warrants to purchase Common Stock, the earlier of (i) the date upon
which the Company enters into a bona fide and binding agreement for the
issuance of such rights or warrants and (ii) the issuance or grant
thereof. Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of such
issuance, all as determined by the independent certified public
accountants then regularly auditing the accounts of the Company, whose
determination shall be conclusive, subject to the provisions of
subdivision (f) of this Section 13.5.
(c) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the Debentures are outstanding, distribute to all holders of
shares of Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness or securities or
assets (excluding cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of
retained earnings, or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock)
or rights to subscribe for same (excluding those referred to in
subdivision (b) above), the Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to such distribution shall be adjusted as follows: the number of
shares of Common Stock into which each $1,000 principal amount of each
authorized $5,000 denomination of Debentures was theretofore
convertible shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the current market price per share of Common Stock (as defined
in subdivision (d) below) on the record date for such distribution, and
the denominator of which shall be such current market price per share
of the Common Stock, less the then fair market value (as determined by
the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be
conclusive) of the portion of the assets or Securities or evidences of
indebtedness so distributed or of such subscription rights applicable
to one share of Common Stock; and the Conversion Price shall be
adjusted by dividing $1,000 by the new number of shares into which each
$1,000 principal amount of each authorized $5,000 denomination of
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Debentures shall be convertible as aforesaid. Such adjustment shall
become effective on the date of such distribution retroactively to
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the
record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive
such distribution, subject to the provisions of subdivision (f) of this
Section 13.5. For the purposes of this subdivision (c), retained
earnings shall be computed by adding thereto all charges against
retained earnings on account of dividends paid in shares of Common
Stock in respect of which the Conversion Price has been adjusted, all
as determined by the independent certified public accountants then
regularly auditing the accounts of the Company, whose determination
shall be conclusive.
(d) For the purpose of any computation under subdivision (b) and (c)
above, the current market price per share of Common Stock at any date
shall be deemed to be the average of the market values of the Common
Stock for the ten (10) consecutive business days immediately preceding
the day in question. The market value of the Common Stock for each day
shall be determined as provided in Section 13.3.
(e) Except as herein otherwise provided, no adjustment in the
Conversion Price shall be made by reason of the issuance in exchange
for cash, property or services, of shares of Common Stock, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock,
or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing.
(f) If the Company shall take a record of the holders of Common Stock
for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend, for any
subscription or purchase rights or any distribution and shall,
thereafter and before the distribution to stockholders of any such
dividend, subscription or purchase rights or distribution, abandons its
plan to pay or deliver such dividend, subscription or purchase rights
or distribution, then no adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be
required by reason of the taking of such record.
(g) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one
percent (1%) in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments
which by reason of this subdivision (g) are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 13.5 shall be made to
the nearest cent or to the nearest one-thousandth of a share, as the
case may be.
(h) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall (i) forthwith place on file at the corporate trust office
of the Trustee and the Debenture Registrar a statement signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or an Executive Vice President of
the Company, and by its Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer showing in detail the facts requiring such
adjustment and the Conversion Price after such adjustment and the
statement of the Company's independent certified public accountants
confirming the Conversion Price after such adjustment, and the Trustee
and Debenture Registrar shall exhibit the same from time to time to any
Holder desiring to inspect such statements during normal business
hours, and (ii) cause a notice stating that such adjustment has been
effective and the adjusted Conversion Price to be mailed to the Holders
of Debentures at their last addresses as they shall appear on the books
of the Debenture Registrar. The Trustee shall have no responsibility
for calculating any adjustment to the Conversion Price, and may rely
conclusively on the foregoing statements.
SECTION 13.6. Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers or Sales on
Conversion Privileges.
In case of any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures (other than a change in
par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value,
or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any consolidation
of the
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Company with one or more other corporations (other than a consolidation in which
the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any
reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Debentures), or in case of the merger of the Company into
another corporation, or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation
of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety,
the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be,
shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture which shall be prepared
as if subject to the TIA as then in effect, providing that each Holder shall
have the right to convert their outstanding Debenture into the kind and amount
of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder
of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Debenture might have
been converted immediately prior to such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. Such supplemental indenture shall
provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article Thirteen and any
such adjustments which shall be approved by the Board of Directors and set forth
in such supplemental indenture shall be conclusive for all purposes of this
Section 13.6, and the Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine
the correctness of any provision contained in such supplemental indenture
relating to either the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or
property receivable by Debentureholders upon the conversion of their Debentures
after any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance.
The above provisions of this Section 13.6 shall similarly apply to
successive reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, sales and
conveyances.
SECTION 13.7. Taxes on Conversions.
The issue of stock certificates on conversion of Debentures shall be
made without charge to the converting Debentureholder for any issue tax in
respect of the issue thereof. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay
any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue
and delivery of shares of Common Stock (or other security) in any name other
than that of the Holder of any Debenture converted, and the Company shall be not
required to issue or deliver any such stock certificate unless and until the
person or persons requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Company
the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the
Company that such tax has been paid.
SECTION 13.8. Company to Reserve Stock.
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the
conversion of the Debentures, such number of its duly authorized shares of
Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion
of all outstanding Debentures.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be
issuable upon conversion of Debentures shall upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issue thereof.
SECTION 13.9. Disclaimer by Trustee of Responsibility for Certain Matters.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall at any time be under
any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist
which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the
nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method
employed, or provided to be employed, herein or in any supplemental indenture in
making such adjustment. Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be
accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the
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kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property,
which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any
Debenture; and neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent makes any
representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any conversion
agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to make any cash
payment or to issue, register the transfer of or deliver any shares of Common
Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender
of any Debenture for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the
covenants of the Company contained in this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 13.10. Company to Give Notice of Certain Events.
In the event that the Company shall:
(1) pay any dividend or make any distribution to the holders of Common
Stock otherwise than in cash out of its retained earnings; or
(2) offer for subscription, pro rata, to the holders of Common Stock
any additional shares of stock of any class or any other right; or
(3) effect any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Debentures (other than
a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no
par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or
combination), or any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of
the Company into, another corporation (other than a consolidation in
which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not
result in any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures), or any sale
or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety; then, and in any one or
more of such events, the Company will give a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee and the Debenture Registrar written notice thereof at least two
(2) business days prior to (i) the record date fixed with respect to
any of the events specified in (1) and (2) above, and (ii) the
effective date of any of the events specified in (3) above; and shall
mail a copy of such notice to Holders at their last addressees, as they
appear upon the books of the Debenture Registrar.
ARTICLE XIV
IMMUNITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 14.1. Exemption from Individual Liability.
No Affiliate, officer, director, employee or stockholder, as such, of
the Company, or its Subsidiaries, shall have any liability for any obligations
of the Company under the Debenture or this Indenture, or for any claim based on,
in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each
Debentureholder by accepting a Debenture hereby expressly waives and releases
all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the
issue of the Debentures.
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ARTICLE XV
REGISTRATION UNDER SECURITIES ACT
SECTION 15.1. Debentures Entitled to Registration.
The Debentures and the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon
conversion of the Debentures shall be entitled to the registration rights set
forth in this Article 15.
SECTION 15.2. Debenture Registration Statement.
The Company shall, at its expense, cause a registration statement on
the appropriate form to be filed with the Commission covering the registration
of the Debentures and the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon
conversion of the Debentures (the "Debenture Registration Statement") within the
time required by Section 15.3. Upon and after any such filing, the Company shall
take all reasonable steps necessary to promptly cause the Debenture Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission. The Company shall give
prompt written notice of the declaration of effectiveness of the Debenture
Registration Statement to each Debentureholder whose securities are included
therein, and thereafter shall supply at its expense such reasonable number of
copies of the applicable prospectus as may be requested in writing by such
Debentureholders. The Trustee shall have no obligation to file the Debenture
Registration Statement.
SECTION 15.3. Timing of Filing Debenture Registration Statement.
(a) Unless the Debenture Registration Statement shall have earlier been
declared effective under the circumstances contemplated by Section
15.3(b), the Debenture Registration Statement shall be filed with the
Commission on the earlier of the first filing after the date of this
Indenture of a registration statement with the Commission by the
Company for any other purpose, or December 31, 2000.
(b) Unless the Debenture Registration Statement shall have earlier been
declared effective under either of the two circumstances contemplated
by Section 15.3(a), the Company shall not redeem all or any portion of
the Debentures unless the Debenture Registration Statement shall have
been declared effective or unless Section 15.6 shall be applicable.
SECTION 15.4. Period of Effectiveness; State Law Requirements.
Following the effectiveness of the Debenture Registration Statement,
the Company shall use its best efforts to keep it continuously effective and
current until the expiration of one (1) year following the commencement of the
first holding period under the Commission's Rule 144 with respect to the
Debentures and the underlying shares of Common Stock. The Company shall
contemporaneously take at its expense those steps necessary to assist Holders in
their compliance with state securities laws' registration or qualification
requirements that may be applicable to re-sales of the Debentures and such
shares of Common Stock in jurisdictions where the Debentures were originally
offered and sold by the Company.
SECTION 15.5. Debentureholder to Supply Information.
Each Holder, by acceptance of a Debenture or the Common Stock issued on
conversion thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed to provide the Company with
all information regarding the Holder, including the nature and amount of
beneficial ownership by the Holder of Debentures and Common Stock, that the
Company may reasonably request to include the Holder's Debentures and related
shares of Common Stock in the Debenture Registration Statement. The request from
the Company shall be sent to each Debentureholder
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at his address as it appears on the Debenture Register. The requested
information shall be mailed by the Debentureholders to the Company at its
address set forth herein or pursuant hereto within not more than five (5)
Business Days of the Debentureholders' receipt of the request from the Company.
SECTION 15.6. Exception to Requirements.
Notwithstanding the other provisions hereof, the Company shall not be
required to file and pursue the effectiveness of the Debenture Registration
Statement if at the applicable time the Company shall reasonably believe the
Debentures and the underlying shares of Common Stock are no longer subject to
restriction on transfer under applicable securities laws as a result of the
issuance of those securities in a transaction under Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act or Rule 506 of Regulation D thereunder. In this event, the
Company shall, at its expense, promptly take all reasonable steps necessary to
remove legends from each certificate representing the securities and to remove
all stop transfer instructions that may have been issued to the Debenture
Registrar or any transfer agent for the Common Stock.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
Attest: REPUBLIC BANCSHARES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Corporate Secretary President and Chief Financial
Officer
Attest: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Authorized Officer ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
Vice President
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