As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 1997
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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U. S. BANCORP U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
(Exact name of Registrant as (Exact name of Registrant as
specified in its charter) specified in its trust agreement)
OREGON DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of (State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) incorporation or organization)
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6711 6719
(Primary Standard Industrial (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) Classification Code Number)
93-0571730 Not Yet Available
(I.R.S. Employer Identification (I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.) No.)
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111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
(503) 275-6111
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrants' principal executive offices)
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Dwight V. Board C. Marie Eckert
Executive Vice President Attorney
U. S. Bancorp U. S. Bancorp
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204 Portland, Oregon 97204
(503) 275-3706 (503) 275-6182
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agents for service)
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COPIES TO:
Mary Ann Frantz, Esq. Paul C. Pringle
Miller, Nash, Wiener, Brown & Wood LLP
Hager & Carlsen LLP 555 California Street
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue, 35th Fl. San Francisco, California
Portland, Oregon 97204-3699 94104-1715
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Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public: As soon
as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance
with General Instruction G, check the following box. [ ]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration
to be Registered Registered Per Unit (1) Offering Price (1) Fee (2)(3)
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Capital Securities, Series B, of U.
S. Bancorp Capital I.......................... $300,000,000 100% $300,000,000 $90,909.09
Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures of U. S.
Bancorp(2)....................................
U. S. Bancorp Series B Guarantee
with respect to Capital Securities,
Series B(3)...................................
Total.................................... $300,000,000(4) 100% $300,000,000(5) $90,909.09
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee.
(2) No separate consideration will be received for the Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures of U. S. Bancorp (the "Junior Subordinated
Debentures") distributed upon any liquidation of U. S. Bancorp Capital
Trust I.
(3) No separate consideration will be received for the U. S. Bancorp Series B
Guarantee.
(4) This Registration Statement is deemed to cover rights of holders of Junior
Subordinated Debentures under an Indenture, the rights of holders of
Capital Securities, Series B, of U. S. Bancorp Capital I under a Trust
Agreement, the rights of holders of such Capital Securities under the
Series B Guarantee and certain backup undertakings as described herein.
(5) Such amount represents the liquidation amount of the U. S. Bancorp Capital
I Capital Securities, Series B, to be exchanged hereunder and the
principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures that may be distributed
to holders of such Capital Securities upon any liquidation of U. S.
Bancorp Capital I.
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The Registrants hereby amend this registration statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration
statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL 25, 1997
PROSPECTUS
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
OFFER TO EXCHANGE ITS
8.27% CAPITAL SECURITIES, SERIES B
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING
8.27% CAPITAL SECURITIES, SERIES A
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED, AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, BY
U. S. BANCORP
THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 1997, UNLESS EXTENDED.
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U. S. Bancorp Capital I, a statutory business trust formed under the laws
of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby offers, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus (as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Prospectus") and in the
accompanying Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange
Offer"), to exchange up to $300,000,000 aggregate Liquidation Amount of its
8.27% Capital Securities, Series B (the "New Capital Securities"), which have
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), pursuant to a Registration Statement (as defined herein) of which this
Prospectus constitutes a part, for a like Liquidation Amount of its outstanding
8.27% Capital Securities, Series A (the "Old Capital Securities"), of which
$300,000,000 aggregate Liquidation Amount is outstanding. Pursuant to the
Exchange Offer, U. S. Bancorp, an Oregon corporation, is also offering to
exchange (i) its guarantee of payments of cash distributions and payments on
liquidation of the Trust or redemption of the New Capital Securities (the "New
Guarantee") for a like guarantee in respect of the Old Capital Securities (the
"Old Guarantee") and (ii) all of its 8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures due December 15, 2026, to be issued pursuant to an indenture
to be entered into between U. S. Bancorp and The First National Bank of Chicago,
as trustee (the "New Junior Subordinated Debentures") for a like aggregate
principal amount of its 8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
due December 15, 2026, issued pursuant to an Indenture dated December 24, 1996,
between U. S. Bancorp and The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee (the
"Old Junior Subordinated Debentures"). The New Guarantee and New Junior
Subordinated Debentures have also been registered under the Securities Act. The
Old Capital Securities, the Old Guarantee and the Old Junior Subordinated
Debentures are collectively referred to herein as the "Old Securities" and the
New Capital Securities, the New Guarantee and the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures are collectively referred to herein as the "New Securities."
The terms of the New Securities are identical in all material respects to
the respective terms of the Old Securities, except that (i) the New Securities
have been registered under the Securities Act and therefore will
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SEE "RISK FACTORS" COMMENCING ON PAGE FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY HOLDERS IN DECIDING WHETHER TO TENDER OLD CAPITAL
SECURITIES IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR
HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR AD-
EQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION
TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus is ______________, 1997.
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not be subject to certain restrictions on transfer applicable to the Old
Securities, (ii) the New Capital Securities will not provide for any increase in
the Distribution rate thereon, and (iii) the New Junior Subordinated Debentures
will not provide for any increase in the interest rate thereon. See "Description
of New Securities" and "Description of Old Securities." The New Capital
Securities are being offered for exchange in order to satisfy certain
obligations of U. S. Bancorp and the Trust under the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of December 24, 1996 (the "Registration Rights Agreement")
among U. S. Bancorp, the Trust and Goldman Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc.,
and Salomon Brothers Inc (the "Initial Purchasers"). In the event that the
Exchange Offer is consummated, any Old Capital Securities which remain
outstanding after consummation of the Exchange Offer and the New Capital
Securities issued in the Exchange Offer will vote together as a single class for
purposes of determining whether holders of the requisite percentage in
outstanding Liquidation Amount thereof have taken certain actions or exercised
certain rights under the Trust Agreement.
The New Capital Securities and the Old Capital Securities (collectively,
the "Capital Securities") represent preferred undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust. U. S. Bancorp is the owner of all of the beneficial
interests represented by common securities of the Trust (the "Common
Securities," and together with the Capital Securities, the "Trust Securities").
The First National Bank of Chicago is the Property Trustee of the Trust. The
Trust exists for the sole purpose of issuing the Trust Securities and investing
the proceeds thereof in the Junior Subordinated Debentures (as defined herein).
The Junior Subordinated Debentures will mature on December 15, 2026, subject to
U. S. Bancorp's right to shorten the maturity (the "Stated Maturity"). See
"Description of New Securities--Description of New Capital Securities--Right to
Shorten Maturity." The Capital Securities will have a preference over the Common
Securities under certain circumstances with respect to cash distributions and
amounts payable on liquidation, redemption or otherwise. See "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Capital Securities--Subordination of Common
Securities."
As used herein, (i) the "New Indenture" means the indenture to be entered
into between U. S. Bancorp and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee
(the "Debenture Trustee"), as amended and supplemented from time to time,
relating to the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, (ii) the "Old Indenture"
means the Indenture, dated as of December 24, 1996, as amended and supplemented
from time to time, between U. S. Bancorp and The First National Bank of Chicago,
as Debenture Trustee, relating to the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures, and
(iii) the "Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement,
dated as of December 24, 1996, among U. S. Bancorp, as Depositor, the First
National Bank of Chicago as Property Trustee (the "Property Trustee"), First
National Delaware Inc., as Delaware Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), and the
Administrative Trustees named therein (collectively, with the Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee, the "Issuer Trustees"). In addition, as the context
may require, unless otherwise expressly stated, (i) the term "Junior
Subordinated Debentures" includes the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures and the
New Junior Subordinated Debentures, (ii) the term "Indenture includes the Old
Indenture and the New Indenture, and (iii) the term "Guarantee" includes the Old
Guarantee and the New Guarantee.
Holders of the New Capital Securities will be entitled to receive
preferential cumulative cash distributions arising from the payment of interest
on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, accruing from December 24, 1996, and
payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year,
commencing June 15, 1997, at the annual rate of 8.27% of the Liquidation Amount
of $1,000 per New Capital Security ("Distributions"). Subject to certain
exceptions, as described herein, U. S. Bancorp has the right to defer payment of
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures at any time and from time to time
for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods with respect to
each deferral period (each, an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension
Period may extend beyond the Stated Maturity. Upon the termination of any such
Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, U. S. Bancorp may
elect to begin a new Extension Period, subject to the
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requirements set forth in the Indenture. If and for so long as interest payments
on the Junior Subordinated Debentures are so deferred, Distributions on the
Capital Securities will also be deferred and U. S. Bancorp will not be
permitted, subject to certain exceptions described herein, to declare or pay any
dividends, distributions or other payments with respect to, or repay,
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, U. S. Bancorp's capital stock or debt
securities that rank pari passu with or junior to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures. During an Extension Period, interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures will continue to accrue (and the amount of Distributions to which
holders of the Capital Securities are entitled will accumulate) at the rate of
8.27% per annum, compounded semi-annually, and holders of Capital Securities
will be required to accrue interest income for United States federal income tax
purposes. See "Description of New Securities--Description of New Junior
Subordinated Debentures--Option to Defer Interest Payments" and "--Restrictions
on Certain Payments" and "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences--Interest
Income and Original Issue Discount."
Through the Guarantee, the Trust Agreement, the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the Indenture, and the Expense Agreement (as defined herein), taken
together, U. S. Bancorp has guaranteed or will guarantee, as the case may be,
fully, irrevocably and unconditionally, all of the Trust's obligations under the
Capital Securities. See "Relationship Among the New Capital Securities, the New
Junior Subordinated Debentures, the New Guarantee and the Expense
Agreement--Full and Unconditional Guarantee." The Old Guarantee guarantees, and
the New Guarantee will guarantee, payments of Distributions and payments on
liquidation or redemption of the Capital Securities, but in each case only to
the extent that the Trust holds funds on hand available therefor and has failed
to make such payments, as described herein. See "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Guarantee." If U. S. Bancorp fails to make a
required payment on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Trust will not have
sufficient funds to make the related payments, including Distributions, on the
Capital Securities. The Guarantee will not cover any such payment when the Trust
does not have funds sufficient to make such payments. In such event, a holder of
Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against U. S.
Bancorp to enforce its rights in respect of such payment. See "Description of
New Securities--Description of New Junior Subordinated Debentures--Enforcement
of Certain Rights by Holders of New Capital Securities." The obligations of U.
S. Bancorp under the Guarantee and the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be
unsecured and subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt (as
defined in "Description of New Securities--Description of New Junior
Subordinated Debentures--Subordination") of U. S. Bancorp.
The Capital Securities are subject to mandatory redemption, in whole or in
part, upon repayment of the Junior Subordinated Debentures at Stated Maturity or
their earlier redemption. Subject to U. S. Bancorp having received prior
approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal
Reserve") to do so if then required under applicable capital guidelines or
policies of the Federal Reserve, the Junior Subordinated Debentures are
redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity at the option of U. S. Bancorp (i) on
or after December 15, 2006, in whole at any time or in part from time to time or
(ii) in whole (but not in part), at any time within 90 days following the
occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event (each as
defined herein). For a description of redemption prices for the Capital
Securities pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, see "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Capital Securities--Redemption."
Under certain circumstances in which a Tax Event would otherwise occur, U.
S. Bancorp also has the right, subject to prior approval of the Federal Reserve
if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal
Reserve, to shorten the maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures to a date
not earlier than June 24, 2016, which will result in redemption of the Capital
Securities as of such earlier
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maturity. See "Description of New Securities--Description of New Capital
Securities--Right to Shorten Maturity."
U. S. Bancorp, as the holder of the outstanding Common Securities, has the
right at any time to terminate the Trust, subject to U. S. Bancorp having
received prior approval of the Federal Reserve to do so if then required under
applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve. In the event
of the termination of the Trust, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors
of the Trust as required by applicable law and subject to the Expense Agreement,
the holders of the Capital Securities will be entitled to receive a Liquidation
Amount of $1,000 per Capital Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions
thereon to the date of payment, which may be in the form of a distribution of
such amount in Junior Subordinated Debentures in exchange therefor, subject to
certain exceptions. See "Description of New Securities--Description of New
Capital Securities--Liquidation Distribution Upon Termination."
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The Trust is making the Exchange Offer of the New Capital Securities in
reliance on the position of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as set forth in
certain interpretive letters addressed to third parties in other transactions.
However, neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust has sought its own interpretive
letter and there can be no assurance that the staff of the Division of
Corporation Finance of the Commission would make a similar determination with
respect to the Exchange Offer as it has in such interpretive letters to third
parties. Based on these interpretations by the staff of the Division of
Corporation Finance of the Commission, and subject to the two immediately
following sentences, U. S. Bancorp and the Trust believe that New Capital
Securities issued pursuant to this Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Capital
Securities may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by a
holder thereof (other than a holder who is a broker-dealer) without further
compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act, provided that such New Capital Securities are acquired in the
ordinary course of such holder's business and that such holder is not
participating, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate, in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of
such New Capital Securities. However, any holder of Old Capital Securities who
is an "affiliate", as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act
(an "Affiliate"), of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust or who intends to participate in
the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing New Capital Securities, or
any broker-dealer who purchased Old Capital Securities from the Trust for resale
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A") or any other
available exemption under the Securities Act, (a) will not be able to rely on
the interpretations of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the
Commission set forth in the above-mentioned interpretive letters, (b) will not
be permitted or entitled to tender such Old Capital Securities in the Exchange
Offer and (c) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any sale or other transfer
of such Old Capital Securities unless such sale is made pursuant to an exemption
from such requirements. In addition, as described below, if any broker-dealer
holds Old Capital Securities acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making or other trading activities and exchanges such Old Capital
Securities for New Capital Securities, then such broker-dealer must deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resales of such New Capital Securities.
Each holder of Old Capital Securities who wishes to exchange Old Capital
Securities for New Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer will be required to
represent that (i) it is not an Affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust, (ii)
any New Capital Securities to be received by it are being acquired in the
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ordinary course of its business, (iii) it has no arrangement or understanding
with any person to participate in a distribution (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) of such New Capital Securities, and (iv) if such holder is not a
broker-dealer, such holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in,
a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of such New Capital
Securities. In addition, U. S. Bancorp and the Trust may require such holder, as
a condition to such holder's eligibility to participate in the Exchange Offer,
to furnish to U. S. Bancorp and the Trust (or an agent thereof) in writing
information as to the number of "beneficial owners" (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act")) on behalf of whom such holder holds the Old Capital Securities to be
exchanged in the Exchange Offer. Each broker-dealer that receives New Capital
Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge
that it acquired the Old Capital Securities for its own account as the result of
market-making activities or other trading activities and must agree that it will
deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale of such New Capital Securities. The Letter of
Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act. Based on the position taken by the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission in the interpretive letters
referred to above, U. S. Bancorp and the Trust believe that broker-dealers who
acquired Old Capital Securities for their own accounts, as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities ("Participating
Broker-Dealers"), may fulfill their prospectus delivery requirements with
respect to the New Capital Securities received upon exchange of such Old Capital
Securities (other than Old Capital Securities which represent an unsold
allotment from the original sale of the Old Capital Securities) with a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act, which may be the
prospectus prepared for an exchange offer so long as it contains a description
of the plan of distribution with respect to the resale of such New Capital
Securities. Accordingly, this Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, may be used by a Participating Broker-Dealer during the
period referred to below in connection with resales of New Capital Securities
received in exchange for Old Capital Securities where such Old Capital
Securities were acquired by such Participating Broker-Dealer for its own account
as a result of market-making or other trading activities. Subject to certain
provisions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, U. S. Bancorp and the
Trust have agreed that this Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, may be used by a Participating Broker-Dealer in connection
with resales of such New Capital Securities for a period ending 180 days after
the Expiration Date (as defined herein) (subject to extension under certain
limited circumstances described below) or, if earlier, when all such New Capital
Securities have been disposed of by such Participating Broker-Dealer. See "Plan
of Distribution." However, a Participating Broker-Dealer who intends to use this
Prospectus in connection with the resale of New Capital Securities received in
exchange for Old Capital Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer must notify
U. S. Bancorp or the Trust, or cause U. S. Bancorp or the Trust to be notified,
on or prior to the Expiration Date, that it is a Participating Broker-Dealer.
Such notice may be given in the space provided for that purpose in the Letter of
Transmittal or may be delivered to the Exchange Agent at one of the addresses
set forth herein under "The Exchange Offer--Exchange Agent." Any Participating
Broker-Dealer who is an Affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust may not rely on
such interpretive letters and must comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale
transaction. See "The Exchange Offer--Resales of New Capital Securities."
In that regard, each Participating Broker-Dealer who surrenders Old
Capital Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be deemed to have agreed,
by execution of the Letter of Transmittal, that, upon receipt of notice from U.
S. Bancorp or the Trust of the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any
fact which makes any statement contained or incorporated by
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reference in this Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which causes this
Prospectus to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained or incorporated by reference herein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or of the occurrence of
certain other events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement, such
Participating Broker-Dealer will suspend the sale of New Capital Securities (or
the New Guarantee or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable)
pursuant to this Prospectus until U. S. Bancorp or the Trust has amended or
supplemented this Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and has
furnished copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus to such Participating
Broker-Dealer or U. S. Bancorp or the Trust has given notice that the sale of
the New Capital Securities (or the New Guarantee or the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, as applicable) may be resumed, as the case may be. If U. S. Bancorp
or the Trust gives such notice to suspend the sale of the New Capital Securities
(or the New Guarantee or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable),
it shall extend the 180-day period referred to above during which Participating
Broker-Dealers are entitled to use this Prospectus in connection with the resale
of New Capital Securities by the number of days during the period from and
including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when
Participating Broker-Dealers shall have received copies of the amended or
supplemented Prospectus necessary to permit resales of the New Capital
Securities or to and including the date on which U. S. Bancorp or the Trust has
given notice that the sale of New Capital Securities (or the New Guarantee or
the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable) may be resumed, as the
case may be.
Prior to the Exchange Offer, there has been only a limited secondary
market and no public market for the Old Capital Securities. The New Capital
Securities will be a new issue of securities for which there currently is no
market. Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the development or
liquidity of any market for the New Capital Securities. U. S. Bancorp and the
Trust currently do not intend to apply for listing of the New Capital Securities
on any securities exchange or for inclusion in The Nasdaq Stock Market, the
Electronic Securities Market operated by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASDAQ").
Any Old Capital Securities not tendered and accepted in the Exchange Offer
will remain outstanding and will be entitled to all the same rights and will be
subject to the same limitations applicable thereto under the Trust Agreement
(except for those rights which terminate upon consummation of the Exchange
Offer). Following consummation of the Exchange Offer, the holders of Old Capital
Securities will continue to be subject to all of the existing restrictions upon
transfer thereof and neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust will have any further
obligation to such holders (other than under certain limited circumstances) to
provide for registration under the Securities Act of the Old Capital Securities
held by them. To the extent that Old Capital Securities are tendered and
accepted in the Exchange Offer, a holder's ability to sell untendered Old
Capital Securities could be adversely affected. See "Risk Factors--Consequences
of a Failure to Exchange Old Capital Securities."
THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. HOLDERS OF OLD CAPITAL SECURITIES ARE URGED TO READ THE PROSPECTUS
AND THE RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO
TENDER THEIR OLD CAPITAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER.
Old Capital Securities may be tendered for exchange on or prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on ______, 1997 (such time on such date being
hereinafter called the "Expiration Date"), unless the Exchange Offer is extended
by U. S. Bancorp or the Trust (in which case the term "Expiration Date" shall
mean the latest date and time to which the Exchange Offer is extended). Tenders
of Old Capital Securities may be withdrawn at any time on
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or prior to the Expiration Date. The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any
minimum Liquidation Amount of Old Capital Securities being tendered for
exchange. However, the Exchange Offer is subject to certain events and
conditions which may be waived by U. S. Bancorp or the Trust and to the terms
and provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement. Old Capital Securities may
be tendered in whole or in part having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of not
less than $100,000 (100 Capital Securities) or any integral multiple of $1,000
Liquidation Amount (one Capital Security) in excess thereof. U. S. Bancorp has
agreed to pay all expenses of the Exchange Offer. See "The Exchange Offer--Fees
and Expenses." Holders of the Old Capital Securities whose Old Capital
Securities are accepted for exchange will not receive Distributions on such Old
Capital Securities and will be deemed to have waived the right to receive any
Distributions on such Old Capital Securities accumulated from and after December
24, 1996. Accordingly, holders of New Capital Securities as of the record date
for payment of Distributions on June 15, 1997, will be entitled to receive
Distributions accumulated from and after December 24, 1996. See "The Exchange
Offer--Distributions on New Capital Securities."
Neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust will receive any cash proceeds from
the issuance of the New Capital Securities offered hereby. No dealer-manager is
being used in connection with this Exchange Offer. See "Use of Proceeds" and
"Plan of Distribution."
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS EXCHANGE
OFFER AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE
RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY U. S. BANCORP OR THE TRUST. NEITHER THE
DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCE CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS
OF U. S. BANCORP OR THE TRUST SINCE THE DATE HEREOF. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR A SOLICITATION BY ANYONE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR IN WHICH THE PERSON MAKING SUCH
OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO OR TO ANYONE TO WHOM IT IS
UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Available Information.........................................................
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference...............................
Summary.......................................................................
Risk Factors..................................................................
U. S. Bancorp Capital I.......................................................
U. S. Bancorp.................................................................
Certain Regulatory Considerations.............................................
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges............................................
Use of Proceeds...............................................................
Capitalization................................................................
The Exchange Offer............................................................
Description of New Securities.................................................
Description of Old Securities.................................................
Relationship Among the New Capital Securities, the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the New Guarantee and the Expense Agreement.....................
Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences.......................................
Certain ERISA Considerations..................................................
Plan of Distribution..........................................................
Validity of New Securities....................................................
Experts.......................................................................
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
U. S. Bancorp is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange
Act and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other
information can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities of
the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and
at the regional offices of the Commission located at 7 World Trade Center, 13th
Floor, Suite 1300, New York, New York 10048 and Suite 1400, Citicorp Center,
14th Floor, 500 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such
material can also be obtained at prescribed rates by writing to the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549. Such information may also be accessed electronically by means of the
Commission's home page on the Internet (http://www.sec.gov).
No separate financial statements of the Trust have been included herein.
U. S. Bancorp and the Trust do not consider that such financial statements would
be material to holders of the Capital Securities because the Trust is a newly
formed special purpose entity, has no operating history or independent
operations and is not engaged in and does not propose to engage in any activity
other than holding as trust assets the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
issuing the Trust Securities. See "U. S. Bancorp Capital I" and "Description of
New Securities." In addition, U. S. Bancorp does not expect that the Trust will
file reports under the Exchange Act with the Commission.
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This Prospectus constitutes a part of a registration statement on Form S-4
(the "Registration Statement") filed by U. S. Bancorp and the Trust with the
Commission under the Securities Act. This Prospectus does not contain all the
information set forth in the Registration Statement, certain parts of which are
omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission, and
reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement and to the exhibits
relating thereto for further information with respect to U. S. Bancorp, the
Trust and the New Securities. Any statements contained herein concerning the
provisions of any document are not necessarily complete, and, in each instance,
reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission. Each such
statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by U. S. Bancorp with the Commission are
incorporated into this Prospectus by reference:
1. U. S. Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996; and
2. U. S. Bancorp's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 25, 1997.
All documents subsequently filed by U. S. Bancorp pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to
the termination of the offering of the New Securities offered hereby shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and to be a part of
this Prospectus from the date of filing of such document. Any statement
contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
As used herein, the terms "Prospectus" and "herein" mean this Prospectus
including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time. Statements contained in this Prospectus as to the contents of any
contract or other document referred to herein do not purport to be complete, and
where reference is made to the particular provisions of such contract or other
document, such provisions are qualified in all respects by reference to all of
the provisions of such contract or other document. U. S. Bancorp will provide
without charge to any person to whom this Prospectus is delivered, on the
written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the foregoing
documents incorporated by reference herein (other than exhibits not specifically
incorporated by reference into the texts of such documents). Requests for such
documents should be directed to: Investor Relations, U. S. Bancorp, P.O. Box
8837, Portland, Oregon 97208. Telephone requests may be directed to Investor
Relations at (503) 275-5834.
SUMMARY
The following is a summary of certain information contained elsewhere in
this Prospectus. Reference is made to, and this summary is qualified in its
entirety by, the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this
Prospectus.
U. S. BANCORP
U. S. Bancorp is a regional multi-bank holding company headquartered in
Portland, Oregon. At December 31, 1996, U. S. Bancorp was the 26th largest bank
holding company in the United States with consolidated total assets of $33.3
billion. U. S. Bancorp is engaged in a general retail and commercial banking
business in the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California,
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Nevada, and Utah through its banking subsidiaries. Other subsidiaries of U. S.
Bancorp provide financial services related to banking including lease financing,
consumer and commercial finance, discount brokerage, investment advisory
services, and insurance agency and credit life insurance services.
On March 20, 1997, U. S. Bancorp and First Bank System Inc. ("FBS")
announced the signing of a definitive agreement for FBS to acquire U. S. Bancorp
for stock valued at approximately $9 billion. The resulting company, which will
be called U. S. Bancorp and will be headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
will create the 14th largest banking organization in the United States based on
combined assets of approximately $70 billion. The combined company will serve
nearly 4 million households and 475,000 businesses in 17 contiguous states. The
merger is subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and is expected to
close in the third quarter of 1997.
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
The Trust is a statutory business trust created under Delaware law
pursuant to (i) the Trust Agreement and (ii) the filing of a certificate of
trust with the Delaware Secretary of State. The Trust's business and affairs are
conducted by its trustees: currently, The First National Bank of Chicago, as
Property Trustee, First Chicago Delaware Inc., as Delaware Trustee, and two
individual Administrative Trustees who are employees or officers of U. S.
Bancorp. The Trust exists for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing and selling
the Trust Securities, (ii) using the proceeds from the sale of the Trust
Securities to acquire the Junior Subordinated Debentures and (iii) engaging in
only those other activities necessary, convenient or incidental thereto (such as
registering the transfer of the Trust Securities). Accordingly, the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and the right to reimbursement under the Expense
Agreement are and will continue to be the sole assets of the Trust, and payments
under the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the Expense Agreement will be the
sole source of revenues of the Trust. All of the Common Securities are owned by
U. S. Bancorp.
THE EXCHANGE OFFER
The Exchange Offer. . . . . . . Up to $300,000,000 aggregate Liquidation
Amount of New Capital Securities are being
offered in exchange for a like aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Old Capital
Securities. Old Capital Securities may be
tendered for exchange in whole or in part in
a Liquidation Amount of $100,000 (100
Capital Securities) or any integral multiple
of $1,000 (one Capital Security) in excess
thereof. U. S. Bancorp and the Trust are
making the Exchange Offer in order to
satisfy their obligations under the
Registration Rights Agreement relating to
the Old Capital Securities. For a
description of the procedures for tendering
Old Capital Securities, see "The Exchange
Offer--Procedures for Tendering Old Capital
Securities."
Expiration Date. . . . . . . . 5:00 p.m., New York City time on , 1997,
unless the Exchange Offer is extended by U.
S. Bancorp or the Trust (in which case the
Expiration Date will be the latest date and
time to which the Exchange Offer is
extended). See "The Exchange Offer--Terms of
the Exchange Offer."
Conditions to the Exchange
Offer. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Exchange Offer is subject to certain
conditions, which may be waived by U. S.
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Bancorp and the Trust in their sole
discretion. The Exchange Offer is not
conditioned upon any minimum Liquidation
Amount of Old Capital Securities being
tendered. See "The Exchange Offer--
Conditions to the Exchange Offer."
Offer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . U. S. Bancorp and the Trust reserve the
right in their sole and absolute discretion,
subject to applicable law, at any time and
from time to time, (i) to delay the
acceptance of the Old Capital Securities for
exchange, (ii) to terminate the Exchange
Offer if certain specified conditions have
not been satisfied, (iii) to extend the
Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer and
retain all Old Capital Securities tendered
pursuant to the Exchange Offer, subject,
however, to the right of holders of Old
Capital Securities to withdraw their
tendered Old Capital Securities, or (iv) to
waive any condition or otherwise amend the
terms of the Exchange Offer in any respect.
See "The Exchange Offer--Terms of the
Exchange Offer."
Withdrawal Rights. . . . . . . . Tenders of Old Capital Securities may be
withdrawn at any time on or prior to the
Expiration Date by delivering a written
notice of such withdrawal to the Exchange
Agent in conformity with certain procedures
set forth below under "The Exchange
Offer--Withdrawal Rights."
Procedures for Tendering Old
Capital Securities. . . . . . . Tendering holders of Old Capital Securities
must complete and sign a Letter of
Transmittal in accordance with the
instructions contained therein and forward
the same by mail, facsimile or hand
delivery, together with any other required
documents, to the Exchange Agent, either
with the Old Capital Securities to be
tendered or in compliance with the specified
procedures for guaranteed delivery of Old
Capital Securities. Certain brokers,
dealers, commercial banks, trust companies
and other nominees may also effect tenders
by book-entry transfer. Holders of Old
Capital Securities registered in the name of
a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust
company or other nominee are urged to
contact such person promptly if they wish to
tender Old Capital Securities pursuant to
the Exchange Offer. See "The Exchange
Offer--Procedures for Tendering Old Capital
Securities."
Letters of Transmittal and certificates
representing Old Capital Securities should
not be sent to U. S. Bancorp or the Trust.
Such documents should only be sent to the
Exchange Agent.
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Resales of New Capital
Securities. . . . . . . . . . . U. S. Bancorp and the Trust are making the
Exchange Offer in reliance on the position
of the staff of the Division of Corporation
Finance of the Commission as set forth in
certain interpretive letters addressed to
third parties in other transactions.
However, neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust
has sought its own interpretive letter and
there can be no assurance that the staff of
the Division of Corporation Finance of the
Commission would make a similar
determination with respect to the Exchange
Offer as it has in such interpretive letters
to third parties. Based on these
interpretations by the staff of the Division
of Corporation Finance of the Commission,
and subject to the two immediately following
sentences, U. S. Bancorp and the Trust
believe that New Capital Securities issued
pursuant to this Exchange Offer in exchange
for Old Capital Securities may be offered
for resale, resold and otherwise transferred
by a holder thereof (other than a holder who
is a broker-dealer) without further
compliance with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act, provided that such New
Capital Securities are acquired in the
ordinary course of such holder's business
and that such holder is not participating,
and has no arrangement or understanding with
any person to participate, in a distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act)
of such New Capital Securities. However, any
holder of Old Capital Securities who is an
Affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust or
who intends to participate in the Exchange
Offer for the purpose of distributing the
New Capital Securities, or any broker-dealer
who purchased the Old Capital Securities
from the Trust for resale pursuant to Rule
144A or any other available exemption under
the Securities Act, (a) will not be able to
rely on the interpretations of the staff of
the Division of Corporation Finance of the
Commission set forth in the above- mentioned
interpretive letters, (b) will not be
permitted or entitled to tender such Old
Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer and
(c) must comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with any sale
or other transfer of such Old Capital
Securities unless such sale is made pursuant
to an exemption from such requirements. In
addition, as described below, if any
broker-dealer holds Old Capital Securities
acquired for its own account as a result of
market- making or other trading activities
and exchanges such Old Capital Securities
for New Capital Securities, then such
broker-
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dealer must deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resales of such New
Capital Securities.
Each holder of Old Capital Securities who
wishes to exchange Old Capital Securities
for New Capital Securities in the Exchange
Offer will be required to represent that (i)
it is not an Affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or
the Trust, (ii) any New Capital Securities
to be received by it are being acquired in
the ordinary course of its business, (iii)
it has no arrangement or understanding with
any person to participate in a distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act)
of such New Capital Securities, and (iv) if
such holder is not a broker-dealer, such
holder is not engaged in, and does not
intend to engage in, a distribution (within
the meaning of the Securities Act) of such
New Capital Securities. Each broker-dealer
that receives New Capital Securities for its
own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer
must acknowledge that it acquired the Old
Capital Securities for its own account as
the result of market-making activities or
other trading activities and must agree that
it will deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale of such New
Capital Securities. The Letter of
Transmittal states that, by so acknowledging
and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit
that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act. Based on the
position taken by the staff of the Division
of Corporation Finance of the Commission in
the interpretive letters referred to above,
U. S. Bancorp and the Trust believe that
Participating Broker-Dealers who acquired
Old Capital Securities for their own
accounts as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities may
fulfill their prospectus delivery
requirements with respect to the New Capital
Securities received upon exchange of such
Old Capital Securities (other than Old
Capital Securities which represent an unsold
allotment from the original sale of the Old
Capital Securities) with a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities
Act, which may be the prospectus prepared
for an exchange offer so long as it contains
a description of the plan of distribution
with respect to the resale of such New
Capital Securities. Accordingly, this
Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a Participating Broker-Dealer in
connection with resales of New Capital
Securities received in exchange for Old
Capital Securities where such Old
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Capital Securities were acquired by such
Participating Broker-Dealer for its own
account as a result of market-making or
other trading activities. Subject to certain
provisions set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and to the limitations
described below under "The Exchange
Offer--Resales of New Capital Securities,"
U. S. Bancorp and the Trust have agreed that
this Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a Participating Broker-Dealer in
connection with resales of such New Capital
Securities for a period ending 180 days
after the Expiration Date (subject to
extension under certain limited
circumstances) or, if earlier, when all such
New Capital Securities have been disposed of
by such Participating Broker-Dealer. See
"Plan of Distribution." Any Participating
Broker-Dealer which is an Affiliate of U. S.
Bancorp or the Trust may not rely on such
interpretive letters and must comply with
the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale transaction. See
"The Exchange Offer--Resales of New Capital
Securities."
Exchange Agent. . . . . . . . . The exchange agent with respect to the
Exchange Offer is The First National Bank of
Chicago (the "Exchange Agent"). The
addresses, and telephone and facsimile
numbers, of the Exchange Agent are set forth
in "The Exchange Offer--Exchange Agent" and
in the Letter of Transmittal.
Use of Proceeds. . . . . . . . . Neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust will
receive any cash proceeds from the issuance
of the New Capital Securities offered
hereby. See "Use of Proceeds."
Certain Federal Income
Tax Consequences; ERISA
Considerations. . . . . . . . . Holders of Old Capital Securities should
review the information set forth under
"Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences"
and "Certain ERISA Considerations" prior to
tendering Old Capital Securities in the
Exchange Offer.
THE NEW CAPITAL SECURITIES
Securities Offered. . . . . . . Up to $300,000,000 aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Trust's New Capital Securities
which have been registered under the
Securities Act (Liquidation Amount $1,000
per New Capital Security). The New Capital
Securities will be issued and the Old
Capital Securities were issued under the
Trust Agreement. The New Capital Securities
and any Old Capital Securities which remain
outstanding after consummation of the
Exchange Offer will vote together as a
single class for
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purposes of determining whether holders of
the requisite percentage in outstanding
Liquidation Amount thereof have taken
certain actions or exercised certain rights
under the Trust Agreement. See "Description
of New Securities--Description of New
Capital Securities--Voting Rights; Amendment
of the Trust Agreement." The terms of the
New Capital Securities are identical in all
material respects to the terms of the Old
Capital Securities, except that the New
Capital Securities have been registered
under the Securities Act, will not be
subject to certain restrictions on transfer
applicable to the Old Capital Securities and
will not provide for any increase in the
Distribution rate thereon. See "The Exchange
Offer--Purpose of the Exchange Offer,"
"Description of New Securities" and
"Description of Old Securities."
Distribution Dates. . . . . . . June 15 and December 15 of each year,
commencing June 15, 1997.
Extension Periods. . . . . . . . Distributions on the New Capital Securities
will be deferred for the duration of any
Extension Period elected by U. S. Bancorp
with respect to the payment of interest on
the New Junior Subordinated Debentures. No
Extension Period will exceed 10 consecutive
semi- annual periods or extend beyond the
Stated Maturity of the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures (December 15, 2026).
There is no limitation on the number of
times that U. S. Bancorp may elect to begin
an Extension Period. During an Extension
Period, U. S. Bancorp will not be permitted
to pay any cash distributions with respect
to its capital stock or take certain other
actions, subject to certain exceptions. See
"Description of New Securities--Description
of New Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Option to Defer Interest
Payments" and "Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences--Interest Income and Original
Issue Discount."
Ranking. . . . . . . . . . . . . The New Capital Securities will rank pari
passu, and payments thereon will be made pro
rata, with the Old Capital Securities and
the Common Securities except as described
under "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Capital
Securities--Subordination of Common
Securities." The New Junior Subordinated
Debentures will rank pari passu with the Old
Junior Subordinated Debentures and will be
unsecured and subordinate and junior in
right of payment to the extent and in the
manner set forth in the New Indenture to all
Senior Debt (as defined herein). See
"Description of New Securities--Description
of New Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Subordination."
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The New Guarantee will rank pari passu with
the Old Guarantee and will constitute an
unsecured obligation of U. S. Bancorp and
will rank subordinate and junior in right of
payment to the extent and in the manner set
forth in the Guarantee Agreement dated
______________, 1997, between U. S. Bancorp
and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
trustee (the "Guarantee Agreement"). See
"Description of New Securities--Description
of New Guarantee."
Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . The Trust Securities are subject to
mandatory redemption (i) at the Stated
Maturity upon repayment of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (ii)
contemporaneously with the optional
redemption at any time in whole (but not in
part) by U. S. Bancorp of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures upon the occurrence
and continuation of a Tax Event or Capital
Treatment Event and (iii) at any time on or
after December 15, 2006, contemporaneously
with the optional redemption by U. S.
Bancorp in whole at any time or in part from
time to time of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, in each case at the applicable
Redemption Price. See "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Capital
Securities--Redemption."
Shorten Maturity. . . . . . . . Under certain circumstances upon the
occurrence of a Tax Event, U. S. Bancorp has
the right to shorten the maturity of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures to a date not
earlier than June 24, 2016, which will
result in redemption of the Capital
Securities as of such earlier maturity. See
"Description of New Securities--Description
of New Capital Securities--Right to Shorten
Maturity."
Ratings. . . . . . . . . . . . . The New Capital Securities are expected to
be rated "a2" by Moody's Investors Service,
Inc. and "BBB+" by Standard & Poor's Ratings
Services. A security rating is not a
recommendation to buy, sell or hold
securities and may be subject to revision or
withdrawal at any time by the assigning
rating organization.
Absence of Market for
the New Capital Securities. . . The New Capital Securities will be a new
issue of securities for which there
currently is no market.
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Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to
the development or liquidity of any market
for the New Capital Securities. The Trust
and U. S. Bancorp do not intend to apply for
listing of the New Capital Securities on any
securities exchange or for inclusion in
NASDAQ. See "Plan of Distribution."
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RISK FACTORS
Prospective investors should carefully review the information contained
elsewhere in this Prospectus and should particularly consider the following
matters in connection with the Exchange Offer and the New Capital Securities
offered hereby.
RANKING OF SUBORDINATED OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE GUARANTEE AND THE JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The obligations of U. S. Bancorp under the Guarantee issued by U. S.
Bancorp for the benefit of the holders of Capital Securities and under the
Junior Subordinated Debentures are unsecured and rank subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp. At March 31, 1997, the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp was
approximately $604 million. Because U. S. Bancorp is a bank holding company,
its rights and the rights of its creditors to participate in any distribution of
assets of any subsidiary upon the latter's liquidation or reorganization or
otherwise (and thus the ability of holders of the Capital Securities to benefit
indirectly from such distribution) is subject to the prior claims of creditors
of that subsidiary (including depositors in the case of bank subsidiaries),
except to the extent that U. S. Bancorp may itself be a creditor with recognized
claims against that subsidiary. At March 31, 1997, the subsidiaries of U. S.
Bancorp had total liabilities (excluding liabilities owed to U. S. Bancorp) of
approximately $29 billion. There are also various legal limitations on the
extent to which certain of U. S. Bancorp's subsidiaries may extend credit, pay
dividends or otherwise supply funds to, or engage in transactions with, U. S.
Bancorp or certain of its other subsidiaries. Accordingly, the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantee will be effectively subordinated to
all existing and future liabilities of U. S. Bancorp's subsidiaries, and holders
of Junior Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantee should look only to the
assets of U. S. Bancorp for payments on the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
the Guarantee. See "Certain Regulatory Considerations." None of the Indenture,
the Guarantee, the Trust Agreement or the Expense Agreement places any
limitation on the amount of secured or unsecured debt, including Senior Debt,
that may be incurred by U. S. Bancorp. See "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Guarantee--Status of New Guarantee" and
"--Description of New Junior Subordinated Debentures--Subordination."
The ability of the Trust to pay amounts due on the Capital Securities is
solely dependent upon U. S. Bancorp making payments on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures as and when required.
OPTION TO DEFER INTEREST PAYMENTS; TAX CONSEQUENCES; MARKET PRICE CONSEQUENCES
So long as no event of default under the Indenture has occurred and is
continuing, U. S. Bancorp has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures at any time or from time to time
for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods with respect to
each Extension Period, provided that no Extension Period may extend beyond the
Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. As a consequence of any
such deferral, semi-annual Distributions on the Capital Securities by the Trust
will also be deferred (and the amount of Distributions to which holders of the
Capital Securities are entitled will accumulate additional Distributions thereon
at the rate of 8.27% per annum, compounded semi-annually from the relevant
payment date for such Distributions) during any such Extension Period.
Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, U. S. Bancorp may
further defer the payment of interest, provided that no Extension Period may
exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods or extend beyond the Stated Maturity
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Upon the termination of any Extension
Period and the payment of all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with
interest thereon at the annual rate of 8.27%, compounded semi-annually from the
interest payment date for such interest, to the extent permitted by
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applicable law), U. S. Bancorp may elect to begin a new Extension Period,
subject to the above requirements. There is no limitation on the number of times
that U. S. Bancorp may elect to begin an Extension Period. See "Description of
New Securities--Description of New Capital Securities-- Distributions" and
"--Description of New Junior Subordinated Debentures-- Option to Defer Interest
Payments."
Should an Extension Period occur, a holder of Capital Securities will be
required to accrue income (in the form of original issue discount) in respect of
its pro rata share of the Junior Subordinated Debentures held by the Trust for
United States federal income tax purposes. As a result, a holder of Capital
Securities will be required to include such income in gross income for United
States federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash
attributable to such income, and will not receive the cash related to such
income from the Trust if the holder disposes of the Capital Securities prior to
the record date for the payment of Distributions. See "Certain Federal Income
Tax Consequences--Interest Income and Original Issue Discount" and "--Sale or
Redemption of Capital Securities."
U. S. Bancorp has no current intention of exercising its right to defer
payments of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures. However, should U.
S. Bancorp elect to exercise such right in the future, the market price of the
Capital Securities is likely to be affected adversely. A holder that disposes of
its Capital Securities during an Extension Period, therefore, might not receive
the same return on its investment as a holder that continues to hold its Capital
Securities. In addition, as a result of the existence of U. S. Bancorp's right
to defer interest payments, the market price of the Capital Securities (which
represent preferred undivided beneficial interests in the Trust) may be more
volatile than the market prices of other securities on which original issue
discount accrues that are not subject to such deferrals.
TAX EVENT OR CAPITAL TREATMENT EVENT REDEMPTION
Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Tax Event or Capital
Treatment Event, U. S. Bancorp has the right to redeem the Junior Subordinated
Debentures in whole (but not in part) at any time within 90 days following the
occurrence of such Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event and thereby cause a
mandatory redemption of the Capital Securities. The exercise of such right is
subject to U. S. Bancorp having received prior approval of the Federal Reserve
to do so if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the
Federal Reserve.
In addition, if the Tax Event relates to the deductibility of interest
payable by U. S. Bancorp on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and if the
opinion referred to in the definition of Tax Event states that the risk of
nondeductibility would be avoided if the maturity of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures were shortened, U. S. Bancorp will have the right to shorten the
maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures by the amount stated in such
opinion to be the minimum extent required in order to avoid such risk, but in no
event may U. S. Bancorp shorten the maturity to a Stated Maturity of less than
19-1/2 years from December 24, 1996. In such event, the Capital Securities would
be redeemed as of such earlier Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures. In addition, upon the exercise of the right to shorten the maturity
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, U. S. Bancorp will no longer have the
right to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debentures prior to the new Stated
Maturity upon the occurrence of a Tax Event or to further shorten the maturity
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
A "Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an opinion of counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to,
or change (including any announced proposed change) in, the laws (or any
regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official
administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such
laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or such
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proposed change, pronouncement or decision is announced on or after December 24,
1996, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be
within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United States federal
income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, (ii) interest payable by U. S. Bancorp on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be,
deductible by U. S. Bancorp in whole or in part, for United States federal
income tax purposes, or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the
date of the opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes,
duties or other governmental charges.
A "Capital Treatment Event" means the reasonable determination by U. S.
Bancorp that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any proposed
change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof or therein, or as a result of any official or
administrative pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or
applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or
which proposed change, pronouncement, action or decision is announced on or
after December 24, 1996, there is more than an insubstantial risk that U. S.
Bancorp will not be entitled to treat an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount
of the Capital Securities as "Tier I Capital" (or the then equivalent thereof)
for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then
in effect and applicable to U. S. Bancorp. See "Capitalization."
On February 6, 1997, as part of the Clinton Administration's Fiscal 1998
Budget Proposal, the Treasury Department proposed legislation (the "Proposed
Legislation") which would, among other things, generally deny corporate issuers
a deduction for interest in respect of certain debt obligations, such as the New
Junior Subordinated Debentures, issued on or after the date "of first committee
action," if such debt obligations had a maximum term in excess of 15 years and
are not shown as indebtedness on the issuer's applicable consolidated balance
sheet. The Proposed Legislation has not yet been introduced by any member of the
105th Congress. If other legislation is enacted by Congress and if it gives rise
to a Tax Event, U. S. Bancorp, upon approval of the Federal Reserve if then
required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve,
would be permitted to cause a redemption of the Capital Securities prior to
December 15, 2006, or to shorten the maturity of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures to a date not earlier than 19-1/2 years after December 24, 1996,
which would result in the redemption of the Capital Securities on such date. See
"Description of New Securities--Description of New Capital
Securities--Redemption," "--Description of New Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Redemption" and "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences--Proposed
Tax Legislation."
EXCHANGE OF CAPITAL SECURITIES FOR JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The holder(s) of all of the outstanding Common Securities will have the
right at any time to terminate the Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities
to creditors of the Trust as required by applicable law and subject to the
Expense Agreement, cause the Junior Subordinated Debentures to be distributed to
the holders of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities in exchange
therefor upon liquidation of the Trust. The exercise of such right is subject to
U. S. Bancorp having received prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then
required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve.
See "Description of New Securities--Description of New Capital
Securities--Liquidation Distribution Upon Termination."
Under current United States federal income tax law and interpretations and
assuming, as expected, that the Trust will not be classified as an association
taxable as a corporation, a distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures
upon a liquidation of the Trust should not be a taxable event to holders of the
Capital Securities. However, if a Tax Event were to occur which would cause the
Trust to be subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income
received or accrued on the Junior
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Subordinated Debentures, a distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures by
the Trust could be a taxable event to the Trust and the holders of the Capital
Securities. See "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences-- Distribution of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders of Capital Securities."
POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT ON MARKET PRICES
There can be no assurance as to the market prices for New Capital
Securities or New Junior Subordinated Debentures that may be distributed in
exchange for New Capital Securities upon liquidation of the Trust. Accordingly,
the New Capital Securities or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures may trade
at a discount from the price that the investor paid to purchase the New Capital
Securities offered hereby. As a result of the existence of U. S. Bancorp's right
to defer interest payments, the market price of the New Capital Securities
(which represent preferred undivided beneficial interests in the Trust) may be
more volatile than the market prices of other securities that are not subject to
such optional deferrals. Because holders of Capital Securities may receive
Junior Subordinated Debentures in liquidation of the Trust and because
Distributions are otherwise limited to payments on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, prospective purchasers of New Capital Securities are also making an
investment decision with regard to the New Junior Subordinated Debentures and
should carefully review all the information regarding the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures contained herein. See "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Junior Subordinated Debentures."
RIGHTS UNDER THE GUARANTEE
The Old Guarantee guarantees, and the New Guarantee will guarantee, as the
case may be, to the holders of the Capital Securities the following payments, to
the extent not paid by the Trust: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions
required to be paid on the Capital Securities, to the extent that the Trust has
funds on hand available therefor at such time, (ii) the applicable Redemption
Price with respect to any Capital Securities called for redemption, to the
extent that the Trust has funds on hand available therefor at such time, and
(iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding up or liquidation of
the Trust (unless the Junior Subordinated Debentures are distributed to holders
of the Capital Securities), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the Liquidation
Amount and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of payment, to
the extent that the Trust has funds on hand available therefor at such time, and
(b) the amount of assets of the Trust remaining available for distribution to
holders of the Capital Securities after payment of creditors of the Trust as
required by applicable law and subject to the Expense Agreement. The First
National Bank of Chicago will act as Guarantee Trustee and will hold the
Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the Capital Securities. The First
National Bank of Chicago will also act as Debenture Trustee for the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and as Property Trustee, and First Chicago Delaware Inc.
will act as Delaware Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
The Guarantee is subordinate as described under "--Ranking of Subordinated
Obligations Under the Guarantee and the Junior Subordinated
Debentures" above.
The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of
the Capital Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in
respect of the Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust power conferred
upon the Guarantee Trustee under the Guarantee. Any holder of the Capital
Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against U. S. Bancorp to
enforce its rights under the Guarantee without first instituting a legal
proceeding against the Trust, the Guarantee Trustee or any other person or
entity. If U. S. Bancorp were to default on its obligation to pay amounts
payable under the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Trust would not have
sufficient funds for the payment of Distributions or amounts payable on
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redemption of the Capital Securities or otherwise, and, in such event, holders
of the Capital Securities would not be able to rely upon the Guarantee for
payment of such amounts. Instead, if an event of default under the Indenture has
occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of U.
S. Bancorp to pay interest or premium, if any, on or principal of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures on the applicable payment date, then a holder of Capital
Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against U. S. Bancorp
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture for enforcement of payment to such holder
of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on such Junior Subordinated
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of the Capital Securities of such holder (a "Direct Action"). In connection with
such Direct Action, U. S. Bancorp will have a right of set-off under the
Indenture to the extent of any payment made by U. S. Bancorp to such holder of
Capital Securities in the Direct Action. Except as described herein, holders of
Capital Securities will not be able to exercise directly any other remedy
available to the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures or to assert
directly any other rights in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. See
"Description of New Securities--Description of New Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Enforcement of Certain Rights of Holders of Capital Securities" and
"--Debenture Events of Default" and "--Description of New Guarantee." The Trust
Agreement and the New Capital Securities provide that each holder of Capital
Securities by acceptance thereof agrees to the provisions of the Guarantee, the
Expense Agreement and the Indenture.
LIMITED VOTING RIGHTS
Holders of Capital Securities will have limited voting rights relating
generally to the modification of the Capital Securities and the Guarantee and
the exercise of the Trust's rights as holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Holders of Capital Securities will not be entitled to vote to appoint, remove or
replace the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any Administrative
Trustee, and such voting rights are vested exclusively in the holder(s) of the
Common Securities except, with respect to the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee, upon the occurrence of certain events described herein. The Property
Trustee, the Administrative Trustees, and the holder(s) of all the outstanding
Common Securities, subject to certain conditions, may amend the Trust Agreement
without the consent of holders of Capital Securities to cure any ambiguity or to
make other provisions not inconsistent with existing provisions of the Trust
Agreement or to ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States
federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust unless such action materially and
adversely affects the interests of such holders. See "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Capital Securities--Voting Rights; Amendment of
the Trust Agreement" and "--Removal of Issuer Trustees."
CONSEQUENCES OF A FAILURE TO EXCHANGE OLD CAPITAL SECURITIES
The Old Capital Securities have not been registered under the Securities
Act or any state securities laws and therefore may not be offered, sold or
otherwise transferred except in compliance with the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, or pursuant to an
exemption therefrom or in a transaction not subject thereto, and in each case in
compliance with certain other conditions and restrictions. Old Capital
Securities which remain outstanding after consummation of the Exchange Offer
will continue to bear a legend reflecting such restrictions on transfer. In
addition, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, holders of Old Capital
Securities which remain outstanding will not be entitled to any rights to have
such Old Capital Securities registered under the Securities Act or to any
similar rights under the Registration Rights Agreement (subject to certain
limited exceptions). U. S. Bancorp and the Trust do not intend to register under
the Securities Act any Old Capital Securities which remain outstanding after
consummation of the Exchange Offer (subject to such limited exceptions, if
applicable). To the extent that Old Capital Securities are tendered and accepted
in the Exchange Offer, a holder's ability to sell untendered Old Capital
Securities could be adversely affected.
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The New Capital Securities and any Old Capital Securities which remain
outstanding after consummation of the Exchange Offer will vote together as a
single class for purposes of determining whether holders of the requisite
percentage in outstanding Liquidation Amount thereof have taken certain actions
or exercised certain rights under the Trust Agreement. See "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Capital Securities--Voting Rights; Amendment of
the Trust Agreement."
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, holders of Old Capital Securities
will not be entitled to any increase in the Distribution rate thereon or any
further registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, except
under limited circumstances. See "Description of Old Capital Securities."
ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET
The Old Capital Securities were issued to, and U. S. Bancorp believes such
securities are currently owned by, a relatively small number of beneficial
owners. The Old Capital Securities have not been registered under the Securities
Act and will be subject to significant restrictions on transferability if they
are not exchanged for the New Capital Securities. Although the New Capital
Securities generally may be resold or otherwise transferred by the holders (who
are not affiliates of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust) without compliance with the
registration requirements under the Securities Act, they will constitute a new
issue of securities with no established trading market. Accordingly, no
assurance can be given that an active public or other market will develop for
the New Capital Securities or the Old Capital Securities or as to the liquidity
of or to the trading market for the New Capital Securities or the Old Capital
Securities. If an active public market does not develop, the market price and
liquidity of the New Capital Securities may be adversely affected.
If a public trading market develops for the New Capital Securities, future
trading prices will depend on many factors, including, among other things,
prevailing interest rates, U. S. Bancorp's financial results and the market for
similar securities. Depending on prevailing interest rates, the market for
similar securities and other factors, including the financial condition of U. S.
Bancorp, the New Capital Securities may trade at a discount.
Notwithstanding the registration of the New Capital Securities in the
Exchange Offer, holders who are Affiliates of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust may
publicly offer for sale or resell the New Capital Securities only in compliance
with the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Each broker-dealer that receives New Capital Securities for its own
account in exchange for Old Capital Securities, where such Old Capital
Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Capital Securities.
See "Plan of Distribution."
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U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
U. S. Bancorp Capital I (the "Trust") is a statutory business trust
created under Delaware law pursuant to (i) the Trust Agreement executed by U. S.
Bancorp, as Depositor, The First National Bank of Chicago, as Property Trustee,
First Chicago Delaware Inc., as Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative
Trustees named therein, and (ii) the filing of a certificate of trust with the
Delaware Secretary of State. The Trust's business and affairs are conducted by
its trustees: The First National Bank of Chicago, as Property Trustee, First
Chicago Delaware Inc., as Delaware Trustee, and two individual Administrative
Trustees who are employees or officers of U. S. Bancorp (collectively, the
"Issuer Trustees"). The First National Bank of Chicago, as Property Trustee,
will act as sole indenture trustee under the Trust Agreement. The First National
Bank of Chicago will also act as indenture trustee under the Guarantee and the
Indenture. The Trust exists for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing and
selling the Capital Securities and Common Securities, (ii) using the proceeds
from the sale of such Trust Securities to acquire Junior Subordinated Debentures
issued by U. S. Bancorp, and (iii) engaging in only those other activities
necessary or incidental thereto (such as registering the transfer of the Capital
Securities). Accordingly, the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the right to
reimbursement under the Expense Agreement will be the sole assets of the Trust,
and payments under the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the Expense Agreement
will be the sole source of revenues of the Trust. All of the Common Securities
will be owned by U. S. Bancorp. The Common Securities will rank pari passu, and
payments will be made thereon pro rata, with the Capital Securities, except that
upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the Trust
Agreement resulting from an event of default under the Indenture, the rights of
U. S. Bancorp as holder of the Common Securities to payment in respect of
Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise will be
subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Capital Securities. See
"Description of New Securities--Description of New Capital
Securities--Subordination of Common Securities." U. S. Bancorp will acquire
Common Securities in an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to at least 3% of the
total capital of the Trust. The Trust has a term of 55 years, but may terminate
earlier as provided in the Trust Agreement. The principal executive office of
the Trust is c/o U. S. Bancorp, 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204,
Attention: Corporate Secretary Division, and its telephone number is (503)
275-6111.
It is anticipated that the Trust will not be subject to the reporting
requirements under the Exchange Act.
U. S. BANCORP
U. S. Bancorp is a regional multi-bank holding company headquartered in
Portland, Oregon. At December 31, 1996, U. S. Bancorp was the 26th largest bank
holding company in the United States in terms of total assets, with total
consolidated assets of $33.3 billion, deposits of $25.0 billion, and total
shareholders' equity of $2.7 billion.
U. S. Bancorp is engaged in a general retail and commercial banking
business in the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Nevada, and
Utah through its banking subsidiaries. Other subsidiaries of U. S. Bancorp
provide financial services related to banking including lease financing,
consumer and commercial finance, discount brokerage, investment advisory
services, and insurance agency and credit life insurance services. The principal
executive offices of U. S. Bancorp are located at 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue,
Portland, Oregon 97204, telephone number (503) 275-6111.
On March 20, 1997, U. S. Bancorp and First Bank System Inc. ("FBS")
announced the signing of a definitive agreement for FBS to acquire U. S. Bancorp
for stock valued at approximately $9 billion. The resulting company, which will
be called U. S. Bancorp and will be headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
will create the 14th largest banking organization in the United States based on
combined assets of approximately $70 billion. The combined
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company will serve nearly 4 million households and 475,000 businesses in 17
contiguous states. The merger is subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals
and is expected to close in the third quarter of 1997.
CERTAIN REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS
GENERAL
U. S. Bancorp is a legal entity, separate and distinct from its bank
subsidiaries. The principal sources of U. S. Bancorp's revenues are dividends
and fees from its subsidiaries. There are various legal limitations on the
extent to which U. S. Bancorp's bank subsidiaries may extend credit, pay
dividends, or otherwise supply funds to U. S. Bancorp or U. S. Bancorp's other
affiliates. In particular, U. S. Bancorp's bank subsidiaries are subject to
certain restrictions imposed by federal law on extensions of credit to U. S.
Bancorp or its affiliates, on investments in stock or other securities thereof
and on the taking of such securities as collateral for loans. Such restrictions
prohibit U. S. Bancorp or such other affiliates from borrowing from U. S.
Bancorp's bank subsidiaries unless the loans are secured by specified
collateral. Further, such secured loans and investments by a U. S. Bancorp bank
subsidiary are limited in amount as to U. S. Bancorp or to any other such
affiliate to 10% of the bank subsidiary's capital stock and surplus and as to U.
S. Bancorp and all such affiliates to an aggregate of 20% of the bank
subsidiary's capital stock and surplus.
In addition, there are certain limitations on the payment of dividends to
U. S. Bancorp by its bank subsidiaries. A national bank may not pay dividends in
an amount greater than its net profits then on hand after deducting statutory
bad debt in excess of the bank's allowance for loan losses. The prior approval
of the United States Comptroller of the Currency (the "Comptroller") is required
if the total of all dividends declared by a national bank subsidiary in any
calendar year will exceed the total of such subsidiary's net profits (as defined
by regulation) for that year combined with its retained net profits for the
preceding two calendar years, less any required transfers to surplus or to a
fund for the retirement of any preferred stock. As of December 31, 1996, U. S.
Bancorp's banking subsidiaries could have declared dividends without approval of
the Comptroller of up to an aggregate of $56 million. The payment of dividends
by U. S. Bancorp's national bank subsidiaries may be affected by other factors,
such as requirements for the maintenance of adequate capital. The Comptroller
also has the authority to prohibit a national bank from engaging in what, in the
Comptroller's opinion, constitutes an unsafe or unsound practice in conducting
its business. The payment of a dividend by a bank could, depending upon the
financial condition of such bank and other factors, be construed by the
Comptroller to be such an unsafe or unsound practice. The Comptroller has stated
that a dividend by a national bank should bear a direct correlation to the level
of the bank's current and expected earnings stream, the bank's need to maintain
an adequate capital base and the marketplace's perception of the bank and should
not be governed by the financing needs of the bank's parent corporation. In
addition, the Comptroller has issued a policy statement which provides that
national banks should generally pay dividends only out of current operating
earnings. U. S. Bancorp's nonbank subsidiaries are also subject to limitations
on the payment of dividends. Also, under the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, an FDIC-insured depository institution
cannot make a capital distribution (including a payment of dividends) or pay any
management fees to its holding company or pay any dividend if it is
undercapitalized or if such payment would cause it to become undercapitalized.
If the ability of its bank subsidiaries to pay dividends to U. S. Bancorp were
to become restricted, U. S. Bancorp would need to rely on alternative means of
raising funds to satisfy its cash requirements, which might include, but would
not be restricted to, nonbank subsidiary dividends, asset sales or other capital
market transactions.
In the event that a depository institution subsidiary becomes
undercapitalized (as that term is defined by the federal bank regulatory
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agencies), U. S. Bancorp may be required to guarantee compliance by the
subsidiary with a capital restoration plan. U. S. Bancorp's aggregate liability
under any such guarantee may not exceed the lesser of 5% of the subsidiary's
total assets when it became undercapitalized or the amount of the capital
deficiency at such time as it fails to comply with the plan.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth U. S. Bancorp's ratio of earnings to fixed
charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock
dividend requirements for each of the periods indicated.
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U. S. BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES(a)
Year Ended December 31,
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges:
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Excluding interest on deposits 3.86x 2.72x 2.58x 3.74x 2.77x
Including interest on deposits 1.72x 1.51x 1.48x 1.71x 1.47x
Ratio of earnings to combined
fixed charges and preferred
stock dividends:
Excluding interest on deposits 3.68x 2.61x 2.45x 3.50x 2.69x
Including interest on deposits 1.70x 1.49x 1.46x 1.68x 1.46x
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(a) For purposes of computing these ratios, earnings represent consolidated
income before income taxes and accounting changes plus consolidated fixed
charges, less capitalized interest. Fixed charges represent interest, whether
expensed or capitalized, including interest on deposits where indicated, imputed
interest on capital leases and approximately one-third of all other rent expense
(such amount approximating the interest component of such expense), but
excluding interest income on federal funds sold, which approximates interest
expense related to federal funds purchased transactions having a purpose other
than to fund operations. Preferred stock dividend requirements represent the
amount required to cover preferred stock dividends.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust will receive any cash proceeds from
the issuance of the New Capital Securities offered hereby. In consideration for
issuing the New Capital Securities in exchange for Old Capital Securities as
described in this Prospectus, the Trust will receive Old Capital Securities in
like Liquidation Amount. The Old Capital Securities surrendered in exchange for
the New Capital Securities will be retired and canceled.
The proceeds to the Trust (without giving effect to expenses of the
offering payable by U. S. Bancorp) from the offering of the Old Capital
Securities was $300,000,000. All of the proceeds from the sale of Old Capital
Securities was invested by the Trust in the Junior Subordinated Debentures. U.
S. Bancorp intends that the net proceeds from the sale of the Old Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be used for general corporate purposes, including
the potential redemption of U. S. Bancorp's 8-1/8% Cumulative Preferred Stock,
Series A (which first becomes redeemable on July 23, 1997) and investments in,
or extensions of credit to, U. S. Bancorp's subsidiaries. The precise amount and
timing of the application of such net proceeds used for such corporate purposes
will depend on the funding requirements and the availability of other funds to
U. S. Bancorp and its subsidiaries. Pending such application by U. S. Bancorp,
such net proceeds have been temporarily invested in short-term interest-bearing
securities.
The Capital Securities will be eligible to qualify as Tier I capital under
the capital guidelines of the Federal Reserve.
CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth the consolidated capitalization of U. S.
Bancorp and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996, which reflects the
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issuance of the Old Securities. The following data should be read in conjunction
with the financial information included in U. S. Bancorp's 1996 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference. See "Incorporation of
Certain Documents by Reference." The issuance of the New Securities in the
Exchange Offer will have no effect on the capitalization of U. S. Bancorp.
CAPITALIZATION TABLE
DECEMBER 31, 1996
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS)
Long-term debt:
U. S. Bancorp (parent company only):
Medium-term notes due 1997-2001 $ 264.8
Floating rate notes due 1999 200.0
8.125% subordinated notes due 2002 149.4
7.00% subordinated notes due 2003 149.8
6.75% subordinated notes due 2005 296.9
7.50% subordinated debentures due 2026 198.5
Bank Subsidiaries (a):
Bank notes due 1997 13.8
FHLB notes due 1997-2025 538.2
Mortgages and other notes payable .1
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Total long-term debt 1,811.5
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Company-obligated mandatory redeemable
capital securities of subsidiary trust (b) 300.0
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, no par value,
Authorized--50,000,000 shares;
Issued--6,000,000 shares 150.0
Common stock, $5 par value,
Authorized--250,000,000 shares;
Issued--147,199,668 shares 736.0
Capital surplus 178.1
Retained earnings 1,644.5
Net unrealized gain on securities available
for sale, net of tax 2.2
Total shareholders' equity 2,710.8
Total capitalization $ 4,822.3
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(a) Does not reflect the issuance of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
floating rate notes due 2000 by United States National Bank of Oregon, a wholly
owned subsidiary of U. S. Bancorp, on February 27, 1997.
(b) As described herein, the sole assets of the Trust will be the Junior
Subordinated Debentures issued by U. S. Bancorp to the Trust and the right to
reimbursement under the Expense Agreement. The Junior Subordinated Debentures
will mature on December 15, 2026. U. S. Bancorp owns all of the Common
Securities of the Trust.
THE EXCHANGE OFFER
PURPOSE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
In connection with the sale of the Old Capital Securities, U. S. Bancorp
and the Trust entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with the Initial
Purchasers, pursuant to which U. S. Bancorp and the Trust agreed to file and to
use their reasonable best efforts to cause to become effective with the
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Commission a registration statement with respect to the exchange of the Old
Capital Securities for the New Capital Securities. A copy of the Registration
Rights Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of
which this Prospectus is a part.
The Exchange Offer is being made to satisfy the contractual obligations of
U. S. Bancorp and the Trust under the Registration Rights Agreement. The form
and terms of the New Capital Securities are the same as the form and terms of
the Old Capital Securities except that the New Capital Securities have been
registered under the Securities Act, will not be subject to certain restrictions
on transfer applicable to the Old Capital Securities, and will not provide for
an increase in the Distribution rate in the event that a registration statement
relating to the Exchange Offer is not filed or declared effective by specified
dates. Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, holders of Old Capital
Securities will not be entitled to any increase in the Distribution rate thereon
or any further registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement,
except under limited circumstances. See "Risk Factors--Consequences of a Failure
to Exchange Old Capital Securities" and "Description of Old Securities."
The Exchange Offer is not being made to, nor will the Trust accept tenders
for exchange from, holders of Old Capital Securities in any jurisdiction in
which the Exchange Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance
with the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction.
Unless the context requires otherwise, the term "holder" with respect to
the Exchange Offer means any person in whose name the Old Capital Securities are
registered on the books of the Trust or any other person who has obtained a
properly completed bond power from the registered holder, or any person whose
Old Capital Securities are held of record by The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") who desires to deliver such Old Capital Securities by book-entry
transfer at DTC.
Pursuant to the Exchange Offer, promptly after the Expiration Date, U. S.
Bancorp will exchange the Old Guarantee for the New Guarantee and the Old Junior
Subordinated Debentures, in an amount corresponding to the Old Capital
Securities accepted for exchange, for a like aggregate principal amount of the
New Junior Subordinated Debentures. The New Guarantee and New Junior
Subordinated Debentures have been registered under the Securities Act.
TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
The Trust hereby offers, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Prospectus and in the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, to
exchange up to $300,000,000 aggregate Liquidation Amount of New Capital
Securities for a like aggregate Liquidation Amount of Old Capital Securities
properly tendered on or prior to the Expiration Date and not properly withdrawn
in accordance with the procedures described below. The Trust will issue,
promptly after the Expiration Date, an aggregate Liquidation Amount of up to
$300,000,000 of New Capital Securities in exchange for a like principal amount
of outstanding Old Capital Securities tendered and accepted in connection with
the Exchange Offer. Holders may tender their Old Capital Securities in whole or
in part in a Liquidation Amount of not less than $100,000 (100 Capital
Securities) or any integral multiple of $1,000 Liquidation Amount (one Capital
Security) in excess thereof.
The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum Liquidation Amount
of Old Capital Securities being tendered. As of the date of this Prospectus,
$300,000,000 aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Old Capital
Securities is outstanding.
Holders of Old Capital Securities do not have any appraisal or dissenters'
rights in connection with the Exchange Offer. Old Capital
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Securities which are not tendered for or are tendered but not accepted in
connection with the Exchange Offer will remain outstanding and be entitled to
the benefits of the Trust Agreement, but will not be entitled to any further
registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, except under
limited circumstances. See "Risk Factors--Consequences of a Failure to Exchange
Old Capital Securities" and "Description of Old Securities."
If any tendered Old Capital Securities are not accepted for exchange
because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of certain other events set forth
herein or otherwise, certificates for any such unaccepted Old Capital Securities
will be returned, without expense, to the tendering holder thereof promptly
after the Expiration Date.
Holders who tender Old Capital Securities in connection with the Exchange
Offer will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to
the instructions in the Letter of Transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to
the exchange of Old Capital Securities in connection with the Exchange Offer. U.
S. Bancorp will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain applicable
taxes described below, in connection with the Exchange Offer. See "--Fees and
Expenses."
NEITHER U. S. BANCORP, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF U. S. BANCORP NOR ANY
ISSUER TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO HOLDERS OF OLD CAPITAL
SECURITIES AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING ALL OR ANY PORTION
OF THEIR OLD CAPITAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER. IN ADDITION, NO
ONE HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION. HOLDERS OF OLD CAPITAL
SECURITIES MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION WHETHER TO TENDER PURSUANT TO THE
EXCHANGE OFFER AND, IF SO, THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF OLD CAPITAL SECURITIES TO
TENDER BASED ON SUCH HOLDERS' OWN FINANCIAL POSITION AND REQUIREMENTS.
The term "Expiration Date" means 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
_______, 1997 unless the Exchange Offer is extended by U. S. Bancorp or the
Trust (in which case the term "Expiration Date" shall mean the latest date and
time to which the Exchange Offer is extended).
U. S. Bancorp and the Trust expressly reserve the right in their sole and
absolute discretion, subject to applicable law, at any time and from time to
time, (i) to delay the acceptance of the Old Capital Securities for exchange,
(ii) to terminate the Exchange Offer (whether or not any Old Capital Securities
have theretofore been accepted for exchange) if the Trust determines, in its
sole and absolute discretion, that any of the events or conditions referred to
under "--Conditions to the Exchange Offer" have occurred or exist or have not
been satisfied, (iii) to extend the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer and
retain all Old Capital Securities tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer,
subject, however, to the right of holders of Old Capital Securities to withdraw
their tendered Old Capital Securities as described under "--Withdrawal Rights,"
and (iv) to waive any condition or otherwise amend the terms of the Exchange
Offer in any respect. If the Exchange Offer is amended in a manner determined by
U. S. Bancorp and the Trust to constitute a material change, or if U. S. Bancorp
and the Trust waive a material condition of the Exchange Offer, U. S. Bancorp
and the Trust will promptly disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus
supplement that will be distributed to the holders of the Old Capital
Securities, and U. S. Bancorp and the Trust will extend the Exchange Offer to
the extent required by Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act.
Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be
followed promptly by oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent and by
making a public announcement thereof, and such announcement in the case of an
extension will be made no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next
business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date. Without limiting
the manner in which U. S. Bancorp and the Trust may choose to make any public
announcement and subject to applicable law, U. S. Bancorp and the Trust shall
have no obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise communicate
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any such public announcement other than by issuing a release to an appropriate
news agency.
ACCEPTANCE FOR EXCHANGE AND ISSUANCE OF NEW CAPITAL SECURITIES
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the
Trust will exchange, and will issue to the Exchange Agent, New Capital
Securities for Old Capital Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn
promptly after the Expiration Date.
In all cases, delivery of New Capital Securities in exchange for Old
Capital Securities tendered and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange
Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of (i) Old
Capital Securities or a book-entry confirmation of a book-entry transfer of Old
Capital Securities into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC, (ii) the Letter of
Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with
any required signature guarantees, and (iii) any other documents required by the
Letter of Transmittal.
The term "book-entry confirmation" means a timely confirmation of a
book-entry transfer of Old Capital Securities into the Exchange Agent's account
at DTC.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, the Trust will
be deemed to have accepted for exchange, and thereby exchanged, Old Capital
Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn as, if and when the Trust gives
oral or written notice to the Exchange Agent of the Trust's acceptance of such
Old Capital Securities for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The Exchange
Agent will act as agent for the Trust for the purpose of receiving tenders of
Old Capital Securities, Letters of Transmittal and related documents, and as
agent for tendering holders for the purpose of receiving Old Capital Securities,
Letters of Transmittal and related documents and transmitting New Capital
Securities to validly tendering holders. Such exchange will be made promptly
after the Expiration Date. If for any reason whatsoever, acceptance for exchange
or the exchange of any Old Capital Securities tendered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer is delayed (whether before or after the Trust's acceptance for exchange of
Old Capital Securities) or the Trust extends the Exchange Offer or is unable to
accept for exchange or exchange Old Capital Securities tendered pursuant to the
Exchange Offer, then, without prejudice to the Trust's rights set forth herein,
the Exchange Agent may, nevertheless, on behalf of the Trust and subject to Rule
14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act, retain tendered Old Capital Securities and such
Old Capital Securities may not be withdrawn except to the extent tendering
holders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described under "--Withdrawal
Rights."
Pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal, a holder of Old Capital Securities
will warrant and agree in the Letter of Transmittal that it has full power and
authority to tender, exchange, sell, assign and transfer Old Capital Securities,
that the Trust will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title to the
tendered Old Capital Securities, free and clear of all liens, restrictions,
charges and encumbrances, and the Old Capital Securities tendered for exchange
are not subject to any adverse claims or proxies. The holder also will warrant
and agree that it will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional
documents deemed by the Trust or the Exchange Agent to be necessary or desirable
to complete the exchange, sale, assignment, and transfer of the Old Capital
Securities tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING OLD CAPITAL SECURITIES
VALID TENDER. Except as set forth below, in order for Old Capital
Securities to be validly tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, a properly
completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with
any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, must be
received by the Exchange Agent at one of its addresses set forth under
"--Exchange Agent," and either (i) tendered Old Capital Securities must be
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received by the Exchange Agent, or (ii) such Old Capital Securities must be
tendered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth below and
a book-entry confirmation must be received by the Exchange Agent, in each case
on or prior to the Expiration Date, or (iii) the guaranteed delivery procedures
set forth below must be complied with.
If less than all of the Old Capital Securities are tendered, a tendering
holder should fill in the amount of Old Capital Securities being tendered in the
appropriate box on the Letter of Transmittal. The entire amount of Old Capital
Securities delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered
unless otherwise indicated.
THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL
OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS IS AT THE OPTION AND SOLE RISK OF THE TENDERING HOLDER,
AND DELIVERY WILL BE DEEMED MADE ONLY WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE
AGENT. IF DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED,
PROPERLY INSURED, OR AN OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE IS RECOMMENDED. IN ALL CASES,
SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.
BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER. The Exchange Agent will establish an account with
respect to the Old Capital Securities at DTC for purposes of the Exchange Offer
within two business days after the date of this Prospectus. Any financial
institution that is a participant in DTC's book-entry transfer facility system
may make a book-entry delivery of the Old Capital Securities by causing DTC to
transfer such Old Capital Securities into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC in
accordance with DTC's procedures for transfers. However, although delivery of
Old Capital Securities may be effected through book-entry transfer into the
Exchange Agent's account at DTC, the Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile
thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature
guarantees and any other required documents, must in any case be delivered to
and received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth under "--Exchange
Agent" on or prior to the Expiration Date, or the guaranteed delivery procedure
set forth below must be complied with.
DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO DTC IN ACCORDANCE WITH DTC'S PROCEDURES DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEES. Certificates for the Old Capital Securities need not
be endorsed and signature guarantees on the Letter of Transmittal are
unnecessary unless (a) a certificate for the Old Capital Securities is
registered in a name other than that of the person surrendering the certificate
or (b) such holder completes the box entitled "Special Issuance Instructions" or
"Special Delivery Instructions" in the Letter of Transmittal. In the case of (a)
or (b) above, such certificates for Old Capital Securities must be duly endorsed
or accompanied by a properly executed bond power, with the endorsement or
signature on the bond power and on the Letter of Transmittal guaranteed by a
firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act as an
"eligible guarantor institution," including (as such terms are defined therein):
(i) a bank; (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker or dealer or
government securities broker or dealer; (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national
securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or
(v) a savings association that is a participant in a Securities Transfer
Association (an "Eligible Institution"), unless surrendered on behalf of such
Eligible Institution. See Instruction 1 to the Letter of Transmittal.
GUARANTEED DELIVERY. If a holder desires to tender Old Capital Securities
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the certificates for such Old Capital
Securities are not immediately available or time will not permit all required
documents to reach the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date, or the
procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis, such
Old Capital Securities may nevertheless be tendered, provided that all of the
following guaranteed delivery procedures are complied with:
(a) such tenders are made by or through an Eligible Institution;
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(b) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery,
substantially in the form accompanying the Letter of Transmittal, is received by
the Exchange Agent, as provided below, on or prior to the Expiration Date; and
(c) the certificates (or a book-entry confirmation) representing all
tendered Old Capital Securities, in proper form for transfer, together with a
properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile
thereof), with any required signature guarantees and any other documents
required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Exchange Agent within
three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of such
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand, or transmitted
by facsimile or mail to the Exchange Agent and must include a guarantee by an
Eligible Institution in the form set forth in such notice.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the delivery of New Capital
Securities in exchange for Old Capital Securities tendered and accepted for
exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer will in all cases be made only after
timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of Old Capital Securities, or of a
book-entry confirmation with respect to such Old Capital Securities, and a
properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile
thereof), together with any required signature guarantees and any other
documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, the delivery of
New Capital Securities might not be made to all tendering holders at the same
time, and will depend upon when Old Capital Securities, book-entry confirmations
with respect to Old Capital Securities and other required documents are received
by the Exchange Agent.
The Trust's acceptance for exchange of Old Capital Securities tendered
pursuant to any of the procedures described above will constitute a binding
agreement between the tendering holder and the Trust upon the terms and subject
to the conditions of the Exchange Offer.
DETERMINATION OF VALIDITY. All questions as to the form of documents,
validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for exchange of
any tendered Old Capital Securities will be determined by U. S. Bancorp and the
Trust, in their sole discretion, whose determination shall be final and binding
on all parties. U. S. Bancorp and the Trust reserve the absolute right, in their
sole and absolute discretion, to reject any and all tenders determined by them
not to be in proper form or the acceptance of which, or exchange for, may, in
the opinion of counsel to U. S. Bancorp and the Trust, be unlawful. U. S.
Bancorp and the Trust also reserve the absolute right, subject to applicable
law, to waive any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer as set forth under
"--Conditions to the Exchange Offer" or any condition or irregularity in any
tender of Old Capital Securities of any particular holder whether or not similar
conditions or irregularities are waived in the case of other holders.
The interpretation by U. S. Bancorp and the Trust of the terms and
conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the Letter of Transmittal and the
instructions thereto) will be final and binding. No tender of Old Capital
Securities will be deemed to have been validly made until all irregularities
with respect to such tender have been cured or waived. Neither U. S. Bancorp,
the Trust, any affiliates or assigns of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust, the Exchange
Agent nor any other person shall be under any duty to give any notification of
any irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any
such notification.
If any Letter of Transmittal, endorsement, bond power, power of attorney,
or any other document required by the Letter of Transmittal is signed by a
trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a
corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity,
such person should so indicate when signing, and unless waived by U. S. Bancorp
and the Trust, proper evidence satisfactory to
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U. S. Bancorp and the Trust, in their sole discretion, of such person's
authority to so act must be submitted.
A beneficial owner of Old Capital Securities that are held by or
registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or
other nominee or custodian is urged to contact such entity promptly if such
beneficial owner wishes to participate in the Exchange Offer.
RESALES OF NEW CAPITAL SECURITIES
The Trust is making the Exchange Offer for the New Capital Securities in
reliance on the position of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of
the Commission as set forth in certain interpretive letters addressed to third
parties in other transactions. However, neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust
sought its own interpretive letter and there can be no assurance that the staff
of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission would make a similar
determination with respect to the Exchange Offer as it has in such interpretive
letters to third parties. Based on these interpretations by the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission, and subject to the two
immediately following sentences, U. S. Bancorp and the Trust believe that New
Capital Securities issued pursuant to this Exchange Offer in exchange for Old
Capital Securities may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred
by a holder thereof (other than a holder who is a broker-dealer) without further
compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act, provided that such New Capital Securities are acquired in the
ordinary course of such holder's business and that such holder is not
participating, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate, in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of
such New Capital Securities. However, any holder of Old Capital Securities who
is an Affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust or who intends to participate in
the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing New Capital Securities, or
any broker-dealer who purchased Old Capital Securities from the Trust for resale
pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act,
(a) will not be able to rely on the interpretations of the staff of the Division
of Corporation Finance of the Commission set forth in the above-mentioned
interpretive letters, (b) will not be permitted or entitled to tender such Old
Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer and (c) must comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any sale or other transfer of such Old Capital Securities unless
such sale is made pursuant to an exemption from such requirements. In addition,
as described below, if any broker-dealer holds Old Capital Securities acquired
for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities and
exchanges such Old Capital Securities for New Capital Securities, then such
broker-dealer must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with any resales of such New Capital Securities.
Each holder of Old Capital Securities who wishes to exchange Old Capital
Securities for New Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer will be required to
represent that (i) it is not an Affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust, (ii)
any New Capital Securities to be received by it are being acquired in the
ordinary course of its business, (iii) it has no arrangement or understanding
with any person to participate in a distribution (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) of such New Capital Securities, and (iv) if such holder is not a
broker-dealer, such holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in,
a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of such New Capital
Securities. In addition, U. S. Bancorp and the Trust may require such holder, as
a condition to such holder's eligibility to participate in the Exchange Offer,
to furnish to U. S. Bancorp and the Trust (or an agent thereof) in writing
information as to the number of "beneficial owners" (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act) on behalf of whom such holder holds the Capital
Securities to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer. Each broker-dealer that
receives New Capital Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange
Offer must acknowledge that it acquired the Old Capital Securities for its own
account as the result of market-making activities or other trading activities
and must agree that it will deliver a
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prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resale of such New Capital Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by
so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities
Act. Based on the position taken by the staff of the Division of Corporation
Finance of the Commission in the interpretive letters referred to above, U. S.
Bancorp and the Trust believe that Participating Broker-Dealers who acquired Old
Capital Securities for their own accounts as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities may fulfill their prospectus delivery
requirements with respect to the New Capital Securities received upon exchange
of such Old Capital Securities (other than Old Capital Securities which
represent an unsold allotment from the original sale of the Old Capital
Securities) with a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act,
which may be the prospectus prepared for an exchange offer so long as it
contains a description of the plan of distribution with respect to the resale of
such New Capital Securities. Accordingly, this Prospectus, as it may be amended
or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a Participating Broker-Dealer
during the period referred to below in connection with resales of New Capital
Securities received in exchange for Old Capital Securities where such Old
Capital Securities were acquired by such Participating Broker-Dealer for its own
account as a result of market-making or other trading activities. Subject to
certain provisions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, U. S. Bancorp
and the Trust have agreed that this Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a Participating Broker-Dealer in
connection with resales of such New Capital Securities for a period ending 180
days after the Expiration Date (subject to extension under certain limited
circumstances described below) or, if earlier, when all such New Capital
Securities have been disposed of by such Participating Broker-Dealer. See "Plan
of Distribution." However, a Participating Broker-Dealer who intends to use this
Prospectus in connection with the resale of New Capital Securities received in
exchange for Old Capital Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer must notify
U. S. Bancorp or the Trust, or cause U. S. Bancorp or the Trust to be notified,
on or prior to the Expiration Date, that it is a Participating Broker-Dealer.
Such notice may be given in the space provided for that purpose in the Letter of
Transmittal or may be delivered to the Exchange Agent at one of the addresses
set forth herein under "--Exchange Agent." Any Participating Broker-Dealer who
is an Affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust may not rely on such interpretive
letters and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction.
In that regard, each Participating Broker-Dealer who surrenders Old
Capital Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be deemed to have agreed,
by execution of the Letter of Transmittal, that, upon receipt of notice from U.
S. Bancorp or the Trust of the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any
fact which makes any statement contained or incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which causes this Prospectus to
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained or incorporated by reference herein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading or of the occurrence of certain other
events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement, such Participating
Broker-Dealer will suspend the sale of New Capital Securities (or the New
Guarantee or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable) pursuant to
this Prospectus until U. S. Bancorp or the Trust has amended or supplemented
this Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and has furnished
copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus to such Participating
Broker-Dealer or U. S. Bancorp or the Trust has given notice that the sale of
the New Capital Securities (or the New Guarantee or the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, as applicable) may be resumed, as the case may be. If U. S. Bancorp
or the Trust gives such notice to suspend the sale of the New Capital Securities
(or the New Guarantee or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable),
it shall extend the 180-day period referred to above during which Participating
Broker-Dealers are entitled to use this Prospectus in connection with the resale
of New Capital Securities by the number of days during the period from and
including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when
Participating Broker-Dealers
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shall have received copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus necessary
to permit resales of the New Capital Securities or to and including the date on
which U. S. Bancorp or the Trust has given notice that the sale of New Capital
Securities (or the New Guarantee or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as
applicable) may be resumed, as the case may be.
WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS
Except as otherwise provided herein, tenders of Old Capital Securities
may be withdrawn at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date.
In order for a withdrawal to be effective, a written or facsimile
transmission of such notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the
Exchange Agent at one of its addresses set forth under "--Exchange Agent" on or
prior to the Expiration Date. Any such notice of withdrawal must specify the
name of the person who tendered the Old Capital Securities to be withdrawn, the
aggregate principal amount of Old Capital Securities to be withdrawn, and (if
certificates for such Old Capital Securities have been tendered) the name of the
registered holder of the Old Capital Securities as set forth on the Old Capital
Securities, if different from that of the person who tendered such Old Capital
Securities. If Old Capital Securities have been delivered or otherwise
identified to the Exchange Agent, then prior to the physical release of such Old
Capital Securities, the tendering holder must submit the serial numbers shown on
the particular Old Capital Securities to be withdrawn and the signature on the
notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution, except in
the case of Old Capital Securities tendered for the account of an Eligible
Institution. If Old Capital Securities have been tendered pursuant to the
procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in "--Procedures for Tendering Old
Capital Securities," the notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number
of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawal of Old Capital
Securities, in which case a notice of withdrawal will be effective if delivered
to the Exchange Agent by written, telegraphic, telex or facsimile transmission.
Withdrawals of tenders of Old Capital Securities may not be rescinded. Old
Capital Securities properly withdrawn will not be deemed validly tendered for
purposes of the Exchange Offer, but may be retendered at any subsequent time on
or prior to the Expiration Date by following any of the procedures described
above under "---Procedures for Tendering Old Capital Securities."
All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of
receipt) of such withdrawal notices will be determined by the Trust, in its sole
discretion, whose determination shall be final and binding on all parties.
Neither U. S. Bancorp, the Trust, any affiliates or assigns of U. S. Bancorp or
the Trust, the Exchange Agent nor any other person shall be under any duty to
give any notification of any irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or incur
any liability for failure to give any such notification. Any Old Capital
Securities which have been tendered but which are withdrawn will be returned to
the holder thereof promptly after withdrawal.
DISTRIBUTIONS ON NEW CAPITAL SECURITIES
Holders of Old Capital Securities whose Old Capital Securities are
accepted for exchange will not receive Distributions on such Old Capital
Securities and will be deemed to have waived the right to receive any
Distributions on such Old Capital Securities accumulated from and after December
24, 1996. Accordingly, holders of New Capital Securities as of the record date
for the payment of Distributions on June 15, 1997, will be entitled to receive
Distributions accumulated from and after December 24, 1996.
CONDITIONS TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Exchange Offer, or any
extension of the Exchange Offer, U. S. Bancorp and the Trust will not be
required to accept for exchange, or to exchange, any Old Capital Securities for
any New Capital Securities, and, as described below, may terminate the
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Exchange Offer (whether or not any Old Capital Securities have theretofore been
accepted for exchange) or may waive any conditions to or amend the Exchange
Offer, if any of the following conditions have occurred or exists or have not
been satisfied:
(a) there shall occur a change in the current interpretation by the staff
of the Commission which permits the New Capital Securities issued pursuant to
the Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Capital Securities to be offered for
resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than
broker-dealers and any such holder which is an Affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or the
Trust without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery
provisions of the Securities Act provided that such New Capital Securities are
acquired in the ordinary course of such holders' business and such holders have
no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of such New Capital Securities; or
(b) any law, statute, rule or regulation shall have been adopted or
enacted which, in the judgment of U. S. Bancorp or the Trust, would reasonably
be expected to impair its ability to proceed with the Exchange Offer; or
(c) a stop order shall have been issued by the Commission or any state
securities authority suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or proceedings shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of U. S. Bancorp
or the Trust, threatened for that purpose, or any governmental approval has not
been obtained, which approval U. S. Bancorp or the Trust, in its sole
discretion, deems necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer as
contemplated hereby.
If U. S. Bancorp or the Trust determines in its sole and absolute
discretion that any of the foregoing events or conditions has occurred or exists
or has not been satisfied, it may, subject to applicable law, terminate the
Exchange Offer (whether or not any Old Capital Securities have theretofore been
accepted for exchange) or may waive any such condition or otherwise amend the
terms of the Exchange Offer in any respect. If such waiver or amendment
constitutes a material change to the Exchange Offer, U. S. Bancorp or the Trust
will promptly disclose such waiver or amendment by means of a prospectus
supplement that will be distributed to the registered holders of the Old Capital
Securities and will extend the Exchange Offer to the extent required by Rule
14e-1 under the Exchange Act.
EXCHANGE AGENT
The First National Bank of Chicago has been appointed as Exchange Agent
for the Exchange Offer. Delivery of the Letters of Transmittal and any other
required documents, questions, requests for assistance, and requests for
additional copies of this Prospectus or of the Letter of Transmittal should be
directed to the Exchange Agent as follows:
BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, HAND OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY:
The First National Bank of Chicago
c/o First Chicago Trust Company of New York
14 Wall Street
8th Floor, Window 2
New York, New York 10005
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
To Confirm By Telephone or for Information:
(212) 240-8801
Facsimile Transmissions:
(ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY)
(212) 240-8938
Delivery to other than the above addresses or facsimile number will not
constitute a valid delivery.
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FEES AND EXPENSES
U. S. Bancorp has agreed to pay the Exchange Agent reasonable and
customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-
of-pocket expenses in connection therewith. U. S. Bancorp will also pay
brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries the reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in forwarding copies of this Prospectus
and related documents to the beneficial owners of Old Capital Securities, and in
handling or tendering for their customers.
Holders who tender their Old Capital Securities for exchange will not be
obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection therewith. If, however, New
Capital Securities are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of,
any person other than the registered holder of the Old Capital Securities
tendered, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange
of Old Capital Securities in connection with the Exchange Offer, then the amount
of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any
other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence
of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with the Letter
of Transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to
such tendering holder.
Neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust will make any payment to brokers,
dealers or other nominees soliciting acceptances of the Exchange Offer.
DESCRIPTION OF NEW SECURITIES
DESCRIPTION OF NEW CAPITAL SECURITIES
Pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Issuer Trustees on
behalf of the Trust have issued the Old Capital Securities and the Common
Securities and will issue the New Capital Securities pursuant to the Exchange
Offer. The New Capital Securities will represent preferred undivided beneficial
interests in the Trust and the holders of the New Capital Securities and the Old
Capital Securities will be entitled to a preference in certain circumstances
with respect to Distributions and amounts payable on redemption of the Capital
Securities or liquidation of the Trust over the Common Securities, as well as
other benefits as described in the Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement has been
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
Indenture Act"). The following summary of certain provisions of the New Capital
Securities and the Trust Agreement does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions
of the Trust Agreement, including the definitions therein of certain terms.
GENERAL
The Capital Securities (including the Old Capital Securities and the New
Capital Securities) are limited to $300,000,000 aggregate Liquidation Amount at
any one time outstanding. The New Capital Securities will rank pari passu, and
payments will be made thereon pro rata, with the Old Capital Securities and the
Common Securities except as described under "--Subordination of Common
Securities." Legal title to the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be held by
the Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Trust
Securities. The New Guarantee will be a guarantee on a subordinated basis with
respect to the Capital Securities but will not guarantee payment of
Distributions or amounts payable on redemption of the New Capital Securities or
liquidation of the Trust when the Trust does not have funds available to make
such payments. See "--Description of New Guarantee."
DISTRIBUTIONS
Distributions on the New Capital Securities will be cumulative, will
accumulate from December 24, 1996, and will be payable at the annual rate of
8.27% of the stated Liquidation Amount of $1,000, payable semi-annually in
arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each a "Distribution Date"),
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commencing June 15, 1997, to the holders of the New Capital Securities as they
appear in the register of the Trust on the relevant record dates. The record
dates will be the June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, next preceding the
relevant Distribution Date. The amount of Distributions payable for any period
less than a full Distribution period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in
such period. Distributions payable for each full Distribution period will be
computed by dividing the rate per annum by two. If any date on which
Distributions are payable on the New Capital Securities is not a Business Day
(as defined below), then payment of the Distributions payable on such date will
be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any
additional Distributions or other payment in respect of any such delay), except
that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the
same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was originally
payable.
So long as no Debenture Event of Default (as defined below) has occurred
and is continuing, U. S. Bancorp will have the right under the New Indenture to
defer payment of interest on the New Junior Subordinated Debentures at any time
or from time to time for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual
periods with respect to each Extension Period, provided that no Extension Period
may extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures.
As a consequence of any such deferral of interest payments by U. S. Bancorp,
semi-annual Distributions on the New Capital Securities by the Trust will also
be deferred during any such Extension Period. Distributions to which holders of
the New Capital Securities are entitled during any such Extension Period will
accumulate additional Distributions thereon at the rate per annum of 8.27%
thereof, compounded semi-annually from the relevant Distribution Date, computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days
elapsed in a partial month in such period. Additional Distributions payable for
each full Distribution period will be computed by dividing the rate per annum by
two. The term "Distributions" as used herein includes any such additional
Distributions.
During any such Extension Period, U. S. Bancorp may not, and may not
permit any subsidiary of U. S. Bancorp to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of U. S. Bancorp's capital stock, (ii) make any payment of
principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities of U. S. Bancorp that rank pari passu with or junior in interest
to the New Junior Subordinated Debentures or (iii) make any guarantee payments
with respect to any guarantee by U. S. Bancorp of the debt securities of any
subsidiary of U. S. Bancorp if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in
interest to the New Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in capital stock of U. S. Bancorp, (b) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders' rights plan or
the issuance of rights, stock, or other property thereunder or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Guarantee
and (d) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of common stock of U. S.
Bancorp in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or similar
arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers,
directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment and stock
purchase plan, or in connection with the issuance of common stock (or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for common stock) as consideration in an
acquisition transaction entered into prior to an Extension Period).
Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, U. S. Bancorp may
further defer the payment of interest on the New Junior Subordinated Debentures,
provided that no Extension Period may exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods
or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and the payment of all
interest then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon at the rate of
8.27% compounded semi-annually, to the extent
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permitted by applicable law), U. S. Bancorp may elect to begin a new Extension
Period. There is no limitation on the number of times that U. S. Bancorp may
elect to begin an Extension Period. See "--Description of New Junior
Subordinated Debentures--Option to Defer Interest Payments" and "Certain Federal
Income Tax Consequences--Interest Income and Original Issue Discount."
U. S. Bancorp believes that the likelihood of its exercising its right to
defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures is remote.
The revenue of the Trust available for distribution to holders of the New
Capital Securities will be limited to payments under the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures. If U. S. Bancorp does not make interest payments on the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures, the Trust will not have funds available to pay
Distributions on the New Capital Securities. The payment of Distributions (if
and to the extent the Trust has funds legally available for the payment of such
Distributions) will be guaranteed by U. S. Bancorp on a limited basis as set
forth herein under "--Description of New Guarantee."
REDEMPTION
Upon the repayment or redemption, in whole or in part, of the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures, whether at Stated Maturity or upon earlier redemption
as provided in the New Indenture, the proceeds from such repayment or redemption
shall be applied by the Property Trustee to redeem a Like Amount (as defined
below) of the New Capital Securities, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days' prior notice, at a redemption price (the "Redemption Price") equal to the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of such New Capital Securities plus accumulated but
unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of redemption (the "Redemption Date")
and the related amount of the premium, if any, paid by U. S. Bancorp upon the
concurrent redemption of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures. See
"--Description of New Junior Subordinated Debentures--Redemption." If less than
all of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures are to be repaid or redeemed on a
Redemption Date, then the proceeds from such repayment or redemption shall be
allocated to the redemption pro rata of the New Capital Securities and the
Common Securities. The amount of premium, if any, paid by U. S. Bancorp upon the
redemption of all or any part of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures to be
repaid or redeemed on a Redemption Date shall be allocated to the redemption pro
rata of the New Capital Securities and the Common Securities.
U. S. Bancorp will have the right to redeem the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures prior to their Stated Maturity (i) on or after December 15, 2006, in
whole at any time or in part from time to time, or (ii) in whole (but not in
part), at any time within 90 days following the occurrence and during the
continuation of a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event, in either case subject
to receipt of prior approval by the Federal Reserve if then required under
applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve. A redemption
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures would cause a mandatory redemption of a
Like Amount of the Capital Securities and Common Securities.
The Redemption Price, in the case of a redemption under (i) above, shall
equal the following prices, expressed in percentages of the Liquidation Amount
(as defined below), together with accumulated Distributions to but excluding the
Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning December 15:
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Redemption
Year Price
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2006....................................................... 104.1350%
2007....................................................... 103.7215
2008....................................................... 103.3080
2009....................................................... 102.8945
2010....................................................... 102.4810
2011....................................................... 102.0675
2012....................................................... 101.6540
2013....................................................... 101.2405
2014....................................................... 100.8270
2015....................................................... 100.4135
and at 100% on or after December 15, 2016.
The Redemption Price, in the case of a redemption prior to December 15,
2006, following a Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event as described under (ii)
above, will equal for each New Capital Security the Make-Whole Amount for a
corresponding $1,000 principal amount of New Junior Subordinated Debentures
together with accumulated Distributions to but excluding the Redemption Date.
The "Make-Whole Amount" will be equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the
principal amount of such New Junior Subordinated Debentures or (ii) as
determined by a Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the present
values of the principal amount and premium payable as part of the Redemption
Price with respect to an optional redemption of such New Junior Subordinated
Debentures on December 15, 2006, together with the present values of the
scheduled payments of interest from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2006
(the "Remaining Life"), in each case discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below).
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the
Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus (i) 1.30% if such Redemption Date occurs
on or before December 15, 1997 or (ii) 0.50% if such Redemption Date occurs
after December 15, 1997.
A "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day
on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required
by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the corporate trust
office of the Debenture Trustee is closed for business.
A "Capital Treatment Event" means the reasonable determination by U. S.
Bancorp that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any proposed
change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof or therein, or as a result of any official or
administrative pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or
applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or
which proposed change, pronouncement, action or decision is announced on or
after December 24, 1996, there is more than an insubstantial risk that U. S.
Bancorp will not be entitled to treat an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount
of the New Capital Securities as "Tier I Capital" (or the then equivalent
thereof) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve,
as then in effect and applicable to U. S. Bancorp.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means with respect to any Redemption Date the
United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a
maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining
Life. If no United States Treasury security has a maturity which is within a
period from three months before to three months after December 15, 2006, the two
most closely corresponding United States Treasury securities shall be used as
the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month using such
securities.
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"Comparable Treasury Price" means (A) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Debenture
Trustee obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations.
"Like Amount" means (i) with respect to a redemption of Trust Securities,
Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount (as defined below) equal to that
portion of the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debentures to be
contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Indenture, allocated to the
Common Securities and to the Capital Securities based upon the relative
Liquidation Amounts of such classes, and (ii) with respect to a distribution of
Junior Subordinated Debentures to holders of Trust Securities in connection with
a dissolution or liquidation of the Trust, Junior Subordinated Debentures having
a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of
the holder to whom such Junior Subordinated Debentures are distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust Security.
"Quotation Agent" means Goldman, Sachs & Co. and its successors; provided,
however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U. S. Government
securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), U. S. Bancorp
shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (i) the Quotation Agent and (ii) any
other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Debenture Trustee after
consultation with U. S. Bancorp.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by
the Debenture Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Debenture Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an opinion of counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to,
or change (including any announced proposed change) in, the laws (or any
regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official
administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such
laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which proposed
change, pronouncement or decision is announced on or after December 24, 1996,
there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be
within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United States federal
income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, (ii) interest payable by U. S. Bancorp on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be,
deductible by U. S. Bancorp, in whole or in part, for United States federal
income tax purposes, or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the
date of such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes,
duties or other governmental charges.
"Treasury Rate" means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents
the average for the week immediately prior to the calculation date, appearing in
the most recently published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the
maturity corresponding to the Remaining Life (if no maturity is within three
months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published
maturities most closely corresponding to the Remaining Life shall be determined
and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or
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extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest
month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published
during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields,
the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be
calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.
Payment of Additional Sums. If a Tax Event described in clause (i) or (ii)
of the definition of Tax Event above has occurred and is continuing and the
Trust is the holder of all of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, U. S. Bancorp
will pay Additional Sums (as defined below), if any, on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures.
"Additional Sums" means the additional amounts as may be necessary in
order that the amount of Distributions then due and payable by the Trust on the
outstanding Trust Securities will not be reduced as a result of any additional
taxes, duties and other governmental charges to which the Trust has become
subject as a result of a Tax Event.
RIGHT TO SHORTEN MATURITY
If a Tax Event occurs which relates to the deductibility of interest
payable by U. S. Bancorp on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and if the
opinion relating to such Tax Event and referred to in the definition of Tax
Event above states that the risk of non-deductibility would be avoided if the
maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures were shortened, U. S. Bancorp
shall have the right to shorten the maturity of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures by the amount stated in such opinion to be the minimum extent
required in order to avoid such risk, but in no event may U. S. Bancorp shorten
the maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures to a Stated Maturity earlier
than June 24, 2016. In such event, the Capital Securities would be redeemed as
of such earlier Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. In
addition, upon the exercise of the right to shorten the maturity of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, U. S. Bancorp will no longer have the right to redeem
the Junior Subordinated Debentures prior to the new Stated Maturity upon the
occurrence of a Tax Event or to further shorten the maturity of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures.
REDEMPTION PROCEDURES
New Capital Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed
at the Redemption Price with the applicable proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures. Redemptions of the Capital
Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price shall be payable on each
Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds on hand available
for the payment of such Redemption Price. See "--Subordination of Common
Securities."
If the Trust gives a notice of redemption in respect of the New Capital
Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date, to
the extent funds are available, in the case of New Capital Securities held in
book-entry form, the Property Trustee will deposit irrevocably with DTC funds
sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give DTC irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the holders of the New
Capital Securities. See "--Book-Entry, Delivery and Form." With respect to New
Capital Securities not held in book-entry form, the Property Trustee, to the
extent funds are available, will irrevocably deposit with the paying agent for
the New Capital Securities funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption
Price and will give such paying agent irrevocable instructions and authority to
pay the Redemption Price to the holders thereof upon surrender of their
certificates evidencing the New Capital Securities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any New
Capital Securities called for redemption shall be
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payable to the holders of such New Capital Securities on the relevant record
dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have
been given and funds deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit,
all rights of the holders of such New Capital Securities so called for
redemption will cease, except the right of the holders of the New Capital
Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without interest on such
Redemption Price, and the New Capital Securities will cease to be outstanding.
If any date fixed for redemption of New Capital Securities is not a Business
Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on
the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls
in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price in
respect of New Capital Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld
or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by U. S. Bancorp pursuant to the
New Guarantee as described under "--Description of New Guarantee," Distributions
on New Capital Securities will continue to accumulate at the then applicable
rate, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust to the date
such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date
will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption
Price.
Subject to applicable law (including, without limitation, United States
federal securities laws), U. S. Bancorp or its subsidiaries may at any time and
from time to time purchase outstanding Capital Securities by tender, in the open
market or by private agreement.
If less than all of the Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a
Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of such Trust Securities
to be redeemed shall be allocated pro rata to the Capital Securities and the
Common Securities based upon the relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes.
The particular Capital Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata
basis not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee
from the outstanding Capital Securities not previously called for redemption, by
such method as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate or, if the
Capital Securities are then held in book-entry form, in accordance with DTC's
customary procedures, provided, in each case, that each holder of any Capital
Securities has at least 100 Capital Securities remaining after the redemption.
The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the trust registrar in writing of the
Capital Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Capital
Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be
redeemed. For all purposes of the Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Capital Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Capital Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities
which has been or is to be redeemed.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each holder of Trust Securities to be
redeemed at its registered address. Unless U. S. Bancorp defaults in payment of
the Redemption Price on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, on and after the
Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures or portions thereof (and, unless payment of the Redemption Price in
respect of the Capital Securities is withheld or refused and not paid either by
the Trust or U. S. Bancorp pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions will cease
to accumulate on the Capital Securities or portions thereof) called for
redemption.
SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES
Payment of Distributions on, and the Redemption Price of, the Capital
Securities and Common Securities, as applicable, shall be made pro rata based on
the Liquidation Amount of such Capital Securities and Common Securities.
However, if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date a Debenture Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing as a result of any failure by
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U. S. Bancorp to pay amounts in respect of Junior Subordinated Debentures when
due, no payment of any Distribution on, or Redemption Price of, any of the
Common Securities, and no other payment on account of the redemption,
liquidation or other acquisition of such Common Securities, shall be made unless
payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on all of
the outstanding Capital Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on
or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price the full
amount of such Redemption Price on all of the outstanding Capital Securities
then called for redemption, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds
available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full
in cash of all Distributions on, or Redemption Price of, the Capital Securities
then due and payable.
In the case of any Event of Default (as defined below) under the Trust
Agreement resulting from a Debenture Event of Default, U. S. Bancorp as holder
of the Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any right to act with
respect to any such Event of Default under the Trust Agreement until the effect
of all such Events of Default with respect to Capital Securities have been
cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. See "--Events of Default; Notice" and
"--Description of New Junior Subordinated Debentures--Debenture Events of
Default." Until all such Events of Default under the Trust Agreement with
respect to the Capital Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, the Property Trustee will act solely on behalf of the holders of the
Capital Securities and not on behalf of U. S. Bancorp as holder of the Common
Securities, and only the holders of the Capital Securities will have the right
to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION UPON TERMINATION
The amount payable on the Capital Securities in the event of any
liquidation of the Trust is $1,000 per Capital Security plus accumulated and
unpaid Distributions, which amount may be paid in the form of a distribution of
a Like Amount in Junior Subordinated Debentures, subject to certain exceptions.
Subject to U. S. Bancorp having received prior approval of the Federal
Reserve to do so if then required under applicable capital guidelines or
policies of the Federal Reserve, the holder(s) of all the outstanding Common
Securities have the right at any time to terminate the Trust and, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as required by applicable
law, to cause the Junior Subordinated Debentures to be distributed to the
holders of the Trust Securities in exchange therefor upon liquidation of the
Trust.
Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trust will automatically terminate
upon expiration of its term or, if earlier, will terminate on the first to occur
of: (i) certain events of bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation of the
holder(s) of all the outstanding Common Securities; (ii) the distribution of a
Like Amount of the Junior Subordinated Debentures to the holders of the Trust
Securities, if U. S. Bancorp, as Depositor, has given written direction to the
Property Trustee to terminate the Trust (subject to U. S. Bancorp having
received prior approval of the Federal Reserve if so required under applicable
capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve); (iii) redemption of all
of the Trust Securities as described under "--Redemption"; and (iv) the entry of
an order for the dissolution of the Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction.
If an early termination of the Trust occurs as described in clause (i),
(ii) or (iv) above, the Trust will be liquidated by the Property Trustee as
expeditiously as the Property Trustee determines to be possible by distributing,
after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as required by
applicable law, to the holders of the Trust Securities in exchange therefor a
Like Amount of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, unless such distribution is
determined by the Property Trustee not to be practical, in which event such
holders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for
distribution to holders, after satisfaction of liabilities
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to creditors of the Trust as required by applicable law, an amount equal to, in
the case of holders of Capital Securities, the aggregate of the Liquidation
Amount plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment
(such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If such Liquidation
Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets
available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the
amounts payable directly by the Trust on its Capital Securities shall be paid on
a pro rata basis. The holder(s) of the Common Securities will be entitled to
receive distributions upon any such liquidation pro rata with the holders of the
Capital Securities, except that if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing as a result of any failure by U. S. Bancorp to pay any amounts in
respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures when due, the Capital Securities
shall have priority over the Common Securities.
After the liquidation date is fixed for any distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debentures (i) the Capital Securities will no longer be deemed to
be outstanding, (ii) DTC or its nominee, as the registered holder of the Capital
Securities, will receive a registered global certificate or certificates
representing the Junior Subordinated Debentures to be delivered upon such
distribution with respect to the Capital Securities held by DTC or its nominee
and (iii) any certificates representing the Capital Securities not held by DTC
or its nominee will be deemed to represent Junior Subordinated Debentures having
a principal amount equal to the stated Liquidation Amount of such Capital
Securities, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the
accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Capital Securities until such
certificates are presented to the trust registrar for cancellation, whereupon U.
S. Bancorp will issue to such holder, and the Debenture Trustee will
authenticate, a certificate representing such Junior Subordinated Debentures.
If U. S. Bancorp does not redeem the Junior Subordinated Debentures prior
to maturity and the Trust is not liquidated and the Junior Subordinated
Debentures are not distributed to holders of the Capital Securities, the Capital
Securities will remain outstanding until the repayment of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and the distribution of the Liquidation Distribution to
the holders of the Capital Securities.
There can be no assurance as to the market prices for the New Capital
Securities or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures that may be distributed in
exchange for New Capital Securities if a termination and liquidation of the
Trust were to occur. Accordingly, the New Capital Securities that an investor
may purchase, or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures that an investor may
receive on termination and liquidation of the Trust, may trade at a discount to
the price that the investor paid to acquire the New Capital Securities offered
hereby.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; NOTICE
Any one of the following events constitutes an "Event of Default" under
the Trust Agreement with respect to the Capital Securities (whatever the reason
for such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) The occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default under the Indenture
(see "--Description of New Junior Subordinated Debentures--Debenture
Events of Default"); or
(ii) Default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it
becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period of
30 days; or
(iii) Default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any
Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or
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(iv) Default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of
any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in the Trust Agreement (other
than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or the
breach of which is dealt with in clause (ii) or (iii) above), and
continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the defaulting Issuer
Trustee or Trustees by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Capital Securities, a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" under the Trust
Agreement; or
(v) The occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with
respect to the Property Trustee if a successor Property Trustee has not
been appointed within 60 days thereof.
Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee will transmit
notice of such Event of Default to the holders of the Capital Securities, the
Administrative Trustees and U. S. Bancorp, as Depositor, unless such Event of
Default has been cured or waived. U. S. Bancorp, as Depositor, and the
Administrative Trustees are required to file annually with the Property Trustee
a certificate as to whether or not they are in compliance with all the
conditions and covenants applicable to them under the Trust Agreement.
If a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as a result
of any failure by U. S. Bancorp to pay any amount in respect of Junior
Subordinated Debentures when due, the Capital Securities will have a preference
over the Common Securities as described above. See "--Subordination of Common
Securities" and "--Liquidation Distribution Upon Termination."
The existence of an Event of Default does not entitle the holders of
Capital Securities to accelerate the maturity thereof.
REMOVAL OF ISSUER TRUSTEES
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
outstanding Capital Securities may remove an Issuer Trustee for cause or, if a
Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, with or without
cause. If an Issuer Trustee is removed by the holders of the outstanding Capital
Securities, the successor may be appointed by the holders of at least 25% in
Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Capital Securities. If an Issuer Trustee
resigns, such Trustee will appoint its successor. If the Issuer Trustee fails to
appoint a successor, the holders of at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the
outstanding Capital Securities may appoint a successor. If a successor has not
been appointed by the holders, any holder of Capital Securities or Common
Securities or the other Issuer Trustee may petition a court in the State of
Delaware to appoint a successor. Any Delaware Trustee must meet the applicable
requirements of Delaware law. Any Property Trustee must be a national or
state-chartered bank, and at the time of appointment have securities rated in
one of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization and have capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. No resignation or removal of an Issuer Trustee and no appointment
of a successor trustee shall be effective until the acceptance of appointment by
the successor trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF ISSUER TRUSTEES
Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Issuer
Trustee is a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of such Issuer Trustee, will be the successor of such
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Trustee under the Trust Agreement, provided such Person is otherwise qualified
and eligible.
MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF THE TRUST
The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except as
described below or otherwise set forth in the Trust Agreement. The Trust may, at
the request of the holder(s) of all the outstanding Common Securities, without
the consent of holders of any Capital Securities, merge with or into,
consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, a trust organized as such
under the laws of any State; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a)
expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the
Capital Securities or (b) substitutes for the Capital Securities other
securities having substantially the same terms as the Capital Securities (the
"Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the
Capital Securities in priority with respect to distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity
possessing the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed to
hold the Junior Subordinated Debentures, (iii) the Successor Securities are
listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of
issuance, on any national securities exchange or other organization on which the
Capital Securities are then listed, if any, (iv) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the
Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any
nationally recognized statistical rating organization which gives ratings on the
Capital Securities, (v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences
and privileges of the holders of the Capital Securities (including any Successor
Securities) in any material respect, (vi) such successor entity has a purpose
identical to that of the Trust, (vii) prior to such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, U. S. Bancorp has
received an opinion from independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such
matters to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights,
preferences and privileges of the holders of the Capital Securities (including
any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b) following such
merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease,
neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act"), and (viii) U. S. Bancorp or any permitted successor
or assignee owns all of the common securities of such successor entity and
guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor
Securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of holders of 100% in
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge
with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any other entity or permit any other
entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease
would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as an association
taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes.
VOTING RIGHTS; AMENDMENT OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT
Except as provided below and under "--Removal of Issuer Trustees" and
"--Description of New Guarantee--Amendments and Assignment" and as otherwise
required by law and the Trust Agreement, the holders of the Capital Securities
will have no voting rights.
The Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by holders of a
majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities and the
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Property Trustee, without the consent of the holders of the Capital Securities
(i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions in the Trust
Agreement that may be inconsistent with any other provision, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Trust
Agreement, which are not inconsistent with the other provisions of the Trust
Agreement, or (ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Trust
Agreement to such extent as may be necessary to ensure that the Trust will not
be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as an association
taxable as a corporation and will be classified as a grantor trust at all times
that any Trust Securities are outstanding and to ensure that the Trust will not
be required to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company
Act; provided, however, that in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii),
such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any holder of Capital Securities, and any amendments of the Trust Agreement will
become effective when notice thereof is given to the holders of the Trust
Securities. The Trust Agreement may be amended by the Property Trustee and
holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities
with (i) the consent of holders representing not less than a majority (based
upon Liquidation Amounts) of the outstanding Capital Securities, and (ii)
receipt by the Issuer Trustees of an opinion of counsel to the effect that such
amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Issuer Trustees in
accordance with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor
trust for United States federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption
from status as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act, except
that without the consent of each holder of Trust Securities, the Trust Agreement
may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the
Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution
required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date or
(ii) restrict the right of a holder of Trust Securities to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.
So long as any Junior Subordinated Debentures are held by the Trust, the
Property Trustee will not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or execute any
trust or power conferred on the Property Trustee with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under
Section 513 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a
declaration that the principal of all the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall
be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination
of the Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debentures, where such consent shall
be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the holders
of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the outstanding
Capital Securities, except that if a consent under the Indenture would require
the consent of each holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures affected thereby,
no such consent will be given by the Property Trustee without the prior consent
of each holder of the Capital Securities. The Issuer Trustees may not revoke any
action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the holders of the Capital
Securities except by subsequent vote of the holders of the Capital Securities.
The Property Trustee will notify each holder of Capital Securities of any notice
of default with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures. In addition to
obtaining the foregoing approvals of the holders of the Capital Securities,
before taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property Trustee will obtain an
opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust will
not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United States
federal income tax purposes on account of such action and such action would not
cause the Trust to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes.
Any required approval of holders of Capital Securities may be given at a
meeting of such holders convened for such purpose or pursuant to written
consent. The Property Trustee will cause a notice of any meeting at which
holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon which
action by written consent of such holders is to be taken, to be given to
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each holder of record of Capital Securities in the manner set forth in the Trust
Agreement.
No vote or consent of the holders of Capital Securities will be required
for the Trust to redeem and cancel the Capital Securities in accordance with the
Trust Agreement.
Notwithstanding that holders of the Capital Securities are entitled to
vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the
Capital Securities that are owned by U. S. Bancorp, the Issuer Trustees or any
affiliate of U. S. Bancorp or the Issuer Trustees will, for purposes of such
vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding.
BOOK ENTRY, DELIVERY AND FORM
The New Capital Securities initially will be represented by one or more
New Capital Securities in registered, global form (collectively, the "Global New
Capital Securities") and, together with the Old Capital Securities in
registered, global form, the "Global Capital Securities"). The Global New
Capital Securities will be deposited upon issuance with the Property Trustee as
custodian for DTC, in New York, New York, and registered in the name of DTC or
its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect
participant in DTC as described below.
Except as set forth below, the Global Capital Securities may be
transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a
successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global Capital
Securities may not be exchanged for Capital Securities in certificated form
except in the limited circumstances described below.
DTC has advised U. S. Bancorp and the Trust that DTC is a limited purpose
trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations
(collectively, the "Participants") and to facilitate the clearance and
settlement of transactions in those securities between Participants through
electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants
include securities brokers and dealers (including the Initial Purchasers),
banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations.
Access to DTC's system is also available to other entities such as banks,
brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodian
relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively,
the "Indirect Participants"). Persons who are not Participants may beneficially
own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the
Indirect Participants. The ownership interest and transfer of ownership interest
of each actual purchaser of each security held by or on behalf of DTC are
recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.
DTC has also advised U. S. Bancorp and the Trust that, pursuant to
procedures established by it, (i) upon deposit of the Global Capital Securities,
DTC will credit the accounts of Participants with portions of the Liquidation
Amount of the Global Capital Securities and (ii) ownership of such interests in
the Global Capital Securities will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership
thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect
to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with
respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the Global Capital
Securities).
Except as described below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global
Capital Securities will not have Capital Securities registered in their name,
will not receive physical delivery of Capital Securities in certificated form
and will not be considered the registered owners or holders thereof under the
Trust Agreement for any purpose.
Payments in respect of the Global Capital Securities registered in the
name of DTC or its nominee will be payable by the Property Trustee to DTC in its
capacity as the registered holder under the Trust Agreement. Under the
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terms of the Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee will treat the persons in
whose names the Capital Securities, including the Global Capital Securities, are
registered as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments and
for any and all other purposes whatsoever. Consequently, neither the Property
Trustee nor any agent thereof has or will have any responsibility or liability
for (i) any aspect of DTC's records or any Participant's or Indirect
Participant's records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
interests in the Global Capital Securities, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any of DTC's records or any Participant's or Indirect Participant's
records relating to the beneficial interests in the Global Capital Securities or
(ii) any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its
Participants or Indirect Participants. DTC has advised U. S. Bancorp and the
Trust that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of
securities such as the Capital Securities, is to credit the accounts of the
relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date, in amounts
proportionate to their respective holdings in Liquidation Amount of beneficial
interests in the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC unless DTC has
reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Payments by
the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial owners of
Global Capital Securities will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or the
Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Property
Trustee, U. S. Bancorp or the Trust. Neither U. S. Bancorp or the Trust nor the
Property Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its Participants
in identifying the beneficial owners of the Global Capital Securities, and U. S.
Bancorp, the Trust, and the Property Trustee may conclusively rely on and will
be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all
purposes.
Beneficial interests in the Global Capital Securities will trade in DTC's
Same-Day Funds Settlement System and secondary market trading activity in such
interests will therefore settle in immediately available funds, subject in all
cases to the rules and procedures of DTC and its participants.
DTC has advised U. S. Bancorp and the Trust that it will take any action
permitted to be taken by a holder of Capital Securities only at the direction of
one or more Participants to whose account with DTC interests in the Global
Capital Securities are credited and only in respect of such portion of the
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities as to which such Participant or
Participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event of
Default under the Trust Agreement, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global
Capital Securities for Capital Securities in certificated form and to distribute
such Capital Securities to its Participants.
The information in this section concerning DTC and its book-entry system
has been obtained from sources that U. S. Bancorp and the Trust believe to be
reliable, but neither U. S. Bancorp nor the Trust takes responsibility for the
accuracy thereof.
A Global New Capital Security is exchangeable for New Capital Securities
in registered certificated form if (i) DTC (x) notifies the Trust that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global New Capital
Security and the Trust thereupon fails to appoint a successor depositary within
90 days or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act, (ii) U. S. Bancorp in its sole discretion elects to cause the issuance of
the New Capital Securities in certificated form or (iii) there shall have
occurred and be continuing and Event of Default or any event which after notice
or lapse of time or both would be an Event of Default under the Trust Agreement.
In addition, beneficial interests in a Global New Capital Security may be
exchanged for certificated New Capital Securities upon request but only upon at
least 20 days' prior written notice given to the Property Trustee by or on
behalf of DTC in accordance with customary procedures. In all cases,
certificated New Capital Securities delivered in exchange for any Global New
Capital Security or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the
names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on
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behalf of DTC (in accordance with its customary procedures), unless the Property
Trustee determines otherwise in compliance with applicable law.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Payments in respect of the New Capital Securities held in global form will
be made to DTC, which will credit the relevant accounts at DTC on the applicable
Distribution Dates or, with respect to the New Capital Securities that are not
held by DTC or its nominee, such payments will be made by check mailed to the
address of the holder entitled thereto as such address appears on the trust
register. The paying agent (the "Paying Agent") will initially be the Property
Trustee and any co-paying agent chosen by the Property Trustee and acceptable to
the Administrative Trustees. The Paying Agent will be permitted to resign as
Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Property Trustee and the
Administrative Trustees. If the Property Trustee is no longer the Paying Agent,
the Property Trustee will appoint a successor (which must be a bank or trust
company acceptable to the Administrative Trustees) to act as Paying Agent.
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
The Property Trustee will act as registrar and transfer agent for the New
Capital Securities.
Registration of transfers of New Capital Securities will be effected
without charge by or on behalf of the Trust, other than payment of any tax or
other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange. The Trust will not be required to register or cause to be
registered the transfer of New Capital Securities after they have been called
for redemption.
TRUST EXPENSES
Pursuant to the Expense Agreement, U. S. Bancorp, as holder of the Common
Securities, has irrevocably and unconditionally agreed with the Trust that U. S.
Bancorp will pay to the Trust, and reimburse the Trust for, the full amount of
any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust, other than obligations of the
Trust to pay to the holders of Capital Securities or other similar interests in
the Trust the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Capital
Securities or such other similar interests, as the case may be. Such payment
obligation will include any such costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust
that are required by applicable law to be satisfied in connection with
termination of the Trust.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE
The Property Trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of
an Event of Default, undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically
set forth in the Trust Agreement and, after such Event of Default, must exercise
the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in
the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the Property
Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the
Trust Agreement at the request of any holder of Capital Securities unless it is
offered reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that
might be incurred thereby. If no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of
action or to construe ambiguous provisions in the Trust Agreement or is unsure
of the application of any provision of the Trust Agreement, and the matter is
not one on which holders of Capital Securities are entitled under the Trust
Agreement to vote, then the Property Trustee will take such action as it deems
advisable and in the best interests of the holders of the Trust Securities and
will have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful
misconduct.
For information concerning the relationships between The First National
Bank of Chicago, the Property Trustee, and U. S. Bancorp, see "--Description
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of New Junior Subordinated Debentures--Information Concerning the Debenture
Trustee."
MISCELLANEOUS
The Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee are authorized and
directed to conduct the affairs of and to operate the Trust in such a way that
it will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act or classified as an association taxable as a
corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income
tax purposes and so that the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be treated as
indebtedness of U. S. Bancorp for United States federal income tax purposes. In
this connection, the holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of
the outstanding Common Securities and the Property Trustee are authorized to
take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the certificate of trust
of the Trust or the Trust Agreement, that the holders of a majority in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Common Securities and the Property Trustee
determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as
long as such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the
holders of the Capital Securities.
Holders of the Capital Securities have no preemptive or similar rights.
The Trust may not borrow money or issue debt or mortgage or pledge any of
its assets.
DESCRIPTION OF NEW JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The Old Junior Subordinated Debentures were issued under the Old
Indenture. The New Junior Subordinated Debentures will be issued under the New
Indenture, under which The First National Bank of Chicago is acting as Debenture
Trustee. The New Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
This summary of certain terms and provisions of the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures and the New Indenture does not purport to be complete, and where
reference is made to particular provisions of the New Indenture, such
provisions, including the definition of certain terms, some of which are not
otherwise defined herein, are qualified in their entirety by reference to all of
the provisions of the New Indenture and those terms made a part of the New
Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act.
GENERAL
Concurrently with the issuance of the Old Capital Securities, the Trust
invested the proceeds thereof, together with the consideration paid by U. S.
Bancorp for the Common Securities, in Old Junior Subordinated Debentures issued
by U. S. Bancorp. Pursuant to the Exchange Offer, U. S. Bancorp will exchange
the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures, in an amount corresponding to the Old
Capital Securities accepted for exchange, for a like aggregate principal amount
of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures promptly after the Expiration Date.
The New Junior Subordinated Debentures will bear interest at the annual
rate of 8.27% of the principal amount thereof, payable semi-annually in arrears
on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"),
commencing June 15, 1997, to the person in whose name each Junior Subordinated
Debenture is registered at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1
next preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Date"). It is
anticipated that, until the liquidation, if any, of the Trust, each New Junior
Subordinated Debenture will be held by the Property Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities. The amount of interest payable
for any period less than a full interest period will be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days elapsed in a partial
month in such period. The amount of interest payable for any full interest
period will be computed by dividing the rate per annum by two. If any date on
which interest is payable on the New Junior Subordinated Debentures is not a
Business Day, then payment of the interest
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payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay),
except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such
payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case
with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was
originally payable. Accrued interest that is not paid on the applicable Interest
Payment Date will bear additional interest on the amount thereof (to the extent
permitted by law) at the rate per annum of 8.27% thereof, compounded
semi-annually and computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period. The amount
of additional interest payable for any full interest period will be computed by
dividing the rate per annum by two. The term "interest" as used herein includes
semi-annual interest payments, interest on semi-annual interest payments not
paid on the applicable Interest Payment Date and Additional Sums (as defined
below), as applicable.
The New Junior Subordinated Debentures will mature on December 15, 2026.
The New Junior Subordinated Debentures will rank pari passu with the Old
Junior Subordinated Debentures and will be unsecured and subordinate and junior
in right of payment to all Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp. Because U. S. Bancorp
is a bank holding company, its rights and the rights of its creditors to
participate in any distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon the latter's
liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is subject to the prior claims of
creditors of that subsidiary (including depositors in the case of bank
subsidiaries), except to the extent that U. S. Bancorp may itself be a creditor
with recognized claims against that subsidiary. There are also various legal
limitations on the extent to which certain of U. S. Bancorp's subsidiaries may
extend credit, pay dividends or otherwise supply funds to U. S. Bancorp or
certain of its other subsidiaries. See "Certain Regulatory Considerations."
Accordingly, the New Junior Subordinated Debentures will be effectively
subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of U. S. Bancorp's
subsidiaries, and holders thereof should look only to the assets of U. S.
Bancorp for payments on the New Junior Subordinated Debentures. The Indenture
does not limit the incurrence or issuance of other secured or unsecured debt of
U. S. Bancorp, including Senior Debt, whether under any existing indenture or
any other indenture that U. S. Bancorp may enter into in the future or
otherwise. See "--Subordination."
FORM, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER. If the New Junior Subordinated Debentures
are distributed to holders of the New Capital Securities, such New Junior
Subordinated Debentures may be represented by one or more global certificates
registered in the name of Cede & Co. as the nominee of DTC. The depositary
arrangements for such New Junior Subordinated Debentures are expected to be
substantially similar to those in effect for the New Capital Securities. For a
description of DTC and the terms of the depositary arrangements relating to
payments, transfers, voting rights, redemptions and other notices and matters,
see "--Description of New Capital Securities--Book-Entry, Delivery and Form."
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on New
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be made at the office of the Debenture
Trustee in The City of New York, except that at the option of U. S. Bancorp
payment of any interest may be made, except in the case of New Junior
Subordinated Debentures represented by a global security, (i) by check mailed to
the address of the person entitled thereto as such address appears in the
securities register or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the person
entitled thereto as specified in the securities register, provided that proper
transfer instructions have been received by the Regular Record Date. Payment of
any interest on a New Junior Subordinated Debenture will be made to the person
in whose name such New Junior Subordinated Debenture is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, except in the case of
defaulted interest. U. S. Bancorp may at any time designate additional paying
agents or rescind the designation of any paying agent;
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however, U. S. Bancorp will at all times be required to maintain a paying agent
in each place of payment for the New Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Any moneys deposited with the Debenture Trustee or any paying agent, or
then held by U. S. Bancorp in trust, for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any New Junior Subordinated Debenture and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or
interest has become due and payable shall, at the request of U. S. Bancorp, be
repaid to U. S. Bancorp and the holder of such New Junior Subordinated Debenture
shall thereafter look, as a general unsecured creditor, only to U. S. Bancorp
for payment thereof.
OPTION TO DEFER INTEREST PAYMENTS
So long as no Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
U. S. Bancorp has the right under the New Indenture at any time or from time to
time during the term of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures to defer payment
of interest on the New Junior Subordinated Debentures for a period not exceeding
10 consecutive semi-annual periods with respect to each Extension Period,
provided that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the
New Junior Subordinated Debentures. At the end of such Extension Period, U. S.
Bancorp must pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures (together with interest on such unpaid interest at the
annual rate of 8.27%, compounded semi-annually and computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days elapsed in a partial
month in a period, to the extent permitted by applicable law). The amount of
additional interest payable for any full interest period will be computed by
dividing the rate per annum by two. During an Extension Period, interest will
accrue and holders of New Junior Subordinated Debentures (or holders of Capital
Securities while Capital Securities are outstanding) will be required to accrue
interest income for United States federal income tax purposes. See "Certain
Federal Income Tax Consequences--Interest Income and Original Issue Discount."
During any such Extension Period, U. S. Bancorp may not, and may not
permit any subsidiary of U. S. Bancorp to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of U. S. Bancorp's capital stock, (ii) make any payment of
principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities of U. S. Bancorp that rank pari passu with or junior in interest
to the New Junior Subordinated Debentures or (iii) make any guarantee payments
with respect to any guarantee by U. S. Bancorp of the debt securities of any
subsidiary of U. S. Bancorp if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in
interest to the New Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in capital stock of U. S. Bancorp, (b) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation or amendment of a shareholders'
rights plan or any successor thereto or the issuance of rights, stock or other
property thereunder or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant
thereto, (c) payments under the Guarantee and (d) repurchases, redemptions or
other acquisitions of common stock of U. S. Bancorp in connection with any
employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with or for the benefit
of any one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection
with a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan, or in connection with the
issuance of common stock (or securities convertible or exchangeable for common
stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to an
Extension Period).
Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, U. S. Bancorp may
further defer the payment of interest on the New Junior Subordinated Debentures,
provided that no Extension Period may exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods
or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and the payment of all
interest then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon at the rate of
8.27%, compounded semi-annually, to the extent permitted by applicable law), U.
S. Bancorp may elect to begin a new Extension Period subject to the above
requirements. No interest shall be due and
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payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof. U. S. Bancorp
must give the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Debenture
Trustee notice of its election to begin such Extension Period at least one
Business Day prior to the earliest of (i) the date interest on the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures would have been payable except for the election to begin
such Extension Period, (ii) the date the Administrative Trustees are required to
give notice to the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or other
applicable stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the New Capital
Securities are then listed or quoted or to holders of the New Capital Securities
of the record date for such Distributions and (iii) the date such Distributions
would have been payable but for the election to begin such Extension Period, but
in any event not less than one Business Day prior to such record date. The
Property Trustee will give notice of U. S. Bancorp's election to begin a new
Extension Period to the holders of the Capital Securities. There is no
limitation on the number of times that U. S.
Bancorp may elect to begin an Extension Period.
REDEMPTION
Subject to U. S. Bancorp having received prior approval of the Federal
Reserve if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the
Federal Reserve, the Junior Subordinated Debentures are redeemable prior to
maturity at the option of U. S. Bancorp (i) on or after December 15, 2006, in
whole at any time or in part from time to time, or (ii) in whole (but not in
part), at any time within 90 days following the occurrence and continuation of a
Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event (each as defined under "Risk Factors--Tax
Event or Capital Treatment Event Redemption"), in either case at the redemption
price (the "Redemption Price") described below. The proceeds of any such
redemption will be used by the Trust to redeem the Capital Securities.
The Redemption Price for Junior Subordinated Debentures in the case of a
redemption under (i) above or, on or after December 15, 2006, under (ii) above,
shall equal the following prices, expressed in percentages of the principal
amount, together with accrued interest to but excluding the date fixed for
redemption. If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning December 15:
REDEMPTION
YEAR PRICE
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2006...................................... 104.1350%
2007...................................... 103.7215
2008...................................... 103.3080
2009...................................... 102.8945
2010...................................... 102.4810
2011...................................... 102.0675
2012...................................... 101.6540
2013...................................... 101.2405
2014...................................... 100.8270
2015...................................... 100.4135
and at 100% on or after December 15, 2016.
The Redemption Price for Junior Subordinated Debentures, in the case of a
redemption prior to December 15, 2006 following a Tax Event or Capital Treatment
Event, as described under (ii) above, will equal the Make-Whole Amount (as
defined under "--Description of New Capital Securities--Redemption"), together
with accrued interest to but excluding the date fixed for redemption.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the date fixed for redemption to each holder of Junior
Subordinated Debentures to be redeemed at its registered address. Unless U. S.
Bancorp defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after such
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redemption date interest will cease to accrue on such Junior Subordinated
Debentures or portions thereof called for redemption.
ADDITIONAL SUMS
U. S. Bancorp has covenanted in the New Indenture that, if and for so long
as (i) the Trust is the holder of all New Junior Subordinated Debentures and
(ii) the Trust is required to pay any additional taxes, duties or other
governmental charges as a result of a Tax Event, U. S. Bancorp will pay as
additional sums on the New Junior Subordinated Debentures such amounts as may be
required so that the Distributions payable by the Trust will not be reduced as a
result of any such additional taxes, duties or other governmental charges. See
"--Description of New Capital Securities--Redemption."
In the Expense Agreement, U. S. Bancorp, as the holder of the Common
Securities, has agreed to pay all debts and other obligations (other than with
respect to the Capital Securities) and all costs and expenses of the Trust
(including costs and expenses relating to the organization and operation of the
Trust and the fees and expenses of the Issuer Trustees).
RIGHT TO SHORTEN MATURITY
If a Tax Event occurs which relates to the deductibility of interest
payable by U. S. Bancorp on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and if the
opinion relating to such Tax Event and referred to in the definition of Tax
Event above states that the risk of non-deductibility would be avoided if the
maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures were shortened, U. S. Bancorp
shall have the right to shorten the maturity of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures by the amount stated in such opinion to be the minimum extent
required in order to avoid such risk, but in no event may U. S. Bancorp shorten
the maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures to a Stated Maturity of less
than 19-1/2 years from December 24, 1996. In such event, the Capital Securities
would be redeemed as of such earlier Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures. In addition, upon the exercise of the right to shorten the maturity
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, U. S. Bancorp will no longer have the
right to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debentures prior to the new Stated
Maturity upon the occurrence of a Tax Event or to further shorten the maturity
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS; CERTAIN COVENANTS OF U. S. BANCORP
U. S. Bancorp will also covenant that it will not, and will not permit any
subsidiary of U. S. Bancorp to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of U. S. Bancorp's capital stock, (ii) make any payment of
principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay or repurchase or redeem any
debt securities of U. S. Bancorp that rank pari passu with or junior in interest
to the Junior Subordinated Debentures or (iii) make any guarantee payments with
respect to any guarantee by U. S. Bancorp of the debt securities of any
subsidiary of U. S. Bancorp if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in
interest to the Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in capital stock of U. S. Bancorp, (b) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation or amendment of a shareholders'
rights plan or any successor thereto or the issuance of rights, stock or other
property thereunder or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant
thereto, (c) payments under the Guarantee and (d) repurchases, redemptions or
other acquisitions of common stock of U. S. Bancorp in connection with any
employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with or for the benefit
of any one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection
with a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan, or in connection with the
issuance of common stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
common stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior
to an Extension Period) if at such time (i) there has occurred any event of
which U. S. Bancorp has actual knowledge (a) that with the giving of notice or
the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a "Debenture Event of Default"
under the Indenture and (b) in
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respect of which U. S. Bancorp has not taken reasonable steps to cure, (ii) if
the Junior Subordinated Debentures are held by the Trust, U. S. Bancorp is in
default with respect to its payment of any obligations under the Guarantee or
(iii) U. S. Bancorp has given notice of its election of an Extension Period as
provided in the Indenture and shall not have rescinded such notice, or such
Extension Period, or any extension thereof, is continuing.
U. S. Bancorp has covenanted in the Indenture (i) to maintain directly or
indirectly 100% ownership of the Common Securities, provided that certain
successors that are permitted pursuant to the Indenture may succeed to U. S.
Bancorp's ownership of the Common Securities, (ii) not to voluntarily terminate,
wind-up or liquidate the Trust, other than (a) in connection with a distribution
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures to the holders of the Capital Securities
in exchange therefor upon liquidation of the Trust, or (b) in connection with
certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by the Trust
Agreement, in either such case upon prior approval of the Federal Reserve if
then so required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal
Reserve, and (iii) to use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the terms and
provisions of the Trust Agreement, to cause the Trust to remain classified as a
grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation for United
States federal income tax purposes.
MODIFICATION OF INDENTURE
From time to time U. S. Bancorp and the Debenture Trustee may, without the
consent of the holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures, amend, waive or
supplement the Indenture for specified purposes, including, among other things,
curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies (provided that any such action
does not materially adversely affect the interest of the holders of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures or the holders of the Capital Securities so long as they
remain outstanding) and qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The Indenture contains provisions
permitting U. S. Bancorp and the Debenture Trustee, with the consent of the
holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures affected, to modify the Indenture in a manner adversely
affecting the rights of the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures in any
material respect; provided that no such modification may, without the consent of
the holder of each outstanding Junior Subordinated Debenture so affected, (i)
change the Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable
upon redemption thereof, or change the place of payment where, or the currency
in which, any such amount is payable or impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any Junior Subordinated Debenture or (ii) reduce the
percentage of principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures, the holders of
which are required to consent to any such modification of the Indenture, and
provided further that, so long as Capital Securities remain outstanding, (a) no
such modification may be made that adversely affects the holders of such Capital
Securities in any material respect, and no termination of the Indenture may
occur, and no waiver of any Debenture Event of Default or compliance with any
covenant under the Indenture may be effective, without the prior consent of the
holders of at least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all
outstanding Capital Securities affected unless and until the principal of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon have
been paid in full and certain other conditions have been satisfied, and (b)
where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of
Junior Subordinated Debentures, no such consent shall be given by the Property
Trustee without the prior consent of each holder of Capital Securities.
DEBENTURE EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Indenture provides that any one or more of the following described
events with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures that has occurred and
is continuing constitutes a "Debenture Event of Default" with respect to the
Junior Subordinated Debentures:
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(i) Failure for 30 days to pay any interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures when due (subject to the deferral of any interest payment in
the case of an Extension Period); or
(ii) Failure to pay any principal or premium, if any, on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures when due whether at maturity or upon redemption;
or
(iii) Failure to observe or perform in any material respect certain other
covenants contained in the Indenture for 90 days after written notice to
U. S. Bancorp from the Debenture Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Old Junior Subordinated
Debentures or New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable; or
(iv) Certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of U. S.
Bancorp.
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, as applicable, have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee.
The Debenture Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or the
New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable, may declare the principal due
and payable immediately upon a Debenture Event of Default, and, if the Debenture
Trustee or such holders of the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or the New
Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable, fail to make such declaration,
the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Old Capital
Securities or the New Capital Securities, as applicable, will have such right.
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, as applicable, may annul such declaration and waive the default if
all defaults (other than the non-payment of the principal of the Old Junior
Subordinated Debentures or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as
applicable, which has become due solely by such acceleration) have been cured
and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal
due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture
Trustee. If the holders of the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or the New
Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable, fail to annul such declaration
and waive such default, the holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Old Capital Securities or New Capital Securities, as applicable,
will have such right.
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, as applicable, may, on behalf of the holders of all the Old Junior
Subordinated Debentures or the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as
applicable, waive any default, except a default in the payment of principal or
interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in
respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Old Junior
Subordinated Debenture or New Junior Subordinated Debenture, as applicable. If
the holders of the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures, as applicable, fail to waive such default, the holders
of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Old Capital Securities or
the New Capital Securities, as applicable, will have such right. U. S. Bancorp
is required to file annually with the Debenture Trustee certificates as to
whether or not U. S. Bancorp is in compliance with all the conditions and
covenants applicable to it under the Indenture.
If a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee will have the right to declare the principal of and the
interest on the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or the New Junior
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Subordinated Debentures, as applicable, and any other applicable amounts payable
under the Indenture, to be forthwith due and payable and to enforce its other
rights as a creditor with respect to the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures or
the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, as applicable.
ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF NEW CAPITAL SECURITIES
If a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such
event is attributable to the failure of U. S. Bancorp to pay any amounts payable
in respect of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures on the date such amounts
are otherwise payable, a holder of New Capital Securities may institute a legal
proceeding directly against U. S. Bancorp for enforcement of payment to such
holder of an amount equal to the amount payable in respect of such New Junior
Subordinated Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the New Capital Securities held by such holder (a "Direct
Action"). U. S. Bancorp may not amend the New Indenture to remove the foregoing
right to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of the holders
of all of the New Capital Securities outstanding. U. S. Bancorp will have the
right under the New Indenture to set off any payment made to such holder of New
Capital Securities by U. S. Bancorp in connection with a Direct Action.
The holders of the New Capital Securities will not be able to exercise
directly any remedies, other than those set forth in the preceding paragraph,
available to the holders of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures. See
"--Description of New Capital Securities--Events of Default; Notice."
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS
The Indenture provides that U. S. Bancorp shall not consolidate with or
merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and no Person shall
consolidate with or merge into U. S. Bancorp or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to U. S. Bancorp, unless (i)
in case U. S. Bancorp consolidates with or merges into another Person or conveys
or transfers its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, the successor Person is organized under the laws of the United States or
any state or the District of Columbia, and such successor Person expressly
assumes U. S. Bancorp's obligations on the Junior Subordinated Debentures;
(ii) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Debenture Event of Default, and
no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become a Debenture
Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; (iii) such transaction
is permitted under the Trust Agreement and Guarantee and does not give rise to
any breach or violation of the Trust Agreement or Guarantee, and (iv) certain
other conditions as prescribed by the Indenture are met. It is anticipated that
FBS will become the successor to U. S. Bancorp pursuant to the Indenture, the
Trust Agreement, the Guarantee and the Expense Agreement pursuant to the
foregoing provisions in the event that the contemplated merger of U. S. Bancorp
with and into FBS is consummated. See "U. S. Bancorp."
The general provisions of the Indenture do not afford holders of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures protection in the event of a highly leveraged or
other transaction involving U. S. Bancorp that may adversely affect holders of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
The New Indenture provides that when, among other things, all New Junior
Subordinated Debentures not previously delivered to the Debenture Trustee for
cancellation (i) have become due and payable or (ii) will become due and payable
at their Stated Maturity within one year, and U. S. Bancorp deposits or causes
to be deposited with the Debenture Trustee funds, in trust, for the purpose and
in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the New
Junior Subordinated Debentures not previously delivered to the Debenture Trustee
for cancellation, for the principal (and
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premium, if any) and interest and Additional Sums to the date of the deposit or
to the Stated Maturity, as the case may be, then the New Indenture will cease to
be of further effect (except as to U. S. Bancorp's obligations to pay all other
sums due pursuant to the New Indenture and to provide the officers' certificates
and opinions of counsel described therein), and U. S. Bancorp will be deemed to
have satisfied and discharged the New Indenture.
SUBORDINATION
In the Indenture, U. S. Bancorp has covenanted and agreed that the Junior
Subordinated Debentures issued thereunder will rank subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp to the extent provided in
the Indenture. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of U. S. Bancorp to
creditors upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshaling of assets or any bankruptcy,
insolvency, debt restructuring or similar proceedings in connection with any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding of U. S. Bancorp, the holders of Senior Debt
will first be entitled to receive payment in full of principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on such Senior Debt before the holders of Junior
Subordinated Debentures or the Property Trustee, on behalf of the holders of
Trust Securities, will be entitled to receive or retain any payment in respect
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures; provided, however, that holders of Senior Debt will not
be entitled to receive payment of any such amount to the extent that such
holders would be required by the subordination provisions of such Senior Debt to
pay such amounts over to the obligees on trade accounts payable or other
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of U. S. Bancorp's business.
In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, the holders of all Senior Debt outstanding at the time
of such acceleration will first be entitled to receive payment in full of all
amounts due thereon (including any amounts due upon acceleration) before the
holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures will be entitled to receive or retain
any payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on the Junior Subordinated Debentures; provided, however, that holders of
Senior Debt shall not be entitled to receive payment of any such amounts to the
extent that such holders would be required by the subordination provisions of
such Senior Debt to pay such amounts over to the obligees on trade accounts
payable or other liabilities arising in the ordinary course of U. S.
Bancorp's business.
No payments on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest in
respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures may be made if there shall have
occurred and be continuing a default in any payment with respect to Senior Debt
or an event of default with respect to any Senior Debt resulting in the
acceleration of the maturity thereof, or if any judicial proceeding shall be
pending with respect to any such default.
"Senior Debt" means (i) Senior Indebtedness (but excluding trade accounts
payable and accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business) and
(ii) the Allocable Amounts of Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of (and premium, if any) and
unpaid interest on (i) every obligation of U. S. Bancorp for money borrowed
(including any deferred obligation for the payment of the purchase price of
property and assets and obligations arising from guarantees by U. S. Bancorp of
the indebtedness of others), (ii) obligations of, or any such obligation
guaranteed by, U. S. Bancorp as lessee under leases required to be capitalized
on the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting
principles and leases of property or assets made as part of any sale and
leaseback transaction to which U. S. Bancorp is a party, (iii) obligations of U.
S. Bancorp under letters of credit, and (iv) any indebtedness of U. S. Bancorp
under or other obligations of U. S. Bancorp to make payment pursuant to the
terms of commodity contracts, interest rate and currency swap agreements, cap,
floor and collar agreements, currency spot and forward
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contracts, and other similar agreements or arrangements, whether incurred on or
prior to the date of the Indenture or thereafter incurred, other than any
obligation as to which, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or
pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligation
is not Senior Indebtedness, provided that Senior Indebtedness does not include
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
"Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" means any obligation of U. S. Bancorp
to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred, where the
instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which the
obligation is outstanding provides that it is subordinate and junior in right of
payment to Senior Indebtedness. Senior Subordinated Indebtedness includes U. S.
Bancorp's outstanding subordinated debt securities and any subordinated debt
securities issued in the future with substantially similar subordination terms
and does not include the Junior Subordinated Debentures or any subordinated debt
securities issued in the future with subordination terms substantially similar
to the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
"Allocable Amounts," when used with respect to any Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness, means the amount necessary to pay all principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness in full
less, if applicable, any portion of such amounts which would have been paid to,
and retained by, the holders of such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (whether
as a result of the receipt of payments by the holders of such Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness from U. S. Bancorp or any other obligor thereon or
from any holders of, or trustee in respect of, other indebtedness that is
subordinate and junior in right of payment to such Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness pursuant to any provision of such indebtedness for the payment over
of amounts received on account of such indebtedness to the holders of such
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) but for the fact that such Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness is subordinate or junior in right of payment to trade accounts
payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business.
The Indenture places no limitation on the amount of Senior Debt that may
be incurred by U. S. Bancorp. U. S. Bancorp expects from time to time to incur
additional indebtedness and other obligations constituting Senior Debt.
GOVERNING LAW
The New Indenture and the New Junior Subordinated Debentures will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DEBENTURE TRUSTEE
Following the Exchange Offer and the qualification of the New Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act, the Debenture Trustee shall have and be subject
to all the duties and responsibilities specified with respect to an indenture
trustee under the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to such provisions, the Debenture
Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the
New Indenture at the request of any holder of New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, unless offered reasonable indemnity by such holder against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred thereby. The Debenture
Trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of its duties if the Debenture
Trustee reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is not
reasonably assured to it.
The Debenture Trustee presently serves as trustee with respect to the Old
Junior Subordinated Debentures and Floating Rate Notes due November 15, 2006,
issued by U. S. Bancorp pursuant to an indenture dated November 19, 1996 and
related Floating Rate Putable Asset Trust Securities due November 15, 1999
issued pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of November 14, 1996, between U.
S. Bancorp and The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee. The Debenture
Trustee also serves as issuing and paying agent for bank notes
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issued by national banking subsidiaries of U. S. Bancorp and may serve from time
to time as trustee or paying agent under other indentures, trust agreements or
issuing and paying agency agreements with U. S. Bancorp or its subsidiaries
relating to other issues of their securities. U. S. Bancorp and its subsidiaries
maintain deposit accounts and conduct other banking transactions with the
Debenture Trustee in the ordinary course of business.
DESCRIPTION OF NEW GUARANTEE
The Old Guarantee was executed and delivered by U. S. Bancorp concurrently
with the issuance by the Trust of the Old Capital Securities for the benefit of
the holders from time to time of the Old Capital Securities. Promptly after the
Expiration Date, the New Guarantee will be issued by U. S. Bancorp for the
benefit of the holders from time to time of the New Capital Securities. The New
Guarantee has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. This summary of
certain provisions of the New Guarantee does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions
of the New Guarantee, including the definitions therein of certain terms, and
the Trust Indenture Act.
GENERAL
U. S. Bancorp will irrevocably agree to pay in full on a subordinated
basis, to the extent set forth herein, the Guarantee Payments (as defined below)
to the holders of the New Capital Securities, as and when due, regardless of any
defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Trust may have or assert
other than the defense of payment. The following payments with respect to the
New Capital Securities, to the extent not paid by or on behalf of the Trust (the
"Guarantee Payments"), will be subject to the New Guarantee: (i) any accumulated
and unpaid Distributions required to be paid on the New Capital Securities, to
the extent that the Trust has funds on hand available therefor at such time,
(ii) the Redemption Price with respect to New Capital Securities called for
redemption, to the extent that the Trust has funds on hand available therefor at
such time, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary termination, winding-up or
liquidation of the Trust (unless the New Junior Subordinated Debentures are
distributed to holders of the New Capital Securities in exchange therefor), the
lesser of (a) the aggregate of the Liquidation Amount and all accumulated and
unpaid Distributions to the date of payment, to the extent that the Trust has
funds on hand available therefor at that time, and (b) the amount of assets of
the Trust remaining available for distribution to holders of New Capital
Securities after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
required by applicable law. U. S. Bancorp's obligation to make a Guarantee
Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by U. S.
Bancorp to the holders of the New Capital Securities or by causing the Trust to
pay such amounts to such holders.
The New Guarantee will be an irrevocable guarantee on a subordinated basis
of the Trust's obligations under the New Capital Securities, but will apply only
to the extent that the Trust has funds sufficient to make such payments, and is
not a guarantee of collection.
If U. S. Bancorp does not make interest payments on the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures held by the Trust, the Trust will not be able to pay
Distributions on the New Capital Securities and will not have funds available
therefor and, in such event, holders of the New Capital Securities would not be
able to rely upon the New Guarantee for payment of such amounts. Instead, if any
Debenture Event of Default under the New Indenture has occurred and is
continuing, then a holder of New Capital Securities may institute a Direct
Action against U. S. Bancorp pursuant to the terms of the New Indenture for
enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on such New Junior Subordinated Debentures having a principal
amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the New Capital Securities
of such holder. In connection with such Direct Action, U. S. Bancorp will have a
right of set-off under the New Indenture to the extent of any payment made by U.
S. Bancorp to such holder of New Capital Securities in the Direct
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Action. Except as described herein, holders of New Capital Securities will not
be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the
New Junior Subordinated Debentures or assert directly any other rights in
respect of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures.
The New Guarantee will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp. See "--Status of the New Guarantee." Because
U. S. Bancorp is a holding company, its rights and the rights of its creditors
to participate in any distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon the latter's
liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is subject to the prior claims of
creditors of that subsidiary (including depositors in the case of bank
subsidiaries), except to the extent that U. S. Bancorp may itself be a creditor
with recognized claims against that subsidiary. There are also various legal
limitations on the extent to which certain of U. S. Bancorp's subsidiaries may
extend credit, pay dividends or otherwise supply funds to U. S. Bancorp or
certain of its subsidiaries. See "Certain Regulatory Considerations."
Accordingly, U. S. Bancorp's obligations under the New Guarantee will be
effectively subordinated and junior to all existing and future liabilities of U.
S. Bancorp's subsidiaries, and claimants under the New Guarantee should look
only to the assets of U. S. Bancorp for payments thereunder. The New Guarantee
does not limit the incurrence or issuance of other secured or unsecured debt of
U. S. Bancorp, including Senior Debt, whether under any other existing indenture
or any other indenture that U. S. Bancorp may enter into in the future or
otherwise. U. S. Bancorp expects from time to time to incur additional
indebtedness constituting Senior Debt.
U. S. Bancorp will, through the New Guarantee, the Trust Agreement, the
New Junior Subordinated Debentures, the New Indenture and the Expense Agreement,
taken together, fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee all of the
Trust's obligations under the New Capital Securities. No single document
standing alone or operating in conjunction with fewer than all of the other
documents constitutes such guarantee. It is only the combined operation of these
documents that has the effect of providing a full, irrevocable and unconditional
guarantee of the Trust's obligations under the New Capital Securities. See
"Relationship Among the New Capital Securities, the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the New Guarantee, and the Expense Agreement."
STATUS OF NEW GUARANTEE
The New Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of U. S. Bancorp
and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt of
U. S. Bancorp in the same manner as the New Junior Subordinated Debentures,
except in the case of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding in respect of U. S.
Bancorp, in which case the New Guarantee will rank subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all liabilities of U. S.
Bancorp.
The New Guarantee will rank pari passu with the Old Guarantee. The New
Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection (i.e.,
the guaranteed party may institute a legal proceeding directly against U. S.
Bancorp to enforce its rights under the New Guarantee without first instituting
a legal proceeding against any other person or entity). The New Guarantee will
be held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the New
Capital Securities. The New Guarantee will not be discharged except by payment
of the Guarantee Payments in full to the extent not paid by the Trust or upon
distribution to the holders of the New Capital Securities of the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures.
AMENDMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes which do not materially adversely
affect the rights of holders of the New Capital Securities (in which case no
vote will be required), the New Guarantee may not be amended without the prior
approval of the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the outstanding New Capital Securities. The manner of
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obtaining any such approval will be as set forth under "--Description of New
Capital Securities--Voting Rights; Amendment of the Trust Agreement." All
guarantees and agreements contained in the New Guarantee will bind the
successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of U. S. Bancorp
and will inure to the benefit of the holders of the New Capital Securities then
outstanding.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An event of default under the New Guarantee will occur upon the failure of
U. S. Bancorp to perform any of its payment obligations thereunder, or to
perform any non-payment obligation if such non-payment default remains
unremedied for 30 days. The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities will have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Guarantee Trustee in respect of the New Guarantee or to direct the exercise
of any trust power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under the New Guarantee.
Any registered holder of the New Capital Securities may institute a legal
proceeding directly against U. S. Bancorp to enforce its rights under the New
Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Trust, the
Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity.
U. S. Bancorp, as guarantor, is required to file annually with the
Guarantee Trustee a certificate as to whether or not U. S. Bancorp is in
compliance with all the conditions and covenants applicable to it under the New
Guarantee.
TERMINATION OF THE NEW GUARANTEE
The New Guarantee will terminate and be of no further force and effect
upon full payment of the Redemption Price of the New Capital Securities, upon
full payment of the amounts payable upon liquidation of the Trust or upon
distribution of New Junior Subordinated Debentures to the holders of the New
Capital Securities in exchange therefor. The New Guarantee will continue to be
effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder
of the New Capital Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under such
New Capital Securities or the New Guarantee.
GOVERNING LAW
The New Guarantee will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
The Guarantee Trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of
a default by U. S. Bancorp in performance of the New Guarantee, will undertake
to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Guarantee and,
after default with respect to the New Guarantee, must exercise the same degree
of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of
his or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the Guarantee Trustee will be
under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the New
Guarantee at the request of any holder of New Capital Securities unless it is
offered reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that
might be incurred thereby.
For information concerning the relationship between The First National
Bank of Chicago, the Guarantee Trustee, and U. S. Bancorp, see "--Description of
New Junior Subordinated Debentures--Information Concerning the Debenture
Trustee."
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THE EXPENSE AGREEMENT
Pursuant to an Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities entered into by U.
S. Bancorp under the Trust Agreement (the "Expense Agreement"), U. S. Bancorp
will, as holder of the Common Securities, irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantee to each Person to whom the Trust becomes indebted or liable, the full
payment of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust, other than
obligations of the Trust to pay to the holders of the Trust Securities of the
amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Securities. The
Expense Agreement will be enforceable by third parties, will constitute an
unsecured obligation of U. S. Bancorp and will rank subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp in the same manner as the
Guarantee and the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
DESCRIPTION OF OLD SECURITIES
The terms of the Old Securities are identical in all material respects to
the New Securities, except that (i) the Old Securities have not been registered
under the Securities Act, are subject to certain restrictions on transfer and
are entitled to certain rights under the Registration Rights Agreement (which
rights will terminate upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, except under
limited circumstances), (ii) the New Capital Securities will not contain certain
restrictions on transfer applicable to Old Capital Securities, (iii) the New
Capital Securities will not provide for any increase in the Distribution rate
thereon and the New Junior Subordinated Debentures will not provide for any
increase in the interest rate thereon. With respect to clauses (iii) and (iv)
above, in the event that a registration statement relating to the Exchange Offer
had not been filed and declared effective by specified dates, or, in certain
limited circumstances, in the event a shelf registration statement (the "Shelf
Registration Statement") with respect to the resale of the Old Capital
Securities was not declared effective by a specified date, then interest would
have accrued (in addition to the stated interest rate on the Old Junior
Subordinated Debentures) at the rate of 0.25% per annum on the principal amount
of the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures and Distributions would have
accumulated (in addition to the stated Distribution rate on the Old Capital
Securities) at the rate of 0.25% per annum on the Liquidation Amount of the Old
Capital Securities, for the period from the occurrence of such event until such
time as such required Exchange Offer was consummated or any required Shelf
Registration Statement became effective. The New Securities are not, and upon
consummation of the Exchange Offer the Old Securities will not be, entitled to
any such additional interest or Distributions. Accordingly, holders of Old
Capital Securities should review the information set forth under "Risk
Factors--Certain Consequences of a Failure to Exchange Old Capital Securities"
and "Description of New Securities."
RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE NEW CAPITAL SECURITIES, THE NEW JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES, THE NEW GUARANTEE
AND THE EXPENSE AGREEMENT
FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE
Payments of Distributions and other amounts due on the New Capital
Securities (to the extent the Trust has funds available for the payment of such
Distributions) will be irrevocably guaranteed by U. S. Bancorp as and to the
extent set forth under "Description of New Securities--Description of New
Guarantee." Taken together, U. S. Bancorp's obligations under the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures, the New Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Expense
Agreement, and the New Guarantee will provide, in the aggregate, a full,
irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payments of Distributions and other
amounts due on the New Capital Securities. No single document standing alone or
operating in conjunction with fewer than all of the other documents constitutes
such guarantee. It is only the combined operation of these documents that has
the effect of providing a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of the
Trust's obligations under the New Capital Securities. If and to the extent that
U. S. Bancorp does not make payment on
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the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Trust will not pay Distributions or
other amounts due on the New Capital Securities. The New Guarantee does not
cover payment of Distributions when the Trust does not have sufficient funds to
pay such Distributions. In such event, the remedy of a holder of New Capital
Securities is to institute a Direct Action.
The obligations of U. S. Bancorp under the New Guarantee will be
subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp.
SUFFICIENCY OF PAYMENTS
As long as payments of interest and other payments are made when due on
the New Junior Subordinated Debentures, such payments will be sufficient to
cover Distributions and other payments distributable on the New Capital
Securities, primarily because (i) the aggregate principal amount of the New
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be equal to the sum of the aggregate stated
Liquidation Amount of the New Capital Securities and Common Securities; (ii) the
interest rate and interest and other payment dates on the New Junior
Subordinated Debentures will match the Distribution rate and Distribution and
other payment dates for the Trust Securities; (iii) U. S. Bancorp will pay for
all and any costs, expenses and liabilities of the Trust except the Trust's
obligations to holders of Trust Securities; and (iv) the Trust Agreement further
provides that the Trust will not engage in any activity that is not consistent
with the limited purposes of the Trust.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the New Indenture, U. S.
Bancorp has the right to set-off any payment it is otherwise required to make
thereunder against and to the extent U. S. Bancorp has theretofore made, or is
concurrently on the date of such payment making, a payment under the New
Guarantee.
ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF NEW CAPITAL SECURITIES
A holder of any New Capital Security may institute a legal proceeding
directly against U. S. Bancorp to enforce its rights under the New Guarantee
without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee, the
Trust or any other person or entity.
A default or event of default under any Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp would
not constitute a default or Event of Default in respect of the New Capital
Securities. However, in the event of payment defaults under, or acceleration of,
Senior Debt of U. S. Bancorp, the subordination provisions of the New Indenture
provide that no payments may be made in respect of the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures until such Senior Debt has been paid in full or any payment default
thereunder has been cured or waived. Failure to make required payments on New
Junior Subordinated Debentures would constitute an Event of Default under the
Trust Agreement.
LIMITED PURPOSE OF THE TRUST
The New Capital Securities will represent undivided beneficial ownership
interests in the Trust. The Trust exists for the sole purpose of issuing and
selling the Trust Securities and investing the proceeds thereof in Junior
Subordinated Debentures. A principal difference between the rights of a holder
of a New Capital Security and a holder of a New Junior Subordinated Debenture is
that a holder of a New Junior Subordinated Debenture will be entitled to receive
from U. S. Bancorp the principal amount of and interest accrued on New Junior
Subordinated Debentures held, while a holder of New Capital Securities is
entitled to receive Distributions from the Trust (or from U. S. Bancorp under
the New Guarantee) only if and to the extent the Trust has funds available for
the payment of such Distributions.
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RIGHTS UPON TERMINATION
Upon any voluntary or involuntary termination, winding-up or liquidation
of the Trust, other than any such termination, winding-up or liquidation
involving the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as required by applicable
law and subject to the Expense Agreement, the holders of the Trust Securities
will be entitled to receive, out of the assets held by the Trust, the
Liquidation Distribution in cash. See "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Capital Securities--Liquidation Distribution Upon
Termination." Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy of U.
S. Bancorp, the Property Trustee, as holder of the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures, would be a subordinated creditor of U. S. Bancorp, subordinated in
right of payment to all Senior Debt as set forth in the New Indenture, but
entitled to receive payment in full of principal and interest, before any
shareholders of U. S. Bancorp receive payments or distributions. Since U. S.
Bancorp will be the guarantor under the New Guarantee and has agreed to pay for
all costs, expenses and liabilities of the Trust (other than the Trust's
obligations to the holders of the Trust Securities) under the Expense Agreement,
the positions of a holder of New Capital Securities and a holder of New Junior
Subordinated Debentures relative to other creditors and to shareholders of U. S.
Bancorp in the event of liquidation or bankruptcy of U. S. Bancorp are expected
to be substantially the same.
CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following is a summary of the principal United States federal income
tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Capital
Securities. This summary only addresses the tax consequences to a person that
acquired the Old Capital Securities upon initial issuance at their original
offering price and that is (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United
States, (ii) a corporation or partnership organized in or under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (iii) an
estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income
tax regardless of source (a "United States Person"). This summary does not
address all tax consequences that may be applicable to a United States Person
that is a beneficial owner of Capital Securities, nor does it address the tax
consequences to (i) persons that are not United States Persons, (ii) persons
that may be subject to special treatment under United States federal income tax
law, such as banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, regulated
investment companies, real estate investment trusts, tax-exempt organizations
and dealers in securities or currencies, (iii) persons that will hold Capital
Securities as part of a position in a "straddle" or as part of a "hedging,"
"conversion" or other integrated investment transaction for federal income tax
purposes, (iv) persons whose functional currency is not the United States dollar
or (v) persons that do not hold Capital Securities as capital assets.
The statements of law or legal conclusion set forth in this summary
constitute the opinion of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP, counsel to
U. S. Bancorp and the Trust ("Tax Counsel"). This summary is based upon the
Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"), Treasury Regulations, rulings of the
Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and pronouncements and judicial decisions
now in effect, all of which are subject to change at any time. Such changes may
be applied retroactively in a manner that could cause the tax consequences to
vary substantially from the consequences described below, possibly adversely
affecting a beneficial owner of Capital Securities. In particular, legislation
has been proposed that could adversely affect U. S. Bancorp's ability to
deduct interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, which may in turn permit
U. S. Bancorp to cause a redemption of the Capital Securities. See "--Proposed
Tax Legislation." The authorities on which this summary is based are subject to
various interpretations, and it is therefore possible that the federal income
tax treatment of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Capital Securities
may differ from the treatment described below.
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EXCHANGE OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
The exchange of Old Capital Securities for New Capital Securities should
not be a taxable event to holders for United States federal income tax purposes.
The exchange of Old Capital Securities for New Capital Securities pursuant to
the Exchange Offer should not be treated as an "exchange" for United States
federal income tax purposes because the New Capital Securities should not be
considered to differ materially in kind or extent from the Old Capital
Securities and because the exchange will occur by operation of the terms of the
Old Capital Securities. If, however, the exchange of the Old Capital Securities
for the New Capital Securities were treated as an exchange for United States
federal income tax purposes, such exchange should constitute a recapitalization
for United States federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the New Capital
Securities should have the same issue price as the Old Capital Securities, and a
holder should have the same adjusted tax basis and holding period in the New
Capital Securities as the holder had in the Old Capital Securities immediately
before the exchange.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
In connection with the issuance of the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures,
Tax Counsel has rendered its opinion generally to the effect that, under then
current law and assuming full compliance with the terms of the Old Indenture
(and certain other documents), and based on certain facts and assumptions
contained in such opinion, the Old Junior Subordinated Debentures will be
classified for United States federal income tax purposes as indebtedness of U.
S. Bancorp. An opinion of Tax Counsel, however, is not binding on the IRS or the
courts. No rulings have been or are expected to be sought from the IRS with
respect to any of these issues and no assurance can be given that the IRS will
not take contrary positions. Moreover, no assurance can be given that any of the
opinions expressed herein will not be challenged by the IRS or, if challenged,
that such a challenge would not be successful.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE TRUST
In connection with the issuance of the Old Capital Securities, Tax Counsel
has rendered its opinion generally to the effect that, under then current law
and assuming full compliance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Old
Indenture (and certain other documents), and based on certain facts and
assumptions contained in such opinion, the Trust will be classified for United
States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust and not as an association
taxable as a corporation. Accordingly, for United States federal income tax
purposes, each beneficial owner of Capital Securities (a "Securityholder")
generally will be considered the owner of an undivided interest in the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, and each holder will be required to include in its
gross income any interest (or original issue discount accrued) with respect to
its allocable share of those Junior Subordinated Debentures.
INTEREST INCOME AND ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
Under recently issued Treasury regulations applicable to debt instruments
issued on or after August 13, 1996 (the "Regulations"), a "remote" contingency
that stated interest will not be timely paid will be ignored in determining
whether a debt instrument is issued with original issue discount ("OID"). U. S.
Bancorp believes that the likelihood of its exercising its option to defer
interest payments is remote. Accordingly, U. S. Bancorp intends to take the
position, based on the advice of Tax Counsel, that the Junior Subordinated
Debentures will not be considered to be issued with OID and, accordingly, a
Securityholder should include in gross income such Securityholder's allocable
share of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Under the Regulations, if U. S. Bancorp exercised its option to defer any
payment of interest, the Junior Subordinated Debentures would at that time
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be treated as issued with OID, and all stated interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures would thereafter be treated as OID as long as Junior
Subordinated Debentures remained outstanding. In such event, all of a holder's
taxable interest income with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures would
be accounted for as OID on an economic accrual basis regardless of such
Securityholder's method of tax accounting, and actual distributions of stated
interest would not be reported as taxable income. Consequently, a Securityholder
would be required to include in gross income OID even though U. S. Bancorp would
not make any actual cash payments during an Extension Period.
The Regulations have not been addressed in any rulings or other
interpretations by the IRS and it is possible that the IRS could take a position
contrary to Tax Counsel's interpretation herein.
Because income on the Capital Securities will constitute interest or OID,
corporate Securityholders will not be entitled to a dividends-received deduction
with respect to any income recognized with respect to the Capital Securities.
Subsequent uses of the term "interest" in this summary include income in
the form of OID.
DISTRIBUTION OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES OR CASH TO HOLDERS OF CAPITAL
SECURITIES
Under current law, a distribution by the Trust of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures as described under the caption "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Capital Securities--Liquidation Distribution Upon
Termination" will be non-taxable and will result in the Securityholder receiving
directly its pro rata share of the Junior Subordinated Debentures previously
held indirectly through the Trust, with a holding period and aggregate tax basis
equal to the holding period and aggregate tax basis such Securityholder had in
its Capital Securities before such distribution. If, however, the liquidation of
the Trust were to occur because the Trust is subject to United States federal
income tax with respect to income accrued or received on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to
Securityholders by the Trust would be a taxable event to the Trust and each
Securityholder, and the Securityholder would recognize gain or loss as if the
Securityholder had exchanged its Capital Securities for the Junior Subordinated
Debentures it received upon the liquidation of the Trust. A Securityholder will
include interest in income in respect of Junior Subordinated Debentures received
from the Trust in the manner described above under "--Interest Income and
Original Issue Discount."
Under certain circumstances described herein (see "Description of New
Securities--Description of New Junior Subordinated Debentures--Redemption"), the
Junior Subordinated Debentures may be redeemed by U. S. Bancorp for cash and the
proceeds of such redemption distributed by the Trust to holders in redemption of
their Capital Securities. Under current law, such redemption would, for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, constitute a taxable disposition of the redeemed
Capital Securities, and a holder could recognize gain or loss as if it sold such
redeemed Capital Securities for cash. See "--Sales or Redemption of Capital
Securities."
SALES OR REDEMPTION OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
A Securityholder that sells (including a redemption for cash) Capital
Securities will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between its
adjusted tax basis in the Capital Securities and the amount realized on the sale
of such Capital Securities. Assuming that U. S. Bancorp does not exercise its
option to defer payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and
the Capital Securities are not considered issued with OID, a Securityholder's
adjusted tax basis in the Capital Securities generally will be its initial
purchase price. If the Junior Subordinated Debentures are deemed to be issued
with OID as a result of U. S. Bancorp's deferral of any
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interest payment or otherwise, a Securityholder's tax basis in the Capital
Securities generally will be its initial purchase price, increased by OID
previously includable in such Securityholder's gross income to the date of
disposition and decreased by distributions or other payments received on the
Capital Securities since and including the date of the first Extension Period.
Such gain or loss generally will be a capital gain or loss (except to the extent
any amount realized is treated as a payment of accrued interest with respect to
such holder's pro rata share of the Junior Subordinated Debentures required to
be included in income) and generally will be a long-term capital gain or loss if
the Capital Securities have been held for more than one year.
If U. S. Bancorp exercises its option to defer any payment of interest on
the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Capital Securities may trade at a price
that does not accurately reflect the value of accrued but unpaid interest with
respect to the underlying Junior Subordinated Debentures. In the event of such a
deferral, a Securityholder who disposes of Capital Securities between record
dates for payments of Distributions thereon will be required to include in
income as ordinary income accrued but unpaid interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures to the date of disposition as OID and to add such amount to its
adjusted tax basis in its pro rata share of the underlying Junior Subordinated
Debentures deemed disposed of. To the extent the selling price is less than the
holder's adjusted tax basis, such Securityholder will recognize a capital loss.
Subject to certain limited exceptions, capital losses cannot be applied to
offset ordinary income for United States federal income tax purposes.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING TAX AND INFORMATION REPORTING
The amount of interest income paid or accrued on the Capital Securities
held of record by United States Persons (other than corporations and other
exempt Securityholders) will be reported to the IRS. "Backup" withholding at a
rate of 31% will apply to payments of interest to non-exempt United States
Persons unless the Securityholder furnishes its taxpayer identification number
in the manner prescribed in applicable Treasury Regulations, certifies that such
number is correct, certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup withholding
and meets certain other conditions.
Payment of the proceeds from the disposition of Capital Securities to or
through the United States office of a broker is subject to information reporting
and backup withholding unless the holder or beneficial owner establishes an
exemption from information reporting and backup withholding.
Any amounts withheld from a Securityholder under the backup withholding
rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against such Securityholder's
United States federal income tax liability, provided the required information is
furnished to the IRS.
It is anticipated that income on the Capital Securities will be reported
to holders on Form 1099 and mailed to holders of the Capital Securities by
January 31 following each calendar year.
PROPOSED TAX LEGISLATION
On February 6, 1997, as part of the Clinton Administration's Fiscal 1998
Budget Proposal, the Treasury Department proposed legislation (the "Proposed
Legislation") which would, among other things, generally deny corporate issuers
a deduction for interest in respect of certain debt obligations, such as the New
Junior Subordinated Debentures, issued on or after the date "of first committee
action," if such debt obligations had a maximum term in excess of 15 years and
are not shown as indebtedness on the issuer's applicable consolidated balance
sheet. The Proposed Legislation has not yet been introduced by any member of the
105th Congress. If other legislation is enacted by Congress and if it gives rise
to a Tax Event, the Trust would be permitted to cause a redemption of the Trust
Securities by electing to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debentures. See
"Description of New Securities--
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Description of New Capital Securities--Redemption" and "--Description of New
Junior Subordinated Debentures--Redemption."
THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX DISCUSSION SET FORTH ABOVE IS
INCLUDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE DEPENDING UPON A
HOLDER'S PARTICULAR SITUATION. HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISERS WITH
RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND
DISPOSITION OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER
STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN
UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR OTHER TAX LAWS.
CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
U. S. Bancorp, the obligor with respect to the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures held by the Trust, and its affiliates and the Property Trustee may be
considered a "party in interest" (within the meaning of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) or a "disqualified person"
(within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to many employee
benefit plans ("Plans") that are subject to ERISA. Any purchaser proposing to
acquire New Capital Securities with assets of any Plan should consult with its
counsel. The purchase and/or holding of New Capital Securities by a Plan that is
subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited
transaction provisions of Section 4975 of the Code (including individual
retirement arrangements and other plans described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the
Code) and with respect to which U. S. Bancorp, the Property Trustee or any
affiliate is a service provider (or otherwise is a party in interest or a
disqualified person) may constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, unless such New Capital Securities are
acquired pursuant to and in accordance with an applicable exemption, such as
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14 (an exemption for certain
transactions determined by an independent qualified professional asset manager),
PTCE 91-38 (an exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective
investment funds), PTCE 90-1 (an exemption for certain transactions involving
insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTCE 95-60 (an exemption for
transactions involving certain insurance company general accounts) or PTCE 95-23
(an exemption for certain transactions determined by an in-house manager). In
addition, as described below, a Plan fiduciary considering the acquisition of
New Capital Securities should be aware that the assets of the Trust may be
considered "plan assets" for ERISA purposes. Therefore, a Plan fiduciary should
consider whether the acquisition of New Capital Securities could result in a
delegation of fiduciary authority to the Property Trustee, and, if so, whether
such a delegation of authority is permissible under the Plan's governing
instrument or any investment management agreement with the Plan. In making such
determination, a Plan fiduciary should note that the Property Trustee is a U.S.
bank qualified to be an investment manager (within the meaning of section 3(38)
of ERISA) to which such a delegation of authority generally would be permissible
under ERISA. Further, prior to an Event of Default with respect to the New
Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Property Trustee will have only limited
custodial and ministerial authority with respect to Trust assets.
Under the U.S. Department of Labor regulations defining "plan assets" for
ERISA purposes (the "Plan Assets Regulations"), the assets of the Trust will be
considered plan assets of Plans owning New Capital Securities unless the
aggregate investment in New Capital Securities by "benefit plan investors" is
not deemed "significant" or the New Capital Securities qualify as "publicly
offered securities" as defined in such Regulations. For this purpose, equity
participation by benefit plan investors will not be considered "significant" on
any date only if, immediately after the most recent acquisition of New Capital
Securities, the aggregate interest in the New Capital Securities held by benefit
plan investors will be less than 25% of the value of the New Capital Securities.
Although it is possible that the equity participation by benefit plan investors
in New Capital Securities on any date will not be "significant" for purposes of
the Plan Assets Regulations, such result cannot be assured.
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The New Capital Securities may qualify as "publicly offered securities"
under the Plan Assets Regulations if at the time of the Exchange Offer they are
also "widely held" and "freely transferable." Under the Regulations, a class of
securities is "widely held" only if it is a class of securities that is owned by
100 or more investors independent of the issuer and of one another. Although it
is possible that at the time of the Exchange Offer the New Capital Securities
will be "widely held," such result cannot be assured. Whether a security is
"freely transferable" for purposes of the Regulations is a factual question to
be determined on the basis of all relevant facts and circumstances. If at the
time of the Exchange Offer the New Capital Securities qualify as "publicly
offered securities," the assets of the Trust should not be "plan assets" with
respect to Plans acquiring New Capital Securities. If at the time of the
Exchange Offer the New Capital Securities do not qualify as "publicly offered
securities," the "plan asset" considerations discussed in the preceding
paragraphs could be applicable in connection with the investment by Plans in the
New Capital Securities.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives New Capital Securities for its own
account in connection with the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Capital
Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, may be used by Participating Broker-Dealers during the period referred to
below in connection with resales of New Capital Securities received in exchange
for Old Capital Securities if such Old Capital Securities were acquired by such
Participating Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities. U. S. Bancorp and the Trust have agreed
that this Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
may be used by a Participating Broker-Dealer in connection with resales of such
New Capital Securities for a period ending 180 days after the Expiration Date
(subject to extension under certain limited circumstances described herein) or,
if earlier, when all such New Capital Securities have been disposed of by such
Participating Broker-Dealer. However, a Participating Broker-Dealer who intends
to use this Prospectus in connection with the resale of New Capital Securities
received in exchange for Old Capital Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer
must notify U. S. Bancorp or the Trust, or cause U. S. Bancorp or the Trust to
be notified, on or prior to the Expiration Date, that it is a Participating
Broker-Dealer. Such notice may be given in the space provided for that purpose
in the Letter of Transmittal or may be delivered to the Exchange Agent at one of
the addresses set forth herein under "The Exchange Offer--Exchange Agent." See
"The Exchange Offer--Resales of New Capital Securities."
U. S. Bancorp or the Trust will not receive any cash proceeds from the
issuance of the New Capital Securities offered hereby. New Capital Securities
received by broker-dealers for their own accounts in connection with the
Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of
options on the New Capital Securities or a combination of such methods of
resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to
such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any such resale may be
made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive
compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such
broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such New Capital Securities.
Any broker-dealer that resells New Capital Securities that were received
by it for its own account in connection with the Exchange Offer and any broker
or dealer that participates in a distribution of such New Capital Securities may
be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and
any profit on any such resale of New Capital Securities and any commissions or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting
compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by
acknowledging that it will deliver, and by delivering, a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
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VALIDITY OF NEW SECURITIES
The validity of the New Guarantee and the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures will be passed upon for U. S. Bancorp by Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager
& Carlsen LLP, Portland, Oregon. Certain matters relating to United States
federal income tax considerations described in this Prospectus will be passed
upon for U. S. Bancorp and the Trust by Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen
LLP. Certain matters of Delaware law relating to the validity of the New Capital
Securities will be passed upon by Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington,
Delaware, special Delaware counsel to U. S. Bancorp and the Trust.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by
reference from U. S. Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent
auditors, as stated in their report, which has been incorporated herein by
reference. The consolidated financial statements give retroactive effect to the
1995 merger of U. S. Bancorp and subsidiaries and West One Bancorp and
subsidiaries, which has been accounted for as a pooling of interests. The
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows of West
One Bancorp and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1994 (not presented
separately in U. S. Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996) were audited by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
auditors, as stated in its report, which report has been incorporated herein by
reference from U. S. Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996. Such reports have been incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon the respective reports of such firms given upon their authority as
experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 20. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ORS 60.367, a section of the Oregon Business Corporation Act ("Act"),
provides in substance that any director held liable for an unlawful distribution
in violation of ORS 60.367 is entitled to contribution from (i) every other
director who voted for or assented to the distribution without complying with
the applicable statutory standards of conduct and (ii) each shareholder for the
amount the shareholder accepted knowing the distribution was made in violation
of the Act or the corporation's articles of incorporation.
Under Sections 60.387 to 60.414 of the Act, a person who is made a party
to a proceeding because such person is or was an officer or director of a
corporation (an "Indemnitee") shall be indemnified by the corporation (unless
the corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise) against
reasonable expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the proceeding
if the Indemnitee is wholly successful on the merits or otherwise or if ordered
by a court of competent jurisdiction. In addition, under said sections a
corporation is permitted to indemnify an Indemnitee against liability incurred
in a proceeding if (i) the Indemnitee's conduct was in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed was in the corporation's best interests or
at least not opposed to its best interests, (ii) the Indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful if the proceeding
was a criminal proceeding, (iii) the Indemnitee was not adjudged liable to the
corporation if the proceeding was by or in the right of the corporation (in
which case indemnification is limited to the Indemnitee's reasonable expenses in
connection with the proceeding) and (iv) the Indemnitee was not adjudged liable
on the basis that he or she improperly received a personal benefit.
Article VI of U. S. Bancorp's Articles of Incorporation contains the
following provision:
"A. The Corporation shall indemnify each of its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permissible under the Oregon Business
Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against
all expense, liability, and loss (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees) incurred or suffered by such person by reason of or
arising from the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as
a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another
foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, and such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and
shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and
administrators. The indemnification provided in this paragraph A shall not
be exclusive of any other rights to which any person may be entitled under
any statute, bylaw, agreement, resolution of shareholders or directors,
contract, or otherwise."
U. S. Bancorp has entered into an indemnification agreement with each of
its directors. Each such agreement provides that U. S. Bancorp will indemnify
the director (i) to the full extent authorized or permitted by the Act or any
other applicable statute or U. S. Bancorp's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws
or any amendment thereof and (ii) against any obligation to pay a judgment,
settlement, penalty, fine or reasonable expenses, including attorney fees (any
of the foregoing, a "Liability") incurred in connection with any claim (as
defined), including a claim by or in the right of U. S. Bancorp; provided that
no indemnity shall be paid by U. S. Bancorp (A) if a final decision by a court
having jurisdiction shall determine that such indemnification is unlawful, (B)
on account of acts or omissions by the director which are finally adjudged to
have been not in good faith or to have involved intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law or (C) on
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account of Liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or any similar provision of federal or state statutory law.
Each such agreement also provides that U. S. Bancorp will maintain in
effect, as long as the director continues to serve in such capacity and
thereafter so long as he or she is subject to any possible claim, directors' and
officers' liability insurance coverage at least comparable to the coverage
provided at the date the agreement was entered into unless such insurance is not
reasonably available or the premium cost is substantially disproportionate to
the amount or scope of coverage. In the event U. S. Bancorp does not maintain
such insurance coverage, U. S. Bancorp agrees to indemnify the director to the
full extent of the coverage in effect at the date the agreement was entered
into.
U. S. Bancorp maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance under
which U. S. Bancorp's directors and officers are insured against loss (as
defined) as a result of claims made against them for their wrongful acts in such
capacities.
ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
EXHIBIT
4.1 Indenture of U. S. Bancorp relating to the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures (the "Indenture")
4.2 Form of Certificate of New Junior Subordinated Debenture (included in
Article II of Exhibit 4.1)
4.3 Certificate of Trust of U. S. Bancorp Capital I
4.4 Declaration of Trust of U. S. Bancorp Capital I
4.5 Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for U. S. Bancorp Capital I
4.6 Form of New Capital Security Certificate for U. S. Bancorp Capital I
4.7 Form of New Guarantee of U. S. Bancorp relating to the New Capital
Securities
4.8 Registration Rights Agreement
4.9 Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
5.1 Opinion of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP to U. S. Bancorp as
to legality of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures and the New
Guarantee to be issued by U. S. Bancorp*
5.2 Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, special Delaware counsel, as to
legality of the New Capital Securities to be issued by U. S. Bancorp
Capital I*
8 Opinion of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP as to certain
federal income tax matters*
12.1 Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 12.1 to U. S. Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1996.
23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3 Consent of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1)*
23.4 Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger (included in Exhibit 5.2)*
24 Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of U. S. Bancorp
25.1 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of The First National Bank of Chicago
to act as trustee under the Indenture
25.2 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of The First National Bank of Chicago
to act as trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of
U. S. Bancorp Capital I
25.3 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the First National Bank of Chicago
under the New Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of New Capital
Securities of U. S. Bancorp Capital I
99.1 Form of Letter of Transmittal*
99.2 Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery*
99.3 Form of Exchange Agent Agreement*
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ITEM 22. UNDERTAKINGS
Each of the undersigned Registrants hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), each filing of a Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each
undersigned Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 20 above, or
otherwise, each Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by each undersigned Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of each Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake to respond to requests for
information that is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus pursuant to
Item 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such
request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other
equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed
subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date
of responding to the request.
The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake to supply by means of a
post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the
company being acquired or involved therein, that was not the subject of and
included in the registration statement when it became effective.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, State of
Oregon, on the 24th day of April, 1997.
U. S. BANCORP
By /s/ Thomas P. Ducharme
Thomas P. Ducharme
Executive Vice President and Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 24th day of April, 1997.
Signature Title
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(1) Principal Executive Officer and Director:
GERRY B. CAMERON* Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(2) Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:
STEVEN P. ERWIN* Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(3) A Majority of the Board of Directors:
HARRY BETTIS* Director
CAROLYN SILVA CHAMBERS* Director
FRANKLIN G. DRAKE* Director
ROBERT L. DRYDEN* Director
JOHN B. FERY* Director
JOSHUA GREEN III* Director
ALLEN T. NOBLE* Director
PAUL A. REDMOND* Director
N. STEWART ROGERS* Director
*By /s/ Sheryl W. Dawson
Sheryl W. Dawson
Attorney-in-fact
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, U. S. Bancorp
Capital I has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, State of
Oregon, on the 24th day of April, 1997.
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
By: /s/ William R. Basom
William R. Basom,
as Administrative Trustee
By: /s/ Phillip S. Rowley
Phillip S. Rowley,
as Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
4.1 Indenture of U. S. Bancorp relating to the New Junior Subordinated
Debentures (the "Indenture")
4.2 Form of Certificate of New Junior Subordinated Debenture (included in
Article II of Exhibit 4.1)
4.3 Certificate of Trust of U. S. Bancorp Capital I
4.4 Declaration of Trust of U. S. Bancorp Capital I
4.5 Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for U. S. Bancorp Capital I
4.6 Form of New Capital Security Certificate for U. S. Bancorp Capital I
4.7 Form of New Guarantee of U. S. Bancorp relating to the New Capital
Securities
4.8 Registration Rights Agreement
4.9 Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
5.1 Opinion of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP to U. S. Bancorp as
to legality of the New Junior Subordinated Debentures and the New
Guarantee to be issued by U. S. Bancorp*
5.2 Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, special Delaware counsel, as to
legality of the New Capital Securities to be issued by U. S. Bancorp
Capital I*
8 Opinion of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP as to certain
federal income tax matters*
12.1 Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 12.1 to U. S. Bancorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1996.
23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3 Consent of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1)*
23.4 Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger (included in Exhibit 5.2)*
24 Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of U. S. Bancorp
25.1 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of The First National Bank of Chicago
to act as trustee under the Indenture
25.2 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of The First National Bank of Chicago
to act as trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of
U. S. Bancorp Capital I
25.3 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the First National Bank of Chicago
under the New Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of New Capital
Securities of U. S. Bancorp Capital I
99.1 Form of Letter of Transmittal*
99.2 Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery*
99.3 Form of Exchange Agent Agreement*
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U. S. BANCORP
TO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
TRUSTEE
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
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DATED AS OF ___________, 1997
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U. S. BANCORP
Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(including cross-references to provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317
which, pursuant to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
by the Trust Reform Act of 1990, are a part of and govern the Indenture whether
or not physically contained therein) and the Junior Subordinated Indenture,
dated as of ___________, 1997.
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Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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310 (a)(1),(2) and (5).......................................................... 6.9
(a)(3)...................................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4)...................................................................... Not Applicable
(b)......................................................................... 6.8, 6.10
(c)......................................................................... Not Applicable
311 (a)......................................................................... 6.13
(b)......................................................................... 6.13
(b)(2)...................................................................... 7.3(a)
312 (a)......................................................................... 7.1, 7.2(a)
(b)......................................................................... 7.2(b)
(c)......................................................................... 7.2(c)
313 (a)......................................................................... 7.3(a)
(b)......................................................................... 7.3(a)
(c)......................................................................... 7.3(a), 7.3(b)
(d)......................................................................... 7.3(c)
314 (a)(1), (2) and (3)......................................................... 7.4
(a)(4)...................................................................... 10.4
(b)......................................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)...................................................................... 1.2
(c)(2)...................................................................... 1.2
(c)(3)...................................................................... Not Applicable
(d)......................................................................... Not Applicable
(e)......................................................................... 1.2
(f)......................................................................... Not Applicable
315 (a)......................................................................... 6.1(a)
(b)......................................................................... 6.2
(c)......................................................................... 6.1(b)
(d)......................................................................... 6.1(c)
(d)(1)...................................................................... 6.1(a)(1)
(d)(2)...................................................................... 6.1(c)(2)
(d)(3)...................................................................... 6.1(c)(3)
(e)......................................................................... 5.14
316 (a)......................................................................... 1.1
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(a)(1)(A)................................................................... 5.12
(a)(1)(B)................................................................... 5.13
(a)(2)...................................................................... Not Applicable
(b)......................................................................... 5.8
(c)......................................................................... 1.4(f)
317 (a)(1)...................................................................... 5.3
(a)(2)...................................................................... 5.4
(b)......................................................................... 10.3
318 (a)......................................................................... 1.7
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Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION................................................. 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.............................................................................. 1
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate and Opinions...................................................... 10
SECTION 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee.................................................. 11
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders.......................................................................... 11
SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company..................................................... 13
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver................................................................ 14
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act........................................................ 14
SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents................................................. 14
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns................................................................... 14
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause..................................................................... 14
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture................................................................... 14
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law........................................................................... 15
SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days....................................................................... 15
ARTICLE II. SECURITY FORMS..................................................................................... 15
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally.......................................................................... 15
SECTION 2.2. Form of Face of Security................................................................. 16
SECTION 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security.............................................................. 19
SECTION 2.4. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security........................................ 24
SECTION 2.5. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.......................................... 24
ARTICLE III. THE SECURITIES..................................................................................... 24
SECTION 3.1. Designation and Amount................................................................... 24
SECTION 3.2. Denominations............................................................................ 25
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating........................................... 25
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities..................................................................... 26
SECTION 3.5. Global Securities........................................................................ 26
SECTION 3.6. Registration, Transfer and Exchange...................................................... 27
SECTION 3.7. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities......................................... 28
SECTION 3.8. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved........................................... 29
SECTION 3.9. Persons Deemed Owners.................................................................... 30
SECTION 3.10. Cancellation............................................................................ 31
SECTION 3.11. Computation of Interest................................................................. 31
SECTION 3.12. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates..................................................... 31
SECTION 3.13. Right of Set-Off........................................................................ 32
SECTION 3.14. Agreed Tax Treatment.................................................................... 32
SECTION 3.15. Right to Shorten Maturity............................................................... 33
SECTION 3.16. CUSIP Numbers........................................................................... 33
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ARTICLE IV. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE......................................................................... 33
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.................................................. 33
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money............................................................... 34
ARTICLE V. REMEDIES............................................................................................ 34
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default........................................................................ 34
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment....................................... 36
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.......................................................................................... 37
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim......................................................... 37
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities............................... 38
SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected........................................................... 38
SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits...................................................................... 39
SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of Capital Securities..................................... 40
SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies....................................................... 40
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.......................................................... 40
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................................................ 40
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders...................................................................... 41
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults................................................................. 41
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs................................................................... 42
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws................................................. 42
ARTICLE VI. THE TRUSTEE........................................................................................ 42
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities...................................................... 42
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults....................................................................... 43
SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee................................................................ 44
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities................................... 45
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities...................................................................... 45
SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust...................................................................... 45
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement........................................................... 45
SECTION 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.................................................. 46
SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.................................................. 46
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor....................................... 47
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.................................................. 48
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business......................................................................................... 48
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company....................................... 49
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent..................................................... 49
ARTICLE VII. HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND
COMPANY................................................................................................ 50
SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders.......................................................................................... 50
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SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders................................... 51
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee....................................................................... 51
SECTION 7.4. Reports by Company....................................................................... 51
ARTICLE VIII. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE.............................................. 52
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms..................................... 52
SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted........................................................ 53
ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............................................................................ 53
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders....................................... 53
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indenture with Consent of Holders........................................... 54
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..................................................... 55
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................................................ 56
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...................................................... 56
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures....................................... 56
ARTICLE X. COVENANTS........................................................................................... 56
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.............................................. 56
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency......................................................... 56
SECTION 10.3. Appointment of Paying Agent; Money for Security Payments to
be Held in Trust................................................................................. 57
SECTION 10.4. Statement as to Compliance.............................................................. 58
SECTION 10.5. Additional Sums......................................................................... 59
SECTION 10.6. Additional Covenants.................................................................... 59
ARTICLE XI. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES........................................................................... 60
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of this Article........................................................... 60
SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee................................................... 60
SECTION 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.................................................. 61
SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption.................................................................... 61
SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price............................................................. 62
SECTION 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption............................................. 62
SECTION 11.7. Company's Right of Redemption........................................................... 63
ARTICLE XII. SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES....................................................................... 63
SECTION 12.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt................................................... 63
SECTION 12.2. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default; Payment Over of
Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc................................................................... 63
SECTION 12.3. Payment Permitted If No Default......................................................... 65
SECTION 12.4. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt......................................... 65
SECTION 12.5. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights............................................. 66
SECTION 12.6. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination..................................................... 66
SECTION 12.7. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions................................................... 66
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SECTION 12.8. Notice to Trustee....................................................................... 67
SECTION 12.9. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent............................................................................................ 67
SECTION 12.10. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt....................................... 68
SECTION 12.11. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of
Trustee's Rights................................................................................. 68
SECTION 12.12. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.................................................... 68
ANNEX A - Form of Guarantee Agreement
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of ___________, 1997, between
U. S. BANCORP, an Oregon corporation (hereinafter called the "Company") having
its principal office at 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204, and THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, a national banking association, as Trustee
(hereinafter called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of its 8.27% Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures due December 15, 2026 (hereinafter called the
"Securities") for an aggregate principal amount of $___________ to be issued in
exchange for a like amount of 8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures due December 15, 2026 (hereinafter called the "Old Securities"),
issued pursuant to an indenture dated December 24, 1996, between the Company and
The First National Bank of Chicago, and to provide the terms and conditions upon
which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a
valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have
been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of
the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is
mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, 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) 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;
(3) All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
and the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any
computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting
principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of such
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computation; provided, that when two or more principles are so generally
accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by
the Company; and
(4) Certain terms, used principally in Section 2.3, are defined in that
Section.
The 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.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4.
"Additional Interest" means the interest, if any, that shall accrue on
any interest on the Securities the payment of which has not been made on the
applicable Interest Payment Date and which shall accrue at the rate per annum
specified or determined as specified in the Securities.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.
"Additional Taxes" means the sum of any additional taxes, duties and
other governmental charges to which the Issuer Trust has become subject from
time to time as a result of a Tax Event.
"Administrative Trustee" means each Person identified as an
"Administrative Trustee" in the Trust Agreement, solely in such Person's
capacity as Administrative Trustee of the Issuer Trust under the Trust Agreement
and not in such Person's individual capacity, or any successor administrative
trustee appointed as therein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person; provided, however, that the Issuer Trust
shall not be deemed an Affiliate of the Company. 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.
"Agent Member" means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
"Allocable Amounts," when used with respect to any Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness, means the amount necessary to pay all principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness in full
less, if applicable, any portion of such amounts which would have been paid to,
and retained by, the holders of such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (whether
as a result of the receipt of payments by the holders of such Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness from the Company or any other obligor thereon or from
any holders of, or trustee in respect of, other indebtedness that is subordinate
and junior in right of payment to such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant
to any provision of such indebtedness for the payment over of amounts received
on account of such indebtedness to the holders of such Senior
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Subordinated Indebtedness) but for the fact that such Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness is subordinate or junior in right of payment to trade accounts
payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the
rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Securities, in each case to the
extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any executive committee or other committee of that board duly authorized to
act hereunder.
"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 or officers of the Company to which authority to act on
behalf of the Board of Directors has been delegated and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii)
a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is closed for business.
"Capital Securities" means the Series A Capital Securities and the
Series B Capital Securities.
"Capital Treatment Event" means the reasonable determination by the
Company that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any proposed
change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof or therein, or as a result of any official or
administrative pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or
applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or
which proposed change, pronouncement, action or decision is announced on or
after December 24, 1996, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the
Company will not be entitled to treat an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount
(as defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Capital Securities as "Tier I
Capital" (or the then equivalent thereof) for purposes of the capital adequacy
guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the
Company.
"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.
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"Common Securities" means common interests in the Issuer Trust.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $5 per share, of the
Company.
"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 Guarantee" means the guarantee by the Company of Distributions
on the Capital Securities to the extent provided in the Guarantee Agreement.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, the written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board,
a Vice Chairman, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall
be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at One First
National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126, Attention: Corporate
Trust Services Division, except if the Place of Payment of any Security is New
York City, then such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which office at the date hereof is
located at First Chicago Trust Company of New York, 14 Wall Street, Eighth
Floor, New York, New York 10005.
"corporation" includes a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.8.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities issuable or issued
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person
designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.5 (or any
successor thereto).
"Distributions" with respect to the Trust Securities, means amounts
payable in respect of such Trust Securities as provided in the Trust Agreement
and referred to therein as "Distributions."
"Dollar" means the currency of the United States of America that, as at
the time of payment, is legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article V.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
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"Exchange Offer" means the offer that may be made pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement (i) by the Company to exchange Securities for Old
Securities and to exchange the Company Guarantee for a similar guarantee
relating to the Series A Capital Securities and (ii) by the Issuer Trust to
exchange Series B Capital Securities for Series A Capital Securities.
"Extension Period" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12.
"Federal Reserve" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
"Global Security" means a Security in the form prescribed in Section
2.4 evidencing all or part of the Securities, issued to the Depositary or its
nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee.
"Guarantee Agreement" means the Guarantee Agreement relating to the
Capital Securities and substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A, as
amended from time to time.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Securities Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time by supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on the Securities.
"Interest Rate" means the rate of interest specified or determined as
specified in each Security as being the rate of interest payable on such
Security.
"Issuer Trust" means U. S. Bancorp Capital I, a Delaware business
trust.
"Junior Subordinated Indebtedness" means any obligation of the Company
to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred, where the
instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which the
obligation is outstanding provides that it is subordinate and junior in right of
payment to Senior Debt pursuant to subordination provisions substantially
similar to those set forth in this Indenture. "Junior Subordinated Indebtedness"
includes the Securities and the Old Securities.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security means the date on
which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
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"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.1(3).
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Old Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital of this
Indenture.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company.
"Original Issue Date" means the date of issuance specified in each
Security.
"Outstanding" means, when used in reference to any Securities, as of
the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
a. Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
b. Securities 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 Securities; and
c. Securities in substitution for or in lieu of which other Securities
have been authenticated and delivered or which have been paid pursuant to
Section 3.7, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such
Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such Securities are valid, binding
and legal obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities 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 Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall
be so disregarded. Securities 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 Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor. Upon the written request of the
Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers'
Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Company
to be owned or held by or for the account of the Company, or any other obligor
on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such obligor, and, subject
to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such
Officers' Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth
and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the
purpose of any such determination.
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"Paying Agent" means the Trustee or any Person authorized by the
Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any
Securities on behalf of the Company pursuant to Section 10.3.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means, with respect to the Securities, the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York or the offices of any Paying Agent appointed
by the Company pursuant to Section 10.3.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.7 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed
or stolen Security.
"Proceeding" has the meaning specified in Section 12.2.
"Property Trustee" means, in respect of the Issuer Trust, the
commercial bank or trust company identified as the "Property Trustee" in the
Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Issuer Trust
under the Trust Agreement and not in its individual capacity, or its successor
in interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee appointed as
therein provided.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement
dated December 24, 1996, by and among the Company, the Issuer Trust and the
Initial Purchasers named therein.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date with respect to the Securities means the June 1 or December 1 next
preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman
of the trust committee, 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
or 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.
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"Rights Plan" means a plan of the Company which may be adopted in the
future providing for the issuance by the Company to all holders of its Common
Stock of rights entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock or any class or series of preferred stock, which rights
(i) will be deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock, (ii) are
not exercisable and (iii) will also be issued in respect of future issuances of
Common Stock, in each case until the occurrence of a specified event or events.
"S & P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
"Securities" or "Security" means any debt securities or debt security,
as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 (or any successor
statute), as it may be amended from time to time.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.6.
"Senior Debt" means (i) Senior Indebtedness (but excluding trade
accounts payable and accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business) and (ii) the Allocable Amounts of Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of (and premium, if any) and
unpaid interest on (i) every obligation of the Company for money borrowed
(including any deferred obligation for the payment of the purchase price of
property and assets and obligations arising from guarantees by the Company of
the indebtedness of others), (ii) obligations of, or any such obligation
guaranteed by, the Company as lessee under leases required to be capitalized on
the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting principles
and leases of property or assets made as part of any sale and leaseback
transaction to which the Company is a party, (iii) obligations of the Company
under letters of credit, and (iv) any indebtedness of the Company under or other
obligations of the Company to make payment pursuant to the terms of commodity
contracts, interest rate and currency swap agreements, cap, floor and collar
agreements, currency spot and forward contracts, and other similar agreements or
arrangements, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred, other than any obligation as to which, in the instrument
creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it
is provided that such obligation is not Senior Indebtedness, provided that
Senior Indebtedness does not include Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or Junior
Subordinated Indebtedness.
"Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" means any obligation of the Company
to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred, where the
instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which the
obligation is outstanding provides that it is subordinate and junior in right of
payment to Senior Indebtedness and includes the Company's outstanding
subordinated debt securities issued pursuant to the indenture between the
Company
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and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee, dated as of May 15, 1992, and any
subordinated debt securities issued in the future with substantially similar
subordination terms. Senior Subordinated Indebtedness does not include Junior
Subordinated Indebtedness.
"Series A Capital Securities" means the 8.27% Capital Securities,
Series A (Liquidation Amount $1,000 per Capital Security), issued by the Issuer
Trust.
"Series B Capital Securities" means the 8.27% Capital Securities,
Series B (Liquidation Amount $1,000 per Capital Security) to be issued by the
Issuer Trust in exchange for Series A Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon means the date specified
pursuant to the terms of such Security as the date on which the principal of
such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable, in case of
such principal, as such date may be shortened or extended as provided pursuant
to the terms of such Security and this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one
or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times
or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of
any contingency.
"Successor Security" of any particular Security means every Security
issued after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by, such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.7 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Issuer Trust of an Opinion of
Counsel (as defined in the Trust Agreement) experienced in such matters to the
effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any announced
proposed change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or
as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is
effective or which proposed change, pronouncement, or decision is announced on
or after December 24, 1996, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i)
the Issuer Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such Opinion of
Counsel, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income
received or accrued on the Securities, (ii) interest payable by the Company on
the Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such Opinion of Counsel,
will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States
federal income tax purposes,
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or (iii) the Issuer Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
Opinion of Counsel, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes,
duties or other governmental charges.
"Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated
as of December 24, 1996, among the Company, as Depositor, The First National
Bank of Chicago, as Property Trustee, First Chicago Delaware, Inc., as Delaware
Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein, as amended from time to
time.
"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 or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
ss.ss. 77aaa-77bbb), as amended and as in effect on the date of this Indenture,
except as provided in Section 9.5.
"Trust Securities" means the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities.
"Vice President," when used with respect to the Company, means any duly
appointed vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president."
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate 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
(including covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent),
if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with which
constitute a condition 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 (other than the
certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.4) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) 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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(3) 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
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.3. Forms 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 matters upon which his 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 the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters 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. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments is or 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 Holders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of
the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
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(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 a Person acting in other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority.
(c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in
accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done 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 Security.
(f) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give, make or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by
Holders, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or
making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next
paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date, provided that no such action shall be effective
hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date (as
hereinafter in this Section 1.4(f) provided) by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record
date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to
this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such
action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be
given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner
set forth in Section 1.6.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving
or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration
referred to in Section 5.2, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred
to in Section 5.7(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12. If any
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record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join
in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee
from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has
previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date
previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled
and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render
ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders
and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to
each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record date may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day, provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, on or prior
to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which
set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day
after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to
its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th
day after the applicable record date.
(g) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take
any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or
more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders 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 Holder, any holder of Series B Capital
Securities or the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if
made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of Series B
Capital Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as otherwise
provided in Section 5.1) hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class,
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address
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of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders 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 Holder affected
by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities
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
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. 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 the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
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.
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies, or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture which
is required to be included in this Indenture by any of Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such 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 Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors and
assigns, the holders of Senior
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Debt, the Holders of the Securities, and, to the extent expressly provided in
Sections 5.2, 5.8, 5.9, 5.11, 5.13, 9.1, and 9.2, the holders of Series B
Capital Securities any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or the Securities) payment of interest or
principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day (and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be,
until such next succeeding Business Day) except that, if such Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day (in each case with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity).
ARTICLE II. SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be
in substantially the forms set forth in this Article, or in such other form or
forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case 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 applicable tax laws or the rules of any securities
exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If
the form of Securities is established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section
3.3 with respect to the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods, if required by any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, on a steel engraved border or
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the
rules of any securities exchange on which the securities may be listed, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
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SECTION 2.2. Form of Face of Security.
NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")(EACH, A "PLAN"), NO
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF ANY PLAN'S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A "PLAN ASSET ENTITY"), AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN
ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE
UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE")
96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT
TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER RELYING
ON ANY EXEMPTION OTHER THAN PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14, HAS
COMPLIED WITH ANY REQUEST BY THE COMPANY FOR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER
EVIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH EXEMPTION. ANY PURCHASER OR
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT (A) IT EITHER (X) IS NOT A
PLAN OR A PLAN ASSET ENTITY AND IS NOT PURCHASING THIS SECURITY ON BEHALF OF OR
WITH "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN OR (Y) IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
AVAILABLE UNDER PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING AND (B) THE COMPANY IS NOT A
"FIDUCIARY" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(21) OF ERISA WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
PURCHASER'S OR HOLDER'S INTEREST IN THIS SECURITY.
U. S. BANCORP
8.27% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE
DUE DECEMBER 15, 2026
No. $
U. S. BANCORP, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
Oregon (hereinafter called the "Company", which term includes any successor
corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
______________ Dollars ($__________) on December 15, 2026; provided that the
Company may shorten the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security to a
date not earlier than June 24, 2016, under the circumstances specified below
relating to a Tax Event. The Company further promises to pay interest on said
principal sum from December 24, 1996, or from the most recent interest payment
date (each such date, an
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"Interest Payment Date") on which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on June 15
and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 1997, at the rate of 8.27% per
annum, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, plus
Additional Interest, if any, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided
for or made available for payment and on any overdue principal and (without
duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the rate of 8.27% per
annum, compounded semi-annually; provided that such rate is subject to increase
as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement hereinafter referred to. The
amount of interest payable for any period less than a full interest period shall
be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year and the
actual number of days elapsed in a partial month in a period. The amount of
interest payable for any full interest period shall be computed by dividing the
rate per annum by two. In the event that any date on which interest is payable
on this Security is not a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable
on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day
(and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except
that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the
same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.
A "Business Day" shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is closed for business. The interest
installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest
installment, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business
Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest installment
not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture.
So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Company shall have the right at any time during the term of this Security to
defer payment of interest on this Security, at any time or from time to time,
for up to ten (10) consecutive semi-annual interest payment periods with respect
to each deferral period (each an "Extension Period"), during which Extension
Periods the Company shall have the right to make partial payments of interest on
any Interest Payment Date, and at the end of which the Company shall pay all
interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Additional Interest thereon to
the extent permitted by applicable law); provided, however, that no Extension
Period shall extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this
Security; provided, further, that during any such Extension Period, the Company
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or
pay
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any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock, (ii)
make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company that rank pari passu
with or junior in interest to this Security or (iii) make any guarantee payments
with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any
Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in
interest to this Security (other than (a) dividends or distributions in capital
stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation or amendment of a Rights Plan or any successor thereto, or the
issuance of rights, stock or other property thereunder, or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Guarantee
Agreement (as defined in the Indenture) and (d) repurchases, redemptions or
other acquisitions of Common Stock in connection with any employment contract,
benefit plan or similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more
employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend
reinvestment and stock purchase plan, or in connection with the issuance of
Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock)
as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to an
Extension Period). Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the
Company may further defer the payment of interest on this Security, provided
that no Extension Period shall exceed ten (10) consecutive semi-annual periods
or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security. Upon the
termination of any such Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and
unpaid interest and any Additional Interest then due, the Company may elect to
begin a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. No interest
shall be due and payable during an Extension Period except at the end thereof.
The Company shall give the Holder of this Security and the Trustee notice of its
election to begin any Extension Period at least one Business Day prior to the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date on which interest on this Security or,
with respect to the Securities issued to the Issuer Trust, so long as such
Securities are held by the Issuer Trust, at least one Business Day prior to the
earliest of (i) the date interest on this Security would have been payable
except for the election to begin such Extension Period, (ii) the date the
Administrative Trustees are required to give notice to the stock exchange or
automated quotation system on which the Series B Capital Securities are then
listed or quoted or to holders of the Series B Capital Securities of the record
date for such Distributions and (iii) the date such Distributions would have
been payable but for the election to begin such Extension Period, but in any
event not less than one Business Day prior to such record date. For purposes
hereof, neither the Company's Senior Indebtedness nor its Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness shall be deemed to be pari passu with this Security.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in the United States, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities Register or (ii) by wire
transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may
be designated by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities
Register.
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The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided
in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payments to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to the
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security,
by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c)
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each
Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, waives all notice of the acceptance of
the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each
holder of Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives
reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
Reference is hereby made to further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
U. S. BANCORP
By:_______________________________
[President or Vice President]
Attest:
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[Secretary or Assistant Secretary]
SECTION 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company known as its 8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
due December 15, 2026 (herein called the "Securities"), limited (subject to
certain exceptions provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to) to the
aggregate principal amount of $___________, all issued under and
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pursuant to a Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of ___________, 1997
(herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and The First National Bank
of Chicago, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee,
the Company and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture or in
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of December 24, 1996, as
amended (the "Trust Agreement"), for the Issuer Trust, among U. S. Bancorp, as
Depositor, and the Trustees named therein, shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.
Subject to the terms and conditions of Article XI of the Indenture,
this Security may be redeemed at the option of the Company at any time on or
after December 15, 2006, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at
the following Redemption Prices (expressed in percentages of the principal
amount thereof) together with accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional
Interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date. If redeemed during the
12-month period beginning December 15:
Year Redemption Price
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2006 104.1350%
2007 103.7215
2008 103.3080
2009 102.8945
2010 102.4810
2011 102.0675
2012 101.6540
2013 101.2405
2014 100.8270
2015 100.4135
and at 100% on or after December 15, 2016.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.7 and the other provisions of
Article XI of the Indenture, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of
a Tax Event or a Capital Treatment Event in respect of the Issuer Trust, the
Company may, at its option, at any time within 90 days of the occurrence of such
Tax Event or Capital Treatment Event, redeem this Security, in whole but not in
part, (a) in case of a redemption prior to December 15, 2006, at a Redemption
Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of this Security
or (ii) as determined by a Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the
present values of the principal amount and premium payable as part of the
Redemption Price with respect to an optional redemption of this Security on
December 15, 2006, together with the present values of
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the scheduled payments of interest from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2006
(the "Remaining Life"), in each case discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus accrued and unpaid
interest, including Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption
Date, and (b) in case of a redemption on or after December 15, 2006, at a
Redemption Price determined in accordance with the schedule set forth in the
preceding paragraph.
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus (i) 1.30% if such Redemption Date
occurs on or before December 15, 1997, or (ii) 0.50% if such Redemption Date
occurs after December 15, 1997.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a
maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining
Life. If no United States Treasury security has a maturity that is within a
period from three months before to three months after December 15, 2006, the two
most closely corresponding United States Treasury securities shall be used as
the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month using such
securities.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means (A) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Debenture
Trustee obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations.
"Quotation Agent" means Goldman, Sachs & Co. and its successors;
provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the
Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (i) the Quotation Agent and (ii) any
other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after consultation with
the Company.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
"Treasury Rate" means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents
the average for the week immediately prior to the calculation date, appearing in
the most recently published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury
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securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant
Maturities," for the maturity corresponding to the Remaining Life (if no
maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for
the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Remaining Life
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or
(ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per
annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated
on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If a Tax Event occurs which relates to the deductibility of interest
payable by the Company on this Security, and if the opinion relating to such Tax
Event states that the risk of non-deductibility would be avoided if the maturity
of this Security were shortened, the Company shall have the right, subject to
prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required under applicable capital
guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve, to shorten the maturity of this
Security by the amount stated in such opinion to be the minimum extent required
in order to avoid such risk, but in no event may the Company shorten the Stated
Maturity of this Security to a date earlier than June 24, 2016. Upon the
exercise of such right, the Company shall no longer have the right to redeem
this Security prior to the new Stated Maturity upon the occurrence of a Tax
Event or to further shorten the Stated Maturity of this Security.
The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the
entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
Company and the Trustee at any time to enter into a supplemental indenture or
indentures for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights and obligations
of the Company and of the Holders of the Securities, with the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting Holders of
specified percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
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As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities at the time Outstanding occurs
and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may declare the
principal amount of all the Securities to be due and payable immediately, by a
notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders),
provided that, in the case of Securities issued to the Issuer Trust, if upon an
Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities fails to declare the principal of all the
Securities to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Series B Capital Securities then outstanding
shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee; and
upon any such declaration the principal amount of and the accrued interest
(including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities shall become
immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated
to the extent provided in Article XII of the Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Securities
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company maintained under Section 10.2 of the Indenture
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
The Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial
interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial
interest in, this Security agree that for
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United States federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that this
Security constitute indebtedness.
THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
SECTION 2.4. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.
Any Global Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the
provisions contained in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
"THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND 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."
SECTION 2.5. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned
Indenture.
Dated: THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, as trustee
By:-----------------------
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE III. THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. Designation and Amount.
The Securities shall be designated as 8.27% Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures due December 15, 2026. Securities for the
aggregate principal amount of $___________, upon the execution of this
Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, may be executed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver said Securities to or upon the written order of the
Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, its President or
a Vice President and the
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Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer
without any further corporate action by the Company. Such written order need not
be accompanied by the Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel provided for
in Section 1.2.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities authorized by this
Indenture is limited to $___________ and, except as provided in Section 3.7, the
Company shall not execute and the Trustee shall not authenticate or deliver
Securities in excess of such aggregate principal amount.
Nothing contained in this Section 3.1 or elsewhere in this Indenture,
or in the Securities, is intended to or shall limit execution by the Company or
authentication or delivery by the Trustee of Securities under the circumstances
contemplated by Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, or 11.6.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt
as provided in Article XII.
SECTION 3.2. Denominations.
The Securities shall be in registered form without coupons and shall be
issuable in minimum denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
President or one of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced or
impressed thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be
manual or facsimile.
Securities 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 Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities. At any time and from time to
time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver
Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and
the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
officers, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
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SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced, in any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Securities and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office
or agency of the Company designated for that purpose without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 3.5. Global Securities.
(a) Securities which are distributed to holders of the Capital
Securities in connection with the termination and liquidation of the Issuer
Trust shall be issued in the form of a Global Security. Each Global Security
issued under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary
designated by the Company for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and
delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and
each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of
this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name
of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof unless (a) such Depositary advises the Trustee in writing that such
Depositary is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global Security, and the
Company is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that the Company elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary, (c) there shall have
occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or (d) pursuant to the following
sentence. All or any portion of a Global Security may be exchanged for a
Security that has a like aggregate principal amount and is not a Global Security
upon 20 days' prior request made by the Depositary or its Agent Members to the
Securities Registrar.
(c) If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or
canceled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depositary or
its nominee to the Security Registrar for exchange or cancellation as provided
in this Article III. If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other
Securities or canceled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in
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whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security, then either
(i) such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as
provided in this Article III or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be
reduced, subject to Section 3.6(b)(v), or increased by an amount equal to the
portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount
of such other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as
the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of
the Security Registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to
make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment of a Global Security by the Depositary, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 3.5(b) and as otherwise
provided in this Article III, authenticate and deliver any Securities issuable
in exchange for such Global Security (or any portion thereof) in accordance with
the instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee shall not be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall
be fully protected in relying on, such instructions.
(d) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion
thereof, whether pursuant to this Article III, Section 9.6 or 11.6, or
otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a
Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person
other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
(e) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global
Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Security for all purposes under
this Indenture and the Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in a
Global Security shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures.
Accordingly, any such owner's beneficial interest in a Global Security shall be
shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Agent Members.
Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in
respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary.
(f) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security
shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such owners and the Depositary and/or
its Agent Members.
SECTION 3.6. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of
transfers of Securities. Such register is herein sometimes referred to as the
"Securities Register." The Trustee is hereby appointed "Securities Registrar"
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the
office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more
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new Securities of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, and having the same terms.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other
Securities of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, and having the same terms, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall
be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall
(if so required by the Company or the Securities Registrar) be duly endorsed, or
be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Securities Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or
exchange of Securities, 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 transfer or exchange of Securities.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required, pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, (a) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of selection for redemption of Securities pursuant to Article XI and
ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of notice of redemption or
(b) to transfer or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion
thereof not to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.7. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with
such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to
save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and
(ii) 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
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
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Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security 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 Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security 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 Securities 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 Securities.
SECTION 3.8. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security 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 Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, except
that interest payable on the Stated Maturity of a Security shall be paid to the
Person to whom principal is paid.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not timely 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 (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) 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 Security and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
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make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date
of the proposed payment, 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 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 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, in
the name and at the expense of the Company, 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 Holder of a Security at the
address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register not less than 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 a newspaper, customarily published in the English
language on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, 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 mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered 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 Securities may be listed and, upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange (or by the Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
this Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of
any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 3.9. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject
to Section 3.8) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its
behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding
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the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any
agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair,
as between a Depositary and such holders of beneficial interests, the operation
of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary
(or its nominee) as Holder of any Security.
SECTION 3.10. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or
exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Securities surrendered
directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it.
The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered
shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated
in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this
Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver to
the Company a certificate of such destruction.
SECTION 3.11. Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Securities for any partial period shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days elapsed
in a partial month in such period, and interest on the Securities for a full
period shall be computed by dividing the rate per annum by two.
SECTION 3.12. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates.
The Company shall have the right, at any time prior to the Stated
Maturity of the Securities, from time to time to defer the payment of interest
on the Securities for the period or periods specified in Section 2.2 (each, an
"Extension Period") during which Extension Periods the Company shall have the
right to make partial payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date. No
Extension Period shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. At the
end of any such Extension Period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued
and unpaid on the Securities (together with Additional Interest thereon, if any,
at the rate specified for the Securities to the extent permitted by applicable
law), provided, however, that during any such Extension Period, the Company
shall not, and shall cause any Subsidiary not to, (i) declare or pay any
dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock, (ii)
make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company that rank pari passu
with or junior in interest to the Securities, or (iii) make any guarantee
payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of
any Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior
in interest to the Securities (other than (a) dividends or distributions in
capital stock of the Company (b) any
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declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation or amendment of
a Rights Plan or any successor thereto, or the issuance of rights, stock or
other property thereunder, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights
pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Guarantee Agreement and (d)
repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Common Stock in connection
with any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with or for
the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in
connection with a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan, or in
connection with the issuance of Common Stock (or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction
entered into prior to an Extension Period). Prior to the termination of any such
Extension Period, the Company may further defer the payment of interest,
provided that no Extension Period shall exceed ten consecutive semi-annual
periods or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the Securities. Upon termination
of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest
and any Additional Interest then due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company
may elect to begin a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. No
interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end
thereof. The Company shall give the Holders of the Securities and the Trustee
notice of its election to begin any such Extension Period at least one Business
Day prior to the Interest Payment Date or, with respect to the Securities issued
to the Issuer Trust, prior to the earliest of (i) the date interest on the
Securities would have been payable except for the election to begin such
Extension Period, (ii) the date the Administrative Trustees are required to give
notice to the stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Series B
Capital Securities are then listed or quoted or to holders of the Series B
Capital Securities of the record date for such Distributions and (iii) the date
such Distributions would have been payable but for the election to begin such
Extension Period, but in any event not less than one Business Day prior to such
record date. For purposes hereof, neither the Company's Senior Indebtedness nor
its Senior Subordinated Indebtedness shall be deemed to be pari passu with the
Securities.
The Trustee shall promptly give notice of the Company's election to
begin any such Extension Period to the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 3.13. Right of Set-Off.
With respect to the Securities issued to the Issuer Trust,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall have the
right to set off any payment it is otherwise required to make thereunder in
respect of any such Security to the extent the Company has theretofore made, or
is concurrently on the date of such payment making, a payment under the
Guarantee Agreement relating to such Security or under Section 5.8 hereof.
SECTION 3.14. Agreed Tax Treatment.
Each Security issued hereunder shall provide that the Company and, by
its acceptance of a Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder of,
and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, such Security agree that
for United States federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that such
Security constitute indebtedness.
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SECTION 3.15. Right to Shorten Maturity.
If a Tax Event occurs which relates to the deductibility of interest
payable by the Company on the Securities, and if the opinion relating to such
Tax Event (as referred to in the definition of Tax Event in Section 1.1) states
that the risk of non-deductibility would be avoided if the maturity of the
Securities were shortened, the Company shall have the right, subject to prior
approval of the Federal Reserve if then required under applicable capital
guidelines or policies, to shorten the maturity of the Securities by the amount
stated in such opinion to be the minimum extent required in order to avoid such
risk, but in no event may the Company shorten the Stated Maturity of the
Securities to a date earlier than June 24, 2016. Upon the exercise of such
right, the Company shall no longer have the right to redeem the Securities prior
to the new Stated Maturity upon the occurrence of a Tax Event or to further
shorten the Stated Maturity of the Securities.
SECTION 3.16. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption or other related materials as a convenience to Holders; provided
that any such notice or other related materials may state that no representation
is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the
Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption or other related
materials and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE IV. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further
effect (except as to (i) any surviving rights of transfer, substitution and
exchange of Securities, (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive payments of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities and other
rights, duties and obligations of the Holders as beneficiaries hereof with
respect to the amounts, if any, deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this
Article IV and (iii) the rights and obligations of the Trustee hereunder), and
the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.7 and (ii) Securities 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
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discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year of the date of deposit,
and the Company, in the case of Clause (B) (i) or (B) (ii) above, has deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds, in trust, for the
purpose and in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest)
to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to 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.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last
paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive.
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust
and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities
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 premium, if
any) and interest for the payment of which such money or obligations have been
deposited with or received by the Trustee; provided, however, such moneys need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE V. REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default.
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"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to the Securities
means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or shall be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security, including
any Additional Interest in respect thereof, when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (subject to the deferral of
any due date in the case of an Extension Period); or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on)
any Security when due whether at its Maturity or upon redemption; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of
any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default
in the performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period
of 90 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 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied; or
(4) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or 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 60 consecutive days; or
(5) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the
consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or 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 and
its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action
by the Company in furtherance of any such action.
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SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may declare the principal amount of all the Securities to
be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by Holders), provided that, in the case of the Securities
issued to the Issuer Trust, if, upon an Event of Default, the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities fail to declare the principal of all the Securities to be immediately
due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount (as
defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Series B Capital Securities then
outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the
Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
portion thereof) of and the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest)
on all the Securities shall become immediately due and payable, provided that
the payment of principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) on
such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article XII.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
the Securities 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 at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities, 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 installments of interest (including any
Additional Interest) on all Securities,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities, 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.
(2) all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than
the non-payment of the principal of the Securities which has become due solely
by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
The holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined
in the Trust Agreement) of the Series B Capital Securities then outstanding
shall also have the right to rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Clauses (1) and (2) above of this
Section 5.2.
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No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest
(including any Additional Interest) on any Security when such interest becomes
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable
on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including
any Additional Interest); and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the
Trustee under Section 6.7.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion 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 to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement 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 5.4. 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
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors,
(a) the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities 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
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(and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest)) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest)
owing and unpaid in respect to the Securities and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable and to take any and all actions as
are authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have the claims of the
Holders and any predecessor to the Trustee under Section 6.7 allowed in any such
judicial proceedings; and
(ii) in particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 5.6; and
(b) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is
hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee for
distribution in accordance with Section 5.6, and in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due to it and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or
other similar committee.
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of
Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities 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 all the amounts owing the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with
respect to the Securities 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 or property on account of principal (or premium, if
any) or interest (including any Additional Interest), upon presentation
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of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee;
SECOND: Subject to Article XII, to the payment of the amounts then due
and unpaid upon the Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any Additional 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 the Securities for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional
Interest), respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Securities shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other
similar official) or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities 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 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other Holders of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all such Holders.
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SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of Capital Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 3.8) interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Security on
the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder. In the case of Securities issued to the Issuer Trust, any holder of
the Series B Capital Securities shall have the right, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default described in Section 5.1(1) or 5.1(2) hereof, to institute a
suit directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder of
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.8) interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities having a principal amount
equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of such Series B Capital Securities
held by such holder.
SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee, any Holder, or any holder of Series B Capital
Securities 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, such Holder or such
holder of Series B Capital Securities, then and in every such case the Company,
the Trustee, the Holders and such holder of Series B Capital Securities shall,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of Series B Capital
Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.7, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders 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 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee, any Holder of any Security or any
holder of any Series B Capital Security 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.
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Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders and the right and remedy given to the holders of Series B
Capital Securities by Section 5.8 may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Holders or the holders of
Series B Capital Securities, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities 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, with respect to the Securities,
provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow such direction if a Responsible Officer or
Officers of the Trustee shall in good faith determine that the proceeding so
directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not joining in any such
direction or would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities waive any past default hereunder and its consequences except a
default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on any Security (unless such default has
been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and
principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the
Trustee), or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security.
In the case of Securities issued to the Issuer Trust, should the
Holders of such Securities fail to waive such default, the holders of a majority
in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Series B Capital Securities shall have
such right.
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 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security 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 action taken or
omitted by it 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 Holder, or group of Holders, holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any
Additional Interest) on any Security on or after the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security.
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, 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 usury, 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 VI. THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. 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 provisions 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.
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(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
his own affairs.
(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; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of Holders pursuant to Section 5.12 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
with respect to the Securities.
(d) 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 there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) 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 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee of the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the
Securities, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names
and addresses appear in the Securities 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 a default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security, 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 and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good
faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders; and provided, further, that, in the case of any default of the
character specified in
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Section 5.1(3), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days
after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term
"default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities.
SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, Security or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) 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 may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) 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;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the 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;
(e) 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 Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders 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;
(f) 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, indenture,
Security or other paper or document, but the Trustee in its discretion may make
such inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and,
if the Trustee shall determine to make such inquiry or investigation, it shall
be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney; and
(g) 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
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be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's 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 Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar or any other
agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, Paying Agent, Securities Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 6.7. 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 in such amounts as the Company and the
Trustee shall agree from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(2) 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 (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) incurred without
negligence or bad faith, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust or the performance of its duties hereunder,
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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.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 shall survive the
termination of the Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the
Company and the Holders agree that the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the
Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee. Such lien
shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.1(4) or (5) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 or any successor statute.
SECTION 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within
the meaning of Section 10(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the
Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
(a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State, Territory or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of
Columbia authority, or
(b) a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under
the laws of a foreign government that is permitted to act as Trustee pursuant to
a rule, regulation or order of the Commission, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by
authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof
substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United
States institutional trustees,
in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State 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. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible
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in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. Neither
the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee for the Securities.
SECTION 6.10. 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 6.11.
(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 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 not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Holder, 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, acting pursuant to the authority of a
Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six 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 year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act
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of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment, become the 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 Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter
provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months may, subject to Section 5.14, 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 prepaid, to the Holders as
their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register. Each notice shall
include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, every
such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation 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 the 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.
(b) 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 rights, powers and trusts referred to
in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(c) 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 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
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 Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
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office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated, and in case any Securities shall not have been authenticated,
any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name
of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee, and in all
cases the certificate of authentication shall have the full force which it is
provided anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of
the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be deemed subject
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims
against the Company (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents which shall
be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities upon
original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption
thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, or of any State, Territory or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the successor
Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to all Holders. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with
like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor
Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of
this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.7.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities may
have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alterative certificate of authentication in the following
form:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned
Indenture.
Dated: The First National Bank of Chicago,
as Trustee
By:
As Authenticating Agent
By:
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE VII. HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after June 1 and December 1 in
each year a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders as of such June 1 and December 1, and
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(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is finished,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Securities Registrar.
SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Securities
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the
Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of the Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act, at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not
more than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than 60 days after December 31
in each calendar year, commencing with the first December 31 after the first
issuance of Securities under this Indenture.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which the
Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company will notify the
Trustee whenever the Securities are listed on any securities exchange.
SECTION 7.4. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and with the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may
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be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner
provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information,
documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee
within 15 days after the same is required to be filed with the Commission.
Notwithstanding that the Company may not be required to remain subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company
shall continue to file with the Commission and provide the Trustee with the
annual reports and the information, documents and other reports which are
specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall
comply with the other provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).
ARTICLE VIII. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into the
Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to any Person, the corporation formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust
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 premium,
if any) and interest (including, any Additional Interest) on all the Securities
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;
(3) in the case of the Securities issued to the Issuer Trust, such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease is permitted under the
Trust Agreement and Guarantee Agreement and does not give rise to any breach or
violation of the Trust Agreement or Guarantee Agreement; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and any such supplemental indenture complies with
this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
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provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with; and the
Trustee, subject to Section 6.1, may rely upon such Officers' Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such transaction complies with
this Section 8.1.
SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other
Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its properties
and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section
8.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such
conveyance, transfer or lease the Company shall be discharged from all
obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and may be
dissolved and liquidated.
Such successor Person may cause to be signed, and may issue either in
its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities
issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee, and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations
in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver
any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such
provisions and any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause
to be signed and delivered to the Trustee on its behalf for the purpose pursuant
to such provisions. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the
same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore
or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though
all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease,
such changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to
be issued as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, 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 Person to the Company, and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and
in the Securities contained; or
(2) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or
with the Trustee or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(3) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(4) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when
there is no Security Outstanding which is entitled to the benefit of such
provision; or
(6) 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, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (6) shall not
materially adversely affect the interest of the Holders or, in the case of the
Securities issued to the Issuer Trust and for so long as any of the Series B
Capital Securities shall remain outstanding, the holders of such Series B
Capital Securities; or
(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee; or
(8) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indenture with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders
delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee may 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 Securities under this
Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) except to the extent permitted by Sections 3.12 and 3.15, change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest
(including any Additional Interest) on, any Security, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or reduce any premium payable
upon the redemption thereof, or change the place of payment where, or the
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coin or currency in which, any Security or interest 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, in the case of redemption, on or after
the Redemption Date, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, 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
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or
Section 10.5, 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 Outstanding Security; or
(4) modify the provisions in Article Thirteen of this Indenture with
respect to the subordination of Outstanding Securities in a manner adverse to
the Holders;
provided that, in the case of the Securities issued to the Issuer Trust, so long
as any of the Series B Capital Securities remain outstanding, no such amendment
shall be made that adversely affects the holders of such Series B Capital
Securities in any material respect, and no termination of this Indenture shall
occur, and no waiver of any Event of Default or compliance with any covenant
under this Indenture shall be effective, without the prior consent of the
holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of such
Series B Capital Securities then outstanding unless and until the principal (and
premium, if any) of the Securities and all accrued and, subject to Section 3.8,
unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) thereon have been paid in
full; and provided further that in the case of the Securities issued to the
Issuer Trust, so long as any of the Series B Capital Securities remain
outstanding, no amendment shall be made to Section 5.8 of this Indenture without
the prior consent of the holders of each Series B Capital Security then
outstanding unless and until the principal (and premium, if any) of the
Securities and all accrued and (subject to Section 3.8) unpaid interest
(including any Additional Interest) thereon have been paid in full.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders 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 9.3. 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 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and
that all conditions
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precedent have been complied with. 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 or that may
subject it to any liability.
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Company, to any
such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities.
ARTICLE X. COVENANTS
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Securities that
it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and
this Indenture.
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment an office or agency
where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment and an office or
agency where Securities may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture may be served. The Company initially appoints the Trustee, acting
through its corporate trust office in the City of New York, as its agent for
said purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
change in the location of any 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 corporate trust
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office of the Trustee in the City of New York, and the Company hereby appoints
the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any
or all of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each
Place of Payment for the Securities for such purposes. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation and any change in
the location of any such office or agency.
SECTION 10.3. Appointment of Paying Agent; Money for Security Payments
to be Held in Trust.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent. The Company
may from time to time appoint one or more other Paying Agents for the payment of
the Securities, and may from time to time rescind any such appointments as the
Company may deem desirable and as to which the Company has notified the Trustee;
provided, however, that no such appointment or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each
Place of Payment for the Securities.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to the Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest 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 failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will,
prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each due date of the principal of or
interest on the Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal and
premium (if any) or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent 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 the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on Securities 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;
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(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (and
premium, if any) or interest;
(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; and
(4) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to
it as a 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 any 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 trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent, and, upon such payment by the Company or any Paying Agent to
the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
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 (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable
shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property law) be paid on Company Request to the Company,
or (if then held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory
provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security 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, 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, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 10.4. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each calendar year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate covering the preceding calendar year, stating whether or not to the
best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of or compliance with any of the terms,
provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture, and if the Company shall
be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have
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knowledge. For the purpose of this Section 10.4, compliance shall be determined
without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.5. Additional Sums.
In the case of the Securities issued to the Issuer Trust, in the event
that (i) the Issuer Trust is the Holder of all of the Outstanding Securities,
(ii) a Tax Event in respect of the Issuer Trust shall have occurred and be
continuing and (iii) the Company shall not have (i) redeemed the Securities
pursuant to Section 11.7(b) or (ii) terminated the Issuer Trust pursuant to
Section 9.2(b) of the Trust Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Issuer Trust
(and its permitted successors or assigns under the Trust Agreement) for so long
as the Issuer Trust (or its permitted successor or assignee) is the registered
holder of any Securities, such additional amounts as may be necessary in order
that the amount of distributions (including any Additional Amounts (as defined
in the Trust Agreement)) then due and payable by the Issuer Trust on the Capital
Securities and Common Securities that at any time remain outstanding in
accordance with the terms thereof shall not be reduced as a result of any
Additional Taxes (the "Additional Sums"). Whenever in this Indenture or the
Securities there is a reference in any context to the payment of principal of or
interest on the Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of
the payments of the Additional Sums provided for in this paragraph to the extent
that, in such context, Additional Sums are, were or would be payable in respect
thereof pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph and express mention of the
payment of Additional Sums (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Sums in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made, provided, however, that the extension of an
interest payment period pursuant to Section 3.12 or the Securities shall not
extend the payment of any Additional Sums that may be due and payable during
such interest payment period.
SECTION 10.6. Additional Covenants.
The Company covenants and agrees with each Holder of Securities that it
will not, and it will not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, (a) declare
or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any shares of the Company's capital stock,
or (b) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company that rank pari passu
with or junior in interest to the Securities or make any guarantee payments with
respect to any guarantee by the Company of debt securities of any subsidiary of
the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the
Securities (other than (a) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the
Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation
or amendment of a Rights Plan or any successor thereto, or the issuance of
rights, stock or other property thereunder, or the redemption or repurchase of
any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Guarantee Agreement,
and (d) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Common Stock in
connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement
with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or
consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment
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and stock purchase plan, or in connection with the issuance of Common Stock (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) as consideration
in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to an Extension Period), if at
such time (i) there shall have occurred any event of which the Company has
actual knowledge (a) that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default hereunder and (b) in respect of which
the Company shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure, (ii) the Company
shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under the
Guarantee Agreement or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election
to begin an Extension Period as provided herein and shall not have rescinded
such notice, or such period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing.
The Company also covenants with each Holder of Securities (i) to
maintain directly or indirectly 100% ownership of the Common Securities of the
Issuer Trust; provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Company
hereunder may succeed to the Company's ownership of such Common Securities, (ii)
not to voluntarily terminate, wind-up or liquidate the Issuer Trust, except (a)
in connection with a distribution of the Securities to the holders of Series B
Capital Securities in exchange therefor upon liquidation of the Issuer Trust or
(b) in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations
permitted by the Trust Agreement, in either such case upon prior approval of the
Federal Reserve, if then so required under applicable capital guidelines or
policies, and (iii) to use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the terms and
provisions of the Trust Agreement, to cause the Issuer Trust to remain
classified as a grantor trust and not an association taxable as a corporation
for United States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE XI. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of this Article.
Redemption of the Securities shall be made in accordance with Section
2.3 and this Article. Each Security shall be subject to partial redemption only
in the amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof and the principal amount
of the unredeemed portion of such Security shall not be less than $100,000.
SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election
of the Company of less than all of the Securities, the Company shall, not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee and, in the
case of Securities held by the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee, of such date
and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and provide the
additional information required to be included in the notice or notices
contemplated by Section 11.4. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior
to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided
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in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel evidencing compliance with such
restriction.
SECTION 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed (unless such
redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be
redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by
the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities not previously called for
redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal
amount of any Security, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal
amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not
be less than the minimum authorized denomination).
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for partial redemption and the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of
the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in
the Securities selected for redemption.
SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not later than the 30th day, and not earlier than the 60th day,
prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at
the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register.
Each notice of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price or, if the Redemption Price cannot be
calculated prior to the time the notice is required to be sent, an estimate of
the Redemption Price together with a statement that it is an estimate and that
the actual Redemption Price will be calculated on the third Business Day prior
to the Redemption Date (if such an estimate of the Redemption Price is given, a
subsequent notice shall be given as set forth above setting forth the Redemption
Price promptly following the calculation thereof);
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal
amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
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(d) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof, and that interest
thereof, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date; and
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall not be
irrevocable. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives such notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any
defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as
a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other Security.
SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date specified
in the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 11.4, the Company will
deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company will segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of, and any accrued interest (including Additional Interest) on, all the
Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption.
If any notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 11.4,
the Securities or portion of Securities with respect to which such notice has
been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places
stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption Date. On
presentation and surrender of such Securities at a Place of Payment in said
notice specified, the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be
paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price, together
with accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption
Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.7.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities, of
authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Security so presented and having the same Original Issue Date,
Stated Maturity and terms. If a Global Security is so surrendered, such new
Security (subject to Section 3.5) will also be a new Global Security.
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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal of and premium, if any, on such
Security shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 11.7. Company's Right of Redemption.
(a) The Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities as provided
in Section 2.3. The Redemption Price for any Security so redeemed pursuant to
this clause (a) shall be as specified in Section 2.3. The Company shall not
redeem the Securities in part unless all accrued and unpaid interest (including
any Additional Interest) has been paid in full on all Securities Outstanding for
all interest periods terminating on or prior to the Redemption Date.
(b) The Company's right to redemption pursuant to this Section 11.7
shall be subject to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required
under applicable guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve.
ARTICLE XII. SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 12.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by its
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on
each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt.
SECTION 12.2. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default; Payment Over of
Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
In (a) the event and during the continuation of any default in the
payment of any principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Debt
when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed
for prepayment or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise, then, upon
written notice of such default to the Company by the holders of Senior Debt or
any trustee therefor, unless and until such default shall have been cured or
waived or shall have ceased to exist and such acceleration shall have been
rescinded or annulled, or (b) the event any judicial proceeding shall be pending
with respect to any such default, then no payment or distribution, whether in
cash, securities or other property, shall be made or agreed to be made on
account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including
Additional Interest) on any of the Securities, or in respect of any redemption,
repayment, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Securities.
In the event that any Securities are declared due and payable before
their Stated Maturity, all Senior Debt shall be paid in full before any payment
or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to
any Holder of any of the Securities on account
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thereof; provided, however, that holders of Senior Debt shall not be entitled to
receive payment of any such amounts to the extent that such holders would be
required by the subordination provisions of such Senior Debt to pay such amounts
over to the obligees on trade accounts payable or other liabilities arising in
the ordinary course of the Company's business.
In the event of (a) any insolvency, bankruptcy, debt restructuring or
other similar proceedings in connection with any insolvency or bankruptcy
proceeding of the Company, (b) any proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution,
reorganization or winding up of the Company, voluntary or involuntary, whether
or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, (c) any assignment by the
Company for the benefit of creditors or (d) any other marshalling of the assets
of the Company (each such event, if any, herein sometimes referred to as a
"Proceeding"), all Senior Debt (including any interest thereon accruing after
the commencement of any such Proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any
payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be
made to any Holder of any of the Securities on account thereof; provided,
however, that holders of Senior Debt shall not be entitled to receive payment of
any such amounts to the extent that such holders would be required by the
subordination provisions of such Senior Debt to pay such amounts over to the
obligees on trade accounts payable or other liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of the Company's business.
Any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other
property, which would otherwise, but for this Article XII, be payable or
deliverable in respect of the Securities shall be paid or delivered directly to
the holders of Senior Debt in accordance with the priorities then existing among
such holders until all Senior Debt (including any interest thereon accruing
after the commencement of any Proceeding) shall have been paid in full.
In the event of any Proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing
with respect to Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities, together with the
holders of any obligations of the Company ranking on a parity with the
Securities (which for this purpose only shall include the Allocable Amounts of
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness), shall be entitled to be paid from the
remaining assets of the Company the amounts at the time due and owing on account
of unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities and
such other obligations before any payment or distribution, whether in cash,
securities or other property, shall be made on account of any capital stock or
any obligations of the Company ranking junior to the Securities and such other
obligations.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be received
by the Trustee or any Holder in contravention of any of the terms hereof and
before all Senior Debt shall have been paid in full, 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
Debt at the time outstanding in accordance with the priorities then existing
among such holders for application to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining
unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Debt in full; provided,
however, that holders of Senior Debt shall not be entitled to
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receive payment of any such amounts to the extent that such holders would be
required by the subordination provisions of such Senior Debt to pay such amounts
over to the obligees on trade accounts payable or other liabilities arising in
the ordinary course of the Company's business. In the event of the failure of
the Trustee or any Holder to endorse or assign any such payment, distribution or
security, each holder of Senior Debt is hereby irrevocably authorized to endorse
or assign the same.
The Trustee and Holders will take such action (including, without
limitation, the delivery of this Indenture to an agent for the holders of Senior
Debt or consent to the filing of a financing statement with respect hereto) as
may, in the opinion of counsel designated by the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Senior Debt at the time outstanding, be necessary or
appropriate to assure the effectiveness of the subordination effected by these
provisions.
The provisions of this Section 12.2 shall not impair any rights,
interests, remedies or powers of any secured creditor of the Company in respect
of any security interest the creation of which is not prohibited by the
provisions of this Indenture.
The securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise ranking on a
parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities, shall not be
deemed to prevent such obligations from constituting, respectively, obligations
ranking on a parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "payment or distribution,
whether in cash, securities or other property" shall not be deemed to include
securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a
reorganization or readjustment which securities are subordinated in right of
payment to all then outstanding Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as
the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article.
SECTION 12.3. Payment Permitted If No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in
any of the Securities, shall prevent (a) the Company at any time, except during
the conditions described in the first and second paragraphs of Section 12.2 or
the pendency of any Proceeding referred to in Section 12.2, from making payments
at any time of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest (including
Additional Interest) on the Securities, or (b) the application by the Trustee of
any monies deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on the Securities or the retention of such payment by the Holders, if,
at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that
such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article.
SECTION 12.4. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.
Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on
all Senior Debt, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents
or otherwise in a manner
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satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities shall
be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders
of such Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of this Article (equally and
ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express
terms is subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company to substantially the same
extent as the Securities are subordinated to the Senior Debt and is entitled to
like rights of subrogation by reason of any payments or distributions made to
holders of such Senior Debt) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to
receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable
to the Senior Debt until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no
payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of any cash,
property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments
over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Debt by
Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Securities,
be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the
Senior Debt.
SECTION 12.5. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities on the
one hand and the holders of Senior Debt on the other hand. Nothing contained in
this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to
or shall (a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the Securities,
the obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to
the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect
the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and
creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to the holders of
Senior Debt; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under
this Indenture including, without limitation, filing and voting claims in any
Proceeding, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of
Senior Debt to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or
deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
SECTION 12.6. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security by his or her acceptance thereof authorizes
and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination provided
in this Article and appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and
all such purposes.
SECTION 12.7. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce
subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or
impaired by any act or failure to
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act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith,
by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms,
provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof
that any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the immediately preceding
paragraph, the holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from to time, without
the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities,
without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the
obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior
Debt, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms
of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt, or
otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding;
(ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged,
mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in
any manner for the collection of Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
SECTION 12.8. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact
known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless
and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company or a holder of Senior Debt or from any trustee, agent or representative
therefor (whether or not the facts contained in such notice are true); provided,
however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in
this Section at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the
terms hereof any monies may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on any Security), then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which
they were received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which
may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.
SECTION 12.9. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI, and the
Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding is
pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating
trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person
making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders
of Securities, for the purpose
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of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.
SECTION 12.10. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt.
The Trustee, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, shall
not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt and shall
not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over
or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person
cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 12.11. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation
of Trustee's Rights.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which may at
any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt,
and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such holder.
SECTION 12.12. 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 otherwise
requires) 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.
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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 hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
U. S. BANCORP
By:-------------------------------
Phillip S. Rowley
Senior Vice President
Attest:
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Name: Deborah S. Goldberg
Title: Assistant Secretary
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO
as Trustee
By:-------------------------------
R. Tarnas
Vice President
Attest:
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Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
This Certificate of Trust of U. S. Bancorp Capital I (the
"Trust"), dated December 18, 1996, has been duly executed and is being filed by
the undersigned, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware
Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 ed seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust being formed hereby is
U. S. Bancorp Capital I.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the
trustee of the Trust with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware
is First Chicago Delaware Inc., 300 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware 1980l.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be
effective as of its filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustees of the Trust have
executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.
FIRST CHICAGO DELAWARE INC.,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as trustee of the Trust
By: /s/ Steven M. Wagner
Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
PHILLIP S. ROWLEY, not in his
individual capacity but solely as
trustee of the Trust
/s/ Phillip S. Rowley
WILLIAM R. BASOM, not in his
individual capacity but solely as
trustee of the Trust
/s/ William R. Basom
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
This DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of December 18, 1996,
between U. S. Bancorp, an Oregon corporation, as "Depositor" and Phillip S.
Rowley, William R. Basom and First Chicago Delaware Inc. (the "Trustees"). The
Depositor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as U. S. Bancorp
Capital I (the "Trust"), in which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the
extent provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts, and sue and be sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets
over to the Trust the sum of $10. Such amount shall constitute the initial trust
estate. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby
shall constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that this
document shall constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustees
are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust
with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the
Business Trust Act.
3. The Depositor and the Trustees will enter into an Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Agreement"), satisfactory to each such party,
to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the
issuance of preferred securities and common securities thereof. Prior to the
execution and delivery of the Agreement, the Trustees shall not have any duty or
obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise
required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such
execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by
applicable law or otherwise.
4. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct
the Depositor, as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to prepare and distribute one or
more offering circulars or prospectuses (including any prospectus supplements)
on behalf of the Trust, including any necessary or desirable amendments thereto
(including any exhibits contained therein or forming a part thereof), relating
to preferred securities of the Trust and certain other securities; (ii) to file
with the Private Offering, Resales and Trading through Automatic Linkages
(PORTAL) Market ("PORTAL") or a national securities exchange or automated
securities quotation system and execute on behalf of the Trust a listing
application or applications and all other applications, statements,
certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or
desirable to cause the Trust's preferred securities to be listed on PORTAL or
such exchange or automated securities quotation system; (iii) to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and execute on behalf of the Trust a
registration statement for the registration of the Trust's preferred securities
and certain other securities, or securities to be offered in exchange for such
securities pursuant to a registration rights agreement, if any, as may be
executed by the Depositor and the Trust with the initial purchasers of the
Trust's preferred securities, including any necessary or desirable
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amendments or supplements to such registration statement (including any exhibits
contained therein or forming a part thereof); (iv) to file and execute on behalf
of the Trust such registration statements, applications, reports, surety bonds,
irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other
papers and documents as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem
necessary or desirable to register or qualify the Trust's preferred securities
under, or obtain for such securities an exemption from, the state securities or
"Blue Sky" laws; (v) to execute on behalf of the Trust such underwriting or
purchase agreements with one or more underwriters, purchasers or agents relating
to the offering of the Trust's preferred securities as the Depositor, on behalf
of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable; and (vi) to execute on behalf of
the Trust any and all documents, papers and instruments as may be desirable in
connection with any of the foregoing. The execution and delivery of the Purchase
Agreement, dated as of December 17, 1996, by and among the Depositor, the Trust
and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative of the several purchasers named on
Schedule 1 thereto, by the Depositor for and on behalf of the Trust is hereby
ratified and approved. If any filing referred to in clauses (i) through (iv)
above is required by law or by the rules and regulations of an applicable
governmental agency, self-regulatory organization or other person or
organization to be executed on behalf of the Trust by one of the Trustees, the
Depositor and any of the Trustees appointed pursuant to Section 6 hereof are
hereby authorized to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the
Trust any and all of the foregoing; it being understood that First Chicago
Delaware Inc., in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust, shall not be required to
join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document
unless required by any such law, rule or regulation.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3) and
thereafter the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from
time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor which may increase
or decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that to the extent
required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a natural person
who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an
entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and
otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the
foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any of
the Trustees at any time. Any of the Trustees may resign upon 30 days' prior
notice to the Depositor; provided, however, such notice shall not be required if
it is waived by the Depositor.
7. First Chicago Delaware Inc., in its capacity as Trustee,
shall not have any of the powers or duties of the Trustees set forth herein and
shall be a Trustee of the Trust for the sole purpose of satisfying the
requirements of Section 3807 of the Business Trust Act.
8. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard
to conflict of laws principles).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
U. S. BANCORP,
as Depositor
By:/s/ Thomas P. Ducharme
Name: Thomas P. Ducharme
Title: Executive Vice President
and Treasurer
FIRST CHICAGO DELAWARE INC.,
as Trustee
By:/s/ Steven M. Wagner
Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
/s/ Phillip S. Rowley
Phillip S. Rowley,
as Trustee
/s/ William R. Basom
William R. Basom,
as Trustee
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
U. S. BANCORP, AS DEPOSITOR
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE,
FIRST CHICAGO DELAWARE INC.,
AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE,
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
AND
THE SEVERAL HOLDERS OF TRUST SECURITIES
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 24, 1996
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
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U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
Certain Sections of this Trust Agreement,
which by agreement relate to
Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Trust Indenture Trust Agreement
Act Section Section
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310 (a)(1)...................................................................... 8.7
(a)(2)...................................................................... 8.7
(a)(3)...................................................................... 8.9
(a)(4)...................................................................... 2.7(a)(ii)(E)
(b)......................................................................... 8.8
311 (a)......................................................................... 8.13
(b)......................................................................... 8.13
312 (a)......................................................................... 5.7
(b)......................................................................... 5.7
(c)......................................................................... 5.7
313 (a)......................................................................... 8.14(a)
(a)(4)...................................................................... 8.14(b)
(b)......................................................................... 8.14(b)
(c)......................................................................... 10.8
(d)......................................................................... 8.14(c)
314 (a)......................................................................... 8.15
(b)......................................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)...................................................................... 8.16
(c)(2)...................................................................... 8.16
(c)(3)...................................................................... Not Applicable
(d)......................................................................... Not Applicable
(e)......................................................................... 1.1, 8.16
315 (a)......................................................................... 8.1(a), 8.3(a)
(b)......................................................................... 8.2, 10.8
(c)......................................................................... 8.1(a)
(d)......................................................................... 8.1, 8.3
(e)......................................................................... Not Applicable
316 (a)......................................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(1)(A)................................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(10(B)................................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(2)...................................................................... Not Applicable
(b)......................................................................... 5.14
(c)......................................................................... 6.7
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317 (a)(1)...................................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(2)...................................................................... Not Applicable
(b)......................................................................... 5.9
318 (a)......................................................................... 10.10
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Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of
the Trust Agreement.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINED TERMS
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1.1 Interpretation................................................................................... 2
1.2 Certain Definitions.............................................................................. 2
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
2.1 Name............................................................................................. 12
2.2 Office of the Delaware Trustee, Principal Place of Business...................................... 12
2.3 Initial Contribution of Trust Property, Organizational Expenses.................................. 12
2.4 Issuance of the Capital Securities............................................................... 12
2.5 Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of
Debentures....................................................................................... 13
2.6 Declaration of Trust............................................................................. 13
2.7 Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions................................................. 13
2.8 Assets of Trust.................................................................................. 17
2.9 Title to Trust Property.......................................................................... 17
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
3.1 Payment Account.................................................................................. 17
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
4.1 Distributions.................................................................................... 18
4.2 Redemption....................................................................................... 19
4.3 Subordination of Common Securities............................................................... 21
4.4 Payment Procedures............................................................................... 21
4.5 Tax Returns and Reports.......................................................................... 22
4.6 Payment of Taxes, Duties, etc. of the Trust...................................................... 22
4.7 Payments under Indenture......................................................................... 22
4.8 Liability of the Holder of Common Securities..................................................... 22
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ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
5.1 Initial Ownership................................................................................ 22
5.2 The Trust Securities Certificates................................................................ 23
5.3 Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.......................................... 23
5.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities Certificates......................... 23
5.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates.............................. 26
5.6 Persons Deemed Securityholders................................................................... 26
5.7 Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses........................................... 27
5.8 Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................................................. 27
5.9 Appointment of Paying Agent...................................................................... 27
5.10 Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor...................................................... 28
5.11 Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates; Common Securities
Certificate...................................................................................... 28
5.12 Notices to Clearing Agency....................................................................... 29
5.13 Definitive Capital Securities Certificates....................................................... 29
5.14 Rights of Securityholders........................................................................ 30
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
6.2 Notice of Meetings............................................................................... 33
6.3 Meetings of Holders of Capital Securities........................................................ 33
6.4 Voting Rights.................................................................................... 33
6.5 Proxies, Etc..................................................................................... 33
6.6 Securityholder Action by Written Consent......................................................... 34
6.7 Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes........................................................ 34
6.8 Acts of Securityholders.......................................................................... 34
6.9 Inspection of Records............................................................................ 35
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
7.1 Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee.......................................................................................... 36
7.2 Representations and Warranties of Depositor...................................................... 37
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
8.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.............................................................. 37
8.2 Certain Notices.................................................................................. 39
8.3 Certain Rights of Property Trustee............................................................... 39
8.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........................................... 41
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8.5 May Hold Securities.............................................................................. 41
8.6 Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.................................................................... 41
8.7 Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees..................................... 42
8.8 Conflicting Interests............................................................................ 43
8.9 Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee................................................................. 43
8.10 Resignation and Removal, Appointment of Successor................................................ 45
8.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor........................................................... 46
8.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...................................... 47
8.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust..................................... 47
8.14 Report by Property Trustee....................................................................... 48
8.15 Reports to the Property Trustee.................................................................. 48
8.16 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent................................................. 48
8.17 Number of Trustees............................................................................... 49
8.18 Delegation of Power.............................................................................. 49
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
9.1 Termination Upon Expiration Date................................................................. 50
9.2 Early Termination................................................................................ 50
9.3 Termination...................................................................................... 50
9.4 Liquidation...................................................................................... 50
9.5 Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Trust.............................. 52
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
10.1 Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.......................................................... 53
10.2 Amendment........................................................................................ 53
10.3 Separability..................................................................................... 54
10.4 Governing Law.................................................................................... 55
10.5 Payments Due on NonBusiness Day.................................................................. 55
10.6 Successors....................................................................................... 55
10.7 Headings......................................................................................... 55
10.8 Reports, Notices and Demands..................................................................... 55
10.9 Agreement Not to Petition........................................................................ 56
10.10 Application of Trust Indenture Act............................................................... 56
10.11 Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and Indenture.................................. 57
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of December 24,
1996, among (i) U. S. Bancorp, an Oregon corporation (including any successors
or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) The First National Bank of Chicago, a
national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the
United States, as property trustee, (in such capacity, the "Property Trustee"
and, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its capacity as Property
Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) First Chicago Delaware Inc., a Delaware corporation,
as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), (iv) Phillip S. Rowley, an
individual, and William R. Basom, an individual, each of whose address is c/o U.
S. Bancorp, 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204 (each an
"Administrative Trustee" and collectively, the "Administrative Trustees") (the
Property Trustee, Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees referred to
collectively as the "Trustees") and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter
defined.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative
Trustees have heretofore duly declared and established a statutory business
trust pursuant to the Delaware Business Trust Act by entering into that certain
Declaration of Trust, dated as of December 18, 1996 (the "Original Trust
Agreement"), and by the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, on December 19, 1996, attached as Exhibit
A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Trustees desire to amend and restate the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for,
among other things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities by the Trust to
the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Capital Securities by the Trust
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from
the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties
and for the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby amends and restates the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
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ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1 Interpretation.
For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
may be, of this Trust Agreement; and
(d) the words "herein," "hereof' and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
SECTION 1.2 Certain Definitions.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest paid
by the Depositor on a Like Amount of Debentures for such period.
"Additional Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the
Indenture.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 10.5 of the
Indenture.
"Administrative Trustees" means each of Phillip S. Rowley and William
R. Basom, solely in such Person's capacity as Administrative Trustee of the
Trust continued hereunder and not in such Person's individual capacity, or such
Administrative Trustee's successor in interest in such capacity, or any
successor trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person; provided, however, that the Trust shall not
be deemed an Affiliate of the Depositor. 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,
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whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or
composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or appointing
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or ordering
the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the
consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of
such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its willingness
to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by such Person
in furtherance of any such action.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly adopted
by the Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of
Directors or officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of
the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on
the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustees.
"Book-Entry Capital Securities" means a beneficial interest in a Global
Capital Securities Certificate, ownership and transfers of which shall be made
through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.11.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed, or (c) a day on which the
Corporate Trust Office of the Debenture Trustee is closed for business.
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"Capital Security" means a preferred undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having
the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to
receive Distributions payable at the annual rate of 8.27% of the stated
Liquidation Amount of $1,000, payable semi-annually, and a Liquidation
Distribution as provided herein. The Capital Securities shall consist of the
Original Capital Securities and, if issued, the New Capital Securities.
"Capital Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Capital Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
C.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust,
the Depositor and The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), as the initial Clearing
Agency, dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Trust Securities
Certificates, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, as the same may
be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The Depository Trust
Company will be the initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means the date of execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets
of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the rights
provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of
the Property Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at
One First National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago, Illinois
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60670-0126, Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division, except if the Place of
Payment (as defined in the Indenture) of the Capital Securities is New York
City, then for purposes of Section 5.8, such term shall mean the office or
agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which
office at the date hereof is located at First Chicago Trust Company of New York,
14 Wall Street, Eighth Floor, New York, New York 10005.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
the Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Debentures to be
redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption under the Indenture.
"Debenture Tax Event" means a "Tax Event" as defined in the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means The First National Bank of Chicago, a
national banking association, and any successor thereto.
"Debentures" means the $309,280,000 aggregate principal amount of the
Depositor's 8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due
December 15, 2026, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Definitive Capital Securities Certificates" means either or both (as
the context requires) of (a) Capital Securities Certificates issued as
Book-Entry Capital Securities as provided in Section 5.11(a) and (b) Capital
Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as
provided in Section 5.13.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. (ss.) 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to
time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the corporation identified as the "Delaware
Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Delaware Trustee of the Trust continued hereunder and not in its individual
capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
trustee appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a)(i).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of Trust Securities as
provided in Section 4.1.
"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of
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law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule
or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
(b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when
it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a
period of 30 days; or
(c) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price
of any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material
respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust
Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the
performance of which or breach of which is dealt with in clause (b) or
(c) above), and continuation of such default or breach for a period of
60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to
the defaulting Trustee or Trustees by the Holders of at least 25
percent in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital
Securities, a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice
of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the
Property Trustee if a successor Property Trustee has not been appointed
within 60 days thereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time.
"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit E, as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Global Capital Securities Certificate" means a Capital Securities
Certificate that is registered in the Security Register in the name of a
Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof.
"Global Rule 144A Capital Securities Certificate" has the meaning
specified in Section 5.2.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the
Depositor and The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee, contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Capital Securities, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
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"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of the
date hereof, between the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Initial Purchasers" means Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc.
and Salomon Brothers Inc.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest
or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust
Securities, Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to that portion
of the principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in
accordance with the Indenture, allocated to the Common Securities and to the
Capital Securities based upon the relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes,
and (b) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to Holders of Trust
Securities in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the Trust,
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust
Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Debentures are to be
distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a termination and
liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
"New Capital Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4.
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Associate Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, and delivered to the appropriate Trustee.
One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section
8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the
Depositor. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions
relating thereto;
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(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers'
Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination
or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable
such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Depositor, but not an
employee of any thereof, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Property
Trustee.
"Original Capital Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Trust Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Securities
Registrar or delivered to the Securities Registrar for cancellation;
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property
Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Trust Securities;
provided that, if such Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of
such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
and
(c) Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Trust Securities have been executed and
delivered pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.11 and 5.13;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, Capital Securities owned by the Depositor, any
Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor or any Trustee shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in
determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Capital Securities that such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be
so disregarded and (b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time
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when all of the outstanding Capital Securities are owned by the
Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate.
Capital Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to
act with respect to such Capital Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry
Capital Securities as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a
Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in the records
of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or
indirectly, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
pursuant to Section 5.9 and shall initially be the Bank.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate
trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust
department for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in
respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the Property Trustee shall
make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank identified as the
"Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its
capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, or
its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee
appointed as herein provided.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated as of December
17, 1996, among the Trust, the Depositor, and the several Initial Purchasers.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust
Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the Stated Maturity
of the Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust
Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related amount of the premium, if
any, paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount of
Debentures, allocated on a pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among
the Trust Securities.
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"Registration Default" means if (i) either the Depositor or the Trust
fails to comply with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement or (ii) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement (each
as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) fails to become effective
within the time period described in the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Registration Default Distributions" has the meaning specified in
Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Registration Default Interest" has the meaning specified in Section
2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the agreement dated as of
December 24, 1996, among the Depositor, the Trust, and the Initial Purchasers of
the Capital Securities, providing for the registration of an offer to exchange
Capital Securities, Debentures and the Guarantee for capital securities,
debentures, and a guarantee which will have substantially the same terms as the
original securities but have been registered under the Securities Act and
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A Capital Securities" means the Capital Securities sold by the
Initial Purchasers in reliance on Rule 144A.
"Rule 144A Capital Securities Legend" means a legend substantially in
the form of the legend required in Exhibit F to be placed upon the Rule 144A
Capital Securities.
"Rule 144A Securities Certificate" means a certificate substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibit G.
"Securities Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933.
"Securities Act Legend" means a Rule 144 Capital Securities Legend or
another appropriate legend under the Securities Act.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.4(a).
"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust
Security or Trust Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such
Person shall be deemed to be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the
Delaware Business Trust Act; provided, however,
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that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Capital
Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Trust Agreement, then
for the purpose of any such determination, so long as Definitive Capital
Securities Certificates have not been issued, the term Securityholders or
Holders as used herein shall refer to the Owners.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to the Debentures, has the
meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.
"Successor Capital Security" of any particular Capital Security means
every Capital Security issued after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same
beneficial interest in the Trust as that evidenced by, such particular Capital
Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Capital Security
executed and delivered under Section 5.5 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Capital Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same beneficial interest as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Capital Security.
"Trust" means the Delaware business trust heretofore created, and
continued hereby, and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as
the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the
applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits hereto, and (ii) for
all purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) the rights of the
Property Trustee under the Guarantee, (c) the rights of the Trust under the
Expense Agreement, (d) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account,
and (e) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing, and any other
property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by the Property
Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust Agreement.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Capital Securities Certificates.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Capital
Securities.
"Trustees" means, collectively, the Property Trustee, the Delaware
Trustee and the Administrative Trustees.
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"Unrestricted Securities Certificate" means a certificate substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit H.
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
SECTION 2.1 Name.
The Trust continued hereby shall be known as "U. S. Bancorp Capital I,"
as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees
following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other
Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the business of the Trust, make
and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and
be sued.
SECTION 2.2 Office of the Delaware Trustee, Principal Place of
Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is First
Chicago Delaware Inc., 300 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address in the State of Delaware
as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Securityholders
and the Depositor. The principal executive office of the Trust is c/o U. S.
Bancorp, 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204.
SECTION 2.3 Initial Contribution of Trust Property, Organizational
Expenses.
The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor
in connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which
constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational
expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee,
promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such Trustee. The
Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such
expenses.
SECTION 2.4 Issuance of the Capital Securities.
On December 17, 1996, Depositor, on behalf of the Trust and pursuant to
the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the Purchase Agreement.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an
Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with
Section 5.2 and deliver to the Initial Purchasers named in the Purchase
Agreement Capital Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the nominee
of the initial Clearing Agency, representing 300,000 Capital Securities, having
an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $300,000,000, against receipt of the
aggregate purchase price of such Capital Securities of $300,000,000 by the
Property Trustee (the "Original Capital Securities"). The Original Capital
Securities shall consist of Rule 144A Capital Securities.
In addition, the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, may
execute Capital Securities Certificates in accordance with Section 5.2
representing an additional class of Capital
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Securities to be issued only in exchange for all or part of the Original Capital
Securities pursuant to the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement ("New Capital Securities"); provided, that the aggregate number
of issued and outstanding Capital Securities shall not at any time exceed
300,000, less the number of Capital Securities redeemed pursuant to Section 4.2.
SECTION 2.5 Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and
Purchase of Debentures.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in
accordance with Section 5.2 and deliver to the Depositor Common Securities
Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, representing 9,280 Common
Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $9,280,000 against payment
by the Depositor of such amount to the Property Trustee. Contemporaneously
therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall subscribe to
and purchase from the Depositor Debentures, registered in the name of the
Property Trustee and having an aggregate principal amount of $309,280,000, and,
in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Property Trustee,
on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of $309,280,000.
SECTION 2.6 Declaration of Trust.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and
sell Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the
Debentures, and (b) to engage in those activities necessary or incidental
thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to
have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the
Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares
that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions
set forth herein for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders. The
Administrative Trustees shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth
herein and in accordance with applicable law with respect to accomplishing the
purposes of the Trust. The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise
any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and
responsibilities, of the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees or the
Trustees generally set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the
Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the
requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
SECTION 2.7 Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance
with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in
paragraph (b) of this section, and in accordance with the following provisions
(i) and (ii), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all
transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in
exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees
under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof,
including without limitation, the following:
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(i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall have
the power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to
the following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
(B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute,
deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, the Expense
Agreement, the Certificate Depository Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, and such other agreements as may be necessary
or desirable in connection with the purposes and function of the
Trust;
(C) assisting in compliance with the Registration
Rights Agreement, including compliance with the Securities Act
and applicable state securities or blue sky laws, and qualifying
all necessary documents under the Trust Indenture Act;
(D) registration of the Capital Securities under the
Exchange Act, if required, and the preparation and filing of all
periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the
foregoing;
(E) the sending of notices (other than notices of
default) and other information regarding the Trust Securities and
the Debentures to the Securityholders in accordance with this
Trust Agreement;
(F) the consent to the appointment of a Paying Agent
and Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) execution of the Trust Securities in accordance
with this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement,
the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and
the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
(I) unless otherwise determined by the Property
Trustee or the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Capital
Securities or Common Securities, or as otherwise required by the
Delaware Business Trust Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to
execute on behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together
with any or all of the Administrative Trustees) any documents
that the Administrative Trustees have the power to execute
pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(J) the taking of any action incidental to the
foregoing as the Trustees may from time to time determine is
necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust
Agreement for the benefit of the Securityholders (without
consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular
Securityholder).
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(ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the
power, duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to
the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Debentures;
(C) the collection of interest, principal and any
other payments made in respect of the Debentures in the Payment
Account;
(D) the distribution of amounts owed to the
Securityholders in respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and
privileges of a holder of the Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other
information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures to
the Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement,
the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and
the preparation, execution and filing of the certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
(I) after an Event of Default (other than under
paragraphs (b), (c), (d), or (e) of the definition of the term if
such Event of Default is by or with respect to the Property
Trustee) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as
the Property Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary
or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement
and protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of
the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any
such action on any particular Securityholder); and
(J) except as otherwise provided in this Section
2.7(a)(ii), the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties,
liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative
Trustees set forth in Section 2.7(a)(i).
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust
(or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any
business, activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein
or contemplated hereby. In particular the Trustees acting on behalf of
the Trust shall not (i) acquire any investments or engage in any
activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign,
transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of
any of the Trust Property
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or interests therein, including to Securityholders, except as expressly
provided herein, (iii) take any action that would cause the Trust to be
classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than
a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (iv)
incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt or
(v) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of
a Lien on any of the Trust Property. The Property Trustee shall defend
all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any Lien on
any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of the Trust or the
Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital
Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to
assist the Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the
following (and any actions by the Depositor in furtherance of the
following prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified
and confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation by the Trust of an offering
circular, including any amendment thereto, in relation to the
Original Capital Securities;
(ii) the compliance by the Trust with the
Registration Rights Agreement, including the preparation and
filing by the Trust with the Commission and the execution on
behalf of the Trust of a registration statement or statements on
the appropriate form, including any amendments thereto;
(iii) the determination of the states in which to
take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or
part of the Capital Securities and the determination of any and
all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on
behalf of the Trust, and the advice to the Trustees of actions
they must take on behalf of the Trust, and the preparation for
execution and filing of any documents to be executed and filed by
the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the Depositor deems
necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable
laws of any such states;
(iv) if the Depositor shall desire, the preparation
for filing by the Trust and execution on behalf of the Trust of
an application to the New York Stock Exchange or any other
national stock exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for
listing, upon notice of issuance, of any Capital Securities; and
the preparation for filing by the Trust with the Commission and
the execution on behalf of the Trust of a registration statement
on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the Capital
Securities, if any, under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange
Act, including any amendments thereto;
(v) the negotiation of the terms of, and the
execution and delivery of, the Purchase Agreement providing for
the sale of the Capital Securities; and
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(vi) the taking of any other actions necessary or
desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee are authorized and
directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust
so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment company"
required to be registered under the 1940 Act, as amended, or be
classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than
a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes and so
that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor
for United States federal income tax purposes. In this connection, a
majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the outstanding Common
Securities and the Property Trustee are authorized to take any action,
not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this
Trust Agreement, that they determine in their discretion to be
necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such action does
not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of the Capital Securities.
SECTION 2.8 Assets of Trust.
The assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.
SECTION 2.9 Title to Trust Property.
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by
the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Trust and the Securityholders in
accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1 Payment Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall
establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the
Property Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with
respect to the Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and
withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
All monies and other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment
Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the
exclusive benefit of the Securityholders and for distribution as herein
provided, including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for
herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly
upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other
payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures.
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(c) Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the
Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1 Distributions.
(a) The Trust Securities represent preferred undivided beneficial
interests in the Trust Property, and Distributions (including any Additional
Amounts) will be made on Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that
payments of interest (including Additional Interest) are made on the Debentures.
Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative,
and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust
available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall
accumulate from the date of original issuance and, except in the event
that the Depositor exercises its right to defer the payment of interest
on the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable
semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year,
commencing on June 15, 1997. If any date on which a Distribution is
otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then
the payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment
in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in
the next calendar year, payment of such Distribution shall be made on
the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which
Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a
"Distribution Date").
(ii) Assuming payments of interest on the Debentures are made
when due (and before giving effect to Additional Amounts, if
applicable), Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be payable at
a rate of 8.27% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a
Registration Default, which shall be promptly notified to the Trustees
by the Depositor in an Officers' Certificate, Registration Default
Distributions shall be payable on the Trust Securities in the amount
and on the terms provided in the Registration Rights Agreement,
assuming that Registration Default Interest payments are made when due.
Distributions payable for each full Distribution period shall be
computed by dividing the rate per annum by two. The amount of
Distributions for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days elapsed in a
partial month in such period. The amount of Distributions payable for
any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.
(iii) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the
Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent
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that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment
Account for the payment of such Distributions.
(b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a
Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the
Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record date for
such Distribution which shall be the June 1 or December 1, as the case may be,
next preceding the relevant Distribution Date.
SECTION 4.2 Redemption.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the Stated Maturity of the
Debentures, the Trust will be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust
Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed,
at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of
redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) the CUSIP number;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the
particular Trust Securities to be redeemed; and
(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price in respect
to each such Trust Security to be redeemed will become due and payable
and that Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on and after
said date.
The Trust in issuing the Trust Securities may use "CUSIP" or "private placement"
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall
indicate the "CUSIP" or "private placement" numbers of the Trust Securities in
notices of redemption and related materials as a convenience to Securityholders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Trust Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption and related materials.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption of Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and
the Redemption Price shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent
that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for
the payment of such Redemption Price.
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(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of
any Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, with
respect to Book-Entry Capital Securities, irrevocably deposit with the Clearing
Agency for the Book-Entry Capital Securities funds sufficient to pay the
applicable Redemption Price and will give such Clearing Agency irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders thereof.
With respect to Capital Securities that are not Book-Entry Capital Securities,
the Property Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with
the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and
will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the
Redemption Price to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Capital
Securities Certificate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on
or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption
shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the
Securities Register on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution
Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as
required, then upon the date of such deposit, all rights of Securityholders
holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease with respect to
such Trust Securities, except the right of such Securityholders to receive the
Redemption Price therefor and any Distribution thereon payable on or prior to
the Redemption Date, but without interest, and such Trust Securities will cease
to be outstanding. In the event that any date on which any Redemption Price is
payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and
without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except
that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same
force and effect as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the
Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities called for redemption is
improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the
Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on such Trust Securities will
continue to accumulate, at the then applicable rate, from the Redemption Date
originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities to the date such
Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be
the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall be
made to the recordholders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for
the Trust Securities on the relevant record date for the Redemption Date, which
shall be at least fifteen days prior to the relevant Redemption Date.
(f) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust
Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated pro
rata (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities. The particular Capital Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
pro rata (based upon Liquidation Amounts) not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Capital Securities
not previously called for redemption, by such method (including, without
limitation, by lot) as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (or,
if the Capital Securities are then held in Book-Entry form, in accordance with
DTC's customary procedures) and which may provide for the selection
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for redemption of portions (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities of a
denomination larger that $1,000, provided that the Holders of such Capital
Securities may not hold fewer than 100 Capital Securities after the redemption.
The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing
of the Capital Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Capital Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount
thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the
context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Capital
Securities shall relate, in the case of any Capital Securities redeemed or to be
redeemed in part, to the portion redeemed.
SECTION 4.3 Subordination of Common Securities.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities shall be made,
subject to Section 4.2(f), pro rata among the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities; provided,
however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date any Event of
Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default (as a result of any failure
by the Depositor to pay amounts in respect of Debentures when due) shall have
occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including Additional
Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price of, any Common Security, and no
other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of
Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all
accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on all Outstanding Capital Securities for all Distribution periods
terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption
Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Capital
Securities then called for redemption, shall have been made or provided for and
all funds available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the
payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, or the Redemption Price of, Capital Securities then due and
payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting
from any Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Securities will be
deemed to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of Default
under this Trust Agreement until all such Events of Default with respect to the
Capital Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until any
such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Capital
Securities has been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property
Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Capital Securities and
not the Holder of the Common Securities, and only the Holders of the Capital
Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their
behalf.
SECTION 4.4 Payment Procedures.
Payments of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable)
in respect of the Capital Securities shall be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the
Securities Register or, if the Capital Securities are held by a Clearing Agency,
such Distributions shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately
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available funds, which shall credit the relevant Persons' accounts at such
Clearing Agency on the applicable Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the
Common Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed
between the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities.
SECTION 4.5 Tax Returns and Reports.
The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at
the Depositor's expense, and file all United States federal, state, and local
tax and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of
the Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and
file (or cause to be prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue
Service Form required to be filed in respect of the Trust in each taxable year
of the Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished)
to each Securityholder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form required to
be provided on such form. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the
Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns and reports
promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Trustees shall comply with United
States federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information
reporting requirements with respect to any payments to Securityholders with
respect to the Trust Securities.
SECTION 4.6 Payment of Taxes, Duties, etc. of the Trust.
Upon receipt under the Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property
Trustee shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of
whatsoever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust by the
United States or any other taxing authority.
SECTION 4.7 Payments under Indenture.
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Capital Securities (and
any Owner with respect thereto) shall be reduced by the amount of any
corresponding payment such Holder (and Owner) has received directly pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 5.14 of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 4.8 Liability of the Holder of Common Securities.
As permitted under the Delaware Business Trust Act, the Holder of the
Common Securities shall be liable for the debts and obligations of the Trust as
set forth in the Expense Agreement.
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1 Initial Ownership.
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Upon the formation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor
pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at
any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall
be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.
SECTION 5.2 The Trust Securities Certificates.
The Capital Securities Certificates shall be issued in fully registered
form in minimum blocks of at least 100 (representing a minimum of $100,000
aggregate Liquidation Amount) and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof, and the Capital Securities must at all times be held in blocks of at
least 100. The Common Securities Certificate(s) shall be issued in denominations
of $1,000 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples thereof. The Trust
Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or
facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities
Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were,
at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on
behalf of the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of
this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall
have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust
Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall
become a Securityholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the
obligations of the Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust
Securities Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Sections 5.4,
5.11 and 5.13. Upon their original issuance, Rule 144A Capital Securities will
be evidenced by one or more Global Rule 144A Capital Securities Certificates
which will be deposited with DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co. as the
nominee of DTC for credit to the respective accounts of the Owners thereof (or
such other accounts as they may direct).
SECTION 5.3 Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.
At the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust
Securities Certificates consisting of Original Capital Securities and the Common
Securities in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.4 and
2.5, to be executed on behalf of the Trust and delivered to or upon the written
order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president, any
executive vice president or any vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer
or controller without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized
denominations.
SECTION 5.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities
Certificates.
(a) The Administrative Trustees shall keep or cause to be kept, at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, a register or registers for
the purpose of registering Trust Securities Certificates and transfers and
exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates (the "Securities Register") in
which the registrar designated by the Administrative Trustees (the "Securities
Registrar"), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall
provide for the registration of Capital Securities Certificates and Common
Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.10 in the case of the Common
Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers
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and exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Bank
shall be the initial Securities Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Capital Securities
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.8, the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Capital
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate
Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee or
Trustees.
The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer
of any Capital Securities that have been called for redemption. At the option of
a Holder, Capital Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Capital
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a
like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Capital Securities
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 5.8.
Every Capital Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to an Administrative Trustee and the
Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized
in writing. Each Capital Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the
Administrative Trustees or Securities Registrar in accordance with such
Person's customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Capital Securities Certificates, but the Securities Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Capital Securities
Certificates.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement,
transfers and exchanges of Original Capital Securities of the kinds specified in
this Section 5.4(b) shall be made only in accordance with this Section 5.4(b).
(i) Original Capital Securities Certificates other than Global
Capital Securities Certificates may be transferred, in whole or in
part, to a Person who takes delivery in the form of another Capital
Security that is not a Global Capital Securities Certificate, provided,
that if the Capital Security to be transferred is a Rule 144A Capital
Security, then the Securities Registrar shall have received a Rule 144A
Securities Certificate satisfactory to the Securities Registrar and
duly executed by the transferor Holder or his attorney duly authorized
in writing, in which case the transferee Holder shall take delivery in
the form of a Rule 144A Capital Security.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement,
Capital Securities may only be transferred or exchanged in blocks
having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of not less than $100,000. Any
transfer, exchange or other disposition of Capital Securities in
contravention of this Section 5.4(b)(ii) shall be
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deemed to be void and of no legal effect whatsoever, any such
transferee shall be deemed not to be the Holder or Owner of such
Capital Security for any purpose, including but not limited to the
receipt of Distributions on such Capital Securities, and such
transferee shall be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such
Capital Securities.
(c) Rule 144A Capital Securities and their respective Successor Capital
Securities shall bear a Rule 144A Capital Securities Legend.
(i) New Capital Securities shall not bear a Securities Act
Legend;
(ii) subject to the following Clauses of this Section 5.4(c), a
Capital Securities Certificate which is exchanged, upon transfer or
otherwise, for a Global Capital Securities Certificate shall bear the
Securities Act Legend borne by such Global Capital Securities
Certificate while represented thereby;
(iii) subject to the following Clauses of this Section 5.4(c), a
new Capital Securities Certificate which is not a Global Capital
Securities Certificate and is issued in exchange for another Capital
Securities Certificate (including a Global Capital Securities
Certificate) upon transfer or otherwise, shall bear the Securities Act
Legend borne by such other Capital Security Certificate, provided that,
if such new Capital Securities Certificate is required pursuant to
Section 5.4(b) to be issued in the form of a Rule 144A Capital
Security, it shall bear a Rule 144A Capital Securities Legend;
(iv) any Original Capital Securities which are sold or otherwise
disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act (including the Shelf Registration contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement), together with their Successor Capital
Securities shall not bear a Securities Act Legend; the Depositor or an
Administrative Trustee shall inform the Property Trustee in writing of
the effective date of any such registration statement registering the
Original Capital Securities under the Securities Act and shall notify
the Property Trustee at any time when prospectuses may not be delivered
with respect to Original Capital Securities to be sold pursuant to such
registration statement. The Property Trustee shall not be liable for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the aforementioned registration statement;
(v) at any time after the Original Capital Securities may be
freely transferred without registration under the Securities Act or
without being subject to transfer restrictions imposed thereon by the
Securities Act, a new Capital Securities Certificate which does not
bear a Securities Act Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu
of a Capital Securities Certificate (other than a Global Capital
Securities Certificate) or any portion thereof which bears such a
legend if the Securities Registrar has received an Unrestricted
Securities Certificate, satisfactory to the Securities Registrar and
duly executed by the Holder of such legended Capital Securities
Certificate or his attorney duly authorized in writing;
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(vi) a new Capital Securities Certificate which does not bear a
Securities Act Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a
Capital Securities Certificate (other than a Global Capital Securities
Certificate) or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if, in
the judgment of the Administrative Trustees, placing such a legend upon
such new Capital Securities Certificate is not necessary to ensure
compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
and
(vii) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
5.4(c), a Successor Capital Security of a Capital Security that does
not bear a particular form of Securities Act Legend shall not bear such
form of legend unless the Property Trustee has reasonable cause to
believe that such Successor Capital Security is a "restricted security"
within the meaning of Rule 144.
(d) The Property Trustee shall not be required to insure or verify
compliance with securities laws, including the Securities Act, Exchange Act and
1940 Act, in connection with transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities
Certificates.
SECTION 5.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, or Stolen Trust Securities
Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered
to the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust
Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities
Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice
that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the
Trust shall execute and make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a
new Trust Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In
connection with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this
Section, the Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence
of an undivided beneficial interest in the Trust Property, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities
Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 5.6 Persons Deemed Securityholders.
The Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar shall treat the
Person in whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the
Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the
purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and
neither the Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice
to the contrary.
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SECTION 5.7 Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses.
Each Holder and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold
the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees accountable
by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source
from which such information was derived.
SECTION 5.8 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall maintain an
office or offices or agency or agencies where Capital Securities Certificates
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices
and demands to or upon the Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities
Certificates may be served. The Administrative Trustees initially designate the
corporate trust office of the Property Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, as the office or agency for such purposes. The Administrative
Trustees or the Property Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the
Depositor and to the Securityholders of any change in the location of the
Securities Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 5.9 Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Securityholders from the
Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the
Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have
the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose
of making the Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees may
revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if such Trustees determine in
their sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its
obligations under this Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent
shall initially be the Bank, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Bank, and
acceptable to the Administrative Trustees. Any Person acting as Paying Agent
shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to
the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. In the event that the Bank
shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or
its authority to act be revoked, the Property Trustee shall appoint a successor
that is acceptable to the Administrative Trustees to act as Paying Agent (which
shall be a bank or trust company). The Administrative Trustees shall cause such
successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Property
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such
successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees
that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent
will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Securityholders in
trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled hereto until such sums
shall be paid to such Securityholders. The Paying Agent shall return all
unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such
Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property
Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply to the
Bank also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Bank shall act as
Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other Paying Agent appointed
hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any
co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
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SECTION 5.10 Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.
At the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial
and record ownership of the Common Securities. To the fullest extent permitted
by law, other than a transfer in connection with a consolidation or merger of
the Depositor into another Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the
Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture, any attempted transfer of the
Common Securities shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each
Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend
stating "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE".
SECTION 5.11 Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates; Common
Securities Certificate.
(a) The Original Capital Securities, upon original issuance, will be
issued in the form of typewritten Global Capital Securities Certificates
representing Book-Entry Capital Securities, to be delivered to DTC or its
custodian, by, or on behalf of, the Trust. Such Capital Securities Certificates
shall initially be registered on the Securities Register in the name of Cede &
Co., the nominee of DTC, and no Owner will receive a Definitive Capital
Securities Certificate representing such Owner's interest in such Capital
Securities, except as provided in Section 5.13. Unless and until Definitive
Capital Securities Certificates have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section
5.13:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall be in full force
and effect;
(ii) the Securities Registrar and the Trustees shall be entitled
to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Trust
Agreement relating to the Book-Entry Capital Securities Certificates
(including the payment of the Liquidation Amount of and Distributions
on Capital Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Capital Securities and
the giving of instructions or directions to Owners of Capital
Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Capital Securities) as the sole
Holder of Capital Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Capital Securities
and shall have no obligations to the Owners thereof;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 5.11
conflict with any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, the
provision of this Section 5.11 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Capital
Securities shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and
shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between
such Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants. Pursuant to the Certificate Depository Agreement, unless
and until Definitive Capital Securities Certificates are issued
pursuant to Section 5.13, the initial Clearing Agency will make
book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive
and transmit payments on the Capital Securities to such Clearing Agency
Participants.
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(b) If any Global Capital Securities Certificate is to be exchanged for
other Capital Securities Certificates or canceled in part, or if another Capital
Securities Certificate is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial
interest in any Global Capital Securities Certificate, then either (i) such
Global Capital Securities Certificate shall be so surrendered for exchange or
cancellation as provided in this Article V or (ii) the aggregate Liquidation
Amount represented by such Global Capital Securities Certificate shall be
reduced, subject to Section 5.2, or increased by an amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount represented by that portion of the Global Capital Securities
Certificate to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the Liquidation Amount
represented by such other Capital Securities Certificates to be so exchanged for
a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate
adjustment made on the records of the Securities Registrar, whereupon the
Property Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct
the Clearing Agency or its authorized representative to make a corresponding
adjustment to its records.
(c) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate.
SECTION 5.12 Notices to Clearing Agency.
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Owners is
required under this Trust Agreement, unless and until Definitive Capital
Securities Certificates shall have been issued to Owners pursuant to Section
5.13, the Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
obligations to the Owners.
SECTION 5.13 Definitive Capital Securities Certificates.
If (a) the Depositor advises the Trustees in writing that the Clearing
Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities
with respect to the Capital Securities Certificates or has ceased to be a
Clearing Agency, and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor,
(b) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustees in writing that it elects
to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) there
shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, then the
Administrative Trustees shall notify the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency
shall notify all Owners of Capital Securities Certificates and the other
Trustees of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of the
Definitive Capital Securities Certificates to Owners of such class requesting
the same. Upon surrender to the Securities Registrar of the typewritten Capital
Securities Certificate or Certificates representing the Global Capital
Securities Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute the
Definitive Capital Securities Certificates in accordance with the instructions
of the Clearing Agency. Neither the Securities Registrar nor the Trustees shall
be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively
rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the
issuance of Definitive Capital Securities Certificates, the Trustees shall
recognize the Holders of the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates as
Securityholders. The Definitive Capital Securities Certificates shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved or may
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be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them.
SECTION 5.14 Rights of Securityholders.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and
the Securityholders shall not have any right or title therein other than the
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their
Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of the property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described
below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights
specifically set forth therein or in this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities
shall have no preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered to
Securityholders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully
paid and nonassessable by the Trust. The Holders of the Trust Securities, in
their capacities as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(b) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon
a Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not
less than 25 percent in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debentures
fail to declare the principal of all of the Debentures to be immediately due and
payable, the Holders of at least 25 percent in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities then Outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the
Depositor and the Debenture Trustee; and upon any such declaration such
principal amount of and the accrued interest on all of the Debentures shall
become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and
interest on such Debentures shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in
the Indenture.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
the Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as in the Indenture
provided, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of
the Capital Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor
and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debenture
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest (including
any Additional Interest as defined in the Indenture) on all of
the Debentures,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Debentures which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate
borne by the Debentures, and
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(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture
Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Debenture Trustee and
the Property Trustee, their agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures, other
than the non-payment of the principal of the Debentures which has
become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 5.13 of the Indenture.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities,
waive any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of
principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient
to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in
respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Debenture. No
such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such
an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the Capital
Securities all or part of which is represented by Book-Entry Capital Securities,
a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding
Capital Securities entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be
at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee receives such notice.
The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become
effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such notice
prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice of
declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be,
shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of
no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy
of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written
notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as
the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has been canceled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.14(b).
(c) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, to the
fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement
and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(1)
or 5.1(2) of the Indenture, any Holder of Capital Securities shall have the
right to institute a proceeding directly against the Depositor, pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the
principal amount of or interest on Debentures having a principal amount equal to
the Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a "Direct
Action"). Except as set forth in Section 5.14(b) and (c), the Holders of Capital
Securities shall have no right to exercise directly any right or remedy
available to the holders of, or in respect of, the Debentures.
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ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1 Limitations on Voting Rights.
(a) Except as expressly provided in this Trust Agreement and in the
Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Capital Securities
shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the
administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the
parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms
of the Trust Securities Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the
Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an association.
(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee for the
benefit of the Trust, the Property Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture
Trustee, or execute any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with
respect to such Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under
Section 5.13 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a
declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or
(iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or
the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case,
obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a least a majority in Liquidation
Amount of all Outstanding Capital Securities, provided, however, that where a
consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each Holder of
Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property
Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Capital Securities.
The Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a
vote of the Holders of the Capital Securities, except by a subsequent vote of
the Holders of Capital Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders
of the Capital Securities of any notice of default with respect to the
Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of Holders of
Capital Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property
Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that such action shall not cause the
Trust to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United
States federal income tax purposes or cause the Trust to fail to be classified
as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or
the Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely
affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Capital Securities, whether by way of amendment to this Trust Agreement or
otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust,
other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of
Outstanding Capital Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such
amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective
except with the approval of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be
made if, as a result of such amendment, it would cause the Trust to be
classified as an association
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taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes or cause
the Trust to fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes.
SECTION 6.2 Notice of Meetings.
Notice of all meetings of the Holders of Capital Securities, stating
the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.8 to each such Holder of record, at his
registered address, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the
meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so
considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned
meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 6.3 Meetings of Holders of Capital Securities.
No annual meeting of Securityholders is required to be held. The
Administrative Trustees, however, shall call a meeting of Securityholders to
vote on any matter upon the written request of the Holders of record of at least
25 percent of the Capital Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) and
the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their
discretion, call a meeting of Holders of Capital Securities to vote on any
matters as to which such Holders are entitled to vote.
Holders of record of at least 50 percent of the Outstanding Capital
Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders
of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a majority of the
Capital Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) held by the
Securityholders of record present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting
shall constitute the action of the Securityholders, unless this Trust Agreement
requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
SECTION 6.4 Voting Rights.
In respect of any matter as to which a Securityholder is entitled to
vote, such Securityholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 of
Liquidation Amount represented by the Trust Securities held of record by such
Securityholder.
SECTION 6.5 Proxies, Etc.
At any meeting of Securityholders, any Securityholder entitled to vote
thereat may vote by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting
unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or
with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may
direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken.
Pursuant to a resolution of the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in
the name of the Property Trustee or one or more officers of the Property
Trustee. Only Securityholders
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of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by
several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy
in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be
present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their
proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be
received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed
by or on behalf of a Securityholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at
or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the
challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of
execution.
SECTION 6.6 Securityholder Action by Written Consent.
Any action which may be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be
taken without a meeting if Securityholders holding more than a majority of all
Outstanding Trust Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) entitled to
vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be
required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the
action in writing.
SECTION 6.7 Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
For the purpose of determining the Securityholders who are entitled to
notice of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in
any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is
not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any
other action, the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not
more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the
payment of a Distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date
for the determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such
purposes.
SECTION 6.8 Acts of Securityholders.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made
or taken by Securityholders or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or
more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders
or Owners in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders or
Owners signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1) conclusive in favor
of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
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such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which any Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Capital Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future
Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder of every Trust
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to
be done by the Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder entitled hereunder to
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so
with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security
or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise between the Securityholders and the
Administrative Trustees or among such Securityholders or Trustees with respect
to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand,
authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Securityholder or
Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the
Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
A Securityholder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Depositor under the Guarantee to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without
first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee (as defined
in the Guarantee), the Trust or any person or entity.
SECTION 6.9 Inspection of Records.
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property
Trustee, the records of the Trustee shall be open to inspection by
Securityholders during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related
to such Securityholder's interest as a Securityholder.
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ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1 Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee.
The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf
of and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Depositor and the Securityholders that:
(a) the Property Trustee is a national banking association duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
United States;
(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority and
legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) the Delaware Trustee is a Delaware corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing in the State of
Delaware;
(d) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and
legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(e) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and
constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of each of the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee enforceable against each of
them in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
and to general equity principles;
(f) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust
Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
action on the part of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and
does not require any approval of stockholders of the Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee and such execution, delivery and performance
will not (i) violate the Charter or By-laws of the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee, (ii) violate any provision of, or constitute,
with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result in
the creation or imposition of, any Lien on any properties included in
the Trust Property pursuant to the provisions of any indenture,
mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to
which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by
which it is bound, or (iii) violate any law, governmental rule or
regulation of the United States or the State of Delaware, as the case
may be, governing the banking, trust or general powers of the
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Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) or
any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee;
(g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor
the consummation of any of the transactions by the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in context) contemplated herein
requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
registration with or the taking of any other action with respect to any
governmental authority or agency under any existing federal law
governing the banking, trust or general powers of the Property Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, under the laws of the
United States or the State of Delaware;
(h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of each of
the Property Trustee's and the Delaware Trustee's knowledge, threatened
against or affecting the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in
any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration
board or tribunal which, individually or in the aggregate, would
materially and adversely affect the Trust or the right, power and
authority of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case
may be, to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the Trustees
under this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 7.2 Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Securityholders that the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing
Date on behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly
and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Trustees pursuant to the terms
and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this Trust
Agreement and the Securityholders will be, as of each such date, entitled to the
benefits of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as
provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee,
subject to Section 10.10 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of
this Trust Agreement shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of
their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if
they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
them. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to release a Trustee
from liability
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for its own gross negligent action, its own gross negligent failure to act, or
its own willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Trustee
has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the
Trust or to the Securityholders, such Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust
or to any Securityholder for such Trustee's good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to
the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Trustees
otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the
Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Trustees.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in
respect of the Trust or the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue
and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be
sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property
Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof.
Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will
look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent
legally available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the
Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect
of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust
Security. This Section 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the Trustees
expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the
Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities relating to the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the
custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and
the Payment Account shall be to deal with such property in a similar
manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own
account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability
afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement and the
Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on
any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the
Depositor; and money held by the Property Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds held by it except in relation
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to the Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.1 and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring
the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with
their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the
Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the
Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.
SECTION 8.2 Certain Notices.
Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of such Event of
Default to the Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor,
unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
Within five Business Days after the receipt by the Property Trustee of
notice of the Depositor's exercise of its right to defer the payment of
interest on the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of
such exercise to the Securityholders and the Administrative Trustees, unless
such exercise shall have been revoked.
SECTION 8.3 Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution,
Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or
transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement
the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses
of action or (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Trust
Agreement the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent
with any other provisions contained herein or (iii) the Property
Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this Trust
Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Holders of
Capital Securities are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall take such action as it deems
advisable and in the best interests of the holders of the Trust
Securities, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability
except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
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(c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative
Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
(d) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established
before undertaking, suffering, or omitting any action hereunder, the
Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor or the
Administrative Trustees;
(e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any
financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or
securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration
thereof;
(f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel
may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may
include any of its employees) and the advice of such counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice; the Property
Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions
concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of
competent jurisdiction;
(g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the
request or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this
Trust Agreement, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the
Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction;
(h) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by one or more Securityholders, but the Property Trustee may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it
may see fit;
(i) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through its agents or attorneys; provided that the Property Trustee
shall be responsible for its own negligence or recklessness with
respect to selection of any agent or attorney appointed by it
hereunder;
(j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instruction with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action
hereunder the Property Trustee (i) may request
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instructions from the Holders of the Trust Securities which
instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to
direct the Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in
respect of such remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such
instructions are received, and (iii) shall be protected in acting in
accordance with such instructions; and
(k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to
take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this
Trust Agreement.
No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty
or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any
right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction
in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be
unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any
such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No
permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be
construed to be a duty.
SECTION 8.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor and the Trust, and the
Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the
proceeds of the Debentures.
SECTION 8.5 May Hold Securities.
Except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in
Article I, any Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust
Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8 and 8.13, may otherwise deal with the
Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such other
agent.
SECTION 8.6 Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.
The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any
provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel),
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except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable
to its negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to
indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of any
Trustee, (iii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee,
representative or agent of any Trustee, and (iv) any employee or agent
of the Trust or its Affiliates, (referred to herein as an "Indemnified
Person") from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty,
expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by such
Indemnified Person by reason of the creation, operation or termination
of the Trust or any act or omission performed or omitted by such
Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner
such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of
authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust Agreement,
except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified
in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified
Person by reason of negligence or willful misconduct with respect to
such acts or omissions.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of
this Trust Agreement and the removal or resignation of any Trustee.
No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any Trust Property as a
result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The Depositor and any Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in
other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with
others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and
the Holders of Trust Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Trust
Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived
therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the
business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Neither the
Depositor, nor any Trustee, shall be obligated to present any particular
investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a
character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and the
Depositor or any Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account
(individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such
particular investment or other opportunity. Any Trustee may engage or be
interested in any financial or other transaction with the Depositor or any
Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act as depository for, trustee or agent for,
or act on any committee or body of Holders of, securities or other obligations
of the Depositor or its Affiliates.
SECTION 8.7 Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of
Trustees.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that is
a national or state chartered bank, has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000, and is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as
such. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority, then for the
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purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall
be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. At the time of
appointment, the Property Trustee must have securities rated in one of the three
highest rating categories by a nationally-recognized statistical rating
organization.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee
shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal
entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind that
entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who
is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a
legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and
that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act
through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
SECTION 8.8 Conflicting Interests.
If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 8.9 Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at
any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust
Property may at the time be located, the Property Trustee shall have power to
appoint, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor and
the Administrative Trustees shall for such purpose join in the execution,
delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper
to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property Trustee either to act
as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of such
Trust Property, or to the extent required by law to act as separate trustee of
any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the
instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity
aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable,
subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Depositor does not join
in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request to do
so, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment. Any co-trustee
or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this Section shall either be (i) a
natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the United
States or (ii) a legal entity with its
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principal place of business in the United States that shall act through one or
more persons authorized to bind such entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any
co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such
co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and
all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered
by the Depositor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms,
namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed and delivered and all
rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the
custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or
required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustees specified
hereunder shall be exercised solely by such Trustees and not by such
co-trustee or separate trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred
or imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered
by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such
co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the
instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to
the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such
rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed
by such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing
executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may
accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee
appointed under this section, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power
to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or
separate trustee without the concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the
written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor shall join with
the Property Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all
instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such
resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate
trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided
in this section.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property
Trustee or any other trustee hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act
of a co- trustee or separate trustee.
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(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be
deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate
trustee.
SECTION 8.10 Resignation and Removal, Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of any Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and
no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Relevant Trustee
may resign at any time giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders. If
the instrument of acceptance by the successor Trustee required by Section 8.11
shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Trust, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be
removed by Act of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities, at any time, for cause, and if a
Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with or without cause.
An Administrative Trustee may be removed by the Common Securityholder at any
time.
If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting
as Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any
cause, at a time when no Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of
Capital Securities shall have the right to vote to appoint a successor. If a
successor has not been appointed by the Holders of Capital Securities, the
Common Securityholder shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees,
and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be
removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when a Debenture Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities shall promptly appoint a
successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall comply
with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee
shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Administrative
Trustee, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Common Securityholder shall promptly appoint a successor
Administrative Trustee or Administrative Trustees and such successor
Administrative Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements
of Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed
by the Common Securityholder or the Preferred Securityholders and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has
been a Securityholder of Trust Securities for at least six months may, on behalf
of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
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The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give notice to
the Depositor. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Relevant
Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property
Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is
a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor, incompetent
or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity
may be filled by (a) the unanimous act of remaining Administrative Trustees if
there are at least two of them or (b) otherwise by the Depositor (with the
successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement
for the Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set
forth in Section 8.7).
SECTION 8.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee,
the retiring Relevant Trustee and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect
to the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment hereto wherein
each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities and the Trust and (b) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Trust Agreement as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee, it
being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute such
Relevant Trustees co-trustees. Upon the execution and delivery of such amendment
the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Relevant
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but,
on request of the Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant
Trustee will duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Relevant
Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring
Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Trust shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at
the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified
and eligible under this Article.
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SECTION 8.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may
be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Relevant
Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all
the corporate trust business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of
such Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such Person 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.
SECTION 8.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or
Trust.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon the
Trust Securities or Trust Property or of such other obligor or their creditors,
the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on the Trust
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration
or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Property Trustee shall have made
any demand on the Trust for the payment of any past due Distributions) shall be
entitled and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any
Distributions owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities and
to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Property Trustee (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the
Property Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or compensation affecting
the Trust Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Property Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
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SECTION 8.14 Report by Property Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after June 15 of each year commencing with June 15,
1997, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders in accordance
with Section 10.8, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of such June 15
with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof, if to
the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said
Section, a written statement to such effect;
(ii) a statement that the Property Trustee has complied with all
of its obligations under this Trust Agreement during the twelve-month
period (or, in the case of the initial report, the period since the
Closing Date) ending with such June 15 or, if the Property Trustee has
not complied in any material respect with such obligations, a
description of such noncompliance; and
(iii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as
Property Trustee since the date of its last report and any action taken
by the Property Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder
which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion
materially affects the Trust Securities.
(b) In addition, the Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders
such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust
Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times
and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be forwarded by the Property Trustee to the Administrative Trustees
for filing with each national stock exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or such
other interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization upon which
the Trust Securities are listed or traded, with the Commission and with the
Depositor.
SECTION 8.15 Reports to the Property Trustee.
The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust
shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information,
if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the
compliance certificate required by Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in
the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.16 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement that relate
to any the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by
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an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) or Section 314(e) of the Trust
Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 8.17 Number of Trustees.
(a) The initial number of Trustees shall be four, provided that the
Holder of all of the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or
decrease the number of Administrative Trustees. The Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.
(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.17(a), or if the
number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall
occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with
Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate
to dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of
Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the
appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 8.10, the
Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all the
powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties
imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 8.18 Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent
with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his
or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
2.7(a), including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the
Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time
to time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names
of the Administrative Trustees' or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may
deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable
law or contrary to the provisions of this Trust Agreement, as set forth herein.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1 Termination Upon Expiration Date.
Unless earlier terminated, the Trust shall automatically terminate on
December 31, 2052 (the "Expiration Date"), following the distribution of the
Trust Property in accordance with Section 9.4.
SECTION 9.2 Early Termination.
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early
Termination Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the
dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor, in its capacity as Holder
of the Common Securities, unless the Depositor shall transfer the
Common Securities as provided by Section 5.10, in which case this
provision shall refer instead to the successor Holder of the Common
Securities;
(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the
Depositor at any time (which direction is optional and wholly within
the discretion of the Depositor) to terminate the Trust and distribute
Debentures to Securityholders in exchange for the Capital Securities;
(c) the redemption of all of the Capital Securities in connection
with the redemption of all the Debentures; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Trust by a court
of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.3 Termination.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the
Trust shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the
distribution by the Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of
the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust
Securities pursuant to Section 4.2, of all amounts required to be distributed
hereunder upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (b) the payment of any
expenses owed by the Trust; and (c) the discharge of all administrative duties
of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting
obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders.
SECTION 9.4 Liquidation.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d)
of Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated
by the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be possible by
distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of
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the Trust as provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of
Debentures, subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by
the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid mailed not later than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust
Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register.
All notices of liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date;
(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust
Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust
Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Debentures; and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by
which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for
Debentures, or if Section 9.4(d) applies receive a Liquidation
Distribution, as the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee
shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect
the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Debentures to
Securityholders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record date for such
distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior to the Liquidation
Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or through the appointment of
a separate exchange agent, shall establish such procedures as it shall deem
appropriate to effect the distribution of Debentures in exchange for the
Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the
Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will be
issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such
certificates to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange, (iii)
the Depositor shall use its reasonable efforts to have the Debentures listed on
the New York Stock Exchange or on such other exchange, interdealer quotation
system or self-regulatory organization as the Capital Securities are then
listed, if any (iv) any Trust Securities Certificates not so surrendered for
exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures, accruing
interest at the rate provided for in the Debentures from the last Distribution
Date on which a Distribution was made on such Trust Securities Certificates
until such certificates are so surrendered (and until such certificates are so
surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will be made to Holders of
Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such Debentures) and (v) all
rights of Securityholders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right
of such Securityholders to receive Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities
Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Section 9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the
manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be
practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be
dissolved, wound up or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the
Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution,
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termination of the Trust, Securityholders will be entitled to receive out of the
assets of the Trust available for distribution to Securityholders, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable
law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus
accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount
being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such dissolution, winding up
or termination, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because
the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate
Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the
amounts payable by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid pro rata
(based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holders of the Common Securities will be
entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such dissolution, winding
up or termination pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Capital
Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Capital Securities shall have priority over the Common
Securities.
SECTION 9.5 Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of
the Trust.
The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, except pursuant to this Section 9.5.
At the request of the Holder of the Common Securities, without the consent of
the Holders of any of the Capital Securities, the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, the Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or
be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any
State; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all
of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Capital Securities or (b)
substitutes for the Capital Securities other securities having substantially the
same terms as the Capital Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the
Successor Securities rank the same as the Capital Securities rank in priority
with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity possessing the same powers
and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Debentures, (iii)
such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or
lease does not cause the Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities)
to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization
which gives ratings on the Capital Securities, (iv) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Capital
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (v)
such successor entity has a purpose identical to that of the Trust, (vi) prior
to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer
or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the Trust
experienced in such matters to the effect that (a) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Capital
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b)
following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be required
to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act, (vii) the Depositor or
any permitted successor or assignee owns all of the Common Securities of such
successor entity and
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guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor
Securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee and (viii) the
Successor Securities are listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon
notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or other
organization on which the Capital Securities are then listed, if any.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not except with the consent of
Holders of 100 percent in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities,
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
other entity or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with
or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to
be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1 Limitation of Rights of Securityholders.
The death or incapacity, or the dissolution, liquidation, termination,
or the bankruptcy of any Person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in
Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor
entitle the legal representatives, successors or heirs of such person or any
Securityholder for such person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring
any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the arrangements
contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
SECTION 10.2 Amendment.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities
and the Property Trustee, without the consent of the Holders of the Capital
Securities, (i) to cure any ambiguity, 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 Trust
Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this
Trust Agreement, or (ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this
Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust
will not be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as an
association taxable as a corporation and will be classified as a grantor trust
at all times that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the
Trust will not be required to register as an investment company under the 1940
Act; provided, however, that in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii),
such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Holder of Capital Securities, and any amendments of this Trust Agreement
shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Securityholders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any provision of this
Trust Agreement may be amended by the Property Trustee and the Holders of a
majority in aggregate Liquidation
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Amount of the Common Securities with (i) the consent of Trust Securityholders
representing not less than a majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the
Outstanding Capital Securities and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted
to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the
Trust's status as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes or the Trust's exemption from status of an "investment company"
under the 1940 Act or cause the Trust to be an association taxable as a
corporation for United States federal income tax purposes.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such
consent obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this Trust
Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of
any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a
specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Securityholder to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date; notwithstanding
any other provision herein, without the unanimous consent of the Securityholders
(such consent being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), this
paragraph (c) of this Section 10.2 may not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no
Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement
which would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from
status of an "investment company" under the 1940 Act or fail or cease to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary,
without the consent of the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, this Trust Agreement may not be amended in a manner
which imposes any additional obligation or liability on the Depositor, the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made,
the Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of
such amendment.
(g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Property
Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers'
Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance
with this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.3 Separability.
In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust
Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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SECTION 10.4 Governing Law.
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE
SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST, AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST
AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT
OF LAWS PROVISIONS.
SECTION 10.5 Payments Due on NonBusiness Day.
If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day
that is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date but
may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (except as
otherwise provided in Section 4.1(a) and 4.2(d)), with the same force and effect
as though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no interest shall accrue
thereon for the period after such date.
SECTION 10.6 Successors.
This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust or the Relevant Trustee,
including any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a
consolidation, merger or sale involving the Depositor that is permitted under
Article VIII of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in
writing to perform the Depositor's obligations hereunder, the Depositor
shall not assign its obligations hereunder (any purported assignment in
contravention of this Section 10.6 being null and void).
SECTION 10.7 Headings.
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.8 Reports, Notices and Demands.
Any report, notice, demand or other communication which by any
provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served
to or upon any Securityholder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing
by deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand
delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case of
a Holder of Capital Securities, to such Holder as such Securityholder's name and
address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Common
Securityholder or the Depositor, to U. S. Bancorp, 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue,
Portland, Oregon 97204, Attention: Secretary, facsimile no.: (503) 275-5032.
Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Securityholder shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand
delivery, mailing or transmission.
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Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of
this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon
the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is published
by the Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to The First
National Bank of Chicago, One First National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago,
Illinois 60670-0126, attention: Corporate Trust Services Division, (b) with
respect to the Delaware Trustee, to First Chicago Delaware Inc., 300 King
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; and (c) with respect to the Administrative
Trustees, to them at the address above for notices to the Depositor, marked
"Attention: Administrative Trustees of U. S. Bancorp Capital I." Such notice,
demand or other communication to or upon the Trust or the Property Trustee shall
be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of
the writing by the Trust or the Property Trustee.
SECTION 10.9 Agreement Not to Petition.
Each one of the Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the
Securityholders that, until at least one year and one day after the Trust has
been terminated in accordance with Article IX, they shall not file, or join in
the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law (including, without limitation, the United
States Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in
the commencement of any proceedings against the Trust under any Bankruptcy law.
In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.9, the
Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, that at the expense
of the Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise
properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Trust
or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has
agreed in writing not to take such action and should be stopped and precluded
therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Trustee or the
Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.9 shall survive the
termination of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.10 Application of Trust Indenture Act.
(a) The Trust Indenture Act shall apply as a matter of contract to this
Trust Agreement for purposes of interpretation, construction and defining the
rights and obligations hereunder.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is deemed a
trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in this Trust Agreement by any
of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall
control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement as so modified
or excluded, as the case may be.
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(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement
shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 10.11 Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and
Indenture.
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN
BY OR ON BEHALF OF A SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY
SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND
AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND
THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH
SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST
AGREEMENT AND THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND
EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
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U. S. BANCORP
By /s/ Thomas P. Ducharme
Name: Thomas P. Ducharme
Title: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
as Property Trustee
By /s/ R. Tarnas
Name: R. Tarnas
Title: Vice President
FIRST CHICAGO DELAWARE INC., as
Delaware Trustee
By /s/ Steven M. Wagner
Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
/s/ Phillip S. Rowley
PHILLIP S. ROWLEY,
as Administrative Trustee
/s/ William R. Basom
WILLIAM R. BASOM,
as Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBITS OMITTED
Exhibit A Declaration of Trust and Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B Letter of Representations
Exhibit C Form of Capital Security Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Common Security Certificate
Exhibit E Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
Exhibit F Rule 144A Capital Securities Legend
Exhibit G Rule 144A Securities Certificate
Exhibit H Unrestricted Securities Certificate
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This Capital Security is a Global Capital Securities Certificate within
the meaning of the Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to and is registered in
the name of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depository") or a nominee of the
Depository. This Capital Security is exchangeable for Capital Securities
registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only
in the limited circumstances described in the Trust Agreement and no transfer of
this Capital Security (other than a transfer of this Capital Security as a whole
by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the
Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository) may be
registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
the Depository (55 Water Street, New York) to U. S. Bancorp Capital I or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Capital
Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as
requested by an authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment
hereon is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an
authorized representative of the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
CUSIP NO.
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING CAPITAL SECURITIES
OF
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL 1
8.27% CAPITAL SECURITIES,
SERIES B
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
U. S. Bancorp Capital 1, a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Cede & Co.
(the "Holder") is the registered owner of ______________________ (_______)
capital securities of the Trust representing an undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Trust and designated the U. S. Bancorp Capital I 8.27% Capital
Securities, Series B (Liquidation Amount $1,000 per Capital Security) (the
"Capital Securities"). The Capital Securities are transferable on the books and
records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender
of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in
Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Capital Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Capital
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be
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subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
of the Trust dated as of December 24, 1996, as the same may be amended from time
to time (the "Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the
Capital Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits
of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by U. S. Bancorp, an Oregon corporation,
and The First National Bank of Chicago, as guarantee trustee, dated as of
______________, 1997 (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The
Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder
without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of
business or registered office.
UPON RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, THE HOLDER AGREES TO
BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND BY THE
SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ______________, 1997, BETWEEN U. S. BANCORP AND THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE, AND IS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS THEREUNDER.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Administrative Trustee of the Trust
has executed this certificate as of the ____ day of ________, 1997.
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
By ____________________________
William R. Basom
Administrative Trustee
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Capital
Security to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Capital Security Certificate on the books of the Trust.
The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:-----------------
Signature:----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Capital Security Certificate)
The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible
guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and
loan associations and credit unions with membership in an
approved signature guarantee medallion program)
pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
between
U. S. BANCORP
(as Guarantor)
and
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(as Trustee)
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8.27% Capital Securities, Series B
Dated as of ______________, 1997
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U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
Certain Sections of this Guarantee Agreement relating to
Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Section of Section of
Trust Indenture Act Guarantee Agreement
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310(a)..............................................................................................4.1(a)
(b).......................................................................................4.1(c), 2.8
(c)......................................................................................Inapplicable
311(a)..............................................................................................2.2(b)
(b)............................................................................................2.2(b)
(c)......................................................................................Inapplicable
312(a)..............................................................................................2.2(a)
(b)............................................................................................2.2(b)
313....................................................................................................2.3
314(a).................................................................................................2.4
(b)......................................................................................Inapplicable
(c)...............................................................................................2.5
(d)......................................................................................Inapplicable
(e)....................................................................................1.1, 2.5, 3.2
(f)..........................................................................................2.1, 3.2
315(a)..............................................................................................3.1(d)
(b)...............................................................................................2.7
(c)...............................................................................................3.1
(d)............................................................................................3.1(d)
316(a).......................................................................................1.1, 2.6, 5.4
(b)...............................................................................................5.3
(c)...............................................................................................8.2
317(a)........................................................................................Inapplicable
(b)......................................................................................Inapplicable
318(a)..............................................................................................2.1(b)
(b)...............................................................................................2.1
(c)............................................................................................2.1(a)
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Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the Guarantee Agreement.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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1.1 Definitions.......................................................................... 1
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application..................................................... 5
2.2 List of Holders...................................................................... 5
2.3 Reports by the Guarantee Trustee..................................................... 6
2.4 Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee............................................ 6
2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent..................................... 6
2.6 Events of Default; Waiver............................................................ 6
2.7 Event of Default; Notice............................................................. 7
2.8 Conflicting Interests................................................................ 7
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
3.1 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee........................................... 7
3.2 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.................................................. 9
3.3 Indemnity............................................................................ 10
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
4.1 Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility....................................................... 11
4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee
Trustee....................................................................................... 11
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
5.1 Guarantee............................................................................ 12
5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.......................................................... 12
5.3 Obligations Not Affected............................................................. 12
5.4 Rights of Holders.................................................................... 13
5.5 Guarantee of Payment................................................................. 14
5.6 Subrogation.......................................................................... 14
5.7 Independent Obligations.............................................................. 14
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS AND SUBORDINATION
6.1 Subordination........................................................................ 14
6.2 Pari Passu Guarantees................................................................ 15
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
7.1 Termination.......................................................................... 15
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Successors and Assigns............................................................... 15
8.2 Amendments........................................................................... 15
8.3 Notices.............................................................................. 16
8.4 Benefit.............................................................................. 17
8.5 Interpretation....................................................................... 17
8.6 Governing Law........................................................................ 17
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
8.27% CAPITAL SECURITIES, SERIES B
This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Series B Guarantee"), dated as of
______________, 1997, is executed and delivered by U. S. BANCORP, an Oregon
corporation, (the "Guarantor") having its principal office at 111 S.W. Fifth
Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204, and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, a
national banking association, as trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the
benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Series B
Capital Securities (as defined herein) of U. S. Bancorp Capital I, a Delaware
statutory business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the
"Trust Agreement"), dated as of December 24, 1996 among the Trustees named
therein, the Guarantor, as Depositor, and the Holders from time to time of
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is
issuing, in connection with the consummation of the Exchange Offer (as defined
in the Trust Agreement), __________ aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined
herein) of its 8.27% Capital Securities, Series B (Liquidation Amount $1,000 per
security) (the "Series B Capital Securities"), representing preferred undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer and having the terms set forth
in the Trust Agreement;
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to exchange the Series A Capital
Securities (as defined herein) for the Series B Capital Securities in the
Exchange Offer, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree,
to the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders of the Series B Capital
Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other
payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the acceptance by each Holder of
Series B Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer, which acceptance the
Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and
delivers this Series B Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders from time to
time of the Series B Capital Securities.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
As used in this Series B Guarantee, the terms set forth below shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings. Capitalized
or otherwise
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defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person, provided, however, that an Affiliate of the
Guarantor shall not be deemed to include the Issuer. 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.
"Allocable Amounts," when used with respect to any Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness, means the amount necessary to pay all principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness in full
less, if applicable, any portion of such amounts which would have been paid to,
and retained by, the holders of such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (whether
as a result of the receipt of payments by the holders of such Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness from the Guarantor or any other obligor thereon or
from any holders of, or trustee in respect of, other indebtedness that is
subordinate and junior in right of payment to such Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness pursuant to any provision of such indebtedness for the payment over
of amounts received on account of such indebtedness to the holders of such
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) but for the fact that such Senior Subordinated
Indebtedness is subordinate or junior in right of payment to trade accounts
payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business.
"Common Securities" means the securities representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its
payment or other obligations under this Series B Guarantee; provided, however,
that, except with respect to a default in payment of any Guarantee Payments, the
Guarantor shall have received notice of default and shall not have cured such
default within 60 days after receipt of such notice.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions,
without duplication, with respect to the Series B Capital Securities, to the
extent not paid or made by or on behalf of the Issuer: (i) any accrued and
unpaid Distributions (as defined in the Trust Agreement) required to be paid on
the Series B Capital Securities, to the extent the Issuer shall have funds on
hand available therefor at such time, (ii) the redemption price, including all
accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption (the "Redemption
Price"), with respect to any Series B Capital Securities called for redemption
by the Issuer, to the extent the Issuer shall have funds on hand available
therefor at such time, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary termination,
winding-up
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or liquidation of the Issuer, unless Junior Subordinated Debentures are
distributed to the Holders in exchange therefor, the lesser of (a) the aggregate
of the Liquidation Amount of $1,000 per Series B Capital Security plus accrued
and unpaid Distributions on the Series B Capital Securities to the date of
payment to the extent the Issuer shall have funds on hand available to make such
payment at such time and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining
available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer as required by applicable
law (in either case, the "Liquidation Distribution").
"Guarantee Trustee" means The First National Bank of Chicago, until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
pursuant to the terms of this Series B Guarantee and thereafter means each such
Successor Guarantee Trustee.
"Holder" means any holder, as registered on the books and records of
the Issuer, of any Series B Capital Securities; provided, however, that in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Series B Capital
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder"
shall not include the Guarantor, the Guarantee Trustee, or any Affiliate of the
Guarantor or the Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of
- --------------, 1997, as it may be supplemented and amended from time to time,
between the Guarantor and The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee.
"Junior Subordinated Debentures" means the 8.27% Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures due December 15, 2026, issued by the Guarantor
pursuant to the Indenture.
"Junior Subordinated Indebtedness" means any obligation of the
Guarantor to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred,
where the instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which
the obligation is outstanding provides that it is subordinate and junior in
right of payment to Senior Debt pursuant to subordination provisions
substantially similar to those set forth in the Indenture. "Junior Subordinated
Indebtedness" includes the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
"List of Holders" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Series B Capital Securities"
means, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by the Holder(s),
voting separately as a class, of more than 50 percent of the Liquidation Amount
of all then outstanding Series B Capital Securities issued by the Issuer.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, President or a
Vice President, and by the
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Treasurer, Associate Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person, and delivered to the
Guarantee Trustee. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Series B Guarantee
shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions
relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering
the Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable
such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee, any
Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant 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 or any Assistant Controller, or any other officer of the
Guarantee Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any of the above designated officers, and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Senior Debt" means (i) Senior Indebtedness (but excluding trade
accounts payable and accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business) and (ii) the Allocable Amounts of Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of (and premium, if any) and
unpaid interest on (i) every obligation of the Guarantor for money borrowed
(including any deferred obligation for the payment of the purchase price of
property and assets and obligations arising from guarantees by the Guarantor of
the indebtedness of others), (ii) obligations of, or any such obligation
guaranteed by, the Guarantor as lessee under leases required to be capitalized
on the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting
principles and leases of property or assets made as part of any sale and
leaseback transaction to which the Guarantor is a party,
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(iii) obligations of the Guarantor under letters of credit, and (iv) any
indebtedness of the Guarantor under or other obligations of the Guarantor to
make payment pursuant to the terms of commodity contracts, interest rate and
currency swap agreements, cap, floor and collar agreements, currency spot and
forward contracts, and other similar agreements or arrangements, whether
incurred on or prior to the date of the Indenture or thereafter incurred, other
than any obligation as to which, in the instrument creating or evidencing the
same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such
obligation is not Senior Indebtedness, provided that Senior Indebtedness does
not include Senior Subordinated Indebtedness, the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, or the 8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
issued by the Guarantor pursuant to an indenture dated as of December 24, 1996.
"Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" means any obligation of the
Guarantor to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred,
where the instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which
the obligation is outstanding, provides that it is subordinate and junior in
right of payment to Senior Indebtedness. Senior Subordinated Indebtedness
includes the Guarantor's outstanding subordinated debt securities and any
subordinated debt securities issued in the future with substantially similar
subordination terms and does not include the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the
8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures issued by the Guarantor
pursuant to an indenture dated as of December 24, 1996, or any subordinated debt
securities issued in the future with substantially similar subordination terms.
"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Series B Guarantee is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Series B Guarantee and shall,
to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Series B Guarantee
limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 2.2 List of Holders.
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(a) The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Guarantee Trustee (a) semiannually, on or before June 15 and December 15 of each
year, a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at such other times as the
Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by
the Guarantor of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date not more than
15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, in each case to the extent
such information is in the possession or control of the Guarantor and is not
identical to a previously supplied list of Holders or has not otherwise been
received by the Guarantee Trustee in its capacity as such. The Guarantee Trustee
may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List
of Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Section 311(a), Section 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Guarantee Trustee.
Within 60 days after June 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 1997,
the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports as are required
by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner
provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee Trustee shall
also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee.
The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Securities
and Exchange Commission and the Holders such documents, reports and information,
if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, in the form, in
the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
The Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of
compliance with such conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Series B
Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an
officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an Officers'
Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Series B Capital
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of all the Holders, waive any past Event of
Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall
cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to
have been cured, for every purpose of this Series B
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Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent therefrom.
SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
(a) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of
an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Holders, notices of all Events of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless
such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of a Guarantee Payment, the
Guarantee 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 and/or Responsible Officers of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received written
notice, or a Responsible Officer charged with the administration of the Trust
Agreement shall have obtained written notice, of such Event of Default.
SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests.
The Trust Agreement shall be deemed to be specifically described in
this Series B Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso
contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.
(a) This Series B Guarantee shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee for
the benefit of the Holders, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this
Series B Guarantee to any Person except a Holder exercising his or her rights
pursuant to Section 5.4(iv) or to a Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by
such Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor
Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee shall
automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, upon acceptance by such
Successor Guarantee Trustee of its appointment hereunder, and such vesting and
cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have
been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Series B Guarantee for the benefit of the
Holders.
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(c) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of
Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred,
shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in
this Series B Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Series
B Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has
occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6), the
Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Series B Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its
exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Series B Guarantee shall be construed to
relieve the Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Series B Guarantee, and the Guarantee Trustee shall
not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Series B
Guarantee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Series B Guarantee; but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision
hereof or of the Trust Indenture Act are specifically required
to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Series
B Guarantee;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such
judgment was made;
(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Series B Capital Securities
relating to the time, method and place of
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conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee
Trustee under this Series B Guarantee; and
(iv) no provision of this Series B Guarantee shall require the
Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee
Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment
of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the
terms of this Series B Guarantee or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Guarantee Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party
or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by
this Series B Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate unless otherwise prescribed herein.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Series B
Guarantee, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter
be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting to take
any action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, request and rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon
receipt of such request from the Guarantee Trustee, shall be promptly
delivered by the Guarantor.
(iv) The Guarantee Trustee may consult with legal counsel, and
the written advice or opinion of such legal counsel with respect to
legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion.
Such legal counsel may be legal counsel to the Guarantor or any of its
Affiliates and may be one of its employees. The Guarantee Trustee shall
have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the
administration of this Series B Guarantee from any court of competent
jurisdiction.
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(v) The Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Series B
Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder
shall have provided to the Guarantee Trustee such adequate security and
indemnity as would satisfy a reasonable person in the position of the
Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including
attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including
such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Guarantee Trustee;
provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.2(a)(v) shall be
taken to relieve the Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested
in it by this Series B Guarantee.
(vi) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit.
(vii) The Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by
or through its agents or attorneys, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not
be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(viii) Whenever in the administration of this Series B
Guarantee the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking
any other action hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (A) may request
instructions from the Holders, (B) may refrain from enforcing such
remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are
received, and (C) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such
instructions.
(b) No provision of this Series B Guarantee shall be deemed to impose
any duty or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or
exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty to act in accordance with such power and
authority.
SECTION 3.3 Indemnity.
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The Guarantor agrees to indemnify the Guarantee Trustee for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Guarantee Trustee, arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Series B Guarantee,
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. The Guarantee Trustee will not claim or exact any lien or
charge on any Guarantee Payments as a result of any amount due to it under this
Series B Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.
(a) There shall at all times be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000, and shall be a corporation meeting the
requirements of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining
authority, then, for the purposes of this section and to the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, 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.
(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to
so act under Section 4.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in
the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions
of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of the Guarantee
Trustee.
(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed
or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed until a Successor
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
written instrument executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to
the Guarantor.
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(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed hereunder shall hold office until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or
resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for
prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not
take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee
Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and
accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after
delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of resignation, the resigning
Guarantee Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Guarantor, any court of
competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee.
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to
the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore
paid by or on behalf of the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense,
right of set-off or counterclaim which the Issuer may have or assert. The
Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by
direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by
causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.
The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Series B
Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment,
demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the
Guarantee Trustee, Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the
Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of
redemption and all other notices and demands.
SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor
under this Series B Guarantee shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason
of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise,
of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or
implied
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agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Series B Capital
Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all
or any portion of the Distributions (other than an extension of time
for payment of Distributions that results from the extension of any
interest payment period on the Junior Subordinated Debentures as so
provided in the Indenture), Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution
or any other sums payable under the terms of the Series B Capital
Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other
obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Series B
Capital Securities;
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the
part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right,
privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the
terms of the Series B Capital Securities, or any action on the part of
the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution,
sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement,
composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings
affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Series
B Capital Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed
hereby or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it
being the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and
all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain the
consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders.
The Guarantor expressly acknowledges that: (i) this Series B Guarantee
will be deposited with the Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the
Holders; (ii) the Guarantee Trustee has the right to enforce this Series B
Guarantee on behalf of the Holders; (iii) the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Series B Capital Securities have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Guarantee
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Trustee in respect of this Series B Guarantee or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Series B Guarantee; and (iv) any
Holder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to
enforce its rights under this Series B Guarantee, without first instituting a
legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee, the Issuer or any other Person.
SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment.
This Series B Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of
collection. This Series B Guarantee will not be discharged except by payment of
the Guarantee Payments in full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid
by the Issuer) or upon distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders
as provided in the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 5.6 Subrogation.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders
against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to the Holders by the
Guarantor under this Series B Guarantee and shall have the right to waive
payment by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.1; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of
law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights which it may acquire by way
of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases
as a result of payment under this Series B Guarantee, if at the time of any such
payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this Series B Guarantee. If any
amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence,
the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay
over such amount to the Holders.
SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations.
The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are
independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Series B
Capital Securities and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as
debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Series
B Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in
subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS AND SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 Subordination.
The obligations of the Guarantor under this Series B Guarantee will
constitute unsecured obligations of the Guarantor and will rank subordinate and
junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt of the Guarantor in the same
manner as the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
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SECTION 6.2 Pari Passu Guarantees.
The obligations of the Guarantor under this Series B Guarantee shall
rank pari passu with the obligations of the Guarantor under any similar
guarantee agreements issued by the Guarantor on behalf of the holders of
preferred or capital securities issued from time to time by one or more business
trusts of the Guarantor.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1 Termination.
This Series B Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force and
effect upon (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of all Series B Capital
Securities, (ii) the distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures to the
Holders in exchange for all of the Series B Capital Securities or (iii) full
payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Trust Agreement upon
liquidation of the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Series B
Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid with respect
to Series B Capital Securities or this Series B Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.1 Successors and Assigns.
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Series B Guarantee
shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of
the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Series B
Capital Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation,
merger or sale involving the Guarantor that is permitted under Article VIII of
the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform
the Guarantor's obligations hereunder, the Guarantor shall not assign its
obligations hereunder.
SECTION 8.2 Amendments.
Except with respect to any changes which do not adversely affect the
rights of the Holders in any material respect (in which case no vote of the
Holders will be required), this Series B Guarantee may only be amended with the
prior approval of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation Amount
of the Series B Capital Securities. The provisions of Article VI of the Trust
Agreement concerning meetings of the Holders shall apply to the giving of such
approval.
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SECTION 8.3 Notices.
Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such
notice, and delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:
(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below
or such other address, facsimile number or to the attention of such
other Person as the Guarantor may give notice to the Holders:
U. S. Bancorp
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Facsimile No.: (503) 275-5032
Attention: Secretary
(b) if given to the Issuer, in care of the Guarantee Trustee,
at the Issuer's (and the Guarantee Trustee's) address set forth below
or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee on behalf of the Issuer
may give notice to the Holders:
U. S. Bancorp Capital I
c/o U. S. Bancorp
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Facsimile No.: (503) 275-5032
Attention: Administrative Trustees
with a copy to:
The First National Bank of Chicago
Suite 0126
One First National Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
Facsimile No.: (312) 407-1708
Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division
(c) if given to any Holder, at the address set forth on the
books and records of the Issuer.
All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when received
in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery
or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was
given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
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SECTION 8.4 Benefit.
This Series B Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders and is
not separately transferable from the Series B Capital Securities.
SECTION 8.5 Interpretation.
In this Series B Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Series B Guarantee but not
defined in the preamble hereto have the respective meanings assigned to
them in Section 1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Series B Guarantee has the
same meaning throughout;
(c) all references to "the Series B Guarantee" or "this Series
B Guarantee" are to this Series B Guarantee as modified, supplemented
or amended from time to time;
(d) all references in this Series B Guarantee to Articles and
Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Series B Guarantee unless
otherwise specified;
(e) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa;
(f) the masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein
shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders; and
(g) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same
meaning when used in this Series B Guarantee unless otherwise defined
in this Series B Guarantee or unless the context otherwise requires.
SECTION 8.6 Governing Law.
THIS SERIES B GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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.
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THIS SERIES B GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first above
written.
U. S. BANCORP
By
Name: William R. Basom
Title: Senior Vice President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
as Guarantee Trustee
By
Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of December 24, 1996 (this
"Agreement"), among U. S. Bancorp, an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), U. S.
Bancorp Capital I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer Trust"), and
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc., and Salomon Brothers Inc, as the
initial purchasers (the "Initial Purchasers") of the 8.27% Capital Securities,
Series A, of the Issuer Trust, which are guaranteed by the Company.
1. Certain Definitions.
For purposes of this Registration Rights Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following respective meanings:
(a) "Administrative Trustees" means each of Phillip S. Rowley and
William R. Basom, solely in such person's capacity as Administrative Trustee of
the Trust formed pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
(b) "Capital Securities" means the 8.27% Capital Securities, Series A
(Liquidation Amount $1,000 per Capital Security), to be issued under the Trust
Agreement and sold by the Issuer Trust to the Initial Purchasers, and securities
issued in exchange therefor, other than Debentures, or in lieu thereof pursuant
to the Trust Agreement.
(c) "Closing Date" means the date on which the Capital Securities are
initially issued.
(d) "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the
Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.
(e) "Debentures" means the 8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures due December 15, 2026 of the Company to be issued under the
Indenture, and securities issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
pursuant to the Indenture.
(f) "Effective Time," in the case of (i) an Exchange Offer, means the
time and date as of which the Commission declares the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement effective or as of which the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement otherwise becomes effective and (ii) a Shelf Registration, means the
time and date as of which the Commission declares the Shelf Registration
effective or as of which the Shelf Registration otherwise becomes effective.
(g) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any
successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
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(h) "Exchange Offer" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).
(i) "Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.
(j) "Exchange Registration" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3(f).
(k) "Exchange Securities" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(a).
(l) "Guarantee" means the guarantee of the Capital Securities by the
Company under the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 24, 1996, between
the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Guarantee Trustee.
(m) The term "holder" means each of the Initial Purchasers for so long
as it owns any Registrable Securities, and such of its respective successors and
assigns who acquire Registrable Securities, directly or indirectly, from such
person or from any successor or assign of such person, in each case for so long
as such person owns any Registrable Securities.
(n) "Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
December 24, 1996, between the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago,
as Trustee, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
(o) "Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust
Security.
(p) The term "person" means a corporation, association, partnership,
organization, business, individual, government or political subdivision thereof
or governmental agency.
(q) "Registrable Securities" means the Securities; provided, however,
that such Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) in the
circumstances contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof, such Securities have been
exchanged for Exchange Securities in an Exchange Offer as contemplated in
Section 2(a) (provided that any Exchange Securities received by a broker-dealer
in an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities that were not
acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company will also be Registrable
Securities through and including the earlier of the 180th day after the Exchange
Offer is completed or such time as such broker-dealer no longer owns such
Exchange Securities); (ii) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(b), a
registration statement registering such Securities under the Securities Act has
been declared or becomes effective and such Securities have been sold or
otherwise transferred by the holder thereof pursuant to such effective
registration statement; (iii) such Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144
under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Securities relating to
restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise,
is removed or such Securities are eligible to be sold pursuant to paragraph (k)
of Rule 144; or (iv) such Securities shall cease to be outstanding.
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(r) "Registration Default" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(c).
(s) "Registration Default Interest" has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2(c).
(t) "Registration Default Distributions" has the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 2(c).
(u) "Registration Expenses" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
4.
(v) "Resale Period" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).
(w) "Restricted Holder" means (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the
Company within the meaning of Rule 405, (ii) a holder who acquires Exchange
Securities outside the ordinary course of such holder's business or (iii) a
holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in
the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange Securities.
(x) "Rule 144," "Rule 405" and "Rule 415" means, in each case, such
rule promulgated under the Securities Act.
(y) "Securities" means, collectively, the Capital Securities, the
Guarantee and the Debentures.
(z) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, or any successor
thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
(aa) "Shelf Registration" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2(b) hereof.
(ab) "Trust Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement,
dated as of December 24, 1996, among the Company, as Depositor, The First
National Bank of Chicago, as Property Trustee, and First Chicago Delaware Inc.,
as Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein.
(ac) "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or
any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms promulgated
thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time.
(ad) "Trust Securities" means, collectively, the Common Securities to
be issued under the Trust Agreement to the Company and the Capital Securities.
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a
"Section" or "clause" refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this
Agreement, and the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a
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whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision. Unless the context
otherwise requires, any reference to a statute, rule or regulation refers to the
same (including any successor statute, rule or regulation thereto) as it may be
amended from time to time.
2. Registration Under the Securities Act.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 2(b), the Company and the Issuer
Trust agree to use their reasonable best efforts to file under the Securities
Act within 150 days after the Closing Date, a registration statement (the
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement") relating to an offer to exchange (the
"Exchange Offer") any and all of the Securities for a like aggregate amount of
capital securities issued by the Issuer Trust and guaranteed by the Company and
underlying junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures of the Company,
which capital securities, guarantee and debentures have the same terms as the
Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Debentures, respectively (and are
entitled to the benefits of trust indentures which have been qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act), except that they have been registered pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, do not contain
restrictions on transfers and do not contain provisions for the additional
interest and additional distributions contemplated in Section 2(c) below (such
new securities hereinafter called "Exchange Securities"). The Company and the
Issuer Trust agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act within
180 days after the Closing Date. The Exchange Offer will be registered under the
Securities Act on the appropriate form and will comply with all applicable
tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The Company and the
Issuer Trust further agree to use their reasonable best efforts to commence and
complete the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement has become effective. The Company and the Issuer Trust agree to hold
the Exchange Offer open for at least 30 days (or longer if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer has been mailed to
the holders of the Capital Securities and the Debentures and exchange Exchange
Securities for all Securities that have been validly tendered and not validly
withdrawn by the holder thereof on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange
Offer. The Exchange Offer will be deemed completed only if the Exchange
Securities received by holders other than Restricted Holders in the Exchange
Offer for Securities are, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without
restriction imposed thereon by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and
without material restrictions imposed thereon by the blue sky or securities laws
of a substantial majority of the States of the United States of America. The
Exchange Offer shall be deemed to have been completed upon the earlier to occur
of (i) the Company and the Issuer Trust having exchanged the Exchange Securities
for all outstanding Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (ii) the
Company having exchanged, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, Exchange Securities
for all Securities that have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn
before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, which shall be on a date that is at
least 30 days following the commencement of the Exchange Offer. The Company and
the Issuer Trust agree (x) to include in the registration statement a prospectus
for use in connection with any resales of Exchange Securities by a holder that
is a broker-dealer, other than resales of Exchange Securities received by a
broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable
Securities acquired by such broker-dealer
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directly from the Issuer Trust, and (y) to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective for a period (the "Resale Period") beginning when Exchange
Securities are first issued in the Exchange Offer and ending upon the earlier of
(i) either (a) the expiration of the 180th day after the Exchange Offer has been
completed or (b) in the event the Company and the Issuer Trust have at any time
notified any broker-dealers pursuant to Section 3(f)(ii), the day beyond the
180th day after the Exchange Offer has been completed that reflects an
additional period of days equal to the number of days during all of the periods
from and including the dates the Company and the Issuer Trust give notice
pursuant to Section 3(f)(ii)(F) to and including the date when broker-dealers
receive an amended or supplemented prospectus necessary to permit resales of
Exchange Securities or to and including the date on which the Company and the
Issuer Trust give notice that the resale of Exchange Securities under the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement may resume or (ii) such time as such
broker-dealers no longer own any Registrable Securities. With respect to such
registration statement, each broker-dealer that holds Exchange Securities
received in an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registerable Securities not
acquired by it directly from the Company shall have the benefit of the rights of
indemnification and contribution set forth in Section 6.
(b) If (i) prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer existing
applicable law or Commission interpretations are changed such that the capital
securities, related guarantee of the Company and underlying debentures of the
Company to be received by holders other than Restricted Holders in the Exchange
Offer for Registrable Securities are not or would not be, upon receipt,
transferable by each such holder without restriction imposed by the Securities
Act, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective
within 180 days of the Closing Date, or (iii) the Company has received an
opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized national tax
practice, to the effect that, as a result of the consummation of the Exchange
Offer, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (a) the Issuer Trust is, or
will be, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income
received or accrued on the Debentures, (b) interest payable by the Company on
the Debentures is not, or will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in
part, for United States federal income tax purposes, or (c) the Issuer Trust is,
or will be, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or
other governmental charges, then in addition to or in lieu of conducting the
Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 2(a), the Company and the Issuer Trust
shall file under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable a "shelf"
registration statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a
continuous or delayed basis by the holders of, all of the Registrable
Securities, pursuant to Rule 415 or any similar rule that may be adopted by the
Commission (the "Shelf Registration"). The Administrative Trustees will promptly
deliver to the holders of the Capital Securities, the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, or the Company will promptly deliver to the holders of the
Debentures, if not the Issuer Trust, written notice that the Company and the
Issuer Trust will be complying with the provisions of this Section 2(b). The
Company and the Issuer Trust agree to use their reasonable best efforts to cause
the Shelf Registration to become or be declared effective and to keep such Shelf
Registration continuously effective for a period ending on the earlier of (i)
either (x) the third anniversary of the Closing Date or (y) in the event the
Company and the Issuer Trust have at any time
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suspended the use of the prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration pursuant
to Section 3(c), the date beyond the third anniversary of the Closing Date that
reflects an additional period of days equal to the number of days during all of
the periods from and including the dates the Company and the Issuer Trust give
notice of such suspension pursuant to Section 3(c) to and including the date
when holders of Registrable Securities receive an amended or supplemented
prospectus necessary to permit resales as Registrable Securities under the Shelf
Registration or to and including the date on which the Company and Issuer Trust
give notice that the resale of Registrable Securities may resume or (ii) such
time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities outstanding. The Company
and the Issuer Trust further agree to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf
Registration, as and when required by the rules, regulations or instructions
applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf Registration or by the
Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registration, and
the Company and the Issuer Trust agree to furnish to the holders of the
Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment prior to its
being used or promptly following its filing with the Commission.
(c) If either the Company or the Issuer Trust fails to comply with this
Agreement or if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration fails to become effective (any such event a "Registration
Default"), then, as liquidated damages, registration default interest (the
"Registration Default Interest") shall become payable in respect of the
Debentures, and corresponding registration default Distributions (the
"Registration Default Distributions"), shall become payable on the Trust
Securities as follows:
(i) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
nor a Shelf Registration is filed with the Commission on or prior to
the 180th day after the Closing Date or (B) notwithstanding that the
Company and the Issuer Trust have consummated or will consummate an
Exchange Offer, the Company and the Issuer Trust are required to file a
Shelf Registration and such Shelf Registration is not filed on or prior
to the date required by this Agreement, then commencing on the day
after either such required filing date, Registration Default Interest
shall accrue on the principal amount of the Debentures, and
Registration Default Distributions shall accumulate on the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities, each at a rate of 0.25% per annum; or
(ii) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
nor a Shelf Registration is declared effective by the Commission on or
prior to the 30th day after the applicable required filing date or (B)
notwithstanding that the Company and the Issuer Trust have consummated
or will consummate an Exchange Offer, the Company and the Issuer are
required to file a Shelf Registration and such Shelf Registration is
not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 30th day
after the date such Shelf Registration was required to be filed, then
commencing on the 31st day after the applicable required filing date,
Registration Default Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of
the Debentures, and Registration Default Distributions shall accumulate
on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities, each at a rate of
0.25% per annum; or
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(iii) if (A) the Issuer Trust and the Company have not
exchanged Exchange Securities for all Securities validly tendered and
not withdrawn, in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer on or
prior to the 30th day after the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement was declared effective or (B) if applicable, the
Shelf Registration has been declared effective and such Shelf
Registration ceases to be effective at any time prior to the third
anniversary of the Closing Date (other than after such time as there
are no longer any Registrable Securities), then Registration Default
Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of Debentures, and
Registration Default Distributions shall accumulate on the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities, each at a rate of 0.25% per annum
commencing on (x) the 31st day after such effective date, in the case
of (A) above, or (y) the day such Shelf Registration ceases to be
effective in the case of (B) above;
provided, however, that neither the Registration Default Interest rate on the
Debentures, nor the Registration Default Distributions rate on the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities, shall exceed in the aggregate 0.25% per annum;
provided further, however, that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration (in the case of clause (i)
above), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
or a Shelf Registration (in the case of clause (ii) above), or (3) upon the
exchange of Exchange Securities for all securities validly tendered and not
withdrawn (in the case of clause (iii) (A) above), or upon the effectiveness of
the Shelf Registration which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of
clause (iii) (B) above), Registration Default Interest on the Debentures, and
Registration Default Distributions on the Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities as a result of such clauses (or the relevant subclauses thereof), as
the case may be, shall cease to accrue or accumulate.
(d) Any reference herein to a registration statement shall be deemed to
include any document incorporated therein by reference as of the applicable
Effective Time and any reference herein to any post-effective amendment to a
registration statement shall be deemed to include any document incorporated
therein by reference as of a time after such Effective Time.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event
that Debentures are distributed to holders of Capital Securities in liquidation
of the Issuer Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement (a) all references in this
Section 2 and Section 3 to Securities, Registrable Securities and Exchange
Securities shall not include the Capital Securities and Guarantee or Exchange
Securities issued or to be issued in exchange therefor in the Exchange Offer,
(ii) all requirements for action to be taken by the Issuer Trust in this Section
2 and Section 3 shall cease to apply and all requirements for action to be taken
by the Company in this Section 2 and Section 3 shall apply to Debentures and
Exchange Securities issued or to be issued in exchange therefor in the Exchange
Offer.
3. Registration Procedures.
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The following provisions shall apply to registration statements filed
pursuant to Section 2:
(a) At or before the Effective Time of the Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration, as the case may be, the Company and the Issuer Trust shall qualify
the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939.
(b) In connection with the Company's and the Issuer Trust's obligations
with respect to the Shelf Registration, if applicable, the Company and the
Issuer Trust shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (or as otherwise specified
herein):
(i) prepare and file with the Commission a registration
statement with respect to the Shelf Registration on any form which may
be utilized by the Issuer Trust and the Company and which shall permit
the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the
intended method or methods thereof, as specified in writing by the
holders of the Registrable Securities, and use its best efforts to
cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as
practicable thereafter;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus included
therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of
such registration statement for the period specified in Section 2(b)
and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such
registration statement, and furnish to the holders of the Registrable
Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment simultaneously
with or prior to its being used or filed with the Commission;
(iii) comply, as to all matters within the Company's and the
Issuer Trust's control, with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all of the Registrable Securities covered
by such registration statement in accordance with the intended methods
of disposition by the holders thereof provided for in such registration
statement;
(iv) provide to any of (A) the holders of the Registrable
Securities to be included in such registration statement, (B) the
underwriters (which term, for purposes of this Registration Rights
Agreement, shall include a person deemed to be an underwriter within
the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act), if any, thereof,
(C) the sales or placement agent, if any, therefor, (D) counsel for
such underwriters or agent and (E) not more than one counsel for all
the holders of such Registrable Securities who so request of the
Company in writing the opportunity to participate in the preparation of
such registration statement, each prospectus included therein or filed
with the Commission and each amendment or supplement thereto;
(v) for a reasonable period prior to the filing of such
registration statement, and throughout the period specified in Section
2(b), make available at reasonable
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times at the Company's principal place of business or such other
reasonable place for inspection by the persons referred to in Section
3(b)(iv), who shall certify to the Company and the Issuer Trust that
they have a current intention to sell the Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration, such financial and other
information and books and records of the Company, and cause the
officers, employees, counsel and independent certified public
accountants of the Company to respond to such inquiries, as shall be
reasonably necessary, in the judgment of the respective counsel
referred to in such Section, to conduct a reasonable investigation
within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided,
however, that each such party shall be required to maintain in
confidence and not to disclose to any other person any information or
records reasonably designated by the Company in writing as being
confidential, until such time as (A) such information becomes a matter
of public record (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such
registration statement or otherwise), or (B) such person shall be
required so to disclose such information pursuant to a subpoena or
order of any court or other governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the matter (subject to the requirements of such
order, and only after such person shall have given the Company prompt
prior written notice of such requirement), or (C) such information is
required to be set forth in such registration statement or the
prospectus included therein or in an amendment to such registration
statement or an amendment or supplement to such prospectus in order
that such registration statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement,
as the case may be, does not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(vi) promptly notify the selling holders of Registrable
Securities, the sales or placement agent, if any, therefor and the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, thereof, and confirm such
notice in writing, (A) when such registration statement or the
prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement
or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same
has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the
Blue Sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with
respect thereto or any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to such registration statement or prospectus or for
additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement
or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if
at any time the representations and warranties of the Company or the
Issuer Trust contemplated by Section 3(b)(xv) or Section 5 cease to be
true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the
Company or the Issuer Trust of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale
in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for
such purpose, or (F) at any time when a prospectus is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act, that such registration statement,
prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective
amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable
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requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading;
(vii) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal
of any order suspending the effectiveness of such registration
statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest
practicable date;
(viii) if requested by any managing underwriter or
underwriters, any placement or sales agent or any holder of Registrable
Securities, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information as is required by the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and as such managing
underwriter or underwriters, such agent or such holder specifies should
be included therein relating to the terms of the sale of such
Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the
principal amount of Registrable Securities being sold by such holder or
agent or to any underwriters, the name and description of such holder,
agent or underwriter, the offering price of such Registrable Securities
and any discount, commission or other compensation payable in respect
thereof, the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriters
and with respect to any other terms of the offering of the Registrable
Securities to be sold by such holder or agent or to such underwriters;
and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment promptly after notification of the matters to
be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment;
(ix) furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities, each
placement or sales agent, if any, therefor, each underwriter, if any,
thereof and the respective counsel referred to in Section 3(b)(iv) an
executed copy (or, in the case of a holder of Registrable Securities, a
conformed copy) of such registration statement, each such amendment or
supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and (in
the case of a holder of Registrable Securities, upon request) documents
incorporated by reference therein) and such number of copies of such
registration statement (excluding exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein unless specifically so requested by
such holder, agent or underwriter, as the case may be) and of the
prospectus included in such registration statement (including each
preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), in conformity in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and such other documents, as
such holder, agent, if any, or underwriter, if any, may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the offering and disposition of the
Registrable Securities owned by such holder, offered or sold by such
agent or underwritten by such underwriter and to permit such holder,
agent or underwriter to satisfy the prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act; and the Company and the Issuer Trust hereby consent
to the use of such prospectus (including any such preliminary or
summary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto by each
such holder
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and by any such agent and underwriter, in each case in the form most
recently provided to such person by the Company or the Issuer Trust, in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by the prospectus (including any such preliminary or summary
prospectus) or any supplement or amendment thereto;
(x) use its reasonable best efforts to (A) register or qualify
the Registrable Securities to be included in such registration
statement under such securities laws or blue sky laws of such United
States jurisdictions as any holder of such Registrable Securities and
each placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and underwriter, if
any, thereof shall reasonably request, (B) keep such registrations or
qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the
continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions
during the period the Shelf Registration is required to remain
effective under Section 2(b) and for so long as may be necessary to
enable any such holder, agent or underwriter to complete its
distribution of Securities pursuant to such registration statement but
in any event not later than the date through which the Company and the
Issuer Trust are required to keep the Shelf Registration effective
pursuant to Section 2(b) and (C) take any and all other actions as may
be reasonably requested to enable each such holder, agent, if any, or
underwriter, if any, to consummate the disposition in such
jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities; provided, however, that
neither the Company nor the Issuer Trust shall be required for any such
purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the
requirements of this Section 3(b)(x), (2) consent to general service of
process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and
its stockholders;
(xi) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent or
approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal,
state or local, which may be required to be obtained by the Company or
the Issuer Trust to effect the Shelf Registration or the offering or
sale in connection therewith or to enable the selling holder or holders
to offer, or to consummate the disposition of, their Registrable
Securities;
(xii) cooperate with the holders of the Registrable Securities
and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Securities to be sold, which certificates shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved, or produced by any combination of such
methods, and which shall not bear any restrictive legends, except as
may be required by applicable law; and, in the case of an underwritten
offering, enable such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters
may request at least two business days prior to any sale of the
Registrable Securities;
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(xiii) provide a CUSIP number for all applicable Registrable
Securities, not later than the Effective Time;
(xiv) enter into one or more underwriting agreements,
engagement letters, agency agreements, "best efforts" underwriting
agreements or similar agreements, as appropriate, including customary
provisions agreed to by the Company relating to indemnification and
contribution, and take such other actions in connection therewith as
any holders of Registrable Securities aggregating at least 331/3% in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time
outstanding shall reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate
the disposition of such Registrable Securities; provided, that the
Company and the Issuer Trust shall not be required to enter into any
such agreement more than once with respect to all of the Registrable
Securities and may delay entering into such agreement until the
consummation of any underwritten public offering which the Company
shall have then undertaken;
(xv) whether or not an agreement of the type referred to in
Section (3)(b)(xiv) is entered into and whether or not any portion of
the offering contemplated by such registration statement is an
underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent or
any other entity, (A) make such representations and warranties to the
holders of such Registrable Securities and the placement or sales
agent, if any, therefor and the underwriters, if any, thereof in form,
substance and scope as are customarily made by the Company in
connection with an offering of debt securities pursuant to any
appropriate agreement or to a registration statement filed on the form
applicable to the Shelf Registration; (B) obtain an opinion of counsel
to the Company and an opinion of counsel to the Issuer Trust in each
case in customary form and covering such matters, of the type
customarily covered by such an opinion, and in the case of the Company
as customarily given in public offerings of the Company's debt
securities as the managing underwriters, if any, or as any holders of
at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable
Securities at the time outstanding may reasonably request, addressed to
such holder or holders and the placement or sales agent, if any,
therefor and the underwriters, if any, thereof and dated the effective
date of such registration statement (and if such registration statement
contemplates an underwritten offering of a part or all of the
Registrable Securities, dated the date of the closing under the
underwriting agreement relating thereto); (C) obtain a "cold comfort"
letter or letters from the independent auditors of the Company
addressed to the selling holders of Registrable Securities, the
placement or sales agent, if any, therefor or the underwriters, if any,
thereof, dated (i) the effective date of such registration statement
and (ii) the effective date of any prospectus supplement to the
prospectus included in such registration statement or post-effective
amendment to such registration statement which includes audited
financial statements as of a date or for a period subsequent to that of
the latest such statements included in such prospectus (and, if such
registration statement contemplates an underwritten offering pursuant
to any prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in such
registration statement or post-effective amendment to such registration
statement which includes unaudited or audited financial statements as
of a date or for a period
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subsequent to that of the latest such statements included in such
prospectus, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting
agreement relating thereto), such letter or letters to be in customary
form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by
letters of such type in public offerings of debt securities of the
Company; (D) deliver such documents and certificates, including
officers' or trustees' certificates, as applicable, as may be
reasonably requested by any holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding
or the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and the managing
underwriters, if any, thereof to evidence the accuracy of the
representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (A) above or
those contained in Section 5(a) hereof and the compliance with or
satisfaction of any agreements or conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company
or the Issuer Trust, as applicable; and (E) undertake such obligations
relating to expense reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as
are provided in Section 6 hereof;
(xvi) notify in writing each holder of Registrable Securities
of any proposal by the Company and/or the Issuer Trust to amend or
waive any provision of this Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to
Section 9(g) and of any amendment or waiver effected pursuant thereto,
each of which notices shall contain the text of the amendment or waiver
proposed or effected, as the case may be;
(xvii) in the event that any broker-dealer registered under
the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Registrable Securities or
participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group
or "assist in the distribution" (within the meaning of the Rules of
Fair Practice and the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") or any successor thereto, as amended from time
to time) thereof, whether as a holder of such Registrable Securities or
as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in
respect thereof, or otherwise, assist such broker-dealer in complying
with the requirements of such Rules and By-Laws, including by (A) if
such Rules shall so require, permitting a "qualified independent
underwriter" (as defined in such Rules (or any successor thereto)) to
participate in the preparation of the registration statement relating
to such Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering
contemplated by such registration statement is an underwritten offering
or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield
of such Registrable Securities, (B) indemnifying any such qualified
independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of
underwriters provided in Section 6, and (C) providing such information
to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such
broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules of Conduct
of the NASD; and
(xviii) make generally available to its security holders as
soon as practicable but in any event not later than eighteen months
after the effective date of such registration statement, an earning
statement of the Company and its subsidiaries
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complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the
option of the Company, Rule 158 thereunder).
In case any of the foregoing obligations is dependent upon information provided
or to be provided by a party other than the Company or the Issuer Trust, such
obligation shall be subject to the provision of such information.
(c) In the event that the Company and the Issuer Trust would be
required, pursuant to Section 3(b)(vi)(F), to notify the selling holders of
Registrable Securities, the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor or the
managing underwriters, if any, thereof, the Company and the Issuer Trust shall
promptly prepare and furnish to each such holder, to each placement or sales
agent, if any, and to each such underwriter, if any, a reasonable number of
copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered
to purchasers of Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall conform in all
material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading. Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees that upon
receipt of any notice from the Company or the Issuer Trust, pursuant to Section
3(b)(vi)(F), such holder shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement applicable to such
Registrable Securities until such holder (i) shall have received copies of such
amended or supplemented prospectus and, if so directed by the Company or the
Issuer Trust, such holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company's
expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such holder's
possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of
receipt of such notice or (ii) shall have received notice from the Company or
the Issuer Trust that the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration may continue.
(d) The Company and the Issuer Trust may require each holder of
Registrable Securities as to which any registration pursuant to Section 2(b) is
being effected to furnish to the Company such information regarding such holder
and such holder's intended method of distribution of such Registrable Securities
as the Company and the Issuer Trust may from time to time reasonably request in
writing, but only to the extent that such information is required in order to
comply with the Securities Act. Each such holder agrees to notify the Company
and the Issuer Trust as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in
information previously furnished by such holder to the Company and the Issuer
Trust or of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which any
prospectus relating to such registration contains or would contain an untrue
statement of a material fact regarding such holder or such holder's intended
method of disposition of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any
material fact regarding such holder or such holder's intended method of
disposition of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and promptly to furnish
to the Company and the Issuer Trust any additional information required to
correct and update any previously furnished information or required so that such
prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such holder or the disposition of
such Registrable Securities, an untrue statement of a material fact or
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omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading.
(e) Until the expiration of three years after the Closing Date, the
Company will not, and will not permit any of its "affiliates" (as defined in
Rule 144) to, resell any of the Capital Securities or Debentures that have been
reacquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Act.
(f) In connection with the Company's and the Issuer Trust's obligations
with respect to the registration of Exchange Securities as contemplated by
Section 2(a) (the "Exchange Registration"), if applicable, the Company and the
Issuer Trust shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (or as otherwise
specified):
(i) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the
prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain
the effectiveness thereof for the periods and purposes contemplated in
Section 2(a) hereof and as may be required by the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the
form of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and promptly provide
each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities with such number of
copies of the prospectus included therein (as then amended or
supplemented), in conformity in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as such
broker-dealer reasonably may request prior to the expiration of the
Resale Period, for use in connection with resales of Exchange
Securities;
(ii) promptly notify each broker-dealer that has requested or
received copies of the prospectus included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective
amendment has been filed, and, with respect to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same
has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the
Blue Sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with
respect thereto or any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or prospectus
or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any
proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations
and warranties of the Company and/or the Issuer Trust contemplated by
Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of
the receipt by the Company or the Issuer Trust of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Exchange
Securities for sale in any United States jurisdiction or the initiation
or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, or (F) at any time
during the Resale Period when a prospectus is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, that the Exchange Offer
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Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement
or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects
to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances then existing;
(iii) in the event that the Company and the Issuer Trust would
be required, pursuant to Section 3(f)(ii)(F), to notify any
broker-dealers holding Exchange Securities, promptly prepare and
furnish to each such holder a reasonable number of copies of a
prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to
purchasers of such Exchange Securities during the Resale Period, such
prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and shall not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing or notify such broker-dealers that the date of Exchange
Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement may
continue.
(iv) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal
of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the
earliest practicable date;
(v) use its reasonable best efforts to (A) register or qualify
the Exchange Securities under the securities laws or blue sky laws of
such jurisdictions as are contemplated by Section 2(a) no later than
the commencement of the Exchange Offer, (B) keep such registrations or
qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the
continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions
until the expiration of the Resale Period and (C) take any and all
other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable
each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities to consummate the
disposition thereof in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that
neither the Company nor the Issuer Trust shall be required for any such
purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the
requirements of this Section 3(f)(v), (2) consent to general service of
process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and
its stockholders;
(vi) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent or
approval of each United States governmental agency or authority,
whether federal, state or local, which may be required to be obtained
by the Company or the Issuer Trust to effect the Exchange Registration,
the Exchange Offer and the offering and sale of Exchange Securities by
broker-dealers during the Resale Period;
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(vii) provide a CUSIP number for all applicable Exchange
Securities, not later than the applicable Effective Time;
(viii) make generally available to its security holders as
soon as practicable but no later than eighteen months after the
effective date of such registration statement, an earning statement of
the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158
thereunder).
In case any of the foregoing obligations is dependent upon information provided
or to be provided by a party other than the Company or the Issuer Trust, such
obligation shall be subject to the provision of such information.
4. Registration Expenses.
The Company agrees to bear and to pay or cause to be paid promptly upon
request being made therefor all expenses incident to the Company's and the
Issuer Trust's performance of or compliance with this Registration Rights
Agreement, including (a) all Commission and any NASD registration and filing
fees and expenses, (b) all fees and expenses in connection with the
qualification of the Securities or Exchange Securities for offering and sale
under the State securities and blue sky laws referred to in Section 3(b)(x) and
Section 3(f)(v) hereof, including reasonable fees and disbursements of one
counsel for the placement or sales agent or underwriters in connection with such
qualifications, (c) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing,
distribution and reproduction of each registration statement required to be
filed hereunder, each prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution
pursuant hereto, each amendment or supplement to the foregoing, the certificates
representing the Exchange Securities and Securities and all other documents
relating hereto, (d) messenger and delivery expenses, (e) fees and expenses of
the Trustee under the Indenture, the Property Trustee and Debenture Trustee
under the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee Trustee under the Guarantee and of
any escrow agent or custodian, (f) internal expenses (including all salaries and
expenses of the Company's officers and employees performing legal or accounting
duties), (g) fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel and independent
certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any
opinions or "cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance
and compliance) and (h) reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of one
counsel for the holders of Registrable Securities retained in connection with a
Shelf Registration, as selected by the holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being registered, and
fees, expenses and disbursements of any other persons, including special
experts, retained by the Company in connection with such registration
(collectively, the "Registration Expenses"). To the extent that any Registration
Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder of Registrable Securities
or any placement or sales agent therefor or underwriter thereof, the Company
shall reimburse such person for the full amount of the Registration Expenses so
incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a request therefor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being
registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions and under-
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writing discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable
Securities and the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or
experts retained by such holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel
and experts specifically referred to above.
5. Representations and Warranties.
Each of the Company and the Issuer Trust represents and warrants to,
and agrees with, each Initial Purchaser and each of the holders from time to
time of Registrable Securities that:
(a) Each registration statement covering Registrable Securities and
each prospectus (including any preliminary or summary prospectus) contained
therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(f) hereof and any
further amendments or supplements to any such registration statement or
prospectus, when it becomes effective or is filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, and, in the case of an underwritten offering of Registrable
Securities, at the time of the closing under the underwriting agreement relating
thereto, will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of
the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading; and at all times subsequent to
the Effective Time when a prospectus would be required to be delivered under the
Securities Act, other than from (i) such time as a notice has been given to
holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3(b)(vi)(F) or Section
3(f)(ii)(F) hereof until (ii) such time as the Company furnishes an amended or
supplemented prospectus pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(f)(iii) hereof,
each such registration statement, and each prospectus (including any summary
prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section
3(f) hereof, as then amended or supplemented, will conform in all material
respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company and the Issuer Trust by a holder of
Registrable Securities expressly for use therein.
(b) Any documents incorporated by reference in any prospectus referred
to in Section 5(a) hereof, when they become or became effective or are or were
filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform or conformed in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and none of such documents will contain or contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or will omit or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with
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information furnished in writing to the Company and the Issuer Trust by a holder
of Registrable Securities expressly for use therein.
(c) The compliance by the Company and the Issuer Trust with all of the
provisions of this Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated will not constitute a breach of or default
under, the corporate charter or by-laws of the Company, or the Trust Agreement
of the Issuer Trust, or any material agreement, indenture or instrument relating
to indebtedness for money borrowed to which the Company or to the best knowledge
of the Company, the Issuer Trust is a party or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, the Issuer Trust, as applicable, any law, order, rule, regulation or
decree of any court or governmental agency or authority located in the United
States having jurisdiction over the Company or any property of the Company or
the Issuer Trust or any property of the Issuer Trust, as applicable; and, to the
best knowledge of the Company and the Issuer Trust, no consent, authorization or
order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or
authority is required for the consummation by the Company or the Issuer Trust,
as applicable, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the
registration under the Securities Act contemplated hereby, qualification of the
Indenture, the Guarantee and the Trust Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as
may be required under State securities or blue sky laws.
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company or the Issuer Trust, as applicable.
6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company and the Issuer Trust. Upon the
registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b), and
in consideration of the agreements of the Initial Purchasers contained herein,
and as an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Capital
Securities, each of the Company and the Issuer Trust shall, and it hereby agrees
jointly and severally to, indemnify and hold harmless each of the holders of
Registrable Securities to be included in such registration, and each person who
participates as a placement or sales agent or as an underwriter in any offering
or sale of such Registrable Securities and each person who controls any such
person against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such holder, agent or underwriter may become subject under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at
common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
registration statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered
under the Securities Act, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus
contained therein or furnished by the Company or the Issuer Trust to any such
holder, agent or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and each of the Company and the Issuer Trust shall, and
it hereby
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agrees jointly and severally to, reimburse each such holder, such agent and such
underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Company and the Issuer Trust
shall not be liable to any such person in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
such registration statement, or preliminary, final or summary prospectus, or
amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company and the Issuer Trust by holders of
Registrable Securities expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability which the Company or the Issuer Trust may
otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification by the Holders and any Agents and Underwriters. The
Company and the Issuer Trust may require, as a condition to including any
Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed pursuant to Section
2(b) and to entering into any underwriting agreement with respect thereto, that
the Company and the Issuer Trust shall have received an undertaking reasonably
satisfactory to it from the holder of such Registrable Securities and from each
underwriter named in any such underwriting agreement, severally and not jointly,
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Issuer Trust, each of the
Company's directors, and each person who controls the Company or the Issuer
Trust within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to
the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Issuer
Trust, but only with reference to written information furnished to the Company
and the Issuer Trust by or on behalf of such person specifically for use in any
registration statement, or any preliminary or final or summary prospectus
contained therein or any amendment or supplement thereto. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such person may
otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
Section 6(a) or (b) of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability
which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under Section 6(a) or
(b). In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may
elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided
that, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party
and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
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indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under Section
8(a) or (b) for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party (other than reasonable costs of investigation) in connection
with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed
separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in
accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of
more than one separate national counsel, approved by the indemnifying party,
representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action), (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time
after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has
authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of
the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable,
such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such
clause (i) or (iii).
(d) Contribution. Each party hereto agrees that, if for any reason the
indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) are
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect
of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof),
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of
such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party,
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the holders or any
agents or underwriters or all of them were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(d). The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to
include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no holder shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the dollar
amount of the proceeds received by such holder from the sale of any Registrable
Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable
thereto) exceeds the amount of any damages which such holder has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission, and no underwriter shall be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount by which the total
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price at which the Registrable Securities underwritten by it and distributed to
the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which
such underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The holders' and any underwriters'
obligations in this Section 6(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to
the principal amount of Registrable Securities registered or underwritten, as
the case may be, by them and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company and the Issuer Trust under this
Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Issuer
Trust may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions,
to each officer, director and partner of each holder, agent and underwriter and
each person, if any, who controls any holder, agent or underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act; and the obligations of the holders and any agents
or underwriters contemplated by this Section 6 shall be in addition to any
liability which the respective holder, agent or underwriter may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and
director of the Company (including any person who, with his consent, is named in
any registration statement as about to become a director of the Company), to
each Trustee under the Trust Agreement and to each person, if any, who controls
the Company and the Issuer Trust within the meaning of the Securities Act.
7. Underwritten Offerings.
(a) Selection of Underwriters. If any of the Registrable Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration are to be sold pursuant to an underwritten
offering, the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be designated
by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Securities to be included in such offering, provided that such
designated managing underwriter or underwriters is or are acceptable to the
Company.
(b) Participation by Holders. Each holder of Registrable Securities
hereby agrees with each other such holder that no such holder may participate in
any underwritten offering hereunder unless such holder (i) agrees to sell such
holder's Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting
arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such
arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
8. Rule 144.
The Company covenants to the holders of Registrable Securities that the
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to timely file the reports
required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act
(including the reports under Section 13 and 15(d) of
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the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144 adopted by the
Commission under the Securities Act) and the rules and regulations adopted by
the Commission thereunder, and shall take such further action as any holder of
Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted
by the Commission. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities in
connection with that holder's sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall
deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with
such requirements.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Company and the Issuer
Trust represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that it has not granted, and
shall not grant, registration rights with respect to Registrable Securities
which would be inconsistent with the terms contained in this Agreement.
(b) Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given when delivered by hand, if delivered personally or by courier, or
three days after being deposited in the mail (registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested) as follows: If to the Company, to it
at U. S. Bancorp, 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204, Attention:
Secretary; if to the Issuer Trust, to it at The First National Bank of Chicago,
One First National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670- 0126, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services Division; and if to a holder, to the address of such
holder set forth in the security register or other records of the Issuer Trust
or the Company, as the case may be, or to such other address as the Company, the
Issuer Trust or any such holder may have furnished to the other in writing in
accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective
only upon receipt.
(c) Parties in Interest. All the terms and provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by
the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto. In the event that
any transferee of any holder of Regis- trable Securities shall acquire
Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase,
operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further
writing or action of any kind, be deemed a party hereto for all purposes and
such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this
Registration Rights Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable
Securities such transferee shall be entitled to receive the benefits of, and be
conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform, all of the
applicable terms and provisions of this Registration Rights Agreement.
(d) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations,
warranties and each other provision set forth in this Registration Rights
Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation (or statement as to
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the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any holder of Registrable
Securities, any director, officer or partner of such holder, any agent or
underwriter or any director, officer or partner thereof, or any controlling
person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive delivery of and payment for
the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the transfer
and registration of Registrable Securities by such holder and the consummation
of an Exchange Offer.
(E) LAW GOVERNING. THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(f) Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Sections and
paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning
or interpretation of this Agreement.
(g) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other writings
referred to herein (including the Trust Agreement, the Guarantee and the
Indenture) or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the
entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties
with respect to its subject matter. This Registration Rights Agreement may be
amended and the observance of any term of this Registration Rights Agreement may
be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively
or prospectively) only by a written instrument duly executed by the Company, the
Issuer Trust and the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding. Each holder of any
Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by
any amendment or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 9(g), whether or not
any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment or waiver appears on
such Registrable Securities or is delivered to such holder.
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(h) Inspection. For so long as this Agreement shall be in effect, this
Agreement and a complete list of the names and addresses of all the holders of
Registrable Securities shall be made available for inspection and copying on any
business day by any holder of Registrable Securities for proper purposes only
(which shall include any purpose related to the rights of the holders of
Registrable Securities under the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement)
at the offices of the Company at the address thereof set forth in Section 9(c)
above, at the office of the Property Trustee or at the office of the Trustee
under the Indenture.
(i) Counterparts. This agreement may be executed by the parties in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Agreed to and accepted as of the date referred to above.
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
By /s/ William R. Basom
William R. Basom
Administrative Trustee
U. S. BANCORP
By /s/ Thomas P. Ducharme
Thomas P. Ducharme
Executive Vice President and
Treasurer
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
By /s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
on behalf of all Initial Purchasers
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AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
AGREEMENT dated as of December 24, 1996, between U. S. Bancorp, an
Oregon corporation ("the Corporation"), and U. S. Bancorp Capital I, a Delaware
business trust (the "Trust").
WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the "Common
Securities") to and receive Debentures from the Corporation and to issue and
sell 8.27% Capital Securities, Series A (the "Capital Securities") with such
powers, preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth in the
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of December 24, 1996,
as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Corporation will directly or indirectly own all of the
Common Securities of the Trust and will issue the Debentures;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of the
Capital Securities, which purchase the Corporation hereby agrees shall benefit
the Corporation and which purchase the Corporation acknowledges will be made in
reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Corporation and
Trust hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.1. Guarantee by the Corporation.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Corporation hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each person or entity to whom the
Trust is now or hereafter becomes indebted or liable (the "Beneficiaries") the
full payment, when and as due, of any and all Obligations (as hereinafter
defined) to such Beneficiaries. As used herein, "Obligations" means any costs,
expenses or liabilities of the Trust, other than obligations of the Trust to pay
to Holders of any Trust Securities or other similar interests in the Trust the
amounts due such Holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Securities or such
other similar interests, as the case may be. This Agreement is intended to be
for the benefit of, and to be enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or
not such Beneficiaries have received notice hereof.
SECTION 1.2. Term of Agreement.
This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect
upon the later of (a) the date on which full payment has been made of all
amounts payable to all Holders of all the Capital Securities (whether upon
redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise) and (b) the date on which there
are no Beneficiaries remaining; provided, however, that this
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Agreement shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time any Holder of Capital Securities or any Beneficiary must
restore payment of any sums paid under the Capital Securities, under any
Obligation, under the Guarantee Agreement dated the date hereof by the
Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago, as guarantee trustee or
under this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. This Agreement is continuing,
irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
SECTION 1.3. Waiver of Notice.
The Corporation hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Agreement
and of any Obligation to which it applies or may apply, and the Corporation
hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of nonpayment,
notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.
SECTION 1.4 No Impairment.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Corporation
under this Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the
happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all
or any portion of the Obligations or for the performance of any other
obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the
obligations;
(b) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the
part of the Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right,
privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect
to the Obligations or any action on the part of the Trust granting
indulgence or extension of any kind; or
(c) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution,
sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement,
composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings
affecting, the Trust or any of the assets of the Trust.
There shall be no obligation of the Beneficiaries to give notice to, or obtain
the consent of, the Corporation with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 1.5. Enforcement.
A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement directly against the
Corporation and the Corporation waives any right or remedy to require that any
action be brought against the Trust or any other person or entity before
proceedings against the Corporation.
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SECTION 1.6. Subrogation.
The Corporation shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Trust
in respect of any amounts paid to the Beneficiaries by the Corporation under
this Agreement; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not (except to the
extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or
exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity,
reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this
Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid
under this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.1. Binding Effect.
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Agreement shall bind
the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the
Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the Beneficiaries.
SECTION 2.2. Amendment.
So long as there remains any Beneficiary or any Capital Securities of
any series are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified or amended in
any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to the Holders of the Capital
Securities.
SECTION 2.3. Notices.
Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be given in writing by delivering the same against receipt
therefor by facsimile transmission (confirmed by mail), telex or by registered
or certified mail, addressed as follows (and if so given, shall be deemed given
when mailed or upon receipt of an answer-back, if sent by telex):
U. S. Bancorp Capital I
c/o U. S. Bancorp
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Facsimile No.: (503) 275-5032
Attention: Administrative Trustees
U. S. Bancorp
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Facsimile No.: (503) 275-5032
Attention: Secretary
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SECTION 2.4. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
THIS AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.
U. S. BANCORP
By /s/ Thomas P. Ducharme
Name: Thomas P. Ducharme
Title: Executive Vice President and
Treasurer
U. S. BANCORP CAPITAL I
By /s/ Phillip S. Rowley
Name: Phillip S. Rowley
Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of U.
S. Bancorp on Form S-4 of our report dated January 19, 1995, on our audit of the
consolidated financial statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows
of West One Bancorp and Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1994, which
report is included in the U. S. Bancorp's 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K. We
also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts".
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boise, Idaho
April 23, 1997
EXHIBIT 23.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
U. S. Bancorp on Form S-4 of our report dated January 31, 1997, appearing in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of U. S. Bancorp for the year ended December 31,
1996, and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus,
which is a part of this Registration Statement.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
April 23, 1997
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints GERRY B. CAMERON, STEVEN P.
ERWIN, DWIGHT V. BOARD, and SHERYL W. DAWSON, and each of them, such person's
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place, and stead, in
any and all such person's capacities with U. S. Bancorp, an Oregon corporation,
to sign a registration statement on Form S-4 relating to an offer by U. S.
Bancorp Capital I to exchange its 8.27% Capital Securities, Series B, for its
8.27% Capital Securities, Series A, each in an aggregate liquidation amount of
$300,000,000, and the related exchange offer by U. S. Bancorp with respect to
its 8.27% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due December 15,
2026, and its guarantee relating to the Capital Securities, Series B, to be
issued by U. S. Bancorp Capital I, together with any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing and to execute any and
all instruments which they or each of them deem necessary or desirable in
connection with said registration statement as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of them, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This power of attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, which taken
together shall constitute one and the same original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this power of attorney has been executed
by each of the undersigned as of the 15th day of April, 1997.
Signature Title
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/s/ Gerry B. Cameron Chairman of the Board and Chief
Gerry B. Cameron Executive Officer and Director
/s/ Steven P. Erwin Executive Vice President and Chief
Steven P. Erwin Financial Officer
/s/ Harry Bettis Director
Harry Bettis
/s/ Carolyn Silva Chambers Director
Carolyn Silva Chambers
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/s/ Franklin G. Drake Director
Franklin G. Drake
/s/ Robert L. Dryden Director
Robert L. Dryden
/s/ John B. Fery Director
John B. Fery
/s/ Joshua Green III Director
Joshua Green III
/s/ Allen T. Noble Director
Allen T. Noble
/s/ Paul A. Redmond Director
Paul A. Redmond
/s/ N. Stewart Rogers Director
N. Stewart Rogers
Director
Benjamin R. Whiteley
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)___
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association 36-0899825
I.R.S. employer
identification number)
One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza, Suite 0286
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0286
Attn: Lynn A. Goldstein, Law Department (312) 732-6919
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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U. S. Bancorp Capital I
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware Applied for
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification number)
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
(Title of Indenture Securities)
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ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE
TRUSTEE:
(a) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR SUPERVISING AUTHORITY TO
WHICH IT IS SUBJECT.
Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.,
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., The Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C.
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE
TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH AFFILIATION.
No such affiliation exists with the trustee.
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. LIST BELOW ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS A PART OF THIS
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the trustee now in effect.*
2. A copy of the certificates of authority of the trustee to commence
business.*
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate
trust powers.*
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.*
5. Not Applicable.
6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
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7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published
pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
8. Not Applicable.
9. Not Applicable.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all
in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 23rd day of April,
1997.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
TRUSTEE
BY /S/ STEVEN M. WAGNER
STEVEN M. WAGNER
VICE PRESIDENT
*EXHIBITS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 ARE HEREIN INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO EXHIBITS BEARING
IDENTICAL NUMBERS IN ITEM 16 OF THE FORM T-1 OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, FILED AS EXHIBIT 25.1 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 OF
SUNAMERICA INC. FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 25,
1996 (REGISTRATION NO. 333-14201).
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EXHIBIT 6
THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED
BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT
April 23, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In connection with the qualification of an indenture between U. S. Bancorp
Capital I and The First National Bank of Chicago, the undersigned, in accordance
with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, hereby
consents that the reports of examinations of the undersigned, made by Federal or
State authorities authorized to make such examinations, may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Very truly yours,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
BY: /S/ STEVEN M. WAGNER
STEVEN M. WAGNER
VICE PRESIDENT
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EXHIBIT 7
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 12/31/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031 Page RC-1
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS FOR DECEMBER 31, 1996
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount outstanding of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar C400
Amounts in BIL MIL
Thousands RCFD THOU -
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ASSETS
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1. Cash and balances due from
depository institutions (from Schedule
RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and
currency and coin(1)............................... 0081 4,586,399 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2).................... 0071 5,224,838 1.b.
2. Securities
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from
Schedule RC-B, column A)........................... 1754 -0- 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from
Schedule RC-B, column D)........................... 1773 3,335,304
3. Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell
in domestic offices of the bank and its
Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and
in IBFs:
a. Federal Funds sold.............................. 0276 4,157,626 3.a.
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b. Securities purchased under
agreements to resell............................... 0277 96,125 3.b.
4. Loans and lease financing
receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned RCFD 2122
income (from Schedule RC-C)........................ 23,448,929 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and RCFD 3123
lease losses....................................... 419,373 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk RCFD 3128
reserve............................................ -0- 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned
income, allowance, and reserve (item
4.a minus 4.b and 4.c)............................. 2125 23,029,556 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts................. 3545 7,888,514 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets
(including capitalized leases)..................... 2145 701,700 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from
Schedule RC-M)..................................... 2150 11,061 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated companies
(from Schedule RC-M)............................... 2130 62,681 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on
acceptances outstanding............................ 2155 480,933 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule
RC-M).............................................. 2143 303,014 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule
RC-F)............................................. 2160 1,745,155 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1
through 11......................................... 2170 51,622,906 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
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<PAGE>
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 12/31/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031 Page RC-2
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Schedule RC-Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar
Amounts in BIL MIL
Thousands THOU
--------- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of
columns A and C from Schedule RC- RCON
E, part 1)......................................... 2200 22,032,796 13.a.
RCON 6631
(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)...................... 9,190,670 13.a.(1)
RCON 6636
(2) Interest-bearing............................. 12,842,126 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and
Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs RCFN
(from Schedule RC-E, part II)...................... 2200 10,861,857 13.b.
RCFN 6631
(1) Noninterest-bearing.......................... 285,745 13.b.(1)
RCFN 6636
(2) Interest-bearing 10,576,382 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold
under agreements to repurchase in domestic offices
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
RCFD
a. Federal funds purchased......................... 0278 2,639,255 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to RCFD
repurchase......................................... 0279 66,564 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the RCON
U.S. Treasury...................................... 2840 121,352 15.a.
RCFD
b. Trading Liabilities............................. 3548 5,793,742 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year RCFD
or less............................................ 2332 2,665,232 16.a.
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b. With original maturity of more than RCFD
one year........................................... 2333 58,105 16.b.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and RCFD
obligations under capitalized leases............... 2910 285,671 17.
18. Bank's liability on acceptance RCFD
executed and outstanding........................... 2920 480,933 18.
RCFD
19. Subordinated notes and debentures.............. 3200 1,400,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RCFD
RC-G............................................... 2930 1,199,147 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 RCFD
through 20)........................................ 2948 47,604,654 21.
22. Limited-Life preferred stock and RCFD
related surplus.................................... 3282 -0- 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and RCFD
related surplus.................................... 3838 -0- 23.
RCFD
24. Common stock................................... 3230 200,858 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related RCFD
to preferred stock)................................ 3839 2,934,523 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital RCFD
reserves........................................... 3632 865,652 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains RCFD
(losses) on available-for-sale securities.......... 8434 18,441 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency RCFD
translation adjustments............................ 3284 (1,222) 27.
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28. Total equity capital (sum of items RCFD
23 through 27)..................................... 3210 4,018,252 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life
preferred stock, and equity capital RCFD
(sum of items 21, 22, and 28)...................... 3300 51,622,906 29.
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
Memorandum
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1.
Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best
describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the
bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1995. . . . . .
Number
RCFD 6724...[N/A_______] M.1.
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may
be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)___
--------------
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association 36-0899825
I.R.S. employer
identification number)
One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza, Suite 0286
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0286
Attn: Lynn A. Goldstein, Law Department (312) 732-6919
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
--------------
U. S. Bancorp Capital I
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware Applied for
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification number)
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Capital Securities, Series B
(Title of Indenture Securities)
<PAGE>
ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE
TRUSTEE:
(a) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR SUPERVISING AUTHORITY TO
WHICH IT IS SUBJECT.
Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.,
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., The Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C.
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE
TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH AFFILIATION.
No such affiliation exists with the trustee.
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. LIST BELOW ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS A PART OF THIS
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the trustee now in effect.*
2. A copy of the certificates of authority of the trustee to commence
business.*
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate
trust powers.*
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.*
5. Not Applicable.
6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
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<PAGE>
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published
pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
8. Not Applicable.
9. Not Applicable.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all
in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 23rd day of April,
1997.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
TRUSTEE
BY /S/ STEVEN M. WAGNER
STEVEN M. WAGNER
VICE PRESIDENT
*EXHIBITS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 ARE HEREIN INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO EXHIBITS BEARING
IDENTICAL NUMBERS IN ITEM 16 OF THE FORM T-1 OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, FILED AS EXHIBIT 25.1 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 OF
SUNAMERICA INC. FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 25,
1996 (REGISTRATION NO. 333-14201).
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<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 6
THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED
BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT
April 23, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In connection with the qualification of an indenture between U. S. Bancorp
Capital I and The First National Bank of Chicago, the undersigned, in accordance
with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, hereby
consents that the reports of examinations of the undersigned, made by Federal or
State authorities authorized to make such examinations, may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Very truly yours,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
BY: /S/ STEVEN M. WAGNER
STEVEN M. WAGNER
VICE PRESIDENT
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<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 7
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 12/31/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031 Page RC-1
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS FOR DECEMBER 31, 1996
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount outstanding of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar C400
Amounts in BIL MIL
Thousands RCFD THOU -
---------- ---- ------ -----
ASSETS
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1. Cash and balances due from
depository institutions (from Schedule
RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and
currency and coin(1)............................... 0081 4,586,399 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2).................... 0071 5,224,838 1.b.
2. Securities
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from
Schedule RC-B, column A)........................... 1754 -0- 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from
Schedule RC-B, column D)........................... 1773 3,335,304
3. Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell
in domestic offices of the bank and its
Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and
in IBFs:
a. Federal Funds sold.............................. 0276 4,157,626 3.a.
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b. Securities purchased under
agreements to resell............................... 0277 96,125 3.b.
4. Loans and lease financing
receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned RCFD 2122
income (from Schedule RC-C)........................ 23,448,929 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and RCFD 3123
lease losses....................................... 419,373 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk RCFD 3128
reserve............................................ -0- 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned
income, allowance, and reserve (item
4.a minus 4.b and 4.c)............................. 2125 23,029,556 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts................. 3545 7,888,514 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets
(including capitalized leases)..................... 2145 701,700 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from
Schedule RC-M)..................................... 2150 11,061 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated companies
(from Schedule RC-M)............................... 2130 62,681 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on
acceptances outstanding............................ 2155 480,933 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule
RC-M).............................................. 2143 303,014 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule
RC-F)............................................. 2160 1,745,155 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1
through 11......................................... 2170 51,622,906 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
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<PAGE>
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 12/31/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031 Page RC-2
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Schedule RC-Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar
Amounts in BIL MIL
Thousands THOU
--------- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of
columns A and C from Schedule RC- RCON
E, part 1)......................................... 2200 22,032,796 13.a.
RCON 6631
(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)...................... 9,190,670 13.a.(1)
RCON 6636
(2) Interest-bearing............................. 12,842,126 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and
Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs RCFN
(from Schedule RC-E, part II)...................... 2200 10,861,857 13.b.
RCFN 6631
(1) Noninterest-bearing.......................... 285,745 13.b.(1)
RCFN 6636
(2) Interest-bearing 10,576,382 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold
under agreements to repurchase in domestic offices
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
RCFD
a. Federal funds purchased......................... 0278 2,639,255 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to RCFD
repurchase......................................... 0279 66,564 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the RCON
U.S. Treasury...................................... 2840 121,352 15.a.
RCFD
b. Trading Liabilities............................. 3548 5,793,742 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year RCFD
or less............................................ 2332 2,665,232 16.a.
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<PAGE>
b. With original maturity of more than RCFD
one year........................................... 2333 58,105 16.b.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and RCFD
obligations under capitalized leases............... 2910 285,671 17.
18. Bank's liability on acceptance RCFD
executed and outstanding........................... 2920 480,933 18.
RCFD
19. Subordinated notes and debentures.............. 3200 1,400,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RCFD
RC-G............................................... 2930 1,199,147 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 RCFD
through 20)........................................ 2948 47,604,654 21.
22. Limited-Life preferred stock and RCFD
related surplus.................................... 3282 -0- 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and RCFD
related surplus.................................... 3838 -0- 23.
RCFD
24. Common stock................................... 3230 200,858 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related RCFD
to preferred stock)................................ 3839 2,934,523 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital RCFD
reserves........................................... 3632 865,652 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains RCFD
(losses) on available-for-sale securities.......... 8434 18,441 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency RCFD
translation adjustments............................ 3284 (1,222) 27.
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<PAGE>
28. Total equity capital (sum of items RCFD
23 through 27)..................................... 3210 4,018,252 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life
preferred stock, and equity capital RCFD
(sum of items 21, 22, and 28)...................... 3300 51,622,906 29.
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
Memorandum
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1.
Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best
describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the
bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1995. . . . . .
Number
RCFD 6724...[N/A_______] M.1.
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may
be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
- --------------
(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)___
--------------
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association 36-0899825
I.R.S. employer
identification number)
One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza, Suite 0286
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0286
Attn: Lynn A. Goldstein, Law Department (312) 732-6919
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
--------------
U. S. Bancorp Capital I
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware Applied for
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification number)
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Guarantee with respect to Capital Securities, Series B
(Title of Indenture Securities)
<PAGE>
ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE
TRUSTEE:
(a) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR SUPERVISING AUTHORITY TO
WHICH IT IS SUBJECT.
Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.,
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., The Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C.
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE
TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH AFFILIATION.
No such affiliation exists with the trustee.
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. LIST BELOW ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS A PART OF THIS
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the trustee now in effect.*
2. A copy of the certificates of authority of the trustee to commence
business.*
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate
trust powers.*
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.*
5. Not Applicable.
6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
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<PAGE>
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published
pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
8. Not Applicable.
9. Not Applicable.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all
in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 23rd day of April,
1997.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
TRUSTEE
BY /S/ STEVEN M. WAGNER
STEVEN M. WAGNER
VICE PRESIDENT
*EXHIBITS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 ARE HEREIN INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO EXHIBITS BEARING
IDENTICAL NUMBERS IN ITEM 16 OF THE FORM T-1 OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, FILED AS EXHIBIT 25.1 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 OF
SUNAMERICA INC. FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 25,
1996 (REGISTRATION NO. 333-14201).
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<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 6
THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED
BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT
April 23, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In connection with the qualification of an indenture between U. S. Bancorp
Capital I and The First National Bank of Chicago, the undersigned, in accordance
with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, hereby
consents that the reports of examinations of the undersigned, made by Federal or
State authorities authorized to make such examinations, may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Very truly yours,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
BY: /S/ STEVEN M. WAGNER
STEVEN M. WAGNER
VICE PRESIDENT
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<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 7
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 12/31/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031 Page RC-1
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS FOR DECEMBER 31, 1996
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount outstanding of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar C400
Amounts in BIL MIL
Thousands RCFD THOU -
---------- ---- ------ -----
ASSETS
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1. Cash and balances due from
depository institutions (from Schedule
RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and
currency and coin(1)............................... 0081 4,586,399 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2).................... 0071 5,224,838 1.b.
2. Securities
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from
Schedule RC-B, column A)........................... 1754 -0- 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from
Schedule RC-B, column D)........................... 1773 3,335,304
3. Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell
in domestic offices of the bank and its
Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and
in IBFs:
a. Federal Funds sold.............................. 0276 4,157,626 3.a.
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b. Securities purchased under
agreements to resell............................... 0277 96,125 3.b.
4. Loans and lease financing
receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned RCFD 2122
income (from Schedule RC-C)........................ 23,448,929 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and RCFD 3123
lease losses....................................... 419,373 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk RCFD 3128
reserve............................................ -0- 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned
income, allowance, and reserve (item
4.a minus 4.b and 4.c)............................. 2125 23,029,556 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts................. 3545 7,888,514 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets
(including capitalized leases)..................... 2145 701,700 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from
Schedule RC-M)..................................... 2150 11,061 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated companies
(from Schedule RC-M)............................... 2130 62,681 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on
acceptances outstanding............................ 2155 480,933 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule
RC-M).............................................. 2143 303,014 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule
RC-F)............................................. 2160 1,745,155 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1
through 11......................................... 2170 51,622,906 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
- 6 -
<PAGE>
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 12/31/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031 Page RC-2
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Schedule RC-Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar
Amounts in BIL MIL
Thousands THOU
--------- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of
columns A and C from Schedule RC- RCON
E, part 1)......................................... 2200 22,032,796 13.a.
RCON 6631
(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)...................... 9,190,670 13.a.(1)
RCON 6636
(2) Interest-bearing............................. 12,842,126 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and
Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs RCFN
(from Schedule RC-E, part II)...................... 2200 10,861,857 13.b.
RCFN 6631
(1) Noninterest-bearing.......................... 285,745 13.b.(1)
RCFN 6636
(2) Interest-bearing 10,576,382 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold
under agreements to repurchase in domestic offices
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
RCFD
a. Federal funds purchased......................... 0278 2,639,255 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to RCFD
repurchase......................................... 0279 66,564 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the RCON
U.S. Treasury...................................... 2840 121,352 15.a.
RCFD
b. Trading Liabilities............................. 3548 5,793,742 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year RCFD
or less............................................ 2332 2,665,232 16.a.
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<PAGE>
b. With original maturity of more than RCFD
one year........................................... 2333 58,105 16.b.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and RCFD
obligations under capitalized leases............... 2910 285,671 17.
18. Bank's liability on acceptance RCFD
executed and outstanding........................... 2920 480,933 18.
RCFD
19. Subordinated notes and debentures.............. 3200 1,400,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RCFD
RC-G............................................... 2930 1,199,147 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 RCFD
through 20)........................................ 2948 47,604,654 21.
22. Limited-Life preferred stock and RCFD
related surplus.................................... 3282 -0- 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and RCFD
related surplus.................................... 3838 -0- 23.
RCFD
24. Common stock................................... 3230 200,858 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related RCFD
to preferred stock)................................ 3839 2,934,523 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital RCFD
reserves........................................... 3632 865,652 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains RCFD
(losses) on available-for-sale securities.......... 8434 18,441 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency RCFD
translation adjustments............................ 3284 (1,222) 27.
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28. Total equity capital (sum of items RCFD
23 through 27)..................................... 3210 4,018,252 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life
preferred stock, and equity capital RCFD
(sum of items 21, 22, and 28)...................... 3300 51,622,906 29.
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Memorandum
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1.
Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best
describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the
bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1995. . . . . .
Number
RCFD 6724...[N/A_______] M.1.
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may
be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
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