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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 16, 1999
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-5899 21-0718930
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
10707 CLAY ROAD
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 877-2311
1800 WEST LOOP SOUTH
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
U.S. Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is filing this
Current Report on Form 8-K, including the documents attached as exhibits hereto,
in connection with the offering and sale of its 8.875% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2009 in an aggregate principal amount of $125,000,000 available under the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-46849), filed on
February 25, 1998, as amended or supplemented.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits
EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT
1 Underwriting Agreement, dated February 16, 1999, by and
between U.S. Home Corporation and Warburg Dillon Read
LLC, Credit Lyonnaise Securities (USA), Inc. and First
Chicago Capital Markets, Inc.
4.1 Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture by and between
U.S. Home Corporation and IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust
Company, as trustee.
4.2 Form of Officer's Certificate establishing the form and
terms of U.S. Home Corporation's 8.875% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2009, including the Form of
8.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009, as Exhibit A
thereto.
10.1 Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting
Agreement, dated as of February 9, 1999, by and between
U.S. Home Corporation and Robert J. Strudler.
10.2 Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting
Agreement, dated as of February 9, 1999, by and between
U.S. Home Corporation and Isaac Heimbinder.
12 Computation of the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23 Consent of Independent Public Accountants.
25.1 Amended and Restated Statement of Eligibility under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of a Corporation Designated
to Act as Trustee on Form T-1 with respect to the Senior
Debt Securities, which amends and restates the Form T-1
dated February 17, 1998 and filed as Exhibit 25.1 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File # 333-46849)
25.2 Amended and Restated Statement of Eligibility under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of a Corporation Designated
to Act as Trustee on Form T-1 with respect to the Senior
Subordinated Debt Securities, which amends and restates
the Form T-1 dated February 17, 1998 and filed as
Exhibit 25.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File # 333-46849)
25.3 Amended and Restated Statement of Eligibility under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of a Corporation Designated
to Act as Trustee on Form T-1 with respect to the
Subordinated Debt Securities, which amends and restates
the Form T-1 dated February 17, 1998 and filed as
Exhibit 25.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File # 333-46849)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
Date: February 16, 1999 By: /s/ CHESTER P. SADOWSKI
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Name: Chester P. Sadowski
Title: Senior Vice President -
Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT SEQUENTIAL
NUMBER NUMBERED PAGE
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1 Underwriting Agreement dated February 16, 1999, by
and between U.S. Home Corporation and Warburg Dillon
Read LLC, Credit Lyonnaise Securities (USA), Inc.
and First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc.
4.1 Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture by and between
U.S. Home Corporation and IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust
Company, as trustee.
4.2 Form of Officer's Certificate establishing the form
and terms of U.S. Home Corporation's 8.875% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2009, including the Form of
8.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009, as Exhibit
A thereto.
10.1 Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting
Agreement, dated as of February 9, 1999, by and between
U.S. Home Corporation and Robert J. Strudler.
10.2 Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting
Agreement, dated as of February 9, 1999, by and between
U.S. Home Corporation and Isaac Heimbinder.
12 Computation of the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23 Consent of Independent Public Accountants.
25.1 Amended and Restated Statement of Eligibility under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of a Corporation
Designated to Act as Trustee on Form T-1 with respect
to the Senior Debt Securities, which amends and
restates the Form T-1 dated February 17, 1998 and
filed as Exhibit 25.1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (File # 333-46849)
25.2 Amended and Restated Statement of Eligibility under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of a Corporation
Designated to Act as Trustee on Form T-1 with respect
to the Senior Subordinated Debt Securities, which
amends and restates the Form T-1 dated February 17,
1998 and filed as Exhibit 25.2 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (File # 333-46849)
25.3 Amended and Restated Statement of Eligibility under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of a Corporation
Designated to Act as Trustee on Form T-1 with respect
to the Subordinated Debt Securities, which amends and
restates the Form T-1 dated February 17, 1998 and
filed as Exhibit 25.3 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (File # 333-46849)
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EXHIBIT 1
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
8.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated February 16, 1999
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
February 16, 1999
WARBURG DILLON READ LLC 299 Park Avenue New York, New York 10171
As Representative of the several
underwriters named in Schedule I hereof
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
U.S. Home Corporation (hereinafter the "COMPANY"), proposes to sell to
you $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.875% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2009 (the " SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES"), to be issued pursuant to an
indenture (the "INDENTURE") dated as of February 19, 1999, between the Company
and IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company: The Company
represents and warrants to you, as representative of all of the underwriters,
that:
(a) the Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "ACT"), and has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration
statement on such form, which has become effective, for the registration
under the Act of the Senior Subordinated Notes. Such registration
statement, as amended at the date of this Agreement, meets the requirements
set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Act and complies in all other
material respects with said Rule. The Company proposes to file with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act a supplement to the form
of prospectus included in such registration statement relating to the
Senior Subordinated Notes and the plan of distribution thereof and has
previously advised you of all further information (financial and other)
with respect to the Company to be set forth therein. Such registration
statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended at the date of this
Agreement, is hereinafter called the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"; the
prospectus dated February 25, 1998 is hereinafter called the "BASIC
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PROSPECTUS"; and the Prospectus Supplement to the Basic Prospectus dated
February 16, 1999 in the form in which it shall be filed by the Company
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (including the Basic Prospectus
as so supplemented) is hereinafter called the "FINAL PROSPECTUS". Any
reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, or
the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein (the "INCORPORATED DOCUMENTS") pursuant
to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(collectively, the "EXCHANGE ACT") on or before the date of this Agreement,
or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, or the Final Prospectus, as the
case may be; and any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or
"supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date of this
Agreement, or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, or the Final
Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference;
(b) as of the date hereof, when the Final Prospectus is first filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, when, prior to the time of purchase,
any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective (including
the filing of any Incorporated Documents), when any supplement to the Final
Prospectus is filed with the Commission and at the time of purchase, (i)
the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the Final
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, and the
Indenture will comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT"), and the Exchange Act and the respective rules
thereunder and (ii) neither the Registration Statement, as amended as of
any such time, nor the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of
any such time, will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, that the
Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the
Registration Statement which constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification of the Trustee (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act or
(ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by you specifically for use in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus;
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(c) all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
and non-assessable; the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to (i) own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus, (ii) execute
and deliver this Agreement and the Indenture and (iii) issue, sell and
deliver the Senior Subordinated Notes as herein contemplated;
(d) each of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "SUBSIDIARIES") is
duly qualified or licensed by and is in good standing in, each jurisdiction
in which it conducts its respective businesses and in which the failure,
individually or in the aggregate, to be so licensed or qualified would have
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business,
properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is
in compliance in all respects with the laws, orders, rules, regulations and
directives issued or administered by each such jurisdiction, except to the
extent the failure to so comply would not have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(e) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in breach of, or in
default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time
or both would constitute a breach of, or default under), its respective
charter, by-laws, partnership agreements, or other organizational documents
or in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant
or condition contained in any license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
bank loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them is bound,
except to the extent such breach or default would not have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, properties,
net worth or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Indenture, the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
will not conflict with, or result in any breach of, or constitute a default
under (nor constitute an event which with notice, lapse of time or both
would constitute a breach of, or default under), any provisions of the
charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or under any
provision of any license,
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indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party
or by which any of them or their respective properties may be bound or
affected, or under any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or
rule or any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any
Subsidiary;
(f) the Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and is a
legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating
to or affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of
equity;
(g) the Senior Subordinated Notes have been duly authorized by the
Company and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by you, will constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and general
principles of equity;
(h) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company;
(i) the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Indenture conform in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Final
Prospectus;
(j) no approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any
federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission,
board, body, authority or agency is required in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Senior Subordinated Notes other than approvals,
authorizations, consents, orders or filings which have already been
obtained or made and registration of the Senior Subordinated Notes under
the Act, qualification of the Indenture and the Trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act, and any necessary qualification under the securities or blue
sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Senior Subordinated
Notes are being offered by you;
(k) Arthur Andersen LLP, whose report on the consolidated financial
information of the Company is included in the Registration
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Statement and Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with
respect to the Company, as required by the Act and the applicable published
rules and regulations thereunder;
(l) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all necessary
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals and has made all necessary
filings required under any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation
or rule, and has obtained all necessary authorizations, consents and
approvals from other persons, in order to conduct its respective business
except to the extent the absence thereof would not have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or other), business, properties,
prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
violation of, or in default under, any such license, authorization, consent
or approval or any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule
or any decree, order or judgment applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, the result of which would have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or other), business, net worth or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(m) all legal or governmental proceedings, contracts or documents of a
character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Final Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
have been so described or filed as required;
(n) except as set forth in the Final Prospectus, there are no actions,
suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties, at law or in equity, or before or by any federal,
state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body,
authority or agency that could result in a judgment, decree or order having
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business,
properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(o) the audited financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects
the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations and cash
flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods specified; such
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved;
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(p) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus, and except as may
be otherwise described or referred to in the Registration Statement or
Final Prospectus, there has not been (A) any material and adverse change in
the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth or
results of operations, regulatory environment, present or prospective of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (B) any transaction,
which is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
contemplated or entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
except transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business or (C)
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, directly or indirectly, incurred
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is material to the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(q) there is no claim pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened or contemplated under any Environmental Law (as defined below)
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, if adversely
determined, would have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or other), business, properties, net worth or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; there are
no past or present actions or conditions including, without limitation, the
release of any hazardous substance or waste regulated under any
Environmental Law that are likely to form the basis of any such claim under
existing law against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, if
adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or other), business, properties, net worth or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The term
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAW" means any federal, state, local or foreign law, rule or
regulation now in effect governing pollution or protection of the
environment; and
(r) the Company and its Subsidiaries have good title to all properties
and assets owned or leased by them, in each case free and clear of all
liens, security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, mortgages and
defects (other than those set forth in the Final Prospectus, including,
without limitation, the financial statements and the notes thereto or such
as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company
and its Subsidiaries) except to the extent that would not have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, properties,
net worth or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
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2. Sale and Purchase: (a) Upon the basis of the warranties and
representations and the other terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to sell to you and you agree to purchase from the Company,
the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes at a
purchase price of 97.690% of the principal amount thereof. You shall
release the Senior Subordinated Notes for public sale promptly after this
Agreement becomes effective. You may from time to time increase or decrease
the public offering price after the initial public offering to such extent
as you may determine.
(b) The Company hereby confirms its engagement of Warburg Dillon LLC
Read ("WARBURG") as, and Warburg hereby confirms its agreement with the
Company to render services as, a "qualified independent underwriter",
within the meaning of Section (b)(15) of Rule 2720 of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") with respect to the
offering and sale of the Senior Subordinated Notes. Warburg, solely in its
capacity as the qualified independent underwriter and not otherwise, is
referred to herein as the "QIU". The price at which the Senior Subordinated
Notes will be sold to the public shall not be higher than the maximum price
recommended by the QIU.
3. Payment and Delivery: Payment of the purchase price for the Senior
Subordinated Notes shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by the
Company against delivery of the certificates for the Senior Subordinated
Notes to you or for your account. Such payment and delivery shall be made
at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on February 19, 1999 (unless another
time shall be agreed to by you and the Company). The time at which such
payment and delivery are actually made is hereinafter sometimes called the
"TIME OF PURCHASE." The Senior Subordinated Notes shall be issued to you in
book-entry form in such names and in such denominations as you shall
specify.
4. Certain Covenants of the Company: The Company hereby agrees:
(a) to furnish such information as may be required and otherwise
to qualify the Senior Subordinated Notes for offering and sale under
the securities or blue sky laws of such states as you may designate
and to maintain such qualifications in effect as long as required for
the distribution of the Senior Subordinated Notes; provided that the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or
to consent to the service of process under the laws of any such state
(except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of
the Senior Subordinated Notes); to advise you promptly of the receipt
by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the
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Senior Subordinated Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and to
make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order or
suspension at the earliest practicable moment;
(b) to furnish to you and your counsel, as many copies of the
Final Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto as
you may reasonably request;
(c) to advise you promptly within the time during which a
prospectus to the Senior Subordinated Notes is required to be
delivered under the Act, confirming such advice in writing, of any
request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Final Prospectus or for additional
information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of
proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if the Commission
should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, to make every reasonable effort to obtain the
lifting or removal of such order as soon as possible; and to advise
you promptly within the time during which a prospectus relating to the
Senior Subordinated Notes is required to be delivered under the Act of
any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or
Basic Prospectus, including by filing any Incorporated Documents, and
to file no such amendment or supplement to which you shall reasonably
object in writing;
(d) to furnish to you for the period when the Senior Subordinated
Notes are outstanding (i) copies of any reports or other
communications that the Company shall send to its stockholders
generally or holders of the Senior Subordinated Notes or shall from
time to time publish or publicly disseminate and (ii) copies of all
annual, quarterly and current reports filed with the Commission on
Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, or such other similar form as may be
designated by the Commission;
(e) to advise you promptly of the happening of any event known to
the Company within the time during which a prospectus relating to the
Senior Subordinated Notes is required to be delivered under the Act
which would, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, require the
making of any change in the Final Prospectus, as then supplemented,
then being used, or in the information incorporated therein by
reference, so that the Final Prospectus would not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and,
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during such time, to prepare and furnish, at the Company's expense, to
you promptly such amendments or supplements to such Final Prospectus as
may be necessary to reflect any such change and to furnish to you a
copy of such proposed amendment or supplement before filing any such
amendment or supplement with the Commission;
(f) to make generally available to its holders of Senior
Subordinated Notes, and to deliver to you, an earnings statement of
the Company (which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Act) covering a period of twelve months beginning after the date of
this Agreement as soon as is reasonably practicable after the
termination of such twelve-month period but not later than 15 months
thereafter;
(g) to furnish to each of you and your counsel signed copies of
the Registration Statement (in such quantities as you may reasonably
request), as initially filed with the Commission, all amendments
thereto (including the exhibits thereto) and all documents
incorporated by reference therein;
(h) to furnish to you as early as practicable prior to the time
of purchase, but no later than two business days prior thereto, a copy
of the latest available unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements, if any, of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have been
read by the Company's independent certified public accountants, as
stated in their letter to be furnished pursuant to Section 6(c) of
this Agreement;
(i) to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Senior
Subordinated Notes in the manner set forth under the caption "Use of
Proceeds" in the Final Prospectus;
(j) whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement otherwise becomes
effective or is terminated, to pay all out-of-pocket expenses, fees
and taxes (other than (x) any transfer taxes and (y) fees and
disbursements of your counsel, except as set forth under Section 5
hereof) in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, and any amendments or
supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each
thereof to you (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the
preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the
Senior Subordinated Notes, (iii) the word processing and/or printing
of this Agreement, and the Indenture and the reproduction and/or
printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to you (including
costs of mailing and shipment), (iv) the qualification of the Senior
Subordinated
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Notes for offering and sale under state laws and the determination of
their eligibility for investment under state law as aforesaid
(including, if any, the legal fees, filing fees and other disbursements
of your counsel) and the printing and furnishing of copies of any blue
sky surveys or legal investment surveys to you, (v) any registration of
the Senior Subordinated Notes under the Exchange Act, (vi) obtaining an
investment rating for the Senior Subordinated Notes (including fees
payable to investment rating agencies), (vii) any filing for review of
the public offering of the Senior Subordinated Notes by the NASD and
(viii) the performance of the Company's other obligations hereunder;
(k) to furnish to you, contemporaneously with any filing with the
Commission subsequent to the effective date of the Registration
Statement and during the period referred to in paragraph (e) above, a
copy of any document filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act; and
(l) until the time of purchase, not to sell, contract to sell,
grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any debt securities of the Company which mature more than
one year following the time of purchase and which are substantially
similar to the Senior Subordinated Notes, without your prior written
consent.
5. Reimbursement of Underwriter's Expenses: If the Senior
Subordinated Notes are not delivered for any reason other than as a result of a
default by you of your obligations hereunder, the Company shall reimburse you
for all of your out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of your counsel but without any further obligation on the part of
the Company for loss of profits or otherwise.
6. Conditions of Underwriter's Obligations: Your obligations
hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on
the part of the Company on the date hereof and at the time of purchase, unless
previously waived, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder
and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Company shall furnish to you at the time of purchase an
opinion of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP, counsel for
the Company, addressed to you and dated as of the time of purchase and
in form reasonably satisfactory to your counsel, Davis Polk &
Wardwell, stating that:
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(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. The Company has corporate power and authority to (A)
own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Final Prospectus and (B) execute and deliver this Agreement and
the Indenture and to issue, sell and deliver the Senior
Subordinated Notes as described in the Final Prospectus;
(ii) U.S. Home Mortgage Corporation ("U.S. HOME MORTGAGE")
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Florida. U.S. Home
Mortgage has corporate power and authority to own its properties
and to conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus;
(iii) the Company and U.S. Home Mortgage are duly qualified
as foreign corporations and are in good standing in each
jurisdiction set forth in a schedule to such opinion;
(iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(v) the Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company
and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in
general and to general principles of equity (regardless whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);
(vi) the Senior Subordinated Notes have been duly authorized
by the Company and, when executed and authenticated in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
you in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or
similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general and to general principles of equity
(regardless whether considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity);
(vii) the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Indenture
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
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(except that in so opining such counsel need not express an
opinion as to any financial or statistical data included in the
description thereof);
(viii) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
(except as to the financial statements and schedules and other
financial and statistical data contained or incorporated by
reference therein and the Trustee's Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1, as to which such counsel need not express an opinion)
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements
of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act;
(ix) the Registration Statement has become effective under
the Act and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop
order proceedings with respect thereto are pending or threatened
by the Commission;
(x) except for approvals, authorizations, consents and
filings which have been made and obtained, no approval,
authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal,
state or local governmental or regulatory commission, board,
body, authority or agency is required for the valid issue or sale
of the Senior Subordinated Notes as contemplated hereby, other
than compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the
NASD, registration of the Senior Subordinated Notes under the Act
and qualification of the Trustee and the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act and those required under state securities or
"blue sky" laws in connection with the purchase and distribution
of the Senior Subordinated Notes by you;
(xi) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Indenture and the issuance of the Senior
Subordinated Notes and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not result in any
breach of, or constitute a default under (nor constitute any
event which with notice, lapse of time, or both would constitute
a breach of, or default under), any provisions of the charter or
by-laws of the Company or U.S. Home Mortgage or under any
provision of any license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
bank loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or U.S. Home Mortgage is a party or by which
any of them or their respective properties may be bound,
identified in a schedule to such opinion, or under any law,
regulation or rule of any
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governmental authority of the State of New York or the federal
government of the United States of America or any decree,
judgment or order applicable to the Company or U.S. Home
Mortgage, identified in a schedule to such opinion; provided,
however, that no opinion will be expressed with respect to the
rules and regulations promulgated by the NASD;
(xii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
contracts, licenses, agreements, leases or documents of a
character which are required to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or to be summarized or described in the
Final Prospectus which have not been so filed, summarized or
described;
(xiii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties, at law or in equity or before or by any federal,
state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission,
board, body, authority or agency which are required to be
described in the Final Prospectus but are not so described;
(xiv) the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act; and
(xv) the Incorporated Documents, when they were filed (or,
if an amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when
such amendment was filed), complied as to form in all material
respects with the Exchange Act (except as to the financial
statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data
contained or incorporated by reference therein as to which such
counsel need express no opinion).
In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel have
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the
Company, representatives of the independent public accountants of the Company
and your representatives at which the contents of the Registration Statement and
Final Prospectus were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon
and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, on
the basis of the foregoing, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel
that causes them to believe that the Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto at the time such Registration Statement or amendment became effective
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to
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be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
that the Final Prospectus or any supplement thereto at the date of such Final
Prospectus or such supplement, and at all times thereafter up to and including
the time of purchase, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no
belief with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other
financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement or Final
Prospectus or with respect to the Trustee's Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification on Form T-1).
In rendering their opinion, such counsel may rely, as to factual
matters, on certificates of public officials and officers of the Company;
provided that copies of such certificates shall be forwarded to you and provided
further, that in the case of any such reliance (other than reliance on the
certificates of governmental authorities), such counsel shall state that it
believes the sources for such certificates are appropriate and that such counsel
has no actual knowledge that any factual matters set forth in any certificates
are false.
(b) The Company shall furnish to you at the time of purchase an
opinion of Steven Lane, Director -- Legal of the Company, addressed to you
and dated as of the time of purchase, and in form reasonably satisfactory
to your counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell, stating that:
(i) the Company and U.S. Home Mortgage are duly qualified or
licensed or in good standing, by or in each jurisdiction in which they
conduct their respective businesses and in which the failure to be so
licensed or qualified or in good standing could have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business,
properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Company and
U.S. Home Mortgage taken as a whole;
(ii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company
nor U.S. Home Mortgage is in breach of, or in default under (nor has
any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time, or both would
constitute a breach of, or default under), any license, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or U.S. Home Mortgage is
a party or by which either of them or their respective properties may
be bound or affected or under any law, regulation or rule or any
decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries except for such matters as could not have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial
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or other), business, properties, net worth or results of operations of
the Company and U.S. Home Mortgage, individually or taken as a whole;
and
(iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the Indenture and the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby do not and will not result in any breach of, or constitute a
default under any law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or
order applicable to the Company or U.S. Home Mortgage.
(c) You shall have received from Arthur Andersen LLP, a letter dated
as of the date of this Agreement and addressed to you in the form
heretofore approved by you.
(d) You shall have received at the time of purchase an opinion from
Davis Polk & Wardwell in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you.
(e) The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than 5:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the second full business day after the date of this
Agreement.
(f) Prior to the time of purchase, (i) no stop order with respect to
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued
under the Act or proceedings initiated under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the
Act, (ii) the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, or
modifications thereof, if any, shall not contain any 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
(iii) the Final Prospectus and all amendments or supplements thereto, or
modifications thereof, if any, shall not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are
made, not misleading.
(g) Between the time of execution of this Agreement and the time of
purchase, there has not been (i) any material and adverse change in the
condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth or results
of operations, present or prospective, of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, other than as described or referred to in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, (ii) any transaction that
is material to
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the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, contemplated or entered
into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than as described or
referred to in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or (iii)
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, directly or indirectly incurred by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is material to the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than as described or referred to
in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus.
(h) The Company will, at the time of purchase, deliver to you a
certificate of two of its executive officers to the effect that the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement
are, in all material respects, true and correct as of such date and the
conditions set forth in paragraph (f) and paragraph (g) of this Section 6
have been met.
(i) The Company shall have furnished to you such other documents
and certificates as to the accuracy and completeness of any statement
in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus as of the time
of purchase as you may reasonably request.
(j) The Company shall perform such of its obligations under this
Agreement as are to be performed by the terms hereof at or before the
time of purchase.
(k) Between the time of execution of this Agreement and the time
of purchase, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall
any notice have been given of (i) any intended or potential
downgrading or (ii) any review or possible change that does not
indicate an improvement or maintenance, in the rating, if any,
accorded any securities of the Company by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization", as that term is defined in Rule
436(g)(2) promulgated under the Act.
7. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination: This Agreement shall
become effective when the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Agreement.
Your obligations hereunder shall be subject to termination in your
absolute discretion if, at any time prior to the time of purchase, trading in
securities on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or minimum
prices shall have been established on the New York Stock Exchange, or if a
banking moratorium shall have been declared either by the United States or New
York State authorities, or if the United States shall have declared war in
accordance
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with its constitutional processes or there shall have occurred any material
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity or crisis of such magnitude in its effect on the financial markets of
the United States, as in your judgment, to make it impracticable to market the
Senior Subordinated Notes.
If you elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 7,
you will promptly notify the Company by letter or telegram.
If the sale to you of the Senior Subordinated Notes, as contemplated by
this Agreement, is not carried out by you for any reason permitted under this
Agreement or if such sale is not carried out because the Company shall be unable
to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall not be
under any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except to the extent
provided in Sections 4(j), 5 and 8 hereof), and you shall be under no obligation
or liability to the Company under this Agreement (except to the extent provided
in Section 8 hereof).
8. Indemnity by the Company and the Underwriter: (a) The Company
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless you, each person that controls you within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, your
agents, employees, officers and directors and the agents, employees, officers
and directors of any such controlling person (collectively, the "UNDERWRITER
INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
judgments, liabilities and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel and other expenses in connection with investigating, defending or
settling any such action or claim) as they are incurred (and regardless of
whether the Underwriter indemnified party is a party to the litigation, if any)
arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (as amended) or the
Final Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) or arising out of or based upon
any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, judgments, liabilities or
expenses arise out of, or are based upon, any such untrue statement or omission
or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon and in conformity with
information concerning you and furnished in writing by you to the Company
expressly for use therein.
(b) If any action or proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any
Underwriter indemnified party, with respect to which indemnity may be sought
against the Company pursuant to this Section 8, such Underwriter indemnified
party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall
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assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel satisfactory to
the Underwriter indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses. A
Underwriter indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in
any such action or proceeding and to assume the defense thereof, but the fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter
indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been
specifically authorized in writing by the Company, (ii) the Company has failed
promptly to assume the defense and employ counsel satisfactory to the
Underwriter indemnified party, or (iii) the named parties to any such action or
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both a Underwriter
indemnified party and a Company indemnified party and such Underwriter
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be one or more
legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those
available to the Company (in which case the Company shall not have the right to
assume the defense of such action on behalf of such Underwriter indemnified
party), in any of which events, such fees and expenses shall be borne by the
Company and reimbursed as they are incurred. It is understood, however, that the
Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) at any time for all such Underwriter indemnified parties, which firm
shall be designated in writing by you, and that all such fees and expenses shall
be reimbursed as they are incurred. The Company shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without the written consent of the
Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if
settled with the written consent of the Company, or if there is a final judgment
with respect thereto, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment.
(c) You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors, its officers, its agents, and any person that controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
and the agents, employees, officers and directors of any such controlling person
(collectively, the "COMPANY INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Underwriter indemnified parties, but
only with respect to information concerning you and furnished in writing by you
to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus. In case any action shall be brought against any Company indemnified
party based on the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus and in respect
of which indemnity may be sought against you pursuant to this Section 8(c), you
shall have the rights and duties given to the Company by Section 8(b) hereof
(except that if the Company shall have assumed the defense thereof you shall not
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be required to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and participate in
the defense thereof; provided that the fees and expenses of such separate
counsel shall be at your expense), and the Company indemnified parties shall
have the rights and duties given to the Underwriter indemnified parties by
Section 8(b) hereof.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to any Underwriter indemnified party or any Company indemnified
party otherwise entitled thereto under Section 8(a) or 8(c), as the case may be,
then the party required to indemnify such indemnified party under this Section 8
shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and you on the other from the offering of the Senior Subordinated Notes, or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company on the one hand and you on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and you on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportions as the total net proceeds
from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions, but before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by you, in each case as set forth in the
table on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. The relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and you on the other shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or by you, and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses
referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses
reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending
any claim or action.
The Company and you agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter
indemnified party shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which
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the total price at which the Senior Subordinated Notes underwritten by you and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which you have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person found
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not found
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 8 and the covenants, warranties and representations of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter indemnified party or
by or on behalf of any Company indemnified party, and shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Senior
Subordinated Notes. Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 8, the
Company and you agree to promptly notify the other of the commencement of any
litigation or proceeding against it in connection with the issuance and sale of
the Senior Subordinated Notes or in connection with the Registration Statement
or Final Prospectus.
9. Indemnification of QIU. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the QIU, each person that controls the QIU within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, its agents, employees,
officers and directors and the agents, employees, officers and directors of any
such controlling person (collectively, the "QIU INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and other expenses in
connection with investigating, defending or settling any such action or claim)
as they are incurred (and regardless of whether the QIU indemnified party is a
party to the litigation, if any) arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (as amended) or the Final Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented) or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading except insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, judgments, liabilities or expenses arise out of, or are based
upon, any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission based upon and in conformity with information concerning the QIU and
furnished in writing by the QIU to the Company expressly for use therein.
(b) If any action or proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any
QIU indemnified party, with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the
Company pursuant to this Section 9, such QIU indemnified party shall
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promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall assume the defense
thereof, including the employment of counsel satisfactory to the QIU indemnified
party and payment of all fees and expenses. A QIU indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action or proceeding and to
assume the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be
at the expense of such QIU indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such
counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the Company, (ii) the
Company has failed promptly to assume the defense and employ counsel
satisfactory to the QIU indemnified party, or (iii) the named parties to any
such action or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both a QIU
indemnified party and a Company indemnified party and such QIU indemnified party
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be one or more legal defenses
available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the
Company (in which case the Company shall not have the right to assume the
defense of such action on behalf of such QIU indemnified party), in any of which
events, such fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company and reimbursed as
they are incurred. It is understood, however, that the Company shall not, in
connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time
for all such QIU indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing
by you, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are
incurred. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action
effected without the written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with the written consent of
the Company, or if there is a final judgment with respect thereto, the Company
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each QIU indemnified party from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is
unavailable to any QIU indemnified party otherwise entitled thereto under
Section 9(a), then the Company shall, in lieu of indemnifying the QIU
indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by the QIU
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, judgments,
liabilities and expenses (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the QIU on the
other from the offering of the Senior Subordinated Notes, or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the QIU on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits
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received by the Company on the one hand and the QIU on the other shall be deemed
to be in the same proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering (net
of underwriting discounts and commissions, but before deducting expenses)
received by the Company as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Final
Prospectus bear to the fee received by QIU pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof. The
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and QIU on the other shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the QIU,
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission and whether the
QIU's activities as QIU under its engagement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof
involved any willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the QIU. The
amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages,
judgments, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include
any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with investigating or defending any claim or action.
The Company and the QIU agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this subsection (c) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
No person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(d) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section
9 and the covenants, warranties and representations of the Company contained in
this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any QIU indemnified party, and shall
survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the
Senior Subordinated Notes. Subject to paragraph (b) of this Section 9, the QIU
agrees to promptly notify the Company of the commencement of any litigation or
proceeding against it in connection with the issuance and sale of the Senior
Subordinated Notes or in connection with the Registration Statement or Final
Prospectus.
10. Notices: Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements,
requests, notices and agreements shall be in writing or by telegram and, if to
you, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to Warburg Dillon
Read LLC, 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford, Connecticut 06912, Attention: High
Yield Capital Markets and, if to the Company, shall be sufficient in all
respects if delivered to the Company at 1800 West Loop South, Houston, Texas
77027,
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Attention: President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer if
before March 1, 1999 and thereafter to the Company at 10707 Clay Road, Post
Office Box 2863, Houston, Texas 77041, Attention: President, Co-Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
11. CONSTRUCTION: THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES
OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. THE SECTION HEADINGS IN THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN INSERTED
AS A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE OF REFERENCE AND ARE NOT A PART OF THIS AGREEMENT.
12. Parties at Interest: The Agreement herein set forth has been and
is made solely for the benefit of you, the Company, the other Underwriter
indemnified parties, the Company indemnified parties and the QIU indemnified
parties, and their respective successors, assigns, executors and administrators.
No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser
of the Senior Subordinated Notes, as such purchaser) shall acquire or have any
right under or by virtue of this Agreement.
13. Counterparts: This Agreement may be signed by the parties in
counterparts, which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement
between the parties.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the
Company and you, please so indicate in the space provided below for the purpose,
whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall constitute a binding contract
between the Company and you.
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Very truly yours,
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By: /s/ THOMAS A. NAPOLI
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Name: Thomas A. Napoli
Title: V.P.-Corporate Finance &
Treasurer
Agreed to and accepted as of the date first above written:
WARBURG DILLON READ LLC
By: /s/ VINCENT LU
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Name: Vincent Lu
Title: Executive Director
WARBURG DILLON READ LLC
By: /s/ WHIT WILLIAMS
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Name: Whit Williams
Title: Associate Director
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SCHEDULE I
NAME PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
Warburg Dillon Read LLC $ 93,750,000
Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA), 15,625,000
Inc.
First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc. 15,625,000
TOTAL $125,000,000
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Exhibit 4.1
FORM OF
SENIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE,
dated as of February __, 1999,
between
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
and
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
Trustee
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA
Section Indenture Section
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310(a)(1)..................................................... 9.10
(a)(2).................................................... 9.10
(a)(3).................................................... N.A.
(a)(4).................................................... N.A.
(b)....................................................... 9.08; 9.10
(c)....................................................... N.A.
311(a)........................................................ 9.11
(b)....................................................... 9.11
(c)....................................................... N.A.
312 (a)....................................................... 10.01; 10.02
(b)....................................................... 10.02; 14.03
(c)....................................................... 10.02
313(a)........................................................ 9.06
(b)(1).................................................... 9.06
(b)(2).................................................... 9.06
(c)....................................................... 9.06
(d)....................................................... 9.06
314(a)........................................................ 6.03
(b)....................................................... N.A.
(c)(1).................................................... 14.07; 14.08
(c)(2).................................................... 14.07; 14.08
(c)(3).................................................... 14.08
(d)....................................................... N.A.
(e)....................................................... 14.08
(f)....................................................... N.A.
315(a)........................................................ 9.01
(b)....................................................... 9.05
(c)....................................................... 9.01
(d)....................................................... 9.01
(e)....................................................... 8.11
316(a)(last sentence)......................................... 8.05
(a)(1)(A)................................................. 8.05
(a)(1)(B)................................................. 8.04
(a)(2).................................................... Not applicable
(b)....................................................... 8.07
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TIA
Section Indenture Section
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317(a)(1)..................................................... 8.08
(a)(2).................................................... 8.09
(b)....................................................... 3.05
318(a)........................................................ 14.01
N.A. means not applicable
Note: This cross-reference table will not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of this Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE...........................1
Section 1.01 Rules of Construction.....................................1
Section 1.02 Definitions...............................................2
Acquisition Debt..........................................2
Affiliate.................................................2
Affiliate Transaction.....................................2
Agent.....................................................2
Bankruptcy Law............................................2
Board of Directors........................................2
Board Resolution..........................................2
Business Day..............................................2
Capital Stock.............................................2
Capitalized Lease Obligations.............................3
Cash Equivalents..........................................3
Change of Control Offer...................................4
Change of Control Payment Date............................4
Change of Control Price...................................4
Common Equity.............................................4
Company...................................................4
Company Request or Company Order..........................4
Consolidated Net Income...................................4
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth...........................5
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.....................5
Covenant Defeasance.......................................5
Custodian.................................................5
Default...................................................5
Defaulted Interest........................................5
Defeasance................................................5
Defeasible Series.........................................5
Depository................................................5
Designated Senior Indebtedness............................5
Disqualified Stock........................................6
DTC.......................................................6
Event of Default..........................................6
Exchange Act..............................................6
Existing Credit Facility..................................6
Existing Indebtedness.....................................6
Fair Market Value.........................................6
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GAAP......................................................7
Global Security...........................................7
Hedging Obligations.......................................7
Holder....................................................7
Incur.....................................................7
Indebtedness..............................................7
Indenture.................................................8
Independent Financial Advisor.............................8
Intangible Assets.........................................8
Interest Payment Date.....................................8
Investments...............................................8
Issue Date................................................8
Legal Holiday.............................................9
Lien......................................................9
Material Subsidiary.......................................9
Maturity..................................................9
Net Worth Amount..........................................9
Net Worth Offer...........................................9
Net Worth Offer Date......................................9
Net Worth Offer Price.....................................9
Non-Recourse Indebtedness.................................9
Officer...................................................9
Officers' Certificate....................................10
Opinion of Counsel.......................................10
Outstanding..............................................10
Paying Agent.............................................11
Payment Blockage Period..................................11
Permitted Investment.....................................11
Person...................................................11
Place of Payment.........................................11
Preferred Stock..........................................11
Refinancing Indebtedness.................................11
Registrar................................................12
Regular Record Date......................................12
Restricted Investment....................................12
Restricted Payment.......................................12
Restricted Subsidiary....................................13
SEC......................................................13
Securities...............................................13
Security Register........................................13
Senior Indebtedness......................................13
Special Record Date......................................14
Stated Maturity..........................................14
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Subsidiary...............................................14
Successor................................................14
TIA......................................................14
Trustee..................................................15
Trust Officer............................................15
U.S. Government Obligations..............................15
Unrestricted Subsidiary..................................15
Weighted Average Life to Maturity........................16
Wholly Owned Subsidiary..................................16
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of TIA........................16
ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS......................................................16
Section 2.01 Forms Generally..........................................16
Section 2.02 Form of Legend for Global Securities.....................17
Section 2.03 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication..........17
ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES......................................................18
Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.....................18
Section 3.02 Denominations............................................21
Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating...........21
Section 3.04 Temporary Securities.....................................23
Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange......23
Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.........27
Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved...........27
Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners....................................29
Section 3.09 Cancellation.............................................29
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest..................................29
ARTICLE 4 REDEMPTION..........................................................30
Section 4.01 Applicability of Article.................................30
Section 4.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee....................30
Section 4.03 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed...................30
Section 4.04 Notices to Holders.......................................30
Section 4.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption...........................31
Section 4.06 Deposit of Redemption Price..............................31
Section 4.07 Securities Redeemed in Part..............................32
Section 4.08 Optional Redemption......................................32
ARTICLE 5 SINKING FUNDS.......................................................32
Section 5.01 Applicability of Article.................................32
Section 5.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities....33
Section 5.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund................33
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ARTICLE 6 COVENANTS...........................................................34
Section 6.01 Payment of Securities....................................34
Section 6.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................35
Section 6.03 SEC Reports; Financial Statements........................35
Section 6.04 Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust..........36
Section 6.05 Compliance Certificate...................................37
Section 6.06 Corporate Existence, etc.................................37
Section 6.07 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims........................38
Section 6.08 Insurance................................................38
Section 6.09 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws...........................38
Section 6.10 Maintenance of Properties................................38
Section 6.11 Prohibition on Issuance of Other Subordinated
Indebtedness Senior to the Securities....................39
Section 6.12 Limitations on Restricted Payments.......................39
Section 6.13 Limitations on Additional Indebtedness...................40
Section 6.14 Change of Control........................................41
Section 6.15 Limitations on Transactions With Affiliates..............43
Section 6.16 Limitations on Restrictions on Distributions
from Restricted Subsidiaries.............................44
Section 6.17 Maintenance of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth...........45
ARTICLE 7 SUCCESSORS..........................................................48
Section 7.01 Limitations on Mergers and Consolidations................48
Section 7.02 Successor Corporation Substituted........................48
ARTICLE 8 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES...............................................49
Section 8.01 Events of Default........................................49
Section 8.02 Acceleration.............................................51
Section 8.03 Other Remedies...........................................52
Section 8.04 Waiver of Past Defaults and Compliance With Indenture
Provisions...............................................52
Section 8.05 Control by Majority......................................52
Section 8.06 Limitations on Suits.....................................52
Section 8.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.....................53
Section 8.08 Collection Suit by Trustee...............................53
Section 8.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.........................53
Section 8.10 Priorities...............................................54
Section 8.11 Undertaking for Costs....................................54
Section 8.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.......................54
ARTICLE 9 TRUSTEE.............................................................55
Section 9.01 Duties of Trustee........................................55
Section 9.02 Rights of Trustee........................................56
Section 9.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.............................57
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Section 9.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.....................................57
Section 9.05 Notice of Defaults.......................................57
Section 9.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders............................58
Section 9.07 Compensation and Indemnity...............................58
Section 9.08 Replacement of Trustee...................................59
Section 9.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.........................60
Section 9.10 Eligibility; Disqualification............................60
Section 9.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company........60
ARTICLE 10 HOLDERS' LISTS.....................................................61
Section 10.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders..................................................61
Section 10.02 Preservation of Information..............................61
ARTICLE 11 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.................................61
Section 11.01 Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance...............................................61
Section 11.02 Defeasance and Discharge.................................62
Section 11.03 Covenant Defeasance......................................62
Section 11.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance..........63
Section 11.05 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions......65
Section 11.06 Reinstatement............................................65
ARTICLE 12 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.........................................66
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..................66
Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money...............................67
ARTICLE 13 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............................................67
Section 13.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.......67
Section 13.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders..........69
Section 13.03 Compliance With TIA......................................70
Section 13.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents........................70
Section 13.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities....................71
Section 13.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc..........................71
Section 13.07 Subordination Unimpaired.................................71
ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS......................................................71
Section 14.01 TIA Controls.............................................71
Section 14.02 Notices..................................................72
Section 14.03 Communication by Holders With Other Holders..............73
Section 14.04 Action by Securityholders................................73
Section 14.05 Proof of Execution of Instruments and Holding of
Securities...............................................74
Section 14.06 Obligation to Disclose Beneficial Ownership of
Securities...............................................74
Section 14.07 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.......74
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Section 14.08 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion............75
Section 14.09 Rules by Trustee and Agents..............................76
Section 14.10 No Recourse Against Others...............................76
Section 14.11 Governing Law............................................76
Section 14.12 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements............76
Section 14.13 Successors...............................................76
Section 14.14 Severability.............................................76
Section 14.15 Counterpart Originals....................................76
Section 14.16 Trustee as Paying Agent and Registrar....................77
Section 14.17 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.........................77
Section 14.18 Benefits of Indenture....................................77
Section 14.19 Acceptance of Trust......................................77
ARTICLE 15 MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES..................................77
Section 15.01 Purposes of Meetings.....................................77
Section 15.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee..............................78
Section 15.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders...........78
Section 15.04 Person Entitled to Vote at Meeting.......................78
Section 15.05 Regulations for Meeting..................................78
ARTICLE 16 SUBORDINATION; SENIORITY...........................................79
Section 16.01 Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness...........79
Section 16.02 Company Not to Make Payments with
Respect to Securities in Certain Circumstances...........80
Section 16.03 Subrogation of Securities................................82
Section 16.04 Authorization by Holders.................................83
Section 16.05 Notices to Trustee.......................................83
Section 16.06 Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness................84
Section 16.07 No Impairment of Subordination...........................85
Section 16.08 Article 16 Not to Prevent Events of Default..............85
Section 16.09 Paying Agents Other Than the Trustee.....................85
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INDENTURE, dated as of February __, 1999, between U.S. Home
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company, a
banking organization organized under the laws of New York, as trustee.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
A. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Securities") to be
issued in one or more series as provided herein.
B. All things necessary have been done 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and the
acquisition 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 or of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
For all purposes of this Indenture, 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 accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(c) 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 hereof;
(d) "or" is not exclusive; and
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.
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SECTION 1.02 DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used herein will have the following respective
meanings when used herein:
"Acquisition Debt" means Indebtedness of any Person existing at the
time such Person became a Subsidiary of the Company (or such Person is merged
into the Company or one of the Company's Subsidiaries) or assumed in connection
with the acquisition of assets from any such Person (other than assets acquired
in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries),
including, without limitation, Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company (but
excluding Indebtedness of such Person which is extinguished, retired or repaid
in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company).
"Affiliate" of any Person means any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with,
such Person. For purposes of this Indenture, each executive officer and director
of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary will be an Affiliate of the
Company. In addition, for purposes of this Indenture, control of a 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Affiliate" will not include,
with respect to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which is a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary which is a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company.
"Affiliate Transaction" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.15(a)
hereof.
"Agent" means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
"Bankruptcy Law" means title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of a Person or any
authorized committee of the board of directors of such Person.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, rights to
purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable),
participations, or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the
equity (which includes, but is not limited to, common
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stock, preferred stock and partnership and joint venture interests) of such
Person (excluding any debt securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable
for, such equity).
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" of any Person means any obligation
of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease that is required to be
capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the
amount of such obligation will be the capitalized amount thereof determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means any of the following, to the extent owned
by the Company, free and clear of all Liens and having a maturity of not greater
than 90 days from the date of issuance thereof: (i) readily marketable direct
obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or
obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the
United States, (ii) insured certificates of deposit of or time deposits with any
commercial bank that (a) is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (b) issues
(or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause
(iii) below, (c) is organized under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof and (d) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000 or
(iii) commercial paper in an aggregate amount of no more than $5,000,000 per
issuer outstanding at any time, issued by any corporation organized under the
laws of any State of the United States or the District of Columbia that is not
an Affiliate of the Company and rated at least "Prime-1" (or the then equivalent
grade) by Moody's Investor Service, Inc. or "A-1" (or the then equivalent grade)
by Standard & Poor's Corporation.
"Change of Control" means any of the following: (i) the sale, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's
assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person or group of
Persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) in one or
a series of transactions; provided that a transaction where the holders of all
classes of Common Equity of the Company immediately prior to such transaction
own, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more of the aggregate voting power of
all classes of Common Equity of such Person or group immediately after such
transaction will not be a Change of Control, (ii) the acquisition by the Company
and/or any of its Subsidiaries of 50 percent or more of the aggregate voting
power of all classes of Common Equity of the Company in one transaction or a
series of related transactions, (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company; provided that a liquidation or dissolution of the Company which is part
of a transaction or series of related transactions that does not constitute a
Change of Control under the "provided" clause of clause (i) above will not
constitute a Change of Control under this clause (iii) or (iv) any transaction
or a series of related transactions (as a result of a tender offer, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) that results in, or that is in connection with, (a)
any Person, including, a "group" (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act) acquiring beneficial ownership (as determined in accordance with
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50 percent or
more of the aggregate voting power of all classes of Common Equity of the
Company or of any Person that possesses beneficial ownership (as determined in
accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
50 percent or more of the aggregate voting power of all classes of Common Equity
of the Company or (b) less than 50 percent (measured by the aggregate voting
power of all classes) of the
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Common Equity of the Company being registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of
the Exchange Act.
"Change of Control Offer" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.14(a) hereof.
"Change of Control Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14(a) hereof.
"Change of Control Price" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.14(a) hereof.
"Common Equity" of any Person means all Capital Stock of such Person
that is generally entitled (i) to vote in the election of directors of such
Person, or (ii) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise
participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others
that will control the management and policies of such Person.
"Company" means U.S. Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and
any successor thereof.
"Company Request or Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President, a
Senior Vice President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Income" of the Company for any period means the
aggregate net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there will be excluded from such net income (to the extent
otherwise included therein), without duplication: (i) the net income (or loss)
of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) in which any Person
(including, without limitation, an Unrestricted Subsidiary) other than the
Company has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income has
actually been received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the form
of dividends or similar distributions during such period, (ii) except to the
extent includible in the Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the foregoing
clause (i), the net income (or loss) of any Person that accrued prior to the
date that (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or
consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) the
assets of such Person are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, (iii) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent
that (but only so long as) the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not permitted by
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that
Restricted Subsidiary during such period, (iv) in the case of a successor to the
Company by consolidation, merger or transfer of its assets, any earnings of the
successor prior to such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets and (v) the
gains (but not losses) resulting from (a) the acquisition of securities issued
by the Company or extinguishment of Indebtedness of the Company, (b) the sale or
other disposition (including,
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without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions) of
any asset of the Company which is not sold or disposed of in the ordinary course
of business, and (c) other extraordinary items. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in calculating Consolidated Net Income, the Company will be entitled to take
into consideration the tax benefits associated with any extraordinary loss, but
only to the extent such tax benefits are recognized by the Company. Consolidated
Net Income will exclude any noncash losses, whether or not extraordinary,
incurred in connection with the issuance of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) in exchange for Indebtedness of the Company or its Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries which are Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" of the Company as of any date
means the stockholders' equity (including any Preferred Stock that is classified
as equity under GAAP, other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at the end of the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding such date, as determined in accordance with GAAP, less the
amount of Intangible Assets reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding such date.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" will be at the address of
the Trustee specified in Section 14.02 hereof or such other address as the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03
hereof.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice
or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07
hereof.
"Defeasance" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.02 hereof.
"Defeasible Series" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01
hereof.
"Depository" means, with respect to Securities of any series
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as
Depository for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (i) Senior Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Indenture under or in respect of an
institutional credit agreement,
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including the Existing Credit Facility, and (ii) any other Senior Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Indenture the principal amount of
which is $25,000,000 or more.
"Disqualified Stock" means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or
by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable
at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
final Maturity date of the Securities of any series; provided that any Capital
Stock which would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof
giving holders thereof the right to require the Company to repurchase or redeem
such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control occurring prior to
the final Maturity of the Securities will not constitute Disqualified Stock if
the change of control provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are no more
favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions contained in
Section 6.14 hereof and such Capital Stock specifically provides that the
Company will not repurchase or redeem (or be required to repurchase or redeem)
any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions prior to the Company's
repurchase of Securities pursuant to Section 6.14 hereof.
"DTC" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.
"Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(a)
hereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Existing Credit Facility" means the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of September 11, 1998, between the Company and the
lenders named therein and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Agent (together
with the documents related thereto (including, without limitation, any guaranty
agreements)), as such Existing Credit Facility may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and includes any facility
extending the maturity of, increasing the total commitment of, or restructuring
(including, without limitation, the inclusion of additional borrowers thereunder
that are Subsidiaries of the Company and whose obligations thereunder are
guaranteed by the Company) all or any portion of, the Indebtedness under such
Existing Credit Facility or any successor or replacement facilities and includes
any facility with one or more agents or lenders refinancing or replacing all or
any portion of the Indebtedness under such Existing Credit Facility or any
successor facilities.
"Existing Indebtedness" means all of the Indebtedness of the Company
and its Subsidiaries that is outstanding on the Issue Date of Securities of any
series.
"Fair Market Value" with respect to any asset or property means the
sale value that would be obtained in an arm's-length transaction between an
informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and
willing buyer under no compulsion to buy.
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"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the Issue Date
of the Securities of any series.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered
in the name of, the Depository for such Securities or a nominee thereof.
"Hedging Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such
Person pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, foreign currency exchange
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, option or futures contract or other
similar agreement or arrangement relating to interest rates or foreign exchange
rates.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered.
"Incur" means to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume,
guaranty, extend the maturity of, or otherwise become liable with respect to any
Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" of any Person at any date means, without duplication,
(i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether or not the
recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a
portion thereof), (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), other than standby letters of
credit issued for the benefit of, or surety and performance bonds issued by,
such Person in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all obligations of such
Person with respect to Hedging Obligations (other than those that fix or cap the
interest rate on variable rate indebtedness otherwise permitted by this
Indenture or that fix the exchange rate in connection with indebtedness
denominated in a foreign currency and otherwise permitted by this Indenture and
other than the purchase of mortgage commitments in the ordinary course of
business), (v) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid
purchase price of property or services, including, without limitation, all
conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations under any title
retention agreement (except trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (vi) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such
Person, (vii) all indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by such Person, (viii) all
indebtedness of others guaranteed by, or otherwise the liability of, such Person
to the extent of such guaranty or liability, and (ix) all Disqualified Stock
issued by such Person (the amount of indebtedness represented by any
Disqualified Stock will equal the greater of the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends). The amount of
indebtedness of any Person at any date will be (a) the outstanding balance at
such date of all unconditional obligations as described above, (b) the maximum
liability of such Person for any contingent
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obligations under clause (v) above and (c) in the case of clause (vii) (if the
indebtedness referred to therein is not assumed by such Person), the lesser of
the (A) Fair Market Value of all assets subject to a Lien securing the
indebtedness of others on the date that the Lien attaches and (B) amount of the
indebtedness secured.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it
may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the TIA that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term
"Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof upon receipt by the Trustee
of an Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of nationally recognized standing that is, in the
reasonable judgment of the Company's Board of Directors, (i) qualified to
perform the task for which it has been engaged, and (ii) disinterested and
independent with respect to the Company, all of its Subsidiaries, and each
Affiliate of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries that is involved in the
Affiliate Transaction with respect to which such firm has been engaged.
"Intangible Assets" of the Company means all unamortized debt
discount and expense, unamortized deferred charges, goodwill, patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, write-ups of assets over
their carrying value at the end of the last fiscal quarter ended prior to the
Issue Date of the Securities of any series or the date of acquisition, if
acquired subsequent thereto, and all other items which would be treated as
intangibles on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to a Security of any
series, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
"Investments" of any Person means (i) all investments by such Person
in any other Person in the form of loans, advances or capital contributions,
(ii) all guaranties of Indebtedness or other obligations of any other Person by
such Person, (iii) all purchases (or other acquisitions for consideration) by
such Person of Indebtedness, Capital Stock or other securities of any other
Person and (iv) all other items that would be classified as investments
(including, without limitation, purchases of assets outside the ordinary course
of business) on a balance sheet of such Person determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"Issue Date" means the date of original issuance of the Securities
of each series established pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof.
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"Legal Holiday" means Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York or at a Place of Payment are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment
date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment shall be made at that
place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday and no interest
shall accrue for the intervening period.
"Lien" means with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or other similar encumbrance of any kind upon or in
respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected
under applicable law (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof, any option
or other agreement to sell, and any filing of, or agreement to give, any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes)
of any jurisdiction).
"Material Subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in the Indenture,
dated as of August 28, 1997, between the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, as trustee, relating to the Company's 7-3/4% Senior Notes due 2005 and
8.25% Senior Notes due 2004 as in effect on the date hereof.
"Maturity", when used with respect to a Security of any series,
means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of
principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
"Net Worth Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.17(a)
hereof.
"Net Worth Offer" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.17(a)
hereof.
"Net Worth Offer Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.17(a)
hereof.
"Net Worth Offer Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.17(a)
hereof.
"Non-Recourse Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary for which (i) the sole legal recourse for collection of
principal and interest on such Indebtedness is against the specific property
identified in the instruments evidencing or securing such Indebtedness and such
property was acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness or such
Indebtedness was Incurred within 90 days after the acquisition of such property
and (ii) no other assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may be
realized upon in collection of principal or interest on such Indebtedness.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Senior
Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the
Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Vice President of a Person.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers,
one of whom must be the Person's Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive
Officer), Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting
Officer.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent)
for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made;
(iii) Securities as to which the Defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06
or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the
Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona
fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the
Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (a) the principal
amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency
units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as
contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof on the Issue Date of such Security, of the
principal amount of such Security, and (b) Securities owned by the Company or
any other obligor of the Securities or any Subsidiary of the Company or of 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
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act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or
any other obligor upon the Securities or any Subsidiary of the Company or of
such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person, including the Company, authorized
by the Company to pay the principal of or any interest on any Securities of any
series.
"Payment Blockage Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 16.02
hereof.
"Permitted Investment" of any Person means any Investment of such
Person in (i) direct obligations of the United States or any agency thereof or
obligations guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof, in each case
maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) certificates
of deposit maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by
a bank, trust company or savings and loan association which is organized under
the laws of the United States or any state thereof having capital, surplus and
undivided profits aggregating in excess of $250 million and a Keefe Bank Watch
Rating of C or better (or a similar rating by any successor thereof), (iii)
certificates of deposit maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition
thereof issued by a bank, trust company or savings and loan association
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof other than
banks, trust companies or savings and loan associations satisfying the criteria
in (ii) above; provided that the aggregate amount of all certificates of deposit
issued to the Company at any one time by such bank, trust company or savings and
loan association will not exceed $100,000, (iv) commercial paper given the
highest rating by two established national credit rating agencies and maturing
not more than 180 days from the date of the acquisition thereof, (v) repurchase
agreements or money-market accounts which are fully secured by direct
obligations of the United States or any agency thereof and (vi) in the case of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, any receivables or loans taken by the Company
or a Subsidiary in connection with the sale of any asset otherwise permitted by
this Indenture.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other
agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and interest on the
Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section
3.01 hereof.
"Preferred Stock" of any Person means all Capital Stock of such
Person which has a preference in liquidation or with respect to the payment of
dividends.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that refunds,
refinances or extends any Existing Indebtedness or other Indebtedness permitted
to be Incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture, but only to the extent that (i) the Refinancing
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities of any series to the
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same extent as the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, if at
all, (ii) the Refinancing Indebtedness is scheduled to mature either (a) no
earlier than the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended, or (b)
after the maturity date of the Securities of such series, (iii) the portion, if
any, of the Refinancing Indebtedness that is scheduled to mature on or prior to
the Maturity date of the Securities of such series has a Weighted Average Life
to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal
to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the portion of the
Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended that is scheduled to mature
on or prior to the Maturity date of the Securities of such series, (iv) such
Refinancing Indebtedness is in an aggregate amount that is equal to or less than
the aggregate amount then outstanding under the Indebtedness being refunded,
refinanced or extended, (v) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred by the
same Person that initially Incurred the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced
or extended, except that the Company may Incur Refinancing Indebtedness to
refund, refinance or extend Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary and (vi)
such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days before or after the
Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or extended is so refunded, refinanced
or extended; provided that Refinancing Indebtedness shall include the amount of
any Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Facility which is Incurred within 180
days before or after the repayment of an equal amount of Indebtedness under the
Existing Credit Facility which was Incurred pursuant to Section 6.13(a) hereof.
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05 hereof.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Security of
any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof.
"Restricted Investment" with respect to any Person means any
Investment (other than any Permitted Investment) by such Person in any (i) of
its Affiliates, (ii) executive officer or director of any Affiliate of such
Person, or (iii) other Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary which is a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the referent Person; provided, however, that with
respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any loan or advance to
an executive officer or director of the Company or a Subsidiary will not
constitute a Restricted Investment provided such loan or advance is made in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, and, if such loan or
advance exceeds $100,000 (other than a readily marketable mortgage loan not
exceeding $500,000), such loan or advance has been approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company or a disinterested committee thereof.
"Restricted Payment" with respect to any Person means (i) the
declaration of any dividend or the making of any other payment or distribution
of cash, securities or other property or assets in respect of such Person's
Capital Stock (except that a dividend payable solely in Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) of such Person will not constitute a Restricted
Payment), (ii) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or
other acquisition for value of such Person's Capital Stock or any other payment
or distribution made in respect thereof (other than payments or distributions
excluded from the definitions of Restricted
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Payment in clause (i) above), either directly or indirectly, (iii) any
Restricted Investment and (iv) any principal payment, redemption, repurchase,
defeasances or other acquisition or retirement of any Indebtedness of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary or of Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries which is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities of any
series (provided, however, that the principal payment, redemption, repurchase,
defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any such subordinated
Indebtedness by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on its scheduled final
Maturity date or on any other scheduled date for the payment of any installment
of principal thereof (whether pursuant to a sinking fund, mandatory redemption
or otherwise) shall not be a Restricted Payment); provided, further, that with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, Restricted Payments will not
include (a) any payment or other obligation described in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) above made to, or on behalf or for the benefit of, the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries which are Wholly Owned Subsidiaries by any of the
Company's Subsidiaries, or (b) any proportionate payment in respect of minority
interests in Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company to the extent that the
payment constitutes a return of capital that was not included in the Company's
shareholders' equity or a dividend or similar distribution not included in
determining the Company's Consolidated Net Income, or (c) any principal payment,
redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of
Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries which is subordinated
to the Securities if the consideration therefor consists solely of, or is the
proceeds from, Indebtedness subordinated to the Securities to the same extent as
the Indebtedness being paid, redeemed, repurchased, defeased or otherwise
acquired or retired, or (d) any principal payment, redemption, repurchase,
defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Indebtedness or Capital Stock
of such Person or its Subsidiaries if the consideration therefor consists solely
of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such Person, or the proceeds
from such sale of such Capital Stock, or (e) any loans or advances by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to Unrestricted Subsidiaries which in an
aggregate amount at any one time outstanding do not exceed $50,000,000.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means each of the Subsidiaries of the
Company which is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any
successor thereto.
"Securities" has the meaning set forth in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any securities of any series authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture.
"Security Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05
hereof.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing subsequent to
the filing of a petition under applicable Bankruptcy Law or the appointment of a
Custodian), (i) any and all indebtedness and obligations of the Company
(including indebtedness of others guaranteed by the Company),
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whether or not contingent and whether or not outstanding on the Issue Date of
the Securities of any series or thereafter created, incurred or assumed,
including, without limitation, all charges, fees, expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and other amounts incurred
by or owing to holders of such indebtedness), which (a) is for money borrowed,
(b) is evidenced by any bond, note, debenture or similar instrument, (c)
represents the unpaid balance on the purchase price of any property, business or
asset of any kind, (d) is a Capitalized Lease Obligation, (e) is a reimbursement
obligation of the Company with respect to letters of credit, (f) is an
obligation of the Company with respect to an interest swap obligation or a
foreign exchange agreement or (g) is an obligation of another secured by a Lien
to which any of the properties or assets (including, without limitation,
leasehold interests and any other tangible or intangible property rights) of the
Company are subject, whether or not the obligation secured thereby will have
been assumed by the Company or will otherwise be the Company's legal liability
and (ii) any deferrals, amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and
refundings of any indebtedness or obligations of the types referred to above;
provided that Senior Indebtedness will not include (A) (x) the Securities or (y)
the Company's 8.88% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007, (B) any indebtedness or
obligation of the Company (or the instrument creating or evidencing it) which
expressly provides that such indebtedness is not superior in right of payment to
the Securities or which expressly provides that such indebtedness is subordinate
in right of payment to all other indebtedness of the Company (including the
Securities), (C) any indebtedness or obligation of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries and (D) any indebtedness or obligation incurred by the Company in
connection with the purchase of assets, materials or services in the ordinary
course of business and which constitutes a trade payable.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on
any Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security of any
series or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means (i) any corporation of which at
least a majority of the aggregate voting power of all classes of the Common
Equity is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by such Person, and (ii) any
entity other than a corporation of which such Person directly or indirectly
beneficially owns at least a majority of the Common Equity.
"Successor" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(a) hereof.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of the Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions
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of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include the Person who
is then the Trustee hereunder.
"Trust Officer" means any Senior Vice President, Vice President,
Assistant Vice President, Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the
Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means (i) any security that is (a) a
direct obligation of the United States for the payment of which the full faith
and credit of the United States is pledged or (b) an obligation of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case (a) or (b), is
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (ii) any
depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any U.S.
Government Obligation specified in clause (i) and held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any
specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government
Obligation; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest
evidenced by such depositary receipt.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means each of the Subsidiaries of the
Company so designated by a Board Resolution. The Board of Directors of the
Company may designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that (i) any such redesignation will be deemed to be an Incurrence by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Indebtedness (if any) of such
redesignated Subsidiary for purposes of the covenant set forth in Section 6.13
hereof as of the date of such redesignation and (ii) immediately after giving
effect to such redesignation and the Incurrence of any such additional
Indebtedness, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries could Incur $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness under the ratio of the Company's Indebtedness (excluding
Non-Recourse Indebtedness) to Consolidated Tangible Net Worth contained in the
covenant set forth in Section 6.13(a) hereof. Subject to the foregoing, the
Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be
an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) all previous Investments by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Restricted Subsidiary will be
deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of such designation and will reduce
the amount available for Restricted Payments under the covenant set forth in
Section 6.12 hereof and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation
and reduction of amounts available for Restricted Payments under the covenant
set forth in Section 6.12 hereof, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the ratio of the Company's
Indebtedness (excluding Non-Recourse Indebtedness) to Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth contained in the covenant set forth in Section 6.13(a) hereof. Any such
designation or redesignation by the Board of Directors of the Company will be
evidenced to the Trustee by the filing with the Trustee of a Board Resolution
giving effect to such designation or redesignation and an Officers' Certificate
certifying that such
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designation or redesignation complied with the foregoing conditions and setting
forth the underlying calculations of such Officers' Certificate.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any
Indebtedness or portion thereof, at any date, the number of years obtained by
dividing (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of
each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required
payment of principal, including, without limitation, payment at final maturity,
in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment
by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness or portion
thereof.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means (i) a Subsidiary, of
which 100 percent of the Common Equity (except for directors' qualifying shares
or certain minority interests owned by other Persons solely due to local law
requirements that there be more than one stockholder, but which interest is not
in excess of what is required for such purpose) is owned directly by such Person
or through one or more other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii)
any entity other than a corporation in which such Person, directly or
indirectly, owns all of the Common Equity of such entity.
SECTION 1.03 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TIA
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01 FORMS GENERALLY
Each Security and Global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture
shall be in substantially the form established by or pursuant to an Officers'
Certificate or a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture
or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other
marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Security as
evidenced by their execution of such Security. If temporary Securities of any
series are issued as Global Securities as permitted by Section 3.04 hereof, the
form thereof shall also be established as provided in the previous sentence. If
the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to
an Officers' Certificate or a Board Resolution, a copy thereof shall be
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 3.03 hereof for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities. If all of the Securities of any series established by
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action taken pursuant to an Officers' Certificate or a Board Resolution are not
to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a copy thereof at
the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but such Officers'
Certificate or Board Resolution shall be delivered at or prior to the time of
issuance of the first Security of such series.
Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by
any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the Officers of the Company executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 2.02 FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES
Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall
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 DEPOSITORY
OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR
SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS
NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS 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 SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. EVERY SECURITY DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE A
GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
DESCRIBED ABOVE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS TO BE
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SECTION 2.03 FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company,
As Trustee
By________________________________
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series and the
Securities of each such series shall rank equally and pari passu with the
Securities of each other series, but all Securities issued hereunder shall be
subordinated and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner set
forth in Article 16, to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, set forth, or determined
in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, which, in each case, shall be deemed
incorporated herein by this reference and made a part hereof but only with
respect to the series of Securities established pursuant to such Board
Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture, prior to the
issuance of Securities of any series of the following:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.07 or
13.05 hereof and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03
hereof, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
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(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest;
(4) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates
will be determined, on which the principal of the Securities of the series
is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be
determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or
the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest
Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular
Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Security on any
Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other
than on the basis of actual days elapsed over a 365 or 366-day year;
(6) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to New
York, New York, where the principal of and interest on Securities of the
series shall be payable, any Securities of the series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer, Securities of the same series may be
surrendered for exchange and, if different from the location specified in
Section 14.02 hereof, the place or places where notices or demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this
Indenture may be served;
(7) the period or periods within, the price or prices at and the
terms and conditions upon, which Securities of the series may be redeemed
or purchased, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or repurchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or repurchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(10) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of
the principal of and interest on any Securities of the series shall be
payable if other than the currency of the United States and the manner of
determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States
for purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 1.01 hereof;
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(11) if the principal of or interest on any Securities of the series
is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in
one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which
the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or
currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest on
Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be
payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon
which such election is to be made;
(12) if the amount of payments of principal of or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(13) if other than the principal amount of the Securities of any
series, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof;
(14) if applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be
defeasible as provided in Article 11 hereof;
(15) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall
be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the Depository or Depositories for such
Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than
those set forth in Section 3.05 hereof in which any such Global Security
may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities
registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depository for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be
registered;
(16) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of any
series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent
with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(17) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Paying Agent
and Registrar for the Securities of the series; and
(18) any other terms of the series.
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to the Board Resolution referred to above and set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate referred to above or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto.
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If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy thereof shall be delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms
of the series.
SECTION 3.02 DENOMINATIONS
In the absence of any specified denomination with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 3.03 EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two
Officers, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. The signature of any of
the Officers on the Securities may be manual or by 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 of any series, 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. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such an agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company.
The Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of any authenticating
agent.
If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Officers' Certificate or Board
Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 hereof, in authenticating
such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(1) if the form or forms of such Securities have been established by
or pursuant to Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate as permitted
by Section 2.01 hereof, that such form or forms have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
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(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to an Officers' Certificate or a Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 3.01 hereof, that such terms have been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions
and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by
the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights, to general equity principles
and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not
materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof and of the
preceding paragraph, if all of the Securities of any series are not to be issued
at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate or
Board Resolution otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof or the
Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such
preceding paragraph at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but
such documents shall be delivered at or prior to the time of issuance of the
first Security of such series. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
sentence, any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Company that, as of the date of such request,
the statements made in the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to this Section
3.03 shall be true and correct as if made on such date.
The Trustee shall have the right to refuse to authenticate and
deliver such Securities if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines
that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by
its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of
directors or trustees and/or officers of the Trustee shall determine that such
action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders or
would adversely affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
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 duly
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall
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have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 3.09 hereof together with a Company Order
(which need not comply with Section 14.08 hereof and need not be accompanied by
an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued or sold
by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.04 TEMPORARY SECURITIES
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, 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 authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued, 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.
Every temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee and registered by the Registrar, upon the same
conditions, and with like effect, as a definitive Security.
If temporary Securities (other than a Global Security) of any series
are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the
temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender
for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
SECTION 3.05 REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
(a) The Company shall maintain a register of the Securities of each
series including any Global Security (the "Security Register") in an office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment (the "Registrar") where, subject to
Section 3.05(c) hereof and such reasonable regulations as the Company may
prescribe, Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for
exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars. The term
"Registrar" includes any co-Registrar. The Company may change any Registrar
without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as
Registrar.
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Subject to Section 3.05(c), upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
Subject to Section 3.05(c), at the option of the Holder, Securities
of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, 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 registration of 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 registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of 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 registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 4.07 or 13.05 hereof not involving any
transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section
4.08 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(ii) to register the transfer or exchange of any Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part, or (iii) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the
Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
(b) In case the Company, pursuant to Article 7 hereof, will be
consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or will convey, transfer or
lease substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and the
Successor resulting from such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into
which the Company will have been merged, or the Person which will have received
a conveyance, transfer or lease as aforesaid, will have executed an indenture
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supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article 7 hereof, any of the
Securities authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease may, from time to time, at the request of the
Successor, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the
Successor with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but
otherwise in substance and of like tenor as the Securities surrendered for such
exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officers' Certificate from the Successor, will authenticate and deliver
Securities as specified in such request for the purpose of such exchange. If
Securities will at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a
Successor pursuant to this Section 3.05(b) hereof in exchange or substitution
for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such Successor, at the
option of the Holders but without expense to them, will provide for the exchange
of all Securities at the time outstanding for Securities authenticated and
delivered in such new name.
(c) The Company will execute and the Trustee will, in accordance
with this Section 3.05(c) for so long as the Securities of any series are to be
issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities,
authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that will (i) represent
and will be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Securities to be represented by such Global Security or
Securities, (ii) be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global
Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depository, (iii) be delivered by
the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository's instructions and
(iv) bear the legends set forth in Section 2.02 hereof.
Each Depository appointed in accordance with Section 3.01 hereof for
a Global Security must, at the time of its appointment and at all times while it
serves as Depository, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act,
and any other applicable statute or regulation.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.05(c), unless
and until it is exchanged in whole for Securities in definitive form of any
series, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of any
series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee
of such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or
another nominee of such Depository or by such Depository or any such nominee to
a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
If at any time the Depository is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depository or if at any time the Depository will no longer be eligible to act as
such under this Section 3.05(c), the Company will appoint a successor
Depository. If (i) a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within
90 days after the Company receives notice from the Depository or otherwise
becomes aware of such unwillingness, inability or ineligibility or (ii) an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company will execute and deliver
to the Trustee as promptly as practicable Securities in definitive form,
together with an Officers' Certificate relating to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee, as promptly as practicable after
the receipt of such Securities and Officers' Certificate, will authenticate and
deliver Securities in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of, and containing
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terms and provisions identical to, the Global Security or Securities in exchange
for such Global Security or Securities.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities will no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities.
In such event, the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee Securities in
definitive form, together with an Officers' Certificate relating to the
authentication and delivery of Securities in definitive form, and the Trustee,
as promptly as practicable after the receipt of such Securities in definitive
form and Officers' Certificate, will authenticate and deliver Securities in
definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of, and containing terms and provisions identical to, the Global Security or
Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive form, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the
Trustee. Securities in definitive form issued in exchange for a Global Security
pursuant to this Section 3.05(c) will be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its
direct or indirect participants or otherwise, will instruct the Trustee in
writing. The Trustee will deliver such Securities in definitive form to the
Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered or as it may otherwise
be directed by the Depository. Upon the exchange of less than the entire
principal amount of a Global Security for Securities in definitive form, the
Company will also execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers'
Certificate will also authenticate and deliver, a new Global Security in
aggregate principal amount equal to the difference between the principal amount
of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities in definitive form issuable upon such exchange.
In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three
paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and
deliver Securities in definitive form in authorized denominations.
If a Security in definitive form is issued in exchange for any
portion of a Global Security after the close of business at the office or agency
where such exchange occurs on or after any Regular Record Date for an Interest
Payment Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the
next Interest Payment Date, interest will not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of
such Security in definitive form, but will be payable on such Interest Payment
Date only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such
Global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any
Paying Agent or the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the Depository's records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any of the Depository's records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests.
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SECTION 3.06 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like 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 and to save each
of them and any agent of either 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 Company shall execute and upon receipt of a Company Order
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost
or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like 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, instruct the Paying Agent to pay such
Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.06, 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 of any series issued pursuant to this Section
3.06 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether
or not the mutilated, 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 of that
series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 3.06 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 3.07 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof
with respect to any series of Securities, 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 is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office
or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 6.02
hereof.
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Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is
not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date
by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and, if
applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the
rate specified in the Securities of such series (such defaulted interest and, if
applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called "Defaulted Interest")
may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause
(i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series 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 of such series and
the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof for the Securities of such series) equal
to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit on or 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 Securities of
such series at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date and notice shall be
considered given whether or not received by the Holder. If notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor have been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names the Securities of such series are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following clause (ii).
(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of the securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, if any, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall
be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
The provisions of this Section 3.07 may be applicable to any series
of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof (with such modifications,
additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 3.01
hereof).
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.07 and Section
3.05 hereof, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of
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 3.08 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
Subject to Section 3.05(c), prior to due presentment of a 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 such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and (except as contemplated by Section 3.05 hereof and subject to
Section 3.07 hereof) 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 Trustee shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
SECTION 3.09 CANCELLATION
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the
option of the Holder, if applicable, registration of transfer or exchange or for
credit against any current or future sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered
to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be
promptly cancelled 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 may deliver to
the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company
has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be accompanied by
an Officers' Certificate authorizing such cancellation, and shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities,
however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of
the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed (subject to applicable
provisions of record retention laws) and the Trustee shall deliver a certificate
of destruction to the Company.
SECTION 3.10 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof
for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 365 or 366-day year.
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ARTICLE 4
REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.01 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE
If so provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof for Securities
of any series, Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and in accordance
with this Article 4.
SECTION 4.02 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE
In the event the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series
pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 4.08 hereof, it will
notify the Trustee in writing, at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before
a redemption date, of the redemption date and the principal amount of Securities
of a series to be redeemed.
SECTION 4.03 SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED
(a) In the event less than all of the Outstanding Securities of a
series are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Securities of such series
to be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method the Trustee deems fair
and appropriate but only in integral multiples of $1,000. The particular
Securities of a series to be redeemed will be selected, unless otherwise
provided herein, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption
date by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of such series not
previously called for redemption.
(b) The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Security of a series selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed but not in integral multiples of less than $1,000.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a series called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities of a series called for
redemption.
SECTION 4.04 NOTICES TO HOLDERS
(a) At least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption
date, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder whose Securities are to be
redeemed.
(b) The notice will identify the Securities of the series to be
redeemed and will state:
(i) the redemption date;
(ii) the redemption price;
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(iii) if any Outstanding Security of any series is being
redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to
be redeemed and that, after the redemption date, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion will be issued;
(iv) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(v) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent at the address specified in such notice to collect the
redemption price;
(vi) that interest on Securities called for redemption ceases
to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(vii) that the redemption is for a sinking fund or optional
redemption (whichever is applicable), if such is the case;
(viii) the aggregate principal amount of Securities that are
being redeemed; and
(ix) that, unless the Company defaults in making the
redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to
accrue on and after the redemption date, and the only remaining right of
the Holders of such Securities is to receive payment of the redemption
price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities redeemed.
(c) At the Company's written request, the Trustee will give the
notice required in this Section 4.04 in the Company's name and at its expense.
SECTION 4.05 EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Outstanding Securities of such
series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date at
the redemption price and, subject to Section 4.06(b) hereof, interest on such
Securities ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date.
SECTION 4.06 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE
(a) At least one Business Day prior to the redemption date, the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 6.04 hereof) money sufficient to pay the
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redemption price of, and accrued and previously unpaid interest on, all
Securities of such series to be redeemed on that date, and the Trustee will
remit the redemption price to Holders entitled thereto. The Trustee or the
Paying Agent will return to the Company any money not required for that purpose.
(b) If the Company complies with Section 4.06(a) hereof, interest on
the Securities of such series or portions thereof to be redeemed (whether or not
such Securities are presented for payment) will cease to accrue on the
applicable redemption date. If any Security of such series called for redemption
is not so paid upon surrender because of the failure of the Company to comply
with Section 4.06(a) hereof, then interest will be paid on the unpaid principal
from the last Interest Payment Date until such principal is paid in full at the
rate determined pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof for the Securities of such
series.
SECTION 4.07 SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART
Upon surrender of a Security of such series that is redeemed in
part, the Company will issue and the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at
the expense of the Company a new Security of the same series, maturity date,
interest rate and Issue Date equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion
of the Security of such series surrendered.
SECTION 4.08 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Outstanding
Securities of any series at any time and from time to time that are redeemable
before their maturity except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.01 hereof for Securities of such series at the redemption prices together in
each case, with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption,
determined pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 5
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 5.01 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE
If so provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof for Securities
of any series, retirements of Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking
fund shall be made in accordance with their terms and in accordance with this
Article 5.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series,
the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to
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reduction as provided in Section 5.02 hereof. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 5.02 SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES
Subject to Section 5.03 hereof, in lieu of making all or any part of
any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in
cash, the Company may at its option (i) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding
Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption)
theretofore purchased or acquired by the Company and/or (ii) receive credit for
the principal amount of Securities of a series which have been previously
delivered to the Trustee by the Company or for Securities of such series which
have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms
of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund
payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction
of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of the same series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
SECTION 5.03 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for
any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that series
pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof (which Securities will, if not previously
delivered, accompany such Officers' Certificate) and whether the Company intends
to exercise its right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with
respect to such series. Such Officers' Certificate shall be irrevocable and upon
its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments
therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such
Officers' Certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and
shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to
a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit
Securities as provided in Section 5.02 hereof and without the right to make any
optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.
Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 4.03 hereof and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the
Company in the manner provided in Section 4.04 hereof. Such
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notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Article 4 hereof.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the
Trustee or a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 6.04 hereof) in cash a sum
equal to any interest that will accrue to the date fixed for redemption of
Securities or portion thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date
pursuant to this Section 5.03.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund for
any series of Securities, if at any time the amount of cash to be paid into such
sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date, together with any
unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or payments for such
series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Company shall not
instruct the Trustee to give the next succeeding notice of the redemption of
Securities of such series through the operation of the sinking fund. Any such
unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking fund shall be added to the
sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company, shall be applied at
any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities of such series, by
public or private purchase as negotiated by the Company, in the open market or
otherwise, at a purchase price for such Securities (excluding accrued interest
and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any Paying Agent will be
reimbursed by the Company) not in excess of the principal amount thereof.
ARTICLE 6
COVENANTS
SECTION 6.01 PAYMENT OF SECURITIES
(a) The Company will pay the principal of, and interest on, the
Securities of each series on the dates and in the manner provided herein and in
the Securities. In the event the Company is not the Paying Agent, principal and
interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent
holds on that date money deposited by the Company designated for and sufficient
to pay all principal and interest then due. In the event the Company is the
Paying Agent, principal and interest will be considered paid on the date actual
payment is mailed or otherwise sent or given to the Holders entitled to such
payments.
(b) The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the
applicable interest rate on the Securities of each series as determined in
accordance with Section 3.01 hereof.
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SECTION 6.02 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY
(a) The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities, in New York, New York, an office or agency (which may be
an office of the Trustee or the Registrar) where Securities of such series may
be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be
presented for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series and this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or
agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or
agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
(b) The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of each series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in New York, New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
(c) The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with this
Section 6.02.
SECTION 6.03 SEC REPORTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(a) As long as more than 10 percent of the original principal amount
of the Securities of any series is Outstanding, the Company will (i) remain
subject to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act whether
or not it is required to do so by the provisions thereof and will file with the
SEC all periodic reports as may be required thereunder and (ii) file with the
SEC, and the Trustee within 15 days after the Company is required to file the
same with the SEC, copies of the periodic reports which the Company may be
required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. The Company will also make such reports available to the Holders,
prospective purchasers of the Securities of any such series, securities analysts
and broker-dealers upon their written request.
(b) In the event that (i) 10 percent or less of the original
principal amount of the Securities of any series is Outstanding and (ii) the
Company is not required to file with the SEC such reports and other information
referred to in Section 6.03(a) hereof, the Company will furnish to the Trustee
(A) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, annual reports containing
the information required to be contained in Items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of
the Annual Report on Form 10-K promulgated under the Exchange Act, or
substantially the same information required to be contained in comparable items
of any successor form, (B) within 60 days after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, quarterly reports
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containing the information required to be contained in the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q promulgated under the Exchange Act, or substantially the same
information required to be contained in any successor form and (C) promptly from
the time after the occurrence of an event which would be required to be reported
in the Current Report on Form 8-K if the Company was required to file such
Report, such other reports containing information required to be contained in
the Current Report on Form 8-K promulgated under the Exchange Act, or
substantially the same information required to be contained in any successor
form.
(c) The Company will also comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a).
SECTION 6.04 MONEY FOR SECURITY PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST
(a) In the event the Company will at any time act as its own Paying
Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, not less than one
Business Day before each due date of the principal of or interest on any of the
Securities of any series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Holders entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so
becoming due until such sums will be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure to so act.
(b) In the event the Company is not acting as Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, the Company will, not less than one
Business Day before each due date of the principal of or interest on, any
Securities of any series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum in same day funds
sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or interest,
and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of such action or any failure to so act.
(c) In the event the Company is not acting as Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, 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 will agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal
of or interest on Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of
the Holders of such series of Securities and the Trustee entitled thereto
until such sums will be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided;
(ii) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company in
the making of any payment of principal or interest;
(iii) 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
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(iv) acknowledge, accept and agree to comply in all aspects
with the provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties, rights and
disabilities of such Paying Agent.
(d) 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 sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
sums.
(e) Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of any
series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or interest
has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or
(if then held by the Company) shall 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 New York, 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 notification or publication, any unclaimed balance
of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 6.05 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(a) The Company will deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers' Certificate stating
whether or not the signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred
during such period. If they do know of a Default or an Event of Default, the
Officers' Certificate will describe the Default or Event of Default and the
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.
SECTION 6.06 CORPORATE EXISTENCE, ETC.
Subject to the provisions of Article 7 hereof, the Company will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses
and franchises of the Company, except in such cases
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where a failure to do so would not in the judgment of management have a material
adverse effect on the business, prospects, assets or financial condition of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and would not have a materially
adverse impact on the Holders of Securities of any series.
SECTION 6.07 PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same will become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or upon the income,
profits or property of the Company other than any such tax, assessment, charge
or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate provision has been
made in accordance with GAAP and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the
Company, in each case except to the extent the failure to do so would not have,
in the judgment of management, a material adverse effect on the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 6.08 INSURANCE
The Company will maintain and will cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to maintain (either in the name of the Company or in such
Restricted Subsidiary's own name) with third party insurance companies or
pursuant to self-insurance, (i) insurance on all their respective properties,
(ii) public liability insurance against claims for personal injury or death as a
result of the use of any products sold by it and (iii) insurance coverage
against other business risks, in each case, in at least such amounts and against
at least such other risks (and with such risk retention) as are usually and
prudently insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the
same or a similar business.
SECTION 6.09 STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the
Company's obligation to pay the Securities of each series, and the Company (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law insofar as such law applies to the Securities of each
series, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, 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 has
been enacted.
SECTION 6.10 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES
The Company will take reasonable action to maintain in appropriate
condition each of its principal properties which in the judgment of management
is essential to the business
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operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and the loss of
which would have a material adverse affect on the financial condition of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Nothing contained in this Section
6.10 will prevent or restrict the sale, abandonment or other disposition of any
property which management deems advisable.
SECTION 6.11 PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF OTHER SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS SENIOR
TO THE SECURITIES
The Company will not create, Incur or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated by the terms of the instrument
evidencing such Indebtedness or pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued,
in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness unless such Indebtedness is pari
passu with the Securities of any series or subordinate in right of payment to
the Securities of any series pursuant to provisions substantially similar to
those contained in Article 16 hereof.
SECTION 6.12 LIMITATIONS ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payment, directly or indirectly, after the
Issue Date of Securities of any series if at the time of such Restricted
Payment:
(i) the amount of such Restricted Payment (the amount of such
Restricted Payment, if other than in cash, will be determined by the Board
of Directors of the Company), when added to the aggregate amount of all
Restricted Payments made after the Issue Date of the Securities of any
series, exceeds the sum of: (1) $100,000,000, plus (2) 50 percent of the
Company's Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (taken as a
single period) since January 1, 1997 (or, if such aggregate Consolidated
Net Income is a deficit, minus 100 percent of such aggregate deficit),
plus (3) the net cash proceeds derived from the issuance and sale of
Capital Stock of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not
Disqualified Stock (other than a sale to a Subsidiary of the Company)
after the Issue Date of Securities of any series but only to the extent
not applied under clause (d) of the definition of "Restricted Payment" set
forth in Section 1.02 hereof, plus (4) 100 percent of the principal amount
of any Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is
converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock of the Company that is not
Disqualified Stock, plus (5) 100 percent of the aggregate amounts received
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon the sale, disposition or
liquidation (including by way of dividends) of any Investment but only to
the extent (x) not included in Section 6.12(a)(i)(2) above and (y) that
the making of such Investment constituted a Restricted Investment made
pursuant to this Section 6.12(a)(i), plus (6) 100 percent of the principal
amount of, or if issued at a discount the accreted value of, any
Indebtedness or other obligation that is the subject of a guaranty by the
Company which is released after the Issue Date of Securities of any
series, but only to the extent that the granting of such guaranty
constituted a "Restricted Payment" under the definition set forth in
Section 1.02 hereof; or
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(ii) the Company would be unable to incur an additional $1.00
of Indebtedness under the ratio of the Company's Indebtedness (excluding
Non-Recourse Indebtedness) to Consolidated Tangible Net Worth contained in
the covenant set forth in Section 6.13(a) hereof; or
(iii) a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or occurs as a consequence thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section
6.12 will not prevent: (i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the
date of declaration thereof if the payment thereof would have complied with the
limitations of this Indenture on the date of declaration or (ii) the retirement
of shares of the Company's Capital Stock or the Company's or a Subsidiary of the
Company's Indebtedness for, in exchange for or out of the proceeds of a
substantially concurrent sale (other than a sale to a Subsidiary of the Company)
of, other shares of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock).
SECTION 6.13 LIMITATIONS ON ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, Incur any additional Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
between the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries which are Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries or among such Restricted Subsidiaries which are Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries), including Acquisition Debt, unless, after giving effect thereto
or the application of the proceeds therefrom, the ratio of the Company's
Indebtedness (excluding, for purposes of this calculation, Non-Recourse
Indebtedness) to Consolidated Tangible Net Worth on the date thereof is not
greater than 3.0 to 1.0.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Indenture
will not prevent: (i) in addition to the Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred
under clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this sentence and Indebtedness permitted
to be Incurred under Section 6.13(a) hereof, the Company and/or any Restricted
Subsidiary from Incurring (A) Refinancing Indebtedness, (B) Non-Recourse
Indebtedness and (C) Indebtedness Incurred for working capital purposes or to
finance the acquisition, holding or development of property by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the financing of any
related interest reserve) in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000 (excluding any
Indebtedness referred to in Section 6.13(a) hereof and clauses (i)(A), (i)(B),
(ii), (iii) and (iv) of this Section 6.13(b)), (ii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries
from Incurring Indebtedness, (iii) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
from Incurring Indebtedness under any deposits made to secure performance of
tenders, bids, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, progress
statements, government contracts and other obligations of like nature (exclusive
of the obligation for the payment of borrowed money), in each case Incurred in
the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
consistent with past practice and (iv) Restricted Subsidiaries from guaranteeing
Indebtedness of the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary.
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SECTION 6.14 CHANGE OF CONTROL
(a) Following the occurrence of any Change of Control, the Company
will so notify the Trustee in writing by delivery of an Officers' Certificate
and will offer to purchase (a "Change of Control Offer") from all Holders, and
will purchase from Holders accepting such Change of Control Offer on the date
fixed for the closing of such Change of Control Offer (the "Change of Control
Payment Date"), the Outstanding Securities of each series at an offer price (the
"Change of Control Price") in cash in an amount equal to 101 percent of the
aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to
the Change of Control Payment Date in accordance with the procedures set forth
in this Section 6.14.
(b) Within 30 days after the date of any Change of Control, the
Company (with written notice to the Trustee) or the Trustee at the Company's
request (and at the expense of the Company), will send or cause to be sent by
first class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders on the date of the Change of
Control at their respective addresses appearing in the Security Register a
notice, prepared by the Company advising the Holders of such series, of the
occurrence of such Change of Control and of the Holders' rights arising as a
result thereof. Such notice will contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable Holders to tender their Securities of such series to the
Company. Such notice, which will govern the terms of the Change of Control
Offer, will state:
(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to
Section 6.14(a) hereof and the length of time the Change of Control Offer
will remain open;
(ii) that the Holder has the right to require the Company to
repurchase such Holder's Securities of such series at the Change of
Control Price;
(iii) that any Security of such series not tendered will
continue to accrue interest;
(iv) that any Security of such series accepted for payment
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on
the Change of Control Payment Date;
(v) that the Change of Control Payment Date will be no earlier
than 45 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed;
(vi) that Holders electing to have a Security of such series
purchased pursuant to any Change of Control Offer will be required to
surrender the Security of such series, with the appropriate form on the
Security of such series completed, to the Company, a depositary, if
appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in
the notice prior to termination of the Change of Control Offer;
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(vii) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election
if the Company, depositary or Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives,
not later than the expiration of the Change of Control Offer, or such
longer period as may be required by law, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of the Security of such series the Holder delivered for purchase
and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have the
Security of such series purchased;
(viii) that Holders which elect to have their Securities
purchased only in part will be issued new Securities of the same series,
Maturity date, interest rate and Issue Date in a principal amount equal to
the unpurchased portion of the Securities of such series surrendered; and
(ix) information concerning the date and details of the Change
of Control and the business of the Company which the Company in good faith
believes will enable such Holders to make an informed decision (which at a
minimum will include (A) the most recently filed Annual Report on Form
10-K (including audited consolidated financial statements) of the Company,
the most recent subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any
Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed subsequent to such
Quarterly Report, other than Current Reports describing Asset Sales
otherwise described in the offering materials relating to the Change of
Control Offer (or corresponding successor reports) (or in the event the
Company is not required to prepare any of the foregoing Forms, the
comparable information required pursuant to Section 6.03(b) hereof);
provided that the Company may at its option incorporate by reference any
such filed reports in the notice, (B) a description of material
developments in the Company's business subsequent to the date of the
latest of such reports, and (C) if material, appropriate pro forma
financial information).
(c) In the event of a Change of Control Offer, the Company will only
be required to accept Securities of each series in denominations of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof.
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, create or permit to exist or become effective any restriction
(other than any restriction set forth in any agreement, indenture, document or
instrument relating to any Existing Indebtedness or Refinancing Indebtedness
with respect thereto) that would materially impair the ability of the Company to
make a Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change of
Control Offer is made, the Company will pay for Securities of each series
tendered for purchase in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.14.
(e) Not later than one Business Day prior to the Change of Control
Payment Date in connection with which the Change of Control Offer is being made,
the Company will (i) accept for payment Securities of each series or portions
thereof tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the
Paying Agent money sufficient, in immediately
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available funds, to pay the purchase price of all Securities of each series or
portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver to the Paying Agent an Officers'
Certificate identifying the Securities of each series or portions thereof
accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying Agent will promptly
authenticate and mail or deliver to Holders of Securities of each series so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the Change of Control Price of the
Securities of each series purchased from each such Holder, and the Company will
execute and, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate of the Company, the
Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holder a new
Security of the same series, Maturity date, interest rate and Issue Date equal
in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security of such series
surrendered. Any Securities of each series not so accepted will be promptly
mailed or delivered by the Paying Agent at the Company's expense to the Holder
thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of
Control Offer on the Change of Control Payment Date. For purposes of this
Section 6.14(e), the Company will choose a Paying Agent which will not be the
Company or a Subsidiary thereof. Any excess cash held by the Trustee after the
expiration of the Change of Control Offer will be returned to the Company.
(f) Any Change of Control Offer will be conducted by the Company in
compliance with applicable law, including, without limitation, Section 14(e) of
the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder.
SECTION 6.15 LIMITATIONS ON TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any loan, advance, guaranty or capital contribution to, or
for the benefit of, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its
properties or assets to, or for the benefit of, or purchase or lease any
property or assets from, or enter into or amend any contract, agreement or
understanding with, or for the benefit of, (i) any Affiliate of the Company or
any Affiliate of the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) any Person (or
any Affiliate of such Person) holding 10 percent or more of the Common Equity of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each an "Affiliate
Transaction"), except on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the
relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could have
been obtained in a comparable transaction on an arms' length basis from a Person
that is not an Affiliate.
(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into any Affiliate Transaction involving or having a
value of more than $10,000,000, unless in each case such Affiliate Transaction
has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Company's
Board of Directors.
(c) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into an Affiliate Transaction involving or having a value
of more than $20,000,000 unless the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor to the effect that the transaction
is fair to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, from a financial point of view.
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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Affiliate Transaction will not
include (i) any contract, agreement or understanding with, or for the benefit
of, or plan for the benefit of, employees or directors of the Company or its
Subsidiaries (in their capacity as such) that has been approved by the Company's
Board of Directors, (ii) Capital Stock issuances to members of the Board of
Directors, officers or employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to
plans approved by the stockholders of the Company, (iii) any Restricted Payment
otherwise permitted under Section 6.12 hereof, (iv) any transaction between the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Restricted Subsidiary, (v) any
contract, agreement or understanding as in effect on the Issue Date of
Securities of any series or any amendment thereto or any transaction
contemplated thereby (including any amendment thereto) or (vi) loans or advances
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to Unrestricted Subsidiaries which
in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding do not exceed $50,000,000.
SECTION 6.16 LIMITATIONS ON RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTIONS FROM RESTRICTED
SUBSIDIARIES
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, create, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction (other than encumbrances or
restrictions imposed by law or by judicial or regulatory action or by provisions
in leases or other agreements that restrict the assignability thereof) on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other
distributions on its Capital Stock or any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits, owned by the Company or any of its other Restricted
Subsidiaries, or pay interest on or principal of any Indebtedness owed to the
Company or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) make loans or advances
to the Company or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries, or (iii) transfer
any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its other Restricted
Subsidiaries, except for encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of (a) applicable law, (b) covenants or restrictions contained in
Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the Issue Date of Securities of any
series, (c) any restrictions or encumbrances arising in connection with the
Existing Credit Facility; provided that any restrictions and encumbrances
relating to any extension or renewal of the Existing Credit Facility are not
more restrictive than those in the Existing Credit Facility being extended or
renewed, (d) any restrictions or encumbrances arising in connection with
Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that any restrictions and encumbrances of the
type described in this clause (d) that arise under such Refinancing Indebtedness
are not more restrictive than those under the agreement creating or evidencing
the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced, (e) any agreement restricting the
sale or other disposition of property securing Indebtedness permitted by this
Indenture if such agreement does not expressly restrict the ability of a
Subsidiary of the Company to pay dividends or make loans or advances, (f)
reasonable and customary borrowing base covenants set forth in credit agreements
evidencing Indebtedness otherwise permitted by this Indenture which covenants
restrict or limit the distribution of revenues or sale proceeds from real estate
or a real estate project based upon the amount of Indebtedness outstanding on
such real estate or real estate project and the value of some or all of the
remaining real estate or the project's remaining assets, and (g) any
restrictions under any instrument creating or evidencing any Acquisition Debt
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that was permitted to be Incurred pursuant to this Indenture and the Securities
of any series and which (1) only apply to assets that were subject to such
restrictions and encumbrances prior to the acquisition of such assets by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (2) were not created in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, and any restrictions
replacing those permitted by this clause (g) which are not more restrictive
than, and do not extend to any Persons or assets other than the Persons or
assets subject to, the restrictions and encumbrances so replaced.
SECTION 6.17 MAINTENANCE OF CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET WORTH
(a) In the event the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Company
for any two consecutive fiscal quarters is less than $115,000,000, within 30
days after the end of each such period the Company will so notify the Trustee in
writing by delivery of an Officers' Certificate and will offer to purchase from
all Holders (a "Net Worth Offer"), and will purchase from Holders accepting such
Net Worth Offer on the date fixed for the closing of such Net Worth Offer (the
"Net Worth Offer Date"), ten percent of the original Outstanding principal
amount of the Securities of each series (the "Net Worth Amount") at an offer
price (the "Net Worth Offer Price") in cash in an amount equal to 100 percent of
the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
Net Worth Offer Date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 6.17. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Securities of each
series tendered pursuant to a Net Worth Offer is less than the Net Worth Amount
relating thereto, then the Company may use the excess of the Net Worth Amount
over the amount of Securities of each series tendered, or a portion thereof, for
general corporate purposes.
(b) In the event the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Company
for any two consecutive fiscal quarters is less than $115,000,000, within 30
days after the end of such period, the Company (with written notice to the
Trustee) or the Trustee at the Company's request (and at the expense of the
Company) will send or cause to be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all Holders on the date of the end of the second such consecutive fiscal
quarter, at their respective addresses appearing in the Security Register, a
notice, prepared by the Company advising the Holders of such series, of such
occurrence and of each Holder's rights arising as a result thereof. Such notice
will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable Holders to
tender their Securities of each series to the Company. Such notice, which will
govern the terms of the Net Worth Offer, will state:
(i) that the Net Worth Offer is being made pursuant to Section
6.17(a) hereof and the length of time such Net Worth Offer will remain
open;
(ii) that the Holder has the right to require the Company to
repurchase such Holder's Securities of such series at the Net Worth Offer
Price;
(iii) that any Security of such series not tendered will
continue to accrue interest;
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(iv) that any Security of such series accepted for
payment pursuant to the Net Worth Offer will cease to accrue interest
on the Net Worth Offer Date;
(v) that the Net Worth Offer Date will be no earlier
than 45 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed;
(vi) that Holders electing to have a Security of such
series purchased pursuant to any Net Worth Offer will be required to
surrender the Security of such series, with the appropriate form on the
Security of such series completed, to the Company, a depositary, if
appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in
the notice prior to termination of the Net Worth Offer;
(vii) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Company, depositary or Paying Agent, as the case may
be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Net Worth Offer, or
such longer period as may be required by law, a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder,
the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase
and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have
the Security of such series purchased;
(viii) that Holders whose Securities of such series
are purchased only in part will be issued Securities of the same
series, Maturity date, interest rate and Issue Date equal in principal
amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities of such series
surrendered; and
(ix) information concerning the period and details of
the events requiring the Net Worth Offer and the business of the
Company which the Company in good faith believes will enable such
Holders to make an informed decision (which at a minimum will include
(A) the most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K (including
audited consolidated financial statements) of the Company, the most
recent subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any Current
Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed subsequent to such Quarterly
Report (or corresponding successor reports) (or in the event the
Company is not required to prepare any of the foregoing Forms, the
comparable information required pursuant to Section 6.03(b) hereof);
provided that the Company may at its option incorporate by reference
any such filed reports in the notice, (B) a description of material
developments in the Company's business subsequent to the date of the
latest of such reports, and (C) if material, appropriate pro forma
financial information).
(c) In the event the aggregate principal amount of Securities
of such series surrendered by Holders exceeds the Net Worth Amount, the Company
will select the Securities of such series to be purchased on a pro rata basis
from all Securities of such series so surrendered, with such adjustments as may
be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities of any series in
denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, will be purchased. To
the extent that the Net Worth Amount remaining is less than $1,000, the
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Company may use such Net Worth Amount for general corporate purposes. Holders
whose Securities of such series are purchased only in part will be issued new
Securities of the same series, Maturity date, interest rate and Issue Date equal
in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities of such series
surrendered.
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, create or permit to exist or become effective any restriction
(other than any restriction set forth in any agreement, indenture, document or
instrument relating to any Existing Indebtedness or Refinancing Indebtedness
with respect thereto) that would materially impair the ability of the Company to
make a Net Worth Offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Net Worth Offer is
made, the Company will pay for Securities of any series tendered for purchase in
accordance with the terms of this Section 6.17.
(e) Not later than one Business Day prior to the Net Worth
Offer Date in connection with which the Net Worth Offer is being made, the
Company will (i) accept for payment Securities of each series or portions
thereof tendered pursuant to the Net Worth Offer (on a pro rata basis if
required pursuant to Section 6.17(c) above), (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent
money sufficient, in immediately available funds, to pay the purchase price of
all Securities of each series or portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver
to the Paying Agent an Officers' Certificate identifying the Securities of each
series or portions thereof accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying Agent
will promptly after acceptance mail or deliver to Holders of Securities of such
series so accepted payment in an amount equal to the Net Worth Offer Price of
the Securities of such series purchased from each such Holder, and the Company
will execute and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to
such Holder a new Security of the same series, Maturity date, interest rate and
Issue Date equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security
of such series surrendered. Any Securities of such series not so accepted will
be promptly mailed or delivered by the Paying Agent at the Company's expense to
the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Net
Worth Offer on the Net Worth Offer Date. For purposes of this Section 6.17(e),
the Company will choose a Paying Agent which will not be the Company or a
Subsidiary thereof. Any excess cash held by the Trustee after the expiration of
the Net Worth Offer will be returned to the Company.
(f) Any Net Worth Offer will be conducted by the Company in
compliance with applicable law, including, without limitation, Section 14(e) of
the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, if applicable.
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ARTICLE 7
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 7.01 LIMITATIONS ON MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS
(a) The Company will not consolidate or merge with or into, or
sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets (including, without limitation, by way of liquidation or dissolution), or
assign any of its obligations hereunder or under the Securities of any series
(as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or series of
related transactions), to any Person unless: (i) the Person formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which
such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition or assignment will be made
(collectively, the "Successor"), is a solvent corporation or other legal entity
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
or the District of Columbia, and the Successor assumes by supplemental indenture
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee all of the obligations of the
Company under the Securities of any series and this Indenture, (ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, (iii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction and the use of any net proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Company or the Successor, as the case may
be, would be at least equal to the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the
Company immediately prior to such transaction and (iv) the ratio of the
Company's or the Successor's Indebtedness (excluding Non-Recourse Indebtedness)
to Consolidated Tangible Net Worth contained in Section 6.13(a) hereof of the
Company or the Successor, as the case may be, immediately after giving effect to
such transaction, would be such that the Company or the Successor, as the case
may be, would be entitled to Incur at least $1 of additional Indebtedness under
such ratio.
(b) The Company will deliver to the Trustee prior to the
consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the
foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction
and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 7.02 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company or any assignment of its obligations under this Indenture or the
Securities of any series in accordance with Section 7.01 hereof, upon assumption
by the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered
to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Securities of any series
and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company, the
Successor formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is
merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition or
assignment is made will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and
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power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
Successor has been named as the Company herein and such Successor may cause to
be signed and may issue in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or
all Securities of any series issuable hereunder and the predecessor Company, in
the case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition or assignment, will
be released from all obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of any
series.
ARTICLE 8
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
(a) "Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to
Securities of any series, means any of the following events (whatever the reason
for such Event of Default and whether it will be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(i) the failure by the Company to pay interest on
any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable and
the continuance of any such failure for a period of 30 days;
(ii) the failure by the Company to pay the principal
of any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at
Maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise (including the failure to make
payment pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Net Worth Offer);
(iii) the failure by the Company to make any sinking
fund payment when the same becomes due and payable by the terms of a
Security of that series and Article 5 hereof;
(iv) the failure by the Company to comply with any of
its agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, the Security of that
series or this Indenture (other than an agreement or covenant a default
in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than
that series) and such failure continues for the period and after the
notice specified below;
(v) the acceleration of any Indebtedness (other than
Non-Recourse Indebtedness) for borrowed money or guarantees thereof of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that has an outstanding
principal amount of $10,000,000 or more in the aggregate; provided
that, in the event any such acceleration is withdrawn or otherwise
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rescinded within a period of five days after such acceleration by the
holders of such Indebtedness, any Event of Default under this Section
8.01(a)(v) will be deemed to be cured and any acceleration hereunder
will be deemed withdrawn or rescinded;
(vi) the failure by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to make any principal or interest payment in respect of
Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) for borrowed money
or guarantees thereof of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with an
outstanding aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or more within five days of
such principal or interest payment becoming due and payable (after
giving effect to any applicable grace period set forth in the documents
governing such Indebtedness);
(vii) a final judgment or judgments that exceed
$10,000,000 or more in the aggregate, for the payment of money, having
been entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such judgment or judgments is
not satisfied, stayed, annulled or rescinded within 60 days of being
entered;
(viii) the Company or any Material Subsidiary
pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for
relief against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a
Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its
property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors;
(ix) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an
order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any
Material Subsidiary as debtor in an involuntary case,
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or
any Material Subsidiary or a Custodian for all or
substantially all of the property of the Company or any
Material Subsidiary, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or
any Material Subsidiary,
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
days; or
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(x) any other Event of Default provided with respect
to Securities of that series.
(b) The Trustee will not be deemed to know of a Default unless
a Trust Officer has actual knowledge of such Default or receives written notice
of such Default with specific reference to such Default.
(c) A Default under Section 8.01(a)(iv) hereof is not an Event
of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25
percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all
series affected thereby notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and
the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the
notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and
state that the notice is a "Notice of Default." If such a Default is cured
within such time period, it ceases.
SECTION 8.02 ACCELERATION
(a) If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding (other than an Event of Default with respect to
the Company specified in clause (viii) or (ix) of Section 8.01(a) hereof) occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee (after receiving indemnities from the Holders to
its satisfaction) by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25
percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare all Outstanding
Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately. Upon such
declaration, the amounts due and payable on the Securities of such series, as
determined in Section 8.02(b) hereof, will be due and payable immediately. If an
Event of Default specified in clause (viii) or (ix) of Section 8.01(a) hereof
occurs, such an amount will ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable
without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the Trustee and the
Company or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series by written notice to the Trustee and
the Company may waive such Event of Default, rescind an acceleration and its
consequences (except an acceleration due to nonpayment of principal or interest
on the Securities of such series) if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived.
(b) In the event that the maturity of the Securities of any
series is accelerated pursuant to Section 8.02(a) hereof, 100 percent of the
principal amount of the Securities of such series (or in the case of a default
under Section 8.01(a)(ii) or (iv) hereof resulting from a breach of the covenant
set forth in Section 6.14 hereof, 101 percent of the principal amount of the
Securities of such series) will become due and payable plus accrued interest, if
any, to the date of payment.
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SECTION 8.03 OTHER REMEDIES
(a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to
collect the payment of principal or interest on the Securities of any series or
to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of any series or
this Indenture.
(b) The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Securities of any series or does not produce any of them in
the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising
any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default will not impair the right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All
remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 8.04 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS AND COMPLIANCE WITH INDENTURE
PROVISIONS
Subject to Sections 8.07 and 13.02 hereof, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of
Default and its consequences (including waivers obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for Securities), except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security
of such series. Upon any such waiver, such Default will cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed to have been cured for every
purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or
other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 8.05 CONTROL BY MAJORITY
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee (after
providing indemnities to the Trustee's satisfaction) or exercising any trust or
power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction
that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be
unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Securities of such series,
or that may subject the Trustee to legal liability; provided that the Trustee
may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent
with such direction.
SECTION 8.06 LIMITATIONS ON SUITS
(a) A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities of any series only if:
(i) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
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(ii) the Holder(s) of at least 25 percent in
aggregate principal amount of all of the Outstanding Securities of that
series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(iii) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss,
liability or expense;
(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request
within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity;
and
(v) during such 60-day period the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the
request.
(b) A Holder of a Security of any series may not use this
Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or
priority over another Holder.
SECTION 8.07 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder of a Security of any series to receive payment of principal
and interest on the Security of such series, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in the Security of such series, or, subject to Section 8.06
hereof, to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of the
Holder.
SECTION 8.08 COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE
If an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(a)(i) or
8.01(a)(ii) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company for the amount of principal and interest remaining unpaid on the
Securities of such series, determined in accordance with Section 8.02(b) hereof,
and such further amount as will be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including, without limitation, the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 8.09 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including, without limitation, any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings
relative to the Company, its creditors or property and will be entitled and
empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and any Custodian in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby
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authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event
that the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 9.07 hereof.
Nothing contained herein will 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.
SECTION 8.10 PRIORITIES
(a) Subject to Article 16 hereof, in the event the Trustee
collects any money pursuant to this Article 8, it will pay out the money in the
following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 9.07
hereof;
SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the
Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Company or such other Person legally entitled
thereto.
(b) The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 8.10.
SECTION 8.11 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS
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 a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by the party litigant. This Section 8.11 does not apply to a suit by the
Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 8.07 hereof, or a suit by
Holders of more than ten percent in aggregate principal amount of all of the
Outstanding Securities of any series.
SECTION 8.12 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders will, subject to any determination in such proceeding,
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and
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thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders will continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE 9
TRUSTEE
SECTION 9.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in such exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee need perform only those duties that
are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no
implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee; and
(ii) 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. However, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee
by any of the provisions hereof, the Trustee will examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not, on their face,
they appear to conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its
own gross negligent action, its own gross negligent failure to act, or its own
willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this Section 9.01(c) does not limit the effect
of Section 9.01(b) hereof;
(ii) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
(iii) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to
any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 9.05 hereof or when
exercising any other trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under
this Indenture.
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Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
of this Section 9.01(c).
(d) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers if it has reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of
such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(e) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. Subject to Sections 9.03 and 9.07 hereof,
all money received by the Trustee will, until applied as herein provided, be
held in trust for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities.
(f) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
surety in respect of the exercise of its powers and performance of its duties
hereunder.
SECTION 9.02 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
(a) Subject to Section 9.01 hereof:
(i) the Trustee may rely and will be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee determines to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
will be entitled to examine the books, records, and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(ii) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting,
it may require an Officers' Certificate. The Trustee will not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate. The Trustee may consult with counsel
satisfactory to it and the written advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel will 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;
(iii) the Trustee may act through agents and will not
be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care; provided, however, that the Trustee will in any event be
liable for the misappropriation of funds deposited with it or in an
account within its dominion and control;
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(iv) the Trustee will not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized
or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; and
(v) unless otherwise specifically provided in this
Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company
will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(b) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise and
may refuse 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 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.
SECTION 9.03 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or
any of its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to
Sections 9.10 and 9.11 hereof.
SECTION 9.04 TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities of any series, it will not be
accountable for any actions taken by the Company or any action taken by the
Trustee hereunder at the direction of the Company or in reliance upon an Opinion
of Counsel, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein
or any statement in the Securities of any series other than its certificate of
authentication. The immunities and exemptions from liability of the Trustee
hereunder shall extend to its directors, officers, employees and agents.
SECTION 9.05 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS
If a Default or Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the
Trustee will mail to Holders of such Securities a notice of the Default or Event
of Default within 90 days after it occurs. However, except in the case of a
Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest on any Security
of such series or a breach of the Change of Control covenant, the Trustee may
withhold such notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of such
Holders.
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SECTION 9.06 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS
(a) Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with May 15,
1999, the Trustee will mail to Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting
date that complies with TIA Section 313(a); provided, however, if no event
described in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within such calendar year, no
report need be transmitted. The Trustee also will comply with TIA Sections
313(b) and 313(c).
(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to
Holders will be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the
Securities of any series are listed. The Company will notify the Trustee when
the Securities of any series are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 9.07 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY
(a) The Company agrees:
(i) to pay to the Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder
(which compensation will not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(ii) 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, without limitation, the reasonable compensation and the
expenses, advances and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except
any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
gross negligence or bad faith; and
(iii) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for,
and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on their part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this
trust, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against
any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance
of any of their powers or duties hereunder.
(b) To secure the Company's payment obligations in this
Section 9.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Securities on all money
or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal and interest on particular Securities.
(c) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after
an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(a)(viii) or (a)(ix) occurs, the
expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
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SECTION 9.08 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of
a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 9.08.
(b) The Trustee may resign and be discharged from the trust
hereby created by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the
Trustee if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.10
hereof;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an
insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee
under any Bankruptcy Law;
(iii) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of
the Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy
exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly
appoint a successor Trustee.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holders of at least ten percent in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.10 hereof,
any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the Trustee with respect to such series and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of
its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the
successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession
to the Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by
it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in
Section 9.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 9.08, the Company's obligations under Section 9.07 hereof will continue
for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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SECTION 9.09 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
(a) Subject to Section 9.10 hereof, if the Trustee
consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of
its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation
without any further act will be the successor Trustee; provided that in the case
of a transfer of all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to
another corporation, the transferee corporation expressly assumes all of the
Trustee's liabilities hereunder.
(b) In case any Securities have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated, with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 9.10 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION
(a) There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder which will
(i) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trustee power, (ii) be subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state (or the District of Columbia) authority and
(iii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $150 million as set forth
in its most recent published annual report of condition.
(b) This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies
the requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(a)(2). The Trustee is subject
to TIA Section 310(b). If at any time the Trustee ceases to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.10, it will resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.08 hereof.
SECTION 9.11 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned
or been removed will be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
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ARTICLE 10
HOLDERS' LISTS
SECTION 10.01 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 before each
Interest Payment Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of such
series of Securities as of the Regular Record Date of such Interest
Payment Date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request
in writing, within 30 days after 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 furnished;
provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee will be the Registrar, no
such list need be furnished.
SECTION 10.02 PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION
The Trustee will preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of each series of
Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as
provided in Section 10.01 hereof and the names and addresses of such Holders
received by the Trustee in its capacity as Registrar or Paying Agent (if so
acting). The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section
10.01 hereof upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
ARTICLE 11
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 11.01 COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The Company may elect, at its option by Board Resolution at
any time, to have either Section 11.02 or 11.03 hereof applied to the
Outstanding Securities of any series designated pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof
as being defeasible pursuant to this Article 11 (hereinafter called a
"Defeasible Series"), upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in
this Article 11.
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SECTION 11.02 DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section
11.01 hereof to have this Section 11.02 applied to the Outstanding Securities of
any Defeasible Series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from
its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as
provided in this Section 11.02 on and after the date the conditions set forth in
Section 11.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter called "Defeasance"). For this
purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of
such series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the
purposes of Section 11.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture
referred to in (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the
following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to
receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 11.04 hereof and as more
fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and
interest on such Securities of such series when payments are due, (ii) the
Company's obligations with respect to the Securities of such series under
Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 6.02 and 6.04 hereof, (iii) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Article 11.
Subject to compliance with this Article 11, the Company may exercise its option
provided in Section 11.01 hereof to have this Section 11.02 applied to the
Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option provided in Section 11.01 hereof to have Section 11.03
hereof applied to such Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 11.03 COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section
11.01 hereof to have this Section 11.03 applied to the Outstanding Securities,
(i) the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 6.03 and
6.06 through 6.17, inclusive, Article 7, and any other covenants specified in or
pursuant to this Indenture and (ii) the occurrence of any event specified in
Sections 8.01(a)(iv) (with respect to any of Sections 6.03 and 6.06 through 6.17
inclusive, and any other covenants specified in or pursuant to this Indenture)
and 8.01(a)(x) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in
each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided
in this Section 11.03 on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section
11.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"), and such
Securities shall thereafter be deemed not to be "Outstanding" for the purposes
of any direction, waiver, consent, declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to
be "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such
Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities, the
Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any
term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly
or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant
to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to
comply shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under
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Section 8.01(a)(iv) or 8.01(a)(x), or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except
as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such
series shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 11.04 CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The following shall be the conditions to application of either
Section 11.02 or 11.03 hereof to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible
Series:
(i) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee that
satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 9.10 hereof and
agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article 11 applicable to
it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefit of the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations that
through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one
day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed
in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other
qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (1) the principal of and
interest on the Securities of such series on the respective Stated
Maturities (or redemption date, if applicable) of such principal or
installment of interest and (2) any mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities on the day
on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture and such Securities; provided that the Trustee shall
have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of
such U.S. Government Obligations to said payments with respect to such
Securities. Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee,
in accordance with Section 4.02 hereof, a notice of its election to
redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future
date in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and
Article 4 hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable
redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the
foregoing.
(ii) In the case of an election under Section 11.02
hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has
been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since
the date first set forth hereinabove, there has been a change in the
applicable Federal income tax law, in either case, to the effect that,
and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the
Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit,
Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
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(iii) In the case of an election under Section 11.03
hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of
such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner
and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant
Defeasance were not to occur.
(iv) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate to the effect that the Securities of such
series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will not be delisted
as a result of such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
(v) No Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit.
(vi) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of
the TIA (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of
the TIA).
(vii) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall
not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.
(viii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Section, such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in
compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or
limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof.
(ix) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate, stating that all conditions precedent with
respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied
with.
(x) No event or condition shall exist that, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 16 hereof, would prevent the Company from
making payments of the principal of or interest on the Securities of
such series on the date of such deposit or at any time during the
period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being
understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).
Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the
trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust
shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder.
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SECTION 11.05 DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.04(e) hereof, all money
and U.S. Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant
to Section 3.01 hereof) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section 11.05
and Section 11.06 hereof, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 11.04 hereof in respect of
the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series shall be held in trust and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Outstanding
Securities of such series and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and interest, but
such money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 11.04 hereof or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article 11 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company any money or U.S. Government
Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it with
respect to Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series that are in excess of
the amount thereof that was used to pay the Securities of such series upon
Maturity.
SECTION 11.06 REINSTATEMENT
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money in accordance with this Article 11 with respect to the Securities of any
series by reason of any notification, order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit
had occurred pursuant to this Article 11 with respect to Securities of such
series until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all
money held in trust pursuant to Section 11.05 hereof with respect to Securities
of such series in accordance with this Article 11; provided, however, that if
the Company makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Security of
such series following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series to receive
such payment from the money so held in trust.
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ARTICLE 12
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 12.01 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such
series herein expressly provided for) and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as to such series when
(i) either
(A) all Securities of such series
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 3.06 hereof, and (ii) Securities of such series for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company, as
provided in Section 6.04 hereof) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in
the case of (1) or (2) below, not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at
their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) if redeemable at the option of
the Company, are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in
cash sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness
on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of
such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due
and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as
the case may be;
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(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 9.07
hereof and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (B) of clause (i) of this Section 12.01, the obligations of the
Trustee under Sections 12.02 and 6.04(e) hereof shall survive.
SECTION 12.02 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.04(e) hereof, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof shall be held in
trust and applied by it, 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 interest for
whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE 13
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 13.01 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS
(a) The Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or
the Securities or waive any provision hereof without the consent of any Holder:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(ii) to comply with Section 7.01 hereof;
(iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in
addition to certificated Securities;
(iv) to make any change that does not adversely
affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder of a Security of any
series;
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(v) to add to the covenants of the Company for the
benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Company;
(vi) to add any additional Events of Default for the
benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such Events of Default are being included
solely for the benefit of such series);
(vii) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of
this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided
that any such addition, change or elimination shall become effective
only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior
to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to
the benefit of such provision;
(viii) to establish the form or terms of Securities
of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 hereof;
(ix) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.08 hereof;
(x) to supplement any of the provisions of the
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to implement the
provisions of Article 11 hereof or discharge of any series of
Securities pursuant to Sections 12.01 and 12.02 hereof; provided that
any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of such series or any other series in any material
respect; or
(xi) to comply with the qualification of this
Indenture under the TIA.
(b) Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 13.06 hereof,
the Trustee will join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental
indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and make any
further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be contained therein.
After an amendment or waiver under this Section 13.01 becomes effective, the
Company will mail to the Holders of each Security affected thereby a notice
describing the amendment or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such
notice, will not, however, affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture.
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SECTION 13.02 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS
(a) Except as provided below in this Section 13.02, the
Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities with the
written consent (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer
or exchange offer for Securities) of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
amendment.
(b) Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders as
aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
13.06 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company in the execution of such
supplemental indenture.
(c) It will not be necessary for the consent of the Holders
under this Section 13.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment or waiver, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
(d) The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected may waive compliance in a
particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture
(including waivers obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for Securities). However, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding
Security affected thereby, an amendment or waiver under this Section 13.02 may
not:
(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of,
or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or
reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or
any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the Place of
Payment where any Security or interest thereon is payable, or change
the 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 or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or
after the redemption date or repayment date), or
(ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such amendment, 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
(iii) modify any of the provisions of this Section or
Section 8.07, 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 affected
thereby, or
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(iv) modify the provisions of this Indenture relating
to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to the
Holders.
(e) A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any
covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included
solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
(f) The right of any Holder to participate in any consent
required or sought pursuant to any provision of this Indenture (and the
obligation of the Company to obtain any such consent otherwise required from
such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder has been the
Holder of record of any Securities of any series with respect to which such
consent is required or sought as of a date identified by the Trustee in a notice
furnished to Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 13.03 COMPLIANCE WITH TIA
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities will
comply in form and substance with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 13.04 REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS
(a) Until an amendment (which includes any supplement) or
waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security of any
series is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a
Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting
Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security.
However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to such
Holder's Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives written
notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.
An amendment or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and
thereafter binds every Holder.
(b) The Company may, but will not be obligated to, fix a
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to
any amendment or waiver. If the Company elects to fix a record date for such
purpose, the record date will be fixed at (i) the later of 30 days prior to the
first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of
Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section
10.02 hereof or (ii) such other date as the Company will designate. If a record
date is fixed, then notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.04(a) hereof,
those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated
proxies), and only those Persons, will be entitled to consent to such amendment
or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons
continue to be Holders after such record date. No consent will be valid or
effective for more than 90 days unless consents from Holders of the principal
amount of Securities required hereunder
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for such amendment or waiver to be effective have also been given and not
revoked within such 90-day period.
(c) After an amendment or waiver becomes effective it will
bind every Holder of a Security of any series affected thereby, unless it is of
the type described in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 13.02(d)
hereof. Any amendment or waiver will bind each Holder of a Security who has
consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security that evidences the
same debt as the consenting Holder's Security.
SECTION 13.05 NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an
amendment or waiver on any Security of any series affected thereby thereafter
authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Securities of such series may
issue and the Trustee will authenticate new Securities of such series that
reflect the amendment or waiver.
SECTION 13.06 TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee will sign any amendment or supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article 13 if the amendment does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does,
the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such
amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive
and, subject to Section 9.01 hereof, will be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such
amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and
binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 13.07 SUBORDINATION UNIMPAIRED
This Indenture may not be amended to alter the subordination
of any Outstanding Securities without the written consent of each holder of
Senior Indebtedness then outstanding that would be adversely affected thereby.
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.01 TIA CONTROLS
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties will
control.
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SECTION 14.02 NOTICES
(a) Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee
to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by
first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex,
telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
other's address:
If to the Company:
U.S. Home Corporation
10707 Clay Road
Houston, Texas 77252-2863
Telecopier No.: (713) 877-2387
Confirmation No.: (713) 877-2311
Attention: President
If to the Trustee:
IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company
One State Street
New York, New York 10004
Telecopier No.: (212) 858-2952
Confirmation No.: (212) 858-2815
Attention: Corporate Trust Agency & Administration
(b) The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
(c) All notices and communications will be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, if mailed; when answered back,
if telexed; when receipt acknowledged by the Trustee's transmission result
report, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the
courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
(d) Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by
first-class, postage-prepaid mail, return receipt requested, to the Holder's
address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or
communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency
with respect to other Holders.
(e) If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner
provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the
addressee receives it.
(f) If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders,
it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
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SECTION 14.03 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Securities Register and anyone else
will have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 14.04 ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of
a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request,
the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action),
the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such
specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or
any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by (i) Holders in person or
(ii) agent or proxy appointed in writing, or by the record of the Holders in
favor thereof, at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with
the provisions of Article 15 hereof, or (iii) a combination of such instrument
or instruments of any such record of such meeting of Holders, but in each case
only to the extent that the Holders shall not have revoked such action pursuant
to Section 13.04 hereof.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 14.04, a
Holder, including a Depository that is a Holder of one or more Global
Securities, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in
writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders
and a Depository that is a Holder of one or more Global Securities may provide
its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global
Securities through such Depository's standing instructions and customary
practices.
The Company, with advance approval by the Trustee, will fix a
record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners
of interests in any Global Security held by a Depository entitled under the
procedures of such Depository to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly
appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or
taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Persons who are such
beneficial owners at the close of business on such record date or their duly
appointed proxy or proxies will be entitled to make, give or take such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other actions,
whether or not such Persons remain such beneficial owners after such record
date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action will be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than six
months after such record date.
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SECTION 14.05 PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS AND HOLDING OF SECURITIES
Proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or such
Holder's agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the
Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:
(1) The fact and date of the execution by any such
Person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of
any notary public or other officer of any jurisdiction
authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded in
such jurisdiction that the Person executing such instrument
acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit
of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary
or other officer. Such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of the authority of the Person
executing any instrument in cases where Securities are not
held by Persons in their individual capacities.
(2) The fact and date of execution of any such
instrument may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient.
(3) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by
the Securities Register for such Security or by a certificate
of the Registrar.
(4) The Trustee shall not be bound to recognize any
Person as a Securityholder unless such Holder's title to any
Security held by such Holder is proved in the manner provided
in this Section 14.05.
The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter
referred to in this Section 14.05 as it shall deem necessary.
SECTION 14.06 OBLIGATION TO DISCLOSE BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that, upon demand of any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over
the Company, and pursuant to law or regulation empowering such agency to assert
such demand, any Holder shall disclose to such agency the identity of the
beneficial owner of all Securities held by such Holder.
SECTION 14.07 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company will furnish to the Trustee
and the Trustee may rely upon, as conclusive evidence:
(i) an Officers' Certificate (which will include the
statements set forth in Section 14.08 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of the signers, all conditions
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precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(ii) an Opinion of Counsel (which will include the
statements set forth in Section 14.08 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants
have been complied with.
SECTION 14.08 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION
(a) Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a
certificate provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) will include:
(i) a statement that the Person making such
certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such
Person, such Person has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the
opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
(b) Any Officers' Certificate may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such Officer knows
that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate may be
based as aforesaid is erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know that the same is erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar
as it relates to factual matters, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of
or representations by an officer or officers of the Company, or other Persons or
firms deemed appropriate by such counsel, unless such counsel has actual
knowledge that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with
respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be
based as aforesaid are erroneous.
(c) Any Officers' Certificate, statement or Opinion of Counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of or representation by an accountant (who may be an employee of the
Company), or firm of accountants, unless such Officer or counsel, as the case
may be, has actual knowledge that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or
opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous.
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SECTION 14.09 RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.
SECTION 14.10 NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
A director, officer or employee of the Company, as such, will
have no liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or
this Indenture. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such
liability.
SECTION 14.11 GOVERNING LAW
This Indenture and the Securities will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to principles of conflicts of law.
SECTION 14.12 NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
This writing constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof. Unless expressly otherwise indicated herein, an action or
transaction permitted by one provision hereof must nonetheless comply with all
other applicable provisions hereof; and any action or transaction not permitted
by any provision of this Indenture will not be permitted regardless of whether
any other provision hereof might permit such action or transaction.
SECTION 14.13 SUCCESSORS
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Securities will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture will bind its successors.
SECTION 14.14 SEVERABILITY
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 14.15 COUNTERPART ORIGINALS
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement.
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SECTION 14.16 TRUSTEE AS PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent and
Registrar.
SECTION 14.17 TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of
the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and will in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 14.18 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, will give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 14.19 ACCEPTANCE OF TRUST
IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, the Trustee named herein,
hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the
terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
ARTICLE 15
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 15.01 PURPOSES OF MEETINGS
A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time
to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 15 for any of the following
purposes:
(A) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to
give any direction to the Trustee, or to waive any non-performance hereunder,
and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by
Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of this Indenture;
(B) to remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.08 hereof;
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(C) to consent to the amendment of the provisions contained
herein and the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 hereof; or
(D) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on
behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities under any other provision of this Indenture or under
applicable law.
SECTION 15.02 CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take
any action specified in Section 15.01, to be held at such time and at such place
in the State of New York, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of each meeting
of the Holders of Securities, setting forth the time and the place of such
meeting and, in general terms, the action proposed to be taken at such meeting,
shall be mailed by the Trustee to the Holders, not less than 20 nor more than 60
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting, at their last addresses as they
shall appear on the Security Register.
SECTION 15.03 CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR SECURITYHOLDERS
If at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
the Holders of at least 20 percent in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of
Holders to take any action authorized in Section 15.01 hereof, by written
request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of such meeting within
20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or the Holders in the
amount above specified may determine the time and the place in the State of New
York for such meeting, and may call such meeting by mailing notice thereof as
provided in Section 15.02.
SECTION 15.04 PERSON ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETING
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders, a Person
shall be a Holder or be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy
by a Holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or speak at
any meeting of the Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting
and their counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 15.05 REGULATIONS FOR MEETING
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders in regard to the appointment of proxies, the proof of the holding of
Securities, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission
and examination of proxies and other evidence of the right to vote, and such
other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
Except as
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otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of
Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 14.05 hereof and
the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in such
Section 14.05 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy
witnessed or guaranteed by any bank, banker, trust company or New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. member firm satisfactory to the Trustee.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairperson of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called
by the Company or by the Holders as provided in Section 15.03, in which case the
Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall appoint a
temporary chairman. A permanent chairperson and a permanent secretary of the
meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote.
At any meeting of Holders, the presence of Persons holding or
representing Securities in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take
action upon the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called
shall be necessary to constitute a quorum; but, if less than a quorum be
present, the Persons holding or representing a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities represented at the meeting may adjourn such meeting
with the same effect, for all intents and purposes, as though a quorum had been
present.
ARTICLE 16
SUBORDINATION; SENIORITY
SECTION 16.01 SECURITIES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
(a) The Company agrees, and each Holder of a Security of any
series by such Holder's acceptance thereof likewise agrees, that the payment of
the principal of, and interest on (including, without limitation, interest
accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition under applicable Bankruptcy Law
or the appointment of a Custodian), the Securities of each series hereunder are
subordinated and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
provided in this Article 16, except as provided in Section 9.07, to the prior
payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness whether
outstanding on the Issue Date of the Securities or created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed thereafter.
(b) All the provisions of this Indenture and the Securities of
any series will be subject to the provisions of this Article 16 so far as they
may be applicable thereto, except that nothing in this Article 16 will apply to
claims for, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 9.07
hereof.
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SECTION 16.02 COMPANY NOT TO MAKE PAYMENTS WITH
RESPECT TO SECURITIES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
(a) No payment will be made by the Company on account of
principal of or interest on the Securities of any series, nor may the Company
purchase or otherwise acquire such Securities for cash or property (other than
Capital Stock or other securities of the Company that are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness to at least the same extent as the Securities), if at the time of
such payment or immediately after giving effect thereto there will have occurred
and be continuing (i) a default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or interest on any Designated Senior Indebtedness continuing beyond the
applicable period of grace, if any, specified in the applicable instrument,
lease, contract, agreement or other document evidencing such Designated Senior
Indebtedness, or (ii) a default, other than a payment default as specified in
clause (i) of this Section 16.02(a), that permits the holders of Designated
Senior Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity thereof, and the Trustee shall
have received notice thereof from the trustee or other representative of the
holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness, which notice shall request that
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities be prohibited, (provided,
however, that in the case of Designated Senior Indebtedness issued pursuant to
an indenture, such notice may be validly given only by the trustee under such
indenture); provided, that the foregoing will not prohibit payments made
pursuant to Articles 11 or 12 hereof from monies deposited with the Trustee
pursuant thereto prior to any such default, judicial proceeding or notice.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 16.02(a) hereof, the Company shall
resume payments on the Securities of any series and may acquire such Securities
upon the earlier of:
(i) the date upon which the default or event of
default as specified in Section 16.02(a) hereof is cured or waived or
ceases to exist, or
(ii) in the case of an event of default as specified
in clause (ii) of Section 16.02(a), the expiration of 179 days after
such notice as set forth in clause (ii) of such Section 16.02(a) is
received (each such period under this clause (ii) of Section 16.02(b),
a "Payment Blockage Period").
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 16.02(b) to the contrary, (A) only one
such Payment Blockage Period may be commenced within any 365 consecutive day
period and (B) in no event will a Payment Blockage Period extend beyond 179 days
from the date the payment on the Securities of any series is due. For purposes
of this Section 16.02, no default which, to the knowledge of the trustee or
other representative of Designated Senior Indebtedness, existed or was
continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period shall
be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a second Payment Blockage
Period by such trustee or representative, whether or not within a period of 365
consecutive days, unless such default shall have been cured or waived or shall
have ceased to exist, or the benefits of this Section 16.02(b) shall have been
waived in writing by such trustee or representative for a period of not less
than 90 consecutive days.
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(c) Upon any acceleration of the principal of the Securities
of any series or any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
creditors upon any dissolution or winding up or liquidation or reorganization of
the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all
Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, interest accruing subsequent
to the filing of a petition under applicable Bankruptcy Law or the appointment
of a Custodian) will first be paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, or
payment thereof provided for, before any payment is made on account of the
principal of or interest on the Securities (except payments made pursuant to
Articles 11 or 12 hereof from monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto
prior to the happening of such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization); and upon any such dissolution or winding up or liquidation or
reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
which the Holders or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of
this Article 16, will (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by any
Custodian or other Person, or by the Holders or the Trustee, making such payment
or distribution directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such
holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by
such holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary so that the
holders of all Senior Indebtedness have been paid in full in cash or Cash
Equivalents, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or
for the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is
made to the Holders except that Holders shall be entitled to receive securities
that are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness to at least the same extent as the
Securities.
(d) If the Trustee or any Holder does not file a proper claim
or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to above prior
to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim in such
proceeding, then the holder of any Senior Indebtedness is hereby authorized, and
has the right, to file an appropriate claim or claims for or on behalf of the
Trustee or such Holder.
(e) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment by or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, is
received by the Trustee or the Holders before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in
full in cash or Cash Equivalents, or provision is made for such payment in cash
or Cash Equivalents, such payment or distribution will be paid over or delivered
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay the holders
of all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness, and, until so
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delivered, the same will be held in trust by the Trustee or any Holder as the
property of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (but subject to the power of a
court of competent jurisdiction to make other equitable provision, which will
have been determined by such court to give effect to the rights conferred in
this Article 16 upon the Senior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with
respect to the Securities or the Holders or the Trustee, by a lawful plan of
reorganization or readjustment under applicable Bankruptcy Laws). The Trustee
will not have any obligation or duty to recover any such amounts so distributed.
(f) The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of
the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or
substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and
conditions provided in Article 7 hereof will not be deemed a dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 16.02
if such other corporation will, as a part of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article 7 hereof.
Nothing in this Section 16.02 will prohibit or apply to claims of, or payments
to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 9.07 hereof.
(g) The holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and
from time to time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Holders or the
Trustee, without incurring responsibility to the Holders or the Trustee and
without impairing or releasing the rights of any holder of Senior Indebtedness
or in any way altering or affecting any of the provisions of this Article 16:
(i) change the amount, manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the
time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend
in any manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding, (ii) sell, exchange,
release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise
securing Senior Indebtedness, (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for
the collection of Senior Indebtedness, and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
SECTION 16.03 SUBROGATION OF SECURITIES
(a) Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness
at the time outstanding, the Holders will be subrogated (without any duty on the
part of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to warrant, create, effectuate,
preserve or protect each subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the
principal of and interest on the Securities will be paid in full; and, for the
purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders or
the Trustee on their behalf would be entitled except for the provisions of this
Article 16, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article 16,
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders, or the Trustee on their
behalf, will, as between the Company, its creditors (other than holders of
Senior Indebtedness), and the Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Company
to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the
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provisions of this Article 16 are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, on the other.
(b) Nothing contained in this Article 16 or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Securities of any series is intended to or will impair, as
among the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness
and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the Holders the principal of and interest on the
Securities of each series as and when the same will become due and payable in
accordance with their terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative
rights of the Holders and creditors of the Company other than the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, nor will anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or
any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law
upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this
Article 16 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or
securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
(c) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article 16, the Trustee and the Holders will be entitled to
rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings
are pending, or certificate of the Custodian or other Person making such payment
or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders, for the purpose of
ascertaining the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the
Company and the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 16.
SECTION 16.04 AUTHORIZATION BY HOLDERS
Each Holder by such Holder's acceptance of a Security of any
series authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, as between the Holder
and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the subordination provided in this
Article 16 and appoints the Trustee such Holder's attorney-in-fact for any and
all such purposes.
SECTION 16.05 NOTICES TO TRUSTEE
(a) The Company will give prompt written notice in the form of
an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which
would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities of any series pursuant to the provisions of this
Article 16. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 16 or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of
monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities of any series pursuant
to the provisions of this Article 16, unless and until the Trustee will have
received at its Corporate Trust Office written notice thereof from the Company
or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from a representative or
trustee therefor; provided, that in the case of Senior Indebtedness issued
pursuant to an indenture, such
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notice may be validly given only by the trustee under such indenture; and before
the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee will be entitled in all
respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided further, that if the
Trustee will not have received, at least three Business Days prior to the date
upon which by the terms hereof any such monies may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Security of any series), with respect to such monies, the notice
provided for in this Section 16.05, then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee will have the full power and authority to
receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were
received and will not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be
received by it within three Business Days prior to such date.
(b) The Trustee will be entitled to rely on the delivery to it
of a written notice by a Person representing himself or herself to be a holder
of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee or a
representative on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee
determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any
payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 16, the Trustee may request
such Person to provide evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as
to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which
such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any
other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 16, and if
such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such
payment.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore set
forth, nothing will prevent any payment by the (i) Company or the Trustee to the
Holders of monies in connection with a redemption of Securities of any series if
(A) notice of such redemption had been given pursuant to Article 4 hereof prior
to the receipt by the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, of written notice
as aforesaid, and (B) such notice of redemption is given not earlier than 60
days before the redemption date, or (ii) Trustee to the Holders of amounts
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Articles 11 or 12 hereof.
(d) The Company agrees that if any default occurs with respect
to any Senior Indebtedness, which default permits the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity thereof, the Company will give prompt
notice in writing of such happening to all known holders of Senior Indebtedness
and will certify to each such holder the name of the Trustee and current notice
address.
SECTION 16.06 TRUSTEE'S RELATION TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
(a) The Trustee in its individual capacity will be entitled to
all the rights set forth in this Article 16 in respect of any Senior
Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of
Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 9.03 or elsewhere in this Indenture
will deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
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(b) With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the
Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article 16, and no implied
covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness will
be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee will not owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness but will have only such
obligations to such holders as are expressly set forth in this Article 16.
SECTION 16.07 NO IMPAIRMENT OF SUBORDINATION
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided will at any time in any
way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the
Company or by an 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 which any such holder may
have or otherwise be charged with.
SECTION 16.08 ARTICLE 16 NOT TO PREVENT EVENTS OF DEFAULT
No provision of this Article 16 will prevent the occurrence of
an Event of Default hereunder.
SECTION 16.09 PAYING AGENTS OTHER THAN THE TRUSTEE
In any case at any time any Paying Agent other than the
Trustee has been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term
"Trustee" as used in this Article 16 will in such case (unless the context will
otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent
within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such place of the
Trustee; provided, however, that Sections 16.05 and 16.06 hereof will not apply
to the Company or any Subsidiary if it acts as Paying Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this
Indenture as of the date first above written.
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By:
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Name: Thomas A. Napoli
Title: Vice President-Corporate Finance
and Treasurer
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit 4.2
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE-
SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES
Pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Indenture, dated
February __, 1999 (the "Indenture"), between U.S. Home Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee
(the "Trustee"), each of the undersigned, Robert J. Strudler and Thomas A.
Napoli, the Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Vice
President-Corporate Finance and Treasurer of the Company, respectively, hereby
certify on behalf of the Company as follows:
1. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings set forth in the Indenture.
2. The establishment of 8.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2009 as a series of Securities of the Company (the "Senior Subordinated
Notes") has been approved and authorized in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture pursuant to resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Company (a copy of which, certified by an Assistant
Secretary or the Secretary of the Company, is delivered herewith) duly
adopted on February 10, 1999, and resolutions of the Pricing Committee
of the Board of Directors of the Company (a copy of which, certified by
the Assistant Secretary or the Secretary of the Company, is delivered
herewith) duly adopted on February __, 1999. Pursuant to such
resolutions and this Officers' Certificate, the terms set forth below
for the Senior Subordinated Notes to be issued under the Indenture are
authorized and approved. The form of Senior Subordinated Note attached
hereto as Exhibit A has been approved and authorized in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture.
3. That he has read and is familiar with the provisions of
Articles 2 and 3 of the Indenture relating to the establishment of a
series of Securities thereunder and the establishment of forms of
Securities representing a series of Securities thereunder and, in each
case, the definitions therein relating thereto; that he is generally
familiar with the other provisions of the Indenture and with the
affairs of the Company and its acts and proceedings and that the
statements and opinions made by him in this Officers' Certificate are
based upon such familiarity; and that, in his opinion, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions and covenants
referred to above have been complied with; and in his opinion, such
conditions and covenants have been complied with.
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4. The terms of the series of Securities established pursuant
to this Officers' Certificate shall be as follows:
(a) TITLE. The title of the series of Securities
established hereby is the "8.875% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2009."
(b) AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT. The aggregate
principal amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes which may be
authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for
Senior Subordinated Notes authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Senior Subordinated Notes pursuant to Section 3.04,
3.05, 3.06, 4.07 or 13.05 of the Indenture and except for any
Senior Subordinated Notes which, pursuant to Section 3.03 of
the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authorized and
delivered thereunder) is $125,000,000.
(c) PERSONS TO WHOM INTEREST PAYABLE. Interest on the
Senior Subordinated Notes shall be payable to the Person in
whose name a Senior Subordinated Note is registered at the
close of business (whether or not a Business Day) on the
Regular Record Date for such interest payment, except that
default interest shall be payable in the manner provided in
Section 3.07 of the Indenture.
(d) STATED MATURITY. The date on which the principal
of the Senior Subordinated Notes shall be payable, unless
accelerated pursuant to the Indenture, is ________ __, 2009.
(e) RATE OF INTEREST; INTEREST PAYMENT DATES; REGULAR
RECORD DATES.
(i) RATE OF INTEREST. The principal amount
of each of the Senior Subordinated Notes shall bear
simple interest at the rate of _____% per annum. The
date from which interest shall accrue for each of the
Senior Subordinated Notes shall be _____ __, 1999.
Interest shall be calculated on the basis of actual
days elapsed over a 365- or 366-day year.
(ii) INTEREST PAYMENT DATES. Interest on
the Senior Subordinated Notes shall be payable
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semi-annually on _____ __ and _____ __ of each year,
commencing on _____ __, 1999.
If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
of the Senior Subordinated Notes falls on a day that
is not a Business Day, the payment due on such
Interest Payment Date or at Maturity will be made on
the following day that is a Business Day as if it
were made on the date such payment was due and no
interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for
the period from and after such Interest Payment Date
or Maturity, as the case may be.
(iii) REGULAR RECORD DATES. The Regular
Record Dates for interest payable on each _____ __and
_____ __ will be the immediately preceding _____ __
and ____ __ (whether or not a Business Day),
respectively.
(f) PLACE OF PAYMENT; REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND
EXCHANGE; NOTICES TO THE COMPANY.
(i) PLACE OF PAYMENT. Payment of the
principal of and interest on the Senior Subordinated
Notes will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee in New York, New York, and at any other
office or agency designated by the Company for such
purpose; provided, however, that at the option of the
Company, payment of interest due (other than at
Maturity) may be made by check mailed to the address
of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register.
(ii) REGISTRATION OF EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER.
The Senior Subordinated Notes may be presented for
exchange and registration of transfer at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York,
New York, or at the office of any Registrar hereafter
designated by the Company for such purpose.
(iii) NOTICES TO COMPANY. Notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
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Senior Subordinated Notes and the Indenture may
be served at U.S. Home Corporation, 10707 Clay
Road, Houston, Texas 77252-2863, Attention:
President.
(g) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Company may redeem all
or any portion of the Senior Subordinated Notes at any time
and from time to time on and after ___________ __, _____ at
the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of
the principal amount) together, in each case, with accrued
interest to the date of redemption:
If redeemed during the twelve month period
beginning _____ __,
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Year Percentage
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2004 %
2005 %
2006 %
2007 100.00%
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and thereafter at 100 percent of the principal amount
thereof.
(h) MANDATORY REDEMPTION/SINKING FUND. The Company
shall not be obligated to make any mandatory sinking fund
payment or redemption of the Senior Subordinated Notes.
(i) DENOMINATIONS. The Senior Subordinated Notes
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof.
(j) ACCELERATION. The principal amount of the Senior
Subordinated Notes shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 8.02
of the Indenture.
(k) DEFEASANCE. The Senior Subordinated Notes shall
be defeasible as provided in Article 11 of the Indenture.
(l) GLOBAL SECURITIES; DEPOSITORY. The Senior
Subordinated Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more
Global Securities and the Depository for the Global Securities
shall
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be The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and
the Global Securities shall be registered in the name of Cede
& Co., the nominee of the Depository.
(m) REGISTRAR; PAYING AGENT. The Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as the initial Registrar and Paying Agent
with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes. The books of
the Registrar for the Senior Subordinated Notes will be
initially maintained at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
(n) EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Section 8.01(a)(iii) of the
Indenture shall not be applicable to the Senior Subordinated
Notes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed this Officers'
Certificate on behalf of the Company this __ day of February, 1999.
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By:
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Robert J. Strudler
Chairman of the Board and
Co-Chief Executive Officer
By:
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Thomas A. Napoli
Vice President-Corporate Finance
and Treasurer
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EXHIBIT A
(FACE OF SECURITY)
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY
OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR
SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY
OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF
THIS 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 SUCH
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. EVERY SECURITY DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY
SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED ABOVE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
CUSIP ________
Cert. No. 1 U.S. HOME CORPORATION $125,000,000
Promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS on _____ __, 2009.
Exhibit A-1
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8.875% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2009
Interest Payment Dates: _____ __ and _____ __
Regular Record Dates: _____ __ and _____ __
Dated: February __, 1999
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By:
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Name: Thomas A. Napoli
Title: Vice President - Corporate
Finance and Treasurer
By:
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Name: Chester P. Sadowski
Title: Senior Vice President-
Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer
[Corporate Seal]
This Security is one of the
Securities of the series designated
herein referred to in the within
mentioned Indenture.
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK &
TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Exhibit A-2
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
8.875% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2009
1. INTEREST.
U.S. Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), promises
to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security, which is one of the
Securities of the series designated under the Indenture as the "8.875% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2009" (the "Senior Subordinated Notes"), at the rate per
annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on _____ __ and
_____ __ of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing _____ __,
____. Interest on the Senior Subordinated Notes will accrue from the most recent
date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from
_____ ___, ____ Interest will be computed on the basis of actual days elapsed
over a 365- or 366-day year.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT.
The Company will pay interest on the Senior Subordinated Notes (except
default interest, which shall be payable in the manner provided in Section 3.07
of the Indenture) to the Persons who are Holders of Securities at the close of
business on the _____ __ or _____ __ next preceding the Interest Payment Date
(the "Regular Record Date"). Holders must surrender Senior Subordinated Notes to
a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and
interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay
principal and interest by its check payable in such money. It may mail, or cause
to be mailed, an interest check to a Holder's address set forth on the Security
Register.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR.
Initially, IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company (the "Trustee") will act
as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent,
Registrar or co-Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. INDENTURE.
The Company issued the Senior Subordinated Notes under an Indenture,
dated as of February __, 1999 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the
Trustee. The terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes include those stated in the
Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date
of the Indenture and as may be amended from time to time (the "TIA"), and those
Exhibit A-3
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incorporated by reference into the Indenture pursuant to an Officers'
Certificate of the Company, dated February __, 1999 (the "Officers'
Certificate") delivered pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Indenture. The
Senior Subordinated Notes are subject to and governed by all such terms, and
Holders are referred to the Indenture, the Officers' Certificate and the TIA for
a statement of them. Capitalized terms used in this Senior Subordinated Note and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture
and the Officers' Certificate. The Senior Subordinated Notes are general
unsecured obligations of the Company limited to the aggregate principal amount
of $125,000,000.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Senior Subordinated
Notes at any time and from time to time on and after ______ __, ____ at the
following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of the principal amount)
together, in each case, with accrued interest to the date of redemption:
If redeemed during the twelve month period beginning _______ __,
Year Percentage
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2004 %
2005 %
2006 %
2007 100.00%
and thereafter at 100 percent of the principal amount thereof.
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION/SINKING FUND.
The Company shall not be obligated to make any mandatory sinking fund
payment or redemption of the Senior Subordinated Notes.
7. MANDATORY REPURCHASE OBLIGATION.
Within 30 days after the occurrence of any Change of Control, the
Company will offer to purchase all Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes at a
purchase price equal to 101 percent of the aggregate principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Change of Control Payment Date.
Within 30 days after the end of any two consecutive fiscal quarters
during which the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Company is at any time
and from time to time less than $115,000,000, the Company will offer to purchase
10 percent of the original Outstanding principal amount of the Senior
Subordinated Notes at a purchase price equal to 100 percent of the original
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Net Worth
Offer Date.
Exhibit A-4
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A Change of Control Offer or a Net Worth Offer will remain open for the
period specified in the Indenture. Promptly after the termination of a Change of
Control Offer or a Net Worth Offer, subject to the terms of the Indenture, the
Company will purchase and mail, or cause to be mailed, or deliver, or cause to
be delivered, payment for all Senior Subordinated Notes tendered and accepted
pursuant to such Offer.
A Holder may tender in response to a Change of Control Offer or a Net
Worth Offer all or any portion of its Senior Subordinated Notes at its
discretion by completing the form entitled "OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE"
appearing on the reverse of this Senior Subordinated Note. Any portion of Senior
Subordinated Notes tendered must be an integral multiple of $1,000.
8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE.
The Senior Subordinated Notes are issuable in registered form, without
coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any amount in excess thereof which is an
integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Senior Subordinated Notes are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Senior Subordinated Notes of any authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender
of the Senior Subordinated Note to be exchanged at any office or agency where
Senior Subordinated Notes may be presented for registration of transfer.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of Senior Subordinated Notes is registrable in the
Security Register upon surrender of a Senior Subordinated Note for registration
of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in New York, New York,
or at the office of any Registrar hereafter designated by the Company for such
purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by the Holder
hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Senior Subordinated Notes, 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 by the Company, the Trustee or the
Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 3.04, 4.07 or 13.05 of the Indenture, not involving any
transfer).
9. SUBORDINATION.
The Securities are subordinated in right of payment, in the manner and
to the extent set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness. Each Holder by accepting a Security agrees to such
subordination and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect.
Exhibit A-5
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10. PERSON DEEMED OWNER.
The Holder of a Senior Subordinated Note may be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
11. AMENDMENT, WAIVER.
The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein specified, the
amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders. The Indenture also
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations under the Indenture of the
Company and the rights of Holders at any time by the Company and the Trustee
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Senior
Subordinated Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Senior Subordinated Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of
all the Senior Subordinated Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holders
shall be binding upon the Holder of this Senior Subordinated Note and upon all
future Holders of this Senior Subordinated Note and of any Senior Subordinated
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in
lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Senior Subordinated Note.
12. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION.
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its
predecessor under the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Indenture, the
predecessor corporation will be released from those obligations.
13. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.
The following are Events of Default: (i) failure by the Company to pay
interest on any Senior Subordinated Note when the same becomes due and payable
and the continuance of such failure for 30 days; (ii) failure by the Company to
pay the principal of any Senior Subordinated Note when the same becomes due and
payable at Maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise; (iii) failure by the
Company to comply with any of its agreements or covenants in, or provisions of,
the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Indenture (other than an agreement or
covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in Section
8.01 of the Indenture or which has expressly been included in the Indenture
solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than the Senior
Subordinated Notes) and such failure continues for 60 days after notice; (iv)
acceleration of any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that has an outstanding principal amount of
$10,000,000 or more in the aggregate; provided that, in the event any such
acceleration is withdrawn or otherwise rescinded within a period of five days
after such acceleration by the holders of such Indebtedness, any Event of
Default pursuant to this clause (iv) will be deemed to be cured and any
acceleration under the Indenture will be deemed withdrawn or rescinded; (v)
failure by the Company or any
Exhibit A-6
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of its Subsidiaries to make any principal or interest payment in respect of
Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with an outstanding aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or more within
five days of such principal or interest payment becoming due and payable (after
giving effect to any applicable grace period set forth in the documents
governing such Indebtedness); (vi) a final judgment or judgments that exceed
$10,000,000 or more in the aggregate, for the payment of money, having been
entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries and such judgment or judgments is not satisfied, stayed,
annulled or rescinded within 60 days of being entered; or (vii) certain events
of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, involving the Company or a Material
Subsidiary.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes at
the time Outstanding (other than certain Events of Default arising out of
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization involving the Company
or a Material Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee (after receiving
indemnities from the Holders to its satisfaction) by notice to the Company, or
the Holders of at least 25 percent in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee,
may declare all Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes to be due and payable
immediately. Upon such declaration, the amounts due and payable on the Senior
Subordinated Notes as determined in Section 8.02(b) of the Indenture, will be
due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default arising out of certain
events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization involving the Company or a
Material Subsidiary occurs, such an amount will ipso facto become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the
part of the Trustee and the Company or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes by
written notice to the Trustee and the Company may waive such Event of Default,
rescind an acceleration and its consequences (except an acceleration due to
nonpayment of principal or interest on the Senior Subordinated Notes) if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default have been cured or waived.
Subject to Sections 8.07 and 13.02 of the Indenture, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Subordinated
Notes by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default
and its consequences (including waivers obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for Senior Subordinated Notes), except a continuing
Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on
any Senior Subordinated Note. Upon any such waiver, such Default will cease to
exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed to have been
cured for every purpose of the Indenture, but no such waiver will extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Exhibit A-7
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14. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY.
IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company, the Trustee under the Indenture, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of the
Senior Subordinated Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent
may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to Sections
9.10 and 9.11 of the Indenture.
15. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
A director, officer or employee of the Company, as such, shall have no
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Senior Subordinated Notes
or the Indenture. Each Holder, by accepting a Senior Subordinated Note, waives
and releases all such liability.
16. AUTHENTICATION.
This Senior Subordinated Note shall not be valid until the Trustee
signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Senior
Subordinated Note.
17. ABBREVIATIONS.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act).
The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and
without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to:
U.S. Home Corporation
10707 Clay Road
Houston, Texas 77252-2863
Attention: President
Exhibit A-8
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
Please insert Social Security or Employer
Identification Number of Assignee
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Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address
including Postal Zip Code of Assignee
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the within Senior Subordinated Note and all rights thereunder, hereby
irrevocably constituting and appointing
_________________________________________________________________ attorney to
Transfer said Senior Subordinated Note on the books of the Company, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ___________________________ Signature ________________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Exhibit A-9
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Senior Subordinated Note
purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 6.14 or 6.17 of the Indenture,
check the box below:
/-/ Section 6.14 (Change of Control Offer)
/-/ Section 6.17 (Net Worth Offer)
If you want to elect to have only part of the Senior
Subordinated Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 6.14 or 6.17 of
the Indenture, as applicable, state the principal amount you elect to have
purchased: $_________. Note: The amount you elect to have purchased must be an
integral multiple of $1,000.
Date:_______________ Your signature:__________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the Senior Subordinated Note)
Signature Guarantee:_________________________________
Exhibit A-10
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Exhibit 10.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
EMPLOYMENT AND CONSULTING AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AND
CONSULTING AGREEMENT, dated as of February 9, 1999, by and between U.S. Home
Corporation (the "Company"), and Robert J. Strudler (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to an
Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated as of October
17, 1995, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Employment
and Consulting Agreement, dated as of February 11, 1997 (collectively, the
"Agreement").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend and
restate the Agreement as hereinafter provided.
WHEREAS, Section 7(c) of the Agreement permits such amendment
by written agreement of both parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive agree to amend
and restate the Agreement as follows:
1. Employment and Duties. The Company shall employ the
Executive, and the Executive shall be employed by the Company, as Chairman and
Co-Chief Executive Officer, at the Company's headquarters in Houston, Texas (or
such other location as shall be mutually satisfactory to the Executive and the
Company) for the term of this Agreement. In these capacities, the Executive
shall devote substantially all of his business time and energies to the
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business of the Company and shall perform such services as shall from time to
time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors of the Company.
2. Term. The term of the Executive's employment hereunder
shall continue until June 20, 2001; provided, however, that, unless either party
otherwise elects by notice in writing delivered to the other at least 90 days
prior to June 20, 1999, or any subsequent anniversary of June 20, 1999, such
term shall be automatically extended for one additional year on June 20, 1999
(e.g., to June 20, 2002) and each subsequent anniversary thereof, unless sooner
terminated by the Executive's voluntary resignation or otherwise terminated
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the "Employment Term").
3. Compensation and Benefits.
(a) Compensation. During each calendar year of the
Employment Term, the Company shall pay the Executive: (i) a base salary at a
rate of $600,000 per year (the "Base Salary"), payable in substantially equal
biweekly installments, and (ii) any cash bonus to which he is entitled pursuant
to the provisions of Appendix A hereto, payable as promptly as practicable after
the end of each such calendar year, but in any event by April 15 of the
following year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive's applicable
employee remuneration (as defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) for any taxable year would exceed the higher
of $1 million or the maximum amount deductible by the Company under Section
162(m) for such taxable year, the amount otherwise payable shall be reduced to
the higher of $1 million or the maximum amount deductible under Section 162(m)
and the excess shall be deferred until the expiration of the Employment Term and
shall be payable in a cash lump sum on April 16 of the first year of the
Consultation Period. The deferred
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compensation shall accrue interest at the same rate charged the Company from
time to time under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 11, 1998, among the Company, the First National Bank of Chicago, as
agent, and certain lenders named therein, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, or any successor facility. The Executive's
Base Salary and bonus shall be reviewed at least annually by the Board of
Directors of the Company, or pursuant to its delegation, and (i) at a minimum,
the Board shall increase the Base Salary annually commencing with the 2000
calendar year by an amount determined by multiplying the current Base Salary by
the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index -- U.S. City Average
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
Labor (or if that Index is no longer published by any substantially equivalent
successor thereto)(the "Consumer Price Index") in the preceding calendar year,
and (ii) the Board may increase the bonus from time to time.
(b) Stock Options. On October 17, 1995, the Executive
was granted an option (the "Option") to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company's
common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to the
Company's 1993 Employee's Stock Option Plan. Such Option shall be an "incentive
stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code to the extent
permitted by Section 422(d) of the Code; to the extent not permitted by Section
422(d), the remaining portion of the Option shall be a nonqualified stock
option. The Option shall be for a term of ten years from, and shall be
exercisable immediately at the fair market value of the Common Stock on, the
date of grant.
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(c) Retirement Benefit.
(i) In consideration of the Executive's past
services to the Company, the Executive shall be entitled to a retirement
benefit, payable monthly for his life, in an amount equal to 60 percent of his
highest monthly Base Salary during the Employment Term. Such payments shall
commence on the first day of the month coincident with or next following the
later of the Executive's attainment of age 58 or the end of the Employment Term
(the "Commencement Date"); provided, however, that if the Employment Term
terminates prior to his attainment of age 58, the Executive may elect by written
notice to the Company to have such payments commence on the first day of any
month after such termination of employment (the "Early Commencement Date") in a
monthly amount equal to the monthly amount that the Executive would have
received at the Commencement Date, reduced by one-third of one percent (.33%)
per month for each month by which the Early Commencement Date precedes the
Commencement Date. The amount of each payment hereunder shall be increased on
each January 1 following the Early Commencement Date or Commencement Date, as
applicable, by an amount determined by multiplying the amount of each monthly
payment made in the preceding year by the percentage increase, if any, in the
cost of living from the preceding January 1, as reflected by the Consumer Price
Index. The Executive's election to have his retirement benefit payments commence
on the Early Commencement Date shall not affect the Company's obligation to pay
consulting fees to the Executive in accordance with Section 4 hereof.
The retirement benefit shall be an
unconditional, but unsecured, general credit obligation of the Company to the
Executive, and nothing contained in this
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Agreement, and no action taken pursuant to it, shall create or be construed to
create a trust of any kind between the Company and the Executive. The Executive
shall have no right, title or interest whatever in or to any investments which
the Company may make (including, but not limited to, an insurance policy on the
life of the Executive) to aid it in meeting its obligations hereunder.
(ii) From time to time, the Company shall
make such contributions to the trust established under the Trust Agreement dated
as of December 18, 1986 (the "1986 Trust") between the Company, as grantor, and
William E. Reichard, as successor trustee, to provide a sufficient reserve for
the discharge of its obligation to pay the retirement benefit to the Executive
as provided in clause (i) of this Section 3(c) and clauses (ii) and (iii) of
Section 5(a) hereof.
(d) Expense Reimbursement. The Company shall promptly
pay, or reimburse the Executive for, all ordinary and necessary business
expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties hereunder, provided
that the Executive properly accounts for them in accordance with Company policy.
(e) Other Benefit Plans, Fringe Benefits, and
Vacations.
(i) The Executive shall be eligible to
participate in each of the Company's present employee benefit plans, policies or
arrangements and any such plans, policies or arrangements that the Company may
maintain or establish during the Employment Term and receive all fringe benefits
and vacations for which his position makes him eligible in accordance with the
Company's usual policies and the terms and provisions of such plans, policies or
arrangements.
(ii) The Company shall not terminate or
change, in such a way as to adversely affect the Executive's rights or reduce
his benefits, any employee benefit plan, policy
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or arrangement now in effect or which may hereafter be established and in which
the Executive is eligible to participate, including, without limitation, the
Company's profit sharing, life insurance, disability and stock option plans,
unless a plan, policy or arrangement providing the Executive with at least
equivalent rights and benefits has been established.
(iii) From and after the last day of the
Employment Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in each of the
Company's employee benefit plans, policies or arrangements which provide medical
coverage and similar benefits to the Company's executive officers (the "Company
Medical Plan") on the same basis as the Company's other executive officers. The
Company shall bear the cost of medical coverage and benefits during the Consul
tation Period (as defined below); thereafter, the Executive shall bear such
cost. After the Executive is eligible for Medicare and the Company becomes a
secondary payor (or its equivalent) pursuant to Medicare or other applicable
law, the Company shall provide secondary medical coverage and benefits. If
continued coverage under the Company Medical Plan is not possible under the
terms of any insurance policy or applicable law following the Employment Term,
the Company shall provide the Executive with coverage equivalent to that
provided to the Company's other executive officers under a policy or arrangement
acceptable to the Executive. In the event of the Executive's death before the
end of the Consultation Period, the Company shall continue to provide such
primary and secondary medical coverage, as applicable, and benefits to the
Executive's spouse and dependents for the remainder of the Consultation Period
on the same basis as provided to the Company's other executive officers.
4. Consultation Period. From and after the last day of the
Employment Term and for a period of five years thereafter (the "Consultation
Period"), the Executive shall serve as
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a consultant to the Company with respect to such business matters and at such
times (not more than four days per month and not more than two consecutive days
per week) as the Company may reasonably request within Harris County, Texas;
provided, however, that if the Consultant does not reside in Harris County, he
may perform his consulting duties hereunder at his then place of residence and
shall be required to come to Harris County not more than one day in each
calendar month. During the Consultation Period, the Company shall pay the
Executive (in addition to any other amounts to which he is entitled pursuant to
this Agreement) a consulting fee, in substantially equal biweekly installments,
at the rate of $139,854 per year increased by an amount determined by
multiplying $139,854 by the percentage increase, if any, in the cost of living
between January 1, 1995 and the January 1 immediately preceding the date of
commencement of the Consultation Period, as reflected by the Consumer Price
Index. The amount of the consulting fee shall be increased on each January 1
during the Consultation Period by an amount determined by multiplying the amount
of the consulting fee paid in the preceding year by the percentage increase, if
any, in the cost of living from the preceding January 1, as reflected by the
Consumer Price Index. During the Consultation Period, the Executive shall be
reimbursed up to an amount not to exceed $50,000 during each year of the
Consultation Period for any expenses incurred by the Executive for (i) the
maintenance of an office that shall be located other than at the Company's
offices and (ii) secretarial and transportation assistance, such expenses to be
billed and paid monthly. During the Consultation Period, the Executive shall not
be required to undertake any assignment inconsistent with the dignity,
importance and scope of his prior positions or with his physical and mental
health at the time. It is expressly understood between the parties that during
the Consultation Period, the Executive shall be an independent
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contractor and shall not be subject to the direction, control, or supervision of
the Company. The provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof shall continue to
apply to the Executive during the Consultation Period.
5. Termination.
(a) Death and Disability.
(i) The Executive's employment hereunder
shall terminate upon his death or upon his becoming Totally Disabled. For
purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall be "Totally Disabled" if he is
physically or mentally incapacitated so as to render him incapable of performing
his usual and customary duties as an executive (for the Company or otherwise).
The Executive's receipt of Social Security disability benefits shall be deemed
conclusive evidence of Total Disability for purposes of this Agreement;
provided, however, that in the absence of his receipt of such Social Security
benefits, the Board of Directors of the Company may, in its sole discretion, but
based upon appropriate medical evidence, determine that the Executive is Totally
Disabled.
(ii) In the event that the Executive is
Totally Disabled before his retirement benefit pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof
has commenced to be distributed (whether or not he is in the employ of the
Company at the time he is so Totally Disabled), such benefit shall commence to
be distributed to him on the first day of the month next following his Total
Disability, as if such payments had commenced at his Commencement Date.
(iii) In the event of the Executive's death
(while Totally Disabled or otherwise) after his retirement benefit has commenced
to be distributed pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof or subparagraph (ii) above, as
applicable, the Company shall continue to pay such
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retirement benefit to his Beneficiary for her life. If the Executive's
retirement benefit pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof has not commenced to be
distributed on the date of his death, such benefit shall commence to be
distributed to his Beneficiary for her life on the first day of the month next
following his date of death, as if such payments had commenced at his
Commencement Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive's "Beneficiary"
shall be deemed to be his spouse; if his spouse predeceases him (or if he is not
married at the time of his death), his Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his
estate which shall receive, in lieu of the payments otherwise payable to the
Executive's spouse hereunder, a lump sum cash payment equal to the actuarial
present value (determined on the basis of a 6 percent per annum interest rate
assumption and no decrement for mortality) of the payments that would have been
made to a spouse for her life, assuming that such spouse was three years younger
than the Executive on his date of death. If the Executive predeceases his
spouse, upon her death, a lump sum cash payment equal to the amount of any cash
and present value of all property (including any annuity contracts) owned by the
1986 Trust as of the date of her death shall be paid by the Company to his
spouse's estate or any beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in her last will
and testament as soon as practicable after such calculation is completed. The
actuarial present value of any annuity contracts shall be calculated by the
insurance company that issued such contract or, if any such insurance company
cannot supply such present value, by an enrolled actuary.
(b) For Cause. The Executive's employment hereunder
may be terminated for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Cause"
shall mean (i) the Executive's continuing willful failure to perform his duties
hereunder (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical
or mental illness), (ii) gross negligence or malfeasance
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by the Executive in the performance of his duties hereunder, (iii) an act or
acts on the Executive's part constituting a felony under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof which results or was intended to result directly or
indirectly in gain or personal enrichment by the Executive at the expense of the
Company, or (iv) breach of the provisions of Section 6(b) hereof.
(c) Without Cause. If the Executive's employment or
his retention as a consultant hereunder is terminated without Cause, as soon as
practicable (but not later than 30 days) after such termination, he shall
receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of: (i) an amount equal to his
highest monthly Base Salary during the Employment Term prior to such termination
multiplied by the number of months remaining in the Employment Term (but by not
less than thirty-six months if such termination occurs during the Employment
Term); (ii) if such termination occurs during the Employment Term, an amount
equal to the bonuses earned, including any amounts deferred, pursuant to Section
3(a)(ii) hereof and Appendix A hereto or otherwise, in respect of the most
recently completed three calendar years; (iii) an amount equal to the actuarial
present value (determined on the basis of a 6 percent per annum interest rate
assumption and no decrement for mortality) of the retirement benefit payments
payable to him under Section 3(c), commencing on the Commencement Date (or, if
such payments have commenced, such actuarial present value of the remaining
payments); and (iv) an amount equal to the consulting fees due him under Section
4 for the term or remainder of the Consultation Period. Notwithstanding the
previous sentence, the Executive shall have the option, exercisable by him by
notice to the Company at any time prior to receipt of the lump sum payment
provided in the previous sentence, to receive his retirement benefit payments
payable as set forth in Section 3(c) hereof in lieu of the lump sum payment set
forth in clause (iii) of the preceding
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sentence. In addition to the foregoing benefits, if the Executive is terminated
without Cause, he shall continue to be entitled to reimbursement for expenses
and other benefits following termination of employment, in the amounts and in
the manner set forth in Sections 3(d), 3(e) and the fourth sentence of Section 4
hereof.
(d) Change in Control.
(i) If a Change in Control Event (as defined
in Appendix B hereto) occurs, the Executive shall (A) if he so elects by written
notice to the Company within 360 days after such Change in Control Event, be
entitled to terminate his employment, if not already terminated by the Company,
and, in either event, receive the amounts set forth in paragraph (c) above
(excluding the retirement benefit described in Section 5(c)(iii), which shall
instead be paid as set forth in Section 3(c) hereof, and excluding the
reimbursement for expenses and other benefits following termination of
employment under this Section, which shall instead be paid in the amounts and in
the manner set forth in Sections 3(d), 3(e) and the fourth sentence of Section 4
hereof) within the time period specified in subparagraph (iii) below, as if the
Company had terminated his employment without Cause, and (B) if he so elects by
written notice to the Company within 360 days after the occurrence of such
Change in Control Event, cause the Company to purchase the Executive's principal
residence at its fair market value. For purposes of this Agreement, such fair
market value shall be determined by two independent real estate firms, one of
which shall be selected by the Executive and one by the Company. If such real
estate firms fail to agree on such fair market value, the two firms so selected
shall select a third firm mutually acceptable to them and such third firm's
determination of fair market value shall be binding for all purposes.
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(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, if the aggregate amounts payable pursuant to subparagraph (i)
of paragraph (d) hereof would cause any payment under such subparagraph (i) to
be subject to an excise tax as an "excess parachute payment" under Section 4999
of the Code, such aggregate amounts payable hereunder shall be reduced by the
smallest amount necessary to ensure that no payment hereunder shall be so
treated under such Section 4999. Prior to effecting such reduction, the Company
shall give the Executive 30 days' written notice of the fact, amount and basis
of such reduction, as well as a determination of the shortest period of time
over which such aggregate amounts may be paid and not be treated as "excess
parachute payments." The Executive shall then have 30 days within which to elect
in writing to (A) receive a lump sum payment, reduced pursuant to the first
sentence hereof, or (B) receive the aggregate amounts payable pursuant to
subparagraph (i) hereof in annual installments over the time period set forth in
the Company's notice. In making the determinations called for in this
subparagraph (ii), the parties hereto shall rely conclusively on (1) the opinion
of Hay-Huggins, or such other consulting firm as the Company shall designate
(with the written consent of the Executive) within one year of the date hereof
as to the amount of the Executive's compensation which constitutes "reasonable
compensation" for purposes of Section 280G of the Code, and (2) the opinion of
Kwasha Lipton, or such other actuarial firm as the Company shall designate (with
the written consent of the Executive) within one year of the date hereof as to
any present value calculations under Section 280G of the Code. The Company shall
bear all costs associated with obtaining such opinions.
(iii) The amounts payable pursuant to this
paragraph (d) shall be paid (or commence to be paid) to the Executive not later
than 10 days after he notifies the Company
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under subparagraph (ii) above whether he wishes to receive such amounts in a
lump sum or in installments or, if no notice is given by the Company under
subparagraph (ii) above, within 30 days after the Executive gives notice to the
Company under subparagraph (i) above.
(iv) In addition to all other rights granted
him under this paragraph (d), if a Control Change (as defined in paragraph (c)
of Appendix B hereto) occurs, the Executive shall be entitled to elect to
terminate his employment with the Company upon written notice to the Company,
effective not more than 10 days after such election. In such event, (A) the
Consultation Period shall commence immediately upon termination of employment
and shall cease five years thereafter, (B) the Executive shall be entitled to
elect at any time to have payment of his retirement benefit commence on the
Early Commencement Date in an amount determined in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(c) hereof, and (C) the Company shall promptly, but not
later than 10 days after such election, transfer sufficient assets to the 1986
Trust so that the assets of the 1986 Trust are then sufficient to discharge the
obligations for the consulting fees and retirement benefits due him in full.
6. Covenants.
(a) Confidentiality. The Executive acknowledges that
he has acquired and will acquire confidential information respecting the
business of the Company. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that, without the
written consent of the Company as authorized by its Board of Directors, he will
not, at any time, willfully disclose any such confidential information to any
unauthorized third party with an intent that such disclosure will result in
financial benefit to the Executive or to any person other than the Company. For
this purpose, information shall be
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considered confidential only if such information is uniquely proprietary to the
Company and has not been made publicly available prior to its disclosure by the
Executive.
(b) Competitive Activity. Until the end of the
Consultation Period, the Executive shall not, without the consent of the Board
of Directors of the Company, directly or indirectly, knowingly engage or be
interested in (as owner, partner, shareholder, employee, director, officer,
agent, consultant or otherwise), with or without compensation, any business
which (i) is in competition with any line of business being actively conducted
by the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries during the Employment
Term or Consultation Period, or (ii) shall hire any person who was employed by
the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries within the six-month period
preceding such hiring, except for any employee whose annual rate of compensation
is not in excess of $55,000. Nothing herein, however, shall prohibit the
Executive from acquiring or holding not more than one percent of any class of
publicly traded securities of any such business.
(c) Remedy for Breach. The Executive acknowledges
that the provisions of this Section 6 are reasonable and necessary for the
protection of the Company and that the Company will be irrevocably damaged if
such covenants are not specifically enforced. Accordingly, the Executive agrees
that, in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled, the
Company shall be entitled to seek and obtain injunctive relief (without the
requirement of any bond) from a court of competent jurisdiction for the purposes
of restraining the Executive from any actual or threatened breach of such
covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of
this Section 6 shall cease to apply to the Executive if his employment hereunder
terminates without Cause or following a Change in Control Event. In
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addition, in the event that the Executive breaches the provisions of this
Section 6 during the Consultation Period, the Company's sole remedy shall be to
terminate the Executive for Cause.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable
to agreements made and to be performed in that State.
(b) Notices. Any notice, consent or other
communication made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by United
States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the parties at
the following addresses or at such other address as a party may specify by
notice to the other.
To the Executive:
11110 Greenbay
Houston, Texas 77024
To the Company:
U.S. Home Corporation
10707 Clay Road
P.O. Box 2863
Houston, Texas 77252
Attention: Secretary
(c) Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement shall
supersede any and all existing agreements between the Executive and the Company
or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries relating to the terms of his
employment. It may not be amended except by a written agreement signed by both
parties.
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(d) Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon
strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be
considered a waiver thereof or deprive that party of the right thereafter to
insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
(e) Assignment. Except as otherwise provided in this
paragraph, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and
assigns. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive, and shall be
assignable by the Company only to any corporation or other entity resulting from
the reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation or entity or any corporation or entity to which the Company may sell
all or substantially all of its assets, and it must be so assigned by the
Company to, and accepted as binding upon it by, such other corporation or entity
in connection with any such reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale.
(f) Litigation Costs. In the event that the Executive
shall successfully prosecute a judicial proceeding to enforce any provision of
this Agreement, in addition to any other relief awarded the Executive by the
court in such action, the parties agree that the judgment rendered shall award
the Executive all of his attorneys' fees, disbursements and other costs incurred
by the Executive in prosecuting such suit.
(g) Separability. If any provision of this Agreement
is invalid or unenforceable, the balance of the Agreement shall remain in
effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it
shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement and Appendices A
and B thereto as evidence of their adoption this 9th day of February, 1999.
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By: /s/ Isaac Heimbinder
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Name: Isaac Heimbinder
Title: President, Co-Chief
Executive Officer and
Chief Operating Officer
EXECUTIVE:
/s/ Robert J. Strudler
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Name: Robert J. Strudler
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Appendix A
This Appendix A is attached to and shall form a part of the
Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated February
9, 1999, by and between U.S. Home Corporation (the "Company"), and Robert J.
Strudler (the "Executive").
(a) The Executive's bonus, if any, for each calendar year
during the Employment Term shall be an amount equal to:
(i) one-half (1/2) of one percent (1%) of the first
$10,000,000 of the Company's Pre-Tax Income for such year, plus
(ii) three-fourths (3/4) of one percent (1%) of the
next $10,000,000 of the Company's Pre-Tax Income for such year, plus
(iii) one percent (1%) of the Company's Pre-Tax
Income for such year in excess of $20,000,000.
(b) In the event that the Executive's employment hereunder is
terminated for any reason prior to the end of a calendar year, including the
expiration of the Employment Term, his bonus for such year shall be an amount,
estimated in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company based on
reasonable assumptions and projections, but without the benefit of the report
referred to in paragraph (c) below, equal to the bonus otherwise determined
pursuant to this Appendix A, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of calendar months during such year in which the Executive was
employed by the Company for at least one business day, and the denominator of
which is 12.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the Company's "Pre-Tax
Income" for any year shall mean the income of the Company and its consolidated
and unconsolidated subsidiaries
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for such year, as reported by the Company and certified by its independent
certified public accountants, except that no deduction shall be made for the
bonus payable pursuant to this Appendix A and Section 3(a)(ii) hereof for such
year or for Federal income and State and local franchise, gross receipts, or
income taxes.
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By: /s/ Isaac Heimbinder
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Name: Isaac Heimbinder
Title: President, Co-Chief
Executive Officer and
Chief Operating Officer
EXECUTIVE:
/s/ Robert J. Strudler
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Name: Robert J. Strudler
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Appendix B
This Appendix B is attached to and shall form a part of the
Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated February
9, 1999, by and between U.S. Home Corporation (the "Company"), and Robert J.
Strudler (the "Executive").
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control
Event" shall occur when a "Control Change" (as defined in paragraph (c) below)
is followed within two years by a "Material Change" (as defined in paragraph (b)
below).
(b) A "Material Change" shall occur if:
(i) the Executive's employment hereunder is
terminated without Cause; (ii) the Company makes any change in the Executive's
functions, duties or responsibilities from the position that the Executive
occupied on the date hereof or, if this Agreement has been renewed or extended,
the date of the last renewal or extension, but only if such change would cause:
(A) the Executive to report to anyone other
than the Board of Directors of the Company,
(B) the Executive to no longer be the
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the
Company,
(C) even if the Executive maintains the
positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Executive Officer,
his responsibilities to be reduced from those in effect on the date hereof or
the date of the last renewal or
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extension of this Agreement, as applicable, or to no longer be commensurate with
those of the Co-Chief Executive Officer of a company with gross annual sales of
at least $800 million, or
(D) the Executive's position with the
Company to become one of lesser importance or scope;
(iii) the Company assigns or reassigns the Executive
(without his written permission) to another place of employment which is more
than 10 miles from his place of employment on the date hereof or the date of the
last renewal or extension of this Agreement, as applicable, and which is not the
corporate headquarters of the Company; or
(iv) the Company reduces the Executive's Base Salary
or otherwise breaches the terms of this Agreement.
(c) A "Control Change" shall occur if:
(i) a report on Schedule 13D is filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") disclosing that any person (within the
meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company (or one of
its subsidiaries) or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company (or one
of its subsidiaries), is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 15
percent or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities
of the Company;
(ii) any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act), other than the Company (or one of its subsidiaries) or any
employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company (or one of its subsidiaries),
shall purchase securities pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to
acquire any common stock of the Company (or securities convertible into
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common stock) for cash, securities or any other consideration, provided that
after consummation of the offer, the person in question is the beneficial owner
(as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of 15 percent or more of the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding securities of the Company (as determined under paragraph (d) of
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, in the case of rights to acquire common
stock);
(iii) the stockholders of the Company shall approve
(A) any consolidation or merger of the Company (1) in which the Company is not
the continuing or surviving corporation, (2) pursuant to which shares of common
stock of the Company would be converted into cash, securities or other property,
or (3) with a corporation which prior to such consolidation or merger owned 15
percent or more of the cumulative voting power of the then- outstanding
securities of the Company, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
(in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially
all the assets of the Company; or
(iv) there shall have been a change in a majority of
the members of the Board of Directors of the Company within a 12-month period,
unless the election or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders of
each new director during such 12-month period was approved by the vote of
two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the
beginning of such 12-month period.
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U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By: /s/ Isaac Heimbinder
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Name: Isaac Heimbinder
Title: President, Co-Chief
Executive Officer and
Chief Operating Officer
EXECUTIVE:
/s/ Robert J. Strudler
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Name: Robert J. Strudler
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Exhibit 10.2
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT
AND CONSULTING AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AND CONSULTING
AGREEMENT, dated as of February 9, 1999, by and between U.S. Home Corporation
(the "Company"), and Isaac Heimbinder (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to an
Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated as of October
17, 1995, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Employment
and Consulting Agreement, dated as of February 11, 1997 (collectively, the
"Agreement").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend and
restate the Agreement as hereinafter provided.
WHEREAS, Section 7(c) of the Agreement permits such amendment
by written agreement of both parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Executive agree to amend
and restate the Agreement as follows:
1. Employment and Duties. The Company shall employ the
Executive, and the Executive shall be employed by the Company, as President,
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer at the Company's
headquarters in Houston, Texas (or such other location as shall be mutually
satisfactory to the Executive and the Company) for the term of this Agreement.
In these capacities, the Executive shall devote substantially all of his
business time
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and energies to the business of the Company and shall perform such services as
shall from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
2. Term. The term of the Executive's employment hereunder
shall continue until June 20, 2001; provided, however, that, unless either party
otherwise elects by notice in writing delivered to the other at least 90 days
prior to June 20, 1999, or any subsequent anniversary of June 20, 1999, such
term shall be automatically extended for one additional year on June 20, 1999
(e.g., to June 20, 2002) and each subsequent anniversary thereof, unless sooner
terminated by the Executive's voluntary resignation or otherwise terminated
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the "Employment Term").
3. Compensation and Benefits.
(a) Compensation. During each calendar year of the
Employment Term, the Company shall pay the Executive: (i) a base salary at a
rate of $590,000 per year (the "Base Salary"), payable in substantially equal
biweekly installments, and (ii) any cash bonus to which he is entitled pursuant
to the provisions of Appendix A hereto, payable as promptly as practicable after
the end of each such calendar year, but in any event by April 15 of the
following year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive's applicable
employee remuneration (as defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) for any taxable year would exceed the higher
of $1 million or the maximum amount deductible by the Company under Section
162(m) for such taxable year, the amount otherwise payable shall be reduced to
the higher of $1 million or the maximum amount deductible under Section 162(m)
and the excess shall be deferred until the expiration of the Employment Term and
shall be
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payable in a cash lump sum on April 16 of the first year of the Consultation
Period. The deferred compensation shall accrue interest at the same rate charged
the Company from time to time under the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of September 11, 1998, among the Company, the First National
Bank of Chicago, as agent, and certain lenders named therein, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or any successor
facility. The Executive's Base Salary and bonus shall be reviewed at least
annually by the Board of Directors of the Company, or pursuant to its
delegation, and (i) at a minimum, the Board shall increase the Base Salary
annually commencing with the 2000 calendar year by an amount determined by
multiplying the current Base Salary by the percentage increase in the Consumer
Price Index -- U.S. City Average published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor (or if that Index is no longer published,
by any substantially equivalent successor thereto) (the "Consumer Price Index")
in the preceding calendar year and (ii) the Board may increase the bonus from
time to time.
(b) Stock Options. On October 17, 1995, the Executive was granted an option
(the "Option") to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par
value per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to the Company's 1993 Employee's
Stock Option Plan. Such Option shall be an "incentive stock option" within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code to the extent permitted by Section 422(d) of
the Code; to the extent not permitted by Section 422(d), the remaining portion
of the Option shall be a nonqualified stock option. The Option shall be for a
term of ten years from, and shall be exercisable immediately at the fair market
value of the Common Stock on, the date of grant.
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(c) Retirement Benefit.
(i) In consideration of the Executive's past
services to the Company, the Executive shall be entitled to a retirement
benefit, payable monthly for his life, in an amount equal to 60 percent of his
highest monthly Base Salary during the Employment Term. Such payments shall
commence on the first day of the month coincident with or next following the
later of the Executive's attainment of age 58 or the end of the Employment Term
(the "Commencement Date"); provided, however, that if the Employment Term
terminates prior to his attainment of age 58, the Executive may elect by written
notice to the Company to have such payments commence on the first day of any
month after such termination of employment (the "Early Commencement Date") in a
monthly amount equal to the monthly amount that the Executive would have
received at the Commencement Date, reduced by one-third of one percent (.33%)
per month for each month by which the Early Commencement Date precedes the
Commencement Date. The amount of each payment hereunder shall be increased on
each January 1 following the Early Commencement Date or Commencement Date, as
applicable, by an amount determined by multiplying the amount of each monthly
payment made in the preceding year by the percentage increase, if any, in the
cost of living from the preceding January 1, as reflected by the Consumer Price
Index. The Executive's election to have his retirement benefit payments commence
on the Early Commencement Date shall not affect the Company's obligation to pay
consulting fees to the Executive in accordance with Section 4 hereof.
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The retirement benefit shall be an unconditional, but
unsecured, general credit obligation of the Company to the Executive, and
nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant to it, shall
create or be construed to create a trust of any kind between the Company and the
Executive. The Executive shall have no right, title or interest whatever in or
to any investments which the Company may make (including, but not limited to, an
insurance policy on the life of the Executive) to aid it in meeting its
obligations hereunder.
(ii) From time to time, the Company shall
make such contributions to the trust established under the Trust Agreement dated
as of December 18, 1986 (the "1986 Trust") between the Company, as grantor, and
William E. Reichard, as successor trustee, to provide a sufficient reserve for
the discharge of its obligation to pay the retirement benefit to the Executive
as provided in clause (i) of this Section 3(c) and clauses (ii) and (iii) of
Section 5(a) hereof.
(d) Expense Reimbursement. The Company shall promptly
pay, or reimburse the Executive for, all ordinary and necessary business
expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties hereunder, provided
that the Executive properly accounts for them in accordance with Company policy.
(e) Other Benefit Plans, Fringe Benefits, and
Vacations.
(i) The Executive shall be eligible to
participate in each of the Company's present employee benefit plans, policies or
arrangements and any such plans, policies or arrangements that the Company may
maintain or establish during the Employment Term and receive all fringe benefits
and vacations for which his position makes him eligible in accordance
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with the Company's usual policies and the terms and provisions of such plans,
policies or arrangements.
(ii) The Company shall not terminate or
change, in such a way as to adversely affect the Executive's rights or reduce
his benefits, any employee benefit plan, policy or arrangement now in effect or
which may hereafter be established and in which the Executive is eligible to
participate, including, without limitation, the Company's profit sharing, life
insurance, disability and stock option plans, unless a plan, policy or
arrangement providing the Executive with at least equivalent rights and benefits
has been established.
(iii) From and after the last day of the
Employment Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in each of the
Company's employee benefit plans, policies or arrangements which provide medical
coverage and similar benefits to the Company's executive officers (the "Company
Medical Plan") on the same basis as the Company's other executive officers. The
Company shall bear the cost of medical coverage and benefits during the
Consultation Period (as defined below); thereafter, the Executive shall bear
such cost. After the Executive is eligible for Medicare and the Company becomes
a secondary payor (or its equivalent) pursuant to Medicare or other applicable
law, the Company shall provide secondary medical coverage and benefits. If
coverage under the Company Medical Plan is not possible under the terms of any
insurance policy or applicable law following the Employment Term, the Company
shall provide the Executive with coverage equivalent to that provided to the
Company's other executive officers under a policy or arrangement acceptable to
the Executive. In the event of the Executive's death before the end of the
Consultation Period, the Company
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shall continue to provide such primary and secondary medical coverage, as
applicable, and benefits to the Executive's spouse and dependents for the
remainder of the Consultation Period on the same basis as provided to the
Company's other executive officers.
4. Consultation Period. From and after the last day of the
Employment Term and for a period of five years thereafter (the "Consultation
Period"), the Executive shall serve as a consultant to the Company with respect
to such business matters and at such times (not more than four days per month
and not more than two consecutive days per week) as the Company may reasonably
request within Harris County, Texas, provided, however, that if the Consultant
does not reside in Harris County, he may perform his consulting duties hereunder
at his then place of residence and shall be required to come to Harris County
not more than one day in each calendar month. During the Consultation Period,
the Company shall pay the Executive (in addition to any other amounts to which
he is entitled pursuant to this Agreement) a consulting fee, in substantially
equal biweekly installments, at the rate of $134,260 per year increased by an
amount determined by multiplying $134,260 by the percentage increase, if any, in
the cost of living between January 1, 1995 and the January 1 immediately
preceding the date of commencement of the Consultation Period, as reflected by
the Consumer Price Index. The amount of the consulting fee shall be increased on
each January 1 during the Consultation Period by an amount determined by
multiplying the amount of the consulting fee paid in the preceding year by the
percentage increase, if any, in the cost of living from the preceding January 1,
as reflected by the Consumer Price Index. During the Consultation Period, the
Executive shall not be required to undertake any assignment inconsistent with
the dignity, importance and scope of
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his prior positions or with his physical and mental health at the time. It is
expressly understood between the parties that during the Consultation Period,
the Executive shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the
direction, control, or supervision of the Company. The provisions of Sections 5,
6 and 7 hereof shall continue to apply to the Executive during the Consultation
Period.
5. Termination.
(a) Death and Disability.
(i) The Executive's employment hereunder
shall terminate upon his death or upon his becoming Totally Disabled. For
purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall be "Totally Disabled" if he is
physically or mentally incapacitated so as to render him incapable of performing
his usual and customary duties as an executive (for the Company or otherwise).
The Executive's receipt of Social Security disability benefits shall be deemed
conclusive evidence of Total Disability for purposes of this Agreement;
provided, however, that in the absence of his receipt of such Social Security
benefits, the Board of Directors of the Company may, in its sole discretion, but
based upon appropriate medical evidence, determine that the Executive is Totally
Disabled.
(ii) In the event that the Executive is
Totally Disabled before his retirement benefit pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof
has commenced to be distributed (whether or not he is in the employ of the
Company at the time he is so Totally Disabled), such benefit shall commence to
be distributed to him on the first day of the month next following his Total
Disability, as if such payments had commenced at his Commencement Date. In the
event of the
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Executive's death (while Totally Disabled or otherwise) after his retirement
benefit has commenced to be distributed pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof or
subparagraph (ii) above, as applicable, the Company shall continue to pay such
retirement benefit to his Beneficiary for her life. If the Executive's
retirement benefit pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof has not commenced to be
distributed on the date of his death, such benefit shall commence to be
distributed to his Beneficiary for her life on the first day of the month next
following his date of death, as if such payments had commenced at his
Commencement Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive's "Beneficiary"
shall be deemed to be his spouse; if his spouse predeceases him (or if he is not
married at the time of his death), his Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his
estate which shall receive, in lieu of the payments otherwise payable to the
Executive's spouse hereunder, a lump sum cash payment equal to the actuarial
present value (determined on the basis of a 6 percent per annum interest rate
assumption and no decrement for mortality) of the payments that would have been
made to a spouse for her life, assuming that such spouse was three years younger
than the Executive on his date of death. If the Executive predeceases his
spouse, upon her death, a lump sum cash payment equal to the amount of any cash
and the present value of all property (including any annuity contracts) owned by
the 1986 Trust as of the date of her death shall be paid by the Company to his
spouse's estate or any beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in her last will
and testament as soon as practicable after such calculation is completed. The
actuarial present value of any annuity contracts shall be calculated by the
insurance company that issued such contract or, if any such insurance company
cannot supply such present value, by an enrolled actuary.
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(b) For Cause. The Executive's employment hereunder
may be terminated for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Cause"
shall mean (i) the Executive's continuing willful failure to perform his duties
hereunder (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical
or mental illness), (ii) gross negligence or malfeasance by the Executive in the
performance of his duties hereunder, (iii) an act or acts on the Executive's
part constituting a felony under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof which results or was intended to result directly or indirectly in gain
or personal enrichment by the Executive at the expense of the Company, or (iv)
breach of the provisions of Section 6(b) hereof.
(c) Without Cause. If the Executive's employment or
his retention as a consultant hereunder is terminated without Cause, as soon as
practicable (but not later than 30 days) after such termination, he shall
receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of: (i) an amount equal to his
highest monthly Base Salary during the Employment Term prior to such termination
multiplied by the number of months remaining in the Employment Term (but by not
less than thirty-six months if such termination occurs during the Employment
Term); (ii) if such termination occurs during the Employment Term, an amount
equal to the bonuses earned, including any amounts deferred, pursuant to Section
3(a)(ii) hereof and Appendix A hereto or otherwise, in respect of the most
recently completed three calendar years; (iii) an amount equal to the actuarial
present value (determined on the basis of a 6 percent per annum interest rate
assumption and no decrement for mortality) of the retirement benefit payments
payable to him under Section 3(c), commencing on the Commencement Date (or if
such payments have commenced, such actuarial present value of the remaining
payments); and (iv) an amount equal
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to the consulting fees due him under Section 4 for the term or remainder of the
Consultation Period. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Executive shall
have the option, exercisable by him by notice to the Company at any time prior
to receipt of the lump sum payment provided in the previous sentence, to receive
his retirement benefit payments payable as set forth in Section 3(c) hereof in
lieu of the lump sum payment set forth in clause (iii) of the preceding
sentence. In addition to the foregoing benefits, if the Executive is terminated
without Cause, he shall continue to be entitled to reimbursement for expenses
and other benefits following termination of employment, in the amounts and in
the manner set forth in Sections 3(d) and 3(e) hereof. For purposes of this
Agreement, the Executive will be deemed to be terminated without Cause upon the
(i) failure to elect the Executive to the office of chairman and chief executive
officer of the Company in the event of a vacancy in such office for any reason
and (ii) resignation of the Executive within 180 days of such vacancy.
(d) Change in Control.
(i) If a Change in Control Event (as defined
in Appendix B hereto) occurs, the Executive shall (A) if he so elects by written
notice to the Company within 360 days after such Change in Control Event, be
entitled to terminate his employment, if not already terminated by the Company,
and, in either event, receive the amounts set forth in paragraph (c) above
(excluding the retirement benefit described in Section 5(c)(iii), which shall
instead be paid as set forth in Section 3(c) hereof, and excluding the
reimbursement for expenses and other benefits following termination of
employment under this Section, which shall instead be paid in the amounts and in
the manner set forth in Sections 3(d) and 3(e) hereof) within the time period
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specified in subparagraph (iii) below, as if the Company had terminated his
employment without Cause, and (B) if he so elects by written notice to the
Company within 360 days after the occurrence of such Change in Control Event,
cause the Company to purchase the Executive's principal residence at its fair
market value. For purposes of this Agreement, such fair market value shall be
determined by two independent real estate firms, one of which shall be selected
by the Executive and one by the Company. If such real estate firms fail to agree
on such fair market value, the two firms so selected shall select a third firm
mutually acceptable to them and such third firm's determination of fair market
value shall be binding for all purposes.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, if the aggregate amounts payable pursuant to subparagraph (i)
of paragraph (d) hereof would cause any payment under such subparagraph (i) to
be subject to an excise tax as an "excess parachute payment" under Section 4999
of the Code, such aggregate amounts payable hereunder shall be reduced by the
smallest amount necessary to ensure that no payment hereunder shall be so
treated under such Section 4999. Prior to effecting such reduction, the Company
shall give the Executive 30 days' written notice of the fact, amount and basis
of such reduction, as well as a determination of the shortest period of time
over which such aggregate amounts may be paid and not be treated as "excess
parachute payments." The Executive shall then have 30 days within which to elect
in writing to (A) receive a lump sum payment, reduced pursuant to the first
sentence hereof, or (B) receive the aggregate amounts payable pursuant to
subparagraph (i) hereof in annual installments over the time period set forth in
the Company's notice. In making the determinations called for in this
subparagraph (ii), the parties hereto shall rely conclusively
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on (1) the opinion of Hay-Huggins, or such other consulting firm as the Company
shall designate (with the written consent of the Executive) within one year of
the date hereof, as to the amount of the Executive's compensation which
constitutes "reasonable compensation" for purposes of Section 280G of the Code,
and (2) the opinion of Kwasha Lipton, or such other actuarial firm as the
Company shall designate (with the written consent of the Executive) within one
year of the date hereof, as to any present value calculations under Section 280G
of the Code. The Company shall bear all costs associated with obtaining such
opinions.
(iii) The amounts payable pursuant to this
paragraph (d) shall be paid (or commence to be paid) to the Executive not later
than 10 days after he notifies the Company under subparagraph (ii) above whether
he wishes to receive such amounts in a lump sum or in installments or if no
notice is given by the Company under subparagraph (ii) above, within 30 days
after the Executive gives notice to the Company under subparagraph (i) above.
(iv) In addition to all other rights granted
him under this paragraph (d), if a Control Change (as defined in paragraph (c)
of Appendix B hereto) occurs, the Executive shall be entitled to elect to
terminate his employment with the Company upon written notice to the Company,
effective not more than 10 days after such election. In such event, (A) the
Consultation Period shall commence immediately upon termination of employment
and shall cease five years thereafter, (B) the Executive shall be entitled to
elect at any time to have payment of his retirement benefit commence on the
Early Commencement Date in an amount determined in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(c) hereof, and (C) the Company shall promptly, but not
later than 10 days after such election, transfer sufficient assets to the 1986
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Trust so that the assets of the 1986 Trust are then sufficient to discharge the
obligations for the consulting fees and retirement benefits due him in full.
6. Covenants.
(a) Confidentiality. The Executive acknowledges that
he has acquired and will acquire confidential information respecting the
business of the Company. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that, without the
written consent of the Company as authorized by its Board of Directors, he will
not, at any time, willfully disclose any such confidential information to any
unauthorized third party with an intent that such disclosure will result in
financial benefit to the Executive or to any person other than the Company. For
this purpose, information shall be considered confidential only if such
information is uniquely proprietary to the Company and has not been made
publicly available prior to its disclosure by the Executive.
(b) Competitive Activity. Until the end of the
Consultation Period, the Executive shall not, without the consent of the Board
of Directors of the Company, directly or indirectly, knowingly engage or be
interested in (as owner, partner, shareholder, employee, director, officer,
agent, consultant or otherwise), with or without compensation, any business
which (i) is in competition with any line of business being actively conducted
by the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries during the Employment
Term or Consultation Period, or (ii) shall hire any person who was employed by
the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries within the six-month period
preceding such hiring, except for any employee whose annual rate of compensation
is not in excess of $55,000. Nothing herein, however, shall prohibit
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the Executive from acquiring or holding not more than one percent of any class
of publicly traded securities of any such business.
(c) Remedy for Breach. The Executive acknowledges
that the provisions of this Section 6 are reasonable and necessary for the
protection of the Company and that the Company will be irrevocably damaged if
such covenants are not specifically enforced. Accordingly, the Executive agrees
that, in addition to any other relief to which the Company may be entitled, the
Company shall be entitled to seek and obtain injunctive relief (without the
requirement of any bond) from a court of competent jurisdiction for the purposes
of restraining the Executive from any actual or threatened breach of such
covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of
this Section 6 shall cease to apply to the Executive if his employment hereunder
terminates without Cause or following a Change in Control Event. In addition, in
the event that the Executive breaches the provisions of this Section 6 during
the Consultation Period, the Company's sole remedy shall be to terminate the
Executive for Cause.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable
to agreements made and to be performed in that State.
(b) Notices. Any notice, consent or other
communication made or given in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by United
States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the
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parties at the following addresses or at such other address as a party may
specify by notice to the other.
To the Executive:
2 Glendennig
Houston, Texas 77252
To the Company:
U.S. Home Corporation
10707 Clay Road
P.O. Box 2863
Houston, Texas 77252
Attention: Secretary
(c) Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement shall
supersede any and all existing agreements between the Executive and the Company
or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries relating to the terms of his
employment. It may not be amended except by a written agreement signed by both
parties.
(d) Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon
strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be
considered a waiver thereof or deprive that party of the right thereafter to
insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
(e) Assignment. Except as otherwise provided in this
paragraph, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and
assigns. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive, and shall be
assignable by the Company only to any corporation or other entity
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resulting from the reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with
any other corporation or entity or any corporation or entity to which the
Company may sell all or substantially all of its assets, and it must be so
assigned by the Company to, and accepted as binding upon it by, such other
corporation or entity in connection with any such reorganization, merger,
consolidation or sale.
(f) Litigation Costs. In the event that the Executive
shall successfully prosecute a judicial proceeding to enforce any provision of
this Agreement, in addition to any other relief awarded the Executive by the
court in such action, the parties agree that the judgment rendered shall award
the Executive all of his attorneys' fees, disbursements and other costs incurred
by the Executive in prosecuting such suit.
(g) Separability. If any provision of this Agreement
is invalid or unenforceable, the balance of the Agreement shall remain in
effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it
shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement and Appendices A
and B thereto as evidence of their adoption this 9th day of February, 1999.
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert J. Strudler
------------------------------------
Name: Robert J. Strudler
Title: Chairman and
Co-Chief Executive Officer
EXECUTIVE:
/s/ Isaac Heimbinder
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Name: Isaac Heimbinder
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Appendix A
This Appendix A is attached to and shall form a part of the
Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated February
9, 1999, by and between U.S. Home Corporation (the "Company"), and Isaac
Heimbinder (the "Executive").
(a) The Executive's bonus, if any, for each calendar
year during the Employment Term shall be an amount equal to:
(i) one-half (1/2) of one percent (1%) of
the first $10,000,000 of the Company's Pre-Tax Income for such year, plus
(ii) three-fourths (3/4) of one percent (1%)
of the next $10,000,000 of the Company's Pre-Tax Income for such year, plus
(iii) one percent (1%) of the Company's
Pre-Tax Income for such year in excess of $20,000,000.
(b) In the event that the Executive's employment
hereunder is terminated for any reason prior to the end of a calendar year,
including the expiration of the Employment Term, his bonus for such year shall
be an amount, estimated in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company
based on reasonable assumptions and projections, but without the benefit of the
report referred to in paragraph (c) below, equal to the bonus otherwise
determined pursuant to this Appendix A, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of calendar months during such year in which the
Executive was employed by the Company for at least one business day, and the
denominator of which is 12.
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(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the Company's
"Pre-Tax Income" for any year shall mean the income of the Company and its
consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries for such year, as reported by the
Company and certified by its independent certified public accountants, except
that no deduction shall be made for the bonus payable pursuant to this Appendix
A and Section 3(a)(ii) hereof for such year or for Federal income and State and
local franchise, gross receipts, or income taxes.
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert J. Strudler
-----------------------------
Name: Robert J. Strudler
Title: Chairman and
Co-Chief Executive Officer
EXECUTIVE:
/s/ Isaac Heimbinder
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Name: Isaac Heimbinder
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Appendix B
This Appendix B is attached to and shall form a part of the
Second Amended and Restated Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated February
9, 1999, by and between U.S. Home Corporation (the "Company"), and Isaac
Heimbinder (the "Executive").
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in
Control Event" shall occur when a "Control Change" (as defined in paragraph (c)
below) is followed within two years by a "Material Change" (as defined in
paragraph (b) below).
(b) A "Material Change" shall occur if:
(i) the Executive's employment hereunder is
terminated without Cause;
(ii) the Company makes any change in the
Executive's functions, duties or responsibilities from the position that the
Executive occupied on the date hereof or, if this Agreement has been renewed or
extended, the date of the last renewal or extension, but only if such change
would cause:
(A) the Executive to report to
anyone other than the Chairman of the Board of Directors who is also the
Co-Chief Executive Officer,
(B) the Executive to no longer be
the President, Co-Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company,
(C) even if the Executive maintains
the positions of President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating
Officer, his responsibilities to be
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reduced from those in effect on the date hereof or the date of the last renewal
or extension of this Agreement, as applicable, or to be no longer commensurate
with those of the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of a
company with gross annual sales of at least $800 million, or
(D) the Executive's position with
the Company to become one of lesser importance or scope;
(iii) the Company assigns or reassigns the
Executive (without his written permission) to another place of employment which
is more than 10 miles from his place of employment on the date hereof or the
date of the last renewal or extension of this Agreement, as applicable, and
which is not the corporate headquarters of the Company; or
(iv) the Company reduces the Executive's
Base Salary or otherwise breaches the terms of this Agreement.
(c) A "Control Change" shall occur if:
(i) a report on Schedule 13D is filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") disclosing that any person
(within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the
Company (or one of its subsidiaries) or any employee benefit plan sponsored by
the Company (or one of its subsidiaries), is the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of 15 percent or more of the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding securities of the Company;
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(ii) any person (within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company (or one of its
subsidiaries) or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company (or one of
its subsidiaries), shall purchase securities pursuant to a tender offer or
exchange offer to acquire any common stock of the Company (or securities
convertible into common stock) for cash, securities or any other consideration,
provided that after consummation of the offer, the person in question is the
beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of 15 percent or more of the combined voting power of
the then-outstanding securities of the Company (as determined under paragraph
(d) of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, in the case of rights to acquire
common stock);
(iii) the stockholders of the Company shall
approve (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company (1) in which the Company
is not the continuing or surviving corporation, (2) pursuant to which shares of
common stock of the Company would be converted into cash, securities or other
property, or (3) with a corporation which prior to such consolidation or merger
owned 15 percent or more of the cumulative voting power of the then-outstanding
securities of the Company, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
(in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially
all the assets of the Company; or
(iv) there shall have been a change in a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company within a
12-month period, unless the election or nomination for election by the Company's
stockholders of each new director during such 12-
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month period was approved by the vote of two-thirds of the directors then still
in office who were directors at the beginning of such 12-month period.
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert J. Strudler
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Name: Robert J. Strudler
Title: Chairman and
Co-Chief Executive Officer
EXECUTIVE:
/s/ Isaac Heimbinder
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Name: Isaac Heimbinder
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EXHIBIT 12
U. S. HOME CORPORATION
COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
FOR THE FIVE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
<TABLE>
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HISTORICAL
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1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
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COMPUTATION OF HISTORICAL RATIOS:
FIXED CHARGES, AS ADJUSTED, OF U. S. HOME CORPORATION:
INTEREST EXPENSED AND CAPITALIZED $ 28,282 $ 30,262 $ 32,907 $ 37,431 $ 46,200
AMORTIZATION OF PREMIUMS, DISCOUNTS AND
CAPITALIZED EXPENSES RELATED TO INDEBTEDNESS 3,075 2,425 2,084 2,139 2,088
ESTIMATED INTEREST INCLUDED IN RENT EXPENSE 1,820 1,833 1,941 2,346 2,975
FIXED CHARGES OF JOINT VENTURES:
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSED AND CAPITALIZED 227 269 472 559 1,641
ESTIMATED INTEREST INCLUDED IN RENT EXPENSE -- -- -- -- 2
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
$ 33,404 $ 34,789 $ 37,404 $ 42,475 $ 52,906
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
EARNINGS--
OPERATING INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS $ 52,526 $ 59,072 $ 55,901 $ 74,900 $ 89,293
ADD:
FIXED CHARGES OF U. S. HOME CORPORATION 33,404 34,789 37,404 42,475 52,906
PREVIOUSLY CAPITALIZED INTEREST CHARGED TO COST OF SALES:
U. S. HOME CORPORATION 28,871 27,555 30,786 33,789 40,787
JOINT VENTURES 183 238 1,129 385 342
SUBTRACT INTEREST CAPITALIZED:
U. S. HOME CORPORATION 30,820 31,995 33,484 38,153 46,597
JOINT VENTURES 227 269 472 559 1,641
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EARNINGS AS ADJUSTED $ 83,937 $ 89,390 $ 91,264 $112,837 $135,090
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES 2.513 2.569 2.440 2.657 2.553
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Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated February 25, 1998
and the Prospectus Supplement thereto (File #333-46849) of our report dated
February 3, 1999 included in U.S. Home Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1998, and to all references to our firm included
in such registration statement.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Houston, Texas
February 17, 1999
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EXHIBIT 25.1
REGISTRATION NO.
333-46849
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)
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-6022258
(Jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
or organization if not a U.S. national bank) identification No.)
One State Street, New York, New York 10004
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, VICE PRESIDENT
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
One State Street
New York, New York 10004
(212) 858-2000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
(Exact names of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 21-0718930
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification No.)
1800 West Loop South
Houston, Texas
77027
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
All Senior Debt Securities
to be registered under U.S. Home Corporation"s
Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933
to be offered on a delay or continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(Title of indenture securities)
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THIS FORM T-1 AMENDS AND RESTATES OUR PREVIOUS T-1 FILING DATED FEBRUARY 17,
1998.
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.
New York State Banking Department
Two Rector Street
New York, New York
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Second District,
33 Liberty Street
New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.
Item 13. Defaults by the Obligor.
(a) State whether there is or has been a default with respect to
the securities under this indenture. Explain the nature of any
such default.
None
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(b) If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under
which any other securities, or certificates of interest or
participation in any other securities, of the obligors are
outstanding, or is trustee for more than one outstanding
series of securities under the indenture, state whether there
has been a default under any such indenture or series,
identify the indenture or series affected, and explain the
nature of any such default.
None
Item 16. List of exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of
eligibility.
1. A copy of the Charter of IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company as
amended to date.
*2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the trustee to
Commence Business (Included in Exhibit 1 above).
*3. A copy of the Authorization of the trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers, as amended to date (See Exhibit 4 to
Form T-1, Securities and Exchange Commission File No.
22-19146).
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the trustee, as amended to
date.
5. Not Applicable
6. The consent of United States institutional trustee required by
Section 321(b) of the Act.
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.
* The Exhibits thus designated are incorporated herein by reference as
exhibits hereto. Following the description of such Exhibits is a reference
to the copy of the Exhibit heretofore filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to which there have been no amendments or changes.
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NOTE
In answering any item in this Statement of Eligibility which relates to
matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the obligor and its directors
or officers, the trustee has relied upon information furnished to it by
the obligor.
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
trustee of all facts on which to base responsive answers to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2, may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
Pursuant to General Instruction B, the trustee has responded to Items 1, 2
and 16 of this form since to the best knowledge of the trustee as
indicated in Item 13, the obligor is not in default under any indenture
under which the applicant is trustee.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the
trustee, IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility & qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York,
on the 17th day of February, 1999.
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
/S/ STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO
By:________________________________
Stephen J. Giurlando
Vice President
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EXHIBIT 6
CONSENT OF TRUSTEE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, in connection with the proposed issue of U.S. Home
Corporation, we hereby consent that reports of examinations by Federal, State,
Territorial, or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor.
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
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Stephen J. Giurlando
Vice President
Dated: February 17, 1999
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STATE OF NEW YORK EXHIBIT 1
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, ROBERT H. MCCORMICK, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" DATED APRIL 2, 1929, providing for a change of name
from: "IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY"
to: "IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the
Banking Department at New York, New York,
this 4TH day of JANUARY, 1999.
/s/ Robert H. McCormick
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ROBERT H. MCCORMICK
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Dennis G. Buchert, President and Chief Executive
Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, do
hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J.
Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "First" of the Organization Certificate, as amended, which
now provides that the name of the Trust Company is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, is hereby further amended, effective January 1, 1999, to read as
follows:
"First. The name of the Trust Company is IBJ
Whitehall Bank & Trust Company."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate as of
this 17th day of December 1998.
/s/ Dennis G. Buchert
-------------------------------------
Dennis G. Buchert
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this
17th day of December 1998.
/s/ Aileen V. Burnes
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Notary Public
AILEEN V. BURNES
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 60-4969531
Qualified in Westchester County
Commission Expires July 16, 2000
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State of New York,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" dated APRIL 2, 1929, providing for decrease of capital
stock from $35,538,000 to $ 28,158,000.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the
Banking Department at New York, New York,
this 4TH day of JANUARY, 1999.
/s/ P. Vincent Conlon
------------------------------------
P. VINCENT CONLON
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Dennis G. Buchert, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J.
Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Thirty-Five Million Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($35,538,000) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four
hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock")
and one hundred eighty-four thousand nine hundred thirty-seven
(184,937) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Twenty-Eight Million One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($28,158,000) divided into one hundred sixty-four thousand
twenty-six (164,026) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock") and one
hundred eighty-four thousand four hundred forty-four (184,444)
shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate
this 30th day of December 1998.
/s/ Dennis G. Buchert
------------------------------------
Dennis G. Buchert
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
------------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 31st day of December 1998.
/s/ Aileen V. Burnes
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Notary Public
AILEEN V. BURNES
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 60-4969531
Qualified in Westchester County
Commission Expires July 16, 2000
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State of New York,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, ROBERT H. MCCORMICK, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" dated JUNE 14, 1995, providing for decrease of capital
stock from $97,361,400.00 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value of
$100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock, 304,171 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock and 500,000 shares with a
par value of $100.00 each designated as Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock to $35,538,000.00 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock and 185,937 shares with par
value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the Banking Department at New York, New York, this 21ST day of JUNE in the Year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and NINETY FIVE.
/s/ Robert H. McCormick
------------------------------------
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and
Chief Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder
Bank & Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Trust Company"). The name under which the corporation was originally
formed was J. Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Ninety-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($97,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common
Stock"), three hundred four thousand one hundred seventy-one
(304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock"), and five
hundred thousand (500,000) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred
Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock").
The following is a statement of the designations and powers,
preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, in respect to the Series A Preferred Stock:
I. SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
1. Dividends. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive preferential dividends when, as and if declared
by the Trust Company's Board of Directors.
(a) When declared by the Board of Directors of the Trust
Company, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable
annually on March 1 of each year (the "Dividend Payment Date").
Dividends shall be paid by mailing the Trust Company's good check in
the proper amount to each holder of record of Series A Preferred
Stock at such holder's address as it appears on the Trust Company's
stock register at least five (5) days prior to the due date of each
dividend or otherwise transferring funds so as to be received by
such holder on the due date of such dividend.
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(b) Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall
be calculated at the rate and in the manner prescribed herein from
and including the date of issuance of such share of Series A
Preferred Stock. Dividends shall be calculated as of each Dividend
Payment Date on each share of Series A Preferred Stock then
outstanding at the rate per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year and counting actual days elapsed) equal to the average
of the LIBO Rate on the two Reference Dates immediately preceding
the Dividend Payment Date. To the extent not declared on or before a
Dividend Payment Date, all dividends accrued on each share of Series
A Preferred Stock outstanding during the period from and including
the preceding Dividend Payment Date (or from and including the
original date of issuance of such share in the case of the initial
Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance) shall not
cumulate, and may not thereafter be declared or paid.
(c) As used herein, "LIBO Rate" means the offered rate quoted
by the Trust Company to leading banks in the London interbank
Eurocurrency market for six-month deposits in United States Dollars,
in an amount equal to the aggregate per value of the Series A
Preferred Stock then outstanding, at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on a
Reference Date; and "Reference Date" means, with respect to any
Dividend Payment Date, (i) the last business day of the month of
August occurring six months before such Dividend Payment Date, and
(ii) the last business day of the month of February occurring 12
months before such Dividend Payment Date.
(d) Payments of dividends declared on Series A Preferred Stock
shall be distributed in equal amounts with respect to each
outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(e) So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding,
during any year ending on March 1 no dividend or distribution shall
be declared, paid or made on, and there shall be no purchase or
redemption of, any Voting Common Stock, Non-voting Common Stock or
other shares of capital stock of any class or series junior to the
Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, unless on and as
of the date of such declaration, payment, distribution, repurchase
or redemption the full amount of dividends accrued for such year on
all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been declared
and paid.
3. Rights on Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust
Company, the assets of the Trust Company available for distribution
to stockholders shall be distributed and applied in the following
order of priority:
(a) First, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive payment of an amount in cash (the "Preferred
Liquidation Preference") equal to the sum of (i) $100 per share
Series A Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the amount of all declared and
unpaid dividends thereon.
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The holders of Series A Preferred Stock, as such, shall not be
entitled to any further payment.
(a) Second, if the assets of the Trust Company available for
distribution to stockholders exceed the aggregate amount of the
Preferred Liquidation Preference, then, after the payments required
by paragraph (a) above shall have been paid (or irrevocably set
aside) in full, the remainder of such assets shall be distributed to
the holders of Voting Common Stock and Non-voting Common Stock so
that an equal amount shall be paid with respect to each outstanding
share thereof.
4. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law, the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights.
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Thirty-Five Million Five Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($35,538,000) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four
hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock")
and one hundred eighty-five thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven
(185,937) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
5. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of
the Trust Company at a meeting duly called and held on November 7, 1994 and by
the unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Trust Company pursuant
to Section 6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate
this 14th day of June, 1995.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
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Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President and Chief
Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
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Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this
14th day of June 1995
/s/ Linda Renee Giannattasio
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Notary Public
LINDA RENEE GIANNATTASIO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 4794201
Qualified in Nassau County
Certificate filed in New York County
Commission Expires October 31, 1995
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, CARMINE M. TENGA, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New
York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "Certificate of
Amendment of the Organization Certificate of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
under Section 8005 of the Banking Law," dated February 19, 1993, providing for
an increase in the amount of capital stock from $46,684,200 consisting of
169,443 shares with a par value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common
Stock and 297,399 shares with a par value of $100.00 each designated as
Non-voting Common Stock to $47,361,400 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par
value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock, and 304,171 shares of
the par value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City
of New York, this 19th day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-three.
/s/ Carmine M. Tenga
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and Chief Executive
Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, do
hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company (the
"Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J. Henry
Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended, which
now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is Forty-Six
Million Six Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($46,684,200)
divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred forty-three
(169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
voting Common Stock, and two hundred ninety-seven thousand three hundred
ninety-nine (297,399) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of Non-voting Common Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is Forty-Seven
Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred Dollars
($47,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred
forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of voting Common Stock, and three hundred four thousand one
hundred seventy-one (304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Non-voting Common Stock."
4. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of the
Bank at a meeting duly called and held on September 23, 1992 and by the
unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Bank, pursuant to Section
6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate this 19th
day of February, 1993.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
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Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
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Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 19th day of
February, 1993.
/s/ Emma McCorkle
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Notary Public
EMMA McCORKLE
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-4984312
Qualified in Queens County
Commission Expires July 22, 1993
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
)SS:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
Jean Zimmerman, being duly sworn, deposes and says
that she is the Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank &
Trust Company, the corporation described in the
foregoing certificate; that she has read the
foregoing certificate and knows the contents
thereof, and that the statements therein contained
are true.
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
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Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 19th day of
February, 1993.
/s/ Emma McCorkle
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Notary Public
EMMA McCORKLE
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-4984312
Qualified in Queens County
Commission Expires July 22, 1993
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, CARMINE M. TENGA, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New
York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "CERTIFICATE OF
AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law" dated JUNE 30, 1993, providing for an
increase of capital stock from $47,361,400, consisting of 169,443 shares with a
par value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock and 304,171 shares
with a par value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock to
$97,361,400 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value of $100.00 each
designated as Voting Common Stock, 304,171 shares with a par value of $100.00
each designated as Non-voting Common Stock and 500,000 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New
York, this 30th day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and ninety-three .
/s/ Carmine M. Tenga
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Trust Company"). The name under which the corporation was originally
formed was J. Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Forty-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($47,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock, and (304,171)
shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
Non-voting Common Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Ninety-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($97,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common
Stock"), three hundred four thousand one hundred seventy-one
(304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-voting Common Stock ("Non-voting Common Stock"), and five
hundred thousand (500,000) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred
Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock").
The following is a statement of the designations and powers,
preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock:
I. SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK.
1. Dividends. (a) The holders of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to receive preferential dividends when, as
and if declared by the Trust Company's Board of Directors.
(b) When declared by the Board of Directors of the Trust
Company, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable
annually on March 1 of each year (the "Dividend Payment Date").
Dividends shall be paid by mailing the Trust Company's good check in
the proper amount to each holder of record of Series A
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Preferred Stock at such holder's address as it appears on the Trust
Company's stock register at least five (5) days prior to the due
date of each dividend or otherwise transferring funds so as to be
received by such holder on the date of such dividend.
(c) Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock
shall be calculated at the rate and in the manner prescribed herein
from and including the date of issuance of such share of Series A
Preferred Stock. Dividends shall be calculated as of each Dividend
Payment Date on each share of Series A Preferred Stock then
outstanding at the rate per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year and counting actual days elapsed) equal to the average
of the LIBO Rate on the two Reference Dates immediately preceding
the Dividend Payment Date. To the extent not declared on or before a
Dividend Payment Date, all dividends accrued on each share of Series
A Preferred Stock outstanding during the period from and including
the preceding Dividend Payment Date (or from and including the
original date of issuance of such share in the case of the initial
Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance) shall not
cumulate, and may not thereafter be declared or paid.
(d) As used herein, "LIBO Rate" means the offered rate
quoted by the Trust Company to leading banks in the London interbank
Eurocurrency market for six-month deposits in United States Dollars,
in an amount equal to the aggregate par value of the Series A
Preferred Stock then outstanding, at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on a
Reference Date; and "Reference Date" means, with respect to any
Dividend Payment Date, (i) the last business day of the month of
August occurring six months before such Dividend Payment Date, and
(ii) the last business day of the month of February occurring 12
months before such Dividend Payment Date.
(e) Payments of dividends declared on Series A Preferred
Stock shall be distributed in equal amounts with respect to each
outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(f) So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is
outstanding, during any year ending on March 1 no dividend or
distribution shall be declared, paid or made on, and there shall be
no purchase or redemption of, any Voting Common Stock, Non-voting
Common Stock or other shares of capital stock of any class or series
junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends,
unless on and as of the date of such declaration, payment,
distribution, repurchase or redemption the full amount of dividends
accrued for such year on all outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock has been declared and paid.
2. Rights on Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust
Company, the assets of the Trust Company available for distribution
to stockholders shall be distributed and applied in the following
order of priority:
(a) First, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to receive payment of an amount in cash (the "Preferred
Liquidation Preference") equal to the sum of (i) $100 per share of
Series A Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the amount of declared and
unpaid dividends thereon. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock,
as such, shall not be entitled to any further payment.
(b) Second, if the assets of the Trust Company available
for distribution to stockholders exceed the aggregate amount of the
Preferred Liquidation Preference, then, after the payments required
by paragraph (a) above shall have been paid
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(or irrevocably set aside) in full, the remainder of such assets
shall be distributed to the holders of Voting Common Stock and
Non-voting Common Stock so that an equal amount shall be paid with
respect to each outstanding share thereof.
3. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law, the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights.
4. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of
the Trust Company at a meeting duly called and held on June 23, 1993 and by the
unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Trust Company pursuant to
Section 6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate this 30th day
of June, 1993.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
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Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 30th day of
June, 1993.
/s/ Denise Masiello
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Notary Public
DENISE MASIELLO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-7750155
Qualified in Queens County
Cert. Filed in New York County
Commission Expires July 31, 1994
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
JEAN ZIMMERMAN, being duly sworn, deposes and says
that she is the Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank &
Trust Company, the corporation described in the
foregoing certificate; that she has read the
foregoing certificate and knows the contents
thereof, and that the statements therein contained
are true.
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 30th day of
June, 1993.
/s/ Denise Masiello
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Notary Public
DENISE MASIELLO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-7750155
Qualified in Queens County
Cert. Filed in New York County
Commission Expires July 31, 1994
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i
EXHIBIT 1 TO INCORPORATORS' AND SUBSCRIBERS' MINUTES, OCT. 18, 1923.
J. HENRY SCHRODER BANKING CORPORATION
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
WE, the undersigned, all being persons of full age, at least two-thirds
of whom are citizens of the United States and at least one of whom is a resident
of the State of New York, desiring to form a moneyed corporation pursuant to the
provisions of Article VII of the Banking Law of the State of New York, for the
purpose of engaging in international and foreign banking and banking in
dependencies and insular possessions of the United States, either directly or
through the agency, ownership or control of local institutions in foreign
countries and in such dependencies and insular possession, and to purchase or
otherwise acquire, hold, sell, offer for sale and negotiate shares of stock and
other choses in action and to possess and exercise such other powers as now are
or may hereafter be conferred upon investment companies, except as hereinafter
otherwise provided, hereby subscribe, acknowledge and submit to the
Superintendent of Banks, this organization certificate in duplicate:
1. The name by which the proposed company is to be known is J. HENRY
SCHRODER BANKING CORPORATION.
2. The places where its business is to be transacted are the Borough of
Manhattan, in the City, County and State of New York and such other places in
and outside the State of New York as may from time to time be lawfully
designated.
3. The proposed company is not being organized for the purpose of
exercising the powers set forth in sub-divisions four and five of Section Two
hundred ninety-three of
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ii
Chapter Two of the Consolidated Laws, being the Banking Law, of the State of New
York.
4. The amount of its capital stock is to be two million dollars
($2,000,000), and the number of shares into which such capital stock shall be
divided is twenty thousand (20,000) shares of the par value of one hundred
dollars ($100) each. The stock of the corporation shall be issued upon the terms
and conditions following:
(a) The holders of record of the stock of the corporation shall be
entitled to share pro rata in all dividends declared by the board of directors
in proportion to the amounts actually paid to the corporation in respect of such
stock, whether as capital or paid in surplus, prior to the date of the
declaration of any such dividend.
(b) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
corporation the holders of the stock shall be entitled to share pro rata in all
the assets of the corporation in proportion to the amounts actually paid to the
corporation in respect of such stock, whether as capital or paid in surplus,
prior to the date of the distribution of such assets.
(c) No holder of stock of the corporation shall have any pre-emptive
right of subscription to any shares of stock of the corporation, or to any
obligations convertible into any stock, nor any right of subscription to any
thereof, other than such, if any, as the board of directors in its discretion
may determine.
5. The full name, residence and post-office address of each of the
incorporators and the number of shares subscribed for by each are as follows:
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RESIDENCE AND POST-
FULL NAME OFFICE ADDRESS NO. OF SHARES
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Prentiss N. Gray Larchmont, N.Y. 4
William B. Walsh 26 Rutland Road, 1
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Edwin P. Shattuck 26 East 78th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Garrard Glenn 57 East 92nd Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Carl R. Ganter 70 West 55th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Leslie H. Buckler 5 East 84th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Frank W. Demuth 1411 University Avenue, 1
New York, N.Y.
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6. The term of its existence shall be perpetual.
7. The number of its directors shall be seven and the names and
addresses of the incorporators who shall be its directors until the first annual
meeting of stockholders are as follows:
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NAME ADDRESS
- ----------------------------- -----------------------------
<S> <C>
Prentiss N. Gray Larchmont, N.Y.
William B. Walsh 26 Rutland Road, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Edwin P. Shattuck 26 East 78th Street, New York, N.Y.
Garrard Glenn 57 East 92nd Street, New York, N.Y.
Carl R. Ganter 70 West 55th Street, New York, N.Y.
Leslie H. Buckler 5 East 84th Street, New York, N.Y.
Frank W. Demuth 1411 University Avenue, New York, N.Y.
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8. The following are provisions for the regulation of the business and
the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and limitations upon its powers
and upon the powers of its
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directors and stockholders, not exempting them from the performance of any
obligation or the performance of any duty imposed by law:
(a) Each subscriber for stock issued at a price in excess of its par
value shall remain liable to the corporation upon his subscription until it
shall be fully paid unless and until the corporation shall in writing consent to
the transfer of such stock to another person or other persons who shall assume
the payment of the amounts unpaid in respect thereof.
(b) Any part of the stock (except the stock originally issued) may be
issued as partly paid stock, subject to calls thereon until the whole thereof
shall have been paid in. The corporation may declare and may pay dividends upon
the basis of the amount actually paid upon the respective shares of stock
(whether greater or less than the par value thereof) instead of upon the par
value thereof.
(c) No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any
other corporation shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that any one or
more of the directors of this corporation is or are interested in, or is a
director or officer, or are directors or officers, of such other corporation,
and any director or directors, individually or jointly, may be a party or
parties to, or may be interested in, any contract or transaction of this
corporation or in which this corporation is interested, and no contract, act or
transaction of this corporation with any person or persons shall be affected or
invalidated by the fact that any director or directors of this corporation is a
party, or are parties, to or interested in such contract, act or transaction, or
in any way connected with such person or persons; and each and every person who
may become a director of this corporation is hereby relieved from any liability
that might otherwise exist from contracting with the corporation for the benefit
of himself or any firm, association or corporation in which he
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may be in anywise interested, provided he shall disclose the nature of his
interest and shall not vote as a director in favor of any such transaction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have subscribed and acknowledged this
organization certificate in duplicate the 21st day of September, 1923.
Prentiss N. Gray (Seal)
William B. Walsh (Seal)
Edwin P. Shattuck (Seal)
Garrard Glenn (Seal)
Carl R. Ganter (Seal)
Leslie H. Buckler (Seal)
Frank W. Demuth (Seal)
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
County of New York )
On this 21st day of September, 1923, before me personally came and
appeared PRENTISS N. GRAY, WILLIAM B. WALSH, EDWIN P. SHATTUCK, GARRARD GLENN,
CARL R. GANTER, LESLIE H. BUCKLER and FRANK W. DEMUTH, to me known and known to
me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing certificate,
and they severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the
uses and purposes therein set forth.
Vella McLaughlin
Notary Public, Kings Co. No. 127
Ctf. Filed in New York Co. No. 75
Commission expires Mar.30, 1925.
(Seal)
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No._______________
State of New York
County of New York
I, James Donegan, Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Supreme Court of said
State for said County, DO CERTIFY, That I have compared the preceding with the
original certificate of Incorporation of J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation
on file in my office, and that the same is a correct Transcript therefrom, and
of the whole of such original, Indorsed, Filed, Recorded October 2__, 1923 at
2:59 p.m.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my
official seal, this 25th day of October, 1923.
/s/ James A. Donegan, Clerk
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Exhibit 4
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
BY-LAWS
As amended
January 4, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting ................................................ 1
Section 2. Special Meetings .............................................. 1
Section 3. Place of Meetings ............................................. 1
Section 4. Notice of Meetings ............................................ 1
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number and Term of Directors .................................. 2
Section 2. Quorum of Directors and Action by the Board ................... 2
Section 3. Meetings of the Board ......................................... 2
Section 4. Resignations .................................................. 3
Section 5. Removal of Directors .......................................... 3
Section 6. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies ..................... 3
Section 7. Executive and Other Committees of Directors ................... 3
Section 8. Compensation of Directors ..................................... 4
Section 9. Indemnification ............................................... 4
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Section 10. Presence at Meeting by Telephone .............................. 5
Section 11. Extraordinary Actions ......................................... 6
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers ...................................................... 6
Section 2. Term of Office and Removal .................................... 6
Section 3. Powers and Duties of the Chairman and Vice Chairmen
of the Board of Directors .................................. 6
Section 4. Powers and Duties of the President ............................ 7
Section 5. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents and Directors............. 7
Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Secretary ............................ 7
Section 7. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries .................... 7
Section 8. Powers and Duties of the Treasurers ........................... 7
Section 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers ..................... 8
Section 10. Other Powers .................................................. 8
Section 11. Salaries ...................................................... 8
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(ii)
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Section 12. Bonds ......................................................... 8
ARTICLE IV
SHARES
Section 1. Certificates of Stock ......................................... 8
Section 2. Transfer of Stock ............................................. 8
ARTICLE V
OFFICES AND BOOKS
Section 1. Offices ....................................................... 9
Section 2. Books ......................................................... 9
Section 3. Audit ......................................................... 9
ARTICLE VI
OTHER MATTERS
Section 1. Corporate Seal ................................................ 10
Section 2. Amendments .................................................... 10
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BY-LAWS
OF
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. A meeting of shareholders shall be held
annually for the election of directors and the transaction of other business on
such date within the first three months in each calendar year as may be fixed by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may
be called by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice
Chairman of the Board or the President and shall be called by the Board upon the
written request of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares
of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting requested to be called, which
written request shall be addressed to the Corporation and shall state the
purposes of such meeting. If such meeting shall not be called within five days
after such request shall have been delivered at the office of the Corporation,
the shareholders signing such request may appoint a chairman who may be
designated in such request and who may call a meeting by notice given as
provided in SECTION 4 of this Article and, in the absence or refusal to serve of
the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board or the President may
preside at such meeting.
SECTION 3. Place of Meetings. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at
such place, within or without the State of New York, as may be fixed by the
Board of Directors, except that the annual meetings shall be held at the office
of the Corporation in the City of New York. If no place is so fixed, such
meetings shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the City of New York.
SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of shareholders
shall be given in writing and shall state the place, date and hour of the
meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of a
special meeting shall indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of
the person or persons calling or requesting the meeting. At any special meeting
only such business may be transacted which is related to the purpose or purposes
set forth in the notice.
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If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken which would, if
taken, entitle objecting shareholders to receive payment for their shares, the
notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect.
A copy of the notice of each meeting shall be given, personally or by
the first-class mail, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date
of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed,
such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage
thereon prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the
record of shareholders, or, if he shall have filed with the Secretary of the
Corporation a written request that notices to him be mailed to some other
address, then directed to him as such other address.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Number and Term of Directors. The number of directors
constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be the number, not less than
the minimum required by statute nor more than twenty-five, fixed from time to
time by the shareholders or by a majority of the total number of directors which
the Corporation would have, prior to any increase or decrease, if there were no
vacancies, provided, however, that no decrease shall shorten the term of an
incumbent director. Until otherwise fixed by the shareholders or by the
directors, the number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be
twelve. Each director elected at an annual meeting of shareholders shall, unless
sooner removed or disqualified, hold office until the next annual meeting of
shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified.
SECTION 2. Quorum of Directors and Action by the Board. One-third of
the entire Board of Directors, but not less than five, shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business, and, except where otherwise provided by law or
these by-laws, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at
the time of such vote, if a quorum is then present, shall be the act of the
Board.
SECTION 3. Meetings of the Board. An annual meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held in each year directly after the annual meeting of
shareholders. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as may
be fixed by the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be held at any time
upon the call of the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board,
President or any two directors.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such places within
or without the State of New York as may be fixed by the Board for annual and
regular meetings and in the
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notice of meeting for special meetings. If no place is so fixed, meetings of the
Board shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the City of New York.
No notice need be given of annual or regular meetings of the Board of
Directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given to each
director either by mail not later than noon, New York time, on the third day
prior to the meeting or by telegram, written message or orally to the director
not later than noon, New York time, on the day prior to the meeting. Notices are
deemed to have been given: by mail, when deposited in the United States mail; by
telegram at the time of filing; and by messenger at the time of delivery.
Notices by mail, telegram or messenger shall be sent to each director at the
address designated by him for the purpose, or, if none has been so designated,
at his last known residence or business address.
Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any
director who submits a signed waiver of notice whether before or after the
meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its
commencement, the lack of notice to him.
A notice, or waiver of notice, need not specify the purpose of any
meeting of the Board of Directors.
A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.
SECTION 4. Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at
any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the President or
to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the
time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein the acceptance of
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 5. Removal of Directors. Any one or more of the directors may
be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors. Any or all of the
directors may be removed with or without cause by vote of the shareholders.
SECTION 6. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. All vacancies in
the office of director, including newly created directorships resulting from an
increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by election of the
shareholders, except that vacancies not exceeding one-third of the entire Board
may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in
office. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall, unless sooner removed or
disqualified, hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and
until his successor has been elected and qualified.
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SECTION 7. Executive and Other Committees of Directors. The Board of
Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may
designate from among its members an executive committee consisting of five or
more directors, and other committees consisting of three or more directors, and
each of which, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have all the
authority of the Board, except that no such committee shall have authority as to
the following matters:
(1) The submission to shareholders of any action that needs
shareholders' approval;
(2) The filling of vacancies in the Board or in any committee;
(3) The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the
Board or on any committee;
(4) The amendment or repeal of the by-laws, or the adoption of new
by-laws;
(5) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board which,
by its terms, shall not be so amendable or repealable; or
(6) The taking of action which is expressly required by law to be
taken at a meeting of the Board or by a specified proportion
of directors.
The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any such committee, who may replace any absent member or members at
any meeting of such committee.
The Board may appoint or provide for such other committees consisting
of such directors, officers or other persons and having such powers and
functions in the management of the Corporation as may be provided by the Board.
Unless a different proportion is required by the resolution designating
a committee, a majority of the entire authorized number of such committee shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority
of the members present at a meeting at the time of such vote, if a quorum is
then present, shall be the act of such committee.
Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 8. Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have
authority to fix the compensation of directors for services in any capacity.
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SECTION 9. Indemnification. Except to the extent expressly prohibited
by the New York Banking Law, the Corporation shall indemnify each person made or
threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding, whether civil or
criminal, by reason of the fact that such person or such person's testator or
intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or
serves or served at the request of the Corporation any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in
any capacity, against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement
and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with
such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, provided that no such
indemnification shall be made if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse
to such person establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or
were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the
cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a
financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled,
and provided further that no such indemnification shall be required with respect
to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any threatened or
pending action or proceeding unless the Corporation has given its prior consent
to such settlement or other disposition.
The Corporation shall advance or promptly reimburse upon request any
person entitled to indemnification hereunder for all expenses, including
attorneys' fees, reasonably incurred in defending any action or proceeding in
advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of such person to repay such amount if such person is ultimately found
not to be entitled to indemnification or, where indemnification is granted, to
the extent the expenses so advanced or reimbursed exceed the amount to which
such person is entitled, provided, however, that such person shall cooperate in
good faith with any request by the Corporation that common counsel be utilized
by the parties to an action or proceeding who are similarly situated unless to
do so would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests
between or among such parties.
Nothing herein shall limit or affect any right of any person hereunder
to indemnification of expenses, including attorneys' fees, under any statute,
rule, regulation, certificate of incorporation, by-law, insurance policy,
contract or otherwise.
The indemnification of any person provided by this by-law shall
continue after such person has ceased to be a director, officer or employee of
the Corporation or other enterprise referred to above and shall inure to the
benefit of such person's heirs, executors, administrators and legal
representatives. No elimination of or amendment to this by-law shall deprive any
person of his or her rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual
occurrences, acts or failures to act prior to such elimination or amendment.
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For purposes of this by-law, the Corporation shall be deemed to have
requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by
such person of his or her duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or
otherwise involves services by, such person to the plan or participants or
beneficiaries of the plan, and excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to
an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered
indemnifiable expenses.
SECTION 10. Presence at Meeting by Telephone. Any one or more members
of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board
or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications
equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other
at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in
person at a meeting.
SECTION 11. Extraordinary Actions. Prior to June 30, 1987, the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof shall not take nay action which any director
who has been designated by The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (an "IBJ
Designee") considers significant, without the approval of at least one IBJ
Designee.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officers. The Board of Directors, at the annual meeting of
the Board, shall elect a President or Presidents and one or more Vice
Presidents, one or more Directors, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other
officers as the Board may determine. The Board may from time to time fill
vacancies in the office of any officers so elected, and elect or appoint such
other officers as it may determine or as may be provided in the by-laws. The
Board may also elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board of
Directors, one or more Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors and a Chairman of
one or more committees of directors, which Chairman, Vice Chairmen or Committee
Chairmen shall be officers of the Corporation only if the resolution electing
them shall state that they shall be officers. Any two or more offices may be
held by the same person, except that the same person may not hold the offices of
President and Secretary.
SECTION 2. Term of Office and Removal. Each officer shall hold office
for the term for which he is elected or appointed, and until his successor has
been elected or appointed and qualified. Unless otherwise provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors electing an officer, his term of office
shall extend to and expire at the meeting of the Board following the next annual
meeting of shareholders. Any officer may be removed or his authority suspended,
at
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any time, with or without cause, by the Board or by the Chairman of the Board
or the President. Any such removal by the Chairman or President shall be
reported to the Board at its next regular meeting. The Board may delegate to any
committee or officer the power to appoint and to remove any subordinate officer
or agent. Removal of an officer without cause shall be without prejudice to his
contract rights, if any, and the election or appointment of an officer shall not
of itself create contract rights.
SECTION 3. Powers and Duties of the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the
Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairmen of the Board
shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the
Board of Directors. The Chairman or, in his absence or disability, a Vice
Chairman present shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and
Shareholders.
SECTION 4. Powers and Duties of President. A President shall be the
chief executive officer and/or the chief operating officer of the Corporation if
so designated by the Board, and shall perform all duties incident to such office
or offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board.
SECTION 5. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents and Directors. Vice
Presidents and Directors (which terms shall include Executive Vice President,
Senior Managing Director, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, First Vice
President, Assistant Vice President and Associate) shall perform such duties as
from time to time may be assigned to them by the chief executive officer or the
Board. In the absence or disability of the President, the most senior Vice
President or Director, in the order of rank as fixed by the Board, shall perform
all the duties of the President.
SECTION 6. Powers and Duties of the Secretary. It shall be the duty of
the Secretary to act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors and
of the shareholders of the Corporation and to keep the minutes thereof in a
proper book or books to be provided for that purpose; he shall see that all
notices required to be given by the Corporation in accordance with the
provisions of the by-laws or as required by law are duly given and served; he
shall be custodian of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the seal to
all certificates for stock of the Corporation and to all documents the execution
of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall be duly authorized;
he shall have charge of the stock book and also of the other books and papers of
the Corporation and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents
required by law are properly kept and filed; and shall in general perform all
duties incident to the office of Secretary, subject to the control of the
Chairman of the Board, the President and the Board of Directors, and such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman, the
President or by the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 7. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries. In the absence
or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or, if there be more
than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order of their rank as fixed by the
Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the Secretary, and when so
acting an Assistant Secretary shall have all the powers of, and be subject to
all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Every Assistant Secretary shall also
perform such other duties as may from time be assigned to him by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 8. Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have
the responsibility for the management of the funds and securities of the
Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer,
subject to the control of the Chairman of the Board, the President and the Board
of Directors, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him
by the Chairman, the President or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or
disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer or, if there be more than
one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order of their rank as fixed by the Board
of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting
an Assistant Treasurer shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the Treasurer. Every Assistant Treasurer shall also perform
such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. Other Powers. The Chairman of the Board, the President or
the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents,
to enter into any contract or to sign any instrument in any capacity or to do
any other act or to perform any other duties in the name of and on behalf of the
Corporation as shall be permitted by law, and such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.
SECTION 11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from
time to time by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from
receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the
Corporation.
SECTION 12. Bonds. The Board of Directors may require any officer,
agent or employee of the Corporation to give security for the faithful,
performance of his duties.
ARTICLE IV
SHARES
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SECTION 1. Certificates of Stock. Certificates for shares of the stock
of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of
Directors. The certificates shall be numbered in the order of their issue and
shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President
and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer and the seal of the Corporation shall be affixed thereto.
SECTION 2. Transfer of Stock. Transfers of shares of the stock of the
Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder
thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by a power of attorney duly
executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and on surrender of the
certificate or certificates for such shares. Every certificate surrendered to
the Corporation shall be marked "canceled" with the date of cancellation, and no
new certificate shall be issued in exchange therefor until the old certificate
has been surrendered and cancelled. A person in whose name shares of stock stand
on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof as regards the
Corporation, and no transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation,
its stockholders and creditors for any purpose, except to render the transferee
liable for the debts of the Corporation to the extent provided by law, until it
shall have been entered in the stock book of the Corporation. The Board of
Directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem
expedient, not inconsistent with these by-laws or with the organization
certificate, concerning the issue and transfer of certificates for shares of the
capital stock of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
OFFICES AND BOOKS
SECTION 1. Offices. The principal office of the Corporation shall be at
No. One State Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, or
at such other place within the State of New York as the Board of Directors may
lawfully determine. The Board of Directors may from time to time and at any time
establish other offices of the Corporation or branches of its business at
whatever place or places within or without the United States of America as it
may deem expedient and as permitted by law.
SECTION 2. Books. There shall be kept at the principal office of the
Corporation correct books of account of the business and transactions of the
Corporation, a copy of these by-laws and the stock book of the Corporation.
SECTION 3. Audit. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on
the first day of January in every year. At least once in every fiscal year there
shall be an audit of the books and accounts of the Corporation, and of any
corporations a majority of the stock of which
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the Corporation shall own, by public accountants of recognized standing, to be
designated by the Board of Directors or by an Examining Committee of directors
to be appointed by the Board.
The Auditor shall make such examination of the accounts, records and
transactions of the Corporation as may be required by the Board of Directors or
the Examining Committee and he shall perform such other duties as are prescribed
in an audit program to be approved by the Board. He shall be free to examine any
department or section of the Corporation without previous officer consultation.
He shall maintain a summary record of dates of completed audits, and shall make
periodic comprehensive reports to the Board directly or through the Examining
Committee, which shall include such suggestions and recommendations which he may
consider it advisable to make.
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ARTICLE VI
OTHER MATTERS
SECTION 1. Corporate Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be
circular in form and shall bear the words and figures "New York, 1923"
surrounded by the name of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Amendments. By-laws of the Corporation may be adopted,
amended or repealed by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to
vote in the election of any directors. By-laws may also be adopted, amended or
repealed by the Board of Directors (except that any amendment or repeal of
Article II, Section 11 may only be made with the approval of at least one IBJ
Designee), but any by-law adopted by the Board may be amended or repealed by the
shareholders entitled to vote thereon as herein above provided.
If any by-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted,
amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, there shall be set forth in the
notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of directors the
by-law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the
changes made.
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EXHIBIT 7
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK
AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES
REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DOLLAR AMOUNTS
IN THOUSANDS
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<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balance due from depository institutions:
a. Non-interest-bearing balances and currency and coin $ 26,852
b. Interest-bearing balances $ 17,489
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities $ -0-
b. Available-for-sale securities $ 207,069
3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and
in IBFs
Federal Funds sold and Securities purchased under agreements to resell $ 80,389
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income $ 2,033,599
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses $ 62,853
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve $ -0-
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve $ 1,970,746
5. Trading assets held in trading accounts $ 848
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) $ 1,583
7. Other real estate owned $ -0-
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies $ -0-
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding $ 340
10. Intangible assets $ 11,840
11. Other assets $ 66,691
12. TOTAL ASSETS $ 2,383,847
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
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LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices $ 804,562
(1) Noninterest-bearing $ 168,822
(2) Interest-bearing $ 635,740
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs $ 885,076
(1) Noninterest-bearing $ 16,554
(2) Interest-bearing $ 868,522
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:
Federal Funds purchased and Securities sold under agreements to repurchase $ 225,000
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury $ 674
b. Trading Liabilities $ 560
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With a remaining maturity of one year or less $ 38,002
b. With a remaining maturity of more than one year $ 1,375
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years $ 1,550
17. Not applicable.
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding $ 340
19. Subordinated notes and debentures $ 100,000
20. Other liabilities $ 74,502
21. TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 2,131,641
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus $ N/A
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus $ -0-
24. Common stock $ 28,958
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) $ 210,319
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves $ 11,655
b. Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities $ 1,274
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments $ -0-
28. TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL $ 252,206
29. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CAPITAL $ 2,383,847
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EXHIBIT 25.2
REGISTRATION NO. 333-46849
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)
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-6022258
(Jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
or organization if not a U.S. national bank) identification No.)
One State Street, New York, New York 10004
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, VICE PRESIDENT
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
One State Street
New York, New York 10004
(212) 858-2000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
(Exact names of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 21-0718930
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification No.)
1800 West Loop South
Houston, Texas
77027
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
All Senior Subordinated Debt Securities
to be registered under U.S. Home Corporation"s
Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933
to be offered on a delay or continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(Title of indenture securities)
<PAGE> 2
THIS FORM T-1 AMENDS AND RESTATES OUR PREVIOUS T-1 FILING DATED FEBRUARY 17,
1998.
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.
New York State Banking Department
Two Rector Street
New York, New York
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Second District,
33 Liberty Street
New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.
Item 13. Defaults by the Obligor.
(a) State whether there is or has been a default with respect to
the securities under this indenture. Explain the nature of any
such default.
None
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(b) If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under
which any other securities, or certificates of interest or
participation in any other securities, of the obligors are
outstanding, or is trustee for more than one outstanding
series of securities under the indenture, state whether there
has been a default under any such indenture or series,
identify the indenture or series affected, and explain the
nature of any such default.
None
Item 16. List of exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of
eligibility.
1. A copy of the Charter of IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company as
amended to date.
*2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the trustee to
Commence Business (Included in Exhibit 1 above).
*3. A copy of the Authorization of the trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers, as amended to date (See Exhibit 4 to
Form T-1, Securities and Exchange Commission File No.
22-19146).
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the trustee, as amended to
date.
5. Not Applicable
6. The consent of United States institutional trustee required by
Section 321(b) of the Act.
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.
* The Exhibits thus designated are incorporated herein by reference as
exhibits hereto. Following the description of such Exhibits is a reference
to the copy of the Exhibit heretofore filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to which there have been no amendments or changes.
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NOTE
In answering any item in this Statement of Eligibility which relates to
matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the obligor and its directors
or officers, the trustee has relied upon information furnished to it by
the obligor.
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
trustee of all facts on which to base responsive answers to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2, may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
Pursuant to General Instruction B, the trustee has responded to Items 1, 2
and 16 of this form since to the best knowledge of the trustee as
indicated in Item 13, the obligor is not in default under any indenture
under which the applicant is trustee.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the
trustee, IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility & qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York,
on the 17th day of February, 1999.
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
------------------------------------
Stephen J. Giurlando
Vice President
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EXHIBIT 6
CONSENT OF TRUSTEE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, in connection with the proposed issue of U.S. Home
Corporation, we hereby consent that reports of examinations by Federal, State,
Territorial, or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor.
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
------------------------------------
Stephen J. Giurlando
Vice President
Dated: February 17, 1999
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STATE OF NEW YORK EXHIBIT 1
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, ROBERT H. MCCORMICK, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" DATED APRIL 2, 1929, providing for a change of name
from: "IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY"
to: "IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the
Banking Department at New York, New York,
this 4TH day of JANUARY, 1999.
/s/ Robert H. McCormick
--------------------------------------------
ROBERT H. MCCORMICK
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Dennis G. Buchert, President and Chief Executive
Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, do
hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J.
Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "First" of the Organization Certificate, as amended, which
now provides that the name of the Trust Company is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, is hereby further amended, effective January 1, 1999, to read as
follows:
"First. The name of the Trust Company is IBJ
Whitehall Bank & Trust Company."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate as of
this 17th day of December 1998.
/s/ Dennis G. Buchert
-------------------------------------
Dennis G. Buchert
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this
17th day of December 1998.
/s/ Aileen V. Burnes
- -------------------------------------
Notary Public
AILEEN V. BURNES
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 60-4969531
Qualified in Westchester County
Commission Expires July 16, 2000
<PAGE> 9
State of New York,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" dated APRIL 2, 1929, providing for decrease of capital
stock from $35,538,000 to $ 28,158,000.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the
Banking Department at New York, New York,
this 4TH day of JANUARY, 1999.
/s/ P. Vincent Conlon
------------------------------------
P. VINCENT CONLON
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
<PAGE> 10
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Dennis G. Buchert, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J.
Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Thirty-Five Million Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($35,538,000) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four
hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock")
and one hundred eighty-four thousand nine hundred thirty-seven
(184,937) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Twenty-Eight Million One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($28,158,000) divided into one hundred sixty-four thousand
twenty-six (164,026) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock") and one
hundred eighty-four thousand four hundred forty-four (184,444)
shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
<PAGE> 11
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate
this 30th day of December 1998.
/s/ Dennis G. Buchert
------------------------------------
Dennis G. Buchert
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
------------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 31st day of December 1998.
/s/ Aileen V. Burnes
- ------------------------------------
Notary Public
AILEEN V. BURNES
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 60-4969531
Qualified in Westchester County
Commission Expires July 16, 2000
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State of New York,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, ROBERT H. MCCORMICK, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" dated JUNE 14, 1995, providing for decrease of capital
stock from $97,361,400.00 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value of
$100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock, 304,171 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock and 500,000 shares with a
par value of $100.00 each designated as Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock to $35,538,000.00 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock and 185,937 shares with par
value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the Banking Department at New York, New York, this 21ST day of JUNE in the Year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and NINETY FIVE.
/s/ Robert H. McCormick
------------------------------------
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and
Chief Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder
Bank & Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Trust Company"). The name under which the corporation was originally
formed was J. Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Ninety-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($97,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common
Stock"), three hundred four thousand one hundred seventy-one
(304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock"), and five
hundred thousand (500,000) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred
Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock").
The following is a statement of the designations and powers,
preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, in respect to the Series A Preferred Stock:
I. SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
1. Dividends. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive preferential dividends when, as and if declared
by the Trust Company's Board of Directors.
(a) When declared by the Board of Directors of the Trust
Company, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable
annually on March 1 of each year (the "Dividend Payment Date").
Dividends shall be paid by mailing the Trust Company's good check in
the proper amount to each holder of record of Series A Preferred
Stock at such holder's address as it appears on the Trust Company's
stock register at least five (5) days prior to the due date of each
dividend or otherwise transferring funds so as to be received by
such holder on the due date of such dividend.
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(b) Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall
be calculated at the rate and in the manner prescribed herein from
and including the date of issuance of such share of Series A
Preferred Stock. Dividends shall be calculated as of each Dividend
Payment Date on each share of Series A Preferred Stock then
outstanding at the rate per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year and counting actual days elapsed) equal to the average
of the LIBO Rate on the two Reference Dates immediately preceding
the Dividend Payment Date. To the extent not declared on or before a
Dividend Payment Date, all dividends accrued on each share of Series
A Preferred Stock outstanding during the period from and including
the preceding Dividend Payment Date (or from and including the
original date of issuance of such share in the case of the initial
Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance) shall not
cumulate, and may not thereafter be declared or paid.
(c) As used herein, "LIBO Rate" means the offered rate quoted
by the Trust Company to leading banks in the London interbank
Eurocurrency market for six-month deposits in United States Dollars,
in an amount equal to the aggregate per value of the Series A
Preferred Stock then outstanding, at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on a
Reference Date; and "Reference Date" means, with respect to any
Dividend Payment Date, (i) the last business day of the month of
August occurring six months before such Dividend Payment Date, and
(ii) the last business day of the month of February occurring 12
months before such Dividend Payment Date.
(d) Payments of dividends declared on Series A Preferred Stock
shall be distributed in equal amounts with respect to each
outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(e) So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding,
during any year ending on March 1 no dividend or distribution shall
be declared, paid or made on, and there shall be no purchase or
redemption of, any Voting Common Stock, Non-voting Common Stock or
other shares of capital stock of any class or series junior to the
Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, unless on and as
of the date of such declaration, payment, distribution, repurchase
or redemption the full amount of dividends accrued for such year on
all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been declared
and paid.
3. Rights on Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust
Company, the assets of the Trust Company available for distribution
to stockholders shall be distributed and applied in the following
order of priority:
(a) First, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive payment of an amount in cash (the "Preferred
Liquidation Preference") equal to the sum of (i) $100 per share
Series A Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the amount of all declared and
unpaid dividends thereon.
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The holders of Series A Preferred Stock, as such, shall not be
entitled to any further payment.
(a) Second, if the assets of the Trust Company available for
distribution to stockholders exceed the aggregate amount of the
Preferred Liquidation Preference, then, after the payments required
by paragraph (a) above shall have been paid (or irrevocably set
aside) in full, the remainder of such assets shall be distributed to
the holders of Voting Common Stock and Non-voting Common Stock so
that an equal amount shall be paid with respect to each outstanding
share thereof.
4. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law, the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights.
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Thirty-Five Million Five Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($35,538,000) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four
hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock")
and one hundred eighty-five thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven
(185,937) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
5. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of
the Trust Company at a meeting duly called and held on November 7, 1994 and by
the unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Trust Company pursuant
to Section 6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate
this 14th day of June, 1995.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
-------------------------------
Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President and Chief
Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this
14th day of June 1995
/s/ Linda Renee Giannattasio
- -------------------------------
Notary Public
LINDA RENEE GIANNATTASIO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 4794201
Qualified in Nassau County
Certificate filed in New York County
Commission Expires October 31, 1995
6
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, CARMINE M. TENGA, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New
York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "Certificate of
Amendment of the Organization Certificate of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
under Section 8005 of the Banking Law," dated February 19, 1993, providing for
an increase in the amount of capital stock from $46,684,200 consisting of
169,443 shares with a par value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common
Stock and 297,399 shares with a par value of $100.00 each designated as
Non-voting Common Stock to $47,361,400 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par
value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock, and 304,171 shares of
the par value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City
of New York, this 19th day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-three.
/s/ Carmine M. Tenga
-------------------------------
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and Chief Executive
Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, do
hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company (the
"Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J. Henry
Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended, which
now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is Forty-Six
Million Six Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($46,684,200)
divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred forty-three
(169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
voting Common Stock, and two hundred ninety-seven thousand three hundred
ninety-nine (297,399) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of Non-voting Common Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is Forty-Seven
Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred Dollars
($47,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred
forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of voting Common Stock, and three hundred four thousand one
hundred seventy-one (304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Non-voting Common Stock."
4. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of the
Bank at a meeting duly called and held on September 23, 1992 and by the
unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Bank, pursuant to Section
6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate this 19th
day of February, 1993.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
-------------------------------
Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 19th day of
February, 1993.
/s/ Emma McCorkle
- -------------------------------
Notary Public
EMMA McCORKLE
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-4984312
Qualified in Queens County
Commission Expires July 22, 1993
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
)SS:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
Jean Zimmerman, being duly sworn, deposes and says
that she is the Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank &
Trust Company, the corporation described in the
foregoing certificate; that she has read the
foregoing certificate and knows the contents
thereof, and that the statements therein contained
are true.
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 19th day of
February, 1993.
/s/ Emma McCorkle
- -------------------------------
Notary Public
EMMA McCORKLE
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-4984312
Qualified in Queens County
Commission Expires July 22, 1993
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, CARMINE M. TENGA, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New
York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "CERTIFICATE OF
AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law" dated JUNE 30, 1993, providing for an
increase of capital stock from $47,361,400, consisting of 169,443 shares with a
par value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock and 304,171 shares
with a par value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock to
$97,361,400 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value of $100.00 each
designated as Voting Common Stock, 304,171 shares with a par value of $100.00
each designated as Non-voting Common Stock and 500,000 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New
York, this 30th day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and ninety-three .
/s/ Carmine M. Tenga
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Trust Company"). The name under which the corporation was originally
formed was J. Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Forty-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($47,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock, and (304,171)
shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
Non-voting Common Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Ninety-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($97,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common
Stock"), three hundred four thousand one hundred seventy-one
(304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-voting Common Stock ("Non-voting Common Stock"), and five
hundred thousand (500,000) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred
Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock").
The following is a statement of the designations and powers,
preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock:
I. SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK.
1. Dividends. (a) The holders of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to receive preferential dividends when, as
and if declared by the Trust Company's Board of Directors.
(b) When declared by the Board of Directors of the Trust
Company, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable
annually on March 1 of each year (the "Dividend Payment Date").
Dividends shall be paid by mailing the Trust Company's good check in
the proper amount to each holder of record of Series A
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Preferred Stock at such holder's address as it appears on the Trust
Company's stock register at least five (5) days prior to the due
date of each dividend or otherwise transferring funds so as to be
received by such holder on the date of such dividend.
(c) Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock
shall be calculated at the rate and in the manner prescribed herein
from and including the date of issuance of such share of Series A
Preferred Stock. Dividends shall be calculated as of each Dividend
Payment Date on each share of Series A Preferred Stock then
outstanding at the rate per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year and counting actual days elapsed) equal to the average
of the LIBO Rate on the two Reference Dates immediately preceding
the Dividend Payment Date. To the extent not declared on or before a
Dividend Payment Date, all dividends accrued on each share of Series
A Preferred Stock outstanding during the period from and including
the preceding Dividend Payment Date (or from and including the
original date of issuance of such share in the case of the initial
Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance) shall not
cumulate, and may not thereafter be declared or paid.
(d) As used herein, "LIBO Rate" means the offered rate
quoted by the Trust Company to leading banks in the London interbank
Eurocurrency market for six-month deposits in United States Dollars,
in an amount equal to the aggregate par value of the Series A
Preferred Stock then outstanding, at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on a
Reference Date; and "Reference Date" means, with respect to any
Dividend Payment Date, (i) the last business day of the month of
August occurring six months before such Dividend Payment Date, and
(ii) the last business day of the month of February occurring 12
months before such Dividend Payment Date.
(e) Payments of dividends declared on Series A Preferred
Stock shall be distributed in equal amounts with respect to each
outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(f) So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is
outstanding, during any year ending on March 1 no dividend or
distribution shall be declared, paid or made on, and there shall be
no purchase or redemption of, any Voting Common Stock, Non-voting
Common Stock or other shares of capital stock of any class or series
junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends,
unless on and as of the date of such declaration, payment,
distribution, repurchase or redemption the full amount of dividends
accrued for such year on all outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock has been declared and paid.
2. Rights on Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust
Company, the assets of the Trust Company available for distribution
to stockholders shall be distributed and applied in the following
order of priority:
(a) First, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to receive payment of an amount in cash (the "Preferred
Liquidation Preference") equal to the sum of (i) $100 per share of
Series A Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the amount of declared and
unpaid dividends thereon. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock,
as such, shall not be entitled to any further payment.
(b) Second, if the assets of the Trust Company available
for distribution to stockholders exceed the aggregate amount of the
Preferred Liquidation Preference, then, after the payments required
by paragraph (a) above shall have been paid
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(or irrevocably set aside) in full, the remainder of such assets
shall be distributed to the holders of Voting Common Stock and
Non-voting Common Stock so that an equal amount shall be paid with
respect to each outstanding share thereof.
3. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law, the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights.
4. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of
the Trust Company at a meeting duly called and held on June 23, 1993 and by the
unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Trust Company pursuant to
Section 6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate this 30th day
of June, 1993.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
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Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
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Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 30th day of
June, 1993.
/s/ Denise Masiello
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Notary Public
DENISE MASIELLO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-7750155
Qualified in Queens County
Cert. Filed in New York County
Commission Expires July 31, 1994
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
JEAN ZIMMERMAN, being duly sworn, deposes and says
that she is the Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank &
Trust Company, the corporation described in the
foregoing certificate; that she has read the
foregoing certificate and knows the contents
thereof, and that the statements therein contained
are true.
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
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Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 30th day of
June, 1993.
/s/ Denise Masiello
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Notary Public
DENISE MASIELLO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-7750155
Qualified in Queens County
Cert. Filed in New York County
Commission Expires July 31, 1994
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EXHIBIT 1 TO INCORPORATORS' AND SUBSCRIBERS' MINUTES, OCT. 18, 1923.
J. HENRY SCHRODER BANKING CORPORATION
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
WE, the undersigned, all being persons of full age, at least two-thirds
of whom are citizens of the United States and at least one of whom is a resident
of the State of New York, desiring to form a moneyed corporation pursuant to the
provisions of Article VII of the Banking Law of the State of New York, for the
purpose of engaging in international and foreign banking and banking in
dependencies and insular possessions of the United States, either directly or
through the agency, ownership or control of local institutions in foreign
countries and in such dependencies and insular possession, and to purchase or
otherwise acquire, hold, sell, offer for sale and negotiate shares of stock and
other choses in action and to possess and exercise such other powers as now are
or may hereafter be conferred upon investment companies, except as hereinafter
otherwise provided, hereby subscribe, acknowledge and submit to the
Superintendent of Banks, this organization certificate in duplicate:
1. The name by which the proposed company is to be known is J. HENRY
SCHRODER BANKING CORPORATION.
2. The places where its business is to be transacted are the Borough of
Manhattan, in the City, County and State of New York and such other places in
and outside the State of New York as may from time to time be lawfully
designated.
3. The proposed company is not being organized for the purpose of
exercising the powers set forth in sub-divisions four and five of Section Two
hundred ninety-three of
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Chapter Two of the Consolidated Laws, being the Banking Law, of the State of New
York.
4. The amount of its capital stock is to be two million dollars
($2,000,000), and the number of shares into which such capital stock shall be
divided is twenty thousand (20,000) shares of the par value of one hundred
dollars ($100) each. The stock of the corporation shall be issued upon the terms
and conditions following:
(a) The holders of record of the stock of the corporation shall be
entitled to share pro rata in all dividends declared by the board of directors
in proportion to the amounts actually paid to the corporation in respect of such
stock, whether as capital or paid in surplus, prior to the date of the
declaration of any such dividend.
(b) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
corporation the holders of the stock shall be entitled to share pro rata in all
the assets of the corporation in proportion to the amounts actually paid to the
corporation in respect of such stock, whether as capital or paid in surplus,
prior to the date of the distribution of such assets.
(c) No holder of stock of the corporation shall have any pre-emptive
right of subscription to any shares of stock of the corporation, or to any
obligations convertible into any stock, nor any right of subscription to any
thereof, other than such, if any, as the board of directors in its discretion
may determine.
5. The full name, residence and post-office address of each of the
incorporators and the number of shares subscribed for by each are as follows:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
RESIDENCE AND POST-
FULL NAME OFFICE ADDRESS NO. OF SHARES
- ------------------------ ----------------------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Prentiss N. Gray Larchmont, N.Y. 4
William B. Walsh 26 Rutland Road, 1
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Edwin P. Shattuck 26 East 78th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Garrard Glenn 57 East 92nd Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Carl R. Ganter 70 West 55th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Leslie H. Buckler 5 East 84th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Frank W. Demuth 1411 University Avenue, 1
New York, N.Y.
</TABLE>
6. The term of its existence shall be perpetual.
7. The number of its directors shall be seven and the names and
addresses of the incorporators who shall be its directors until the first annual
meeting of stockholders are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME ADDRESS
- ----------------------------- -----------------------------
<S> <C>
Prentiss N. Gray Larchmont, N.Y.
William B. Walsh 26 Rutland Road, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Edwin P. Shattuck 26 East 78th Street, New York, N.Y.
Garrard Glenn 57 East 92nd Street, New York, N.Y.
Carl R. Ganter 70 West 55th Street, New York, N.Y.
Leslie H. Buckler 5 East 84th Street, New York, N.Y.
Frank W. Demuth 1411 University Avenue, New York, N.Y.
</TABLE>
8. The following are provisions for the regulation of the business and
the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and limitations upon its powers
and upon the powers of its
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directors and stockholders, not exempting them from the performance of any
obligation or the performance of any duty imposed by law:
(a) Each subscriber for stock issued at a price in excess of its par
value shall remain liable to the corporation upon his subscription until it
shall be fully paid unless and until the corporation shall in writing consent to
the transfer of such stock to another person or other persons who shall assume
the payment of the amounts unpaid in respect thereof.
(b) Any part of the stock (except the stock originally issued) may be
issued as partly paid stock, subject to calls thereon until the whole thereof
shall have been paid in. The corporation may declare and may pay dividends upon
the basis of the amount actually paid upon the respective shares of stock
(whether greater or less than the par value thereof) instead of upon the par
value thereof.
(c) No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any
other corporation shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that any one or
more of the directors of this corporation is or are interested in, or is a
director or officer, or are directors or officers, of such other corporation,
and any director or directors, individually or jointly, may be a party or
parties to, or may be interested in, any contract or transaction of this
corporation or in which this corporation is interested, and no contract, act or
transaction of this corporation with any person or persons shall be affected or
invalidated by the fact that any director or directors of this corporation is a
party, or are parties, to or interested in such contract, act or transaction, or
in any way connected with such person or persons; and each and every person who
may become a director of this corporation is hereby relieved from any liability
that might otherwise exist from contracting with the corporation for the benefit
of himself or any firm, association or corporation in which he
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may be in anywise interested, provided he shall disclose the nature of his
interest and shall not vote as a director in favor of any such transaction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have subscribed and acknowledged this
organization certificate in duplicate the 21st day of September, 1923.
Prentiss N. Gray (Seal)
William B. Walsh (Seal)
Edwin P. Shattuck (Seal)
Garrard Glenn (Seal)
Carl R. Ganter (Seal)
Leslie H. Buckler (Seal)
Frank W. Demuth (Seal)
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
County of New York )
On this 21st day of September, 1923, before me personally came and
appeared PRENTISS N. GRAY, WILLIAM B. WALSH, EDWIN P. SHATTUCK, GARRARD GLENN,
CARL R. GANTER, LESLIE H. BUCKLER and FRANK W. DEMUTH, to me known and known to
me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing certificate,
and they severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the
uses and purposes therein set forth.
Vella McLaughlin
Notary Public, Kings Co. No. 127
Ctf. Filed in New York Co. No. 75
Commission expires Mar.30, 1925.
(Seal)
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No._______________
State of New York
County of New York
I, James Donegan, Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Supreme Court of said
State for said County, DO CERTIFY, That I have compared the preceding with the
original certificate of Incorporation of J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation
on file in my office, and that the same is a correct Transcript therefrom, and
of the whole of such original, Indorsed, Filed, Recorded October 2__, 1923 at
2:59 p.m.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my
official seal, this 25th day of October, 1923.
/s/ James A. Donegan, Clerk
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Exhibit 4
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
BY-LAWS
As amended
January 4, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
----
<S> <C>
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting ................................................ 1
Section 2. Special Meetings .............................................. 1
Section 3. Place of Meetings ............................................. 1
Section 4. Notice of Meetings ............................................ 1
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number and Term of Directors .................................. 2
Section 2. Quorum of Directors and Action by the Board ................... 2
Section 3. Meetings of the Board ......................................... 2
Section 4. Resignations .................................................. 3
Section 5. Removal of Directors .......................................... 3
Section 6. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies ..................... 3
Section 7. Executive and Other Committees of Directors ................... 3
Section 8. Compensation of Directors ..................................... 4
Section 9. Indemnification ............................................... 4
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
----
<S> <C>
Section 10. Presence at Meeting by Telephone .............................. 5
Section 11. Extraordinary Actions ......................................... 6
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers ...................................................... 6
Section 2. Term of Office and Removal .................................... 6
Section 3. Powers and Duties of the Chairman and Vice Chairmen
of the Board of Directors .................................. 6
Section 4. Powers and Duties of the President ............................ 7
Section 5. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents and Directors............. 7
Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Secretary ............................ 7
Section 7. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries .................... 7
Section 8. Powers and Duties of the Treasurers ........................... 7
Section 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers ..................... 8
Section 10. Other Powers .................................................. 8
Section 11. Salaries ...................................................... 8
</TABLE>
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(ii)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
----
<S> <C>
Section 12. Bonds ......................................................... 8
ARTICLE IV
SHARES
Section 1. Certificates of Stock ......................................... 8
Section 2. Transfer of Stock ............................................. 8
ARTICLE V
OFFICES AND BOOKS
Section 1. Offices ....................................................... 9
Section 2. Books ......................................................... 9
Section 3. Audit ......................................................... 9
ARTICLE VI
OTHER MATTERS
Section 1. Corporate Seal ................................................ 10
Section 2. Amendments .................................................... 10
</TABLE>
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BY-LAWS
OF
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. A meeting of shareholders shall be held
annually for the election of directors and the transaction of other business on
such date within the first three months in each calendar year as may be fixed by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may
be called by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice
Chairman of the Board or the President and shall be called by the Board upon the
written request of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares
of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting requested to be called, which
written request shall be addressed to the Corporation and shall state the
purposes of such meeting. If such meeting shall not be called within five days
after such request shall have been delivered at the office of the Corporation,
the shareholders signing such request may appoint a chairman who may be
designated in such request and who may call a meeting by notice given as
provided in SECTION 4 of this Article and, in the absence or refusal to serve of
the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board or the President may
preside at such meeting.
SECTION 3. Place of Meetings. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at
such place, within or without the State of New York, as may be fixed by the
Board of Directors, except that the annual meetings shall be held at the office
of the Corporation in the City of New York. If no place is so fixed, such
meetings shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the City of New York.
SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of shareholders
shall be given in writing and shall state the place, date and hour of the
meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of a
special meeting shall indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of
the person or persons calling or requesting the meeting. At any special meeting
only such business may be transacted which is related to the purpose or purposes
set forth in the notice.
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If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken which would, if
taken, entitle objecting shareholders to receive payment for their shares, the
notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect.
A copy of the notice of each meeting shall be given, personally or by
the first-class mail, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date
of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed,
such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage
thereon prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the
record of shareholders, or, if he shall have filed with the Secretary of the
Corporation a written request that notices to him be mailed to some other
address, then directed to him as such other address.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Number and Term of Directors. The number of directors
constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be the number, not less than
the minimum required by statute nor more than twenty-five, fixed from time to
time by the shareholders or by a majority of the total number of directors which
the Corporation would have, prior to any increase or decrease, if there were no
vacancies, provided, however, that no decrease shall shorten the term of an
incumbent director. Until otherwise fixed by the shareholders or by the
directors, the number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be
twelve. Each director elected at an annual meeting of shareholders shall, unless
sooner removed or disqualified, hold office until the next annual meeting of
shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified.
SECTION 2. Quorum of Directors and Action by the Board. One-third of
the entire Board of Directors, but not less than five, shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business, and, except where otherwise provided by law or
these by-laws, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at
the time of such vote, if a quorum is then present, shall be the act of the
Board.
SECTION 3. Meetings of the Board. An annual meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held in each year directly after the annual meeting of
shareholders. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as may
be fixed by the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be held at any time
upon the call of the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board,
President or any two directors.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such places within
or without the State of New York as may be fixed by the Board for annual and
regular meetings and in the
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notice of meeting for special meetings. If no place is so fixed, meetings of the
Board shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the City of New York.
No notice need be given of annual or regular meetings of the Board of
Directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given to each
director either by mail not later than noon, New York time, on the third day
prior to the meeting or by telegram, written message or orally to the director
not later than noon, New York time, on the day prior to the meeting. Notices are
deemed to have been given: by mail, when deposited in the United States mail; by
telegram at the time of filing; and by messenger at the time of delivery.
Notices by mail, telegram or messenger shall be sent to each director at the
address designated by him for the purpose, or, if none has been so designated,
at his last known residence or business address.
Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any
director who submits a signed waiver of notice whether before or after the
meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its
commencement, the lack of notice to him.
A notice, or waiver of notice, need not specify the purpose of any
meeting of the Board of Directors.
A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.
SECTION 4. Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at
any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the President or
to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the
time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein the acceptance of
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 5. Removal of Directors. Any one or more of the directors may
be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors. Any or all of the
directors may be removed with or without cause by vote of the shareholders.
SECTION 6. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. All vacancies in
the office of director, including newly created directorships resulting from an
increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by election of the
shareholders, except that vacancies not exceeding one-third of the entire Board
may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in
office. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall, unless sooner removed or
disqualified, hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and
until his successor has been elected and qualified.
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SECTION 7. Executive and Other Committees of Directors. The Board of
Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may
designate from among its members an executive committee consisting of five or
more directors, and other committees consisting of three or more directors, and
each of which, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have all the
authority of the Board, except that no such committee shall have authority as to
the following matters:
(1) The submission to shareholders of any action that needs
shareholders' approval;
(2) The filling of vacancies in the Board or in any committee;
(3) The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the
Board or on any committee;
(4) The amendment or repeal of the by-laws, or the adoption of new
by-laws;
(5) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board which,
by its terms, shall not be so amendable or repealable; or
(6) The taking of action which is expressly required by law to be
taken at a meeting of the Board or by a specified proportion
of directors.
The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any such committee, who may replace any absent member or members at
any meeting of such committee.
The Board may appoint or provide for such other committees consisting
of such directors, officers or other persons and having such powers and
functions in the management of the Corporation as may be provided by the Board.
Unless a different proportion is required by the resolution designating
a committee, a majority of the entire authorized number of such committee shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority
of the members present at a meeting at the time of such vote, if a quorum is
then present, shall be the act of such committee.
Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 8. Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have
authority to fix the compensation of directors for services in any capacity.
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SECTION 9. Indemnification. Except to the extent expressly prohibited
by the New York Banking Law, the Corporation shall indemnify each person made or
threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding, whether civil or
criminal, by reason of the fact that such person or such person's testator or
intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or
serves or served at the request of the Corporation any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in
any capacity, against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement
and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with
such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, provided that no such
indemnification shall be made if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse
to such person establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or
were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the
cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a
financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled,
and provided further that no such indemnification shall be required with respect
to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any threatened or
pending action or proceeding unless the Corporation has given its prior consent
to such settlement or other disposition.
The Corporation shall advance or promptly reimburse upon request any
person entitled to indemnification hereunder for all expenses, including
attorneys' fees, reasonably incurred in defending any action or proceeding in
advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of such person to repay such amount if such person is ultimately found
not to be entitled to indemnification or, where indemnification is granted, to
the extent the expenses so advanced or reimbursed exceed the amount to which
such person is entitled, provided, however, that such person shall cooperate in
good faith with any request by the Corporation that common counsel be utilized
by the parties to an action or proceeding who are similarly situated unless to
do so would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests
between or among such parties.
Nothing herein shall limit or affect any right of any person hereunder
to indemnification of expenses, including attorneys' fees, under any statute,
rule, regulation, certificate of incorporation, by-law, insurance policy,
contract or otherwise.
The indemnification of any person provided by this by-law shall
continue after such person has ceased to be a director, officer or employee of
the Corporation or other enterprise referred to above and shall inure to the
benefit of such person's heirs, executors, administrators and legal
representatives. No elimination of or amendment to this by-law shall deprive any
person of his or her rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual
occurrences, acts or failures to act prior to such elimination or amendment.
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For purposes of this by-law, the Corporation shall be deemed to have
requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by
such person of his or her duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or
otherwise involves services by, such person to the plan or participants or
beneficiaries of the plan, and excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to
an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered
indemnifiable expenses.
SECTION 10. Presence at Meeting by Telephone. Any one or more members
of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board
or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications
equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other
at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in
person at a meeting.
SECTION 11. Extraordinary Actions. Prior to June 30, 1987, the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof shall not take nay action which any director
who has been designated by The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (an "IBJ
Designee") considers significant, without the approval of at least one IBJ
Designee.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officers. The Board of Directors, at the annual meeting of
the Board, shall elect a President or Presidents and one or more Vice
Presidents, one or more Directors, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other
officers as the Board may determine. The Board may from time to time fill
vacancies in the office of any officers so elected, and elect or appoint such
other officers as it may determine or as may be provided in the by-laws. The
Board may also elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board of
Directors, one or more Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors and a Chairman of
one or more committees of directors, which Chairman, Vice Chairmen or Committee
Chairmen shall be officers of the Corporation only if the resolution electing
them shall state that they shall be officers. Any two or more offices may be
held by the same person, except that the same person may not hold the offices of
President and Secretary.
SECTION 2. Term of Office and Removal. Each officer shall hold office
for the term for which he is elected or appointed, and until his successor has
been elected or appointed and qualified. Unless otherwise provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors electing an officer, his term of office
shall extend to and expire at the meeting of the Board following the next annual
meeting of shareholders. Any officer may be removed or his authority suspended,
at
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any time, with or without cause, by the Board or by the Chairman of the Board
or the President. Any such removal by the Chairman or President shall be
reported to the Board at its next regular meeting. The Board may delegate to any
committee or officer the power to appoint and to remove any subordinate officer
or agent. Removal of an officer without cause shall be without prejudice to his
contract rights, if any, and the election or appointment of an officer shall not
of itself create contract rights.
SECTION 3. Powers and Duties of the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the
Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairmen of the Board
shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the
Board of Directors. The Chairman or, in his absence or disability, a Vice
Chairman present shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and
Shareholders.
SECTION 4. Powers and Duties of President. A President shall be the
chief executive officer and/or the chief operating officer of the Corporation if
so designated by the Board, and shall perform all duties incident to such office
or offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board.
SECTION 5. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents and Directors. Vice
Presidents and Directors (which terms shall include Executive Vice President,
Senior Managing Director, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, First Vice
President, Assistant Vice President and Associate) shall perform such duties as
from time to time may be assigned to them by the chief executive officer or the
Board. In the absence or disability of the President, the most senior Vice
President or Director, in the order of rank as fixed by the Board, shall perform
all the duties of the President.
SECTION 6. Powers and Duties of the Secretary. It shall be the duty of
the Secretary to act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors and
of the shareholders of the Corporation and to keep the minutes thereof in a
proper book or books to be provided for that purpose; he shall see that all
notices required to be given by the Corporation in accordance with the
provisions of the by-laws or as required by law are duly given and served; he
shall be custodian of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the seal to
all certificates for stock of the Corporation and to all documents the execution
of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall be duly authorized;
he shall have charge of the stock book and also of the other books and papers of
the Corporation and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents
required by law are properly kept and filed; and shall in general perform all
duties incident to the office of Secretary, subject to the control of the
Chairman of the Board, the President and the Board of Directors, and such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman, the
President or by the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 7. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries. In the absence
or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or, if there be more
than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order of their rank as fixed by the
Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the Secretary, and when so
acting an Assistant Secretary shall have all the powers of, and be subject to
all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Every Assistant Secretary shall also
perform such other duties as may from time be assigned to him by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 8. Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have
the responsibility for the management of the funds and securities of the
Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer,
subject to the control of the Chairman of the Board, the President and the Board
of Directors, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him
by the Chairman, the President or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or
disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer or, if there be more than
one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order of their rank as fixed by the Board
of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting
an Assistant Treasurer shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the Treasurer. Every Assistant Treasurer shall also perform
such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. Other Powers. The Chairman of the Board, the President or
the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents,
to enter into any contract or to sign any instrument in any capacity or to do
any other act or to perform any other duties in the name of and on behalf of the
Corporation as shall be permitted by law, and such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.
SECTION 11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from
time to time by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from
receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the
Corporation.
SECTION 12. Bonds. The Board of Directors may require any officer,
agent or employee of the Corporation to give security for the faithful,
performance of his duties.
ARTICLE IV
SHARES
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SECTION 1. Certificates of Stock. Certificates for shares of the stock
of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of
Directors. The certificates shall be numbered in the order of their issue and
shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President
and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer and the seal of the Corporation shall be affixed thereto.
SECTION 2. Transfer of Stock. Transfers of shares of the stock of the
Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder
thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by a power of attorney duly
executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and on surrender of the
certificate or certificates for such shares. Every certificate surrendered to
the Corporation shall be marked "canceled" with the date of cancellation, and no
new certificate shall be issued in exchange therefor until the old certificate
has been surrendered and cancelled. A person in whose name shares of stock stand
on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof as regards the
Corporation, and no transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation,
its stockholders and creditors for any purpose, except to render the transferee
liable for the debts of the Corporation to the extent provided by law, until it
shall have been entered in the stock book of the Corporation. The Board of
Directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem
expedient, not inconsistent with these by-laws or with the organization
certificate, concerning the issue and transfer of certificates for shares of the
capital stock of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
OFFICES AND BOOKS
SECTION 1. Offices. The principal office of the Corporation shall be at
No. One State Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, or
at such other place within the State of New York as the Board of Directors may
lawfully determine. The Board of Directors may from time to time and at any time
establish other offices of the Corporation or branches of its business at
whatever place or places within or without the United States of America as it
may deem expedient and as permitted by law.
SECTION 2. Books. There shall be kept at the principal office of the
Corporation correct books of account of the business and transactions of the
Corporation, a copy of these by-laws and the stock book of the Corporation.
SECTION 3. Audit. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on
the first day of January in every year. At least once in every fiscal year there
shall be an audit of the books and accounts of the Corporation, and of any
corporations a majority of the stock of which
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the Corporation shall own, by public accountants of recognized standing, to be
designated by the Board of Directors or by an Examining Committee of directors
to be appointed by the Board.
The Auditor shall make such examination of the accounts, records and
transactions of the Corporation as may be required by the Board of Directors or
the Examining Committee and he shall perform such other duties as are prescribed
in an audit program to be approved by the Board. He shall be free to examine any
department or section of the Corporation without previous officer consultation.
He shall maintain a summary record of dates of completed audits, and shall make
periodic comprehensive reports to the Board directly or through the Examining
Committee, which shall include such suggestions and recommendations which he may
consider it advisable to make.
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ARTICLE VI
OTHER MATTERS
SECTION 1. Corporate Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be
circular in form and shall bear the words and figures "New York, 1923"
surrounded by the name of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Amendments. By-laws of the Corporation may be adopted,
amended or repealed by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to
vote in the election of any directors. By-laws may also be adopted, amended or
repealed by the Board of Directors (except that any amendment or repeal of
Article II, Section 11 may only be made with the approval of at least one IBJ
Designee), but any by-law adopted by the Board may be amended or repealed by the
shareholders entitled to vote thereon as herein above provided.
If any by-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted,
amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, there shall be set forth in the
notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of directors the
by-law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the
changes made.
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EXHIBIT 7
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK
AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES
REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DOLLAR AMOUNTS
IN THOUSANDS
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<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balance due from depository institutions:
a. Non-interest-bearing balances and currency and coin $ 26,852
b. Interest-bearing balances $ 17,489
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities $ -0-
b. Available-for-sale securities $ 207,069
3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and
in IBFs
Federal Funds sold and Securities purchased under agreements to resell $ 80,389
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income $ 2,033,599
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses $ 62,853
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve $ -0-
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve $ 1,970,746
5. Trading assets held in trading accounts $ 848
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) $ 1,583
7. Other real estate owned $ -0-
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies $ -0-
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding $ 340
10. Intangible assets $ 11,840
11. Other assets $ 66,691
12. TOTAL ASSETS $ 2,383,847
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<TABLE>
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LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices $ 804,562
(1) Noninterest-bearing $ 168,822
(2) Interest-bearing $ 635,740
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs $ 885,076
(1) Noninterest-bearing $ 16,554
(2) Interest-bearing $ 868,522
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:
Federal Funds purchased and Securities sold under agreements to repurchase $ 225,000
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury $ 674
b. Trading Liabilities $ 560
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With a remaining maturity of one year or less $ 38,002
b. With a remaining maturity of more than one year $ 1,375
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years $ 1,550
17. Not applicable.
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding $ 340
19. Subordinated notes and debentures $ 100,000
20. Other liabilities $ 74,502
21. TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 2,131,641
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus $ N/A
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus $ -0-
24. Common stock $ 28,958
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) $ 210,319
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves $ 11,655
b. Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities $ 1,274
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments $ -0-
28. TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL $ 252,206
29. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CAPITAL $ 2,383,847
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EXHIBIT 25.3
REGISTRATION NO. 333-46849
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)
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-6022258
(Jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
or organization if not a U.S. national bank) identification No.)
One State Street, New York, New York 10004
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, VICE PRESIDENT
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
One State Street
New York, New York 10004
(212) 858-2000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
U.S. HOME CORPORATION
(Exact names of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 21-0718930
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification No.)
1800 West Loop South
Houston, Texas
77027
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
All Subordinated Debt Securities
to be registered under U.S. Home Corporation"s
Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933
to be offered on a delay or continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(Title of indenture securities)
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THIS FORM T-1 AMENDS AND RESTATES OUR PREVIOUS T-1 FILING DATED FEBRUARY 17,
1998.
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.
New York State Banking Department
Two Rector Street
New York, New York
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Second District,
33 Liberty Street
New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.
Item 13. Defaults by the Obligor.
(a) State whether there is or has been a default with respect to
the securities under this indenture. Explain the nature of any
such default.
None
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(b) If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under
which any other securities, or certificates of interest or
participation in any other securities, of the obligors are
outstanding, or is trustee for more than one outstanding
series of securities under the indenture, state whether there
has been a default under any such indenture or series,
identify the indenture or series affected, and explain the
nature of any such default.
None
Item 16. List of exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of
eligibility.
1. A copy of the Charter of IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company as
amended to date.
*2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the trustee to
Commence Business (Included in Exhibit 1 above).
*3. A copy of the Authorization of the trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers, as amended to date (See Exhibit 4 to
Form T-1, Securities and Exchange Commission File No.
22-19146).
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the trustee, as amended to
date.
5. Not Applicable
6. The consent of United States institutional trustee required by
Section 321(b) of the Act.
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.
* The Exhibits thus designated are incorporated herein by reference as
exhibits hereto. Following the description of such Exhibits is a reference
to the copy of the Exhibit heretofore filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to which there have been no amendments or changes.
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NOTE
In answering any item in this Statement of Eligibility which relates to
matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the obligor and its directors
or officers, the trustee has relied upon information furnished to it by
the obligor.
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
trustee of all facts on which to base responsive answers to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2, may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
Pursuant to General Instruction B, the trustee has responded to Items 1, 2
and 16 of this form since to the best knowledge of the trustee as
indicated in Item 13, the obligor is not in default under any indenture
under which the applicant is trustee.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the
trustee, IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility & qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York,
on the 17th day of February, 1999.
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
------------------------------------
Stephen J. Giurlando
Vice President
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EXHIBIT 6
CONSENT OF TRUSTEE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, in connection with the proposed issue of U.S. Home
Corporation, we hereby consent that reports of examinations by Federal, State,
Territorial, or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor.
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
------------------------------------
Stephen J. Giurlando
Vice President
Dated: February 17, 1999
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STATE OF NEW YORK EXHIBIT 1
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, ROBERT H. MCCORMICK, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" DATED APRIL 2, 1929, providing for a change of name
from: "IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY"
to: "IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the
Banking Department at New York, New York,
this 4TH day of JANUARY, 1999.
/s/ Robert H. McCormick
--------------------------------------------
ROBERT H. MCCORMICK
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Dennis G. Buchert, President and Chief Executive
Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, do
hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J.
Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "First" of the Organization Certificate, as amended, which
now provides that the name of the Trust Company is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, is hereby further amended, effective January 1, 1999, to read as
follows:
"First. The name of the Trust Company is IBJ
Whitehall Bank & Trust Company."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate as of
this 17th day of December 1998.
/s/ Dennis G. Buchert
-------------------------------------
Dennis G. Buchert
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this
17th day of December 1998.
/s/ Aileen V. Burnes
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Notary Public
AILEEN V. BURNES
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 60-4969531
Qualified in Westchester County
Commission Expires July 16, 2000
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State of New York,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" dated APRIL 2, 1929, providing for decrease of capital
stock from $35,538,000 to $ 28,158,000.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the
Banking Department at New York, New York,
this 4TH day of JANUARY, 1999.
/s/ P. Vincent Conlon
------------------------------------
P. VINCENT CONLON
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Dennis G. Buchert, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J.
Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Thirty-Five Million Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($35,538,000) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four
hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock")
and one hundred eighty-four thousand nine hundred thirty-seven
(184,937) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Twenty-Eight Million One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($28,158,000) divided into one hundred sixty-four thousand
twenty-six (164,026) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock") and one
hundred eighty-four thousand four hundred forty-four (184,444)
shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate
this 30th day of December 1998.
/s/ Dennis G. Buchert
------------------------------------
Dennis G. Buchert
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
------------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 31st day of December 1998.
/s/ Aileen V. Burnes
- ------------------------------------
Notary Public
AILEEN V. BURNES
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 60-4969531
Qualified in Westchester County
Commission Expires July 16, 2000
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State of New York,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, ROBERT H. MCCORMICK, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York,
DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "Certificate of Amendment of
the Organization Certificate of IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY under Section
8005 of the Banking Law" dated JUNE 14, 1995, providing for decrease of capital
stock from $97,361,400.00 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value of
$100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock, 304,171 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock and 500,000 shares with a
par value of $100.00 each designated as Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock to $35,538,000.00 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock and 185,937 shares with par
value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the Banking Department at New York, New York, this 21ST day of JUNE in the Year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and NINETY FIVE.
/s/ Robert H. McCormick
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and
Chief Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder
Bank & Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Trust Company"). The name under which the corporation was originally
formed was J. Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Ninety-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($97,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common
Stock"), three hundred four thousand one hundred seventy-one
(304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock"), and five
hundred thousand (500,000) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred
Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock").
The following is a statement of the designations and powers,
preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, in respect to the Series A Preferred Stock:
I. SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
1. Dividends. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive preferential dividends when, as and if declared
by the Trust Company's Board of Directors.
(a) When declared by the Board of Directors of the Trust
Company, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable
annually on March 1 of each year (the "Dividend Payment Date").
Dividends shall be paid by mailing the Trust Company's good check in
the proper amount to each holder of record of Series A Preferred
Stock at such holder's address as it appears on the Trust Company's
stock register at least five (5) days prior to the due date of each
dividend or otherwise transferring funds so as to be received by
such holder on the due date of such dividend.
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(b) Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall
be calculated at the rate and in the manner prescribed herein from
and including the date of issuance of such share of Series A
Preferred Stock. Dividends shall be calculated as of each Dividend
Payment Date on each share of Series A Preferred Stock then
outstanding at the rate per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year and counting actual days elapsed) equal to the average
of the LIBO Rate on the two Reference Dates immediately preceding
the Dividend Payment Date. To the extent not declared on or before a
Dividend Payment Date, all dividends accrued on each share of Series
A Preferred Stock outstanding during the period from and including
the preceding Dividend Payment Date (or from and including the
original date of issuance of such share in the case of the initial
Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance) shall not
cumulate, and may not thereafter be declared or paid.
(c) As used herein, "LIBO Rate" means the offered rate quoted
by the Trust Company to leading banks in the London interbank
Eurocurrency market for six-month deposits in United States Dollars,
in an amount equal to the aggregate per value of the Series A
Preferred Stock then outstanding, at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on a
Reference Date; and "Reference Date" means, with respect to any
Dividend Payment Date, (i) the last business day of the month of
August occurring six months before such Dividend Payment Date, and
(ii) the last business day of the month of February occurring 12
months before such Dividend Payment Date.
(d) Payments of dividends declared on Series A Preferred Stock
shall be distributed in equal amounts with respect to each
outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(e) So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding,
during any year ending on March 1 no dividend or distribution shall
be declared, paid or made on, and there shall be no purchase or
redemption of, any Voting Common Stock, Non-voting Common Stock or
other shares of capital stock of any class or series junior to the
Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, unless on and as
of the date of such declaration, payment, distribution, repurchase
or redemption the full amount of dividends accrued for such year on
all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been declared
and paid.
3. Rights on Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust
Company, the assets of the Trust Company available for distribution
to stockholders shall be distributed and applied in the following
order of priority:
(a) First, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive payment of an amount in cash (the "Preferred
Liquidation Preference") equal to the sum of (i) $100 per share
Series A Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the amount of all declared and
unpaid dividends thereon.
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The holders of Series A Preferred Stock, as such, shall not be
entitled to any further payment.
(a) Second, if the assets of the Trust Company available for
distribution to stockholders exceed the aggregate amount of the
Preferred Liquidation Preference, then, after the payments required
by paragraph (a) above shall have been paid (or irrevocably set
aside) in full, the remainder of such assets shall be distributed to
the holders of Voting Common Stock and Non-voting Common Stock so
that an equal amount shall be paid with respect to each outstanding
share thereof.
4. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law, the shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights.
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Thirty-Five Million Five Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($35,538,000) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four
hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common Stock")
and one hundred eighty-five thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven
(185,937) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-Voting Common Stock ("Non-Voting Common Stock").
5. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of
the Trust Company at a meeting duly called and held on November 7, 1994 and by
the unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Trust Company pursuant
to Section 6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate
this 14th day of June, 1995.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
-------------------------------
Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President and Chief
Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this
14th day of June 1995
/s/ Linda Renee Giannattasio
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Notary Public
LINDA RENEE GIANNATTASIO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 4794201
Qualified in Nassau County
Certificate filed in New York County
Commission Expires October 31, 1995
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, CARMINE M. TENGA, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New
York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "Certificate of
Amendment of the Organization Certificate of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
under Section 8005 of the Banking Law," dated February 19, 1993, providing for
an increase in the amount of capital stock from $46,684,200 consisting of
169,443 shares with a par value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common
Stock and 297,399 shares with a par value of $100.00 each designated as
Non-voting Common Stock to $47,361,400 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par
value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock, and 304,171 shares of
the par value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City
of New York, this 19th day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-three.
/s/ Carmine M. Tenga
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and Chief Executive
Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, do
hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company (the
"Bank"). The name under which the corporation was originally formed was J. Henry
Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended, which
now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is Forty-Six
Million Six Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($46,684,200)
divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred forty-three
(169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
voting Common Stock, and two hundred ninety-seven thousand three hundred
ninety-nine (297,399) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of Non-voting Common Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is Forty-Seven
Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred Dollars
($47,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred
forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars
($100) each of voting Common Stock, and three hundred four thousand one
hundred seventy-one (304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Non-voting Common Stock."
4. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of the
Bank at a meeting duly called and held on September 23, 1992 and by the
unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Bank, pursuant to Section
6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate this 19th
day of February, 1993.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
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Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 19th day of
February, 1993.
/s/ Emma McCorkle
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Notary Public
EMMA McCORKLE
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-4984312
Qualified in Queens County
Commission Expires July 22, 1993
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
)SS:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
Jean Zimmerman, being duly sworn, deposes and says
that she is the Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank &
Trust Company, the corporation described in the
foregoing certificate; that she has read the
foregoing certificate and knows the contents
thereof, and that the statements therein contained
are true.
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 19th day of
February, 1993.
/s/ Emma McCorkle
- -------------------------------
Notary Public
EMMA McCORKLE
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-4984312
Qualified in Queens County
Commission Expires July 22, 1993
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, CARMINE M. TENGA, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New
York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed certificate entitled "CERTIFICATE OF
AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law" dated JUNE 30, 1993, providing for an
increase of capital stock from $47,361,400, consisting of 169,443 shares with a
par value of $100.00 each designated as Voting Common Stock and 304,171 shares
with a par value of $100.00 each designated as Non-voting Common Stock to
$97,361,400 consisting of 169,443 shares with a par value of $100.00 each
designated as Voting Common Stock, 304,171 shares with a par value of $100.00
each designated as Non-voting Common Stock and 500,000 shares with a par value
of $100.00 each designated as Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New
York, this 30th day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and ninety-three .
/s/ Carmine M. Tenga
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE OF IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE BANKING LAW
We, the undersigned, Donald H. McCree, Jr., President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Jean Zimmerman, Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company
(the "Trust Company"). The name under which the corporation was originally
formed was J. Henry Schroder Trust Company.
2. The Organization Certificate of the corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on April 2, 1929.
3. Paragraph "Third" of the Organization Certificate, as amended,
which now provides:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Forty-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($47,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock, and (304,171)
shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each of
Non-voting Common Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Third. The amount of capital stock of the Trust Company is
Ninety-Seven Million Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred
Dollars ($97,361,400) divided into one hundred sixty-nine thousand
four hundred forty-three (169,443) shares of the par value of One
Hundred Dollars ($100) each of voting Common Stock ("Voting Common
Stock"), three hundred four thousand one hundred seventy-one
(304,171) shares of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) each
of Non-voting Common Stock ("Non-voting Common Stock"), and five
hundred thousand (500,000) shares of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) each of Series A Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred
Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock").
The following is a statement of the designations and powers,
preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock:
I. SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK.
1. Dividends. (a) The holders of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to receive preferential dividends when, as
and if declared by the Trust Company's Board of Directors.
(b) When declared by the Board of Directors of the Trust
Company, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable
annually on March 1 of each year (the "Dividend Payment Date").
Dividends shall be paid by mailing the Trust Company's good check in
the proper amount to each holder of record of Series A
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Preferred Stock at such holder's address as it appears on the Trust
Company's stock register at least five (5) days prior to the due
date of each dividend or otherwise transferring funds so as to be
received by such holder on the date of such dividend.
(c) Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock
shall be calculated at the rate and in the manner prescribed herein
from and including the date of issuance of such share of Series A
Preferred Stock. Dividends shall be calculated as of each Dividend
Payment Date on each share of Series A Preferred Stock then
outstanding at the rate per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year and counting actual days elapsed) equal to the average
of the LIBO Rate on the two Reference Dates immediately preceding
the Dividend Payment Date. To the extent not declared on or before a
Dividend Payment Date, all dividends accrued on each share of Series
A Preferred Stock outstanding during the period from and including
the preceding Dividend Payment Date (or from and including the
original date of issuance of such share in the case of the initial
Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance) shall not
cumulate, and may not thereafter be declared or paid.
(d) As used herein, "LIBO Rate" means the offered rate
quoted by the Trust Company to leading banks in the London interbank
Eurocurrency market for six-month deposits in United States Dollars,
in an amount equal to the aggregate par value of the Series A
Preferred Stock then outstanding, at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on a
Reference Date; and "Reference Date" means, with respect to any
Dividend Payment Date, (i) the last business day of the month of
August occurring six months before such Dividend Payment Date, and
(ii) the last business day of the month of February occurring 12
months before such Dividend Payment Date.
(e) Payments of dividends declared on Series A Preferred
Stock shall be distributed in equal amounts with respect to each
outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(f) So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is
outstanding, during any year ending on March 1 no dividend or
distribution shall be declared, paid or made on, and there shall be
no purchase or redemption of, any Voting Common Stock, Non-voting
Common Stock or other shares of capital stock of any class or series
junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends,
unless on and as of the date of such declaration, payment,
distribution, repurchase or redemption the full amount of dividends
accrued for such year on all outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock has been declared and paid.
2. Rights on Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust
Company, the assets of the Trust Company available for distribution
to stockholders shall be distributed and applied in the following
order of priority:
(a) First, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to receive payment of an amount in cash (the "Preferred
Liquidation Preference") equal to the sum of (i) $100 per share of
Series A Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the amount of declared and
unpaid dividends thereon. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock,
as such, shall not be entitled to any further payment.
(b) Second, if the assets of the Trust Company available
for distribution to stockholders exceed the aggregate amount of the
Preferred Liquidation Preference, then, after the payments required
by paragraph (a) above shall have been paid
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(or irrevocably set aside) in full, the remainder of such assets
shall be distributed to the holders of Voting Common Stock and
Non-voting Common Stock so that an equal amount shall be paid with
respect to each outstanding share thereof.
3. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law, the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights.
4. The foregoing amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of
the Trust Company at a meeting duly called and held on June 23, 1993 and by the
unanimous written consent of the stockholders of the Trust Company pursuant to
Section 6015 of the Banking Law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed and verified this Certificate this 30th day
of June, 1993.
/s/ Donald H. McCree, Jr.
-------------------------------
Donald H. McCree, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 30th day of
June, 1993.
/s/ Denise Masiello
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Notary Public
DENISE MASIELLO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-7750155
Qualified in Queens County
Cert. Filed in New York County
Commission Expires July 31, 1994
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
JEAN ZIMMERMAN, being duly sworn, deposes and says
that she is the Secretary of IBJ Schroder Bank &
Trust Company, the corporation described in the
foregoing certificate; that she has read the
foregoing certificate and knows the contents
thereof, and that the statements therein contained
are true.
/s/ Jean Zimmerman
-------------------------------
Jean Zimmerman
Secretary
Sworn to before me this 30th day of
June, 1993.
/s/ Denise Masiello
- -------------------------------
Notary Public
DENISE MASIELLO
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 41-7750155
Qualified in Queens County
Cert. Filed in New York County
Commission Expires July 31, 1994
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EXHIBIT 1 TO INCORPORATORS' AND SUBSCRIBERS' MINUTES, OCT. 18, 1923.
J. HENRY SCHRODER BANKING CORPORATION
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
WE, the undersigned, all being persons of full age, at least two-thirds
of whom are citizens of the United States and at least one of whom is a resident
of the State of New York, desiring to form a moneyed corporation pursuant to the
provisions of Article VII of the Banking Law of the State of New York, for the
purpose of engaging in international and foreign banking and banking in
dependencies and insular possessions of the United States, either directly or
through the agency, ownership or control of local institutions in foreign
countries and in such dependencies and insular possession, and to purchase or
otherwise acquire, hold, sell, offer for sale and negotiate shares of stock and
other choses in action and to possess and exercise such other powers as now are
or may hereafter be conferred upon investment companies, except as hereinafter
otherwise provided, hereby subscribe, acknowledge and submit to the
Superintendent of Banks, this organization certificate in duplicate:
1. The name by which the proposed company is to be known is J. HENRY
SCHRODER BANKING CORPORATION.
2. The places where its business is to be transacted are the Borough of
Manhattan, in the City, County and State of New York and such other places in
and outside the State of New York as may from time to time be lawfully
designated.
3. The proposed company is not being organized for the purpose of
exercising the powers set forth in sub-divisions four and five of Section Two
hundred ninety-three of
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Chapter Two of the Consolidated Laws, being the Banking Law, of the State of New
York.
4. The amount of its capital stock is to be two million dollars
($2,000,000), and the number of shares into which such capital stock shall be
divided is twenty thousand (20,000) shares of the par value of one hundred
dollars ($100) each. The stock of the corporation shall be issued upon the terms
and conditions following:
(a) The holders of record of the stock of the corporation shall be
entitled to share pro rata in all dividends declared by the board of directors
in proportion to the amounts actually paid to the corporation in respect of such
stock, whether as capital or paid in surplus, prior to the date of the
declaration of any such dividend.
(b) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
corporation the holders of the stock shall be entitled to share pro rata in all
the assets of the corporation in proportion to the amounts actually paid to the
corporation in respect of such stock, whether as capital or paid in surplus,
prior to the date of the distribution of such assets.
(c) No holder of stock of the corporation shall have any pre-emptive
right of subscription to any shares of stock of the corporation, or to any
obligations convertible into any stock, nor any right of subscription to any
thereof, other than such, if any, as the board of directors in its discretion
may determine.
5. The full name, residence and post-office address of each of the
incorporators and the number of shares subscribed for by each are as follows:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
RESIDENCE AND POST-
FULL NAME OFFICE ADDRESS NO. OF SHARES
- ------------------------ ----------------------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Prentiss N. Gray Larchmont, N.Y. 4
William B. Walsh 26 Rutland Road, 1
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Edwin P. Shattuck 26 East 78th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Garrard Glenn 57 East 92nd Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Carl R. Ganter 70 West 55th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Leslie H. Buckler 5 East 84th Street, 1
New York, N.Y.
Frank W. Demuth 1411 University Avenue, 1
New York, N.Y.
</TABLE>
6. The term of its existence shall be perpetual.
7. The number of its directors shall be seven and the names and
addresses of the incorporators who shall be its directors until the first annual
meeting of stockholders are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME ADDRESS
- ----------------------------- -----------------------------
<S> <C>
Prentiss N. Gray Larchmont, N.Y.
William B. Walsh 26 Rutland Road, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Edwin P. Shattuck 26 East 78th Street, New York, N.Y.
Garrard Glenn 57 East 92nd Street, New York, N.Y.
Carl R. Ganter 70 West 55th Street, New York, N.Y.
Leslie H. Buckler 5 East 84th Street, New York, N.Y.
Frank W. Demuth 1411 University Avenue, New York, N.Y.
</TABLE>
8. The following are provisions for the regulation of the business and
the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and limitations upon its powers
and upon the powers of its
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directors and stockholders, not exempting them from the performance of any
obligation or the performance of any duty imposed by law:
(a) Each subscriber for stock issued at a price in excess of its par
value shall remain liable to the corporation upon his subscription until it
shall be fully paid unless and until the corporation shall in writing consent to
the transfer of such stock to another person or other persons who shall assume
the payment of the amounts unpaid in respect thereof.
(b) Any part of the stock (except the stock originally issued) may be
issued as partly paid stock, subject to calls thereon until the whole thereof
shall have been paid in. The corporation may declare and may pay dividends upon
the basis of the amount actually paid upon the respective shares of stock
(whether greater or less than the par value thereof) instead of upon the par
value thereof.
(c) No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any
other corporation shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that any one or
more of the directors of this corporation is or are interested in, or is a
director or officer, or are directors or officers, of such other corporation,
and any director or directors, individually or jointly, may be a party or
parties to, or may be interested in, any contract or transaction of this
corporation or in which this corporation is interested, and no contract, act or
transaction of this corporation with any person or persons shall be affected or
invalidated by the fact that any director or directors of this corporation is a
party, or are parties, to or interested in such contract, act or transaction, or
in any way connected with such person or persons; and each and every person who
may become a director of this corporation is hereby relieved from any liability
that might otherwise exist from contracting with the corporation for the benefit
of himself or any firm, association or corporation in which he
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may be in anywise interested, provided he shall disclose the nature of his
interest and shall not vote as a director in favor of any such transaction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have subscribed and acknowledged this
organization certificate in duplicate the 21st day of September, 1923.
Prentiss N. Gray (Seal)
William B. Walsh (Seal)
Edwin P. Shattuck (Seal)
Garrard Glenn (Seal)
Carl R. Ganter (Seal)
Leslie H. Buckler (Seal)
Frank W. Demuth (Seal)
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
County of New York )
On this 21st day of September, 1923, before me personally came and
appeared PRENTISS N. GRAY, WILLIAM B. WALSH, EDWIN P. SHATTUCK, GARRARD GLENN,
CARL R. GANTER, LESLIE H. BUCKLER and FRANK W. DEMUTH, to me known and known to
me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing certificate,
and they severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the
uses and purposes therein set forth.
Vella McLaughlin
Notary Public, Kings Co. No. 127
Ctf. Filed in New York Co. No. 75
Commission expires Mar.30, 1925.
(Seal)
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No._______________
State of New York
County of New York
I, James Donegan, Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Supreme Court of said
State for said County, DO CERTIFY, That I have compared the preceding with the
original certificate of Incorporation of J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation
on file in my office, and that the same is a correct Transcript therefrom, and
of the whole of such original, Indorsed, Filed, Recorded October 2__, 1923 at
2:59 p.m.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my
official seal, this 25th day of October, 1923.
/s/ James A. Donegan, Clerk
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Exhibit 4
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
BY-LAWS
As amended
January 4, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
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<S> <C>
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting ................................................ 1
Section 2. Special Meetings .............................................. 1
Section 3. Place of Meetings ............................................. 1
Section 4. Notice of Meetings ............................................ 1
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number and Term of Directors .................................. 2
Section 2. Quorum of Directors and Action by the Board ................... 2
Section 3. Meetings of the Board ......................................... 2
Section 4. Resignations .................................................. 3
Section 5. Removal of Directors .......................................... 3
Section 6. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies ..................... 3
Section 7. Executive and Other Committees of Directors ................... 3
Section 8. Compensation of Directors ..................................... 4
Section 9. Indemnification ............................................... 4
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
----
<S> <C>
Section 10. Presence at Meeting by Telephone .............................. 5
Section 11. Extraordinary Actions ......................................... 6
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers ...................................................... 6
Section 2. Term of Office and Removal .................................... 6
Section 3. Powers and Duties of the Chairman and Vice Chairmen
of the Board of Directors .................................. 6
Section 4. Powers and Duties of the President ............................ 7
Section 5. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents and Directors............. 7
Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Secretary ............................ 7
Section 7. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries .................... 7
Section 8. Powers and Duties of the Treasurers ........................... 7
Section 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers ..................... 8
Section 10. Other Powers .................................................. 8
Section 11. Salaries ...................................................... 8
</TABLE>
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(ii)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
----
<S> <C>
Section 12. Bonds ......................................................... 8
ARTICLE IV
SHARES
Section 1. Certificates of Stock ......................................... 8
Section 2. Transfer of Stock ............................................. 8
ARTICLE V
OFFICES AND BOOKS
Section 1. Offices ....................................................... 9
Section 2. Books ......................................................... 9
Section 3. Audit ......................................................... 9
ARTICLE VI
OTHER MATTERS
Section 1. Corporate Seal ................................................ 10
Section 2. Amendments .................................................... 10
</TABLE>
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BY-LAWS
OF
IBJ WHITEHALL BANK & TRUST COMPANY
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. A meeting of shareholders shall be held
annually for the election of directors and the transaction of other business on
such date within the first three months in each calendar year as may be fixed by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may
be called by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice
Chairman of the Board or the President and shall be called by the Board upon the
written request of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares
of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting requested to be called, which
written request shall be addressed to the Corporation and shall state the
purposes of such meeting. If such meeting shall not be called within five days
after such request shall have been delivered at the office of the Corporation,
the shareholders signing such request may appoint a chairman who may be
designated in such request and who may call a meeting by notice given as
provided in SECTION 4 of this Article and, in the absence or refusal to serve of
the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board or the President may
preside at such meeting.
SECTION 3. Place of Meetings. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at
such place, within or without the State of New York, as may be fixed by the
Board of Directors, except that the annual meetings shall be held at the office
of the Corporation in the City of New York. If no place is so fixed, such
meetings shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the City of New York.
SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of shareholders
shall be given in writing and shall state the place, date and hour of the
meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of a
special meeting shall indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of
the person or persons calling or requesting the meeting. At any special meeting
only such business may be transacted which is related to the purpose or purposes
set forth in the notice.
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If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken which would, if
taken, entitle objecting shareholders to receive payment for their shares, the
notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect.
A copy of the notice of each meeting shall be given, personally or by
the first-class mail, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date
of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed,
such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage
thereon prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the
record of shareholders, or, if he shall have filed with the Secretary of the
Corporation a written request that notices to him be mailed to some other
address, then directed to him as such other address.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Number and Term of Directors. The number of directors
constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be the number, not less than
the minimum required by statute nor more than twenty-five, fixed from time to
time by the shareholders or by a majority of the total number of directors which
the Corporation would have, prior to any increase or decrease, if there were no
vacancies, provided, however, that no decrease shall shorten the term of an
incumbent director. Until otherwise fixed by the shareholders or by the
directors, the number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be
twelve. Each director elected at an annual meeting of shareholders shall, unless
sooner removed or disqualified, hold office until the next annual meeting of
shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified.
SECTION 2. Quorum of Directors and Action by the Board. One-third of
the entire Board of Directors, but not less than five, shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business, and, except where otherwise provided by law or
these by-laws, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at
the time of such vote, if a quorum is then present, shall be the act of the
Board.
SECTION 3. Meetings of the Board. An annual meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held in each year directly after the annual meeting of
shareholders. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as may
be fixed by the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be held at any time
upon the call of the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board,
President or any two directors.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such places within
or without the State of New York as may be fixed by the Board for annual and
regular meetings and in the
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notice of meeting for special meetings. If no place is so fixed, meetings of the
Board shall be held at the office of the Corporation in the City of New York.
No notice need be given of annual or regular meetings of the Board of
Directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given to each
director either by mail not later than noon, New York time, on the third day
prior to the meeting or by telegram, written message or orally to the director
not later than noon, New York time, on the day prior to the meeting. Notices are
deemed to have been given: by mail, when deposited in the United States mail; by
telegram at the time of filing; and by messenger at the time of delivery.
Notices by mail, telegram or messenger shall be sent to each director at the
address designated by him for the purpose, or, if none has been so designated,
at his last known residence or business address.
Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any
director who submits a signed waiver of notice whether before or after the
meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its
commencement, the lack of notice to him.
A notice, or waiver of notice, need not specify the purpose of any
meeting of the Board of Directors.
A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.
SECTION 4. Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at
any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or the President or
to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the
time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein the acceptance of
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 5. Removal of Directors. Any one or more of the directors may
be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors. Any or all of the
directors may be removed with or without cause by vote of the shareholders.
SECTION 6. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. All vacancies in
the office of director, including newly created directorships resulting from an
increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by election of the
shareholders, except that vacancies not exceeding one-third of the entire Board
may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in
office. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall, unless sooner removed or
disqualified, hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and
until his successor has been elected and qualified.
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SECTION 7. Executive and Other Committees of Directors. The Board of
Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may
designate from among its members an executive committee consisting of five or
more directors, and other committees consisting of three or more directors, and
each of which, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have all the
authority of the Board, except that no such committee shall have authority as to
the following matters:
(1) The submission to shareholders of any action that needs
shareholders' approval;
(2) The filling of vacancies in the Board or in any committee;
(3) The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the
Board or on any committee;
(4) The amendment or repeal of the by-laws, or the adoption of new
by-laws;
(5) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board which,
by its terms, shall not be so amendable or repealable; or
(6) The taking of action which is expressly required by law to be
taken at a meeting of the Board or by a specified proportion
of directors.
The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any such committee, who may replace any absent member or members at
any meeting of such committee.
The Board may appoint or provide for such other committees consisting
of such directors, officers or other persons and having such powers and
functions in the management of the Corporation as may be provided by the Board.
Unless a different proportion is required by the resolution designating
a committee, a majority of the entire authorized number of such committee shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority
of the members present at a meeting at the time of such vote, if a quorum is
then present, shall be the act of such committee.
Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 8. Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have
authority to fix the compensation of directors for services in any capacity.
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SECTION 9. Indemnification. Except to the extent expressly prohibited
by the New York Banking Law, the Corporation shall indemnify each person made or
threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding, whether civil or
criminal, by reason of the fact that such person or such person's testator or
intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or
serves or served at the request of the Corporation any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in
any capacity, against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement
and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with
such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, provided that no such
indemnification shall be made if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse
to such person establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or
were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the
cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a
financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled,
and provided further that no such indemnification shall be required with respect
to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any threatened or
pending action or proceeding unless the Corporation has given its prior consent
to such settlement or other disposition.
The Corporation shall advance or promptly reimburse upon request any
person entitled to indemnification hereunder for all expenses, including
attorneys' fees, reasonably incurred in defending any action or proceeding in
advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of such person to repay such amount if such person is ultimately found
not to be entitled to indemnification or, where indemnification is granted, to
the extent the expenses so advanced or reimbursed exceed the amount to which
such person is entitled, provided, however, that such person shall cooperate in
good faith with any request by the Corporation that common counsel be utilized
by the parties to an action or proceeding who are similarly situated unless to
do so would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests
between or among such parties.
Nothing herein shall limit or affect any right of any person hereunder
to indemnification of expenses, including attorneys' fees, under any statute,
rule, regulation, certificate of incorporation, by-law, insurance policy,
contract or otherwise.
The indemnification of any person provided by this by-law shall
continue after such person has ceased to be a director, officer or employee of
the Corporation or other enterprise referred to above and shall inure to the
benefit of such person's heirs, executors, administrators and legal
representatives. No elimination of or amendment to this by-law shall deprive any
person of his or her rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual
occurrences, acts or failures to act prior to such elimination or amendment.
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For purposes of this by-law, the Corporation shall be deemed to have
requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by
such person of his or her duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or
otherwise involves services by, such person to the plan or participants or
beneficiaries of the plan, and excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to
an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered
indemnifiable expenses.
SECTION 10. Presence at Meeting by Telephone. Any one or more members
of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board
or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications
equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other
at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in
person at a meeting.
SECTION 11. Extraordinary Actions. Prior to June 30, 1987, the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof shall not take nay action which any director
who has been designated by The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (an "IBJ
Designee") considers significant, without the approval of at least one IBJ
Designee.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officers. The Board of Directors, at the annual meeting of
the Board, shall elect a President or Presidents and one or more Vice
Presidents, one or more Directors, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other
officers as the Board may determine. The Board may from time to time fill
vacancies in the office of any officers so elected, and elect or appoint such
other officers as it may determine or as may be provided in the by-laws. The
Board may also elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board of
Directors, one or more Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors and a Chairman of
one or more committees of directors, which Chairman, Vice Chairmen or Committee
Chairmen shall be officers of the Corporation only if the resolution electing
them shall state that they shall be officers. Any two or more offices may be
held by the same person, except that the same person may not hold the offices of
President and Secretary.
SECTION 2. Term of Office and Removal. Each officer shall hold office
for the term for which he is elected or appointed, and until his successor has
been elected or appointed and qualified. Unless otherwise provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors electing an officer, his term of office
shall extend to and expire at the meeting of the Board following the next annual
meeting of shareholders. Any officer may be removed or his authority suspended,
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any time, with or without cause, by the Board or by the Chairman of the Board
or the President. Any such removal by the Chairman or President shall be
reported to the Board at its next regular meeting. The Board may delegate to any
committee or officer the power to appoint and to remove any subordinate officer
or agent. Removal of an officer without cause shall be without prejudice to his
contract rights, if any, and the election or appointment of an officer shall not
of itself create contract rights.
SECTION 3. Powers and Duties of the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the
Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairmen of the Board
shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the
Board of Directors. The Chairman or, in his absence or disability, a Vice
Chairman present shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and
Shareholders.
SECTION 4. Powers and Duties of President. A President shall be the
chief executive officer and/or the chief operating officer of the Corporation if
so designated by the Board, and shall perform all duties incident to such office
or offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board.
SECTION 5. Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents and Directors. Vice
Presidents and Directors (which terms shall include Executive Vice President,
Senior Managing Director, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, First Vice
President, Assistant Vice President and Associate) shall perform such duties as
from time to time may be assigned to them by the chief executive officer or the
Board. In the absence or disability of the President, the most senior Vice
President or Director, in the order of rank as fixed by the Board, shall perform
all the duties of the President.
SECTION 6. Powers and Duties of the Secretary. It shall be the duty of
the Secretary to act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors and
of the shareholders of the Corporation and to keep the minutes thereof in a
proper book or books to be provided for that purpose; he shall see that all
notices required to be given by the Corporation in accordance with the
provisions of the by-laws or as required by law are duly given and served; he
shall be custodian of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the seal to
all certificates for stock of the Corporation and to all documents the execution
of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall be duly authorized;
he shall have charge of the stock book and also of the other books and papers of
the Corporation and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents
required by law are properly kept and filed; and shall in general perform all
duties incident to the office of Secretary, subject to the control of the
Chairman of the Board, the President and the Board of Directors, and such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman, the
President or by the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 7. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries. In the absence
or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or, if there be more
than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order of their rank as fixed by the
Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the Secretary, and when so
acting an Assistant Secretary shall have all the powers of, and be subject to
all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Every Assistant Secretary shall also
perform such other duties as may from time be assigned to him by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 8. Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have
the responsibility for the management of the funds and securities of the
Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer,
subject to the control of the Chairman of the Board, the President and the Board
of Directors, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him
by the Chairman, the President or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or
disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer or, if there be more than
one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order of their rank as fixed by the Board
of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting
an Assistant Treasurer shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the Treasurer. Every Assistant Treasurer shall also perform
such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. Other Powers. The Chairman of the Board, the President or
the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents,
to enter into any contract or to sign any instrument in any capacity or to do
any other act or to perform any other duties in the name of and on behalf of the
Corporation as shall be permitted by law, and such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.
SECTION 11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from
time to time by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from
receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the
Corporation.
SECTION 12. Bonds. The Board of Directors may require any officer,
agent or employee of the Corporation to give security for the faithful,
performance of his duties.
ARTICLE IV
SHARES
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SECTION 1. Certificates of Stock. Certificates for shares of the stock
of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of
Directors. The certificates shall be numbered in the order of their issue and
shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President
and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer and the seal of the Corporation shall be affixed thereto.
SECTION 2. Transfer of Stock. Transfers of shares of the stock of the
Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder
thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by a power of attorney duly
executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and on surrender of the
certificate or certificates for such shares. Every certificate surrendered to
the Corporation shall be marked "canceled" with the date of cancellation, and no
new certificate shall be issued in exchange therefor until the old certificate
has been surrendered and cancelled. A person in whose name shares of stock stand
on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof as regards the
Corporation, and no transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation,
its stockholders and creditors for any purpose, except to render the transferee
liable for the debts of the Corporation to the extent provided by law, until it
shall have been entered in the stock book of the Corporation. The Board of
Directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem
expedient, not inconsistent with these by-laws or with the organization
certificate, concerning the issue and transfer of certificates for shares of the
capital stock of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
OFFICES AND BOOKS
SECTION 1. Offices. The principal office of the Corporation shall be at
No. One State Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, or
at such other place within the State of New York as the Board of Directors may
lawfully determine. The Board of Directors may from time to time and at any time
establish other offices of the Corporation or branches of its business at
whatever place or places within or without the United States of America as it
may deem expedient and as permitted by law.
SECTION 2. Books. There shall be kept at the principal office of the
Corporation correct books of account of the business and transactions of the
Corporation, a copy of these by-laws and the stock book of the Corporation.
SECTION 3. Audit. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on
the first day of January in every year. At least once in every fiscal year there
shall be an audit of the books and accounts of the Corporation, and of any
corporations a majority of the stock of which
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the Corporation shall own, by public accountants of recognized standing, to be
designated by the Board of Directors or by an Examining Committee of directors
to be appointed by the Board.
The Auditor shall make such examination of the accounts, records and
transactions of the Corporation as may be required by the Board of Directors or
the Examining Committee and he shall perform such other duties as are prescribed
in an audit program to be approved by the Board. He shall be free to examine any
department or section of the Corporation without previous officer consultation.
He shall maintain a summary record of dates of completed audits, and shall make
periodic comprehensive reports to the Board directly or through the Examining
Committee, which shall include such suggestions and recommendations which he may
consider it advisable to make.
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ARTICLE VI
OTHER MATTERS
SECTION 1. Corporate Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be
circular in form and shall bear the words and figures "New York, 1923"
surrounded by the name of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Amendments. By-laws of the Corporation may be adopted,
amended or repealed by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to
vote in the election of any directors. By-laws may also be adopted, amended or
repealed by the Board of Directors (except that any amendment or repeal of
Article II, Section 11 may only be made with the approval of at least one IBJ
Designee), but any by-law adopted by the Board may be amended or repealed by the
shareholders entitled to vote thereon as herein above provided.
If any by-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted,
amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, there shall be set forth in the
notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of directors the
by-law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the
changes made.
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EXHIBIT 7
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK
AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES
REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998
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DOLLAR AMOUNTS
IN THOUSANDS
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ASSETS
1. Cash and balance due from depository institutions:
a. Non-interest-bearing balances and currency and coin $ 26,852
b. Interest-bearing balances $ 17,489
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities $ -0-
b. Available-for-sale securities $ 207,069
3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and
in IBFs
Federal Funds sold and Securities purchased under agreements to resell $ 80,389
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income $ 2,033,599
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses $ 62,853
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve $ -0-
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve $ 1,970,746
5. Trading assets held in trading accounts $ 848
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) $ 1,583
7. Other real estate owned $ -0-
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies $ -0-
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding $ 340
10. Intangible assets $ 11,840
11. Other assets $ 66,691
12. TOTAL ASSETS $ 2,383,847
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LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices $ 804,562
(1) Noninterest-bearing $ 168,822
(2) Interest-bearing $ 635,740
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs $ 885,076
(1) Noninterest-bearing $ 16,554
(2) Interest-bearing $ 868,522
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:
Federal Funds purchased and Securities sold under agreements to repurchase $ 225,000
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury $ 674
b. Trading Liabilities $ 560
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With a remaining maturity of one year or less $ 38,002
b. With a remaining maturity of more than one year $ 1,375
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years $ 1,550
17. Not applicable.
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding $ 340
19. Subordinated notes and debentures $ 100,000
20. Other liabilities $ 74,502
21. TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 2,131,641
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus $ N/A
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus $ -0-
24. Common stock $ 28,958
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) $ 210,319
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves $ 11,655
b. Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities $ 1,274
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments $ -0-
28. TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL $ 252,206
29. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CAPITAL $ 2,383,847
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